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A woman who wails. [Obs.]

One wearing a waistcoat; esp., a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for such a habit; hence, a loose woman; strumpet. [Obs.] Do you think you are here, sir, Amongst your waistcoateers, your base wenches Beau. & Fl.

n. from Wait, v. In waiting, in attendance; as, lords in waiting. [Eng.] -- Waiting gentlewoman, a woman who waits upon a person of rank. -- Waiting maid, Waiting woman, a maid or woman who waits upon another as a personal servant.

A female waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman.

A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note.

A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.

Same as Washerwoman, 2. [Prov. Eng.]

Same as Washerwoman, 2. [Prov. Eng.]

An arrangement of a woman's back hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance to a waterfall.

The back of a woman's gown in which one or more very broad folds are carried from the neck to the floor without being held in at the waist, while the front and sides of the gown are shaped to the person and have a belt or its equivalent.

ce or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint. A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish. Ascham.

Not strong of constitution; infirm; feeble; as, a weakly woman; a man of a weakly constitution.

or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon. "Woman's weapons, water drops." Shak.

A wife; a married woman. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment. "Lowweeds." Spenser. "Woman's weeds." Shak. "This beggar woman's weed." Tennyson. He on his bed sat, the soft weeds he wore Put off. Chapman.

ical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in. The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. John iv. 11.

A young woman; a girl; a maiden. Shak. Lord and lady, groom and wench. Chaucer. That they may send again My most sweet wench, and gifts to boot. Chapman. He was received by the daughter of the house, a pretty, buxom, blue- eyed little wench. W. Black.

A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse.

fer to, an individual person or thing among several of a class; as, which man is it which woman was it which is the house he asked which route he should take; which is best, to live or to die See the Note under What, pron., 1. Which of you convinceth me of sin John viii. 46.

A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress. My wife in her new lace whisk. Pepys.