(a) To devastate (a land, town, etc.), lay waste; ppl. wastinge, laying waste; (b) to despoil (a region, tract of land, etc.) through the removal of resources. …

(a) The act of laying waste or making desolate, ravaging; also, a state of desolation or devastation; desolation, emptiness [quot. a1398]; (b) plunder, spoils. …

Moving, motion; the surging of waves, undulation; also, the power of movement [1st quot.]; med. the flowing forth of pus under pressure. …

(a) The fibrous cord of cotton or flax that draws fuel to the flame of a candle, torch, or lamp, a wick;—also coll.; candel (torche) wek (b) in conventional comparisons and fig. contexts; (c) the……

(a) To act, behave, proceed; act (in a specified way), proceed (on the basis of sth., according to sth.), act (so as to do sth.), do (as one should, as sb. enjoins, according to sth., etc.); werken……

That which is most evil, most morally reprehensible, most wicked; the worst sin. …

(a) Most evil, most wicked, most sinful, most morally reprehensible; very evil, very wicked, very iniquitous; alder werst, evilest of all; on the werst sinne, one of the evilest sins, one of the worst……

(a) To lay waste to (a place), ravage, devastate; (b) to waste away; also, refl. of the flesh: waste itself, be consumed or wasted away; med. cause (a humor) to diminish or dissipate; westen awei. …

(a) Consisting of moisture, flowing, fluid, wet, liquid;—freq. used pleonastically of liquid substances: wet se (teres), reines (teres, wateres, etc.) wet (b) full of moisture; of cheese: ?fresh;……

(a) The color white, white as the color opposite to black; also, a pale or whitish color; also, whiteness, whiteness as the opposite of blackness; her. ?the color argent; bright (shininge) whit, a……

(a) Of a substance, structure, an object: white in color; whitish, pale-colored, light-colored; of the moon, a star: silvery-white; of a book or register: bound in a white or light-colored binding; of……

(a) Width, breadth;—sometimes with phrase specifying a certain width (b) vastness, spaciousness, capaciousness; also fig.; also, an open place [quot. a1382]; widenes of the world, the whole world;……

(a) A small door, usu. set within a larger door or gate; a small doorway; also fig.; also, an opening into a beehive [quot. ?1440]; wiket gate (b) an opening in a wall, a window [sometimes difficult……

(a) Moral evil, iniquity; sinfulness; also, a state or condition of being evil; (b) evil conduct; a sinful action, a sin; (c) med. morbidity. …

(a) Moral evil, wickedness; a state or condition of being evil; also in fig. context; also, a particular kind of sin or vice; wikkednes of sinne (b) evil conduct or manner of living; a particular……

Of a person, the flesh, etc.: (a) lacking in restraint, undisciplined; unmanageable, recalcitrant; riotous, rowdy; headstrong, rash, impetuous; also, ill brought up, unruly;—used of a child; wild……

(a) Raging fire; a conflagration; a bonfire [quot. c1440 Perceval]; also, flames breathed out by a dragon [quot. c1440 Morte Arth.] (b) a highly combustible and not easily extinguished substance used……

(a) The appetitive and volitional faculty of the soul;—often as contrasted with reason, imagination, etc.; also in fig. context; also person.; volition; also, the soul in its appetitive operations……

(a) An alcoholic drink, usu. made from crushed whole grapes or from grape juice; also fig. and in fig. context; couchen win, to place a stock of wine in storage; fillen the win, give (sb.) the wine……

An organ of flight, usu. paired: (a) a wing of a creature whose sole or primary means of locomotion is flight (a bird, an insect, a bat, etc.);—occas. with sg. for pl.; also in fig. context; also, fig……