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| walapai | (n) a member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona, Syn. Hualapai, Hualpai |
| walapai | (n) the Yuman language spoken by the Walapai, Syn. Hualapai, Hualpai |
| walbiri | (n) a language of Australian aborigines, Syn. Warlpiri |
| waldenses | (n) a Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century, Syn. Vaudois |
| waldheim | (n) Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918), Syn. Kurt Waldheim |
| waldorf salad | (n) typically made of apples and celery with nuts or raisins and dressed with mayonnaise |
| wale | (n) a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions, Syn. wheal, welt, weal |
| wale | (n) thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship, Syn. strake |
| wales | (n) one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria, Syn. Cymru, Cambria |
| walesa | (n) Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943), Syn. Lech Walesa |
| Walaway | interj. See Welaway. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Wald | n. [ AS. weald. See Wold. ] A forest; -- used as a termination of names. See Weald. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Waldenses | n. pl. [ So called from Petrus |
| Waldensian | a. Of or pertaining to the Waldenses. -- |
| Waldgrave | n. [ See Wald, and Margrave. ] In the old German empire, the head forest keeper. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Waldheimia | ‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A genus of brachiopods of which many species are found in the fossil state. A few still exist in the deep sea. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Wale | n. [ AS. walu a mark of stripes or blows, probably originally, a rod; akin to Icel. völr, Goth. walus a rod, staff. √146. Cf. Goal, Weal a wale. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou 'rt rougher far,
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| Wale | v. t. |
| Waler | n. [ From ☞ The term originated in India, whither many horses are exported from Australia (mostly from New South Wales), especially for the use of cavalry. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Walhalla | n. [ Cf. G. walhalla, See Valhalla. ] See Valhalla. [ 1913 Webster ] |