Luciferous Logolepsy
Dragging obscure words into the light of day
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waddy
n.
- war-club of aborigines.
wadi
n.
- valley; stream; watercourse drying up in summer; oasis.
wagon-lit
n.
- sleeping compartment of railway train.
wain
n.
- farm wagon. wainwright,
n.
maker or repairer of carts.
waldgrave
n.
- former German title of count; head forest ranger. waldgravine,
n.
wife of a waldgrave.
wanion
n.
- bad luck due to the waning of the moon
wapentake
n.
- subdivision of certain counties; court or bailiff of such area.
wapiti
n.
- elk.
wappenshaw
n.
- muster of men with their weapons formerly held in certain areas of Scotland.
warison
n.
- bugle call ordering the attack.
weasand
n.
- throat; gullet; wind-pipe.
Weltanschauung
n.
- a comprehensive world view, especially from a specified standpoint
Weltschmerz
n.
- sadness over the evils of the world, especially as an expression of romantic pessimism
Wergild
n.
- value of a man's life, payable to his family by his murderer.
wether
n.
- castrated ram.
wharfinger
n.
- owner or manager of a wharf.
whin
n.
- gorse. whinchat,
n.
small brown and buff song-bird.
whisternefet
n.
- a sharp slap
whitlow
n.
- abscess on finger, especially round nail.
widdershins
adv.
- anticlockwise; backwards, in the reverse order or direction to normal.
widgeon
n.
- kind of fresh-water duck with light crown.
wimble
n.
- boring tool, e.g. gimlet, brace and bit.
wimple
n.
- women's head covering worn round neck and chin, as by nuns.
windage
n.
- deflection of projectile by the wind.
witan
n.
- early English King's council.
witenagemot
n.
- early English national council; witan.
withe
n.
- tough, flexible branch or twig, especially one used for binding.
withernam
n.
- taking one thing as reprisal for something else taken previously
withhold
v.
- not give or grant; restrain; deduct; v.i. refrain (from).
withy
n.
- willow; withe.
wittol
n.
- complacent cuckold.
witzelsucht
n.
- emotional state characterized by futile attempts at humor
wolfram
n.
- tungsten.
wort
n.
- infusion of malt before fermentation.
wroth
adj.
- archaic angry.
wynd
n.
- alley.
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