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The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig. Dressing forceps. See under Dressing.

That part of a headdress that is in front; the top of a periwig.

A genus of insects including the earwigs. See Earwig, 1.

a forthright man. [Archaic] Lowell. They were Night and Day, and Day and Night, Piligrims wight with steps forthright. Emerson.

. A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.

That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle. [Written also frizz.] He [Dr. Johnson], who saw in his glass how his wig became his face and head, might easily infer that a similar fullbottomed, well-curled friz of words would be no less becoming to his thoughts. Hare.

en made wholly of leather, as distinguished from half binding. -- Full bottom, a kind of wig full and large at the bottom. -- Full brother or sister, a brother or sister having the same parents as another. -- Full cry (Hunting), eager chase; -- said of hounds that have caught the scent, and give tongue together. --…

Full and large at the bottom, as wigs worn by certain civil officers in Great Britain.

Forked; branching like a fork; as, furcate twigs.

ildish levity. Giggling and laughing with all their might At the piteous hap of the fairy wight. J. R. Drake.

An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvæ.

The aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also, colloquially, wiggler.

A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating. The gride of hatchets fiercely thrown. On wigwam log, and tree, and stone. Whittier.

fulness. Abhor the swinish grossness that delights to wound the' ear of delicacy. Dr. T. Dwight.

f the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.

n, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles. He was a wight of high renown. Shak.

White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs. Reverence the hoary head. Dr. T. Dwight.

One of a breed of cattle, originally from Schleswig-Holstein, valued for the large amount of milk produced by the cows. The color is usually black and white in irregular patches.

A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.

; inadequateness. The inadequacy and consequent inefficacy of the alleged causes. Dr. T. Dwight.