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WILLIAM LEGGE (c. 1609-1670)
WILLIAM MONTAGU
WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY (c. ,o8o–c. 1143)
WILLIAM OF NANGLS (d. 1300)
WILLIAM OF POITIERS (c. 1020-C. 1090)
WILLIAM OF ST CALAIS (CARILEF) (d. ro96)
WILLIAM OF VALENCE (d. 1296)
WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM (1323-1404)
WILLIAM THE BRETON (c. 1,6o–c. 1225)
WILLIAM THE CLITO (1 rot–1128)
WILLIAM TUKE (1732-1822)
13TH WILLIAM
WILLIAMS
JOHN WILLIAMS (1582-1650)
JOHN WILLIAMS (1796-1839)
ROGER WILLIAMS (c. 1604–1684)
ROWLAND WILLIAMS (1817-1870)
SIR WILLIAM FENWICK WILLIAMS
WILLIAMSBURG
ALEXANDER WILLIAM WILLIAMSON (1824–1904)
SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON (1633–1701)
WILLIAM CRAWFORD WILLIAMSON (18r6–1895)
WILLIAMSPORT
WILLIAMSTOWN
WILLIBRORD (or WILBRORD), ST (d. 738)
WILLIMANTIC
NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS (1806-1867)
THOMAS WILLIS (1621-1675)
JAMES TIBBITTS WILLMORE (1800-1863)
WILLOBIE (or WILLOUGHBY), HENRY (1575?-1596?)
WILLOCK (or WILLOCKS), JOHN (c. 1515-1585)
WILLOUGHBY
WILLOW (Salix)
WILLIAM GORMAN WILLS (1828-1891)
FRANCIS WILLUGHBY (1635—1672)
WILMINGTON
WILMOT
DAVID WILMOT (1814-1868)
ALEXANDER WILSON (1766-1813)
HENRY WILSON (1812–1875)
HORACE HAYMAN WILSON (1786–1860)
JAMES WILSON (1742—1798)
JAMES WILSON (1835— )
JAMES HARRISON WILSON (1837– )
JOHN WILSON (1627-1696)
JOHN WILSON (178 1854)
ROBERT WILSON (d. 1600)
SIR DANIEL WILSON (1816–1892)
SIR ROBERT THOMAS WILSON (1777—1849)
SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS WILSON
THOMAS WILSON (1663-1755)
THOMAS WILSON (c. 1525-1581)
WOODROW WILSON (1856— )
WILTON
WILTSHIRE [WILTS]
WIMBLEDON
WIMBORNE (WIMBORNE MINSTER)
EMMANUEL FELIX DE WIMPFFEN (1811-1884)
WINBURG
WINCHCOMB
WINCHELSEA
COUNTESS OF ANNE FINCH WINCHELSEA (1661-1720)
ROBERT WINCHELSEA (d. 1313)
WINCHESTER
EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF WINCHESTER
JOHANN JOACHIM WINCKELMANN (1717-.1768)
WIND
WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)
WIND BRACES
WIND INSTRUMENTS (Fr. instruments a vent, Ger. Blasinstrumente, Ital. strumenli da fiato)
WINDAU (Russian V•indava, Lettish Wentepits)
SIR FRANCIS WINDEBANK (1582-1646)
WINDERMERE
WILLIAM WINDHAM (1750-1810)
PRINCE ALFRED WINDISCHGRATZ (1787-1862)
WINDMILL
WINDOW (properly. " wind eye" )
WINDOW CORNICE
WINDOW SEAT
WINDOW TAX
WINDPIPE
WINDSOR
WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)
LUDWIG WINDTHORST (1812–1891)
WINDWARD ISLANDS
WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)
JOHN WINEBRENNER (1797-1860)
GEORG BENEDIKT WINER (1789-1858)
WINES OF
WINES OF THE BRITISH
WINES OF THE UNITED
WINFIELD
SIR FRANCIS REGINALD WINGATE (1861- )
EDWARD MARIA WINGFIELD (c. 156o-c. 1614)
SIR RICHARD WINGFIELD (c. 1469-1525)
EDUARD WINKELMANN (1838-1896)
ARNOLD VON WINKELRIED
WINNEBAGO
WINNIPEG
WINNIPEGOSIS
WINONA
WINSFORD
EDWARD WINSLOW (1595-1655)
JUSTIN WINSOR (1831-1897)
WINSTED
JOHN STRANGE WINTER
PETER WINTER (c. 1755-1825)
HANS KARL VON WINTERFELDT (17o7–1757)
WINTERGREEN
WINTERTHUR
CHRISTIAN WINTHER (1796–1876)
WINTHROP
JOHN WINTHROP (1588-1649)
JOHN WINTHROP (1606-1676)
ROBERT CHARLES WINTHROP (1809-1894)
NINIAN WINZET (1518—1592)
WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)
WIREWORM
WIRKSWORTH
WISBECH
WISCONSIN (known as " the Badger' state ")
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
WISDOM LITERATURE
WISDOM, BOOK OF, or WISDOM OF SOLOMON (Sept. Io4ia IaXwµwvos; Lat. Vulg. Liber sapientiae)
HENRY ALEXANDER WISE (1806-1876)
ISAAC MAYER WISE (1819-1900)
NICHOLAS PATRICK STEPHEN WISEMAN (1802-1865)
GEORGE WISHART (c. 1513-1546)
WISHAW
JOHANNES WISLICENUS (1835-1902)
WISMAR
WITAN, or WITENAGEMOT (from O. Eng. wita, p1. witan, a wise man, and gemot, a meeting, from O. Eng. metan, to meet)
WITCH
WITCH BROOMS
WITCH OF AGNESI
WITCHCRAFT
WITHAM
GEORGE WITHER (1588-1667)
WITHERITE
JOHN WITHERSPOON (1723-1794)
WITNESS
WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)
WITNEY
WITOWT, or WITOLD (1350-1430)
HERMANN WITSIUS (1636-1708)
COUNT SERGE JULIEVICH WITTE (1849— )
WITTELSBACH
WITTEN
WITTENBERG
WITTENBERGE
COUNT LUDWIG ADOLF PETER WITTGENSTEIN
WITTINGAU (Czech, Trreboh)
WITU, or VITU
WIVELISCOMBE (pronounced Wilscomb)
WLADISLAUS (WLADISLAW)
WLADISLAUS I
WLADISLAUS II
WLADISLAUS III
WLADISLAUS IV
WOAD
WOBURN
WOCHUA (Aci;ua.)
WODEN
ROBERT WODROW (1679-1734)
JOSEPH WOELFL (1772--1812)
MARGARET [PEG] WOFFINGTON (c. 1714-1760)
FRIEDRICH WOHLER (1800-1882)
MICHAEL WOHLGEMUTH (1434-1519)
WOKING
WOKINGHAM
JOHN WOLCOT (1738-1819)
ROGER WOLCOTT (1679-1767)
WOLF
WOLF (Canis lupus)
FRIEDRICH AUGUST WOLF (1759-1824)
HUGO WOLF (1860-1903)
JOSEPH WOLF (1820-1899)
WOLFDIETRICH
CHARLES WOLFE (1791-1823)
JAMES WOLFE (1727-1759)
WOLFENBUTTEL
WOLFF (less correctly WOLF), CHRISTIAN (1679-1754)
CASPAR FRIEDRICH WOLFF (1733-1794)
JOSEPH WOLFF (1795–1862)
WOLFRAM VON ESCHENBACH
WOLFRAMITE, or WOLFRAM
WOLGAST
WILLIAM WOLLASTON (1659--1724)
WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON (1766-1828)
WOLLASTONITE
WOLLIN
WOLLONGONG
WOLOF (WoLOFF, JOLOF)
LOUIS FRANCOIS MICHEL RAYMOND WOLOWSKI (1810-1876)
VISCOUNT GARNET JOSEPH WOLSELEY WOLSELEY (1833- )
THOMAS WOLSEY (c. 1475–1530)
CHARLOTTE WOLTER (1834-1897)
WOLVERHAMPTON
HENRY HARTLEY FOWLER WOLVERHAMPTON
WOLVERINE
WOLVERTON
WOMBAT
KOALA WOMBAT
WOMBWELL
WOMEN
WOOD ENGRAVING
WOOD GREEN
ANTHONY A2 WOOD (1632-1695)
JOHN GEORGE WOOD (1827—1889)
MRS HENRY [ELLEN] WOOD (1814—1887)
SEARLES VALENTINE WOOD (1798—188o)
WOODBRIDGE
WOODBURY
CHARLES HERBERT WOODBURY (1864— )
LEVI WOODBURY (1789—1851)
WOODCHUCK
WOODCOCK (O. Eng. wude-cocc, wudu-coc, and wudu-snite)
HENRY SAMPSON WOODFALL (173.9-1805)
WOODFORD
WOODPECKER
LEONARD WOODS (1774-1854)
SIR ALBERT WOODS (1816-1904)
WOODSTOCK
JOHN WOODWARD
SAMUEL WOODWARD (179o-1838)
WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES WOOL
WILLIAM WOOLLETT (1735-1785)
JOHN WOOLMAN (1720-1772)
THOMAS WOOLNER (1825-1892)
WOOLSACK
THEODORE DWIGHT WOOLSEY (18or—1889)
THOMAS WOOLSTON (1669—1731)
WOOLWICH
WOONSOCKET
WOOSTER
WOOTTON BASSETT
WORCESTER
EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF WORCESTER
EARL OF JOHN TIPTOFT WORCESTER (1427—1470)
WILLIAM WORCESTER (c. 1415-c. 1482)
WORCESTERSHIRE
CHARLES WORDSWORTH (1806–1892)
CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH (1774–1846)
CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH (1807–1885)
DOROTHY WORDSWORTH (1771-1855)
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-185o)
WORK
WORKINGTON
WORKS
BOARD OF WORKS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS
WORKS ILLUSTRAT1ID
WORKSOP
WORLD
WORM
WORMS
WORMWOOD
WORSBOROUGH
WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)
WORSLEY
PHILIP STANHOPE WORSLEY (1835-1866)
WORTH
CHARLES FREDERICK WORTH (1825-1895)
WORTHING
NICHOLAS WOTTON (c. 1497–1567)
SIR HENRY WOTTON (1568–1639)
WILLIAM WOTTON (1666-1727)
WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")
PHILIP WOUWERMAN (1618-1668)
WOVEN
WPW
WRAITH
COUNT VON FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ERNST WRANGEL (1784–1877)
KARL GUSTAV VON WRANGEL (1613-1676)
WRASSE
SIR NATHANIEL WILLIAM WRAXALL (1751-1831)
WREATH (O. Eng. wry, from wriian, to twist)
WRECK
KARL WREDE
WREN (O. Eng. wrcknna, Mid. Eng. wrenne; Icel. rindill)
SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN (1632-1723)
WRESTLING (O. Eng. wrcestlian)
WREXHAM (Welsh•Gwrecsam, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Wrighlesham)
CARROLL DAVIDSON WRIGHT (1840-1909)
CHAUNCEY WRIGHT (1830-1875)
JOSEPH WRIGHT (1734-1797)
SILAS WRIGHT (1795-1847)
THOMAS WRIGHT (1809–1884)
THOMAS WRIGHT (1810—1877)
WILLIAM ALDIS WRIGHT (1836– )
WRIST
WRIT (O. Eng. gewrit, writ, from writan, to write)
WRITERS TO THE SIGNET
WRITING
WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)
WROTHAM
WRYNECK (Ger. Wendehals, Dutch draaihalzen, Fr. torcol)
WSJ
WUCHANG
WUCHOW
WUHU
WULFENITE
WULFHERE (d. 675)
WULFSTAN
ST WULFSTAN (c. 1o12—1095)
JURGEN WULLENWEBER (c. 1492—1537)
WILHELM MAX WUNDT (1832— )
WUNTHO
WUPPER
WURTTEMBERG
CHARLES ADOLPHE WURTZ (1817–1884)
WURZBURG
WURZEN
KARL FRIEDRICH ADOLF WUTTKE (1819—1870)
WW1
WYANDOT
WYANDOTTE
WYANDOTTE CAVE
ALEXANDER H WYANT
SIR THOMAS WYAT (1503—1542)
SIR THOMAS WYAT (d. 1554)
JAMES WYATT (1746–1813)
WILLIAM WYCHERLEY (c. 1640-1716)
WYCOMBE (officially CHEPPING WYCOMBE, also CHIPPING or HIGH WYCOMBE)
THOMAS WYKES
ALEXANDER WYLIE (1815-1887)
ROBERT WYLIE (1839—1877)
WYMONDHAM (pronounced Windham)
WYNAAD, or WAINAD
SIR CHARLES WYNDHAM (1837— )
BART SIR WILLIAM WYNDHAM
SIR JOHN WYNN (1553-1627)
ANDREW OF WYNTOUN (?1350-?142o)
WYOMING
WYOMING VALLEY
THOMAS WYON (1792—1817)
SIR THOMAS WYSE (1791—1862)
DANIEL ALBERT WYTTENBACH (1746—1820)
WYVERN, or WIVERN
X11
X112
X1368
X153
X2Q
X2X2
XANTHI (Turkish Eskije)
XANTHIC ACID (xanthogenic acid)
XANTHIPPE
XANTHONE (dibenzo-y-pyrone, or diphenylene ketone oxide)
XANTHUS (mod. Gunuk)
XAPAKTHP ("engraving" or "engraved piece")
FRANCISCO DE XAVIER (1506-1552)
XENIA
XENOCRATES
XENOPHANES
XENOPHON
XERXES (the Greek form of the Pers. Khshayarsha; Old Testament Ahasverus, Akhashverosh—i.e. Ahasuerus (q.v.)—with wrong vocalization and substitution of y for v, instead of Akhshavarsh; in Aramaic inscriptions and papyri from Egypt the name is written Khs
XERXES I
XHDX
XI1I
XIL MATHILDE LETITIA WILHELMINE (1820-1904)
XIL THE REIGN OF VICTORIA
JOANNES XIPHILINUS
XJX
XP1XP2XP3
XRX
XTX
XUV
XVIJI
XVTII
XX1
XXI1
XXI11
XXIII
XXIV
XXIX
XXT
XXTV
XXV
XXV1
XXV11
XXVI
XXVII
XXVII7
XXVIII
XXVL
XXVTII
XXX
XXXV
XXXVI
XXXVII
GUILIELMUS XYLANDER (WILHELM HOLTZMAN, according to his own spelling) (1532-1576)
XYLENE, or DIMETHYL BENZENE, C6H4(CH3)2
XYLOPHONE (Fr. xylophone; Ger. Xylophon, Strohfiedel or Holzharmonika; Ital. armonica de legno)
XYSTUS
Y4RKAND (Chinese name Soche Fu)
YABLONOI, or YABLONOVOI (" Apple Mountains," known to the Mongols as Dynze-daban)
YACHTING
YAK
YAKUB KHAN (1849- )
YAKUT, or YAKUT (Yaqut ibn 'Abdallah ur-Rumi) (1179-1229)