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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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WETNESS n. 2 definitions
The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as, the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth.
WETTISH a.
Somewhat wet; moist; humid.
WEVIL n.
See Weevil.
WEX v. 3 definitions
To grow; to wax. [Obs.] Chaucer. "Each wexing moon." Dryden.
WEY v. 3 definitions
To weigh. [Obs.] Chaucer.
WEYLE v.
To wail. [Obs.] Chaucer.
WEYLEWAY interj.
See Welaway. [Obs.]
WEYVE v.
To waive. [Obs.] Chaucer.
WEZAND n.
See Weasand. [Obs.]
ABAWED p.
Astonished; abashed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ADVOWEE n.
One who has an advowson. Cowell.
ALLOWEDLY adv.
By allowance; admittedly. Shenstone.
ALLOWER n. 2 definitions
An approver or abettor. [Obs.]
AMORWE adv. 2 definitions
In the morning. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ANSWER v. 22 definitions
To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
ANSWERABLE a. 5 definitions
Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages. Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God Swift.…
ANSWERABLENESS n.
The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.
ANSWERABLY adv.
In an answerable manner; in due proportion or correspondence; suitably.
ANSWERER n.
One who answers.
ANSWERLESS a.
Having no answer, or impossible to be answered. Byron.
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