Womanize
(Wom"an*ize) v. t. To make like a woman; to make effeminate. [Obs.] V. Knox.
Womankind
(Wom"an*kind`) n. The females of the human race; women, collectively.
A sanctuary into which womankind, with her tools of magic, the broom and mop, has very infrequent
access.
Hawthorne. Womanless
(Wom"an*less), a. Without a woman or women.
Womanlike
(Wom"an*like) a. Like a woman; womanly.
Womanlike, taking revenge too deep.
Tennyson. Womanliness
(Wom"an*li*ness) n. The quality or state of being womanly.
There is nothing wherein their womanliness is more honestly garnished than with silence.
Udall. Womanly
(Wom"an*ly), a. Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior. Arbuthnot.
A blushing, womanly discovering grace.
Donne. Womanly
(Wom"an*ly), adv. In the manner of a woman; with the grace, tenderness, or affection of a
woman. Gascoigne.
Womb
(Womb) n. [OE. wombe, wambe, AS. wamb, womb; akin to D. wam belly, OS. & OHG. wamba,
G. wamme, wampe, Icel. vömb, Sw. våmb, Dan. vom, Goth. wamba.]
1. The belly; the abdomen. [Obs.] Chaucer.
And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that the hogs eat, and no man gave him.
Wyclif (Luke xv.
16).
An I had but a belly of any indifferency, I were simply the most active fellow in Europe. My womb, my
womb, my womb undoes me.
Shak. 2. (Anat.) The uterus. See Uterus.
3. The place where anything is generated or produced.
The womb of earth the genial seed receives.
Dryden. 4. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.
The center spike of gold
Which burns deep in the bluebell's womb.
R. Browning. Womb
(Womb), v. t. To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret. [Obs.] Shak.
Wombat
(Wom"bat) n. [From the native name, womback, wombach, in Australia.] (Zoöl.) Any one of
three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus Phascolomys, especially the common
species They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots.
Womby
(Womb"y) a. Capacious. [Obs.] Shak.
Women
(Wom"en) n., pl. of Woman.
Won
(Won) imp. & p. p. of Win.
