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undred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds. [Written also wapentac.] Selden. Blackstone.

A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare. This [gold] is it That makes the wappen'd widow wed again.

Marsh pennywort. See under Marsh.

Weapon. [Obs.]

Formed of a wisp, or of wisp; as, a wispen broom. [Obs.]

Wept. Chaucer.

A statute fixing the compensation that a workman may recover from an employer in case of accident, esp. the British act of 6 Edw. VII. c. 58 (1906) giving to a workman, except in certain cases of "serious and willful misconduct," a right against his employer to a certain compensation on the mere occurrence of an accide…

A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.

To abandon. [Obs.] Enforced the kingdom to aband. Spenser.

the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. The abandonment of the independence of Europe. Burke.

A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.

An abridgment; a compendium or abstract. This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty of a Christian. Jer. Taylor.

ing to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes. Abdominal ring (Anat.), a fancied ringlike opening on each side of the abdomen, external and superior to the pubes; -- called also inguinal ring.

A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.

To bear; to behave. [Obs.] So did the faery knight himself abear. Spenser.

Suspension; temporary suppression. Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. De Quincey.

A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether. Watts.

One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent. Huxley.

Prodigal expense for food. [Obs.] Bailey.

Across; athwart. [Obs.] Nor iron bands aboard The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast. Spenser.