(mining) A wooden landmark to indicate possession of mining land.
A windlass.
swatch
swatch
noun
(Northern England, obsolete) A tag or other small object attached to another item as a means of identifying its owner; a tally; specifically the counterfoil of a tally.
(UK) A channel or passage of water between sandbanks, or between a sandbank and a seashore.
(figuratively) A clump or portion of something.
(figuratively) A demonstration, an example, a proof.
A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.
A selection of such samples bound together.
verb
To create a swatch, especially a sample of knitted fabric.
switch
switch
adj
(freestyle skiing) Pertaining to skiing backwards.
(snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.
noun
(BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
(card games) A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.
(computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
(computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
(computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
(genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
(historical) A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.
(music) Synonym of rute.
(rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
(telecommunications) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
A change or exchange.
A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
verb
(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.
(intransitive) To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance.
(slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
(transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
(transitive) To exchange.
(transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch.
To be swung or whisked.
To swing or whisk.
To trim.
To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
thwack
thwack
noun
A heavy slapping sound.
The act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement.
verb
To beat.
To fill to overflow.
To hit with a flat implement.
towaco
towaoc
twicer
twicer
noun
One who attends two church services on Sundays.
One who is both compositor and pressman.
twicet
twicet
adv
(Southern US, Midland US, regional) Twice.
twitch
twitch
noun
(birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
(farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
(informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
(mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
(physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
verb
(intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
(transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
(transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
(transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
waucht
waucht
noun
(Scotland) A large draught of any liquid.
verb
(obsolete) To drink, to quaff.
wechts
wechts
noun
plural of wecht
wicket
wicket
noun
(Britain) A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller
(Internet, informal) An angle bracket when used in HTML.
(US, dialect) A shelter made from tree boughs, used by lumbermen.
(cricket) A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.
(cricket) One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman.
(cricket) The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.
(cricket) The period during which two batsmen bat together.
(croquet) Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven.
(mining) The space between the pillars, in post-and-stall working.
(skiing, snowboarding) A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.
(veterinary) A device to measure the height of animals, usually dogs.
A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.
A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating.
a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc.
witchy
witchy
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of witches; witchlike.
The children are scared to go near the witchy old woman's house at night.
wretch
wretch
noun
(archaic) An exile.
An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person.