Woodbine
(Wood"bine`) n. [AS. wudubind black ivy; — so named as binding about trees. See Wood,
and Bind, v. t.] (Bot.) (a) A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance (Lonicera Periclymenum); the
honeysuckle. (b) The Virginia creeper. See Virginia creeper, under Virginia. [Local, U. S.]
Beatrice, who even now
Is couched in the woodbine coverture.
Shak. Wood-bound
(Wood"-bound`) a. Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows.
Woodbury-type
(Wood"bur*y-type`) n. [After the name of the inventor, W. Woodbury.]
1. A process in photographic printing, in which a relief pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after
certain operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft metal. An intaglio impression in thus
produced, from which pictures may be directly printed, but by a slower process than in common printing.
2. A print from such a plate.
Woodchat
(Wood"chat`) n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to
the genera Ianthia and Larvivora. They are closely allied to the European robin. The males are usually
bright blue above, and more or less red or rufous beneath. (b) A European shrike In the male the head
and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and tail are black, varied with white.
Woodchuck
(Wood"chuck`) n.
1. (Zoöl.) A common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax). It is usually reddish brown, more
or less grizzled with gray. It makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops. Called
also ground hog.
2. (Zoöl.) The yaffle, or green woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.]
Woodcock
(Wood"cock`) n. [AS. wuducoc.]
1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax
and Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds.
The most important species are the European (Scolopax rusticola) and the American woodcock which
agree very closely in appearance and habits.
2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.]
If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you
Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!"
Beau. & Fl. Little woodcock. (a) The common American snipe. (b) The European snipe. — Sea woodcock
fish, the bellows fish. — Woodcock owl, the short-eared owl (Asio brachyotus). — Woodcock shell,
the shell of certain mollusks of the genus Murex, having a very long canal, with or without spines. —
Woodcock snipe. See under Snipe.
Woodcracker
(Wood"crack`er) n. (Zoöl.) The nuthatch. [Prov. Eng.]
Woodcraft
(Wood"craft`) n. Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods, especially in shooting,
and other sports in the woods.
Men of the glade and forest! leave
Your woodcraft for the field of fight.
Bryant. Woodcut
(Wood"cut`) n. An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under Wood.
Woodcutter
(Wood"cut`ter) n.
