A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder.

A waldgrave, or head forest keeper. See Waldgrave.

A wild or uncultivated plant; especially, a wild apple tree or crab apple; also, the fruit of such a plant.

Not tame, domesticated, or cultivated; wild.

Somewhat wild; rather wild.

In a wild manner; without cultivation; with disorder; rudely; distractedly; extravagantly.

The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.

A wild or unfrequented wood. Also used adjectively; as, wildwood flowers; wildwood echoes.

A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.

To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure.

To draw or turn away, as by diversion; to while or while away; to cause to pass pleasantly.

Full of wiles; trickish; deceitful.

Alt. of Wilfulness

Alt. of Wilfulness

See Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness.

The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile.

See Whelk.

The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.

The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.

The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.

Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.

That which is strongly wished or desired.

Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine.

The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1.

of Will

To wish; to desire; to incline to have.

As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, "I will" denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when "will" is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, "You will go," or "He will go," describes a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination.

To be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire.

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