Wart

wawrt, n. a small, hard excrescence on the skin: a protuberance on trees.— adj. Wart′ed .— n. Wart′-hog , a kind of hog found in Africa, having a very large head and the cheeks furnished with large wart-like excrescences.— adj. Wart′le .— ns. Wart′weed , the sun-spurge; Wart′wort , a common name for certain lichens having a warty thallus: the wart-cre or swine-cre , the cud-weed.— adj. Wart′y , like a wart: overgrown with warts. [A.S. wearte ; Ger. warze ; prob. allied to L. verruca .]