Little Johnny was sitting on a park bench munching on one candy bar after another.
After the sixth one a man on the bench across from him said, "Son, you know eating all that candy isn’t good for you. It will give you acne, rot your teeth, make you fat."
Little Johnny replied, "My grandfather lived to be 107 years old."
The man asked, "Did your grandfather eat 6 candy bars at a time?"
Little Johnny answered, "No, he minded his own business!"
—n. Ridge raised on the flesh by a stroke of a rod or whip. —v. Mark with a weal. [var. Of *wale]
- n. Literary welfare. [old english]
WEAN
v. - accustom (an infant or other young mammal) to food other than (esp. Its mother's) milk.
- (often foll. By from, away from) disengage (from a habit etc.) By enforced discontinuance. [old english, = accustom]
WEAR
—v. (past wore; past part. Worn) 1 have on one's person as clothing or an ornament etc.
- exhibit or present (a facial expression etc.) (wore a frown).
- colloq. (usu. With neg.) Tolerate.
- (often foll. By away, down) a injure the surface of, or partly obliterate or alter, by rubbing, stress, or use. B undergo such injury or change.
- (foll. By off, away) rub or be rubbed off.
- make (a hole etc.) By constant rubbing or dripping etc.
- (often foll. By out) exhaust.
- (foll. By down) overcome by persistence.
- (foll. By well etc.) Endure continued use or life. 10 (of time) pass, esp. Tediously. 11 (of a ship) fly (a flag). —n. - wearing or being worn.
- things worn; fashionable or suitable clothing (sportswear; footwear).
- (in full wear and tear) damage from continuous use. wear one's heart on one's sleeve show one's feelings openly. Wear off lose effectiveness or intensity. Wear out 1 use or be used until useless.
- tire or be tired out. Wear thin (of patience, excuses, etc.) Begin to fail. Wear the trousers see *trousers. wearer n. [old english]
WEDS
Abbr. Var. Of *wed.
WEED
—n. - wild plant growing where it is not wanted.
- thin weak-looking person or horse.
- (prec. By the) slang a marijuana. B tobacco. —v. - a clear (an area) of weeds. B remove unwanted parts from.
- (foll. By out) a sort out and remove (inferior or unwanted parts etc.). B rid of inferior parts, unwanted members, etc.
- cut off or uproot weeds. [old english]
WEEK
n. - period of seven days reckoned usu. From midnight on saturday.
- any period of seven days.
- the six days between sundays.
- a the five days monday to friday. B time spent working in this period (35-hour week; three-day week). [old english]
WEEP
—v. (past and past part. Wept) 1 shed tears.
- (often foll. By for) bewail, lament over.
- a be covered with or send forth drops. B come or send forth in drops; exude liquid.
- (as weeping adj.) (of a tree) having drooping branches. —n. Spell of weeping. [old english]
WEFT
n. - threads woven across a warp to make fabric.
- yarn for these.
- thing woven. [old english: related to *weave1]
WEIR
n. Dam across a river to raise the level of water upstream or regulate its flow. [old english]
WELD
—v. - a hammer or press (pieces of iron or other metal usu. Heated but not melted) into one piece. B join by fusion with an electric arc etc. C form by welding into some article.
- fashion into an effectual or homogeneous whole. —n. Welded joint. welder n. [alteration of *well2, probably influenced by the form welled]
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