| within | 1. In the inner or interior part of; inside of; not without; as, within doors. "O, unhappy youth! Come not within these doors; within this roof The enemy of all your graces lives." (Shak) "Till this be cured by religion, it is as impossible for a man to be happy that is, pleased and contented within himself as it is for a sick man to be at ease." (Tillotson) 2. In the limits or compass of; not further in length than; as, within five miles; not longer in time than; as, within an hour; not exceeding in quantity; as, expenses kept within one's income. "That he repair should again within a little while." "Within these five hours lived Lord Hastings, Untainted, unexamined, free, at liberty." (Shak) 3. Hence, inside the limits, reach, or influence of; not going outside of; not beyond, overstepping, exceeding, or the like. "Both he and she are still within my power." (Dryden) "Within himself The danger lies, yet lies within his power." (Milton) "Were every action concluded within itself, and drew no consequence after it, we should, undoubtedly, never err in our choice of good." (Locke) Origin: OE. Withinne, withinnen, AS. Wioinnan; wio with, against, toward + innan in, inwardly, within, from in in. See With, In. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| without | Unless; except; introducing a clause. "You will never live to my age without you keep yourselves in breath with exercise, and in heart with joyfulness." (Sir P. Sidney) Now rarely used by good writers or speakers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| withstand | To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or arguments. "I withstood him to the face." (Gal. Ii. 11) "Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast. The little tyrant of his fields withstood." (Gray) Origin: AS. Withstandan. See With, and Stand. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| withvine | <botany> Quitch grass. Origin: Withe + vine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| withwind | <botany> A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis). "He bare a burden ybound with a broad list, In a withewyndes wise ybounden about." (Piers Plowman) Origin: AS. Withowinde. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| withwine | <botany> Same as Withvine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| withy | Made of withes; like a withe; flexible and tough; also, abounding in withes. "The stream is brimful now, and lies high in this little withy plantation." (G. Eliot) Origin: OE. Withe, wipi, AS. Wiig a willow, willow twig; akin to G. Weide willow, OHG. Wida, Icel. Vija, a withy, Sw. Vide a willow twig, Dan. Vidie a willow, osier, Gr, and probably to L. Vitis a vine, viere to plait, Russ. Vite. Cf. Wine, Withe. 1. <botany> The osier willow (Salix viminalis). See Osier, . 2. A withe. See Withe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| witkop | A favoid condition of the scalp seen in South Africans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| witless | Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment. "Witless bravery." "A witty mother! witless else her son." (Shak) "Witless pity breedeth fruitless love." (Fairfax) Wit"lessly, Wit"lessness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wittol | 1. <zoology> The wheatear. 2. A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest. Origin: Said to be for white tail, and so called in allusion to its white tail; but cf. Witwal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| witts | <chemical> Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| witwall | <zoology> The golden oriole. The greater spotted woodpecker. Origin: Akin to G. Wittewal, wiedewall, MHG. Witewal, D. Wiedewaal, wielewaal, OD. Weduwael, and perhaps the same word as OE. Wodewale. Cf. Wood, Wittol. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| witzelsucht | A morbid tendency to pun, make poor jokes, and tell pointless stories, while being oneself inordinately entertained thereby. Origin: Ger. Witzeln, to affect wit, + Sucht, mania (05 Mar 2000) |
| wivern | 1. A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs. Alternative forms: wyvern] "The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its wiverns, and its dragons." (Sir W. Scott) 2. <zoology> The weever. Origin: OE. Wivere a serpent, OF. Wivre, guivre, F. Givre, guivre, wiver, from L. Vipera; probably influenced by OHG. Wipera, from the Latin. See Viper, and cf. Weever. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |