Dictionary: WIN'TER-ED – WIRE

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WIN'TER-ED, pp.

Kept through the winter; lived through the winter.

WIN-TER-FAL'LOW, n. [winter and fallow.]

Ground that is fallowed in winter.

WIN-TER-GAR-DEN, n. [winter and garden.]

An ornamental garden for winter.

WIN'TER-GREEN, n. [winter and green.]

A plant of the genus Pyrola, useful as a vulnerary. Also plants of the genera Chimaphila and Gaultheria. – Cyc.

WIN'TER-ING, ppr.

Passing the winter; keeping in winter.

WIN'TER-KILL, v.i.

To be killed by the winter. Wheat is liable to winter-kill in moist land.

WIN'TER-KILL, v.t. [winter and kill.]

To kill by means of the weather in winter; as, to winter-kill wheat or clover. – New England.

WIN'TER-KILL-ED, pp.

Killed by the winter, as grain.

WIN'TER-KILL-ING, ppr.

Killing by the weather in winter.

WIN'TER-LODE, or WIN'TER-LODG-MENT, n. [winter and lodge.]

In botany, the hybernacle of a plant, which protects the embryo or future shoot from injuries during the winter. It is either a bud or a bulb. – Encyc.

WIN'TER-LY, a.

Such as is suitable to winter. [Little used.] – Shak.

WIN'TER-PEAR, n. [winter and pear.]

Any pear that keeps well in winter.

WIN-TER-QUARTERS, n. [winter and quarters.]

The quarters of an army during the winter; a winter residence or station.

WIN'TER-RIG, v.i. [winter and rig.]

To fallow or till in winter. [Local.]

WIN-TER-SOL'STICE, [winter and solstice.]

The solstice of the winter, which takes place when the sun enters Capricorn, December 21st.

WIN'TER-Y, a.

Suitable to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy. – Dryden.

WI'NY, a. [from wine.]

Having the taste or qualities of wine. – Bacon.

WIPE, n.

  1. The act of rubbing for the purpose of cleaning.
  2. A blow; a stroke.
  3. A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm. – Swift.
  4. A bird. [Sw. vipa, the lapwing.] – Ainsworth.

WIPE, v.i. [Sax. wipian.]

  1. To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel. Luke vii.
  2. To strike off gently. Some nat'ral tears they dropp'd but wip'd them soon. – Milton.
  3. To cleanse from evil practices or abuses; to overturn and destroy what is foul and hateful. I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish. – 2 Kings xxi.
  4. To cheat; to defraud. – Spenser. To wipe away, to cleanse by rubbing or tersion; as, to wipe away a stain or reproach. To wipe off, to clear away. Wipe off this foul stain; wipe off the dust. To wipe out, to efface; to obliterate. Wipe out the blot.

WIP-ED, pp.

Rubbed for cleaning; cleaned by rubbing; cleared away; effaced.

WIP-ER, n.

  1. One who wipes.
  2. The instrument used for wiping.

WI'PER, n.

In mills, a piece generally projecting from a horizontal axle, for the purpose of raising stampers or heavy pistons, and leaving them to fall by their own weight. – Brande.

WIP-ING, ppr.

Rubbing with a cloth or other soft thing for cleaning; clearing away; effacing.

WIRE, n. [Sw. vir; Ice. wijr.]

A thread of metal; any metallic substance drawn to an even thread.

WIRE, v.t.

To bind with wire; to apply wire to, as in bottling liquors.