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A large, clumsy horse. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet.

A child's pinafore. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

g a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up; also, a wig tied upon the head. Wright. V. Knox.

Subject to the payment of toll; as, tollable goods. Wright.

utwater near the figurehead. -- Trail net, a net that is trailed or drawn behind a boat. Wright.

Passing or flowing through a bridge; -- said of water. Wright.

anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid. [Eng.] Wright.

One of tree children born at the same birth. Wright.

To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper. [Obs.] Wright.

Having only one foot. Wright.

A cow house, dairy house, or cow pasture. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Wright.

One who carries a wallet; a foot traveler; a tramping beggar. [Colloq.] Wright.

Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

length of the thread, paid to the weaver by the spinner on laying the warp. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. -- Warping post, a strong post used in warping rope-yarn.

A maker of wheels; a wheelwright. [Obs.]

ion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]

A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt.

To scratch. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.