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Show W A W A 3¢ any had a better right, they were content t - wpawe ity and recognize the right of the other Lxfity g, Wa'vER. @. z [papian, Saxon. 1, To play to and fro ; to move loofely 1 took two triangular glaffes, and one of the being kept fixt in the fame pofture, that the iri ' it projected on the floor 311.1ght not wawver, 1 caf on the fame floor another iris, with another prifin Boyle moving it to and fro The whitening thower defcends Thomfon's I/{"j,,,c,. At firft thin wavering To be unfettled; to be uncertain o inconftant; to fluctuate; not to be determined In which amazement when-the mifcrean Perceived him to wawer, weak and frail Whil@t trembling horror did his confcience daunt Spenfer And hellith anguifh did his foul affail Remember where we are In France, among a fickle, wawering nation Shakefpeare Thou almoft mak't me wawer in my faith To hold opinion with Pythagoras That fouis of animals infufe them{elve Hold fatt the faith without wawering Heb x The wav'ring faith of people vain and light Dangel Faith as abfolutel determine our minds an as perfe@ly excludes all zvawering, as our know ledge itfelf; and we may as well doubt of our ow being, as we can whether any revelation from Go Locke : be true ‘What if Hofpinian fhould have faid, that Luther avawvered in the point of the facrament ? doe Arterbur it follow that he really did fo They; who at this d.ftance from the firt nf of the gofpel, after weighing the feveral evidence " of ity wawer in their faith, would have wavere - though they had feen the firft promulgers woir Atterbury wonders 3, To totter; to be in danger of falling Has any difloyalty dared to feign that religio avavers £ They foully miftake; as commonly the do, that are more cunning in other men's live than in their own: 'tis not religion wawers, bu Holyday their loyalty Wa'VERER [from awaver. #. / On unfettled and irrefoluce Come, young wawerer, come, and go with m In one refpect I°ll thy afiiftant be Shake/peare Wavy. adj. [from wave. 1. Rifing in waves ' Di barke divid th Wavie feas Chapman Forthee the ocean fmiles, and fmooths her waw breaft And heav'n itfelf with more ferene and purer ligh is bleft Dryden 2 Playmg to and fro, as in undulations Where full-ear'd theaves of ry Grow wavy on the tilth, that foil fele Philips For apples Let her glad vallies fmile with wav Let fleecy flocks her rifing hills adoxn AWES, or WaEs » f corn Prior A wor ufe by Spenfer, according to the Saxon pronunciation ith iron tongs, and fprinkled oft the fam With liquid zvges Spenfer 2, In the following paflage it feems to b [pa, Saxon. ] Spenfer [pa, grief, Saxon. cry 5 to howl e firlt time that we fmell the air ¢ wawle and oy Stilling flect While vifits thall be paid on folemn days When num'rous zvaz lights in bright order blaze So long my honour, name, and praife fhall live Pope 2. Any tenacious mafs, fuch as is ufed t faften letters We foften the wax before we fet on the feal many waw-kernels about it 7o Wax. @.a. [from th {mear ; to join with wax ore Wifuman's Surgery noun. T He form'd the reeds, proportiond as they are Unequal in their length, and wax'd with care They fill retain the name of his ungrateful fair Dryden Zo Wax @.n pret. awox, waxed part pafl. awaxed, awaxen. [peaxan, Saxon awachfen, German. 1. To grow ; to increafe ; to become bigger o more Ulfed of th moon i oppofition to waze, and figuratively o things which grow by turns bigger an lefs The hufbandman in fowing and fetting, upo good reafon, obferves the wwaxing and waning o the moon Hakewill They wwax and wan *Twixt thrift and penury Carew z. T pafs into any ftate; to become grow. It is in either fenfe no difufed t almof goo at th firft, d afterward i Hooker. cuftoms general have received them Carelefs the man foon wax, and his wit wea Was overcome of things that did him pleafe Spenfer Shakefp Art thou like the adder waxen deaf We will deftroy this place; becaufe the cry o them is waxen great before the Lord. Gen. xix. 13 Flowers removed wax greater, becaufe the nourifhment is more eafily come by in the loofe earth Bacon This anfwer given, Argantes wild drew near Trembling for ire, and waxing pale for rage Fairfux Nor could he hold IfI wax but cold in my defire Think heav'n hath motion loft, and the world fire Donne more and more corrupt 7. /- [from awax an WaXCHANDLER chandler.] A maker of wax candles Made o Wa'xew. adj. [from wwax. T Skakefpeare's King Lear Swarming nex The female bee, that feed Delicioufly, and builds he With honey ftor'd To God's eternal houfe direct the zay A broad and ample road Flutt'ring the god and weeping faid Milton ity poor Cupid, generous maid Who happen'd, being blind, to ftray And on thy bofom loft his wway Prior Know'ft thou the way to Dover 2 -Both file and gate, horfe-away, and foot-path Shakefpeare Attending long in vain, I took the ewa Which through a path but fcarcely printed lay Dryden 3. A length of fpace Birnbaumer foreft extends a great way, wherei are many deer, wild boars, foxes, wolves, and bears Brown's Trawels Ap old man, that had travelled a great ay unde 2 hug burden foun himfelf fo weary called upon death to deliver him that h L' Efirange 4. Courfe ; diretion of motion ; local tendency I now go toward him, therefore follow me And mark what way I make. Shak. Winter'sTale Come a little nearer this way, I warrant thee no body hears Skakefpe Merry Wives of Windfor He ftood in the gate, and afk''d of ev'ry on Which <way fhe took, and whither the was gone Dryden With downward force he took his way And roll'd his yellow billows to the fea. Dryden My feven brave brothers, in one fatal day To death's dark manfions took the mournful zway To obferve every the leaft difference that is i Where things havebeen inftituted, which, bein convenient an I am amaz'd, and lofe my w Among the thorns anid dangers of this world. Shak You cannot fee your way. -I have no way, and therefore want no eyes I ftumbled when I faw. Shakefteare's King Lear 2. Road made for paffengers A fontanel in her neck was much inflamed,, an waxe Whilft they fly that guli's devouring jaws They Jn this rock are rent, and funk in helplef ToWawr, dles, and incenfe in proportion as their bleflings abound. Atterbury Another did the dying brands repai awes give honour to Confucius with bowings, wax can Their manners wa 1. For waves for awoes. Rofeommon . All the magiftrates, every new or full moon procefs of time ewax otherwife, we make no doub but they may be altered, yea, though councils o In fafe conduét of thef thirtie hollow-bottom' WAX. # /. [pzxe, Saxon 5 wex, Danith An humming through their waxen city grows wacks, Dutch. And out upon each others wings they drive. Dryd I. The thick tenacious matter gathered Wavx /. [peg, Saxon; aweigh, Dutch. by the bee, and formed into cells for the 1. The road in which one travels, Thi reception of the honey word is applied in many relations whic Wax confifts of an acid fpirit of a naufeou feem unlike one another, but have al tafle,_ and an oil, or butter, which is emollient l, notin rraw o roa o na orig th laxative, and anodyne Arbuthnot proo ion mod th o ref pro eith They gave us focd which may with ne€ar vie greffion, local or intellettual And wwax, that does the abfent fun fupply 3. A kind of concretion in the flefh Shakefpeare Into the trunks of men WA appear' her hufband dron wvaxen f:ells DMilton's Paradife Loft things, keeps the underftanding fteady and righti its way to knowledge Locke 5. Advance in life The boy was to Junow his father's, circumftances and that he was to make his way by his own induftry Syetator 6. Paflage; power of progreffion made o given Back do I tofs thefe treafons. to thy head This fword of min fhall give them inftant wWaK Where they fhall reft for ever. Shak. King Lear Th' angelick choirs On each hand parting, to his fpeed gave 2way Through all th® empyreal road. Milton's Par. Lo Youth and vain confidence thy life betray Through armies this.has. made Melantius zay. Waller The reafon may be, that men feldom come int thofe pofts till after forty5 about which time th natural heat beginning to decay, makes svay fo thofe diftempers Temple The 2ir could not readily get out of thofe pri {onss,. but by degrees; asthe carth and water abov would give wwaye As a foldier, foremoft in the fight Makes way for others Som mak to the min fle&tion Burnet Dryden themfelves wway, and are fuggefte by all the way of fenfasion and re Locke 7. Vacancy made by timorous or refpe I can yet fhoot beams, whof§ heat can mel ful receffion So weary bees in little cells repof ‘There would be left no difference between trut and falfehood, if what we certainly know give cu The wwaxen wings of this ambitious boy. Denbarn But if night-robbers lift the wellftor'd bive to what we may poffibly be miftaken in Locke Ne |
