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A surgeon's case of instruments. Howell.

Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes.

To undervalue. [Obs.]

Unwitting. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser. -- Un*weet"ing*ly, adv. [Obs.] Milton.

Same as Wartwort.

A small annual plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places in southern regions.

See Anacharis.

herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy.

A European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris).

A kind of speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) which spreads chiefly in winter. Dr. Prior.

A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odorous flowers.

The week last past; last week.

the A in the treble staff. -- A sharp (A#) is the name of a musical tone intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A) is the name of a tone intermediate between A and G.

In earnest; heartily. [Obs.] "I made her weep agood." Shak.

The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvi…

To weed out. [Obs.] Bailey.

A weeding machine.

The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar. Gwilt.

college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school.

A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.