Word

wurd, n. an oral or written sign expre ing an idea or notion: talk, discourse: signal or sign: me age: promise: declaration: a pa -word, a watch-word, a war-cry: the Holy Scripture, or a part of it: ( pl. ) verbal contention.— v.t. to expre in words: ( Shak. ) to flatter.— v.i. to speak, talk.— ns. Word′-blind′ne , lo of ability to read; Word′-book , a book with a collection of words: a vocabulary.— adj. Word′-bound , unable to find expre ion in words.— n. Word′-build′ing , the formation or composition of words.— adj. Wor′ded , expre ed in words.— adv. Wor′dily .— ns. Wor′dine ; Wor′ding , act, manner, or style of expre ing in words.— adj. Wor′dish ( obs. ), verbose.— n. Wor′dishne .— adj. Word′le ( Shak. ), without words, silent.— ns. Word′-mem′ory , the power of recalling words to the mind; Word′-paint′er , one who describes vividly; Word′-paint′ing , the act of describing anything clearly and fully by words only; Word′-pic′ture , a description in words which presents an object to the mind as if in a picture.— adj. Wor′dy , full of words: using or containing many words.— Word for word , literally, verbatim.— Break one's word , to fail to fulfil a promise; By word of mouth , orally; Good word , favourable mention, praise; Hard words , angry, hot words; Have a word with , to have some conversation with; Have words with , to quarrel, dispute with; In a word , In one word , in short, to sum up; In word , in speech only, in profe ion only; Pa one's word , to make a promise; The Word , the Scripture: ( theol. ) the second person in the Trinity, the Logos. [A.S. word ; Goth. waurd , Ice. orth , Ger. wort ; also conn. with L. verbum , a word, Gr. eirein , to speak.]