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WOMENSWOLD, or Wimlingswold, a parish of 
England, in Kent; 5 miles south-by-west of Wingham. 
WOMERSLEY, a parish of England, in Yorkshire; Si¬ 
miles east-south-east of Pontefract. 
WOMESLEY, a hamlet of England, near Lyme Regis, 
Dorsetshire. 
WON. The preterite and participle passive of •win. 
All these the Parthian, 
From the luxurious kings of Antioch won. Milton. 
To WON, v. n. [ponian, punran, Saxon; wonen, 
German.] To dwell; to live; to have abode. It is still 
a northern word, at least in Lancashire, and pronounced 
wun. 
Out of the ground uprose 
As from his lair, the wild beast where he wons 
In forest wild. Milton. 
WON,«. Dwelling; habitation. 
What secret place, quoth he, can safely hold 
So huge a mass, and hid from heaven’s eye; 
Or where hast thou thy won, that so much gold 
Thou can’st preserve from wrong and robbery. Spenser, 
WONASTOW, a parish of England, in Monmouthshire* 
near Monmouth. 
WONDA, a small town of Manding, in Central Africa, 
the Mansa of which is at once chief magistrate and school¬ 
master ; 30 miles north-east of Kamalia. 
To WO'NDER, v. n. [punbpian, Saxon; wonder, 
Dutch.] To be struck with admiration; to be pleased or 
surprised so as to be astonished: with at, rarely with after. 
—King Turnus wonder'd at the fight renew’d. Dryden .— 
To doubt: as, I wonder whether he will be here in time. 
A colloquial expression. 
WO'NDER, s. [punbop, Saxon; wonder, Dutch.] 
Admiration; astonishment; amazement; surprise caused by 
something unusual or unexpected. 
What is he, whose griefs 
Bear such an emphasis? whose phrase of sorrow 
Conjures the wand’ring stars, and makes them stand 
Like worrier-wounded hearer's. Shakspeare. 
Cause of wonder; a strange thing; something more or 
greater than can be expected. 
What woman will you find. 
Though of this age the wonder and the fame, 
On whom his leisure will vouchsafe an eye 
Of fond desire ? Milton. 
Any thing mentioned with wonder.—There Babylon the 
wonder of all tongues. Milton. —Ample souls among man¬ 
kind have arrived at that prodigious extent of knowledge 
which renders them the wonder and glory of the nation 
where they live. Watts. 
WO'NDERER, s. One who wonders. Barret. 
WO'NDERFUL, adj. Admirable; strange; astonishing. 
Strange 
Hath been the cause, and wonderful to hear. Milton. 
WO'NDERFUL, adv. To a wonderful degree. Impro¬ 
perly used.—The house which I am about to build shall be 
wonderful great. 
WO'NDERFULLY, adv. In a wonderful manner; to 
a wonderful degree.—There is something wonderfully divine 
in the airs of this picture. Addison. 
WO'NDERFULNESS, s. State or quality of being 
wonderful or amazing.—There stood between them a young 
maid, whose wonderfulness took away all beauty from her. 
Sidney. 
WO'NDERMENT, s. Astonishment; amazement. Not 
in use, except in tow or sarcastic language. 
When my pen would write her titles true, 
It ravish’d is with fancy’s wonderment. Spenser. 
Wonderful appearance; wonderful relation. 
Some strangers of the wiser sort 
Made all these idle wonderments their sport. Dryden. 
WO'NDEROUS, adj. See Wondrous. The word is 
now usually written wonderous. 
WO'NDERSTRUCK, adj. Amazed. 
Ascanius, wonderstruck to see 
That image of his filial piety. Dryden. 
WO'NDER-WORKING, adj. Doing surprising things. 
—The wonder-working dill he gets. Drayton .—He com¬ 
mends the mathematics, as the only wonder-working know¬ 
ledge, and therefore requiring the best spirits. Herbert. 
WO'NDROUS, adj. Admirable; marvellous; strange; 
surprising. 
The credit of whose virtue rest with thee; 
Wondrous indeed, if cause of such effects. Milton. 
[Wondrous is barbarously used for an adverb.] In a 
strange degree. 
To shun the allurement is not hard 
To minds resolv’d, forewarn’d and well prepar’d; 
But wond’rous difficult, when once beset, 
To struggle through the straits, and break th’ involving net. 
Dryden. 
WO'NDROUSLY, adv. To a strange degree.—My lord 
led wondrously to discontent. Shakspeare .—In a strange 
manner.—Then medicines wound'rously compos’d, the skil- 
full leech applyed. Chapman. 
WONERSH, or Ognersh, a parish of England, in Sur¬ 
rey ; 3k miles south-south-east of Guildford. Population 
814. 
WONGROWICZ, a town of Prussian Poland, on the 
small River Welna, with 900 inhabitants; 30 miles north- 
north-east of Posen. 
WONSEES, a small town of Bavaria, in Upper Maine, on 
the small river Keinach. 
WONSEL, a village of the Netherlands, in North Bra¬ 
bant, with 2200 inhabitants; 3 miles north of Eindhoven. 
WONSOSZ, a town of Poland; 27 miles north-by-east of 
Lomza. Population 800. 
WONSTON, a parish of England, in Southamptonshire; 
5k miles south of Whitchurch. Population 609.—2. A 
hamlet in the parish of Throwley, Devonshire. 
To WONT, or To be Wont, v. n. [preterite and par¬ 
ticiple wont; punian, Saxon; gewoonen, Dutch.] To be 
accustomed; to use; to be used. 
I this night have dream’d ; 
If dream’d, not as I oft am wont, of thee, 
But of offence and trouble. Milton. 
WONT, s. Custom ; habit; use. Out of use. 
’Tis not his wont to be the hindmost man, 
Whate’er occasion keeps him from us now. Shakspeare. 
WO’N’T, a contraction of would not: used for will not. 
WO'NTED, part. adj. Accustomed; used; usual: used 
both of persons and things. 
So pray’d they, innocent, and to their thoughts 
Firm peace recover’d soon and wonted calm. Milton. 
Who have no house, sit round where once it was, 
And with full eyes each wonted room require; 
Haunting the yet warm ashes of the place. 
As murther’d men walk where they did expire. Drydat. 
WO'NTEDNESS, s. State of being accustomed to. 
Not in use .—Did I see any thing more of Christ in those that 
pretend to other modes of government, I might suspect my 
judgement biassed with prejudice or wontedness of opinion. 
King Charles. 
WO'NTLESS, adj. Unaccustomed; unusual. Obsolete. 
Whither, love, wilt thou now carry me ? 
What wontless fury dost thou now inspire 
Into my feeble breast, when full of thee ? Spenser. 
WONTON, a hamlet of England, in Herefordshire, on 
the Avon, near Ashburton. 
To WOO, v. a. [apogob, courted, Saxon; pogepe, a 
suitor or lover. Our old word is wow, or wowe. “ With 
gifts he oft her wowed.” Spenser, F. 2.]—To court; to sue 
to for love. 
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