Defn: Of or pertaining to the woods or forest. [Colloq. U. S.]
It [sugar making] is woodsy, and savors of trees. J. Burroughs.
WOOD TICK
Wood" tick`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of ticks of the genus Ixodes whose young cling to bushes, but quickly fasten themselves upon the bodies of any animal with which they come in contact. When they attach themselves to the human body they often produce troublesome sores. The common species of the Northern United States is Ixodes unipunctata.
WOODWALL
Wood"wall`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The yaffle. [Written also woodwale, and woodwele.]
WOODWARD
Wood"ward`, n. (Eng. Forest Law)
Defn: An officer of the forest, whose duty it was to guard the woods.
WOODWARDIA Wood*war"di*a, n. Etym: [NL. After Thomas J. Woodward, an English botanist.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of ferns, one species of which (Woodwardia radicans) is a showy plant in California, the Azores, etc.
WOOD-WASH; WOOD-WAX; WOOD-WAXEN
Wood"-wash`, Wood"-wax`, Wood"-wax`en, n. Etym: [AS. wuduweaxe.]
(Bot.)