wheelless

[Eng. wheel, s.; -le .] Destitute of wheels; without wheels. "The broken-down, wheelle , shaftle buggies."-London Daily Telegraph . 1. To overwhelm, to engulf, to submerge; to cover sides. "She is my prize, or ocean whelm than all!" Shakesp.: Merry Wives, ii. 2. *2. To throw or place over, so as to cover. "No bodie lighteth a candle (saith he) and hideth it in a priuie derke corner, or couereth it by whelming a bushell ouer it."- Udall : Luke xi. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, fate, fat, färe, amidst, what, fall, father; we, wět, here, camel, her, there; O'erturns the fabric of presumptuous reason, And whelms the swelling architect beneath it." Johnson: Irene , ii. 3. That haunts the tigre in her whelple ire." Byron: Lara, ii. 25. when-ăş, adv . [Eng. when , and as .] 1. When. "Whenas the Palmer came in hall." whence, *whennes, *whens, adv . [From A. S. hwan an, hwan on =whence, with the adverbial suff. -es , as in twice (= twies ), needs (nedes), hence (= hennes ), from A. S. heonan =hence).] 1. From what place. (Used interrogatively.) "Whence come you?"-Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen of Ve- ron a, iv. 1. 2. From what or which source, origin, cause, premises, antecedents, principles, parts, or the like; how. (Used interrogatively.) IMG:content-0815.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0816.png:[blocks in formation] What and of whence was he who pre 'd the hero's side?' Dryden: Virgil's Æneid, vi. 1,192. *whençe-förth, adv . [Eng. whence , and forth .] Forth from which place. "Whenceforth i ues a warlike steed in sight." Spenser: Muiopotmos . whěnçe-sō-ěv-er, whěnçe-sō-e'êr', adv . [Eng. whence; so, and ever .] From what place soever; I would give utterance." Worasworth: Recluse. *whěnç-ev-er, adv . [Eng. whence, and ever.] Whencesoever. when-ev-er, when-e'êr', adv . [English when , and ever .] At what ever time; at what time when-sō-ěv-er, adv . [English when; so, and ever.] At what time soever; whenever. "Whensoever ye will, ye may do them good."- Mark xiv. 7. *wher, adv . or conj . [See def.] A contracted form of whether (q.v.). ( Wycliffe : John vii.) tive. "Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear The very stones prate of my whereabout." "At last he spide, whereas that wofull squire Lay tombled in the mire." Spenser: F. Q., III. vii. 45. where-by', adv. [Eng. where , and by .] 1. By what. (Used interrogatively.) hvar ; Dan. hvor ; Swedish hvar ; O. H. Ger. hwár; M. H. Ger. wár ; wá ; Ger. wo ; Goth. hwar .] 1. At or in which place. (Used interrogatively.) "Where am I?"-Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis , 493. 2. In what position, situation, circumstances, or the like. (Used interrogatively.) 5. To which place, whither. (Used interroga- tively.) "Where runn'st thou so fast?"-Shakesp.: Comedy of Errors, iii. 2. 6. Whither. (Used relatively.) "Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ." 7. Wherever. *8. Whereas. (Used as a conjunction.) "And where thou now exactest the penalty Thou wilt not only loose the forfeiture,' 9. From what place or source; whence. "Where have you this? 'Tis false!" Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , ii. 1. (1) Where is sometimes found used as a sub- stantive place, situation, position, . IMG:content-0817.png:[blocks in formation] "Hath for him selfe his chare araied Wherin he wolde ride." Gower: C. A., 1. whêre-in-tô', adv . [Eng. where , and into .] 1. Into what. (Used interrogatively.) 2. Into which. (Used relatively.) "Where's the palace whereinto foul things Sometimes intrude not?" where-of' (f as v), *wher-off, adv. [English where, and of. ] 1. Of what or which. (Used interrogatively.) "Whereof are you made?"- Shakesp .: Sonnet 53. 2. Of which. (Used relatively.) "Who at his hand Have nothing merited, nor can perform Aught whereof he hath need." Milton: P. L. , iv. 419. whêre-on', adv . [Eng. where , and on .] 1. On what or which. (Used interrogatively.) "Whereon do you look?"- Shakesp .: Hamlet , iii. 4. 2. On which. (Used relatively.) "Infected be the air whereon they ride." Shakesp.: Macbeth , iv. 1. *where-out', adv . [Eng. where , and out .] 1. Out of which or what. (Used interrogatively.) 2. Out of which. (Used relatively.) "Where no leaf blooms or blushes Save this whereout she crushes For dead men deadly wine." A. C. Swinburne: Garden of Proser pine. *where-sō, adv . [English where , and so .] The same as WHERESOEVER (q. v.). where-sō-e'êr', adv. [See def.] A contracted form of WHERESOEVER (q. v.). ever.] where-sō-ěv-er, adv . [English where ; so, and 1. In what place soever; in whatever place. "Conquerors, who leave behind Nothing but ruin, wheresoe'er they rove," Milton: P. R. , iii. 79. *2. To what place soever; whithersoever. "The noise pursues me wheresoe'er I go." Dryden. (Todd.) *where-through' ( gh silent), adv . [Eng. where , and through .] Through which; by reason of which. "Deep double shells wherethrough the eye-flower peers." A. C. Swinburne: Rondel.