War

wawr, n. a state of opposition or contest: a contest between states carried on by arms: open hostility: the profe ion of arms: ( rare ) army, warlike preparations, warlike outfit.— v.i. to make war: to contend: to fight:— pr.p. war′ring; pa.t. and pa.p. warred.— ns. War′-cry , a cry or signal used in war; War′-dance , a dance engaged in by some savage tribes before going to war; War′fāre , armed contest, military life; War′fārer ; War′fāring ; War′-horse , a charger, a horse used in battle.— adj. War′like , fond of war, pertaining to or threatening war: martial, military.— ns. War′likene ; War′man ( rare ), a warrior.— adj. War′-marked ( Shak. ), experienced in war.— ns. War′-mong′er ( Spens. ), a mercenary soldier; War′-off′ice , the English military bureau or department; War′-paint , paint applied to the face and person by savages, indicating that they are going to war: ( slang ) full-dre , equipment; War′-path , among the Red Indians, the path followed on a military expedition, the expedition itself; War′-proof ( rare ), fitne to be a soldier; War′rior , a soldier, a veteran:— fem. War′riore ( rare ); War′-ship , a ve el for war; War′-song , a song sung by men about to fight: a song celebrating brave deeds in war; War′-tax , a tax levied for purposes of war; War′-thought ( Shak. ), martial deliberation.— adjs. War′-wast′ed , laid waste or ravaged by war; War′-wea′ried , -worn , wearied, worn, with military service—of a veteran.— ns. War′-whoop , a cry uttered by savages on going into battle; War′-wolf , a medieval military engine used in defending fortre es; Man′-of-war (see Man ).— War Department , in Great Britain, a department of the state under a Cabinet Minister, the Secretary of State for War, a isted by a permanent and a parliamentary under-secretary, having control of everything connected with the army; War of Liberation , the war of independence carried on by Pru ia, with the help of Ru ia and Great Britain, against Napoleon in 1813.— Declaration of war , that public announcement of war by a duly organised state or kingdom which is nece ary to constitute an enemy; Declare war , to announce war publicly; Holy war (see Holy ); Make war , to carry on hostilities; Napoleonic Wars , a general name for the wars of France dating from the campaigns of Napoleon in Italy (1796) to his overthrow in 1815; Private war , warfare waged between persons in their individual capacity, as by duelling, family feuds, .; Sacred Wars , in ancient Greek history, wars against states judged guilty of sacrilege by the Amphictyonic Council; Seven weeks' war , or Seven days' war , the Austro-Pru ian war of 1866. [A.S. werre , influenced by O. Fr. werre (Fr. guerre ), which is from Old High Ger. werra , quarrel.]