Definition of w

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W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal

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Beknow :: Beknow (v. t.) To confess; to acknowledge.
Ballistics :: Ballistics (n.) The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of an engine.
High-flown :: High-flown (a.) Elevated; proud.
Sorry :: Sorry (a.) Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling..
Unwarrantable :: Unwarrantable (a.) Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper.
Gonys :: Gonys (n.) The keel or lower outline of a bird's bill, so far as the mandibular rami are united..
Staggerbush :: Stagger (n.) Bewilderment; perplexity.
Uphill :: Uphill (a.) Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work..
Wore :: Wore () imp. of Ware.
Centinody :: Centinody (n.) A weed with a stem of many joints (Illecebrum verticillatum); also, the Polygonum aviculare or knotgrass..
Nerve :: Nerve (n.) A sinew or a tendon.
Hernshaw :: Hernshaw (n.) Heronshaw.
Overhang :: Overhang (n.) Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc..
Solid :: Solid (a.) Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body..
Bushman :: Bushman (n.) A woodsman; a settler in the bush.
Punctator :: Punctator (n.) One who marks with points. specifically, one who writes Hebrew with points; -- applied to a Masorite..
Talented :: Talented (a.) Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted.
Describe :: Describe (v. t.) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle..
Enlargement :: Enlargement (n.) Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection..
Trolly :: Trolly (n.) A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like..
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