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Show W O W O from To wsft Al cady, ere my beit tpeed could prevent The aidlefs innocent lady, his with'd prey. Milton The prophecies of wizards ol Increas'd her terror, and her fall foretold. PFaller The wily wizard muft be cavght For, unconiirain'd, he nothing tells for nought A braver choice of dauntlefs {pirit In a tow'r, and never to be loos'd The awoful captive kinfmen are inclos'd 2 And qvoes, by wrong imaginations, Jof So many miferies have craz'd my voice « That my ewoc-weary'd tongue is ftille Shakefpeare Her rath hand in evil hou and by inverfion waldber WOLF to the world if it were without him : this would b a thoufand times greater lofs to mankind than th extinguifhing of the fun Tillotfon Wee to the vanquith'd, woe Dryden's Albion and i Ceneus a woman once, and once a man But ending in the fex fhe firft began. Dryd. Zin Wonien are made as they themfelves would chufe Too proud to afk, too humble to refufe. ~ Garsh Women in their nature are much more gay an joyous than men ; whether it be that theirblood i aomen, gravity that of men 7o Wo'MAN 1've felt fuch quirks of joy and grief That the firft face of neither on the ftar Can woman me unto't I do attend here on the general And think it no addition, nor my with To have him fee me woman'd. ~ Shakefps Othello WoMANHA'TER. . /. [woman and hater.] One that has an averfion from the female fex How could it come into your mind To pitch on me, of all mankind Againft the fex to write a fatire And brand me for a womanbater Ne in her fpeech, ne in her haviour ‘Was lightnefs feen, or loofer vanity For Ochy, as the ifle of ancient Avalon ? Drayton : Tancred he faw his life's Joy fet at nought Fairfus Are aolfifb She Il flea thy aolfifb vifage. Shakefp. King Lear Nothing more common than thofe wwalfifh back friends in all our pretenfions L'Efirange Swift But gracious womankood and gravity Spenjer Regard of honour, and mild modefty Spenfr There dwells fweet love and conftant chaftity Unfpotted faith, and comely awomanbood Thy defire fo awoebegon Wo'MANHEAD. | 7 /. [fromavoman.] Th Wo'Manu00D. § character and collectiv qualities of 2 woman. - Obfolete dog and wolf Shakefpeare Wo'MANED. adj. [from awoman.] Accompanied or united with a woman Shakefp. King Lear bleody, ftarv'd, and ravenous. Shak I have another daughter Who, I am fure, is kind and comfortable When fhe fhall hear this of thee, with her nail @. 4. [from the noun.] T make pliant like a woman. \Wo'Lrisn. adj. [from avolf.] Refem- bling a wolf in qualities or form Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night And would have told him half his Troy was burn'd But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, Shak iirs bad o i Bt a g nt Addifon I could not perfonally deliver to he What you commanded me ; but by her woman Shakefpeare's Henry VIII I fent your mefiage Loft ‘2. A dog fuppofed to be bred between Such a man So dull, fo dead in look, fo wozbegone il f 2. A female attendant on a perfon of rank The lucklefs prey how treach'rous tumblers gain And dauntlefs wolfdogs fhake the lion's mane Tickel overwhelme i animal fpirits more light; vivacity is the gift o Wo'LFD0OG. 7. [ [wolf and dog. 1. A dog of a very large breed kept t guard fheep In times of old, whenBritith nymphs were know To love no foreign fathions like their own When drefs was monftrous, and:fig-leaves the mode And quality put on no paint but woad Garth rm. o more refined, their fibres more delicate, and thei How dangerous it is in fenfible things to uf metaphorical expreffions, and what abfurd conceit the vulgar will fwallow in the literals, an exampl we have in our profeffion, who having called a eating ulcer by the name of wol/f, common apprehenfion conceives a reality therein Brown's Vulgar Errours Woap. z f. [pad, Saxon; glaftum, Lat. A plant So awoebegane was be with pains of love fignifies [palg, Saxon; awolf, Dutch. 2. An eating ulcer Geneffs O awoman, lovely awoman, nature form'd the To temper man : we had been brutes without thee Otaay a general of an army Gibfon's Camden All cruel's elfe fubferib'd Woe are we, Sir! you may not live to wea All your true followers out. Shak. Ant. and Cleop Wh fervants ‘Thou thouldft have faid, Go, porter, turn the key exclamation an adjeftive; as particularly in the following lines, which fee improper and ungrammatical with forrow And Abimelech took men fervants and wome Neceflity's thaip pinch. , Shakefpeare's King Lear If awolves had at thy gate howl'd that flern time phrafes of denunciation o in wo; diftraéted in wo Shakefpeare No, rather I abjure 2ll roofs, and chuf To be a comrade with the wwo/f and owl Can there be 2 wo or curfe in all the ftores o vengeance equal to the malignity of fuch a practice of which one fingle inftance could involve all mankind in one confufion South adj. [we and degone. Thou ftern, obdurate, flinty, rough, remorfelefs Advance our waving colours on the walls Refcued is Orleans from the Englith evolwves Shakefpeare a curfe Sbakefp. Winter's Tajs Women are foft, mild, pitiful, and flexible 1. A kind of wild dog that devours fheep thence any thing ravenous or deftruétive If God be fuch a being as I have defcribed, v Wo'sreonE By thy dame Parlet here or governour; from whence bertawold is a famou governour; @thelwold a noble governour 5 heraald Chapman imprecation to be a fubftantive Thou dotard, thou art wwoman-tir'd, unroofte Wold and wald with the Saxons fignified a rule He took and laid it by, and wept for wwo 4. o f{eems i That man who hath a tongue is no man If with his tongue he cannot win a woman, Shak plain open country; from the Saxo pold, a plain and a place without wood Gibfon's Camden Lie drown'd and foak'd in mercerary blood. Shak Happy are they which have been my friends and woe to my lord chief-juftice. Shak. Henry IV Howl ye, 20 qorth the day Ezekiel, xXX. 2 Wo be to the fhepherds of Ifrael that do fee themfelves. Ex 4 is me for my hurt, my wound is grievous Ferex. 19 3. A denunciation of calamity of places South's Sermyps WO'MAN. =z /. [pirman, puiman, Sax whence we yet pronounce women, in th plural, eimmen. Skinner and Wallis. 1. The female of the human race Wo'ruLNEess. #z /. [from aweful.] Mifery; calamity Woun. n./. Wold, whether fingly or jointname Hidy,r gra'tified with another's mifery He who would pafs fuch a judgment upon hi condition, as fhall be confirmed at that great tribunal, from which there lies no appeal, will find himfelf awofully deceived, if he judges of his fpiritua South eftate by any of thefe meafures th ShakpariCo N There is a bafe 'woh/{'/b principle within 1 thati Wo'ruLLYy. adv. [from awoful. 1. Sorrowfully ; mournfully 2. Wretchedly : in a fenfe of contempt ly, i gown do I fian ner elfe Pope I now, wwoisme ! do try what love can ao. Sidrey o is my heart "Fhat poor foldier, that fo richly fought Whofe rags tham'd gilded arms, whofe naked breaf Stept before fhields of proof, cannot be found Shakefpeare Many of our princes, wwoe the while Refemb]ing worry one another fo in that ‘wol'vifb belluine ma How the wit brightens ! how the ftyle refines All is but lip wifdom which wants expe:ience Lati"xl{é My people are grown half wild, they would no In fome ftarv'd hackney-fonneteer, or me But let a lord once own the happy lines 2. It is often ufed in denunciations, avo ¢ or in exclamations of forrow, ave is anciently ao avurts 3 pa pund, Saxon o b oF Fo, SaA D Calamitous ; afflitive Ainfuor [from awolves, of qyjr Why in this wolvif Dryden What avefu/ ftuff this madrigal would be Earth felt the wound ; and nature from her fea Sighing through all her works, gave figns of wwo That all was loft Milton's Paradife Lof O'er dreary waftes they weep each other's awo Pope adj Mortimer's g [tithymallys wolf 3. Wretched ; paltry ; forry Forth reaching to the fruit, Eve pluck'd, fhe eat 7 / awolfifb 1s more proper. Wilful extravagance ends in wofu/ want. Prov Phillips O woful day ! O day of woe Skal. King Lear A poifonous plant ; ac Liller Lat. A:n herb Wo'Lvisu the folitary places thofe defarts were full of. Sidn How many awoful widows left to bo Daniel's Civil War To fad difgrace That I ftand up and have ingenious feelin Of my huge forrows! better I were difiract So fhould my thoughts be fever'd from my griefs nitum nite Wo'LrsMILK The wwoful Gynecia, to whom reft was no eafe had left her lothed lodging, and gotten herfelf int The king is mad : how ftiff is my vile fenfe all wolfifp defigns waalkfi:';a Government of the ‘ngu ' Wolfsbane is an early flowA er 1. Sorrowful ; afflited ; mourning WO. z. /. [pa, Saxon. 1. Grief; forrow ; mifery; calamity [woand full. Wo'ruL. adj al fhsep s clothing Wo'LFsBANE. 7. /. [wwolf and bane 47 Than now the Englifh botioms have zvsft Did never float upon the fwelling tide. Skake/peare Dryden ‘T'he knowledge of themf:lves A pretence¢ of kindnefs is the ] v r a f al ba‘zfe projects The obfvlete participle pafliv Wort That damn'd zwizard, hid in fly difguife For fo by certain figns I knew, had me *Tis prefent death I beg; and one thing more That evomanbood denies my tongue to tell O keep me from their worfe than killing luft Shakefpearc When my grave is broke up again Some fecond gueft to entertain For graves have learn'd that vomanhead To be to more than one a bed M;r Aehtma e |
