Definition of wig

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Wig (n.) A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers..

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Broom :: Broom (n.) An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom..
Periwig :: Periwig (n.) A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, and representing the natural hair; a wig..
Twig :: Twig (v. t.) To beat with twigs.
Frankfort Black :: Frankfort black () A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc..
Scion :: Scion (n.) A piece of a slender branch or twig cut for grafting.
Earwig :: Earwig (n.) Any insect of the genus Forticula and related genera, belonging to the order Euplexoptera..
Earwigging :: Earwigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Earwi.
Wigher :: Wigher (v. i.) To neigh; to whinny.
Wattle :: Wattle (v. t.) To bind with twigs.
Tadpole :: Tadpole (n.) The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or internal gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called also polliwig, polliwog, porwiggle, or purwiggy..
Big-wigged :: Big-wigged (a.) characterized by pomposity of manner.
Foretop :: Foretop (n.) That part of a headdress that is in front; the top of a periwig.
Pollywog :: Pollywog (n.) A polliwig.
Wig :: Wig (n.) A kind of raised seedcake.
Basket :: Basket (n.) A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven..
Earwig :: Earwig (n.) A whisperer of insinuations; a secret counselor.
Lime Twig :: Lime twig () See under 4th Lime.
Cutting :: Cutting (n.) Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut..
Furcated :: Furcated (a.) Forked; branching like a fork; as, furcate twigs..
Lime-twigged :: Lime-twigged (a.) Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime..
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