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VOLLEYED a.
Discharged with a sudden burst, or as if in a volley; as, volleyed thunder.
WESLEYAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to Wesley or Wesleyanism.
WESLEYANISM n.
The system of doctrines and church polity inculcated by John Wesley (b. 1703; d. 1791), the founder of the religious sect called Methodist; Methodism. See Methodist, n., 2.
WILFLEY TABLE n.
An inclined percussion table, usually with longitudinal grooves in its surface, agitated by side blows at right angles to the flow of the pulp; -- so called after the inventor.
YOWLEY n.
The European yellow-hammer. [Prov. Eng.]
ABANNATION; ABANNITION n.
Banishment. [Obs.] Bailey.
ABDICATIVE a.
Causing, or implying, abdication. [R.] Bailey.
ABDITIVE a.
Having the quality of hiding. [R.] Bailey.
ABERUNCATE v.
To weed out. [Obs.] Bailey.
ABIOGENESIS n.
hat living matter may be produced by not living matter, the hypothesis of abiogenesis. Huxley, 1870.
ABIOGENIST n.
One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent. Huxley.
ABJUGATE v.
To unyoke. [Obs.] Bailey.
ABLACTATE v.
To wean. [R.] Bailey.
ABLAQUEATE v.
To lay bare, as the roots of a tree. [Obs.] Bailey.
ABLEGATE v.
To send abroad. [Obs.] Bailey.
ABLIGURITION n.
Prodigal expense for food. [Obs.] Bailey.
ABOMINABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley.
ABRASION n.
The substance rubbed off. Berkeley.
ABSCOND v.
To hide; to conceal. [Obs.] Bentley.
ABSOLUTION n.
The form of words by which a penitent is absolved. Shipley.
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