Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WEDGE'WOOD-WARE, n.

A superior kind of white earthen ware, made at Henley, in England, and so called from its inventor, whose name was Wedgewood.

WEDG'ING, ppr.

Cleaving with a wedge; fastening with wedges; compressing closely.

WED'LOCK, n. [Qu. wed and lock, or Sax. lac, a gift.]

Marriage; matrimony. – Addison.

WED'LOCK, v.t.

To marry. [Little used.] – Milton.

WED'LOCK-ED, pp.

United in marriage. [Little used.] – Milton.

WED-NES-DAY, n. [wenz'day; Sax. Wodensdæg, Woden's day; Sw. Odensdag or Onsdag; from Wodin or Odin, a deity or chief among the northern nations of Europe.]

The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday.

WEE, a. [contracted from G. wenig.]

Small; little. [Not in use.]

WEECH-ELM, or WITCH'-ELM, n.

A species of elm. – Bacon.

WEED, n.¹ [Sax. weod.]

1. The general name of any plant that is useless or troublesome. The word therefore has no definite application to any particular plant or species of plants; but whatever plants grow among corn, grass, or in hedges, and which are either of no use to man or injurious to crops, are denominated weeds.
2. Any kind of unprofitable substance among ores in mines, as mundic or marcasite. [Local.]

WEED, n.² [Sax. wæd, wæda, a vestment, any garment, that which is put on.]

1. Properly, a garment, as in Spenser, but now used only in the plural, weeds, for the mourning apparel of a female; as, a widow's weeds.
2. An upper garment. [Obs.] – Chapman.

WEED, v.t. [Sax. weodian; D. weeden.]

1. To free from noxious plants; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.
2. To take away, as noxious plants; as, to weed a writing of invectives.
3. To free from any thing hurtful or offensive; as, to weed a kingdom of bad subjects.
4. To root out vice; us, to weed the hearts of the young. – Locke. Ascham.

WEED'ED, pp.

Freed from weeds or whatever is noxious.

WEED'ER, n.

One that weeds or frees from any thing noxious.

WEED-GROWN, a.

Overgrown with weeds.

WEED'-HOOK, or WEED'ING-HOOK, n. [weed and hook.]

A hook used for cutting away or extirpating weeds. – Tusser.

WEED'ING, n.

The operation of freeing from noxious weeds, as a crop. – Cyc.

WEED'ING, ppr.

Freeing from weeds or whatever is noxious to growth.

WEED'ING-CHIS-EL, n. [s as z.]

A tool with a divided chisel point, for cutting the roots of large weeds within the ground. – Cyc.

WEED'ING-FOR-CEPS, or WEED'ING-TONGS, n.

An instrument for taking up some sorts of plants in weeding.

WEED'ING-FORK, n.

A strong three pronged fork, used in clearing ground of weeds.

WEED'ING-RHIM, n.

An implement somewhat like the frame of a wheel-barrow, used for tearing up weeds or summer fallows, &c.; used in Kent, England. – Cyc.

WEED'LESS, a.

Free from weeds or noxious matter. – Dryden.

WEED'Y, a.

1. Consisting of weeds; as, weedy trophies. – Shak.
2. Abounding with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn.

WEEK, n. [Sax. weoc; D. week; G. woche; Dan. uge; Sw. vecka.]

1. The space of seven days. I fast twice in the week. Luke xviii.
2. In Scripture, a prophetic week, is a week of years, seven years. Dan. ix.

WEEK'-DAY, n. [week and day.]

Any day of the week except the sabbath. – Pope.