Wareless to Warp

Wareless
(Ware"less) a. [See Ware, n.] Unwary; incautious; unheeding; careless; unaware. [Obs.]

And wareless of the evil
That by themselves unto themselves is wrought.
Spenser.

Warely
(Ware"ly), adv. Cautiously; warily. [Obs.]

They bound him hand and foot with iron chains,
And with continual watch did warely keep.
Spenser.

Warence
(War"ence) n. [OF. warance. F. garance, LL. warentia, garantia.] (Bot.) Madder.

Wareroom
(Ware"room`) n. A room in which goods are stored or exhibited for sale.

Wares
(Wares) n. pl. See 4th Ware.

Warfare
(War"fare`) n. [War + OE. fare a journey, a passage, course, AS. faru. See Fare, n.]

1. Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.

The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel.
I Sam. xxviii. 1.

This day from battle rest;
Faithful hath been your warfare.
Milton.

2. Contest; struggle.

The weapons of our warfare are not carnal.
2 Cor. x. 4.

Warfare
(War"fare`), v. i. To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars. Camden.

Warfarer
(War"far`er) n. One engaged in warfare; a military man; a soldier; a warrior.

Warhable
(War"ha`ble) a. [War + hable.] Fit for war. [Obs.] "Warhable youth." Spenser.

Wariangle
(War`i*an"gle) n. [OE. wariangel, weryangle; cf. AS. wearg outlaw, criminal, OHG, warg, warch, Goth. wargs G. würgengel, i. e., destroying angel, destroyer, killer, and E. worry.] (Zoöl.) The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); — called also würger, worrier, and throttler. [Written also warriangle, weirangle, etc.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Warily
(Wa"ri*ly) adv. In a wary manner.

Wariment
(Wa"ri*ment) n. Wariness. [Obs.] Spenser.

Warine
(War"ine) n. (Zoöl.) A South American monkey, one of the sapajous.

Wariness
(Wa"ri*ness) n. The quality or state of being wary; care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness. "An almost reptile wariness." G. W. Cable.

To determine what are little things in religion, great wariness is to be used.
Sprat.

Syn. — Caution; watchfulness; circumspection; foresight; care; vigilance; scrupulousness.

Warish
(War"ish) v. t. [OF. warir to protect, heal, cure, F. guéri to cure; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. werian, weren, to protect, to hinder. See Garret.] To protect from the effects of; hence, to cure; to heal. [Obs.]

My brother shall be warished hastily.
Chaucer.

Varro testifies that even at this day there be some who warish and cure the stinging of serpents with their spittle.
Holland.


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