Wart

wdrt, n. A small, hard, rough, excrescence on the skin; anything resembling such an excrescence. (Bot.) A glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants. [AS. wearte, OD. rvarte, wratte, Ic. and Sw. varta, orig. growth, hence an excrescence; large wart. a. Havl Wart-hog. ing warts; full of, overgrown with, or of the nature of, warts. War-whoop. See under War. Wary. See under Ward. Was, woz. The past tense of the substantive verb to be, — 1st and 3d pers. sing. — W , wost, 2d pers. sing. — Were, wer, pi, of was, and imp. svbj. sing, and pi. —Wert, wert, 2d pers. sing, of were, used as subj. imperf. [AS. wesan, to be (past indie, sing. wees, v/asre, wses, pi. wsere, for all persons); D., infln. wezen (indie, was, vooart, was, pi. waren, waret, wareri); Goth, wis an, to be, remain, dwell (imp. indie, was, wast, was, dual wesu, wesuts, pi. wesum, wesuth, wesun) Skr. vas, to dwell, remain, live, Gr. astu, a dwelling place, city Wa ail, west, vernacular.]