To Wim. _v. a._ To winnow. Wim-sheet, Wimmin-sheet. _s_.
A sheet upon which corn is winnowed.
Wimmin-dust. _s_. Chaff.
Win'dor. _s_. A window.
Wine. _s_. Wind.
With'er. _pron_. Other.
With'erguess. _adj_. Different.
With'y-wine. _s_. The plant bindweed: _convolvulus_.
Witt. _adj_. Fit.
With'erwise. _adj_. Otherwise.
Wock. _s_. Oak.
Wocks. _s_. _pl_. The cards called _clubs_; most
probably from having the shape of an oak leaf: _oaks_.
Wont. _s_. A Mole.
Wont-heave, _s_. A mole-hill.
Wont-snap, _s_. A mole-trap.
Wont-wriggle, _s_. The sinuous path made by moles under
ground.
Wood-quist. _s_. A wood-pigeon.
Wordle. _s_. World. [Transposition of _l_ and _d_.]
Wor'ra. _s_. A small round moveable nut or pinion, with
grooves in it, and having a hole in its centre, through which the
end of a round stick or _spill_ may be thrust. The _spill
and worra_ are attached to the common spinning-wheel, which,
with those and the _turn-string_, form the apparatus for
spinning wool, &c.
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