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The spotted flycatcher; -- so called from the white color of the under parts. [Prov. Eng.]

To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.

One who whitewashes.

A perennial composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy.

The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing.

The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.

Wild camomile.

Widely; far and wide. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Work, especially openwork, formed of wires.

ters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub.

A woodpecker.

The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine- grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain.

Made of yew; as, yewen bows.

A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also zante, and zante fustic. See Fustet, and the Note under Fustic.

An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.

Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews.

The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August. W. Smith.

Toward the back or rear; backward. "Therewith aback she started." Chaucer.

A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc. [Obs.]

tary. Abecedarian psalms, hymns, etc., compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet. Hook.