| ware | <botany> Seaweed. <zoology> Ware goose, the brant; so called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed. Origin: AS. War. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| warega fly | (Zool) A Brazilian fly whose larvae live in the skin of man and animals, producing painful sores. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| warehouseman | 1. One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store. 2. One who keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods. <medicine> Warehouseman's itch, a form of eczema occurring on the back of the hands of warehousemen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| warehouseman's itch | Eczema of the hands from handling irritating substances. (05 Mar 2000) |
| warence | <botany> Madder. Origin: OF. Warance. F. Garance, LL. Warentia, garantia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wedgwood ware | A kind of fine pottery, the most remarkable being what is called jasper, either white, or coloured throughout the body, and capable of being molded into the most delicate forms, so that fine and minute bas-reliefs like cameos were made of it, fit even for being set as jewels. Origin: From the name of the inventor, Josiah Wedgwood, of England. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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