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Worm, wurm. s. a small harmless serpent ;Wreck, rék. v. a. to destroy by dashing on animal bred in the body; a grub; some- rocks or sands to ruin

thing tormenting; any thing vermiculated Wren, rên. s. a small bird [wrest, to force Worm, wurm. v. n. to work slowly, secretly, Wrench, rẻnsh. v. a. to pull by violence; to Wrench, rensh. s. a violent pull or twist; a sprain [tort by force Wrest, rest. v. a. to twist by violence, to exWrest, rest. s. distortion, violence Wrestle, res'sl. v. n. to contend who shall throw the other down; to struggle Wrestler, rês'lur. s. one who wrestles Wretch, rêtsh. s. a miserable mortal Wretched, rêtsh'ẻd. a. miserable; calamitous worthless; despicable

and gradually
Wormeaten, wurm'è-tn. a. gnawed by worms
Wormwood, wurm'wůd. s. a plant
Wormy, warm'è. a. full of worms
Worn, worn. part. pass. of wear
Worry, wur're. v. a. to tear or mangle
Worse, worse. a. comparative of bad. more
bad, more ill

Wretchedly, rêtsh'êd-lẻ. ad. miserably; un-
happily; despicably

Wretchedness, retsh'êd-nes. s. misery, un-
happiness; pitiful despicableness
Wriggle, rig'gl. v. n. to move to and fro

Worse, wurse. ad. in manner more bad [good Worse, wirse. s. the loss; something less Worship, wur'ship. s. dignity, a character of honour; a term of ironical respect; religious act of reverence; idolatry of lovers Worship, wur'ship. v. a. to adore; to honour Worshipful, wur'ship-fůl. a. claiming respect by any character or dignity Worshipper, wur'ship-pur. s. one that wor-Wright, rite. s. a workman ships [bad, more illWring, ring. v. a. pret. and part. pass. wringed and wrung, to twist; to squeeze, to press; to extort; to harass, to torture; to persecute with extortion

Worst, wurst. a. the superlative of bad. more
Worst, wirst. s. the most calamitous or wick-

ed state

with short motions

Wrinkle, ring'kl.

8. furrow of the skin in the face, any roughness [rows Wrinkle, ring'kl. v. a. to contract into furWrist, rist. s. the joint by which the hand is joined to the arm [shirt at the hand

Worst, wurst. v. a. to defeat, to overthrow
Worsted, würs'tid. s. woollen yarn [new beer
Wort, wurt. s. a plant of the cabbage kind
Worth, wurth. s. price, value; virtue
Worth, wurth. a. equal in value to
Worthily, wur'the-lẻ. ad. suitably; deserved-Wristband, rist'bând. s. the fastening of the
ly; justly
[lence, dignity Writ, rit. s. any thing written; Scripture;
Worthiness, wur'the-nes. s. desert, excel-Writ, rit. pret. of write [a judicial process
Worthless, wurth'lês. a. having no value Write, rite. v. a. pret. writ or wrote; part
Worthlessness, wurth'lês-nês. s. want of value
Worthy, wur'thé. a. deserving

Worthy, wurthể, so a man laudable for any
eminent quality, particularly for valour
Wot, wot. v. n. to know, to be aware
Would, wůd. pret. of will

Wound, woond. s. a hurt given by violence
Wound, w33nd. v. a. to hurt by violence
Wound, wound. pret. and part. pass. 6. co wind
Wrangle, rang'gl. v. n. to dispute peevishiy
Wrangle, rang'gl. s. a quarrel, a perverse dis-
pute

pass. written, writ, or wrcte, to express by
means of letters

Writer, ri'tur. s. one who practises the art
of writing; an author
[wrest
Writhe, rithe. v. a. to distort; to twist; to
Writing, ri'ting. s. a legal instrument; a
composure, a book

Written, rit'tn. part. pass. of write
Wrong, rông. s. an injury

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Wrong, ring. a. not right; unfit, unsuitable Wrong, rung. ad. not rightly, amiss [tive man||Wrong, rỗng. v. a. to injure Wrangler, rang'gi år. s. a perverse disputa- Wrongdoer, rong'dôb-ur. s. an injurious perWrap, rap. v. a. to roll together, to complicate Wrongful, rông'ful. a. injurious, unjust Wrapper, rap'pur. s. one who wraps; that in Wrongfully, rong'ful-. ad. unjustly

which any thing is wrapped

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Wrath, roth. s. anger, fury, rage
Wrathful, roth'ful. a. angry, furious
Wrathfully, roth'ful-é. ad. furiously, passion
Wreak, Teke. v. a. to revenge
Wreakful, reke'ful. a. revengeful
Wreath, rethe. s. a garland, a chaplet
Wreath, rethe. v. a. pret. wreathed; part.
pass. wreathed, wreathen. to curl, to twist
to encircle as a garland
Wreathy, re'thé. a. spiral, curled
Wreck, rek. s. destruction, ruin

Wrongly, rông lê. ad. unjustly; amiss
Wrote, rote. pret. and part. of write
Wrought, råwt. pret. and part, ress, of work.
effecte 1, performed; worked; operated
Wrung, rung, pret. and part. pass. of wring
Wry, rl. a. crooked; distorted

X.

X, says Johnson, is a letter which, though found in Saxon words, begins3 no word in the English language

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Xerodes, zé-ro'dez. s. any tumour attended || Yoke, yoke. v. a. to bind by a yoke; to couwith dryness [ment ple with another Xeromirum, aer-d-ml'rům. s. a drying oint-Yokefellow, yoke'fel-18. Xerophthalmy, zè-rôp'thal-mê. s. a dry red Yokemate; yoke'måte. soreness or itching in the eyes

8. companion in

[within view

a. being at a distance

yore. ad. of old time, long ago You, yoo. pron. the oblique case of ye Young, yung. a. in the first part of life Young, yung. s. the offspring of animals col lectively Youngster, yung'stur. Younker, yungk'ur.

8. a young person Your, yoor. pron. belonging to you Yourself, yur-self.' s. you, even you Youth, yooth. s. the part of life succeeding to childhood; a young man, young men Youthful, y33th'fil. a. young [manner Youthfully, y&3th'ful-é. ad. in a youthful

ZANY, zá'né. s. a merry-andrew, a buffoon
Zeal, zèle. s. passionate ardour [any cause
Zealot, zel'it. s. one passionately ardent in
Zealous, zel'us. a. ardently passionate
Zealously, zél'us-lè. ad. with passionate ar-
[ing zealous
Zealousness, zel'us-nês. s. the quality of ne-
Zenith, ze'nfin. s. the point overhead oppo
site the nadir

[relish Zest, zest. v. a. to heighten by an additional Zetetick, ze-têt'ik. a, proceeding 1y inquiry Zigzag, zig zag. s. any thing composed of

Yearn, yern. v. n. to feel great internal un-Zest, zest. s. the peel of an orange squeezed
Yelk, yelk. s. the yellow part of an egg
Yell, yell. v. n. to cry out with horror and
Yell, yell. s. a cry of horror [agony
Yellow, yei'ld. a. of a bright glaring colour
Yellowish, yêl-18-ish. a. approaching to yel-
(yellow
Yellowness, yello-nês. the quality of being
Yelp, yelp. v. n. to bark as a hound
Yeoman, yo'man s. a man of small estate in
land, a gentleman farmer [of yeomen
Yeomanry yo'mân-ré. s. the collective body
Yes, yis. ad. a term of affirmation
Yest, yest. s. the foam or spume of beer in
fermentation; baim

Zigzag. zig'zig. a. having many short turn-
ings, turning this way and that
Zinc, zingk. s. a semi-metal of a brilliant
white colour approaching to blue
Zodiack, zo'dé-ak. s. the track of the sun

through the twelve signs; a great circle of the sphere, containing the twelve signs Zone, zone. s. a girdle, a division of the earth Zoographer, zd ög'grå-fur. s. one who de

scribes the nature, properties, and forms of animals

[animala Zoography, zo-og'grå-fè. s. a description of Zoology, zo-81'ld-jé. 8. a treatise concerning living creatures

Zoophyte, zote. 8. vegetables which partake of the nature both of vegetables and animals [the bodies of brute beasts Zootomist, zo-ôt'to-mist. s. a dissector of Zootomy, zo-ôt'td-mè. s, dissection of tha bodies of beasts

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