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Show A W A phrafe 70 wage war, 1s not eafily difcoatt 1 German i avaegen vere dangerous thin an temp 7o Wa'GER. @, a. [from the noan.] T 1. To attempt to venture We muft fiot think the Tur on "5, To make ; to carr Shakefp t Applie war Return to her, and fifty men difmifs'd No; ratherI abjure all roofs, and chuf T wage againt the enmity o' th' air Shak. K. Lear To be a comrade with the wolf The fonnes of Greece wag'd wwar at Troy Chapman Your reputation wvages war with the enemies o your royal family, even within their trenches Dryden He ponder'd which of all his fons was fi Toureign, and wage immortal war with wit. Dryd 3. [from wage, awages. " 'To fet to hire Not in ufe Thou muft ewag Thy works for wealth, and life. for gold engage S}nl{/;'?‘ 4. To take to hire; to hire for pay; t hold in pay; to employ for wages Obfolete 1 feem'd his follower, not partner an He wag'd me with his countenance, as i 1 had been mercenary Shakefpeare's Coriolanus The officers of the admiralty having places of f good benefit, it is their parts, being well awage and rewarded, exadtly to look into the found build ing of fhips Raleigh The king had dire¢ted his courts of ordinar refort, and was at the charge not only to wage juftice and their minifters, but alfo to appoint the faf cuftody of records Bacon This great lord came not over with any grea number of waged foldiers Dawies's Ireland 5. [In law. When an aétion of debt is brought againft one as for money or chattels left or lent the defendant the defendant ma wag his law that is, fwear and certain perfons with him, that he owes nothin to the plaintiff in manner as he hath declared The offer to mak the oath is called wager o law; and when it is accomplifhed, it is called th making or doing of law Blount WA'GER. #. /. [from avage, to venture. 1. A bett; any thing pledged upon chance or performance Love and mifchief made a wager, which fhoul have moft power in me Sidney Full faft fhe fled, ne ever look'd behind As if her life upon the wwager lay As foon hereafter will 1 wager Spenfer la "Gainft what an oracle fhall fay Fool thatI was, to venture to den A tongue fo us'd to vidtory A tongue fo bleft by nature and by art That never yetit fpoke but gain'd 2 heart. Cowley Befides thefe plates for horfe-races, the wager may be as the perfons pleafe Temple Ff\&icus, and fav'ring this or t' other fide heir wwagers back their withes l_f any atheift ca ftak his fou Dryden for a wager againft fuch an inexhauftible difproportion, le him never hereafter accufe others of credulity Bentley's Sermons 2. Subje& on which betts are laid The fea firove with the wind whic fhoul louder; and the fhrouds of the fhip, with ghaftful noife, to them that were in it witnefie '-hat.their ruin was the awager of the other's con tention 3 [Inlaw.] An offer to make oath o Wace in law Sidney Se Multiplication of aGions upon the cafe were rar :‘.:'m"])': and there by wager of law guted ; whic fcouraged mény fuics when you ewagered o Hale a wheel, that it wa moft noife your an n / Wa'ceery vou See Wace # / [from awag. merriment roguif Warp caftical gaiety Wacersu. adj. [from wag.] Knavifhl merry ; merrily mifchievous ; frolickfome Change fear and nicenefs The handmaids of all women, or, more truly Woman its pretty felf, to waggifp courage. Shak This new conceit is the waggif fome {ly and fculking atheifts fuggeftion o More's Divine Dialogues A company of waggi/h boys watching of frog at the fide of a pond, ftill as any of them pu up their heads, they would be pelting them dow with ftones Children, fays one of the frogs, yo never confider, that though this may be play t you, 'tis death to us L Efirange As boys, on holidays let loofe to play Lay avaggifb traps for girls that pafs that way Then fhout to fee in dirt and deep diftref Some filly cit Dryden Wa'ccisuLy. adv. [from waggih.] I a waggifh manner Wa'cGisaNEss. n fo [from awaggiff. Merry mi{chief A Chriftian boy in Conftantinople" ha 70 W for gagging like t in a waggifbnefs, Bacon GGLE. w. n. [wagghelen, German. - To waddle ; to move from fide to fide The fport Bafilius would fhew to Zelmane, wa the mounting of his hawk at a heron, which getting up on his waggling wings with pain, as thoug the air next to the earth were not fit for his grea body to fly through, was now grown to diminif Sidney the fight of himfelf Why do you go nodding and ewaggling fo, as i hip-fhet? fays the goofe to her goffeling. L'Efr Wa'con. z. /. [peegen, Saxon; waeghens Dutch ; wagn, Iflandick. 1. A heavy carriage for burthens The Hungarian tents werc enclofed roun waggons, one chaine wit to another Kuolles's Hiftory of the Turks Milton Waggons fraught with utenfils of war 2. A chariot Not in ufe Now fair Phebus gan decline in haft Spenfer His weary waggon to the weftern vale The to her wwaggon the betakes Spenfer And with her bears the witch O Proferpina For the flowers now that frighted thou let'ft fal From Dis's waggon _ Shakefpeare Her waggon Ipokes made of long fpinners legs The cover, of the wings of grafshoppers. Shake/p Wa'GONAGE. 7 /. [from awagon. Mone paid for carriage in a wagon Wa'GONNER. 7. /o [from aagor. On who drives a wagon by no body ; that of which every on Sometimes writte waves the claim weif, OF weft To WaiL. w. a. [gualare, Italian. moan; to lament; to bewail His fevenfold team behind the ftedfaft ftar A Pfl;l_fér Tow'rd Pheebus' manfion ! fuch a waggone As Phagson would whip you (o the-weite Shakefp T Wife men ne'er wail their prefent woes, But prefently prevent the ways to wail Siakefp Say, if my fpoufe maintains her royal traft Or if no more her abfent lord fhe wails But the falfe woman o'er the wifz prevails ? Pofe 7o WarL. v, . 'To grieve audibly ; to exprefs {forrow Tom fhall make him weep and wail Shakeft I will zvail and howl Hic. 1. 3 WAIL. ». / Audible forrow Aroun the wood She fighs her fong, which with her qwai/ refound Themfon WatLing. 7. /. [from awail.] Lamentation; moan; audible forrow Other cries amongft the Irith favour of the thia barbarifm burials, wit wailings The cam which woul ing of the a th lamentation o defpairful outcries and immo Spenfer on filled with lamentation and mour be increafed by the weeping and which fhould never fee thei: br Krolles Take up wailing for us, that our eyes may ru down with tears The qvailings of a maiden I recite Wa'iLFuL adj Fer.ix. 18 [from «avail and full. Sorrowful ; mournful Lay lime to tangle her defire By awailful fonnets, whofe compofed rhime Should be full fraught with ferviceable vows. Shat Warn. z /. [contratted from auagon. carriage There antient night arriving, did aligh Fro her hig weary wwain Sperfer Yours be the harveft ; 'tis the beggar's gai To glean the fallings of the loaded wain. Dryden WAINAGE. 7. /. [from avain.] A findin of carriages Ainfworth Wa'INROPE. 7. /. [wain and rope.] large cord with which the load is tied o the waggon; cartrope Oxen and wwainropes cannot hale them together Shakelpeare WA 1NSCOT. n. /. [wagefchot, Dutch.] Th inner wooden covering of a wall Some have the veins more varied and chambletted; as oak, whereof wvainfeot is made. Bacon She never could part with plain guainfcot an clean hangings Arbutbnot A rat your utmoft rage defies That fafe behind the wainfcor lies 7o Wa'inscoT w. a Saift [waegenfechotten Dutch. 1. To line walls with boards Mufick foundeth better in chambers wainfcotted than hanged By this, the northern ewaggoner had fe That was in ocean waves yet never wet Gallop apace, you fiery-footed fteeds Goods found, but claime from wawe. far principles of juftice, generofity, and fobriety. Locke have becn ftone long billed fowl Warr. . f. [wavium, waiviem, law Lat €nl *Tis not the waggeries or cheats practifed amon fchool-boys, that make an able man; but th Crufhed [I fuppofe for aveighed. His horfe waid in the back, and thoulder fhotten Shake[peare Mifchie trick that mid L'Effrange Ainfaorth I feed my father's floc Wa'GEes whee Wa''cTair, n.f. [motacilla, Lat.] A bird the wind will fit next morning Government of the Tongue from the common fock D worf He that will lay much to ftake upon eve y flying 1"?1')'; may as well wager his eftate which wa What can I wage th The waggosers that curfe their ftanding team Would wake e'en drowfy Drufus from his d Stakefpeare Neglecting an attempt of eafe and gain To wake and wwage a danger profitlefs ' Twas merry A A wwaggoper took notice, upon the creaki-g o lay ; to pledge as a bett; to pledg upon fome cafualty or performance gling is fo unfkilful Bacon 2. 'To line buildings with different materials It is moft curioufly lined, or svainfcotted, with white teftaceous cruft, of the fame fubftance an thicknefs with the tubuli marini Lrrew On |
