Walrus
(Wal"rus) n. [D. walrus; of Scand. origin; cf. Dan valros, Sw. vallross, Norw. hvalros; literally,
whale horse; akin to Icel. hrosshvalr, AS. horshwæl. See Whale, and Horse.] (Zoöl.) A very large marine
mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and
powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted
for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also morse.
The walrus of the North Pacific and Behring Strait (Trichecus obesus) is regarded by some as a distinct
species, by others as a variety of the common walrus.
Walter
(Wal"ter) v. i. [See Welter.] To roll or wallow; to welter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Waltron
(Wal"tron) n. A walrus. [Obs.] Woodward.
Walty
(Wal"ty) a. [Cf. Walter to roll.] Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship. [R.] Longfellow.
Waltz
(Waltz) n. [G. walzer, from walzen to roll, revolve, dance, OHG. walzan to roll; akin to AS. wealtan.
See Welter.] A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a piece
of music composed in triple measure for this kind of dance.
Waltz
(Waltz), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waltzed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Waltzing.] To dance a waltz.
Waltzer
(Waltz"er) n. A person who waltzes.
Walwe
(Wal"we) v. To wallow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Waly
(Wa"ly) interj. [Cf. Welaway.] An exclamation of grief. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Wamble
(Wam"ble) v. i. [Cf. Dan. vamle, and vammel squeamish, ready to vomit, Icel. væma to feel
nausea, væminn nauseous.]
1. To heave; to be disturbed by nausea; — said of the stomach. L'Estrange.
2. To move irregularly to and fro; to roll.
Wamble
(Wam"ble), n. Disturbance of the stomach; a feeling of nausea. Holland.
Wamble-cropped
(Wam"ble-cropped`) a. Sick at the stomach; also, crestfallen; dejected. [Slang]
Wammel
(Wam"mel) v. i. To move irregularly or awkwardly; to wamble, or wabble. [Prov. Eng.]
Wamp
(Wamp) n. [From the North American Indian name.] (Zoöl.) The common American eider.
Wampee
(Wam*pee") n. (Bot.) (a) A tree (Cookia punctata) of the Orange family, growing in China
and the East Indies; also, its fruit, which is about the size of a large grape, and has a hard rind and a
peculiar flavor. (b) The pickerel weed. [Southern U. S.]
Wampum
(Wam"pum) n. [North American Indian wampum, wompam, from the Mass. wómpi, Del.
wape, white.] Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought
into belts, etc., as an ornament.
Round his waist his belt of wampum.
Longfellow.
Girded with his wampum braid.
Whittier. These beads were of two kinds, one white, and the other black or dark purple. The term wampum
is properly applied only to the white; the dark purple ones are called suckanhock. See Seawan. "It
[wampum] consisted of cylindrical pieces of the shells of testaceous fishes, a quarter of an inch long,
