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Coloq. To run wild , to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or untamed; to live or grow without culture or training. -- Coloq. To sow one's wild oats . See under .
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Coloq. Wild allspice . (Bot.), spicewood. -- Coloq. Wild balsam apple (Bot.), an American climbing cucurbitaceous plant (Echinocystis lobata). -- Coloq. Wild basil (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb (Calamintha Clinopodium) common in Europe and America. -- Coloq. Wild bean (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants, mostly species of Phaseolus and Apios. -- Coloq. Wild bee (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest in a hollow tree or among rocks. -- Coloq. Wild bergamot . (Bot.) See under . -- Coloq. Wild boar (Zoöl.), the European wild hog (Sus scrofa), from which the common domesticated swine is descended. -- Coloq. Wild brier (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See . -- Coloq. Wild bugloss (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant (Lycopsis arvensis) with small blue flowers. -- Coloq. Wild camomile (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite genus Matricaria, much resembling camomile. -- Coloq. Wild cat . (Zoöl.) (a) A European carnivore (Felis catus) somewhat resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and the like. (b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx. (c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. Luce. -- Coloq. Wild celery . (Bot.) See Tape grass, under . -- Coloq. Wild cherry . (Bot.) (a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild red cherry is Prunus Pennsylvanica. The wild black cherry is Prunus serotina, the wood of which is much used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a compact texture. (b) The fruit of various species of Prunus. -- Coloq. Wild cinnamon . See the Note under . -- Coloq. Wild comfrey (Bot.), an American plant (Cynoglossum Virginicum) of the Borage family. It has large bristly leaves and small blue flowers. -- Coloq. Wild cumin (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant (Lagœcia cuminoides) native in the countries about the Mediterranean. -- Coloq. Wild drake (Zoöl.) the mallard. -- Coloq. Wild elder (Bot.), an American plant (Aralia hispida) of the Ginseng family. -- Coloq. Wild fowl (Zoöl.) any wild bird, especially any of those considered as game birds. -- Coloq. Wild goose (Zoöl.), any one of several species of undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), the European bean goose, and the graylag. See , and Bean goose, under . -- Coloq. Wild goose chase , the pursuit of something unattainable, or of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose. Shak. -- Coloq. Wild honey , honey made by wild bees, and deposited in trees, rocks, the like. -- Coloq. Wild hyacinth . (Bot.) See , 1 (b). -- Coloq. Wild Irishman (Bot.), a thorny bush (Discaria Toumatou) of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the natives use the spines in tattooing. -- Coloq. Wild land . (a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it unfit for cultivation. (b) Land which is not settled and cultivated. -- Coloq. Wild licorice . (Bot.) See under . -- Coloq. Wild mammee (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a tropical American tree (Rheedia lateriflora); -- so called in the West Indies. -- Coloq. Wild marjoram (Bot.), a labiate plant (Origanum vulgare) much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic. -- Coloq. Wild oat . (Bot.) (a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass (Arrhenatherum avenaceum). (b) See Wild oats, under . -- Coloq. Wild pieplant (Bot.), a species of dock (Rumex hymenosepalus) found from Texas to California. Its acid, juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden rhubarb. -- Coloq. Wild pigeon . (Zoöl.) (a) The rock dove. (b) The passenger pigeon. -- Coloq. Wild pink (Bot.), an American plant (Silene Pennsylvanica) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of catchfly. -- Coloq. Wild plantain (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb (Heliconia Bihai), much resembling the banana. Its leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies as coverings for packages of merchandise. -- Coloq. Wild plum . (Bot.) (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation. (b) The South African prune. See under . -- Coloq. Wild rice . (Bot.) See Indian rice, under . -- Coloq. Wild rosemary (Bot.), the evergreen shrub Andromeda polifolia. See Marsh rosemary, under . -- Coloq. Wild sage . (Bot.) See . -- Coloq. Wild sarsaparilla (Bot.), a species of ginseng (Aralia nudicaulis) bearing a single long-stalked leaf. -- Coloq. Wild sensitive plant (Bot.), either one of two annual leguminous herbs (Cassia Chamæcrista, and Cassia nictitans), in both of which the leaflets close quickly when the plant is disturbed. -- Coloq. Wild service .(Bot.) See . -- Coloq. Wild Spaniard (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous plants of the genus Aciphylla, natives of New Zealand. The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the plants form an impenetrable thicket. -- Coloq. Wild turkey . (Zoöl.) See 2d .
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Wild (?), n. An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.
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then Libya first, of all her moisture drained,
Became a barren waste, a wild of sand. Addison.
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Wild, adv. Wildly; as, to talk wild. Shak.
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Wild-cat (?), a. 1. Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.
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2. (Railroad) Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.
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Wildebeest (?), n. [D. wild wild + beeste beast.] (Zoöl.) The gnu.
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Wilded (?), a. Become wild. [R.]
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An old garden plant escaped and wilded. J. Earle.
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Wilder (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wildered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wildering.] [Akin to E. wild, Dan. forvilde to bewilder, Icel. villr bewildered, villa to bewilder; cf. AS. wildor a wild animal. See , a., and cf. .] To bewilder; to perplex.
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Long lost and wildered in the maze of fate. Pope.
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Again the wildered fancy dreams
Of spouting fountains, frozen as they rose. Bryant.
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Wildering (?), n. (Bot.) A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation.
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Wilderment (?), n. The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.
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And snatched her breathless from beneath
This wilderment of wreck and death. Moore.
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Wilderness (?), n. [OE. wildernesse, wilderne,probably from AS. wildor a wild beast; cf. D. wildernis wilderness. See , v. t.]
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1. A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind.
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The wat'ry wilderness yields no supply. Waller.
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2. A disorderly or neglected place. Cowper.
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3. Quality or state of being wild; wildness. [Obs.]
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These paths and bowers doubt not but our joint hands.
Will keep from wilderness with ease. Milton.
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Wildfire (?), n. 1. A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire.
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Brimstone, pitch, wildfire . . . burn cruelly, and hard to quench. Bacon.
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2. (Med.) (a) An old name for erysipelas. (b) A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin.
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3. A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder. [R.]
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Wildgrave (?), n. [G. wildgraf or D. wildgraaf. See , and cf. .] A waldgrave, or head forest keeper. See .
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The wildgrave winds his bugle horn. Sir W. Scott.
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Wilding, n. (Bot.) A wild or uncultivated plant; especially, a wild apple tree or crab apple; also, the fruit of such a plant. Spenser.
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Ten ruddy wildings in the wood I found. Dryden.
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The fruit of the tree . . . is small, of little juice, and bad quality. I presume it to be a wilding. Landor.
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Wilding, a. Not tame, domesticated, or cultivated; wild. [Poetic] “Wilding flowers.” Tennyson.
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The ground squirrel gayly chirps by his den,
And the wilding bee hums merrily by. Bryant.
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Wildish, a. Somewhat wild; rather wild. “A wildish destiny.” Wordsworth.
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Wildly, adv. In a wild manner; without cultivation; with disorder; rudely; distractedly; extravagantly.
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Wildness, n. The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.
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Wildwood (?), n. A wild or unfrequented wood. Also used adjectively; as, wildwood flowers; wildwood echoes. Burns.
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Wile (?), n. [OE. wile, AS. wīl; cf. Icel. v�l, væl. Cf. .] A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.
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Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Eph. vi. 11.
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Not more almighty to resist our might,
Than wise to frustrate all our plots and wiles. Milton.
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Wile, v. t. 1. To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure. [R.] Spenser.
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2. To draw or turn away, as by diversion; to while or while away; to cause to pass pleasantly. Tennyson.
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Wileful (?), a. Full of wiles; trickish; deceitful.
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Wilfley table (?). (Ore Dressing) An inclined percussion table, usually with longitudinal grooves in its surface, agitated by side blows at right angles to the flow of the pulp; -- so called after the inventor.
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Wilful (?), a., Wilfully, adv., Wilfulness, n. See , , and .
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Wiliness, n. The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile.
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Wilk (?), n. (Zoöl.) See . [Obs.]
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Will (?), n. [OE. wille, AS. willa; akin to OFries. willa, OS. willeo, willio, D. wil, G. wille, Icel. vili, Dan. villie, Sw. vilja, Goth wilja. See , v.]
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1. The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.
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It is necessary to form a distinct notion of what is meant by the word “volition” in order to understand the import of the word will, for this last word expresses the power of mind of which “volition” is the act. Stewart.
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Will is an ambiguous word, being sometimes put for the faculty of willing; sometimes for the act of that faculty, besides [having] other meanings. But “volition” always signifies the act of willing, and nothing else. Reid.
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Appetite is the will's solicitor, and the will is appetite's controller; what we covet according to the one, by the other we often reject. Hooker.
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The will is plainly that by which the mind chooses anything. J. Edwards.
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2. The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.
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The word “will,” however, is not always used in this its proper acceptation, but is frequently substituted for “volition”, as when I say that my hand mover in obedience to my will. Stewart.
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3. The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.
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Thy will be done. Matt. vi. 10.
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Our prayers should be according to the will of God. Law.
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4. Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.
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☞ “Inclination is another word with which will is frequently confounded. Thus, when the apothecary says, in Romeo and Juliet, --
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My poverty, but not my will, consents; . . .
Put this in any liquid thing you will,
And drink it off.
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the word will is plainly used as, synonymous with inclination; not in the strict logical sense, as the immediate antecedent of action. It is with the same latitude that the word is used in common conversation, when we speak of doing a thing which duty prescribes, against one's own will; or when we speak of doing a thing willingly or unwillingly.” Stewart.
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5. That which is strongly wished or desired.
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What's your will, good friar? Shak.
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The mariner hath his will. Coleridge.
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6. Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine.
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Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies. Ps. xxvii. 12.
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7. (Law) The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under , 1.
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☞ Wills are written or nuncupative, that is, oral. See Nuncupative will, under .
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Coloq. At will (Law), at pleasure. To hold an estate at the will of another, is to enjoy the possession at his pleasure, and be liable to be ousted at any time by the lessor or proprietor. An estate at will is at the will of both parties. -- Coloq. Good will . See under . -- Coloq. Ill will , enmity; unfriendliness; malevolence. -- Coloq. To have one's will , to obtain what is desired; to do what one pleases. -- Coloq. Will worship , worship according to the dictates of the will or fancy; formal worship. [Obs.] -- Coloq. Will worshiper , one who offers will worship. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. -- Coloq. With a will , with willingness and zeal; with all one's heart or strength; earnestly; heartily.
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Will (?), v. t. & auxiliary. [imp. Would (?). Indic. present, I will (Obs. I wol), thou wilt, he will (Obs. he wol); we, ye, they will.] [OE. willen, imp. wolde; akin to OS. willan, OFries. willa, D. willen, G. wollen, OHG. wollan, wellan, Icel. & Sw. vilja, Dan. ville, Goth. wiljan, OSlav. voliti, L. velle to wish, volo I wish; cf. Skr. vṛ to choose, to prefer. Cf. , , , adv.]
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1. To wish; to desire; to incline to have.
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A wife as of herself no thing ne sholde [should]
Wille in effect, but as her husband wolde [would]. Chaucer.
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Caleb said unto her, What will thou ? Judg. i. 14.
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They would none of my counsel. Prov. i. 30.
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2. As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, “I will” denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when “will” is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, “You will go,” or “He will go,” describes a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination.
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☞ Will, auxiliary, may be used elliptically for will go. “I'll to her lodgings.” Marlowe.
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☞ As in shall (which see), the second and third persons may be virtually converted into the first, either by question or indirect statement, so as to receive the meaning which belongs to will in that person; thus, “Will you go?” (answer, “I will go”) asks assent, requests, etc.; while “Will he go?” simply inquires concerning futurity; thus, also,“He says or thinks he will go,” “You say or think you will go,” both signify willingness or consent.
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☞ Would, as the preterit of will, is chiefly employed in conditional, subjunctive, or optative senses; as, he would go if he could; he could go if he would; he said that he would go; I would fain go, but can not; I would that I were young again; and other like phrases. In the last use, the first personal pronoun is often omitted; as, would that he were here; would to Heaven that it were so; and, omitting the to in such an adjuration. “Would God I had died for thee.” Would is used for both present and future time, in conditional propositions, and would have for past time; as, he would go now if he were ready; if it should rain, he would not go; he would have gone, had he been able. Would not, as also will not, signifies refusal. “He was angry, and would not go in.” Luke xv. 28. Would is never a past participle.
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☞ In Ireland, Scotland, and the United States, especially in the southern and western portions of the United States, shall and will, should and would, are often misused, as in the following examples: --
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I am able to devote as much time and attention to other subjects as I will [shall] be under the necessity of doing next winter. Chalmers.
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A countryman, telling us what he had seen, remarked that if the conflagration went on, as it was doing, we would [should] have, as our next season's employment, the Old Town of Edinburgh to rebuild. H. Miller.
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I feel assured that I will [shall] not have the misfortune to find conflicting views held by one so enlightened as your excellency. J. Y. Mason.
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