weird (werd), pertaining to witchcraft; wild.
welkin (wel'kin), vault of heaven; sky.
welter (wel'ter), roll or tumble about.
Wert (wurt), were (pronounce to rhyme with "art").
Westminster Abbey (west'min-ster), a former church in London, the burial place of many kings, statesmen, and authors.
whig (h'wig), one of a political party in England, also in America; opposed to Tories.
whipple-tree (hwip'l-tre'), bar to which the traces of a harness are fastened for drawing a carriage.
whisking (hwisk'ing), moving nimbly and with velocity.
whit (hwit), the smallest part imaginable.
White, Gilbert (hwit), an eminent English naturalist, who was born in Selborne and was the author of "Natural History of Selborne."