Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)

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Wanderjahre (Ger.), years of journeymanship.

weli, wely (Ar.), a Mohammedan saint.

Weltgeist (Ger.), the world-spirit.

Weltschmerz (Ger.), world-sorrow: sympathy with universal misery: thorough-going pessimism.

Wiener Schnitzel (Ger.), a veal cutlet dressed with bread-crumbs and eggs.

Xanthippe (Gr.), a shrewish wife—from the wife of Socrates.

xerafin, xeraphim (Port.), a silver coin of Goa, worth about 1s. 5d.

Xeres (Sp.), wine of Xeres, sherry.

xystum, pl. xysta (L.—Gr.), a covered colonnade in a gymnasium, a shaded walk in the garden of a Roman village.

yaboo (Pers.), an Afghan pony.