Definition of w

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W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal

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Eventuality :: Eventuality (n.) The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence..
Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
Monument :: Monument (n.) A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record..
Scale :: Scale (n.) Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any complex thing, compared with other like things; especially, the relative proportion of the linear dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a mile..
Depress :: Depress (v. t.) To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed..
Waiting :: Waiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wai.
Allow :: Allow (v. t.) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent..
Confounder :: Confounder (n.) One who confounds.
Organ :: Organ (n.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ..
Guardful :: Guardful (a.) Cautions; wary; watchful.
Sea Laces :: Sea laces () A kind of seaweed (Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlike fronds, often many feet long..
Brancard :: Brancard (n.) A litter on which a person may be carried.
Core :: Core (v. t.) To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children..
Viewly :: Viewly (a.) Alt. of Viewsom.
Metempiricism :: Metempiricism (n.) The science that is concerned with metempirics.
Twined :: Twined (imp. & p. p.) of Twin.
Shittah Tree :: Shittah tree (n.) A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; -- now believed to have been the wood of the Acacia Seyal, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in color..
Jew :: "Jew (n.) Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah; after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any member of the new state; a Hebrew; an Israelite..
Whoever :: Whoever (pron.) Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who; as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be..
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