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Traditional English :: wapentake
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wapon.html - n. Brit. hist. (in areas of England with a large Danish population) a division of a shire; a hundred. [OE wpen(ge)tóc f. ON vÁpnatak f. vÁpn weapon + tak taking f. taka TAKE: perh. with ref. to voting in assembly by show of weapons ] |
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Traditional English :: wapiti
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wapon.html - n.
(pl. wapitis) a N. American deer, Cervus canadensis. [Cree wapitik white deer] |
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English Idioms :: wade into
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wapon.html - {v.}, {informal} 1. To go busily to work. * /The house was a mess after the party, but Mother waded in and soon had it clean again./ 2. To attack. * /When Bill had heard Jim's argument, he waded in and took it apart./ * /Jack waded into the boys with his fists flying./ |
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English Idioms :: wade through
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wapon.html - {v. phr.} To read through something long and laborious. * /It took John six months to wade through Tolstoy's War and Peace in the original Russian./ |
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English Idioms :: wag
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wapon.html - See: TONGUES TO WAG or TONGUES WAG. |
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English Idioms :: wag one's chin
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wapon.html - See: BEAT ONE'S GUMS, CHEW THE FAT, CHEW THE RAG, SHOOT THE BREEZE. |
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