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A., ii. 2. Wretchedly, miserably, poorly, extremely. "With a wind falling wofully light, they were sent on the third round."- Field , Sept. 4, 1886. wo-fül-ne , wõe-fül-ne , s. [Eng. woful , woeful ; -ne .] The quality or state of being woeful. "One, whom like wofulne impre ed deepe Hath made fit mate thy wretched case to heare." Spenser: Daphnaida. wôi-wode, woj-wo-daą (oj as 61), 8. [WAYWODE.] wol, v . i . [WILL, V.] wol-chon-sko-ite, s . [After M. Wolchonsk(y) of Ru ia; o connect.; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min .: An amorphous mineral of dark-green color. Analyses discordant; but it appears to be a hydrated silicate of alumina, chromium, and iron sesquioxides. A doubtful species. *wold, *wolde, pret . of v. [WILL, v.] wold (1), *wolde, woulde, adj . [A. S. weald, wald a wood, a forest; cogn. with O. Sax. & Ο. Fries. wald =a wood; O. H. Ger. walt ; Ger. wald : Icel, võllra field, a plain. Wold and weald are doublets.] [WEALD.] 1. A wood, a forest. "We must hold by wood and wold ." Scott : Lady of the Lake , iv. 12. 2. An open country; a weald; a plain. 3. A low hill, a down; in the plural, a hilly district, or a range of hills. "Who sees not a great difference betwixt the wolds in Lincoln shire and the fens?"- Burton : Anat . of Melan. p. 257. wold (2), s . [WELD.] *wolde, *wold-en, pret . of v . [WILL, v .] twolds, twoulds, s. [WELD.] wolf, *wolfe, *woulfe ( pl . wolves), 8. [A. S. wulf (pl. wulfas ); cogn. with Dut. & Ger.wolf; Icel. úlfr (= vulfr ); Dan. ulv ; Sw. ulf ; Goth. wulfs ; Ru . volk '; Gr. lukos ; Lat. lupus ; Sansc. vrika .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. In the same sense as II. 3. 2. A small white maggot or worm which infests granaries. 3. A tubercular excrescence which rapidly eats away the flesh. (LUPUS.] 4. A term of opprobrium especially applied to a person noted for ravenousne , rapacity, cruelty, cunning, or the like. "Rescued is Orleans from the English wolves ." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I. , i. 6. II. Technically : 1. Cotton - manuf .: A beating or opening machine, for tearing apart the tu ocks of cotton as delivered in the bale. It is a preliminary operation, by which dust and trash are rendered separable and the fiber delivered in a more downy condition, so as to subsequently form a lap. IMG:content-0973.png:[blocks in formation] (2) A wolf-note (q. v.). five feet from the snout to the tip of the tail, which is about twenty inches long; height at shoulder about thirty-two inches; hair dark yellowish-gray, sometimes almost black, long and coarse in the northern varieties, and shorter in those which are found in warm climates; tail drooping; ears upright and pointed; eyes set obliquely. The wolf is swift, and preys on sheep and calves, a ociating in packs to run down deer and other animals; rarely attacking man unle hard pre ed by hunger, when it becomes very dangerous. The geographical range is very wide, and it is common in Europe, though it has been extinct in England since the end of the fifteenth century. Of the other varieties the chief are the Black Wolf of Southern Europe; the Indian Wolf ( C. pallipes ): the White Wolf ( C. laniger ) and a variety with black shaggy fur (C. niger ), from Tibet; the North American Wolf ( C. occidental is = Lupus grise us ), differing chiefly from the Common Wolf in having finer, denser, and longer fur, and very broad feet, enabling it to travel easily over the snow; the White Wolf ( Lupus alb us ), the Pied Wolf (L. sticte ), the Dusky Wolf ( L. nubilus ); and the Black Wolf ( L. ater ), all from North America. [RED-WOLF.] The Prairie-wolf, or Coyote ( Canis latrans), found from Mexico northward to the Saskatchewan, is probably a distinct species. It is much smaller than the Common Wolf, the body and head together measuring only about three feet, and the tail some fifteen inches; color dull yellowish gray, clouded with black. They hunt in packs, and can utter a short, snapping bark, while the only sound made by the true wolves is a prolonged howl. 1. Dark as a wolf's mouth (or throat ): Pitch dark. 2. To cry wolf : To raise a false alarm. In allusion to the shepherd-boy in the fable, who used to cry "Wolf!" merely to make fun of the neighbors, but when at last the wolf came no one would believe him. *3. To have a wolf by the ears: [See extract.] "He that deals with men's affections hath a wolf by the ears ; if we speak of peace, they wax wanton; if were prove, they grow desperate." -Adams : Works, iii. 249. #4. To have a wolf in the stomach: To be ravenously hungry. 5. To keep the wolf from the door: To keep out or off hunger or want. 6. To see a wolf : To lose one's voice. The ancients used to say that if a man saw a wolf before the wolf saw him he became dumb, at least for a time. ( Virgil , Ecl. ix.) IMG:content-0974.png:[blocks in formation] 1. A variety of Canis familiar is , used for hunting; formerly abundant in Norway and Sweden, but is now almost entirely confined to Spain. It is of large size, little, if any, smaller than the mastiff (q. v.), nose pointed, ears erect, hair long and silky, usually white, with large patches of brown; tail curled over the back. 2. A dog bred from a wolf and a common dog. The offspring are fertile inter se. ( Vero Shaw .) wolf-fish, s . [SEA-WOLF.] *wolf-month, s. The Saxon name for January, because "people are wont always in that month to be in more danger of being devoured by wolves than in any other." ( Verstegan .) wolf-net, s. A kind of net used in fishing, which takes great numbers. wolf-note, s . Music : A harsh sound occurring in string instruments owing to defective vibration on one or more notes of the scale. "By a wrong arrangement of the sound-post or ba bar what are called wolf -notes are produced, and when present they may generally be cured by the proper adjustment of the bar or post."- E . H. Allen: Violin Mak ing , p. 149. wolf-spider, s.