word1 (werd)

[ Word it In the most generous terms. B. Jonson, Magnet ick Lady, iii. 3. The apology for the king is the same, but worded with greater deference to that great prince. Add is on . 2. To ply with or overpower by words; talk. If one were to be worded to Death, Italian is the fittest Language, in regard of the Fluency and Softne of it. 3t. To flatter; cajole. 6974 The truth they hide by their dark wordishne . Sir K. Digby, Bodies, Prefatory Verses. wordle (wer'dl), n . [Origin obscure.] One of the pivoted adjustable cams which form the throat of a draw head-die through which wire or lead pipe is drawn. E. H. Knight . wordle (werd'les), a. [ wordles (= Icel. orthlau , orthalau ); word1 + -le .] 1. Si- lent; speechle . Wordle e he was, and semede sicke. Her joy with heaved-up hand she doth expre , And, wordle , so greets heaven for his succe . 2. Unexpre ed in words. Howell , Letters, I. i. 42. IMG:content-2550.png:[blocks in formation] To word it, to wrangle; dispute; contend in words. He that descends not to word it with a shrew does worse than beat her. Sir R. L'Estrange. word2t, n. An erroneous form of ord . word-blind (werd blind), a. Deprived of the visual memory of the signs of language. Unable, as a result of disease, to read, though po ibly retaining the ability to speak, write, and understand spoken words. M. de Capdeville noted the curious fact that word - blind persons are sometimes able to read manuscript but not print. Proc. Soc. Psych. Research , III. 48. word-blindne (werd' blind" nes), n. Lo , through disease, of the ability to read, although the faculties of speaking, writing, and standing spoken words may remain unimpaired. word - book (wėrd'buk), n. [ Isle of Ladies , 1. 516. Shak ., Lucrece, 1. 112. Wordle e answere in no toun Was tane for obligatioun, Ne called surety in no wise. Isle of Ladies, 1. 889. Silent people often get insane. It is not safe to have too many dealings with wordle thoughts. Noctes Ambrosianæ , April, 1832. word-memory (werd'mem"ō-ri), n. The memory of words; the power of recalling words to the mind.