Defn: Same as Woadwaxen.

WOODWORK
Wood"work`, n.

Defn: Work made of wood; that part of any structure which is wrought of wood.

WOODWORM
Wood"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Wood worm, under Wood.

WOODY
Wood"y, a.

1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. "The woody wilderness." Bryant. Secret shades Of woody Ida's inmost grove. Milton.

2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants.

3. Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan. [R.] "Woody nymphs, fair Hamadryades." Spenser. Woody fiber. (Bot.) (a) Fiber or tissue consisting of slender, membranous tubes tapering at each end. (b) A single wood cell. See under Wood. Goodale. — Woody nightshade. (Bot.). See Bittersweet, 3 (a). — Woody pear (Bot.), the inedible, woody, pear-shaped fruit of several Australian proteaceous trees of the genus Xylomelum; — called also wooden pear.

WOOER
Woo"er, n. Etym: [AS. wogere. See Woo, v. t.]