wangtootht (wangtoth)

[ He boffatede me a-boute the mouthe and bete oute my wang -teth. Piers Plowman (C), xxiii. 191. Of this a es cheke, that was dreye, Chaucer, Monk's Tale, 1. 54. wanhopet (won'hop), n. [ wanhope (= MD. wanhoop ); wan- + hopel .] 1. Lack of hope; hopele ne ; despair. Thanne wex that shrewe in wanhope and walde haue hanged him-self. Piers Plowman (B), v. 286. Wel oughte I sterve in wanhope and distre e. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 391. Alle hise disciplis weren in wanhope ; For to coumforte them ihesu thougte. wanset (wons), v.i. [Early mod. E. also wanze ; wansen , diminish, decrease, sian , diminish; with verb-formative -s, as in minsian , decrease (see mince ), and clænsian , cleanse (see cleanse ), wan , deficient: see wane2 .] To wane; waste; pine; wither. His lively hue of white and red, his cheerfulne and strength, And all the things that liked him did wanze away at length. Golding, tr. of Ovid's Meta morph., iii. ( Trench .) wanspeedt, n. [ME. wanspede ; wanspēd ; as wan- + speed .] Ill fortune. What why lenes, or wanspede , wryxles our mynd? Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 9327. Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. É. T. S.), p. 54. wantlł (wont), a. [ME., also wont , vant , Be they kyngis or knyghtis, in care ze thaim cast; zaa, and welde tham in woo to wonne, in the wany and . York Plays , p. 124. neut. (with reg. Scand. neut. suffix -t, as seen also in thwart , another word of Scand. origin) of vanr , lacking: see wan- , wanel .] Lacking; deficient. And fyue wont of fyfty, quoth God, I schal forzete alle. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 740. want1 (wônt), n. [ want , wonte , lack, de- ficiency, indigence, vant , want, vant , lacking: see want1 , a.] 1. Lack; deficiency; scarcity; dearth, or absence of what is needed or desired: as, want of thought; want of money. 'Prentices in Paul's Church-yard, that scented Your want of Breton's books. Fletcher , Wit without Money, iii. 4. He came the first Night to Manger a, but, for want of a Pilot, did not know where to look for the Town. Dampier , Voyages, I. 125. 2. A vacant part, place, or space; a vacancy. The wants in the wheels of your watch are as useful to the motion as the nucks or solid parts. Baxter , Divine Life, i. 10. IMG:content-2046.png:[blocks in formation] There shall want Nothing to expre our shares in your delight, sir. Beau, and Fl . , Thierry and Theodoret, iii. 1. As in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind. Pope , E ay on Criticism, 1. 208. 3. That which is lacking, but needed; the vacancy caused by the absence of some need- ful, important, or desirable thing. Yet, to supply the ripe wants of my friend, I'll break a custom. Shak., M. of V., i. 3. 64. 2. To fail; give out; fall short. They of the citie fought valiantly with Engines, Darts, Arrowes: and when Stones wanted , they threw Siluer, Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 402. The front looking to the river, tho' of rare worke for ye carving, yet wants of that magnificence which a plainer and truer designe would have contributed to it. Evelyn, Diary, Feb. 8, 1644. 3. To be in need; suffer from lack of some- thing. penury; indigence. An endle Spring of Age the Good enjoy, Where neither Want does pinch, nor Plenty cloy. Cowley , Pindaric Odes, i. 7. Ring out the want , the care, the sin, The faithle coldne of the times. Harman, Caveat for Cursetors, p. 76. Come away, or I'll fetch thee with a wanion . Shak., Pericles, ii. 1. 17. I'll tell Ralph a tale in 's ear shall fetch him again with a wanion. Beau, and Fl., Knight of Burning Pestle, ii. 2. I sent him out of my company with a wanion - I would rather have a rifler on my perch than a false knave at my elbow. Scott , Abbot. wankapin (wong'ka-pin), n. [N. Amer. Ind.] The water-chinkapin. Also yoncopin . col, woncol (= OS. wancal MHG. wankel ), unsteady, unstable; cf. OHG. MHG. wanc, unsteady movement, doubt, G. wank , remove, change; OHG. wanchon, MHG. wanken , be unsteady, vacillate, = Icel. vakka wanne (won'nes), n . [ wanne e ; wanne of the cheeks after a fever. wannish (won'ish), a . [Early mod. E. also wanish ; The wanish moon, which sheens by night. Surrey , Ps. viii. Upon her crest she wore a wannish fire, Sprinkled with stars, like Ariadne's tiar. Morning arises stormy and pale, No sun, but a wannish glare In fold upon fold of huele cloud. An' may they never learn the gaets Of ither vile wanrestfu ' pets. IMG:content-2047.png:[blocks in formation] vant a , want, lack, vanr , neut, vant , lacking: see want1 , n.] I. trans. 1. To be without; be destitute of; lack: as, to want knowledge or judgment; to want food, clothing, or money. The Lord our God wants neither Diligence, Nor Love, nor Care, nor Powr, nor Providence. As a barren Coxcomb, that wants Discourse, is ever entertaining Company out of the last Book He read in. Etherege, She Would if she Could, iv. 2. They want many bad qualities which abound in the others. Swift , Gulliver's Travels, iii. 10. Another will say it [the English language] wanteth Grammer. Nay, truly, it hath that praise, that it wanteth not Grammer: for Grammer it might have, but it needs it wan-thriven (won-thriv'n), a. not. Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie (ed. Arber), p. 70. We want nothing now but one Dispatch more from Rome, and then the Marriage will be solemnized. Howell , Letters, I. iii. 26. Trust me, Sir, I thought we had wanted three miles of this house, till you showed it to me. I. Walton , Complete Angler, p. 56. 3. To do without; dispense with; spare. For law, physick, and divinitie need so the help of tonges and sciences as the i can not want them. Ascham (Ellis's Lit. Letters, p. 16). Which they by this attempt were like to loose, and there- fore were willing to want his presence. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 58. for ale, and they wanna Scott , Old Mortality, iv. Walter Eyres, digging want - hills , 88. Darrell Papers (in H. Hall's Society in Elizabeth an Age). [ wan- + Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found want- ing . Dan. v. 27. Each, with streaming Eyes, supplies his wanting Urn. Congreve , Death of Queen Mary. The young people of our time are said to be wanting in J. F. Clarke , Self-Culture, p. 255. 21. Needy; poor. You forget yourself: I have not seen a gentleman so backward, A wanting gentleman. Fletcher , Wit without Money, ii. 4. wanting The wanting orphans saw with watery eyes Their founders' charity in dust laid low. Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, st. 274. wanting (won'ting), prep. Except; le ; minus. Twelve, wanting one, he slew. Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Meta morph., xii. 727. want le (wônt'les), a. [ -le .] Having no want; abundant; fruitful. [Rare.] The want - le counties, E ex, Kent, Surrie. Warner, Albion's England, iii. 7. wan to (wan'tō), n. A reed-buck of western Africa: same as nagor , 1. wanton (won'ton), a. and n. [ wantozen , also, with lo of pp. suffix -n, wantowe , orig. 'uneducated, unrestrained,' hence 'licentious, sportive, playful,' wan- , not, + towen (also i - towen ), togen (also getogen ), pp. of teón (pret. teah , pl. tug on ) =Goth. tiuhan , etc., = L. ducere , draw: see wan and teel (of which- ton is the pp. reduced). Cf. ME. untowen , perverse, G. ungezogen , ill-bred, uncivil. Cf. opposite ME. wel i - towen , IMG:content-2048.png:[blocks in formation] [Verbal n. of wantonheadt, wantonhoodt (won'ton-hed, -hud), n. [ME. wantounhede ; wanton + -head, -hood.] Wantonne . wantoning1 (won'ton-ing), n. wanton, v.] The act of playing the wanton. wantoning2 (won'ton-ing), n. [ wanton + -ing3.] A wanton; a dallier. But, since, I saw it painted on fame's wings The Muses to be woxen want on ings, Bp. Hall, Satires, I. ii. 34.