WAN 
WAN 
He asks the god, what new appointed home 
Should end his wanderings, and his toils relieve ? Addison. 
Aberration; mistaken way.—If any man’s eagerness of 
glory has made him oversee the way to it, let him now re¬ 
cover his wanderings. Dec. of Chr. Piety.- —Incertainty; 
want of being fixed.—A proper remedy for this wandering 
of thoughts would do great service to the studious. Locke. 
WA'NDERINGLY, adv. In an uncertain, unsteady 
manner.—Were thy prayers made in fear and holiness, with 
passion and desire? Were they not made unwillingly, 
weakly, and wanderingly ? Bp. Taylor. 
WANDERSLEBEN, a small town of Prussian Saxony; 
9 miles south-west of Erfurt. 
WANDIA, a town of Hindostan, province of Cutch, dis¬ 
trict of Wagur. Lat. 23. 3. N. long. 70. 43. E. 
WANDIPORE, a town and fortress of Hindostan, pro¬ 
vince of Bootan. At Wandipore, there is a celebrated 
bridge, constructed of mountain fir, without the use of iron. 
It is said to have existed for 150 years, without exhibiting 
any appearance of decay. The climate here is excessively 
cold, and subject to high winds. Lat. 27. 51. N. long. 89. 
57. E. 
WANDIWASH, a town and fortress of the south of 
India, province of the Carnatic. Lat. 12. 29. N. long. 79. 
40. E. 
WANDORF, a village of Hungary, on the borders of 
Lower Austria, with a large coal mine, from which coals are 
sent to Vienna. 
WANDSBECK, a town of Germany; 2 miles from Ham¬ 
burgh. 
WANDSDYKE, or Woden’s Dyke, a strong earthen 
rampart in England, which extends from near Bath, in 
Somersetshire, over the Downs, to Great Bedwin, and from 
east to west over Salisbury plain. It was cast up by the 
West Saxons, against the incursions of the British. Along 
the south side of it runs a broad ditch. 
WANDSFORTH, or Wandsford Briggs, a town of 
England, in Northamptonshire, situated on the river Nen, 
opposite to Stibbington, in Huntingdonshire. It has a fine 
bridge over the Nen, and a fine wharf on the banks of that 
river. 
WANDSWORTH, a parish of England, in the county of 
Surrey, so called from its situation on the banks of the small 
river Wandle, which here falls into the Thames; 5 miles 
south-west-by-west of London. Population 5644. 
To WANE, v. n. [paniau, to grow less. Sax.] To grow 
less; to decrease. Applied to the moon : opposed to wax. 
Warning moons their settled periods keep. 
To swell the billows, and ferment the deep. Addison. 
To decline; to sink. 
A lady far more beautiful 
Than any woman in this warning age. Shakspeare. 
To WANE, v. a. To cause to wane. Not in use. 
No lustful finger can profane him, 
Nor any earth with black eclipses wane him. B. Jonson. 
WANE, s. Decrease of the moon. 
This is fair Diana’s case; 
For all astrologers maintain. 
Each night a bit drops off her face, 
When mortals say she’s in her wane. Swift. 
Decline; diminution; declension.—You’re cast upon an 
age, in which the church is in its wane. South. 
WANFRIED, a town of Germany, in Hesse-Cassel, on the 
Werra; 30 miles east-by-south of Cassel. Population 1400. 
WANG, s. [panj-cob, Saxou.] Jaw teeth. The latchet 
of a shoe; a shoe-thong; a shoe-wajig. [pceo-c5panj, Sax.] 
Ray. 
WANGARA, a large country, situated in the very heart of 
Central Africa, and much celebrated in the early descriptions 
of that continent, though it has not been reached, or even 
any distinct particulars obtained by modern travellers. The 
Arabian travellers in the twelfth century represent it as the 
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grand source of African wealth. Edrisi describes it as 
entirely traversed and intersected by branches of the Nile of 
the Negroes, or modern Niger. They form it indeed into a 
species of island, 300 miles in length, and 150 in breadth. 
During the season of the rains, which rise to their greatest 
height in August, the whole country was overflowed and 
laid under water. In September the waters began to subside, 
and after retiring, left the whole country impregnated with 
gold dust. The natives then hastened, and, by slight digging, 
obtained an ample portion of this precious metal, which they 
disposed of to merchants, who hastened thither from the re¬ 
motest extremities of the continent. The principal towns of 
Wangara were Semegda and Reghebil, situated on the shore 
of extensive and beautiful lakes. The country was subject to 
the king of Ghana, who held extensive sway over this part of 
Africa. Wangara is now stated to be subject to Bornou. 
WANGEN, a small town of France, in Lower Alsace; 12 
miles west of Strasburg. 
WANGEN, a small town of Switzerland, on the river 
Aar; 5 miles north-east of Soleure. 
WANGEN, a small town of Germany in Wirtemberg; 11 
miles north-north-east of Lindau. 
WANGERIN, a town of Prussia, in Pomerania; 22 miles 
north-east of Stargard. 
WANGER-OEG, a sandy island on the coast of the grand 
duchy of Oldenburg, in the north-west of Germany. It is 
12 miles in circumference. Its inhabitants, amounting to 
200, subsist by fishing. Lat. 53. 48.26. N. long. 7. 52.35. E. 
WANGFORD, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 3| miles 
north-west-by north of Southwold. Population 502.—An¬ 
other parish in the same county; 3 miles south-west-by-west 
of Brandon Farry.. 
WANGWELL, a small island in the Pacific ocean, near 
the south coast of Waygiou. Lat. 0. 23. S. long. 131. 
35. E. 
WA'NHOPE, s. [from pana, Sax., to want, and hope.] 
Want of hope. Obsolete .—In wanhope and dyspayre. Lib. 
Test. 
WANKANEER, a fortified town of Hindostan, province 
of Gujerat. Lat. 22. 27. N. long. 70. 58. E. 
WANLIP, a parish of England, in Leicester; 3| miles 
south-east-by-south of Mount Sorrell. 
WANLOCK, a small river of Scotland, on the borders of 
Dumfries and Lanark shires, which has its rise at the lead 
mines, and, after running a few miles, joins the Crawick at 
the same place as the Spango from Kirkconnel on the west. 
WANLOCKHEAD, a considerable village of Scotland, 
in Dumfries-shire, in the parish of Sanquhar, about a mile 
south-west of Lead-hills, seated on the abovementioned 
river. 
WAN-NASH-REESE, a lofty rugged mountain, gene¬ 
rally covered with snow, situated in the southern part of the 
kingdom of Algiers ; 45 miles south of Shershell. 
WA'NNED, adj. Turned pale and faint-coloured. 
Is it not monstrous that this player here. 
But in a fiction, in a dream of passion. 
Could force his soul so to his own conceit, 
That, from her working, all his visage wanrCd ?- 
Shakspeare. 
WANNE-PERVEEN, a village of the Netherlands; 14 
miles north of Zwolle. Population 1400. 
WANNERTON, a hamlet of England, near Kidder¬ 
minster, in the county of Worcester. 
WA'NNESS, s. Paleness; languor. 
WA'NNISH, adj. Of a pale or wan hue. Barret. 
The leaves should all be black whereon I write. 
And letters where my tears have wash’d a warmish white. 
Milton. 
WANNOUGAH, a mountain of Algiers; 100 miles west 
of Constantina. 
WANNY, an extensive district of the island of Ceylon, 
situated on the north-east quarter, in the vicinity of Trinco- 
malee. It is a flat country, and well calculated for the cul¬ 
tivation of rice. The ruins of 600 reservoirs or tanks evince 
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