Wone to Wooden
Wone
(Wone) v. i. [OE. wonen, wunen, wonien, wunien, AS. wunian. . See Wont, a.] To dwell; to
abide. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Their habitation in which they woned.
Chaucer. Wone
(Wone), n. [OE. See Wone, v. i., Wont, a.]
1. Dwelling; habitation; abode. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Custom; habit; wont; use; usage. [Obs.]
To liven in delight was all his wone.
Chaucer. Wong
(Wong) n. [AS. wang, wong.] A field. [Obs.] Spelman. "Woods and wonges." Havelok the
Dane.
Wonger
(Wong"er) n. See Wanger. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Woning
(Won"ing) n. Dwelling. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Won't
(Won't) A colloquial contraction of woll not. Will not. See Will.
Often pronounced wunt in New England.
Wont
(Wont) a. [For woned, p. p. of won, wone, to dwell, AS. wunian; akin to D. wonen, OS. wunn,
OHG, wonn, G. wohnen, and AS. wund, gewuna, custom, habit; orig. probably, to take pleasure; cf.
Icel. una to dwell, to enjoy, Goth. wunan to rejoice (in unwunands sad); and akin to Skr. van to like,
to wish. . Cf. Wean, Win.] Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used. "As he was
wont to go." Chaucer.
If the ox were wont to push with his horn.
Ex. xxi. 29. Wont
(Wont), n. Custom; habit; use; usage.
They are . . . to be called out to their military motions, under sky or covert, according to the season, as
was the Roman wont.
Milton.
From childly wont and ancient use.
Cowper. Wont
(Wont), v. i. [imp. Wont, p. p. Wont, or Wonted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wonting.] To be accustomed
or habituated; to be used.
A yearly solemn feast she wont to make.
Spenser. Wont
(Wont), v. t. To accustom; — used reflexively.
Wonted
(Wont"ed), a. Accustomed; customary; usual.
Again his wonted weapon proved.
Spenser.
Like an old piece of furniture left alone in its wonted corner.
Sir W. Scott.
She was wonted to the place, and would not remove.
L'Estrange. Wontedness
(Wont"ed*ness), n. The quality or state of being accustomed. [R.] Eikon Basilike.
Wontless
(Wont"less), a. Unaccustomed. [Obs.] Spenser.
