Defn: See 2d Will. [Obs.]
WOLLASTONITE Wol"las*ton*ite, n. Etym: [After Dr. W. H. Wollaston, an English chemist, who died in 1828.] (Min.)
Defn: A silicate of lime of a white to gray, red, or yellow color, occurring generally in cleavable masses, rarely in tabular crystals; tabular spar.
WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET
Wol"las*ton's dou"blet. [After W. H. Wollaston, English physicist.]
(Optics)
Defn: A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion.
WOLLE
Wolle, n.
Defn: Wool. [Obs.] Chaucer.
WOLVERENE; WOLVERINE Wol`ver*ene", Wol`ver*ine", n. Etym: [From Wolf, with a dim suffix; prob. so called from its supposed wolfish qualities.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The glutton.