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WOO'DHOLE, s. Place where wood is laid up, 
What should I do ? or whither turn ? amaz’d, 
Confounded, to the dark recess I fly, 
Of woodhole. Philips. 
WOODHORN, a township of England, in Northumber¬ 
land: 6f miles from Morpeth. 
WOODHOUSE, a township of England, in Leicester¬ 
shire. Population 893.-2. A hamlet in the parish of Dron- 
field, Derbyshire.—3. A township in Northumberland, near 
Alnwick.—4. A hamlet in Staffordshire, near Lichfield.— 
5. A township in Mayfield parish, Staffordshire. 
WOODHOUSE, Point, a cape on the west coast of 
King George the Third’s Archipelago, which forms the south¬ 
east point of Norfolk Sound. Lat. 56. 46. N. long. 224. 
50. E. 
WOODHURST, a parish of England, in Huntingdon¬ 
shire, near St. Ives. 
WOO'DINESS, s. The state of containing much wood. 
Mason. —The vine, which was grown to that bulk and 
woodiness, as to make a statue of Jupiter and columns in 
Juno’s temple. Evelyn. 
WOO'D LAND, s. Woods; ground covered with woods. 
Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, 
Here earth and water seem to strive again. Pope. 
WOO'DLAND, adj. Covered with woods; belonging 
to woods.—The household beast that us’d the woodland 
grounds. Dry den. 
By her awak’d, the woodland choir 
To hail the common god prepares. Fenton. 
WOODLAND, a parish of England, in Devonshire, near 
Ashburton.—2. A township in Durham, near Barnard Cas¬ 
tle.—3. A hamlet in Gloucestershire; 7 miles north-by-east 
of Bristol.—4. A township in Lancashire; 8 miles north- 
north-west of Ulverston. 
WOODLANDS, two townships of England, in Derby¬ 
shire, one near Tideswell.—2. A parish in Dorsetshire; 4 
miles south-south-west of Cranborne. 
WOO'DLARK, s. [galerita arborea, Latin.] A me¬ 
lodious sort of wild lark. 
Where, smit with undissembled pain, 
The woodlark mourns her absent love. Shenstone. 
WOODLEIGH, a parish of England, in Devonshire, 
near Knightsbridge. 
WOODLESFORD, a township of England, West Riding 
of Yorkshire ; 6 miles north-north-east of Wakefield. 
WOODLEY, a hamlet of England, in Berkshire; 31- 
miles east-by-north of Reading. 
WOODLOES, a township of England, in Warwickshire; 
1J mile north of Warwick. 
WOO'DLOUSE, s. An insect. The millepes or wood¬ 
louse is a small insect; it has only fourteen pair of short legs; 
it is a very swift runner, but it can occasionally roll itself up 
into the form of a ball. They are found under old logs of 
wood or large stones, or between the bark and wood of de¬ 
cayed trees. Hill. 
There is an insect they call woodlouse, 
That folds up itself in itself, for a house, 
As round as a ball, without head, without tail, 
Inclos’d cap-a-pe in a strong coat of mail. Swift. 
WOO'DLY, adv. Madly. Huloet. 
WOO'DMAN, or Woo'dsman, s. A sportsman ; a 
hunter.—The duke is abetter woodman than thou takesthim 
for. Shakspeare. 
WOODMANCOT, two hamlets of England, in Glouces¬ 
tershire; one 3 miles from Cheltenham; the other 1 mile 
from Dursley. 
WOODMANCOTE, a parish of England, in Southamp- 
tonshire; 8 miles south-west of Basingstoke.—2. A parish in 
Sussex; 4| miles north-east of Steyning. 
WOODMANSEA, a township of England, East Riding 
of Yorkshire, near Beverley. 
WOODMANSTONE, ,a parish of England, in Surrey; 
4\ miles south-east of Ewell. 
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WOODMANTOWN, a hamlet of England, in the parish 
of Woodbury, Devonshire. 
WOODMERCOTE, a hamlet of England, in Glouces¬ 
tershire. 
WOO'DMONGER, s. A woodseller.—A carman of one 
Smith, a woodmonger in Westminster, found a paper. Wot- 
ton. 
WOO'DNESS, s. Anger; rage; madness. 
With fell woodness he efAerced was, 
And wilfully him throwing on the gras 
Did beat and bounse his head and breast full sore. Spenser. 
WOODNESSBOROUGH, a parish of England, in Kent, 
near Sandwich. Population 624. 
WOODNEWTON, a parish of England, in Northamp¬ 
tonshire, on the Nen. 
WOO'DNIGHTSHADE, s. [solatium sylvaticum, Lat.] 
A plant. 
WOODNORTON, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 7 
miles north-west of Reepham. 
WOO'DNOTE, s. Wild musick. 
Then to the well-trod stage anon, 
If Jonson’s learned sock be on, 
Or sweetest Shakespear, fancy’s child, 
Warble his native woodnotes wild. ‘ Milton. 
WOO'DNYMPII, s. A fabled goddess of the woods. 
Soft she withdrew, and like a woodnymph light, 
Oread, or Dryad, or of Delia’s train, 
Betook her to the groves. Milton. 
By dimpled brook and fountain brim, 
The woodnymphs, deck’d with daisies trim. 
Their merry wakes and pastimes keep. Milton. 
WOODO'FFERING, s. Wood burnt on the altar.—We 
cast the lots for the woodoffering. Ne/i. 
WOO'DPECK, or Woo'dpecker, s. [picus martius, 
Lat.] A bird.—Nor woodpecks, nor the swallow, harbour 
'near. Addison. 
WOOD-PERRY, a hamlet of England, in Oxfordshire; 
5* miles north-east of Oxford. 
WOO'DPIGEON, or Woodculver, s. A wild pigeon.— 
If Semiramis be a wood-pigeon in Greece, it may perchance 
have been a house-pigeon in the country of Ashur. Gre¬ 
gory. See Columba pulumbus. 
WOODPLUMPTON, a township of England, in Lanca¬ 
shire; 4 miles from Prescott. Population 1397. 
WOO'DREVE, s. One who has the care of woods. Used 
in Kent and Essex. 
WOOD-RISING, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 5J 
miles east-north-east of Watton. 
WOO'DROOF, s. [asperula, Lat.] An herb. Ainsworth. 
WOODROW, a hamlet of England, in the parish of 
Great Hallingbury, Essex. 
WOODS, Lake of, a lake of North America, the most 
northern in the territory of the United States, so called from 
the large quantities of wood growing on its banks; such as 
oak, pine, fir, spruce, &c. At the time the French had set¬ 
tlements near it, it was famous for the richness of its banks 
and waters, which abounded with whatever was necessary to 
a savage life. But it might be almost concluded, that some 
fatal circumstance had destroyed the game, as war and the 
small pox had diminished the inhabitants; the adjacent 
country having been very unproductive in animals since the 
British subjects have been engaged in travelling through it; 
though it now appears to be recovering its former state. 
There are a few Indian inhabitants on the banks of the lake, 
who might live very comfortably, if they were not so immo¬ 
derately fond of spirituous liquors. This lake is of an oval 
form, 36 miles in circumference, according to Major Pike; 
and it is thickly studded with islands, some of which are so 
extensive, that they may be taken for the main land. By its 
means, the communication is kept up between the lakes 
Winnipic, Bourbon, and lake Superior. It deserves to be 
mentioned also, that in the treaty concluded between Great 
Britain and America, it was fixed upon by the Americans as 
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