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Show A You faw but forrow in its evaining form A working fea remaining from a ftorm Finds wealth wher . When the now weary waves roll o'er the deep en Dry p afle fal the er Asd faintly murmur Land and trade ever will wax and evare together Child Her wwaining form no longer fhall incit e Sho F ' Row man i defi o an wo i Epv Wang 7 /. [from the verb. 1. Decreafe of the moon The fowing at the ewane of the moon is though to make the corn found + Young cattle, that are brought forth in the ful of the moon, are fironger and larger than thofe tha Baco are brought forth in the zvane This is fair Diana's cafe For all aftrologers maintain Each night a bit drops off her face When mortals fay fhe's in her wwane 2. Decline Swift diminution ; declenfion "You 're caft upon an age.in which the church i South in its wane t o f i A h e t f / x W Wa''~NED. adj. [from avan.] Turned pal and faint-coloured Is it not monftrous that this player here Could force his foul fo to his own conceit That, from her working, all his vifage cvann'd Shakefpeare Wa'NNESS, #. /o [from awan. Palenefs languor 9o WaNT. v. a. [pana, Saxon. 1. Tobe without fomething fit or neceflary Want no money, Sir John ; you fhall zvant none Shakefpeare A man to whom God hath given riches, fo tha he wanteth nothing for his foul of all that he defireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof Ecelo'vie 2 Smells do moft of them waxnt names Locke 2, To be defe&ive in fomething Nor can this be 3. To fall fhort of ; not to contain Nor think, though men were none That heav'n would want fpectators, God wwan praife Milton 4. To be without ; not to have Thofe bappy places thou haft deign'd a whil Ho So ful Taan Th Milt. Paradife Loft loth I am to have recourfe to rite of horror, that I once rejoic the ufe of fight. Dryden and Lee's Oedipus unhappy never want enemies. Rich. Clarifa 5« To need to have need of; to lack It hath caufed a great irregularity in our calen dar, and awants to be reformed, and the equinox t be rightly computed Holder The fylvans to their fhades retire Thof very fhades and ftreams new fhades an ftreams require "nd wansa cooling breeze of wind to fan the ragin fire Dryden God, who fees all things intuitively, does no want helps5 he neither ftands in need of logick nor ufes it 6. To with ; to long; to defire Baker Down I come, like glift'ring Phacton Wanting the manage of unruly jades. Shakefpeare What wants my fon ? for kno My fon thou art, and I muft call thee fo Addifon's Owvid Men who avant to get a woman into their power feldom feruple the means Richardfon's Clariffa ToWanrt <. 2 1. Tobe wanted ; to be improperly abfent 1ot to be in fufficient quantity Nor did there wans cornice or freeze Milton 2. Licentious; diffolute My plenteous joys Cities in defarts, woods in cities plants. Denbam We have the means in our hands, and nothin but the application of them is wanting As in bodies, thus in fouls, we fin What wwants in blood and {pirits, fwell'd with wind Pope The defign, the difpofition, the manners, an the thoughts, are all before it3 where any of thof are wwanting, or imperfeét, fo much wwants'in th imitation of human life Nor fhall I to the work thou enterprifef Be wanting, but afford thee equal aid Milton . Though England is not wanting in a learned nobility, yet unhappy circumftances have confined m to a narrow choice Dryden Whatever fortune, good or bad, betide No time fhall find me wanting to my truth. Dryd Religion will never be without enemies, nor thof enemies be wanting in endeayours to expofe it r Rogers's Sermons Several are againft his fevere ufage of you, an would be glad of an occafion to convince the reft o their error, if you will not be wanting to yourfelf Swift Twelve, wanting one, he flew My brethren : I alone furviv'd Dryden Granivorous animals have a long colon and czecum, which in carnivorous are wanting Arbuthnost on Aliments IWEANIT S 21 It infers the goo By thee communicated, and our ant Milton Parents fhould diftinguith between the qvanss o fancy, and thofe of nature Locke Here learn the great unreal evants to feign Unpleafing truths here mortify the vain. Sawage Ev'n to brute beafts his righteous care extends He feels their fuff 'rings, and their qvants befriends 2. Deficiency This proceede not fro any awant of know ledge, but of judgment Dryden One objeion to Civita Vecchia is, that the ai is not wholefome: this proceeds from want o inhabitants Addifon The blood flows through the veflels, by the exaant of a due quantity of motion of the fluids increafeth fat, the difeafe is the caufe of itfelf Arbuthnot on Aliments Wants of all kinds are made to frame a plea One learns to lifp, another not to fee Young 3. The ftate of not having You fhall have no reafon to complain of me for avant of a generous difdain of this world. Pope 4. Poverty; penury ; indigence Nothin Men grown wanton by profperit is fo har for thofe who aboun i riches, as to conceive how others can be in zvant Swift 5. [panb, Saxon. A mole A kind of hare refembling a want in his feet and a cat in his tail Heylyn Wa'nTon. adj. [This word is derive by Minfbew from avant one, a man o Thi woman that wants a companion etymology, however odd, Funius filentl adopts. Skinner, who had more acuatenefs, cannot forbear to doubt it, bu offers nothing better. 1. Lafcivious ; libidinous luitful lecherous Thou art froward by nature, enemy to peace Lafcivious, wanton ; more than well l‘aefeem A man of thy profeffion. Shakefpeare's Henry V1 on Mil rites o wan hi d t Entic' Ro'/:comman Study'd new arts of luxury and eafe {portive ; airy 3. Frolickfome ; gay As flies to wanton boys, we are to th' gods They kill us for their fport. Shakefp. King Lear Note a wild and wanton herd Or race of youthful and unhandled colts Fetching mad bounds. Shakefp. Merch. of Venice How eagerly ye follow my difgrace As if it fed ye ! and how fleek and wanto Y' appear, in every thing may bring my ruin Shakefpeare Time drives the flocks from field to fold The flow'rs do fade, and awanton field To wayward winter reckoning yields 4 Raleigh Loofe ; unreftrained How does your tongue grow ewanton in her'praife Addifers 5. Quick and irregular of motion She as a veil down to the flender waif Her unadorned golden trefles wore Dithevell'd, but in wanton ringlets wav'd As the vine curls her tendrils 6. Luxuriant Milton fuperfluous What we by day lop overgrown One night or two with wantor growth derides Tending to wild Milton Women richly gay in gems and wanton drefs Milegn 7. Not regular 1. Need Shakefpeare''s Macketh In drops of forrow Dryden 2. To fail ; to be deficient the contempt of mankind Wanton in fulnefs, feek to hide themfelve Addifon ecfs of the force of the heart above the incumben preflure, which in fat people is exceflive; and a By defcending from the thrones above To want, and honour thefe wants Harte But by fulfilling that which thou didft vant Obedience to the law Milton 'tis, beftows it where i 3. To be miffed ; to be not had But in a fi¢tion, in a dream of pafiion W A W A turned fortuitoufly The quaint mazes in the wanton green For want of tread, are undiftinguifhable. Milton Wa'NTON. 7. f 1. A lafcivious perfon whoremonger a ftrumpet To lip a wantor in a fecure couch And to fuppofe her chafte Shakefpeare's Otbello An old awanton wil be doatin upo women when he can fcarce fee without fpetacles South's Sermons 2. A trifler; an infignificant flutterer Shall a beardlefs boy A cocker'd, filken wwanton, brave your fields Mocking the air with colours idly fpread And find no.check Shakefpeare's King Fobn Pafs with your beft violence I am afraid you make a wantor of me Shakefpeare's Hamlet 3. A word of {light endearment Peace, my wantons ; he will d More than you can aim unto Ben Fonfon 7o Wa'NTON. @. 2. [from the noun. 1. To play lafcivioufly He from his guards and midnight ten Difguis'd o'er hills and vallies wen To wwanton with ‘the fprightly dame And in his pleafure loft his fame z. To revel; to play Prior In Oraway it ma be an adjeétive Oh! I heard him 2vanton in his praife Speak things of him might charm the ears. Oszw Nature her Wanton'd as in her prime, and play'd at wil Her virgin fancies Milror O ye mufes! deign your blefs'd retreat ‘Where Horace wantors at your fpring An Pindar fweeps a bolder ftring Fento 3. To move nimbly and irregularly Wa'NTONLY. adv. [from aanton.] Lafcivioufly ; frolickfomely ; gaily; {portively ; carelefsly Into what fundry gyres her wondere felf fh throws And oft inifles the fhore, as wantonly fhe flows Drayton Thou doft but try how far T can forbear Nor ast that monfter which thou wouldft appear 30 By |
