Wild

wīld, adj. frolicsome, light-hearted: being in a state of nature: not tamed or cultivated: uncivilised: desert: unsheltered: violent: eager, keen: licentious: fantastic: wide of the mark.— n. an uncultivated region: a forest or desert.— ns. Wīld′-a , an Asiatic or African a living naturally in a wild state; Wīld′-boar , a wild swine or animal of the hog kind.— adj. Wīld′-born , born in a wild state.— n. Wīld′-cat , the undomesticated cat.— adj. ( U.S. ) haphazard, reckle , unsound financially.— ns. Wīld′-cherr′y , any uncultivated tree bearing cherries, or its fruit; Wīld′-duck , any duck excepting the domesticated duck.— v.t. Wilder (wil′dėr), to bewilder.— v.i. to wander widely or wildly.— adv. Wil′deredly , in a wildered manner.— ns. Wil′dering , any plant growing wild, esp. one that has escaped from a state of cultivation; Wil′derment , confusion; Wil′derne , a wild or waste place: an uncultivated region: a confused ma : ( Shak. ) wildne ; Wīld′-fire , a composition of inflammable materials: a kind of lightning flitting at intervals: a disease of sheep; Wīld′-fowl , the birds of the duck tribe: game-birds; Wīld′-fowl′ing , the pursuit of wild-fowl; Wīld′-goose , a bird of the goose kind which is wild or feral; Wīld′-goose-chase (see Chase ); Wīld-hon′ey , the honey of wild bees; Wīld′ing , that which grows wild or without cultivation: a wild crab-apple.— adj. uncultivated.— adj. Wīld′ish , somewhat wild.— n. Wīld′-land , land completely uncultivated.— adv. Wīld′ly .— ns. Wīld′ne ; Wīld′-oat , a tall perennial Old World gra .— adj. Wīld′-wood , belonging to wild uncultivated wood.— n. a forest.— Wild animals , undomesticated animals; Wild birds , birds not domesticated, esp. those protected at certain seasons under the Act of 1880; Wild hunt , the name given in Germany to a noise sometimes heard in the air at night, mostly between Christmas and Epiphany, as of a host of spirits rushing along, accompanied by the shouting of huntsmen and the baying of dogs—the 'Seven Whistlers' and 'Gabriel's Hounds' of our own north country; Wild shot , a chance shot.— Run wild , to take to loose living: to revert to the wild or uncultivated state; Sow wild oats (see Oat ). [A.S. wild ; prob. orig. 'self-willed,' from the root of will ; Ger. wild .]