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WOLD

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In England. A down or champaign ground, hilly and void of wood. Cowell; Blount. … [Read more...]

WOOL SORTERS’ DISEASE

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In medical jurisprudence. A popular name for malignant anthrax, a disease characterized by malignant pustules or carbuncles, caused by infection by putrid animal matter containing the bacillus anthracls, and chiefly prevalent among persons whose business is to handle wool and hides, such as tanners, butchers, and herdsmen. See Bacon v. United States Mut Acc. Ass'n, 123 N. Y. … [Read more...]

WOLF’S HEAD

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In old English law. This term was used as descriptive of the condition of an outlaw. Such persons were said to carry a wolf's head, (caput lupinum;) for if caught alive they were to be brought to the king, and if they defended themselves they might be slain and their heads carried to the king, for they were no more to be accounted of than wolves. Termes de la Ley, Woolferthfod. … [Read more...]

WOOL-SACK

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The seat of the lord chancellor of England In the house of lords, being a large square bag of wool, without back or arms, covered with red cloth. Webster; Brande. … [Read more...]

WOMEN

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persons. In its most enlarged sense, this word signifies all the females of the human species; but in a more restricted sense, it means all such females who have arrived at the age of puberty. … [Read more...]

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