Wurbagool
(Wur"ba*gool) n. (Zoöl.) A fruit bat (Pteropus medius) native of India. It is similar to the flying fox, but smaller.

Wurmal
(Wur"mal) n. (Zoöl.) See Wormil.

Wurraluh
(Wur"ra*luh) n. (Zoöl.) The Australian white-quilled honey eater (Entomyza albipennis).

Wust
(Wust Wuste), obs. imp. of Wit. Piers Plowman.

Wyandots
(Wy`an*dots") n. pl.; sing. Wyandot (Ethnol.) Same as Hurons. [Written also Wyandottes, and Yendots.]

Wych-elm
(Wych"-elm`) n. [OE. wiche a kind of elm, AS. wice a kind of tree. Cf. Wicker.] (Bot.) A species of elm (Ulmus montana) found in Northern and Western Europe; Scotch elm.

By confusion this word is often written witch-elm.

Wych-hazel
(Wych"-ha`zel) n. (Bot.) The wych-elm; — so called because its leaves are like those of the hazel.

Wyclifite
(Wyc"lif*ite, Wyc"liff*ite) n. A follower of Wyclif, the English reformer; a Lollard.

Wyd
(Wyd) a. Wide. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Wye
(Wye) n.; pl. Wyes

1. The letter Y.

2. A kind of crotch. See Y, n. (a).

Wyke
(Wyke) n. Week. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Wyla
(Wy"la) n. (Zoöl.) A helmeted Australian cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus); — called also funeral cockatoo.

Wynd
(Wynd) n. [See Wind to turn.] A narrow lane or alley. [Scot.] Jamieson.

The narrow wynds, or alleys, on each side of the street.
Bryant.

Wynkernel
(Wyn"ker*nel) n. (Zoöl.) The European moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]

Wynn
(Wynn) n. A kind of timber truck, or carriage.

Wype
(Wype) n. The wipe, or lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]

Wys
(Wys) a. Wise. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Wythe
(Wythe) n. (Naut.). Same as Withe, n., 4.

Wyte
(Wyte Wy"ten) (wi"t'n), obs. pl. pres. of Wit.

Wyvern
(Wy"vern) n. (Her.) Same as Wiver.


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