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Pleasing to the sight; sightly. [Prov. Eng.]

Having peculiar views; fanciful; visionary; unpractical; as, a viewy person.

Same as Vinnewed.

Moldy; musty. [Written also vinewed.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Vin"newed*ness, n. [Obs.] Many of Chaucer's words are become, as it were, vinnewed and hoary with over-long lying. F. Beaumont.

An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.

Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders; a triton.

A screw propeller.

Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palustris), is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits.…

See Welaway. [Obs.]

In the manner of a wedge.

To welk, or wither. [Obs.]

er by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct. The werwolf went about his prey. William of Palerne. The brutes that wear our form and face, The werewolves of the human race. Longfellow.

See Welaway. [Obs.]

With which; -- used relatively. The love wherewith thou hast loved me. John xvii. 26.

Wherewith. "Wherewithal shall we be clothed" Matt. vi. 31. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way Ps. cxix. 9. [The builders of Babel], still with vain design, New Babels, had they wherewithal, would build. Milton.

A sound like a half-formed whistle, expressing astonishment, scorn, or dislike. Whew duck, the European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]

Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals.

The European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]

The American golden-eye.

The moosewood, or striped maple. See Maple.