C22 
WET 
WESTRUTHER, a parish of Scotland, in Berwickshire, 
about five miles long, and four broad. 
WESTVILLE, a post village of the United States, in Berk¬ 
shire, New York; 14 miles north of Oswego. 
WESTWARD, adv. [peptpeapb, Saxon.] Towards 
the west. 
When westward like the sun you took your way, 
And from benighted Britain bore the day. Dryden. 
WESTWARD, a township of England, in Cumberland; 
2k miles south-east of Wigfon. 
WESTWARD MILLS, a post village of the United States, 
in Brunswick county, Virginia. 
WE'STWARDLY, adv. With tendency to the west. 
If our loves faint, and westwardly decline; 
To me thou falsely thine. 
And I to thee mine actions shall disguise. Donne. 
WESTWELL, a parish of England, in Oxfordshire; 2§ 
miles south-west of Burford.—2. A parish in Kent, near 
Charing. v 
WESTWICK, a hamlet of England, in Cambridgeshire ; 
5 miles north-west of Cambridge.—2. A township in the 
county of Durham; 2 miles south-east of Barnard Castle. 
—3. A parish in Norfolk; 2j miles south of North Wal- 
sham. 
WESTWICKHAM, a parish of England, in Cambridge¬ 
shire ; 5 miles from Linton. 
WESTWOOD, a hamlet of England, in the parish of Daw. 
lish, Devonshire.—2. A township in Herefordshire; 4J miles 
north-west of Bromyard.—3. A township in Northumberland, 
situated on the Till, north-east of Wooller.—4. A parish in 
Wiltshire; 2 miles south-west of Bradford.—5. A hamlet in 
the parish of Langton Wallis, Worcestershire. 
WEST-WOODSIDE, a hamlet of England, in the parish 
of Haxey, Lincolnshire. 
WESTWRATLING, a parish of England, in Cambridge¬ 
shire ; 6 miles from Linton. Population 586. 
WESTZAANEN, a village of the Netherlands, in North 
Holland, with 2300 inhabitants; 8 miles north-west of Am¬ 
sterdam. 
WET, s. [wate , M. Goth., water; vaeta. Ice]., rain; 
pteca, Sax., humidity ; veto;, Gr., rain, from vaJ] Water; 
humidity; moisture ; rainy weather. 
Now the sun, with more effectual beams. 
Had cheer’d the face of earth, and dry’d the wet 
From drooping plant. Milton. 
WET, aclj. [paec, Sax. See the substantive.] Humid ; 
having some moisture adhering : opposed to dry. —They are 
wet with the showers of the mountains. Job. —The soles of 
the feet have great affinity with the head, and the mouth of 
the stomach; as going weNshod to those that use it not, 
affecteth both. Bacon. — Rainy; watery.— Wet weather 
seldom hurts the most unwise. Dry den. 
To WET, v. n. To humectate; to moisten ; to make to 
have moisture adherent.—A drop of water running swiftly 
over straw, wetteth not. Bacon. — Wet the thirsty earth with 
falling showers. Milton —To moisten with drink.—Let’s 
drink the other cup to wet our whistles, and so sing away all 
sad thoughts. Walton. 
WETAPHATO, Indians of the United States, in Louisiana, 
at tire head of the Platte. 
WETARHOO, a river of the United States, in Louisiana, 
which runs into the Missouri; 1422 miles from the Missis¬ 
sippi. 
WETATIC, a mountain of the United States, in Ash- 
burnham, Massachusetts. The elevation of the summit is 
1900 feet. 
WETAWHOO, a small river of Louisiana, which falls 
into the Missouri. Its bed is 120 yards wide ; but the water 
is frequently not 20 yards wide. 
WETENHALL, a township of England, in Cheshire; 6| 
miles north-west of Nantwich. 
WETHAU, a village of Germany, in Prussian Saxony, 
near Weissenfels. 
WET 
WE'THER, s. [pebep. Sax.; weder, Dutch.] Aram 
castrated. 
1 am a tainted wether of the flock, 
Meetest for death. Shakspeare. 
He doth not apprehend how the tail of an African wether 
outweigheth the body of a good calf, that is, an hundred 
pound. Brown. 
WETHERALL, a parish of England, in the county of 
Cumberland, near Carlisle. 
WETHERBY, a market town and parish of England, in 
the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is situate on the banks of 
the river Wharfe, over which, at the entrance to the town, is 
a handsome stone bridge; and on the left hand is a famous 
wear or cascade across the river, for the purpose of drawing 
off the stream for supplying some mills. These mills are 
used not only for grinding corn, but for pressing great quan¬ 
tities of oil from rapeseed, and also for rasping logwood for 
the use of the clothiers and dyers. At some distance below 
the town, on the opposite side of the river, is a valuable 
mineral spring, called the Thorpe Arch Spa, or, more lately, 
Boslin Spa, where a neat village has arisen, for the accom¬ 
modation of visitors, with two very good inns, besides several 
inferior ones. The water is adapted for rheumatic and scor¬ 
butic complaints. The quarter sessions of the peace for the 
West Riding are held here once a year, in rotation with 
Knaresborough, Skipton, and Wakefield. Market on Thurs¬ 
day, and two annual fairs; 14 miles west-south-by-west of 
York, and 180 north-by-west of London. 
WETHERDEN, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 4 miles 
north-west of Market Stow. 
WETHERINGSET, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 5 
miles south-south-west of Eye. 
WETHERLEY, a parish of England, in Leicestershire; 2 
miles from Atherstone. 
WETHEItMELOCH, a township of England, in Cum¬ 
berland ; 5 miles from Penrith. 
WETHERSFIELD, a parish of England, in Essex; 6 
miles north-north-west of Braintree. Population 1368. 
WETHERSFIELD, a post township of the United States, 
in Hartford county, Connecticut, on the west bank of the 
Connecticut. 
WETHORPE, a hamlet of England, in Northamptonshire, 
adjoining to Stamford. 
WETING, All Saints and St. Mary, a village of Eng¬ 
land, in the county of Norfolk, between Thetford and Meth- 
would, near Brandon Ferry. 
WETNESS, s. The state of being wet; moisture; humi¬ 
dity.—The wetness of these bottoms often spoils them for 
corn. Mortimer. 
WETSCHWEIL, a large village of the Swiss canton of 
Zurich, on the lake of Zurich. 
WE'TSHOD, adj. Wet over the shoes. 
The valley all did swimme with streames of bloud, 
So great that time a slaughter was there made: 
It stainde the mightie mouthes of Nilus floud. 
And on the shores you might bloud wetshod wade. 
Mir. for Mag. 
WETTENIIAUSEN, a village of Bavaria, on the Kam- 
lach; 17 miles east of Ulm. 
WETTER, a large lake of Sweden, lying between East 
and West Gothland; about 66 miles long and 16 broad. 
WETTER, a small river of Germany, in the Wetterau, 
which joins the Nidda. 
WETTER, a town of Germany, in Hesse-Cassel; 7 miles 
north-west of Marburg. 
WETTER ISLE, an island in the Eastern seas, situated 
off the north coast of the island of Timor. It is about 65 
miles in length, by 20 the average breadth. Lat. 7. 24. S. 
long. 126. 40. E. 
WETTERAVIA, or the Wetterau, in Germany, was 
originally the small district lying along the river Wetter; but 
was afterwards extended so as to comprise all the country 
lying between the Lahn, the Rhine, and the Maine. 
WETTEREN, an inland town of the Netherlands, in the 
province 
