n. [ Bailie, bailiff + wick a village. ] (Law) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwise, blessing. 1 Pet. iii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
Everything that acts upon the fluids must, at the same time, act upon the solids, and contrariwise. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Wearing a periwig.
adv. Indeed; truly. See Ywis.
n. (Bot.) A commonly cultivated Old World woody herb (Vinca rosea) having large pinkish to red flowers.
n. [ OE. perrwige, perwicke, corrupt. fr. F. perruque; cf. OD. peruyk, from French. See Peruke, and cf. Wig. ] A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, and representing the natural hair; a wig. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
adj. Wearing a peruke (a style of wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries).
n. [ From AS. pinewincla a shellfish, in which pine- is fr. L. pina, pinna, a kind of mussel, akin to Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Winkle. ] (Zool.) Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus
☞ In America the name is often applied to several large univalves, as Fulgur carica, and Fulgur canaliculata. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. pervenke, AS. pervince, fr. L. pervinca. ] (Bot.) A trailing herb of the genus
☞ The common perwinkle (Vinca minor) has opposite evergreen leaves and solitary blue or white flowers in their axils. In America it is often miscalled
n. (Zool.) The siscowet. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) Same as Sewen. [ 1913 Webster ]