n. 1. 1 (Zool.) a dog (Lycaon pictus) with mottled fur found in Africa, notable for the strong social structure of its family groups.
Syn. -- painted wolf, African hunting dog. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewildered p. pr. & vb. n. Bewildering. ] [ Pref. be- + wilder. ] To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for lack of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To perplex; puzzle; entangle; confuse; confound; mystify; embarrass; lead astray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties. -- Be*wil"der*ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. The state of being bewildered. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bewildering tangle or confusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A large whippoorwill-like bird (a species of goatsucker) (Caprimulgus carolinensis, formerly Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. imitative. ] (Zool.) The ring plover. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to free will; voluntary; spontaneous; as, a freewill offering. [ 1913 Webster ]

Freewill Baptists. See under Baptist. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A will free from improper coercion or restraint. [ 1913 Webster ]

To come thus was I not constrained, but did
On my free will. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity. [ 1913 Webster ]

See under Ill, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A document signed by an individual expressing his/her desire that, in the event of an illness from which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery, aggressive or extraordinary measures to prolong life, such as resuscitation and life-support equipment, should not be used. [ PJC ]

n. [ So named from its note. ] (Zool.) The willet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called in imitation of its note. ] (Zool.) A bird of the Western United States (Phalænoptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called in imitation of its note. ] (Zool.) The bar-tailed godwit. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. selfwill. ] One's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Obstinacy. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a showy manner; pompously; with parade. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Swilled p. pr. & vb. n. Swilling. ] [ OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian. ] 1. To wash; to drench. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Properly, to drink like a pig. See Swill, n. ] To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily. [ 1913 Webster ]

Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and cider. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To inebriate; to fill with drink. [ 1913 Webster ]

I should be loth
To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence
Of such late wassailers. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; -- called also swillings. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who swills. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Swill, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The sanderling; -- so called from its cry. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. twilight, AS. twi- (see Twice) + leóht light; hence the sense of doubtful or half light; cf. LG. twelecht, G. zwielicht. See Light. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed. [ 1913 Webster ]

As when the sun . . . from behind the moon,
In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The twilight of probability. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Seen or done by twilight. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure. [ 1913 Webster ]

O'er the twilight groves and dusky caves. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Twilled p. pr. & vb. n. Twilling. ] [ Scotch tweel; probably from LG. twillen to make double, from twi- two; akin to AS. twi-, E. twi- in twilight. See Twice, and cf. Tweed, Tweel. ] To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scotch tweel. See Twill, v. t. ] 1. An appearance of diagonal lines or ribs produced in textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over one and under two, or over one and under three or more, warp threads, instead of over one and under the next in regular succession, as in plain weaving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fabric woven with a twill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Perhaps fr. quill. ] A quill, or spool, for yarn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Willy. ] A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil, n., 6, and Willy. Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Quilt. ] A quilt. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + wild. ] To tame; to subdue. [ Obs. & R. ] Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + will. ] To annul or reverse by an act of the will. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 1st pref. un- + will. ] Deprived of the faculty of will or volition. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant. [ 1913 Webster ]

And drop at last, but in unwilling ears,
This saving counsel, “Keep your piece nine years.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*will"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*will"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

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[ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) a tree (Salix babylonica) of the willow family with slender leaves, native to China, whose branches grow very long and slender, and hang down almost perpendicularly. It grows best where soil is moist, as by the banks of streams and is widely cultivated as an ornamental tree.
Syn. -- Babylonian weeping willow. [ PJC ]

n. One who wishes well, or means kindly. [ R. ] “A well-willer of yours.” Brydges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening. [ Written also whippowil. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Wildly; as, to talk wild. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Wilder superl. Wildest. ] [ OE. wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG. wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild, bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild game, deer; of uncertain origin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that way. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey. [ 1913 Webster ]

The woods and desert caves,
With wild thyme and gadding vine o'ergrown. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land. “To trace the forests wild.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy. “Valor grown wild by pride.” Prior. “A wild, speculative project.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

What are these
So withered and so wild in their attire ? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

With mountains, as with weapons, armed; which makes
Wild work in heaven. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wild winds howl. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Search then the ruling passion, there, alone
The wild are constant, and the cunning known. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or &unr_;ewilderment; as, a wild look. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Naut.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Many plants are named by prefixing wild to the names of other better known or cultivated plants to which they a bear a real or fancied resemblance; as, wild allspice, wild pink, etc. See the Phrases below. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ 1913 Webster ]

To run wild, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or untamed; to live or grow without culture or training. --
To sow one's wild oats. See under Oat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wild allspice. (Bot.), spicewood. --
Wild balsam apple (Bot.), an American climbing cucurbitaceous plant (Echinocystis lobata). --
Wild basil (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb (Calamintha Clinopodium) common in Europe and America. --
Wild bean (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants, mostly species of Phaseolus and Apios. --
Wild bee (Zool.), any one of numerous species of undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest in a hollow tree or among rocks. --
Wild bergamot. (Bot.) See under Bergamot. --
Wild boar (Zool.), the European wild hog (Sus scrofa), from which the common domesticated swine is descended. --
Wild brier (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See Brier. --
Wild bugloss (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant (Lycopsis arvensis) with small blue flowers. --
Wild camomile (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite genus Matricaria, much resembling camomile. --
Wild cat. (Zool.) (a) A European carnivore (Felis catus) somewhat resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and the like. (b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx. (c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. Luce. --
Wild celery. (Bot.) See Tape grass, under Tape. --
Wild cherry. (Bot.) (a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild red cherry is Prunus Pennsylvanica. The wild black cherry is Prunus serotina, the wood of which is much used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a compact texture. (b) The fruit of various species of Prunus. --
Wild cinnamon. See the Note under Canella. --
Wild comfrey (Bot.), an American plant (Cynoglossum Virginicum) of the Borage family. It has large bristly leaves and small blue flowers. --
Wild cumin (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant (Lagœcia cuminoides) native in the countries about the Mediterranean. --
Wild drake (Zool.) the mallard. --
Wild elder (Bot.), an American plant (Aralia hispida) of the Ginseng family. --
Wild fowl (Zool.) any wild bird, especially any of those considered as game birds. --
Wild goose (Zool.), any one of several species of undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), the European bean goose, and the graylag. See Graylag, and Bean goose, under Bean. --
Wild goose chase, the pursuit of something unattainable, or of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose. Shak. --
Wild honey, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in trees, rocks, the like. --
Wild hyacinth. (Bot.) See Hyacinth, 1 (b). --
Wild Irishman (Bot.), a thorny bush (Discaria Toumatou) of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the natives use the spines in tattooing. --
Wild land. (a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it unfit for cultivation. (b) Land which is not settled and cultivated. --
Wild licorice. (Bot.) See under Licorice. --
Wild mammee (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a tropical American tree (Rheedia lateriflora); -- so called in the West Indies. --
Wild marjoram (Bot.), a labiate plant (Origanum vulgare) much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic. --
Wild oat. (Bot.) (a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass (Arrhenatherum avenaceum). (b) See Wild oats, under Oat. --
Wild pieplant (Bot.), a species of dock (Rumex hymenosepalus) found from Texas to California. Its acid, juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden rhubarb. --
Wild pigeon. (Zool.) (a) The rock dove. (b) The passenger pigeon. --
Wild pink (Bot.), an American plant (Silene Pennsylvanica) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of catchfly. --
Wild plantain (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb (Heliconia Bihai), much resembling the banana. Its leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies as coverings for packages of merchandise. --
Wild plum. (Bot.) (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation. (b) The South African prune. See under Prune. --
Wild rice. (Bot.) See Indian rice, under Rice. --
Wild rosemary (Bot.), the evergreen shrub Andromeda polifolia. See Marsh rosemary, under Rosemary. --
Wild sage. (Bot.) See Sagebrush. --
Wild sarsaparilla (Bot.), a species of ginseng (Aralia nudicaulis) bearing a single long-stalked leaf. --
Wild sensitive plant (Bot.), either one of two annual leguminous herbs (Cassia Chamaecrista, and Cassia nictitans), in both of which the leaflets close quickly when the plant is disturbed. --
Wild service.(Bot.) See Sorb. --
Wild Spaniard (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous plants of the genus Aciphylla, natives of New Zealand. The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the plants form an impenetrable thicket. --
Wild turkey. (Zool.) See 2d Turkey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

then Libya first, of all her moisture drained,
Became a barren waste, a wild of sand. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Railroad) Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ D. wild wild + beeste beast. ] (Zool.) The gnu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Become wild. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An old garden plant escaped and wilded. J. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wildered p. pr. & vb. n. Wildering. ] [ Akin to E. wild, Dan. forvilde to bewilder, Icel. villr bewildered, villa to bewilder; cf. AS. wildor a wild animal. See Wild, a., and cf. Wilderness. ] To bewilder; to perplex. [ 1913 Webster ]

Long lost and wildered in the maze of fate. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Again the wildered fancy dreams
Of spouting fountains, frozen as they rose. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment. [ 1913 Webster ]

And snatched her breathless from beneath
This wilderment of wreck and death. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]