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Here and there; around; in one place and another. Wandering about from house to house. 1 Tim. v. 13.

Want; destitution; withdrawal. "In the absence of conventional law." Kent.

To endure; to abide. [Obs.] But nought that wanteth rest can long aby. Spenser.

Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accomodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn. Sir W. Scott.

- - with to. I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. Adventurer.

Wanting the beginning. A false or acephalous structure of sentence. De Quincey.

Deficiency or want of bile.

Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands. Kirwan.

Wanting a skull.

To sentence; to condemn. Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth. Milton.

Concession; admission; allowance; as, the admittance of an argument. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

aulay. Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural what is natural. Locke.

Out of the way; astray. Why should he wander afield at the age of fifty-five! Trollope.

Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with the open air.

Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment. The youthful wanderers found a wild alcove. Falconer.

An allowance for maintenance. [Scot.]

An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same. Wharton. Burrill.

as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate. The calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is much alleviated by giving the use of letters. Bp. Horsley.

That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable. I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply. Johnson.

The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.