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WI'NTERGREEN, s. [pyrola, Latin.] A plant. Miller. 
WINTERHAY, a hamlet of England, in Somersetshire ; 
near Ilminster. 
WINTERHEAD, a hamlet of England, in the parish of 
Shipham, Somersetshire. 
W1NTERINGHAM, a parish of England, in Lincoln¬ 
shire ; 7§ miles west of Barton-upon-Humber. Population 
709. 
WINTERINGHAM, Lower and Upper, adjoining ham¬ 
lets of England, in Huntingdonshire, near St. Neot’s. 
WI'NTERLY, adj. Such as is suitable to winter; of a 
wintry kind. 
If’t be Summer news. 
Smile to’t before; if winterly , thou need’st 
But keep that count’nance still. Skakspeare. 
WINTERSET, a township of England, West Riding of 
Yorkshire; 6 miles south-east of Wakefield. 
WINTERSTOW, West, a parish of England, in Wilt¬ 
shire; 5 miles east-north-east of Salisbury. Population 677. 
WINTERSTOW, East and Middle, adjoining hamlets 
in the foregoing parish, and included therewith. 
WINTERTHUR, a small but well built town of Switzer¬ 
land, in the canton of Zurich. It has a classical school, and 
a library, containing medals and other antiquities, found, 
from time to time, in the neighbourhood. The vicinity pro¬ 
duces good wine; 21 miles north-west of Constance. Popu¬ 
lation 3300. 
WINTERTON, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; 8 
miles west-south-west of Barton-upon-Humber. Population 
821. 
WINTERTON, a parish of England, and formerly a mar¬ 
ket town, situated on the sea coast of Norfolk. The church 
is a handsome structure, but the houses are indifferently built. 
The soil here is reckoned the richest and easiest to be plough¬ 
ed in England. The promontory or cape, near the village, 
called Wintertonnes, has a light-house on it; 5 miles north- 
north-west of Yarmouth. Population 494. 
WINTHORPE, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; ] 1 
miles east-by-north of Spilsby.—2. A parish in Nottingham¬ 
shire; 2J miles north-north-east of Newark. 
WINTHROP, a post town of the United States, in Ken- 
nebeck county, Maine. It is a considerable and flourishing 
town, and has manufactures of cotton and wool, and also of 
copperas; 160 miles north-north-east of Boston. Population 
1444. 
WINTHROP’S BAY, a bay on the north coast of Antigua. 
WINTNEY, Hartley, a parish of England, in South- 
amptonshire; 2 miles south-by-west of Hartford-bridge. Po¬ 
pulation 771. 
WINTON, a small village of England, in Southampton- 
shire; 3 miles from Christchurch.—2. A township in the 
North Riding of Yorkshire; 4 miles from Northallerton.— 3. 
A township in Westmoreland; 1 mile north-north-east of 
Kirkby-Stephen. 
WINTON, a post town of the United States, and capital 
of Hertford county. North Carolina, on the Chowan; 35 miles 
north-north-west of Edenton. It contains but a few houses. 
WINTONBURY, a post village of the United States, in 
Hartford county, Connecticut. 
WINTRINGHAM, a parish of England, East Riding of 
Yorkshire; 6 J miles east-by-north of New Malton. 
Wl'NTRY, adj. Brumal; hyemal; suitable to winter. 
He saw the Trojan fleet dispers’d, distress’d 
By stormy winds, and wintry heav’n oppress’d. Dry den. 
WINTZENHEIM, a town of France, department of the 
Upper Rhine, with 2200 inhabitants, who manufacture wool¬ 
len and cotton; 6 miles south-east of Turkheim. 
WINWICK, a parish of England, in Huntingdon and 
Northampton shires; 7 miles south-west of Stilton.—2. A 
township in Lancashire; 2| miles north of Warrington. Po¬ 
pulation 570.—3. A parish in Northamptonshire; 9| miles 
north-north-east of Daventry.—4. A parish in Northampton¬ 
shire ; 6 miles from Oundle. 
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WI'NY, adj. Having the taste or qualities of wine.— 
Set cucumbers among muskmelons, and see whether the 
melons will not be more winy, and better tasted. Bacon. 
WINYAW, a bay of the United States, in South Carolina, 
formed by the j unction of the Pedee, Wakkamaw, and Winee. 
It is 12 miles long. 
WINZIG, a small town of Prussian Silesia; 31 miles north- 
north-west of Breslau. Population 1500. 
To WIPE, ». a. [pipan, Saxon.] To cleanse by rubbing 
with something soft. 
Such a handkerchief, 
I’m sure it was your wife’s, did I to-day 
See Cassio wipe his beard with. Skakspeare. 
To take away by tersion.—Calumniate stoutly; for though 
we wipe away with never so much care the dirt thrown at us, 
there will be left some sulliage behind. Dec. ofChr. Piety. 
—To strike off gently. 
Let me wipe off this honourable dew. 
That silverly doth progress on thy cheeks. Skakspeare. 
To clear away. 
Macduff, this noble passion 
Child of integrity, hath from my soul 
Wip'd the black scruples; reconcil’d my thoughts 
To thy good truth and honour. Skakspeare. 
lEmungoi] To cheat; to defraud.—The next bordering 
lords commonly incroach one upon another, as one is stron¬ 
ger,- or lie still in wait to wipe them out of their lands. 
Spenser. 
To WIPE out. To efface. 
This blot, that they object against your house, 
Shall be wip'd out in the next parliament. Skakspeare. 
WIPE, s. An act of cleansing.—A blow; a stroke ; a 
jeer; a gibe; a sarcasm. 
To statesmen would you give a wipe , 
You print it in Italic type : 
When letters are in vulgar shapes, 
’Tis ten to one the wit escapes; 
But when in capitals exprest, 
The dullest reader smokes the jest. Swift. 
\Vanellusi\ A bird. Ainswortk. 
WI'PER, s. An instrument or person by which any 
thing is wiped. 
The maids and their makes, - 
At dancing and wakes. 
Had their napkins and posies. 
And the wipers for their noses. B. Jonson, 
WIPPACH, or Vipacco, a small town of Austrian Illyria, 
in Carniola, on a river of the same name; 20 miles north- 
north-east of Trieste. Population 1000. 
WIPPER, a river of the Prussian states, in Pomerania, 
which issues from the lake of Wippenken, and falls into the 
Baltic below Rugerwald. It serves to convey rafts of wood, 
and has a small harbour at its mouth. 
WIPPER. See Wupper. 
WIPPER, or Wupper, a river of Prussian Saxony, which 
rises in the Eichsfeld, flows through the principality of 
Schwartzburg, and falls into the Saa! in Thuringia, above 
Sachsenburg. 
WIPPERFELD, a neatly built village of Prussian West¬ 
phalia, in the duchy of Berg, on the Wipper; 19 miles east 
of Cologne. 
WIPPERFURT, a small town of the Prussian province of 
Cleves and Berg, on the Wipper; 22 miles east-north-east of 
Cologne. It has 4800 inhabitants, who manufacture some 
broad cloth, but more cottons. 
WIPP1NGEN, a small town and castle of Switzerland; 12 
miles south-south-west of Friburg. 
W1PPRA, a town of Prussian Saxony, in the government 
of Merseburg; 8 miles west of Mansfield. Population 900. 
WIRBALLEN, a small town of Poland; 22 miles east of 
Gumbinnen. Population 1700. 
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