The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.

Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears.

Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water.

Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash.

Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep.

In a weeping manner.

Ripe for weeping; ready to weep.

See Wearish.

See Weasel.

Wet.

of Weet

To know; to wit.

The wryneck; -- so called from its cry.

Knowingly.

Unknowing; also, unknown; unmeaning.

The common European sandpiper.

The chaffinch.

Any one of several species of edible marine fishes belonging to the genus Trachinus, of the family Trachinidae. They have a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking upward. The long dorsal fin is supported by numerous strong, sharp spines which cause painful wounds.

Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvae of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see under Pine). See also Pea weevil, Rice weevil, Seed weevil, under Pea, Rice, and Seed.

Infested by weevils; as, weeviled grain.

Having weevils; weeviled.

See Weasel.

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.

Texture.

Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also weism.

Alt. of Wehrgelt

See Weregild.