wood wall (wud wal)

Same as woodwale. wood-warbler (wud' wâr bler), n. A bird which warbles in the woods. Specifically-(a) In Great Britain, the yellow willow-warbler, or wood-wren, Sylvia or Phyllos cop us sibilatrix (the Sylvia sylvicola of some authors), a small migratory species of the subfamily Syl viinæ, or true warblers, common to much of Europe and northern Africa. See cut under wood -wren. (b) In the United States, a bird of the beautiful and extensive family Mniotiltidæ or Dendrœcidæ, the American warblers, as distinguished from the Old World Sylviidæ; especially, a bird of the genus Dendræca, of which more than 20 species in habit the United States. The beauty and variety of this genus are displayed to best advantage in the woodland of the eastern United States, where the numerous species are conspicuous ornaments of the forest scene. In most parts of the United States the wood-warblers are migratory birds, coming with great regularity in the spring, each in its own time, abounding for a season, and then pa ing on to reappear in even greater profusion during the autumn. See warbler, where all the species that have English names are defined. woodward (wud'ward), ME. wodeward; IMG:content-2541.jpg:[blocks in formation] The rich painting of the wood - work was beginning to fade. B. Taylor , Lands of the Saracen, p. 128.