Vocabulary : Weezel to Weigh

Weezel : See Weasel.
Weft : imp. & p. p. of Wave. ;; A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif. ;; The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving. ;; A web; a thing woven.
Weftage : Texture.
Wegotism : Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also weism.
Wehrgeld : Alt. of Wehrgelt

Wehrgelt : See Weregild.
Wehrwolf : See Werewolf.
Weigela : Alt. of Weigelia
Weigelia : A hardy garden shrub (Diervilla Japonica) belonging to the Honeysuckle family, with white or red flowers. It was introduced from China.
Weigh : A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh. ;; To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor. ;; To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold. ;; To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of. ;; To pay, allot, take, or give by weight. ;; To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and maturely; to balance. ;; To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. ;; To have weight; to be heavy. ;; To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance. ;; To bear heavily; to press hard. ;; To judge; to estimate. ;; A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.

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