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Wl'ZARD, s. [from wise: and therefore should he writ¬ 
ten wisard.\ A wise person ; a learned person. 
Upon the eastern road 
The star-led wisards haste with odours sweet. Milton. 
A conjurer; a magician; an enchanter. 
He hearkens after prophecies and dreams. 
And from the cross-row plucks the letter G ; 
And says, a wizard told him that by G; 
His issue disinherited should be. Shakspeare. 
Wl'ZARD, adj. Enchanting; charming; overpowering. 
—At which the wizard passions fly. Collins. —Haunted by 
wisards.—Where Deva spreads her wisard stream. Milton. 
WIZE, a river of England, in Cumberland, which runs 
into the Waver at Holme. 
To WI'ZEN, v. n. [pipnian, Sax. arescere.] To wi¬ 
ther; to become dry: wizened, dried, withered, shrunk. 
Common in several parts of the north of England. 
WIZNA, a town of Poland, on the river Narew ; 88 miles 
north-east of Warsaw. Population 1100. 
WLASCHIN, a town of Bohemia; 32 miles south-south¬ 
east of Prague. Population 1100. 
WLODOWICE, a town of Poland; 37 miles north- 
north-west of Cracow. Population 900. 
WO, or Woe, s, [pa, Saxon; wai, M. Goth, ovai, Gr.] 
Woe is the prevailing orthography, and probably will con¬ 
tinue to be so.—Grief; sorrow ; misery ; calamity. 
The king is mad : how stiff is my vile sense, 
That I stand up and have ingenious feeling 
Of my huge sorrows! belter I were distract; 
So should my thoughts be sever’d from my griefs; 
And woes by wrong imaginations, lose 
The knowledge of themselves. Shakspeare. 
It is often used in denunciations, wo he ; or in exclamations 
of sorrow, wo is; anciently wo wurth; pa pup5, Saxon. 
Wo is my heart; 
That poor soldier, that so richly fought, 
Whose rags sham’d gilded arms; whose naked breast 
Stept before shields of proof, cannot be found. Shakspeare. 
A denunciation of calamity; a curse.—Can there be a wo 
or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity 
of such a practice ; of which one single instance could involve 
all mankind in one confusion ? South. —This is a mistake: 
as an adjective, woe is pure Saxon, pa, moestus. And our 
old authors so use it—He wexed wonderous woe. Spenser. 
Woe are we, sir! you may not live to wear 
All your true followers out. Shakspeare, 
WOAD, s. [pab, Saxon; glastum, Lab] A plant cul¬ 
tivated for the dyers, whe use it for the foundation of many 
colours. Miller. 
In times of old, when British nymphs were known 
To love no foreign fashions like their own; 
When dress was monstrous, and fig-leaves the mode, 
And quality put on no paint but wood. Garth. 
WOAHOO, or Oahoo, one of the Sandwich islands. 
As far as could be judged from the appearance of the north¬ 
east and north-west parts, it is much the finest island of the 
whole group. Nothing can exceed the verdure of the hills, 
the variety of wood and lawn, and rich cultivated vallies, 
which the whole face of the country displayed. The road is 
formed by the north and west extremities. Should the 
ground-tackling of a ship be weak, and the wind blow strong 
from the north, to which quarter the road is entirely open, this 
circumstance might be attended with some danger; but with 
good cables there would be little risk, as the ground from the 
anchoring place, which is opposite to the valley through 
which the river runs to the north point, is a fine sand. This 
island is supposed to contain 60,000 inhabitants. Long, of 
the anchoring place 202. 9. E. lat. 21. 43. N. 
WO'BEGONE, adj. [wo and he gone Lost in wo; dis- 
. tracted in wo; overwhelmed with sorrow. 
Such a man. 
So dull, so dead in look, so wohegone, 
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W O D 
Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, 
And would have told him half his Troy was burn’d; 
But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue. Shakspeare. 
WOBURN, a market town of England, situated on the 
western side of the county of Bedford, bordering on Bucking¬ 
hamshire, and on the great London road to the north. On 
the 19th of June, 1724, great part of it was destroyed by 
fire; but this unfortunate circumstance, though distressing 
to individuals, proved beneficial to the town, as many houses 
were soon afterwards rebuilt in a more convenient and hand¬ 
some manner, with the addition of some good inns, and a 
market-house. The whole expense of the new buildings was 
defrayed by the benevolent nobleman who then enjoyed the 
estates and revenues which Henry VIII. had bestowed on the 
family of Russel. The market house was finished in the 
year 1737 ; but has been materially altered and improved by 
Francis duke of Bedford. It consists of two floors; the lower 
one is fitted up for butchers’ shambles; over which is a large 
room, intended for the corn-market. The church was erected 
by Robert Hobbs, the last abbot of Woburn. It (lien be¬ 
longed to the abbey, and is still of exempt jurisdiction, being 
in the exclusive possession of the duke of Bedford. This 
structure furnishes a whimsical instance of capricious taste; 
the body being completely detached from the tower, which 
stands at about six yards distance. The tower is a small 
square building, with large buttresses at the corners, and 
four pinnacles. The top is embrazured; the dial is about 
nine feet only from the ground. The church consists of 
three aisles and a chancel; the latter was embellished in a 
handsome manner by the late duke of Bedford, On the 
north side of this building is a curious marble monument for 
sir Francis Stanton and family. It consists of two compart¬ 
ments, comprising 12 figures kneeling in devotional atti¬ 
tudes. The pulpit, probably coeval with the abbey, is par¬ 
ticularly deserving of notice, being richly ornamented with 
niches, pillars, and a variety of tracery. The munificence of 
the Russels has been of singular benefit to. this town, where 
many monuments of their liberality are existing. Francis, 
the first earl of that name, founded and endowed a free- 
school; and a charity-school, for 30 boys and 15 girls, was 
afterwards erected by some other noble personage of the same 
family. These institutions are now consolidated. Here are 
likewise 12 alms-houses for as many poor families, built by 
John, duke of Bedford, in consequence of an act of parlia¬ 
ment passed in the year 1762. By this act, 15 houses, cot¬ 
tages, tenements, &c„ which had been vested in trustees for 
the benefit of the poor, and produced an annual income of 
about 24/., were given to the duke for the sole use of him and 
his heirs, on condition that he or they should erect, and keep 
in repair, 12 houses, for the residence of the same number of 
indigent families ; to whom also the sum of 30/. annually is 
to be distributed in half-yearly payments. Birchmore-house, 
and the surrounding lands, were made responsible for the 
due execution of this contract. The chief business of the 
poor is straw-hat and lace-making. About a mile from the 
town is Woburn Abbey, the splendid seat of the duke of 
Bedford. The house, a large edifice, is seated in a spacious 
park, adorned with fine old woods, and a large lake of 
wafer. 
WOBURN, a post township of the United States, in Mid¬ 
dlesex county, Massachusetts; 10 miles north of Boston. 
Population 1219. 
WOBURN BISHOP’S, a parish of England, in Bucking¬ 
hamshire ; 3 miles west-south-west of Beaconsfield. Popu¬ 
lation 1604. 
WOCHEIN, a lake of Austrian Illyria, in the duchy of 
Carniola, situated in a valley of the same name. 
WODE, adj. Mad. See Wood. 
WODESHOLM, a small island in the gulf of Finland, 
on the coast of Esthonia. 
WODNIAN, or Wodnany, a town of Bohemia, on the 
river Blanitz, with 1000 inhabitants; 64 miles south of 
Prague. Lat. 49. 10. N. long. 14.2. E. 
WODZYSLAW, a town of Poland; 34 miles north-by¬ 
east of Cracow. Population 1100. 
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