WEN 
WEN 
or from. This word is now obsolete, but its preterite went 
is still in use. 
Back to Athens shall the lovers wend 
With league, whose date till death shall never end. 
Shakspeare. 
To turn round. It seems to be an old sea term.—A ship 
of 600 tons will carry as good ordnance as a ship of 1200 
tons; and though the greater have double the number, the 
lesser will turn her broadsides twice, before the greater can 
wend once. Ralegh. 
WENDEL, St., a small town of Germany, in the part of 
the French department of the Sarre assigned to Saxe-Coburg. 
It stands on the Blies; 29 miles south-east of Treves. Popu¬ 
lation 1400. 
WENDELL, formerly Saville, a township of the Uni¬ 
ted States, in Cheshire county, New Hampshire; 22 miles 
north-east of Charlestown, and 38 west-north-west of Con¬ 
cord. Population 447.—2. A township of the United States, 
in Franklin county, Massachusets; 13 miles east of Green¬ 
field, and 80 west of Boston. 
WENDELSTEIN, a market town of Germany, in Bava¬ 
rian Franconia, on the Schwarzach; 9 miles south of Nu- 
remburg.—2. A mountain of Germany, in Bavaria, in the 
circle of the Iser, 1100 feet in perpendicular height. 
WENDEN, a principality of Germany, in the grand 
duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, lying contiguous to Bran¬ 
denburg and Pomerania. 
WENDERTON, a hamlet of England, in the parish of 
Wingham, county of Kent. 
WENDISHAYN, a large village of Saxony, in the circle 
of Leipsic, bailiwick of Leisnig. 
WENDLEBURY, a parish of England, in Oxfordshire; 
3 miles south-west of Bicester. 
WENDLING, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 4 miles 
west of East Dereham. 
WENDL1NGEN, a small town of Germany, in Wirtem- 
burg, at the confluence of the Lauter and Neckar, with 900 
inhabitants; 12 miles east-south-east of Stutgard, and 33 
west-north-west of U!m. 
WENDON, Great and Little, united parishes of En¬ 
gland, in Essex; 2^ miles south-west-by-west of Saffron 
Walden. 
WENDON, Lofts, or Lowth, a small village in the 
same county, about 2 miles from the foregoing. 
WENDOVER, a market town and borough of England, 
in the county of Buckingham. It is but an inconsiderable 
place, consisting chiefly of mean brick houses, and possesses 
no trade or manufacture of any consequence, except lace¬ 
making, from which the inhabitants derive their chief sup¬ 
port. Market on Tuesday and Thursday, and two annual 
fairs; 7 miles south-east of Aylesbury, and 35 west-by-north 
of London. 
WENDRON, St., a parish of England, in Cornwall; 
3 miles north-east-by-north of Helstone. Population 3555. 
WENDY, a parish of England, in Cambridge; 6J miles 
west of Royston. 
WENER, a large lake of Sweden, bounded along its dif¬ 
ferent shores by the provinces of Warmeland, Dalecarlia, and 
West Gothland. It is between 70 and 80 miles long, and up¬ 
wards of 25 broad. Its surface is about 150 feet above the 
level of the Cattegat. It is divided into two parts by a long 
neck of land. The only river that flows out of it is the 
Gotha-Elf. The coasts of the lake are lined with a multitude 
of islands, which are for the most part inhabited and culti¬ 
vated. The scenery is pleasant, particularly on the side of 
West Gothland. 
WENERSBORG, a town of Sweden, in the province of 
West Gothland, situated on a bay, near the efflux of the 
Gotha-Elf from the lake of Wener; 52 miles north of 
Gotteuburg. Lat. 58. 26. N. long. 12. 9. E. Population 
1500. 
WENHAM, Great and Little, two adjoining parishes 
of England, in Suffolk; about 5 miles south-east-by south 
Hadleigh. 
WENHAM, a post township of the United States, in 
Vol. XXIV. No. 1660. 
609 
Essex county, Massachusetts; 16 miles north of Salem, and 
21 north-east of Boston. Population 554. 
WENHASTON, a parish of England, in Suffolk, near 
Halesworth. Population 710. 
WENINGS, a small town of Germany, in Hesse-Cassel; 
35 miles east-north-east of Frankfort on the Maine. 
WENLOCK, Much or Great, a market town and bo¬ 
rough of England, in the c ounty of Salop. The town is ill 
built and consists only of two streets. It is a very ancient 
corporation, and is said to have been the first town which 
sent members to parliament, by a writ from Edward IV. in 
1478, when it sent one member, but now returns two, in 
conjunction with Broseley and Little Wenlock. The town 
is noted for its quarries of limestone; but in the reign of 
Richard II. it was as famous for its copper mines. Great 
Wenlock owes much of its celebrity to the remains of an 
ancient abbey, subsequently converted into a monastery for 
Cluniacs; the remains of which shew it to have been a 
structure of great magnificence. Fragments of this opulent 
monastery are scattered to a great distance. The whole pre¬ 
cinct included 30 acres. Market on Monday, and four 
annual fairs; 12 miles south-east of Shrewsbury, and 147 
north-west of London. Population 2079. 
WENLOCK, Little, a parish of England, adjoining to, 
and included within, the borough of Much Wenlock. Po¬ 
pulation 941. 
WENLOCK, a township of the United States, in Essex 
county, Vermont; 65 miles north-east of Montpelier. 
WENMAN, one of the Gallipago islands in the Pacific 
ocean. 
WENNE, St., a parish of England, in Cornwall; 4 miles 
from St. Columb Major. 
WE'NNEL, s. An animal newly taken from the dam. 
Pinch never thy wennels of water or meat. 
If ever ye hope for to have them good neat. Tusser. 
WENNINGTON, a parish of England, in Essex; 2 miles 
from Purfleet.—2. A hamlet in Huntingdonshire; 5 miles 
north of Huntingdon.—3. A township in Lancashire; Si¬ 
miles south-by-east of Kirkby Lonsdale. 
WE'NNISH, or We'nny, adj. Having the nature of a 
wen.—The incision of a wennish tumour. Wot ton. 
WENSLEY, a parish of England, in the North Riding of 
Yorkshire; 2 miles from Leyburn.—2. A hamlet of England, 
in Derbyshire; 3| miles west-north-west of Matlock. 
WENSYSSEL, a peninsula of Denmark, in Jutland, 
bounded on the south by the canal of Aalborg, and on the 
north and west by the German ocean.—2. Also a small town 
of Denmark, in Jutland, on the above peninsula; 18 miles 
north-west of Aalborg. 
WENT, pret. [See Wend and Go.] 
WENT, s. Way; course; path. 
By wondrous skill and many hidden wayes 
To the three fatal sisters’ house she went, 
Farre under ground from tract of living went. Spenser. 
WENT, a river of England, in Yorkshire, which runs into 
the Don. 
WENTBRIDGE, a hamlet of England, in Yorkshire; 4f 
miles south-east-by-east of Pontefract. 
WENTERSWYK, or Winterswyk, an inland town of 
the Netherlands, near the Prussian frontier, on the Sling; 25 
miles west-south-west of Zutphen. Population 5700. 
WENTNOR, a parish of England, in Salop; 4^ miles 
north-east-by-east of Bishop’s Castle. Population 592. 
WENSSUM, or Wansum, a river of England, in Norfolk, 
which falls into the Yare, near Norwich. 
WENTWORTH (Thomas), Earl of Strafford. See Eng¬ 
land. 
WENTWORTH, a township of England, in the West 
Riding of Yorkshire.—2. A parish of England, in the isle of 
Ely, Cambridgeshire; 4 miles south-west-by-west of Ely.— 
3. A post township of the United States, in Grafton county. 
New Hampshire; 15 miles north-west of Plymouth, and 58 
north-north-west of'Concord. Population 645. 
WENTWORTH MOUNTAINS, a range of mountains 
of the United States, in New Hampshire, extending from 
6 O Bethlehem^ 
