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Not censurable. Dr. T. Dwight. -- In*cen"sur*a*bly, adv.

The quality of being incessant; unintermitted continuance; unceasingness. Dr. T. Dwight.

Unfortunate. [Obs.] I, woeful wretch and infortuned wight. Chaucer.

A wig; -- so called, perhaps, from being made of, or resembling, Jersey yarn. Thackeray.

of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac. Lavender cotton (Bot.), a low, twiggy, aromatic shrub (Santolina Chamæcyparissus) of the Mediterranean region, formerly used as a vermifuge, etc., and still used to keep moths from wardrobes. Also called ground cypress. -- Lavender water, a perfume composed of…

th smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette.

A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.

pterous insect of the genus Tettigonia, and allied genera. They live upon the leaves and twigs of plants. See Live hopper. -- Leaf insect (Zoöl.), any one of several genera and species of orthopterous insects, esp. of the genus Phyllium, in which the wings, and sometimes the legs, resemble leaves in color and form. Th…

A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.

To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime. These twigs, in time, will come to be limed. L'Estrange.

ng with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer. " Lucky wight." Spenser.

herry tree (Prunus Mahaleb) of Southern Europe. The wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared.

Originally, a wig; afterwards, a mop for cleaning cannon.

Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk.

persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvæ and pupæ, called wigglers, are aquatic. [Written also musquito.] Mosquito bar, Mosquito net, a net or curtain for excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows. -- Mosquito fleet, a fleet of small vessels. -- Mosquito hawk (Zoöl.), a dragon…

r, and to thy needy in thy land. Deut. xv. 11. Spare the bluches of needly merit. Dr. T. Dwight.

dition; the not rendering what is due. The nonrendition of a service which is due. S. E. Dwight.

ention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of. We gentil women bee Loth to displease any wight, Notwithstanding our great right. Chaucer's Dream. Those on whom Christ bestowed miraculous cures were so transported that their gratitude made them, notwithstanding his prohibition, proclaim the wonders he had done. Dr. H.…

One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other somilar plants. The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream. Shak. Osier bed, or Osier holt, a place where willows are grown for basket making. [Eng.] -- Red osier. (a) A kind of willow with reddish twigs (Salix rubra). (b) An American shrub (Cornus stolonifera)…

; as, to pamper the body or the appetite. "A body . . . pampered for corruption." Dr. T. Dwight.