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WITTINGEN, a town of Hanover; 33 miles east of Zell. 
Population 900. 
WITTINGHAM, a parish of Scotland, in Haddington¬ 
shire, about 11 miles long and 4 broad, and lying among 
the Lammermuir hills. Population 616. 
WI'TTINGLY, adv. [pitan, Saxon, to weet or know.] 
Knowingly; not ignorantly ; with knowledge; by design. 
Withhold revenge, ’tis not my fault, 
Nor wittingly have I infring’d my vow. Shakspeare. 
WITTINGTON, a parish of England, in Derbyshire; 2 
miles north of Chesterfield. Population 627.—2. A parish 
in Gloucestershire; 4| miles east-south-east of Cheltenham. 
—3. A parish in Lancashire; 16 miles north-east of Lan¬ 
caster.—4. A parish in Salop; 3 miles east-north-east of 
Oswestry. Population 1460.—5. A township in Stafford¬ 
shire ; 4 miles north-west of Tamworth. Population 602. 
—6. A township in Warwickshire; 2 miles north-west of 
Atherstone. 
WITTINGTON, or Wellington, a township of Eng¬ 
land, in Northumberland: 5 miles from Newcastle. Po¬ 
pulation 1278—2. A hamlet of England, in Norfolk. 
WITTLE HILL, in Lancashire, England, 1614 feet 
above the sea, 
WITTMUND, a town of Hanover; 27 miles north east 
of Embden. Population 1600. 
WI'TTOL, s. [piccol, Sax. from pitan, to know.] A 
man who knows the falsehood of his wife, and seems con¬ 
tented ; a tame cuckold.—Amaimon sounds well; Lucifer 
well; yet they are the names of fiends: but cuckold, wittol- 
cuckold, the devil himself hath not such a name. Shak¬ 
speare. 
WI'TTOLLY, adj. Cuckoldly.—The jealous wittolly 
knave hath masses of money. Shakspeare. 
WITTON, a township of England, in Cheshire, adjacent 
to Northwich. Population 1966.—2. A parish in Hunting¬ 
donshire ; 2| miles north-by-west of St. Ives.—3. A town¬ 
ship in Lancashire; 2 miles west-by-north of Blackburn. 
Population 819.—4. A parish in Norfolk; 5| miles east of 
Norwich.—5. Another parish in Norfolk; 3J- miles east-by¬ 
north of North Walsham. 
WITTON, East, a township of England, North Riding 
of Yorkshire, near Middleham. Population 695. 
WITTON GILBERT, a parish of England, county of 
Durham; 3 miles north-west of Durham. Population 399. 
WITTON-LE-WEAR, a township of England, county 
of Durham; 5 miles west-north-west of Bishop’s Auckland. 
WITTON, Long, a township of England, in Northum¬ 
berland ; 9J miles from Morpeth. 
WITTON, Nether, a township in the above county, 
near the foregoing. 
WITTON, Shealf.s, a township in the same county ; 7 
miles from Morpeth. 
WITTON, Upper, a hamlet of England, in Warwick¬ 
shire, near Birmingham. 
WITTON, West, a parish of England, North Riding of 
Yorkshire; 5 miles west of Middleham. Population 439. 
WITTSTOCK, a town of Prussia, in the province of 
Brandenburg, on the river Dosse; 56 miles north-west of 
Berlin. It has considerable woollen manufactures. Popu¬ 
lation 3800. 
WI'TTY, adj. Judicious; ingenious; inventive. 
The deep revolving, witty Buckingham, 
No more shall be the neighbour to my counsels. 
Shakspeare. 
Thou art beautiful in thy countenance, and witty in thy 
•words. Judith. —Full of imagination. 
In gentle verse the witty told their flame, 
And grac’d their choicest songs with Emma’s name. Prior. 
Sarcastic; full of taunts.—Honeycomb, who was so un¬ 
mercifully witty upon the women, has given the ladies am¬ 
ple satisfaction by marrying a farmer’s daughter. Addison , 
WI'TWAL, s. [ vireo , Lat.] A bird. Ainsworth. 
WI'TWORM, s. One that feeds upon wit; a canker of 
wit.—Thus to come forth so suddenly a witworm. B. Jon- 
son. 
WITZELSDORF, a market town of Germany, in Lower 
Austria, near the Danube. 
WITZENHAUSEN, a small town of Germany, in Hesse- 
Cassel; 15 miles east of Cassel. In a fire in 1809, above 
200 of the houses were burned down. Population 2300. 
To WIVE, v. n. To marry; to take a wife. 
Were she as rough 
As are the swelling Adriatick seas, 
I come to wive it wealthily in Padua. Shakspeare. 
The ancient saying is no heresy. 
Hanging and wiving goes by destiny. Shakspeare. 
To WIVE, v. a. To match to a wife. 
She dying gave it me; 
And bid me, when my fate would have me wiv'd. 
To give it her. Shakspeare > 
To take for a wife.—If he have the condition of a saint, 
and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive 
me than wive me. Shakspeare. 
WTVEHOOD, s. Behaviour becoming a wife. 
That girdle gave the virtue of chaste love. 
And wivehood true, to all that did it bear. Spenser. 
WI'VELESS, adj. Without a wife; unmarried.—They 
in their wiveless state run into open abominations. Homily 
of Matrimony. 
WIVELISCOMBE, a market town of England, in the 
county of Somerset, is situated in a valley encompassed by 
lofty hills, which are adorned with beautiful woods. On an 
eminence, about a mile from the town, are the remains of an 
encampment, still called the castle. In the year 1711 nu¬ 
merous Roman coins were found here. About the year 
1256, an episcopal palace was built here, which is now in 
ruins, and part of the ancient site has been built upon. Be¬ 
sides the church, there are dissenting meeting-houses. Here 
is an alms-house, or hospital, for twelve poor people. Wive- 
liscombe had an extensive trade in shrouds, blanketings, ker¬ 
seys, and baize ; but within the last 10 or 15 years, its trade 
has suffered greatly. The parish includes four small ham¬ 
lets besides the town, and consists of 567 houses, and 
2250 inhabitants. The town consists of seven irregular 
streets. Its government is vested in a bailiff and portreeve, 
who are annually chosen in May. A weekly market is held 
on Saturday; and here are three annual fairs; 11 miles west 
of Taunton, and 156 west-by-south of London. 
WIVELSFIELD, a parish of England, in Sussex; 4 miles 
south-east of Cuckfield. 
WI'VELY, adv. [It were written more analogically 
wifely, that is, wife-like .] Belonging to a wife.—Basilius 
could not abstain from praising Parthenia, as the perfect 
picture of a womanly virtue, and wively faithfulness. Sid¬ 
ney. 
WIVENIIOE, a village and parish of England, in the 
county of Essex. It is situated on the river Colne; 3£ miles 
south-east of Colchester, of which it is the port. Popula¬ 
tion 1046. 
WTVER, or Wi'vern, s. A kind of heraldic dragon. 
—The erle of Kent beareth a wiver for his creste and sup¬ 
porters. Thynne. 
WIVERBY, a parish of England, in Leicestershire, near 
Melton Mowbray. 
WIVES, s. The plural of wife.—A man of his learning 
should not so lightly have been carried away with old wives 
tales, from approvance of his own reason. Spenser. 
WIVETON, a parish of England, in Norfolk, adjacent to 
Clay. 
WIX, a parish of England, in Essex; 4 miles from Man- 
ningtree. Population 675. 
WIXALL, a hamlet of England, in Salop, near Whit¬ 
church. 
WIXFORD, or Wicclesford, a hamlet of England, in 
Warwickshire, near Alcester. 
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