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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Wood
     See FOREST.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Wood, SD (town, FIPS 72620)
    Location: 43.49676 N, 100.47982 W
    Population (1990): 73 (48 housing units)
    Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 57585

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Wood \Wood\ (w[oo^]d), a. [OE. wod, AS. w[=o]d; akin to OHG.
     wuot, Icel. [=o][eth]r, Goth. w[=o]ds, D. woede madness, G.
     wuth, wut, also to AS. w[=o][eth] song, Icel. [=o][eth]r, L.
     vates a seer, a poet. Cf. Wednesday.]
     Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic. [Obs.]
     [Written also wode.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Our hoste gan to swear as [if] he were wood. --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Wood \Wood\, v. i.
     To grow mad; to act like a madman; to mad. --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
     witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. &
     Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
        -- frequently used in the plural.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Light thickens, and the crow
              Makes wing to the rooky wood.         --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
        substance which composes the body of a tree and its
        branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. ``To
        worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.''
        --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
        part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
        plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
        It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
        various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
        called silver grain.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
           and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Wood acid, Wood vinegar (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
        obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
        large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
        acetic acid. Formerly called pyroligneous acid.
  
     Wood+anemone+(Bot.),+a+delicate+flower+({Anemone+nemorosa" rel="nofollow">Wood anemone (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa)
        of early spring; -- also called windflower. See Illust.
        of Anemone.
  
     Wood+ant+(Zo["o]l.),+a+large+ant+({Formica+rufa" rel="nofollow">Wood ant (Zo["o]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa) which
        lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.
  
     Wood apple (Bot.). See Elephant apple, under Elephant.
        
  
     Wood baboon (Zo["o]l.), the drill.
  
     Wood betony. (Bot.)
        (a) Same as Betony.
        (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis
            Canadensis), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
            purplish flowers.
  
     Wood borer. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
            beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
            buprestidans, and certain weevils. See Apple borer,
            under Apple, and Pine weevil, under Pine.
        (b) The larva of any one of various species of
            lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
            moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under Peach),
            and of the goat moths.
        (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
            tribe Urocerata. See Tremex.
        (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
            as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
        (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
            Limnoria, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura
            terebrans).
  
     Wood carpet, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
        of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
        --Knight.
  
     Wood cell (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
        usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
        principal constituent of woody fiber.
  
     Wood choir, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
        [Poetic] --Coleridge.
  
     Wood coal, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
  
     Wood cricket (Zo["o]l.), a small European cricket
        ({Nemobius sylvestris).
  
     Wood culver (Zo["o]l.), the wood pigeon.
  
     Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
        engraving.
  
     Wood dove (Zo["o]l.), the stockdove.
  
     Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
  
     Wood duck (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa). The
            male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
            green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
            nest in trees, whence the name. Called also bridal
            duck, summer duck, and wood widgeon.
        (b) The hooded merganser.
        (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata).
  
     Wood echo, an echo from the wood.
  
     Wood engraver.
        (a) An engraver on wood.
        (b) (Zo["o]l.) Any of several species of small beetles
            whose larv[ae] bore beneath the bark of trees, and
            excavate furrows in the wood often more or less
            resembling coarse engravings; especially, Xyleborus
            xylographus.
  
     Wood engraving.
        (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
        (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
            such an engraving.
  
     Wood fern. (Bot.) See Shield fern, under Shield.
  
     Wood fiber.
        (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
        (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
            mass.
  
     Wood fretter (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
        beetles whose larv[ae] bore in the wood, or beneath the
        bark, of trees.
  
     Wood frog (Zo["o]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana
        sylvatica) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
        during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
        with a black stripe on each side of the head.
  
     Wood germander. (Bot.) See under Germander.
  
     Wood god, a fabled sylvan deity.
  
     Wood grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.
  
     Wood grouse. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) The capercailzie.
        (b) The spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
  
     Wood guest (Zo["o]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     Wood hen. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
            rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and
            allied species.
        (b) The American woodcock.
  
     Wood hoopoe (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Old
        World arboreal birds belonging to Irrisor and allied
        genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
        have a curved beak, and a longer tail.
  
     Wood ibis (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large,
        long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
        Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily
        covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus
        loculator) is common in Florida.
  
     Wood lark (Zo["o]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda
        arborea), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
        while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
        trees.
  
     Wood laurel (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne
        Laureola).
  
     Wood leopard (Zo["o]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera
        [ae]sculi) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy
        larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other
        fruit trees.
  
     Wood lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley.
  
     Wood lock (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
        sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
        pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
  
     Wood louse (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
            Crustacea belonging to Oniscus, Armadillo, and
            related genera. See Sow bug, under Sow, and Pill
            bug, under Pill.
        (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
            pseudoneuropterous insects of the family Psocid[ae],
            which live in the crevices of walls and among old
            books and papers. Some of the species are called also
            book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches.
  
     Wood mite (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous small mites of
        the family Oribatid[ae]. They are found chiefly in
        woods, on tree trunks and stones.
  
     Wood mote. (Eng. Law)
        (a) Formerly, the forest court.
        (b) The court of attachment.
  
     Wood nettle. (Bot.) See under Nettle.
  
     Wood nightshade (Bot.), woody nightshade.
  
     Wood nut (Bot.), the filbert.
  
     Wood nymph. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
        goddess of the woods; a dryad. ``The wood nymphs, decked
        with daisies trim.'' --Milton.
        (b) (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely
            colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas. The
            larv[ae] are bright-colored, and some of the species,
            as Eudryas grata, and Eudryas unio, feed on the
            leaves of the grapevine.
        (c) (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely
            colored South American humming birds belonging to the
            genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or
            green and blue.
  
     Wood offering, wood burnt on the altar.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
                                                    x. 34.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Wood oil (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
        Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, having
        properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
        substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
        Gurjun.
  
     Wood opal (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
        some resemblance to wood.
  
     Wood paper, paper made of wood pulp. See Wood pulp,
        below.
  
     Wood pewee (Zo["o]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
        ({Contopus virens). It closely resembles the pewee, but
        is smaller.
  
     Wood pie (Zo["o]l.), any black and white woodpecker,
        especially the European great spotted woodpecker.
  
     Wood pigeon. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
            belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the
            family Columbid[ae].
        (b) The ringdove.
  
     Wood puceron (Zo["o]l.), a plant louse.
  
     Wood pulp (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
        poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
        with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
        sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.
        
  
     Wood quail (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of East
        Indian crested quails belonging to Rollulus and allied
        genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({Rollulus
        roulroul), the male of which is bright green, with a long
        crest of red hairlike feathers.
  
     Wood rabbit (Zo["o]l.), the cottontail.
  
     Wood rat (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of American
        wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern
        United States; -- called also bush rat. The Florida wood
        rat ({Neotoma Floridana) is the best-known species.
  
     Wood+reed+grass+(Bot.),+a+tall+grass+({Cinna+arundinacea" rel="nofollow">Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea)
        growing in moist woods.
  
     Wood reeve, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]
  
     Wood rush (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula,
        differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus
        chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
  
     Wood sage (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
        the genus Teucrium. See Germander.
  
     Wood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
        usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.
  
     Wood sheldrake (Zo["o]l.), the hooded merganser.
  
     Wood shock (Zo["o]l.), the fisher. See Fisher, 2.
  
     Wood shrike (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of Old
        World singing birds belonging to Grallina,
        Collyricincla, Prionops, and allied genera, common in
        India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
        but feed upon both insects and berries.
  
     Wood snipe. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) The American woodcock.
        (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola).
  
     Wood soot, soot from burnt wood.
  
     Wood sore. (Zo["o]l.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
  
     Wood sorrel (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis
        Acetosella), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
        Shamrock.
  
     Wood spirit. (Chem.) See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.
        
  
     Wood stamp, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
        for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.
  
     Wood star (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
        South American humming birds belonging to the genus
        Calothorax. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
        purple, and other colors.
  
     Wood sucker (Zo["o]l.), the yaffle.
  
     Wood swallow (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of Old
        World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and
        allied genera of the family Artamid[ae]. They are common
        in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
        habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
        resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
        beneath.
  
     Wood tapper (Zo["o]l.), any woodpecker.
  
     Wood tar. See under Tar.
  
     Wood thrush, (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus) noted for the
            sweetness of its song. See under Thrush.
        (b) The missel thrush.
  
     Wood tick. See in Vocabulary.
  
     Wood tin. (Min.). See Cassiterite.
  
     Wood titmouse (Zo["o]l.), the goldcgest.
  
     Wood tortoise (Zo["o]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See
        under Sculptured.
  
     Wood vine (Bot.), the white bryony.
  
     Wood vinegar. See Wood acid, above.
  
     Wood warbler. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
            the genus Dendroica. See Warbler.
        (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix); --
            called also green wren, wood wren, and yellow
            wren.
  
     Wood worm (Zo["o]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
        borer.
  
     Wood wren. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) The wood warbler.
        (b) The willow warbler.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Wood \Wood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wooded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Wooding.]
     To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood
     a steamboat or a locomotive.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Wood \Wood\, v. i.
     To take or get a supply of wood.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Wood \Wood\ (w[oo^]d), a. [OE. wod, AS. w[=o]d; akin to OHG.
     wuot, Icel. [=o][eth]r, Goth. w[=o]ds, D. woede madness, G.
     wuth, wut, also to AS. w[=o][eth] song, Icel. [=o][eth]r, L.
     vates a seer, a poet. Cf. Wednesday.]
     Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic. [Obs.]
     [Written also wode.]
  
           Our hoste gan to swear as [if] he were wood. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Wood \Wood\, v. i.
     To grow mad; to act like a madman; to mad. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
     witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. &
     Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
     1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
        -- frequently used in the plural.
  
              Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky
              wood.                                 --Shak.
  
     2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
        substance which composes the body of a tree and its
        branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. ``To
        worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.''
        --Milton.
  
     3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
        part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
        plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
        It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
        various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
        called silver grain.
  
     Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
           and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
  
     4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
  
     Wood acid, Wood vinegar (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
        obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
        large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
        acetic acid. Formerly called pyroligneous acid.
  
     Wood+anemone+(Bot.),+a+delicate+flower+({Anemone+nemorosa" rel="nofollow">Wood anemone (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa)
        of early spring; -- also called windflower. See Illust.
        of Anemone.
  
     Wood+ant+(Zo["o]l.),+a+large+ant+({Formica+rufa" rel="nofollow">Wood ant (Zo["o]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa) which
        lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.
  
     Wood apple (Bot.). See Elephant apple, under Elephant.
        
  
     Wood baboon (Zo["o]l.), the drill.
  
     Wood betony. (Bot.)
        (a) Same as Betony.
        (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis
            Canadensis), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
            purplish flowers.
  
     Wood borer. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
            beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
            buprestidans, and certain weevils. See Apple borer,
            under Apple, and Pine weevil, under Pine.
        (b) The larva of any one of various species of
            lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
            moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under Peach),
            and of the goat moths.
        (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
            tribe Urocerata. See Tremex.
        (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
            as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
        (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
            Limnoria, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura
            terebrans).
  
     Wood carpet, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
        of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
        --Knight.
  
     Wood cell (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
        usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
        principal constituent of woody fiber.
  
     Wood choir, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
        [Poetic] --Coleridge.
  
     Wood coal, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
  
     Wood cricket (Zo["o]l.), a small European cricket
        ({Nemobius sylvestris).
  
     Wood culver (Zo["o]l.), the wood pigeon.
  
     Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
        engraving.
  
     Wood dove (Zo["o]l.), the stockdove.
  
     Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
  
     Wood duck (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa). The
            male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
            green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
            nest in trees, whence the name. Called also bridal
            duck, summer duck, and wood widgeon.
        (b) The hooded merganser.
        (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata).
  
     Wood echo, an echo from the wood.
  
     Wood engraver.
        (a) An engraver on wood.
        (b) (Zo["o]l.) Any of several species of small beetles
            whose larv[ae] bore beneath the bark of trees, and
            excavate furrows in the wood often more or less
            resembling coarse engravings; especially, Xyleborus
            xylographus.
  
     Wood engraving.
        (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
        (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
            such an engraving.
  
     Wood fern. (Bot.) See Shield fern, under Shield.
  
     Wood fiber.
        (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
        (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
            mass.
  
     Wood fretter (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
        beetles whose larv[ae] bore in the wood, or beneath the
        bark, of trees.
  
     Wood frog (Zo["o]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana
        sylvatica) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
        during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
        with a black stripe on each side of the head.
  
     Wood germander. (Bot.) See under Germander.
  
     Wood god, a fabled sylvan deity.
  
     Wood grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.
  
     Wood grouse. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) The capercailzie.
        (b) The spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
  
     Wood guest (Zo["o]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     Wood hen. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
            rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and
            allied species.
        (b) The American woodcock.
  
     Wood hoopoe (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Old
        World arboreal birds belonging to Irrisor and allied
        genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
        have a curved beak, and a longer tail.
  
     Wood ibis (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large,
        long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
        Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily
        covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus
        loculator) is common in Florida.
  
     Wood lark (Zo["o]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda
        arborea), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
        while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
        trees.
  
     Wood laurel (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne
        Laureola).
  
     Wood leopard (Zo["o]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera
        [ae]sculi) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy
        larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other
        fruit trees.
  
     Wood lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley.
  
     Wood lock (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
        sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
        pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
  
     Wood louse (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
            Crustacea belonging to Oniscus, Armadillo, and
            related genera. See Sow bug, under Sow, and Pill
            bug, under Pill.
        (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
            pseudoneuropterous insects of the family Psocid[ae],
            which live in the crevices of walls and among old
            books and papers. Some of the species are called also
            book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches.
  
     Wood mite (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous small mites of
        the family Oribatid[ae]. They are found chiefly in
        woods, on tree trunks and stones.
  
     Wood mote. (Eng. Law)
        (a) Formerly, the forest court.
        (b) The court of attachment.
  
     Wood nettle. (Bot.) See under Nettle.
  
     Wood nightshade (Bot.), woody nightshade.
  
     Wood nut (Bot.), the filbert.
  
     Wood nymph. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
        goddess of the woods; a dryad. ``The wood nymphs, decked
        with daisies trim.'' --Milton.
        (b) (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely
            colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas. The
            larv[ae] are bright-colored, and some of the species,
            as Eudryas grata, and E. unio, feed on the leaves
            of the grapevine.
        (c) (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely
            colored South American humming birds belonging to the
            genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or
            green and blue.
  
     Wood offering, wood burnt on the altar.
  
              We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
                                                    x. 34.
  
     Wood oil (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
        Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, having
        properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
        substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
        Gurjun.
  
     Wood opal (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
        some resemblance to wood.
  
     Wood paper, paper made of wood pulp. See Wood pulp,
        below.
  
     Wood pewee (Zo["o]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
        ({Contopus virens). It closely resembles the pewee, but
        is smaller.
  
     Wood pie (Zo["o]l.), any black and white woodpecker,
        especially the European great spotted woodpecker.
  
     Wood pigeon. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
            belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the
            family Columbid[ae].
        (b) The ringdove.
  
     Wood puceron (Zo["o]l.), a plant louse.
  
     Wood pulp (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
        poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
        with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
        sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.
        
  
     Wood quail (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of East
        Indian crested quails belonging to Rollulus and allied
        genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul), the
        male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red
        hairlike feathers.
  
     Wood rabbit (Zo["o]l.), the cottontail.
  
     Wood rat (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of American
        wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern
        United States; -- called also bush rat. The Florida wood
        rat ({Neotoma Floridana) is the best-known species.
  
     Wood+reed+grass+(Bot.),+a+tall+grass+({Cinna+arundinacea" rel="nofollow">Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea)
        growing in moist woods.
  
     Wood reeve, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]
  
     Wood rush (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula,
        differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus
        chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
  
     Wood sage (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
        the genus Teucrium. See Germander.
  
     Wood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
        usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.
  
     Wood sheldrake (Zo["o]l.), the hooded merganser.
  
     Wood shock (Zo["o]l.), the fisher. See Fisher, 2.
  
     Wood shrike (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of Old
        World singing birds belonging to Grallina,
        Collyricincla, Prionops, and allied genera, common in
        India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
        but feed upon both insects and berries.
  
     Wood snipe. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) The American woodcock.
        (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola).
  
     Wood soot, soot from burnt wood.
  
     Wood sore. (Zo["o]l.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
  
     Wood sorrel (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis
        Acetosella), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
        Shamrock.
  
     Wood spirit. (Chem.) See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.
        
  
     Wood stamp, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
        for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.
  
     Wood star (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
        South American humming birds belonging to the genus
        Calothorax. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
        purple, and other colors.
  
     Wood sucker (Zo["o]l.), the yaffle.
  
     Wood swallow (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of Old
        World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and
        allied genera of the family Artamid[ae]. They are common
        in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
        habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
        resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
        beneath.
  
     Wood tapper (Zo["o]l.), any woodpecker.
  
     Wood tar. See under Tar.
  
     Wood thrush, (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus) noted for the
            sweetness of its song. See under Thrush.
        (b) The missel thrush.
  
     Wood tick. See in Vocabulary.
  
     Wood tin. (Min.). See Cassiterite.
  
     Wood titmouse (Zo["o]l.), the goldcgest.
  
     Wood tortoise (Zo["o]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See
        under Sculptured.
  
     Wood vine (Bot.), the white bryony.
  
     Wood vinegar. See Wood acid, above.
  
     Wood warbler. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
            the genus Dendroica. See Warbler.
        (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix); --
            called also green wren, wood wren, and yellow
            wren.
  
     Wood worm (Zo["o]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
        borer.
  
     Wood wren. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) The wood warbler.
        (b) The willow warbler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Wood \Wood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wooded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Wooding.]
     To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood
     a steamboat or a locomotive.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Wood \Wood\, v. i.
     To take or get a supply of wood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Fossil \Fos"sil\, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F.
     fossile. See Fosse.]
     1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
  
     2. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in
        rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants,
        shells.
  
     Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue
        clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable
        resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth.
  
     Fossil cork, flax, paper, or wood, varieties of
        amianthus.
  
     Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime.
  
     Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  wood
       n 1: the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
       2: the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
          [syn: forest, woods]
       3: United States film actress (1938-1981) [syn: Natalie Wood]
       4: English conductor (1869-1944) [syn: Sir Henry Wood, Sir
          Henry Joseph Wood]
       5: English writer of novels about murders and thefts and
          forgeries (1814-1887) [syn: Mrs. Henry Wood, Ellen
          Price Wood]
       6: United States painter noted for works based on life in the
          Midwest (1892-1942) [syn: Grant Wood]
       7: any wind instrument other than the brass instruments [syn: woodwind,
           woodwind instrument]
       8: a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots;
          originally made with a wooden head; metal woods are now
          available

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  wood
     Αγγλικά a.
     ξύλινος
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το ξύλο (το υλικό)
     2 είδος ξύλου, ξυλείας
     3 (''συνήθως στον πληθυντικό'') το δάσος
     4 ξύλινο πνευστό όργανο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  -wood
     Middle English suf.
     (alt form enm -hede)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  woo'd
     vb.
     (lb en archaic) (infl of en woo  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  wood
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the
  trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to
  manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
     2 (lb en countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
     3 (lb en countable often as plurale tantum) A forested or wooded
  area.
     4 firewood.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cover or plant with trees.
     2 (lb en reflexive intransitive) To hide behind trees.
     3 (lb en transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood
  for.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood.
     a.
     (lb en obsolete) mad, insane, crazed.
     alt.
     (lb en obsolete) mad, insane, crazed.
     n.
     (lb en US sometimes offensive chiefly prison slang of a person) A
  peckerwood.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Wood
     n.
     1 An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a
  wood.
     2 (surname en from=occupations) for a woodsman.
     3 (place en number of places c/USA):
     4 # (place en unincorporated community co/Clayton County s/Iowa).
     5 # (place en unincorporated community co/DeKalb County s/Missouri).
     6 # (place en unincorporated community co/Franklin County s/North
  Carolina).
     7 # (place en unincorporated community co/Bedford County co/Fulton
  County and co/Huntingdon County s/Pennsylvania).
     8 # (place en small town co/Mellette County s/South Dakota).
     9 # (place en unincorporated community co/Mason County s/West
  Virginia).
     10 # (place en town co/Wood County s/Wisconsin).
     11 # {place|en|Three <<townships>> in the
  <<c/USA>>, listed under (w: Wood Township)}.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  woo'd
     vb.
     (lb en archaic) (infl of en woo  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  wood
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the
  trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to
  manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
     2 (lb en countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
     3 (lb en countable often as plurale tantum) A forested or wooded
  area.
     4 firewood.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cover or plant with trees.
     2 (lb en reflexive intransitive) To hide behind trees.
     3 (lb en transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood
  for.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood.
     a.
     (lb en obsolete) mad, insane, crazed.
     alt.
     (lb en obsolete) mad, insane, crazed.
     n.
     (lb en US sometimes offensive chiefly prison slang of a person) A
  peckerwood.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Wood
     n.
     1 An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a
  wood.
     2 (surname en from=occupations) for a woodsman.
     3 (place en number of places c/USA):
     4 # (place en unincorporated community co/Clayton County s/Iowa).
     5 # (place en unincorporated community co/DeKalb County s/Missouri).
     6 # (place en unincorporated community co/Franklin County s/North
  Carolina).
     7 # (place en unincorporated community co/Bedford County co/Fulton
  County and co/Huntingdon County s/Pennsylvania).
     8 # (place en small town co/Mellette County s/South Dakota).
     9 # (place en unincorporated community co/Mason County s/West
  Virginia).
     10 # (place en town co/Wood County s/Wisconsin).
     11 # {place|en|Three <<townships>> in the
  <<c/USA>>, listed under (w: Wood Township)}.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  -wood
     Middle English suf.
     (alt form enm -hede)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  wood
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the
  trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to
  manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
     2 (lb en countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
     3 (lb en countable often as plurale tantum) A forested or wooded
  area.
     4 firewood.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cover or plant with trees.
     2 (lb en reflexive intransitive) To hide behind trees.
     3 (lb en transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood
  for.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood.
     a.
     (lb en obsolete) mad, insane, crazed.
     alt.
     (lb en obsolete) mad, insane, crazed.
     n.
     (lb en US sometimes offensive chiefly prison slang of a person) A
  peckerwood.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Wood
     n.
     1 An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a
  wood.
     2 (surname en from=occupations) for a woodsman.
     3 (place en number of places c/USA):
     4 # (place en unincorporated community co/Clayton County s/Iowa).
     5 # (place en unincorporated community co/DeKalb County s/Missouri).
     6 # (place en unincorporated community co/Franklin County s/North
  Carolina).
     7 # (place en unincorporated community co/Bedford County co/Fulton
  County and co/Huntingdon County s/Pennsylvania).
     8 # (place en small town co/Mellette County s/South Dakota).
     9 # (place en unincorporated community co/Mason County s/West
  Virginia).
     10 # (place en town co/Wood County s/Wisconsin).
     11 # {place|en|Three <<townships>> in the
  <<c/USA>>, listed under (w: Wood Township)}.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  -wood
     Middle English suf.
     (alt form enm -hede)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  woo'd
     vb.
     (lb en archaic) (infl of en woo  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  wood
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the
  trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to
  manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
     2 (lb en countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
     3 (lb en countable often as plurale tantum) A forested or wooded
  area.
     4 firewood.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cover or plant with trees.
     2 (lb en reflexive intransitive) To hide behind trees.
     3 (lb en transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood
  for.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood.
     a.
     (lb en obsolete) mad, insane, crazed.
     alt.
     (lb en obsolete) mad, insane, crazed.
     n.
     (lb en US sometimes offensive chiefly prison slang of a person) A
  peckerwood.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Wood
     n.
     1 An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a
  wood.
     2 (surname en from=occupations) for a woodsman.
     3 (place en number of places c/USA):
     4 # (place en unincorporated community co/Clayton County s/Iowa).
     5 # (place en unincorporated community co/DeKalb County s/Missouri).
     6 # (place en unincorporated community co/Franklin County s/North
  Carolina).
     7 # (place en unincorporated community co/Bedford County co/Fulton
  County and co/Huntingdon County s/Pennsylvania).
     8 # (place en small town co/Mellette County s/South Dakota).
     9 # (place en unincorporated community co/Mason County s/West
  Virginia).
     10 # (place en town co/Wood County s/Wisconsin).
     11 # {place|en|Three <<townships>> in the
  <<c/USA>>, listed under (w: Wood Township)}.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  wood
     Englanti a.
     (yhteys vanhahtava k=en) hullu
     Englanti n.
     1 puuaines
     2 polttopuu
     3 (''yleensä monikossa'') metsä, metsikkö
     4 tynnyri
     5 (yhteys musiikki k=en) puupuhallin
     6 puinen puu
     7 mailankehys
     Englanti vb.
     istuttaa metsää jnnk

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  wood
     Engelska a.
     trä-; gjord av trä
     Engelska n.
     1 trä, ved
     2 träslag, virke
     3 (tagg: text=oftast i plural) skog, skogsområde
     4 (tagg golf språk=en) slags klubba vars huvud ofta är gjort av trä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Wood
     n.
     (tagg: kat=efternamn) ett efternamn

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  Wood
     n.
     (tagg: kat=efternamn) ett efternamn

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  wood /wˈʊd/
  hout

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Wood /wˈʊd/
  الخشب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  wood //wʊd// 
  1. дърва́
  firewood
  2. духов инструмент
  music: woodwind instrument
  3. надървяне
  slang: an erection
  4. дървеси́на, дърво́
  substance
  5. дърво́
  wood from a particular species
  6. гора́
  woodland

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  wood //wʊd// 
  залеся́вам
  to cover or plant with trees