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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



216 words match “WICKE”

BELIAL n.
An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil. What concord hath Christ with Belia 2 Cor. vi. 15. A son (or man) of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. 1 Sam. ii. 12.
BIGOT n.
bly right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion. To doubt, where bigots h…
BLACK a.
, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. "This day's black fate." "Black villainy." "Arise, black vengeance." "Black day." "Black despair." Shak.
BLACK-HEARTED a.
Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
BLACKNESS n.
The quality or state of being black; black color; atrociousness or enormity in wickedness. They're darker now than blackness. Donne.
BOW NET n.
A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel- shaped entrance at one end.
BROOK v.
n can not brook restraint. Spenser. Shall we, who could not brook one lord, Crouch to the wicked ten Macaulay.
BRUSH v.
act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off. As wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed With raven's feather from unwholesome fen. Shak. And from the boughts brush off the evil dew. Milton. To brush aside, to remove from one's way, as with a brush. -- To brush away, to remove, as…
CAITIFF a. 2 definitions
Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable. Arnold had sped his caitiff flight. W. Irving.
CHARITABLE a.
Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind. Be thy intents wicked or charitable, . . . . . . I will speak to thee. Shak.
COLANDER n.
rated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perfprated metal, or the like.
COMPRISAL n.
of comprising or comprehending; a compendium or epitome. A comprisal . . . and sum of all wickedness. Barrow.
CONSCIENCELESS a.
Without conscience; indifferent to conscience; unscrupulous. Conscienceless and wicked patrons. Hookre.
CONSOCIATE n.
An associate; an accomplice. [Archaic] "Wicked consociates." Bp. Hall.
CORACLE n.
A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt.
CORD n.
persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity. The knots that tangle human creeds, The wounding cords that bind and strain The heart until it bleeds. Tennyson.
CORRUPTION n.
inciple; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery. It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation against them. Hallam. They abstained from some of the worst methods of corruption usual to their…
COUNSEL n.
heme; plan. The counsel of the Lord standeth forever. Ps. xxxiii. 11. The counsels of the wicked are deceit. Prov. xii. 5.
COURT v.
invite by attractions; to allure; to attract. A well-worn pathway courted us To one green wicket in a privet hedge. Tennyson.
CRATE n.
A large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares.
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