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Stripped of a roof, or similar covering. Broken carriages, dead horses, unroofed cottages, all indicated the movements. Sir W. Scott.

Not soft; hard; coarse; rough. [Obs.] "Bristles of his beard unsoft." Chaucer.

The generalization that: when a system is in equilibrium, of the two opposed interactions the endothermic is promoted by raising the temperature, the exothermic by lowering it.

Concerned in the development and formation of blood vessels and blood corpuscles; as, the vasoformative cells.

A religious and philanthropic organization, similar to the Salvation Army, founded (1896) by Commander and Mrs. Ballington Booth.

Having a roof, or top, shaped like an inverted U; wagon-headed.

Valor tried by war.

Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; -- said of colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise.

Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.

The act or process of making waterproof.

Proof against rough weather.

A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or sums to which certain marks on its circumference point when it stops being distributed according to varying rules.

Of which; of whom; formerly, also, with which; -- used relatively. I do not find the certain numbers whereof their armies did consist. Sir J. Davies. Let it work like Borgias' wine, Whereof his sire, the pope, was poisoned. Marlowe. Edward's seven sons, whereof thyself art one. Shak.

Having an undivided hoof, as the horse.

Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad. How many woeful widows left to bow To sad disgrace! Daniel.

In a woeful manner; sorrowfully; mournfully; miserably; dolefully.

The quality or state of being woeful; misery; wretchedness.

la odorata) having a pleasant taste. It is sometimes used for flavoring wine. See Illust. of Whorl.

Texture; cloth; as, a pall of softest woof. Pope.

The European blackbird. "The woofell near at hand that hath a golden bill." Drayton.