wappato (wopato)

[Also wapatoo; wappet, v. An obsolete spelling of wap1. wappent, n. Same as wapen. wappenedt, a. A spurious (or perhaps obscene) word occurring only in the following pa age. It has been conjectured to be a misprint for weeping. .. This yellow slave [gold] Will knit and break religions... This is it That makes the wappen'd widow wed again. Shak., T. of A., iv. 3. 38. wappenshaw, n . See wapenshaw . wappert (wap'er), v. i. [Freq. of wapl : see wap1, waver1 .] To move tremulously; totter; blink. But still he stode his face to set awrye, And wappering turnid up his white of eye. communication. Emerson , War. Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war . Shak., Sonnets, xlvi. A wounded thing with a rancorous cry, At war with myself and a wretched race. War is our bus'ne , but to whom is giv'n To die, or triumph, that determine heav'n! Isa. ii. 4. Pope , Iliad, xxii. 171. O'er the embattled ranks the waves return And overwhelm their war . Milton , P. L., xii. 214. In this array the war of either side Through Athens pa ed with military pride. Mir. for Mags. (Imp. Dict.) 6. Warlike outfit. wapper-eyedt (wap'er-id), a. [ A little wapper-eyed constable, to wink and blink at small faults. Middle ton , Black Book, p. 528. wapper-jaw (wap'er-ja), n. 1. A wry mouth. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] -2. A projecting under-jaw. [Colloq., U. S.]