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in his Engl. Grammar of 1633 has pointed out, and as Mr. 
Malone also has observed; wearling, by the sound being 
more upon the a than e, becoming warling , like as dearling, 
darling : Hence Butler adds the proverb given by Camden, 
and Mr. Malone accordingly defines warling, or wearling, 
one of whom a young man is weary. Todd. —Better be an old 
man’s darling than a young man’s warling. Camden. 
WARL1NGHAM, a parish of England, in Surrey; 5 
miles south-south-east of Croydon. 
WA'RLOCK, or Wa'rluck, s. [ vardlookr, Icel., a 
charm; peplog, Saxon, an evil spirit. A male witch; a wiz¬ 
ard.— Warlock in Scotland is applied to a man whom the vul¬ 
gar suppose to be conversant with spirits, as a woman who car¬ 
ries on the same commerce is called a witch: he is supposed 
to have the invulnerable quality which Dryden mentions, 
who did not understand the word.—He w»as no warluck, as 
the Scots commonly call such men, who they say are iron 
free or lead free. Dryden. 
WARM, adj. [ warni, Gothic; peapm, Saxon; warm, 
Dutch.] Not cold, though not hot; heated to a small de¬ 
gree.—He stretched himself upon the child, and the flesh of 
the child waxed warm. 2 Kings. —Zealous ; ardent.—I 
never thought myself so warm in any party’s cause, as to 
deserve their money. Pope. —Habitually passionate; ar¬ 
dent; keen. Violent; furious; vehement. 
Welcome day-light; we shall have warm work on’t: 
The Moor will ’gage 
His utmost forces on his next assault. 
To win a queen and kingdom. Dryden. 
Busy in action; heated with action. 
I hate the ling’ring summons to attend, 
Death all at once would be a nobler end ; 
Fate is unkind: methinks a general 
Should warm, and at the head of armies fall, Dryden. 
Fanciful; enthusiastic.—If there be a sober and a wise 
man, what difference will there be between his knowledge 
and that of the most extravagant fancy in the world ? If 
there be any difference between them, the advantage will be 
on the wr/rw-headed man’s side, as having the more ideas, 
and the more lively. Locke. —Vigorous ; sprightly. 
N<3w warm in youth, now with’ring in thy bloom. 
Lost in a convent’s solitary gloom. Pope. 
To WARM, v. a. To free from cold ; to heat in a gen¬ 
tle degree.—It shall be for a man to burn, for he shall take 
thereof and warm himself. Isa. 
The mounted sun 
Shot down direct his fervid rays to warm 
Earth’s inmost womb. Milton. 
To heat mentally; to make vehement.—The action of Ho¬ 
mer being more full of vigour than that of Virgil, is more 
pleasing to the reader: one warms you by degrees, the other 
sets you on fire all at once, and never intermits his heat. 
Dryden. 
To WARM, v. n. To grow less cold.—There shall not 
be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. Isa. 
WARMBIIUNN, a town of Prussian Silesia, among the 
Riesengebirge mountains; 60 miles west-south-west of Bres¬ 
lau. Population 1900. 
WARMELAND, a province of Sweden, in West Goth¬ 
land, bounded on the south by the lake of Wener, and on 
ihe west by the mountains of Norway. It is about 230 miles 
in length from north to south, and 130 in breadth from east 
to west; and has an area of 6666 square miles, and a popu¬ 
lation of about 140,000. Carlstadt is the capital of the 
province. 
WARMFIELD, a township of England, West Riding of 
Yorkshire; 3 miles east of Wakefield. Population 639. 
WARMINGHAM, or Warmicham, a parish of Eng¬ 
land, county of Chester; 3| miles west of Sandbach. Po¬ 
pulation 1041. 
WAIIMINGHURST, a parish of England, in Sussex ; 5j 
miles north-west of Steyning. 
WA'RMINGPAN, s. A covered brass pan for warming 
a bed by means of hot coals.—The idle story of the Preten¬ 
der’s having been introduced in a warming-pan into the 
Queen’s bed, has been much more prejudicial to the cause 
of Jacobitism, than all that Mr. Locke and others have writ¬ 
ten. Ld. Chesterfield. 
WA'RMINGSTONE, s. To stones add the warming- 
stone, digged in Cornwall, which being well heated at the 
fire retains warmth a great while, and hath been found to 
give ease in the infernal haemorrhoids. Kay. 
WARMINGTON, a parish of England, in Warwickshire; 
5§ miles east south-east of Kineton. Population 375. 
WARMINGTON, a parish of England, in Northampton¬ 
shire, on the river Nen; 3 miles north-east of Oundle. 
WARMINSTER, a market-town of England, of great 
antiquity, in the county of Wilts. R consists principally of 
one well paved, very long street, stretching along the sides 
of the turnpike road. The parish church, situated at the 
west end of the town, is a spacious and handsome building, 
with a square tower. On the downs near it is a fine Belgic 
fortification, called Battlesbury; and a Roman villa, with a 
fine tesselated pavement, was found a few years since, about 
2 miles from the town. Market on Saturday, well supplied 
with corn. Fairs, 22d April, 10th August, and 26th Oc¬ 
tober, for sheep, cattle, cheese, and pedlary; 22 miles 
north-north-west of Salisbury, and 97 west-by-south of Lon¬ 
don. Population 5612. 
WARMINSTER, a township of the United States, in 
Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Population 564.— 2. A post 
township of Amherst county, Virginia, on James river, 90 
miles above Richmond. 
WA'RMLY, adv. With gentle heat. 
There the warming sun first warmly smote 
The open field. Milton. 
Eagerly; ardently. 
Now I have two right honest wives 
One to Atrides I will send, 
And t’other to my Trojau friend ; 
Each prince shall thus with honour have 
What both so warmly seem to crave. Prior. 
WA'RMNESS, or Warmth, s. Gentle heat.—-Then 
am I the prisoner, and his bed my gaol; from the loathed 
warmth whereof deliver me. Shakspeare. —Zeal; passion; 
fervour of mind.—What warmth is there in your affection 
towards any of these princely suitors that are already come ? 
Shakspeare. —Fancifulness; enthusiasm.—The sam ewarmth 
of head disposes men to both. Temple. 
WARMOND, a town of the Netherlands, in South Hol¬ 
land ; 4 miles north of Leyden. Population 800. 
WARM SPRINGS, a post village of the United States, 
in York county, Pennsylvania.—2. A post village of Bun¬ 
combe county. North Carolina. 
WARM SPRING MOUNTAINS, or Jackson’s Moun¬ 
tains, a ridge of the Allegany mountains, in Bath and 
Pendleton counties, Virginia, remarkable for warm springs. 
WARMSWORTH, a parish of England, West Riding of 
Yorkshire; 3 miles south-west of Doncaster. 
WARMWELL, a parish of England, in Dorsetshire; 5| 
miles south-east-by-south of Dorchester. 
To WARN, v. a. [peapman, Saxon; waemen, Dutch; 
warna, Swedish; varna, Icel.] To caution against any 
fault or danger; to give previous notice of ill. 
What, do’st thou scorn me for my gentle counsel ? 
And sooth the devil that I warn thee from ? Shakspeare . 
When first young Maro sung of kings and wars. 
Ere warning Phoebus touch’d his trembling ears, 
Perhaps he seem’d above the critics’ law. 
And but from nature’s fountains scorn’d to draw. Pope. 
To admonish of any duty to be performed, or practice or 
place to be avoided or forsaken —Cornelius was warned 
from God by an holy angel to send for thee. Acts.-r- To 
inform previously of good or bad. 
He wonders to what end you have assembled 
Such 
