2. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
Thee, chantress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even song.
Milton.
I woo the wind That still delays his coming. Bryant.
WOO
Woo, v. i.
Defn: To court; to make love. Dryden.
WOOD
Wood, a. Etym: [OE. wod, AS. w; akin to OHG. wuot, Icel. , Goth. w,
D. woede madness, G. wuth, wut, also to AS. w song, Icel. , L. vates
a seer, a poet. Cf. Wednesday.]
Defn: Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic. [Obs.]
[Written also wode.]
Our hoste gan to swear as [if] he were wood. Chaucer.
WOOD
Wood, v. i.
Defn: To grow mad; to act like a madman; to mad. Chaucer.
WOOD
Wood, n. Etym: [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu,
Icel. vi, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W.
gwydd trees, shrubs.]
1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; — frequently used in the plural. Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood. Shak.
2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. "To worship their own work in wood and stone for gods." Milton.