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To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine. If one of the twines of the twist do untwist, The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist. Wallis.

Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance. Sumptuary laws are among the exploded fallacies which we have outgrown, and we smile at the unwisdom which could except to regulate private habits and manners by statute. J. A. Froude.

Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.

In an unwise manner; foolishly.

To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing. [Obs.] Now thou hast unwished five thousand men. Shak.

Not known; unknown. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

Flat; insipid. [Obs.] Overbury.

Yarn made by the throstle, or water frame.

Skillful in finding the way; well acquainted with the way or route; wise from having traveled.

tance which one has traveled on the road; an odometer, pedometer, or perambulator. The waywiser to a coach, exactly measuring the miles, and showing them by an index. Evelyn.

Skillful in forecasting the changes of the weather. Hakluyt.

Something that foreshows the weather. [Obs.] Derham.

In the manner of a wedge.

A wish of happiness. "A well-wish for his friends." Addison.

One who wishes another well; one who is benevolently or friendlily inclined.

See Ignis fatuus.

Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy. Walton.

In a working position or manner; as, a T rail placed workwise, i.e., resting on its base.

Wise in regard to things of this world. Bunyan.

The religion or worship of Yahweh (Jehovah), or the system of doctrines, etc., connected with it.