- 4. Space, distance, interval.
- 5. Custom, usage, habit, habitude, practice, wont, second nature, regular course, habitual method, plan
of conduct, mode of dealing.
- 6. Scheme, device, means by which anything is reached.
- 7. Course, direction of motion, tendency of action.
- 8. Determined course, resolved mode of action.
- 9. (Naut.) Progress.
Wayfarer,n. Traveller, passenger, pilgrim, itinerant.
Wayfaring, a. Travelling, passing.
Waylay, v. a. Lie in wait for (with evil intent), lie in ambush for.
Wayless, a. Pathless, trackless.
Ways and means.
- 1. Methods, resources, facilities.
- 2. (Legislation.) Means for raising money, resources for revenue.
Ways of God. His providential government.
Wayward, a. Perverse, froward, wilful, obstinate, headstrong, stubborn, intractable, unruly, cross-grained, refractory, capricious, self-willed, contrary, captious.
Waywiser, n. Pedometer, odometer, perambulator.
Wayworn, a. Wearied by travelling, travel-stained, footsore, weary, fatigued.
Weak, a.
- 1. Feeble, languid, weekly.
- 2. Sickly, debilitated, unhealthy, unsound, infirm, tender, valetudinary, valetudinarian, invalid, frail, delicate,
fragile.
- 3. Defenceless, unguarded, exposed, unprotected.
- 4. Soft, pliant.