villr =astray; in sense 3, probably from English well

] 1. Obstinate, stubborn, willful. 2. Doubtful, uncertain. 3. Fat, indolent. *wil-some-ne , *wil-sum-ne e, s. [English will, s., -some,-ne . Willfulne , obstinacy. ( Wyc liffe : Ecclus . xxx i. 40.) Wilson, subst. [See def.] A celebrated Scotch naturalist (1766-1813), author of American Ornithol ogy. Wilson's petrel, s . Ornith.: Oceanites oceanic us . Wilson's phalarope, s . [PHALAROPE.] wil-son-ite, subst. [After Dr. Wilson, who first found it; suff.- ite ( Min. ).] Min.: A ma ive mineral yielding square prisms by cleavage. Hardne , 3'5; specific gravity, 2-76-2-78; luster, vitreous to pearly; color, reddish-white to rose or peach blo om red. Analyses indicate that it is an altered scapolite. Occurs at Bathurst, Canada; and in northern New York. wilt, v. i. & t. [Probably a corruption of welh (q. v.).] A. In trans.: To fade, to decay, to drop, to wither, as flowers that have been plucked. "He positively withered up, shrivelled away, and almost vanished from mortal sight, like an uprooted weed that lies wilting in the sun." -Hawthorn : Scarlet Letter , xxiv. B. Trans.: To cause to wither or become languid, as a plant; hence, figuratively, to destroy the energy or vigor of; to depre . wilt, v. i. [See def.] The second person singular of will, v. (q. v.). Wil-ton, s . [See def.] Geog.: The name of a town in Wilts hire. sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. IMG:content-0913.png:[blocks in formation] win, *winne, *win-nen, *wynne (pa. t. * wan , wanne , won , pa. par. won , * wonnen ), v.t. . [A.S. winn an=to fight, to labor, to endure (pa. t. wann , pa. par. wunnen ); cogn. with Dut. winnen (pa. t. won , pa. par. gewonnen); Icel. vinna (pa. t. vann , pa. par. unnin )=to work, toil, win; Dan. vinde (for vinne ); Sw. vinna ; O. H. Ger. winn an ; Ger.gewin nen=to fight, to strive, to earn, to suffer; Goth. win nan (pa. t. wann , pa. par. wunnans ) = to suffer.] A. Transitive : I. Ordinary Language : 1. To gain by proving one's self superior in a contest; to earn or procure by proving one's self the as victor. (Followed by from or of when a person is mentioned from whom something is gained.) Scott: Lady of the Lake, iv. 18. wim-ble, *wim-bil, *wim'-bel, *wym-byl, s . [Dan. vimmel =an auger, a tool for boring, a parallel form to, or a familiar pronunciation of vindel = something of a spiral shape, from vinde , Sw. vinda ; Ger. winden =to wind, to turn, to twist; hence, a wimble a winder or turner; cf. O. Dut. wemelen = to pierce or bore with a wimble; we me =a wimble. Gimblet or gimlet is a dim in. from wimble .] Mech.: The old-fashioned name of the gimlet, then of the brace; a brace used by marble-workers in drilling holes. "[They] ply the wimble some huge beam to bore." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, ix. 458. wim-ble, *wym-bel-yn, *wym-mel-yn, v . t. [WIMBLE. 8. Cf. O. Dut. wemelen to pierce or bore with an auger.] To bore with, or as with, a wimble or auger. "The soldier wimbled a hole into the coffin that was largest." -Herbert: Mem. King Charles I. , p. 124. *wim'-ble, adj . [Connect. with Sw. vimmel , in comp. vimmelkantig =giddy, whimsical.] [WHIM (1), s.] Active, nimble, quick. "He was so wimble and so wight, From bough to bough he leaped light." Spenser: Shepherd's Calendar; March. wim-brel, s. [WHIMBREL.] Wi-mo-dâu-sis, s. [A composite name formed from the words, wife , mother , daughter and sister .] A secret society composed exclusively of the wives, mothers, unmarried daughters and unmarried sisters of Master Masons. It originated in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1895. The object of the society is: "To promote friendship and a kindly interest in the welfare of the members, and to stimulate intellectual activity by an interchange of thought on all subjects which will tend to the mutual advancement of the wives, mothers, daughters and sisters of Master Masous." [EASTERN STAR.]