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A manager; an actual occupant. [Ireland. Obs.] "The welder . . . who . . . lives miserably." Swift.

A list of business concerns regarded as worthy of patronage by reason of compliance with certain conditions, as in regard to treatment of employees; as, the white list of the Consumers' League. [Cant]

To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway. The famous orators . . . whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democraty. Milton. Her newborn power was wielded from the first by unprincipled and ambitions men. De Quincey.

One who wields or employs; a manager; a controller. A wielder of the great arm of the war. Milton.

Not to be wielded; unmanageable; unwieldy. [R.] "Wieldless might." Spenser.

Admitting of being easily wielded or managed. [Obs.] Golding.

Capable of being wielded; manageable; wieldable; -- opposed to unwieldy. [R.] Johnson.

To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.

The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue.

effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination. "Eminent in wise deport." Milton. To make it wise, to make it a matter of deliberation. [Obs.] " We thought it was not worth to make it wise." Chaucer. -- Wise in years, old enough to be wise; wise…

nd berries. -- Wood snipe. (Zoöl.) (a) The American woodcock. (b) An Asiatic snipe (Gallinago nemoricola). -- Wood soot, soot from burnt wood. -- Wood sore. (Zoöl.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo. -- Wood sorrel (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis (Oxalis Acetosella), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of Shamroc…

Manner of working; management; treatment; as, unskillful work spoiled the effect. Bp. Stillingfleet.

essel used only for pleasure trips, racing, etc. Yacht measurement. See the Note under Tonnage, 4.

The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said with reference to a ship. Sir T. North.