WHY
Why, n.
Defn: A young heifer. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
WHYDAH BIRD; WHYDAH FINCH
Whyd"ah bird`, or Whyd"ah finch`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The whidah bird.
WHY-NOT
Why"-not`, n.
Defn: A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason;
a sudden conclusive happening. [Obs.]
When the church Was taken with a why-not in the lurch. Hudibras.
This game . . . was like to have been lost with a why-not. Nugæ
Antiq.
WICH
Wich, n.
Defn: A variant of 1st Wick.
WICHITAS
Wich"i*tas, n. pl.; sing. Wichita (. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A tribe of Indians native of the region between the Arkansas and Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See Pawnees.