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Of or pertaining to Wesley or Wesleyanism.

The system of doctrines and church polity inculcated by John Wesley (b. 1703; d. 1791), the founder of the religious sect called Methodist; Methodism. See Methodist, n., 2.

A certain measure of weight. [Eng.] "A weye of Essex cheese." Piers Plowman.

To wail. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Welaway. [Obs.]

To waive. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ess of making cheese. In this process, the thick part is called curd, and the thin part whey.

Treatment with whey as a drink and in baths.

Having a pale or white face, as from fright. "Whey-faced cavaliers." Aytoun.

Of the nature of, or containing, whey; resembling whey; wheyish. Bacon.

One who is pale, as from fear.

Somewhat like whey; wheyey. J. Philips. -- Whey"ish*ness, n.

To fill with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze. [R.] To have a man's brain whimsied with his wealth. J. Fletcher.

ets and painters." Ray. Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy. Swift. Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth. Bancroft.

Same as Whisky, a liquor.

A light carriage built for rapid motion; -- called also tim- whiskey.

A conspiracy of distillers and government officials during the administration of President Grant to defraud the government of the excise taxes. The frauds were detected in 1875 through the efforts of the Secretary of the Treasury. B. H. Bristow, and most of the offenders were convicted.

d from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley. Bourbon whisky, corn whisky made in Bourbon County, Kentucky. -- Crooked whisky. See under Crooked. -- Whisky Jack (Zoöl.), the Canada jay (Perisoreus Canadensis). It is noted for its fearless and familiar habits when it fre…

Drunk with whisky; intoxicated. [Humorous] Thackeray.

genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. coerulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-eyed tit.