This page gathers the 4,340 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Dated” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 43 of 44: from “wash machine” to “writing paper”.
- wash machine noun Dated form of wash machine.
- washboard noun Baseboard; skirting board.
- washery noun Synonym of laundromat, launderette.
- washing machine noun Dated form of washing machine.
- washstand noun In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may be washed there and the water run off.
- waste time noun An endeavor in which time is spent unprofitably; a means of squandering time.
- wastebook noun A temporary notebook in which details of transactions were entered as they happened, to be copied into formal ledgers later.
- wastrel noun One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.
- wasty adj Wasteful.
- water verb To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
- water cure noun Treatment of pain and illness using water, particularly bathing.
- water park noun A public park featuring water features.
- waterfall noun A necktie.
- waterman noun Specifically, an attendant on cab stands who supplies water to the horses.
- waver verb To move without purpose or a specified destination; to roam, to wander.
- wax noun An outburst of anger, a loss of temper, a fit of rage.
- wayback noun An area in the body of a car behind the rearseat, such as the back of a station wagon, storage well in a VW bug, etc.
- wayward noun Someone, especially a young woman or girl, who is wayward.
- wear noun Dated form of weir.
- weasel word noun A word that negates or removes the meaning of the word it qualifies.
- web noun A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
- webber noun Someone who uses the internet; a visitor of websites.
- webring noun A collection of related websites which are interlinked in a circular structure, each site having links to the previous and next site in the…
- Websterism noun An orthographic convention due to Noah Webster (1758-1843), American lexicographer and spelling reformer.
- wedding cake noun Dated form of wedding cake.
- wedding day noun A wedding anniversary.
- ween verb To expect, hope or wish.
- weight noun Money.
- well-hung adj Eloquent or loquacious.
- western noun An inhabitant of a western region or country.
- wet adj Of a Quaker: liberal with respect to religious observance.
- wet goods noun intoxicating liquors
- whack noun A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.
- whalefish noun A whale.
- whaler noun A sundowner; one who cruises about.
- whang noun A house-cleaning party.
- what intj Clipping of what do you say?, used as a type of tag question to emphasise a statement and invite agreement, often rhetorically.
- what's the matter phrase What's happening? What's the news?
- what's your poison phrase Used to someone what alcoholic beverage they would like to drink: what drink would you like to have?
- whee verb To excite; to arouse; to energize.
- wheel verb To ride a bicycle or tricycle.
- wheelhorse noun One of a team of horses which is nearest to the wheels of a carriage, as opposed to a leader or forward horse.
- wheelman noun A cyclist.
- whenever adv When ever: emphatic form of when.
- whey intj A shout for attention
- whiff verb To shoot (someone) with a firearm; hence, to assassinate or kill (someone).
- whip the cat verb To go from house to house working by the day, as itinerant tailors and carpenters do.
- whit noun The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
- white ant noun A termite.
- white pine noun Kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides)
- whitewort noun wild camomile (Matricaria recutita)
- whizbang noun A type of firework that made a whiz before exploding.
- who's 'she', the cat's mother phrase A rebuke especially directed towards children for having referred to a woman in the nominative case as "she", instead of by her name or an…
- whur noun Dated form of whirr (“sound of rapid motion”).
- why intj An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.
- wickie noun Lighthouse-keeper's assistant, whose responsibilities typically included the tending and trimming of wicks for the light.
- wide adj Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
- widow's weeds noun black garments worn by widows in mourning
- wig noun An old seal.
- wigeon noun A fool.
- wigger noun A white person considered to be sincerely appreciative of black culture, as opposed to poseurs and wannabes.
- wigging noun A telling-off or reprimand.
- wigs on the green noun Big trouble.
- wigwam noun Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world.
- wikian noun A person who contributes to the wiki farm Wikia (now called Fandom since 2016), especially a regular contributor versed in the ways of the…
- wild oats noun Sexual intercourse outside of marriage.
- wildcat adj Of or concerning irresponsible banks or banking, (particularly) small, independent operations.
- Winchester noun A hard disk.
- windage noun A contusion caused by a projectile that does not enter the skin, due to either compressed air or a glancing blow
- windbag noun The lungs.
- winding sheet noun Dated form of winding sheet.
- windjammer noun One who plays a wind instrument, especially a bugler in the army.
- winnow verb To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter.
- wire off verb To send (a message) by wire.
- wireless verb To send (a message) by wireless or radio.
- wireless operator noun A person who operates a radio transmitter on a ship or in an outpost, military unit, etc., in order to communicate over long distances.
- with all one's heart prep_phrase Very willingly.
- without welt or guard prep_phrase Plainly or straightforwardly; without embellishment.
- wizard adj Fine, superb (originally RAF slang).
- wog noun A non-white person, especially one of South Asian, Middle Eastern, or African descent.
- wolf cub noun A Cub Scout.
- wolfram noun tungsten
- wood ant noun A termite.
- wood oil noun An oil extracted from the gurjun tree.
- wooden spoon noun The last junior optime who takes a university degree.
- woodly adj Covered in trees; Wooded; woodsy.
- woodwork verb To go completely stealth as a transgender person. (From the idea of fading or blending into the woodwork.)
- work noun A factory; a works.
- work the oracle verb To manipulate circumstances to one's personal advantage.
- world of difference noun A vast swath or expanse of land or water.
- worm month noun The month of July.
- worst verb To grow worse; to deteriorate.
- wrappage noun The act of wrapping.
- wrest noun A metal (formerly wooden) piece of some ploughs attached under the mouldboard (the curved blade that turns over the furrow) for clearing…
- wrestling noun A wrestling match.
- wring noun Followed by down: the product of wringing, such as cider or wine.
- wrister noun A knitted wrist covering
- writing desk noun Dated form of writing desk.
- writing master noun A male teacher of penmanship.
- writing paper noun Dated form of writing paper.