WEDGY
Wedg"y, a.
Defn: Like a wedge; wedge-shaped.
WEDLOCK
Wed"lock, n. Etym: [AS. wedlac a pledge, be trothal; wedd a pledge +
lac a gift, an offering. See Wed, n., and cf. Lake, v. i.,
Knowledge.]
1. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony. "That blissful yoke . . . that men clepeth [call] spousal, or wedlock." Chaucer. For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord or continual strife Shak.
2. A wife; a married woman. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Syn.
— See Marriage.
WEDLOCK
Wed"lock, v. t.
Defn: To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] "Man thus wedlocked." Milton.
WEDNESDAY Wednes"day (; 48), n. Etym: [OE. wednesdai, wodnesdei, AS. Wodnes dæg, i. e., Woden's day (a translation of L. dies Mercurii); fr. Woden the highest god of the Teutonic peoples, but identified with the Roman god Mercury; akin to OS. Wodan, OHG. Wuotan, Icel. Oedhinn, D. woensdag Wednesday, Icel. oedhinsdagr, Dan. & Sw. onsdag. See Day, and cf. Woden, Wood, a.]
Defn: The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday. Ash
Wednesday. See in the Vocabulary.