Wencher to Weyleway
Wencher
(Wench"er) n. One who wenches; a lewd man.
Wenchless
(Wench"less), a. Being without a wench. Shak.
Wend
(Wend) obs. p. p. of Wene. Chaucer.
Wend
(Wend), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wended, Obs. Went; p. pr. & vb. n. Wending.] [AS. wendan
to turn, to go, caus. of windan to wind; akin to OS. wendian, OFries. wenda, D. wenden to turn, G.
wenden, Icel. venda, Sw. vända, Dan. vende, Goth. wandjan. See Wind to turn, and cf. Went.]
1. To go; to pass; to betake one's self. "To Canterbury they wend." Chaucer.
To Athens shall the lovers wend.
Shak. 2. To turn round. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
Wend
(Wend), v. t. To direct; to betake; — used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used
reflexively. "Great voyages to wend." Surrey.
Wend
(Wend), n. (O. Eng. Law) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. [Obs.] Burrill.
Wende
(Wende) obs. imp. of Wene. Chaucer.
Wendic
(Wend"ic Wend"ish) a. Of or pertaining the Wends, or their language.
Wendic
(Wend"ic) n. The language of the Wends.
Wends
(Wends) n. pl.; sing. Wend. (Ethnol.) A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and
eastern parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists.
Wene
(Wene) v. i. To ween. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Wenlock group
(Wen"lock group`) (Geol.) The middle subdivision of the Upper Silurian in Great Britain; —
so named from the typical locality in Shropshire.
Wennel
(Wen"nel) n. See Weanel. [Obs.] Tusser.
Wennish
(Wen"nish Wen"ny) , a. [From Wen.] Having the nature of a wen; resembling a wen; as, a
wennish excrescence.
Wenona
(We*no"na) n. (Zoöl.) A sand snake (Charina plumbea) of Western North America, of the family
Erycidæ.
Went
(Went) imp. & p. p. of Wend; - - now obsolete except as the imperfect of go, with which it has
no etymological connection. See Go.
To the church both be they went.
Chaucer. Went
(Went), n. Course; way; path; journey; direction. [Obs.] "At a turning of a wente." Chaucer.
But here my weary team, nigh overspent,
Shall breathe itself awhile after so long a went.
Spenser.
He knew the diverse went of mortal ways.
Spenser. Wentletrap
(Wen"tle*trap`) n. [D. wenteltrap a winding staircase; cf. G. wendeltreppe.] [Obs.] Any one
of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially Scalaria
pretiosa, which was formerly highly valued; — called also staircase shell. See Scalaria.
