Vocabulary : Wartwort to Wash

Wartwort : A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis).
Warty : Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; as, a warty leaf. ;; Of the nature of warts; as, a warty excrescence.
Warty-back : An American fresh-water mussel (Quadrula pustulosa). Its shell is used in making buttons.
Warwickite : A dark brown or black mineral, occurring in prismatic crystals imbedded in limestone near Warwick, New York. It consists of the borate and titanate of magnesia and iron.
Warworn : Worn with military service; as, a warworn soldier; a warworn coat.

Wary : Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful. ;; Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
Warye : To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex.
Was : of Be ;; The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was.
Wase : A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.
Wash : To cause dephosphorisation of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide. ;; To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, esp. by removing soluble constituents. ;; To use washes, as for the face or hair. ;; To move with a lapping or swashing sound, or the like; to lap; splash; as, to hear the water washing. ;; Gravel and other rock debris transported and deposited by running water; coarse alluvium. ;; An alluvial cone formed by a stream at the base of a mountain. ;; The dry bed of an intermittent stream, sometimes at the bottom of a caon; as, the Amargosa wash, Diamond wash; -- called also dry wash. ;; The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water. Hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water, as a carriage wash in a stable. ;; To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub

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