Definition of wear

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Wear (v. t.) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer..

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Glad :: Glad (superl.) Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.
Backlash :: Backlash (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion..
Waste :: Waste (v.) The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc..
Ecce Homo :: Ecce homo () A picture which represents the Savior as given up to the people by Pilate, and wearing a crown of thorns..
Toilsome :: Toilsome (a.) Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work..
Pine :: Pine (v. i.) To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away..
Chafing :: Chafing (v. t.) The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing..
Irk :: Irk (v. t.) To weary; to give pain; to annoy; -- used only impersonally at present.
Wore :: Wore () imp. of Wear.
Three-piled :: Three-piled (a.) Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth..
Unwearied :: Unwearied (a.) Not wearied; not fatigued or tired; hence, persistent; not tiring or wearying; indefatigable..
Spectacled :: Spectacled (a.) Furnished with spectacles; wearing spectacles.
Sworn :: Swore () imp. of Swear.
Cestus :: Cestus (n.) A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.
Chasseur :: Chasseur (n.) An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword..
Based :: Based (n.) Wearing, or protected by, bases..
Sadly :: Sadly (adv.) Wearily; heavily; firmly.
Capuchin :: Capuchin (n.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis..
Forsworn :: Forsworn () p. p. of Forswear.
Wigless :: Wigless (a.) Having or wearing no wig.
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