Lexicon: westward – wheel

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westward, adv. [OE westweard < west, adv. + -ward.] (webplay: cloud, earth, man, sets, sun).

Occidental; direction of the sunset.

wet, adj. [OE wæt > OFris wêt.] (webplay: fill, rainy).

wh', conj. [see which, pron.]

wharf, n. [OE hwearf, MLG warf, werf, mole, dam wharf, raised site protected from flooding.] (webplay: ships, vessels).

what, pron. [OE hwæt; interrogative and relative pronoun.]

  1. Which statement; [interrogative as a request for information.]
  2. Which things; the kinds of things that.
  3. That which; the thing that.
  4. Which.
  5. Such; [intensifier for exclamatory phrases].
  6. Phrase. "What if": suppose that; what would be the outcome if.

whatever, adj. [OE hwæt + ever.]

Any thing that may be.

whatsoever, adj. [OE swá hwæt swá + ever, f. whatso + ever.]

A more formal, poetic, or intensive form of whatever.

whatsoever, pron. [See whatsoever, adj.]

A more formal, poetic, or intensive form of whatever.

wheat, n. [OE.]

Grain; nutritious kernels; desirable part of a harvest; [fig.] reward; valuable compensation; blessings from God.

wheel (-s), n. [OE.] (webplay: round, spokes).

  1. Circular frame of wood or metal; ring supported by points radiating from its center; [metaphor] world; planet; star; universe; heavenly body; [metonymy] carriage; wagon; vehicle; conveyance; means of transportation; [fig.] orbit; round; circuit; circumference; course; destiny; fate; fortune; circular path.
  2. Swirl; whirl; eddy; vortex; circular pattern from wind currents; [fig.] ballet slipper; dance steps; toe-dancing movements; fast-moving footwork.
  3. Cyclone; whirlwind; hurricane; funnel cloud; circling tropical storm front.
  4. Existence; outer self; visible behavior; sphere of influence.
  5. Circular frame by which a vehicle progresses forward; rim upon which something can roll forward.
  6. Means of locomotion; instrument of flight through the atmosphere; [word play] transport; ecstasy; exaltation; rapture.
  7. Circle; [fig.] sound waves; resonating ripple of consequences.
  8. Cycle; season; round; cyclical passage of time.
  9. Project; chore; job; habitual task; customary activity.
  10. Chariot (see 2 Kings 6:17); [fig.] storm front.
  11. Phrase. “Purple Wheel”: night; twilight; dark hours of the day; [fig.] depression; period of doubt.