woodhonse 
woodhoase^ (wud'hous), «. A house or shed 
in which wood is piled and sheltered from the 
weather. 
WOOdhouse''^t, «• An erroneous form of wood- 
wose. 
Foure woodhouses drew the mount 'till it came before 
the queen, and then the kyng and his compaigne discended 
and daunced. 
Bp. HaU, quoted in Strutt's Sports and Pastimes, p. 239. 
wood-ibis (wud'i'bis ), n. A large grallatorial 
bird of the stork kind, Tantalus (or Tantalops) 
loculator, which abounds in the wooded swamps 
and bayous of southerly regions of the United 
States; hence, any stork of the subfamily 
TantaUnse; a wood-stork. These birds are ibises in 
no proper sense. The species named is nearly 4 feet long, 
and 5^ feet in extent of wings. The adult of both sexes 
is snow-white .with black primaries, alula, and tail, with 
the bald head livid-bluish and yellowish, the veiy heavy 
bill dingy-yellowish, the bare legs blue. The weight is 
10 or 12 pounds. The young are dark-gray, with black- 
ish wings and tail. These birds are gregarious, nest in 
large heronries, and lay two or three white eggs of ellipti- 
cal shape, incrusted with a tlaky substance, and measuring 
2} by IJ inches. This wood-ibis is known on the Colorado 
river as the Colorado water-turkey; it occasionally strays 
to the Middle States, and spreads south in the West In- 
dies. Central America, and parts of South America. Simi- 
lar birds inhabit tropical and subtropical regions of the 
Old World. See cut under Taniatug. 
woodie (wud'i), «. A dialectal form of widdy, 
itself a dialectal variant of witlty^, 3: applied 
humorously to the gallows. [Scotch.] 
Half the country will see how yell grace the woodie. 
Scottj Guy Mannering, xxviii. (E)icyc. Diet.) 
WOOdinesS (wud'i-nes), n. The state or charac- 
ter of being woody. Evelyn. 
wood-inlay (wud'in'la), ». Decoratiou by 
means of the incrustation of one wood in an- 
other. Compare tarsia. 
WOOdisht (wud'ish), a. [< (rowA + -(.s7(l.] Syl- 
van. 
The many mirthful jests, and wanton woodish sport.s. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, s. 11. (Eiieyc. Diet.) 
WOod-jobber (wud'job'fer), n. A woodpecker. 
Woodkernt (wud'kem), «. 1. A robber who in- 
fests woods; a forest-haunting bandit. Unt- 
land. — 2. A boor; a churl. 
The rich central pasture lands were occupied by the 
clans ; the surrounding i>oorer soils were almost desolate 
or roamed by a few scattered wofHi-keriie. 
FurtniijIMy Itec, XL. axi. 
wood-kingfisher (wud'king"fish-er), n. A king- 
fisher of the genus Dacelo in a broail sense ; ii 
kinghunteror halcyon, as the laugliing-jacka.ss. 
See Daceloninee, and cut under iJacelo. 
wood-knacker (wud'uak"<T), «. The green 
woodpecker, Gccinns liridi.t. See cut under 
poi>iii)ai/. [Prov. Eng.] 
WOod-knifet (wud'nif), n. A short sword or 
dagger, used in hunting and for various pur- 
poses for which the long sword was too cum- 
brous. 
He pulld forth a woml kniffe, 
Past thither that he ran ; 
He brought in the bores head. 
And quitted him like a man. 
The liny and the Mantle (Child's Ballads, I. U). 
woodland (wud'land), n. and a. [< ME. icode- 
land, Koflelond, (. AS. iciidulanil ; as wood^ + 
land^.] I. H. Laud covered with wood, or land 
on which trees are suffered to grow, either for 
fuel or for timber. 
Here hiUs and vales, the wtxKllantt and the plain, 
Here earth and water seem to strive again. Pojie. 
And Agamentiens lifts its blue 
Disk of a cloud the woodlandit o'er. 
Whittier, The Wrc^ck of Rivermoulli. 
=Syn. Woodjt, Park, etc. See/ore*t. 
fl. a. Of, peculiar to, or inhabiting the 
woods; sylvan: as, mocwHohc/ echoes; woodland 
songsters. 
The woodland choir. Fenton. 
I am a wtodland fellow, sir, that always loved a great 
Are. fihak., All's Well, iv. 5. i'i. 
Woo<lland caribou, woodland reindeer, the common 
caribou of North America, as foun'i in wfx)ded regions, and 
as distinguished rr'>m the barren-;/r'rund leindeer, which 
occurs beyond tlie limit of trees. See cut under caribou. 
WOOdlander (wiid'lau-der), «. An inhabitant 
of the woods. 
Every friend and itWovi-icoodlnnder. 
Keatg, Endymion, ii. 
Woodlark (wiid'liirk), H. A European lark, 
Alauila arborca, of more decidedly arboreal 
habits than the skylark, to which it is closely 
related, it differs from the latter chiefly in being s^^me- 
what smaller, with shorter tail atid more marked variega- 
tion of the colors, but its song is (luite different. I'he nest 
is placed on the ground, and the eggs are four or five in 
number, of a white color 8p^»tte<l with reddish-brown. 
I'he woodlark is migratory, and widely distrilMitcd at dif- 
ferent seasons. It is common in some parts of (ireat Brit- 
ain, but rare In Scotland. Bee cut under Alauda. 
6967 
wood-layer (wud'la'''er), n. A young oak or 
other timber-plant laid down among the thorn 
or other plants used in hedges. 
wood-leopard (wud'lep'ard), n. A beautiful 
white black-spotted moth, Xcnzera pyrina, the 
larva of which lives in wood ; the wood leopard- 
moth. This insect has been discovered in the United 
States since the definition of teopard-moth was published 
in this dictionary. 
woodless (wM'les),o. [< ifoorfl 4- -te6'.] With- 
out timber; untinibered. 
wood-lily (wiid'liFi), )(. 1. The lily of the 
valley, ConvuUaria majalis; locally (from a re- 
semblance in the racemes), the wintcrgreen, 
Pyrola minor. [Eng.] — 2. A plant of the ge- 
nus Trillium. 
wood-li'verwort (wiid'liv''6r-wert), n. A lichen, 
Sticta jmlmonacea, which frequently grows on 
trees. See cut under apothecium. 
wood-lock (wud'lok), «. In ship-huilding . a 
piece of hard wood, close fitted and sheathed 
with copper, in the throating or score of the 
pintle, to keep the rudder from rising. Thearle, 
Naval Arch., % 233. 
wood-louse (wiid'lous), n. 1. Any terrestrial 
isopod of the family Oniscidae. The common 
wood-louse of England is a species of Oniscux. 
Also called liog-lou.ie, sow-buij, slater, etc. See 
cuts under Isopoda and Oniscus. — 2. A termite, 
or white ant, as Termcs flavipcs ; any member of 
the Tennitidie. See cut under Tcrmra. [Local, 
U. S.] — 3. Any one of the small whitish spe- 
cies of the pseudoneuropterous family I'socidse, 
found in the woodwork of he uses ; the death- 
watch ; a book-louse. See booi.'-lousc, Psoddse, 
and cut unAer dcatli-wtitch. — 4. Same as wood- 
Um.ic-inHlcpcd. 
woodlouse-milleped (wiid'lous-mil'''e-i)ed), //. 
A milleped of the family (llomeridee. 
W00dlyt(w6<l'li), (((?('. l<'ME.woodly,u-<idly,uo<l- 
liclte;<.u-ood- + -ly-.'i Madly; furiously; wildly. 
Whan he wijtli a-wok wodli he ferde, 
AI to-tare his a-tir that he to-tere mist. 
WiUitim of Paterne (E. E. T. S.), 1. SS84. 
Therwith the fyr of jelousye npsterte 
Withiinie his brest, and hetite him I>y the herte 
So woodly that he lyk was to l)iliolde 
The box-tre or the asshen dede and colde. 
Ctiaucer, Kuiglit's Tale, 1. 443. 
woodman (wud'man), H. ; pi. woodmen (-men). 
[Early mod. E. woilmau : < wood^ + num.'] 1. 
An otiiccr ajipointed to take care of the king's 
woods; a forester. <'(iwell.— ^\. A woodsman; 
a hunter. 
Am I a woodman iia"? Speak I like Heme the hunter'.' 
Shak., M. W. cf W., v. 5. 30. 
'Tis dangerous keeping the 
Fool too long at Bay, lest 8<jme old Wood-man drop in 
By ehatice, and discover thou art but a Rascal Deer. 
Etherc'je, Love in a Tub, v. 4. 
3. One who fells timber. 
Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned 
The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe 
And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear. 
Cowper, The Task, V. 41. 
War-woodman of old Woden, how he fells 
'I'he mortal copse of faces ! Tennyson, Harold, v. 1. 
wood-march (wiid'miirch), «. An unibellifcr- 
oiis plant, a species of sanicle, iSauieula Euro- 
inea. lierard, Ilerball. 
wood-measurer (wud'inezh''tir-er), n. In Soot- 
land, a timber-merchant. 
wood-meeting (wud'me'''ting), H. A Mormon 
namo for a camp-meeting. 
wood-mill (vviid'mil), n. A polishing-wheel 
made of a disk of mahogany, used, after the 
roughing-mill, to smooth surfaces of alabaster 
and the like. 
wood-mite (wVid'mit), «. Any mite or acarine 
of till' family Oributida^ ; a beetle-mite. 
WOOdmongert (wud'mung"ger), n. A wood- 
seller; a lumber- or timber-merchant. 
The IlouKe is just now upon taking away the charter 
from the Company of W ood-moniji'r>!, wliose frauds, it 
seems, liavc fjeen mightily laid before tliem. 
Pepyt, Diary, III. 29S. 
wood-mouse (wud'mous), n. A mouse that 
habitually lives in the woods. Specillcally— (n) 
In Europe, the long-tailed field-mouse, Mus itytmticuit. ib) 
In the I'nited States, any one of several species of white- 
footed mice or deer-mice of tile genus Veiqierimutt, of which 
V. amerieanwt is the principal one. See Vet<}i€rimus, ec«- 
per-moime, and cut under deer-mouse. 
wood-naphtha (wiid'naf'''tha), ((. The com- 
mercial name of the mixture of light hydro- 
carbons distille<l from wood. 
woodnesst (wS<rncs), n. [< me. woodne.sse, 
wiidnr.tsf. < AS. irodties, madness, fury, insan- 
ity (Bosworth), = MD. wocdeni-t-te = OHO. wot- 
nmrt (Stratmann); an wooit'^ + -ncss.'] Insan- 
ity; madness. 
woodpeck 
Yet saugh I woodnesse laugliing in his rage. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1153. 
Festus seide witli greet voice : Paul, thou maddist, many 
lettris tin'nen tliee to woodness. Wyclif, Acts xxvi. 24. 
wood-nightshade (wud'nif'shad), u. Bitter- 
sweet, or woody nightshade. See nightshade, 
1 («)• 
wood-note (wiid'not), n. A wild or natural mu- 
sical tone, like that of a forest-bird, as the wood- 
lark, wood-tlirush, or nightingale. 
Or sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy's child. 
Warble his native wood-notes wild. 
Milton, L'Allegro, 1. 134. 
wood-nut (wiid'nut), n. The European hazel- 
nut, Corylus Avellana. 
wood-nyinph (wud'nimf), n. 1. A goddess of 
the woods; a dryad. 
By dimpled brook and fountain-brim 
The loood-nymph^, deck'd with daisies trim, 
'Iheir merry wakes and pastimes keep. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 120. 
2. The humming-bird Thalurania glaueojiis. — 
3. One of several zygainid moths, of the genus 
I'citrl Wood-nympli ^l-.ndyy.is ititio), 
natural bize. 
BcTutifuI Wood-nymph \J-'miryas ^r<ita), natural 
Eudryas, as E. grata, the beautiful wooil-nympli , 
and E. unto, the pearl wood-nymph. The larvaj of 
both of these spe- 
cies feed on the vine 
in the I'nited States. 
wood-offeringt 
(wiid'ofer-ing), 
H. Wood burnt 
on the altar. 
We cast the lots 
among the piie.^ts, 
the Levites, and tile 
people for the wooii 
offering. Neh. x. 34. 
WOOd-of-the-holy-crosst, «• [Trans, of L. lig- 
num sancta' cruei.-i.] A name once given to the 
mistletoe, Viseum album, from its reputed vir- 
tue in helping the infirmities of old age. Treas. 
nf Hot. 
wood-oil (wi'id'oil), n. 1. Sec gurjun. — 2. Same 
as tung-oil. — 3. A jiroduet of the satinwood, 
tjhlnroxylon Swictcnia. 
wood-opal (wild '6 '■'pal), >i. Silicified wood; 
opalized wood. It is found in great abundance in many 
parts of the world, but especially in the auriferous gravels 
of the Sierra Nevada of California, wliere extensive ftuests 
have been exposed by hydraulic mining, in which tile 
trunks of the trees have been converted into amorphous 
silica, or opal, wliieli usually contains a small percentage 
of water, although this is not considered as being essential 
to its ctnnposition. Also called a;j/?opai. ^ve fossil wood 
(under icoodA), and dlicify. 
wood-owl (wt'id'oul), n. The European tawny 
or brown owl, Syrnimn alueo, or a similar spe- 
cies, as the barred owl of tlie United States. 
They are earless owls, of medium to large size, the species 
of which are numerous ami live in the woods of most parts 
of the wtnid. See cut under Strix. 
wood-paper (wVid'pa''''per), ». A trade-name 
for paper made in part or in whole of pulp pre- 
pared by chemical and mechanical means from 
wood. Tile wood eniidoyeti is usually p()plar, though 
pine, flr, basswooti, and beech are largely used. By the 
meclianical process the wood is ground to line powder 
suitable for pulp, and by the chemical process the wood, 
cut up inUt small pieces, is digested with various chemicals 
to free it from the sap and other useless matter, to bleach 
it. and to reduce it to tine, loose pulp. ^bG pulp-digester, 
wooil-^rrinder, ami paj)er. 
wood-parenchyma (wiid'pa-reng"ki-m.a), H. 
A combination of wood or liber usually classed 
as ]iarenchyma, but intermediate between this 
and prosencliyma. Each fiber ccmsists of three cells, 
one of which has flattened ends, wliile the other two, at- 
taclieil to these ends, are pointed. 
wood-partridge (wud'par'''trij), <;. The Canada 
grouse. See grouse, u-<uul-gr<jus< , ami cut un- 
der CaiKiec. [Local, U. S.j 
wood-pavement (wud'pav*'ment), ». Pave- 
ment comiKiscil of blocks of wood : first used 
in London in 1S3!). 
wood-pea (wVnl'iie). n. See /uaK 
wood-peat (wud'pet), «. Peat formed in for- 
ests from decayed wood, leaves, etc. Also 
called forest-peat. 
WOOdpeckt (wiid'pek), «, Tlie woodpecker. 
Nor wood-i/ecks, nor the swallow, harbour near. 
Addi'.vn, tr. of 'V'irgii's Gcorgics, iv. 
