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~rA. L E-K N OT . :¡ r O:Jnu knot ar knob m \\·ith three (lr:lnds
of a lope. ('O th.u it CdonDl nlp, by which lhe tacks, top–
Caíl fhcets, and {l0PPN Sare made faH, :u airo fome other
ropes.
\VALE · R EA RED. 0 0 board a Chip. a name the reamen Cive
10 a f111 p. WhlCh , after {he comes to her bearing, is bUllt
ffrait up : thls way of building. rhouRh ic does nOl look
weJl, nor ¡s, as lhe: fumen ter", it, Ihip.l'hapcn; yet it
h:ts ',his aJ\'antacc, that a fh ip is thereby more roomy
wilhio bo.trd and becomes thcreby a wholefomc fb ip al
lea, eCpecí_lIy ir her b~arinG ue well laid out.
\VALES, a principdlity in the wen of E ngland, compre–
hending; 1'1 counties, bounded by CheO,ire, Shropflllre,
Hc:rcfordlhirc, and Monnlou lhlhirc, 00 t he call, and fu ro
rounded by lhe fea called the lriCh chanoel, 00 the nonh,
well, and fouth.
N .." .V ALES . the fouth-wefl coaR of Rudfon's B.y, in
Nonh America, fo c. lI<d; now polfelfed by the E nglirh
Hudfon's·B.y
W Al.L, i., archnc(ture, the principal part of a building, as
ft:n'in: both 10 incloíe il, and luppon Ihe roof, Roors, Oc.
\VaJls are diHing\lillh~d iOlo various kinds, from the
maller whereof Ihey confill, as pbdlercd or mud- walls,
brick_walls, none·walls . flin t or l>oulder walls:, and board –
ed walls. See A RCHITE c ·ruRE.
W .<\LLINGfOR D, a borough· town of B. rkrhire, fi tua·
led on the ri\'er T hames, twelve miles nonh of Reading.
WALLOONS. the inhabitants of a confide..ble pan of
the SpaniOl Nt:therlllnds, viz. Illore of Artois, H aioault J
N amur. Luxemburgh, and pan of Flanders and Brabant.
Thc \Valloon .. faid tO have becD that of tbe
aneient G luls or Ct:lu_
W ALRUS. in ~oology. Se. PHO CA.
W _'\.LNUT· TR" , in botany. See JU G L~'''.
\VALS ALL, • m..ket-town of Staffordrhire, tbin« n'
mile, fouth of S"fford .
WALSHAM. a market_town of Norfolk, eleven mile,
oonh of N Ol'wich.
W .'\. L S INGRi\ M, a market-town of Norfolk, eighteen
mil!!'s non h· wcH of Norwich .
' V:\.LTH.<\M, a m'"ket town of L eicenerrhire, fi xteen
miles norrh_ean of L eicefier_
W!\.LTH E.RIA, in botany, a genu, of the monadelphia
pentandria clafs.
WAPENTAKE, (from the Saxon) th. fame with wh"
we caH a hundred . and more erpeciall y ufcd 'io the oor–
t hero couotic:'J bcyond the river Treot. Thcre have been
feveral conjetlures as tO the original of the word; one
of which ¡s, that aocientl y multers werc mildc of lhe ar –
mour and weapoos of lhe inhabitantS of evcry hundred ;
and from thofe that could not find fuffieient pleJ ges of
theír good abe~riog. their \Veapor'ls were t~kc:n ~WAy,
given to othcrs ; wheocc, Íl is Caid, this word is dc:nveu.
See H UNOREO.
\VAR, a contdl or di fFl!rcnce bet V/een princes, (lates, or
large bodie3 of pcople ; ",hich not being determin. d by
lhe ordlnary mcafures of' equity and juftice, is refe rred
to the decifion of the fword
\VARO, a \Vord of divc:rs figni lications: : th~s, a ward io
L ondon, is a pan of Ih~ cily conlmittcd to Ihe fpcciJ.1
charge of one of 1ha aloeormen of lhe ci(y. T h\!re are
t",en,y ti" -.vard, in London, whieh are as hundrcd" ~nd
lhe pari(hes thereof as lowns . A fonfi is <llro <.livith:d
iOlo s, and fo are moU of our hofpilals .
' V .\RD n OL D IN C:, io Sr,ots law. See LAW, Tir. xi. l .
\VA kD- HO OK , orWAuu -HOO K, ingunnery , arou orH ...ff
with an iron cnd tmneu Jerpc:m-wile, or J¡k~ ... fcrcYl, 10
dr.. w the wadding OUt of a ~un whcn it is to be unloade;d .
See WA o D.
WARDEN, or GUAl.olAN, one who has the charge or
kcepir.c of any pcdon, Of thiog, by office. Sce GUAR –
oIAN .
Such is the \Vareteo of lhe Heet, lhe ket'per of the Reet–
prifon; who has lhe chargc of the p'¡foocrs thete, cfpe–
cially fuch as are comOlitled from the Court of cbanccry
for cOnlt'mpt .
Church VVAlD EN S. See CHURCH .
VI{ A RD H U Ys, a pOrt of Norwegiao Lapland, 120 miles
fouth ·.,1l of the nonh·cape: E. 1911g. 28°, and N.
lat. 7 1°.
VO¡ ARDMOTE, in London, is a eourt fo called, whieh is
kept in every ward uf (he cilY, anfwt'Ting to the curiatíl
comilia in ancleot R ome .
WARDROBE, a clofet, or li!tle room adjoining tO a bed–
charuber, fcrv ing to dirport and kecp a pedon', appa rcl in;
or, for a rervaot tO lodge in, tO be al haod lO wait, 6 c.
Wardrobe, in a pnnee's coun, is an a!l~rtment where–
in his robes, \vearing apparel, and olber oecdfaries , are
preferved under lhe care aod dire8ion o( pro~cr officers ;
as {hc maner ofthe wardrobe, c1erk. (:;t . of Ihe wardrobe.
Vt.TARE, a market-town of H erlfold!hirc, undcr the meri–
dian of L ondo." and twenty miles nonh of that cilY.
\VAREHAM. a borough of Dor(etrh,re, (...oleen milcs
eatl of Dorchefier.
''1,~RMI N STER, a market_town of \Vihrhire, fe.ent«n .
mil e, north-we(l of SahCbury.
'VAR T, in bw I is to fculIllon a perron to appear in a court
of j unice.
WA R tflN G if T alan/J, in SCOIS law. SeeLAw, Tit.
x ii.i. 16.
WARP, io the m:m urJlturcs, is the threads, whelher of
lilk, woo~, lioCI1, hcmp, Ot . thal are ex tended Il!ng: h–
wife on Ihe weaver's 10001 ; and a. crors whlch the work–
m~n by means of his (huttle p"lfcs the threads of Ihe woot,
ro form a c1oth . riblJaod, funian, Or other matter.
'VARRANDIC E:, in Seo" law. Se< LAW, Tit. x. 11.
W AIUtANT, an aél, ir.fhument . or obh~atio" , wh<r<by
a per(un authoriCes 'lnolher t O do romelhlog which he 0-
therwire had not a ri&ht to do.
\'1ARRANTY, a prQmifc or covenant by deed, m. de by
Ihe harr,ainer for himrdf :mJ his heirs, to warranl ano
(ecure the ba.rgainee aod hls heirs a,.gainfi all meo for en–
j('lying Ihe thing agreed on between th('m
' VAR R EN, a f..n I"f., or place pri.ileged <itlrer by pre ·
(cription or graot from lhe king, to kcep beíills and fo\\ t
of \,¡,arreon in : as rabbit! hares, part ridges, pheal:u\ls. 6(.
' VARRI NGT ON. a marht-town of L ancafilire, fC"en–
teen milt s CAO: ol' L ivcrpool.
·W A RS I~ W . the capi,,1 of ' Varfo?;., and of tho kin&Jom
of Po"md: E . loog .. 2 1 o 5', and N . lat. 52° 15'. ,,y ARSOVI ·1, a province 0 1 Poldnd, boundcd by Pruffi",
on lhe nonh ; by Polach iJ . on the taH j lJy the pro\'ince
of Litt le I , on the fouth j and by th.. ofCreat Pe–
land, on th~ \Yen.
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