worthy 
2. A local celebrity; a character; an eccen- 
tric: as, a village worthy. [Humorous or col- 
loq.] — 3. Anything of worth or excellence. 
[Bare.] 
In her fair cheek, 
Where several worthier make one dignity. 
Shak., L. L. L., iv. 3. 236. 
The nine worthies. See nine. 
WOrthyt (wer'THi), r. t. [< ME. wurthen, wor- 
tliwii, wurthien, < AS. iceorthian, wyrtliiaii, wur- 
thian (= OHG. werdon, G. wiirdigen = Icel. vir- 
tha = Goth, wairthon), value, < ireortli, worth: 
see icocM'-',' n.] To render worthy; exalt. 
Put upon him such a deal of man, 
That t/7ortAi«d him. SAo*., Lear, ii. 2. 128. 
WOrtle (wer'tl), «. 1. A draw-plate, or the 
aperture in such a plate through which wire is 
drawn. 
The wire [of manganese steel], owing to its hardness, 
breaking into short lengths when being pulled through 
the leortleg. Science, Xil. 2ise. 
2. One of a series of metal collars through which 
a cylinder or plug of lead is sometimes drawn in 
the manufacture of lead pipe. The wortles are of 
graduated sizes, and the lead is passed from one through 
that next smaller, till the pipe has acquired the desired 
size. 
wort-refrigerator (w6rt're-frij"e-ra-tor), «. A 
wort -cooler. 
wortwalet (wfert'wal), «. [Origin obscure.] A 
hangnail. 
Pipitula, the sktnne growing at the fingers ends about 
the nayle, called of some the wmiwales, or linereages. 
Florin, 1698. 
worystt, »• An old variant of worsted. 
WOSbird, n. 1. Same as whore's-bird. [Slang.] 
"Imp'dentold wogbird!" says he, *'I'll break the bald 
head on un." T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, i. 2. 
2. A wasp. Wright. [Prov. Eiig.] 
WOSet, »• A form of woone for f>o:e. 
WOStt. Second person singular indicative pres- 
ent of iri<l. 
wot (wot). First and third persons singular in- 
dicative present of uit^. 
WOnght, »■ An obsolete variant of icaicl. 
Fatte ree<l of myre ygrnund and tempered tough. 
Let daube it on the xtmigk on iche asyde. 
Patladiue, Uusbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 15. 
WOnket, w. A Middle English form of week^. 
WycUf. 
WOUl, I". '. Same as iraul^. 
would (wud). Preterit and past subjunctive of 
wim. 
would-be (wud'lje), a. and n. [< irould + 6pl, 
expressing wish or desire in such expressions 
as "ho would be thought rich," "he iruiild be 
considered smart."] I. a. Wishing to be; 
vainly pretending to be ; desirous of being or 
of being considered : as, a iconUi-bc philosopher. 
[Colloq.] 
The vxndd-be wits and can't- be gentlemen. 
Byron, Beppo, st. 76. 
H, n. A vain pretender; one who affects to 
be something which he really is not. 
A man that would have foil'd at their own play 
A dozen vmdd-t>e'g of the niudern day. 
Cou-per, Conversation, 1. 612. 
WOUldert (wud'6r). «. [Irreg. < would + -frl.] 
A wisher; one given to use the word would op- 
tatively. Lntham. [Rare.] 
The olde proverbe is exceeding true, 
"That these great wishers, iV these common wmdders. 
Are never (for the moste part) good householders." 
Time*' WhiMU (E. E. T. .S.), p. 103. 
WOUldingt(wud'ing), n. [Irreg.< would + -iny^ .'\ 
Emotion of desire; impulse; 
inclination. 
It will be every man's interest . . . 
to subline the exorbitancies of the 
flesh, as well as U> continue the 
wmddiwjf of the spirit. 
Hammoiid, {Richardmn.) 
wouldingnesst (wud ' ing- 
nes), n. Velleitv; willing- 
ness. Hitmniond. \Vork8, 1. 23. 
Wotllfe'S apparatus. An ap- 
paratus consisting of a se- 
ries of three-necked bottles 
(called fVoulJv'x botflen) con- 
nected by suitable tubes,uscd 
for washing gases or .saturating liquids there- 
with. 11'otl.s' Diet, of (hem. 
WOUnd^ (wond or wound), «. [< ME. wound, 
wounde, wund, wunde, woiide, < AS. uund = OS. 
wunito, wunde = ()Fri<;H. wtniile, unde = T>. wond, 
icoHrff = OH(t. wiintn. MHti. (J. wunde, a wound, 
= Icel. und (for 'rund) = Dun. ninde. a wound: 
from an adj., ME. wund, < AS. wund = 1). ye-wond 
A Woulfe's Bottle. 
6985 
= OHG. wwnt, G. wund = Goth, wunds, wound- 
ed; possibly orig. pp. (in -rf2) of the verb wliich 
appears in AS. winnun (pp. wunnen), strive, 
fight, suffer: see «;jh1, r. The historical pron. 
is wound, parallel to that of ground, found, 
sound, bound, etc.] 1. In surg., a solution of 
continuity of any of the tissues of the body, in- 
volving also the skin or mucous membrane of 
the part, caused by some external agent, and 
not the result of disease. 
I, lately caught, will have a new made wound, 
And captive like be manacled and bound. 
Marlowe, tr. of Ovid's Elegies, ii. 
2. In medical jurisprudence, any lesion of the 
body resulting from external violence, whether 
accompanied or not by rupture of the skin or 
mucous membrane — thus differing from the 
meaning of the word when used in surgery. 
Great difference of opinion, however, appears in the way 
in which the word is interpreted when occurring in crim- 
inal statutes. Some authorities have held that it neces- 
sarily implies the use of a hard or solid instrument other 
than the hand or Ust ; others, that it necessarily implies the 
breaking of the skin beyond the cuticle or outer mem- 
brane. 
3. A breach or hurt of the bark and wood of a 
tree, or of the bark and substance of other 
plants. — 4. Figuratively, injury; hurt; harm: 
as, a wound given to credit or reputation, feel- 
ings, etc.: often specifically applied in litera- 
ture to the pangs of love. 
Alas, poor shepherd ! searching of thy wtntnd, 
I have by hard adventure found mine own. 
Shak., As you Like it, ii. 4. 44. 
The wmnids of conscience, like other wounds, though 
generally received in public, must atvays be healed in 
private. lip. AUerbury, Sermons. I. x. 
They will endeavour to give my reputation as many 
wounde as the man in the almanack, Sm/t,Tr\iica.l Essay. 
6t. Plague. 
I trowe it was in the dismal 
That was the ten woundes of Egipte. 
Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 1207. 
6. Ill her., a roundel pur])ure Contused wound, 
a bruising of the soft parts, with perhaps little laceration 
of the skin, produced by a blow from a blunt body ; the 
bruise of ordinary language. — DiSSectlon-WOUnd, a poi- 
soned wound received while dissecting or performing an 
autopsy, by which septic material is introduced. Also 
called diMectiwj U'tnind and jMxt.mortem wound. — God'S 
wounds. f*ee 'tnmundit and zounds. GunshOt-WOund, 
a lacerated wound caused by a bullet or other missile 
discharged from a firearm: technically called mdmis 
sctopeticuin. — Jncised'WOnnd,& clean-cut wound made 
by a knife or other sharp instrument; the cut of ordinary 
language. — Lacerated wound, a wound caused by tear- 
ing rather than cutting: any laceration of soft parts. — 
Open wound, an operation-wound in which the integu- 
ment is widely incised, as distinguished from a subcutane- 
ous wound in which the skin opening is snialL— Opera- 
tion-WOimd, a wotind made by the surgeon in the course 
of an <»peration, as distinguished from one occurring acci- 
dentally. — Poisoned wound, a wound into which some 
poisonous matter is introduced in the act of wounding, as 
a dissection-wound, the bite of a venomous reptile, or the 
sting of a poisonous insect. — Punctured wound, a nar- 
row deep wound made by a sliarp-pointed body, such as 
a needle or a rapier. 
wound' (wond or wound), r. [< ME. wounden, 
wouudien, wundcn, wundien, wondien, < AS. 
wundian = OIIG. wnnton, MHG. wunden, G. vrr- 
wunden, wound; from the noun.] I. trans. 1. 
To hurt by violence; cut, slash, or lacerate; 
injure; damage: as, to tcound the head or the 
arm; to icoM/irf a tree. 
Ther eche wouiulc and kylde other. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. l.^a. 
He was wounded for our transgressions. Isa. liii. 5. 
'Tis not thy cause ; 
Thou hast no reputation wounded in 't. 
Beau, and Fl., Knight of Malta, ii. 3. 
2. Figuratively, to cause injury or harm to; 
specifically, of persons, to hurt the feelings of; 
pain. 
My wretched heart, wounded with bad betide, 
To crane his peace from reason is addrest. 
Qreene, Francesco's .Sonnet (Works, ed. Grosart.VIII. 169). 
When ye sin against the brethren, and wound their weak 
consciences, ye sin against Christ. 1 Cor. viii. 12. 
The pangs of xeounded vanity seemed to him [Johnson] 
ridiculous. Macaulay, Boswell's Johnson. 
II. intnius. To inflict hurt or injury, either 
physically or morally. 
This courtesy 
Wounds deeper than your sword can, or mine own. 
Fletcher (and another), Love's Cure, v. 1. 
Willing to wmtnd, and yet afraid to strike. 
Pope, Prol. to .Satires, 1. 203. 
WOUnd^ (wound). Preterit and past participle 
of wlnd^. 
WOUlldable(vvon'- or woun'da-bl),a. [< wound^ 
+ -able.] ('apable of being wounded; liable 
to injury; vulnerable. 
.So woundaUe is the dragon under the left wing. 
Fuller, Ch. Hist., IV. i. .I. 
■wp. 
WOUnder (won'der or woun'der), n. [< ME. 
woiinder; < wound'^ + -erl.] One who or that 
which wounds. 
WOUnd-fe'Ver (w6nd'fe"ver), n. A fever, prob- 
ably mildly septic in its nature, which some- 
times occurs after receiving a wound, whether 
accidental or made during an operation : in the 
latter case also called surgical fever. 
wound-gall (wond'gal), «. A gall made on the 
stem of the grape-vine by an American weevil, 
Ampeloglypter sesostris. See vine-gall. 
WOUndily (woun'di-li), adv. [< woundy"^ + -ly^.1 
Woundy; excessively. [Colloq. or humorous.] 
They look woundily like Frenchmen. 
Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer, i. 2. 
Richai'd Penlake repeated the vow. 
For woundily sick was he. 
Southey, St. Michael's Chair. 
wounding (won'- or woun'ding), «. [Verbal n. 
of «0HH(/i, r.] Hurt; injury. Gen. iv. 23. 
woundless (wond'- or wound'les),a. [< iconnd^ 
+ -less.'] 1. Free from hurt or injury. — 2. 
Invulnerable ; incapable of being wounded. 
Hit the woundless air. Shak., Hamlet, iv. 1. 44. 
3. Unwounding; harmless. 
Turno thee to those that weld the awful crowne. 
To doubted Knights, whose woundtesse armour rusts. 
Spenser, Shep. Cat, October. 
Not a dart fell woundless there. Southey, Joan of Arc, viii. 
woundwort (wond ' wert), n. [< wound^ + 
uort^.] 1. A plant of the genus (Stacfti/.s, par- 
ticularly either of two species occurring in 
Great Britain, S. palustris, the marsh or clown's 
woundwort, and S. Germanica. The name al- 
ludes to a supposed vulnerary property. — 2. 
The kidney-vetch, Anthyllis rulneraria, and oc- 
casionally other plants Clown's woundwort 
Same as etmcnheal. —KnigiiVB woundwort, the water- 
soldier, Stratiiites aloides. See Stratiotes.— Saracen'S 
woundwort. .See Saracen's com.frcy, luider Saracen. 
WOUndWOrtll (wond'werth), u. A composite 
plant, Liaimm lirmcnei. ['West Indies.] 
woundyi (wiin'di or woun'di), a. [< wonnd^ + 
-(/!.] Causing or inflicting wounds. [Kare.] 
A boy that shoots 
From ladies' eyes such mortal wmcndy darts. 
Hood, Love. 
woundy^ (woun'di), n. [Of doubtful origin; per- 
luips a colloq. use of woundy^ ; cf. whopjiing, 
terrible, and other words of intensity, used as 
emphatics.] Excessive. [Colloq.] 
Indeed there is a tcoundy luck in names, sirs. 
And a main mystery. B. Jonson, Tale of a Tub, iv. 2. 
A «'ot(nrf)/hinderance toapoor man that lives by his la- 
bour. Sir R. L'Estrangc. 
W0Undy2 (woun'di), adr. [< woundy'^, a.] Ex- 
ceedingly; very. [Colloq.] 
A woundy brag young vellow. 
B. Jonson, Tale of a Tub, 1. 2. 
Gad. says I, an you play the fool antl marry at these years, 
there 's more danger of your head's aching than my heart. — 
He was woundy angry when I gav 'n th.at wipe. 
Congreve, Love for Love, iv. 13. 
Travelled ladies are wottndy nice. J. Baillie. 
WOUrali, wourari (wo'ra-li, -ri), v. Same as 
woorali, woorari. See curari. 
WOUrali-plant (wO'ra-li-plant), H. The plant 
which yields wourali. See curari. 
wournilt, »• Same as warble''^. 
WOUtt, »i. Same as route, an old sijelling of 
vaulf^. 
WOU-WOU, ". Same as wow-wme. 
wove (wov). Preterit and occasional ]iast par- 
ticiple of wcavc^. 
WO'Ven (wo'vn). Past participle of wenve'^. 
wow (wou), intcrj. An exclamation of pleasure, 
surprise, or wonder. 
O whan he slew his berry-brown steed. 
Wow but his heart was sair ! 
Kinff Henry (Child's Ballads, I. 148). 
And, wow! Tani saw an unco sight I 
Burtis, Tarn o' Shanter. 
WOWe't, WOwert. Obsolete forms of (cm, wooer. 
WOWe'-'t, "• A Middle English form of w(iw~. 
WO-weriet, a. See woe-weary. 
WOWf (wouf ), 0. [Cf. H'fl(/'3.] Wild; deranged; 
disordered in intellect. [Scotch.] 
He will bo as wovf as ever his father was. 
Scott, Pirate, i.x. 
WOW-WOW (won' won), n. [Native name.] 1. 
The active gibbon of Sumatra, UyUibatcs agilis. 
Also WOU-WOU, unfiojiuti, and onngha. — 2. The 
silvery gil>bon of .Java, Ilyloliates leucit^cus. Also 
WOU-WOU, wau-wnu, wt-wah. 
WOXt, WOXet, ''• '• Obsolete forms of wax^. 
WOXent. Old [ireterit and [last participle of 
hy;j1. 
wp. A contraction of uorshiii. 
