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An instrument for cutting a urethral stricture.

An incision of the urethra, esp. incision for relief of urethral stricture.

Of or pertaining to the urine; diuretic; urinary; as, uretic medicine.

A kind of velvet having cotton back.

Any one of numerous species of club-shaped, compound Alcyonaria belonging to Veretillum and allied genera, of the tribe Pennatulacea. The whole colony can move about as if it were a simple animal.

egar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; -- called also vinegarette.

See Vinaigrette, n., 2.

An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.

To ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot.

Through which. [R.] "Wherethrough that I may know." Chaucer. Windows . . . wherethrough the sun Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee. Shak.

To which; -- used relatively. "Whereto we have already attained." Phil. iii. 16. Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day. Shak.

To box (one) on the ear; to strike or box. (the ear); as, to wherret a child. [Obs.]

A weasel. [Scot.]

A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy. "The wretch that lies in woe." Shak. Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun Cowper.

distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting. "To what wretched state reserved!" Milton. O cruel! Death! to those you are more kind Than to the wretched mortals left behind. Waller. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore . . .

In a wretched manner; miserably; despicable.

The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery. Sir W. Raleigh.

Wretched. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Reckless; hence, disregarded. [Obs.] -- Wretch"less*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Wretch"less*ness, n. [Obs.] Bk. of Com. Prayer. Your deaf ears should listen Unto the wretchless clamors of the poor. J. Webster.

ustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.