A northern European species of the cod family, a whiting (Merlangus merlangus);—also coll. …

(a) To make (sth.) wide, extend; enlarge (a garden); also, spread (boards) out to make a table; (b) to separate (plants) by a wide space. …

(a) To move unsteadily, weave back and forth; of an arrow: wobble in flight; (b) of a serpent: to proceed with undulating motion, wriggle. …

(a) A small loaf, cake, or bun; (b) in surname. …

(a) To fail, flag; also, refl. give way; (b) ben weken, to be yielded up. …

Roasted game; also, ?coll. game animals [2nd quot.]. …

(a) A pile-driving machine [cp. ram n. 3.(a)]; (b) in personal names and surnames. …

(a) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, characterized by pliant woody branches; also, a piece of wood from a willow, a willow bough, stake, an osier withe; also in proverbs; wilwe tre (leves) (b) p……

(a) An auger used in woodworking, a gimlet, wimble; also person.; axel-man wimble, a wheelwright’s wimble; frensh wimble, ?a specially adapted variety of wimble associated with French designs or……

(a) To cover (sb., oneself, the head) with a wimple or veil, veil (oneself); also in fig. context; also, fig. conceal (sth., errors), hide (b) ben wimpled, to undergo a religious ceremony of veiling,……

Arch. A piece of timber or stone prob. covering the joint between the gable edge and the roof and serving as protection from the wind, a bargeboard. …

(a) An apparatus for hoisting or hauling, a winch, windlass [cp. windas n.]; naut. middel wind, ?a central garnet used in brailing up the sail (b) a wooden reel from which a hank or thread of yarn……

In cpds. and combs.: yarn (garn) windel, a wooden reel from which a hank or thread of yarn may be wound into a ball, a yarn-winder; yarn (garn) windel blade, one of the crossed arms of a yarn-winder. …

Devoid (of sth.); set free (of sb.), quit. …

Naut. (a) Rope or canvas for sailmaking, binding of sails, etc.; a piece of rope or canvas for these uses; ?also, one of the strengthening bands arranged as a lattice on a sail; wining rop (b) pl.……

(a) A small gathering or bundle of cut grass, straw, or grain stalks; wisp of hei (strau) (b) a bundle of straw, hay, or similar material twisted together for use as a torch; wisp of fir; (c) a……

Coll. and pl. A form of crude potash rich in mineral salts, from which dyers and others could produce a lye;—in most cases prob. the substance obtained by burning woad plants (Isatis tinctoria)……

Any of several varieties of bird, esp. the green woodpecker (Picus viridis) and the rarer golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus), with which, in its female and immature forms, the former may readily be……

(a) To become physically weak or feeble; fail, deteriorate (b) to become less vigorous in fighting, quail; (c) to become less severe, diminish; (d) woken mid werk, ?to grow irresolute in one’s……

Naut. A cord, rope, or chain for binding. …