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3522 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. USURP.1 (Noah Webster)

USURP, v.t. s as z. [L. usurpo.]

3523 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. USURY.1 (Noah Webster)

USURY, n. s as z. [L. usura, from utor, to use.]

3524 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VICE-PRESIDENT.1 (Noah Webster)

VICE-PRESIDENT, n. s as z. An officer next in rank below a president.

3525 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VISAGE.1 (Noah Webster)

VISAGE, n. s as z. [L. visus, video.]

3527 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VISIBLE.1 (Noah Webster)

VISIBLE, a. s as z. [L. visibilis.]

3528 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VISION.1 (Noah Webster)

VISION, n. s as z. [L. visio, from video, visus.]

3529 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VISOR.1 (Noah Webster)

VISOR, n. s as z. [L. visus, video; written also visard, visar, vizard.]

3531 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WAREHOUSE.2 (Noah Webster)

WAREHOUSE, v.t. s as z. To deposit or secure in a warehouse.

3532 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WAS.1 (Noah Webster)

WAS, s. as z.; the past tense of the substantive verb; L., to be, to exist, whence English is, in the present tense, and was in the past; as, I was; he was.

3533 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WATER-POISE.1 (Noah Webster)

WATER-POISE, n. s as z. [water and poise.] An instrument for examining the purity of water.

3534 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WEASAND.1 (Noah Webster)

WEASAND, WESAND, n. s as z. The windpipe or trachea; the canal through which air passes to and from the lungs.

3535 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WEASEL.1 (Noah Webster)

… , n. s as z. A small animal of the genus Mustela, which lives under the roots of trees, or in other holes, and feeds on small birds, but particularly on mice. A weasel …

3536 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WEEDING-CHISEL.1 (Noah Webster)

WEEDING-CHISEL, n. s as z. A tool with a divided chisel point, for cutting the roots of large weeds within the ground.

3537 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WHEREAS.1 (Noah Webster)

WHEREAS, adv. s as z. [where and as.]

3538 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WHIMSEY.1 (Noah Webster)

WHIMSEY, n. s as z. [from whim.] A whim; a freak; a capricious notion; as the whimseys of poets.

3539 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WISDOM.1 (Noah Webster)

WISDOM, n. s as z. [G. See Wise .]

3540 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WISE.1 (Noah Webster)

WISE, a. s as z. [G., to know., L.]