WRO 
out (as we might say, hand him to the door), 
to extend. Add to this the word V ain (ori- 
ginally probably sounded ho), which signi- 
fies the eye, and we have yadaho, w'hich 
should signify to open the eyes, to extend the 
view, he. and metaphorically, to know, to 
understand -, and, in fact, this is the signifi- 
cation of jn' in Hebrew. But this is not 
all, for exactly the same procedure has 
been adopted by the Chinese. Ki, which 
signifies to examine, is composed of three 
radical characters, of which the first signi- 
fies the hand, the second a gate, the third 
the exje. So also kia is composed of three 
characters, one signifying the teeth, the 
other two, gate or opening, which signifies to 
break through, to make a great opening. In 
Hebrew Ttw is similarly composed. It 
signifies to plunder, to lay waste. Tchi is a 
targe collection of water. It was compos- 
ed of the characters for hand and water. 
The same compound was formed among the 
Hebrews, and 0’ yam signifies u great col-' 
lection of water, or the sea. In Arabic the 
letters thet or earth, and mim or water, 
from the word tham, and signify a flood. 
The Hebrew thin is composed of the thet 
or earth, and the min, which signifies man, 
i. e. man of the earth, and further, to form. 
to create. In both these instances the Chi- 
nese correspond in their combinations with 
the\lphabetical writing. Many other in- 
stances might be brought. We will adduce 
one to which there is no corresponding 
combination in the Chinese language. Ab 
or Haba, ix, signifies father. The compo- 
nent parts of it signify principal of the 
house. 
The papers of De Guignes, to which we 
are very greatly indebted on this subject, 
are to be found in Memoires de I’Academie 
des Inscriptions bt des Belles Lettres, vol. 
34, &c. 
WRONG stamp. By 37 George III, 
c. 136. any instrument (except bills of ex- 
change, promissory notes, or other notes, 
drafts, or orders) liable to stamp-duty, 
whereon shall be impressed any stamp of a 
different denomination, but of an equal or 
greater value than the stamp required, may 
be stamped with the proper stamp after 
WYT 
the execution, on payment of duty and five 
pounds penalty, but without any allowance 
for the wrong stamp. 
Likewise any such instrument (except as 
aforesaid) being ingrossed without having 
been first stamped, or having a stamp there- 
on of less value than required, the same may 
be stamped after the execution, on payment 
of the duty and ten pounds penalty only, 
for each skin thereof : but in case it shall 
be satisfactorily proved to the Commis- 
sioners of Stamps, that the same hath been 
so ingrossed either by accident or inadver- 
tency, or from urgent necessity, or unavoid- 
able circumstances, and without any inten- 
tion of fraud, the Commissioners are autho- 
rized to stamp the same within sixty days 
after the execution, to remit the penalty in 
part, or in all, and to indemnify persons so 
iiigrossing the same. 
WULFENIA, in botany, so named from 
the Rev. Francis Xavier Wulfen, a genus of 
the Diandria Mouogynia class and order. 
Essential character: corolla tubular, rin- 
gent, with the upper lip short, entire, the 
lower three-parted, with the aperture beard- 
ed; calyx five-parted; capsule two celled, 
fonr-valved. There is only one species, viz. 
W. carinthiaca, a native of Carinthia, on 
the highest Alps. 
WURMBEA, in botany, so named in 
honour of Frederick Baron Van Wurmb, a 
genus of the Hexandria Trigynia class and 
order. Natural order of Coronari®. Junci, 
Jussieu. Essential character : calyx none ; 
corolla six-parted, with a hexangular tube ; 
filaments inserted into the throat. There 
are three species. 
WYTE, or WiTE, in our ancient cus- 
toms, a pecuniary penalty or mulct. The 
Saxons had two kinds of punishments, tcere 
and wyte ; the first for the more grievous 
offences. The wyte was tor the less heinous 
ones. It was not fixed to any certain sum, 
but left at liberty to be varied according to 
the nature of the case. Hence also wyte, 
or wittree, one of the terms of privilege 
granted to our sportsmen, signifying a free- 
dom or immunity from fines or amercia- 
ments. 
