‖n. [ D, earth-wolf ] (Zool.) A carnivorous, striped, quadruped mammal (Proteles cristata, formerly Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. It feeds chiefly on insects. See Proteles. [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A crafty fox. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A half wolf; a mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Delve. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

n. (Zool.) (a) The orange filefish. See Filefish. (b) The winter flounder. See Flounder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. kolf club or bat, also a Dutch game played in an inclosed area with clubs and balls; akin to G. kolben club, but end, Icel. k&unr_;lfr tongue of a bell. bolt, Sw. kolf bolt, dart, but end, Dan. kolv bolt, arrow. Cf. Club, Globe. ] A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner. [ Scot. ] Strutt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Golfed p. pr. & vb. n. Golfing. ] To play at golf.

Last mystery of all, he learned to golf. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a motorized cart in which golfers can ride between shots.
Syn. -- golf cart. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an implement used by a golfer to hit a golf ball.
Syn. -- club. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who plays golf. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of playing golf. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A reddish-gray wolf (Canis rufus or Canis niger) of Southwestern North America.
Syn. -- red wolf, Canis rufus, Canis niger. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zool.) The European bullfinch. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Olfactory. ] (Physiol.) The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Olfactory, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A smelling organ; a nose. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. olfactus, p. p. of olfacere to smell; olere to have a smell + facere to make. See Odor, and Fact. ] (Physiol.) Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the sense of smell; as, the olfactory nerves; the olfactory cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

Olfactory organ (Anat.), an organ for smelling. In vertebrates the olfactory organs are more or less complicated sacs, situated in the front part of the head and lined with epithelium innervated by the olfactory (or first cranial) nerves, and sensitive to odoriferous particles conveyed to it in the air or in water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Olfactories An olfactory organ; also, the sense of smell; -- usually in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. genus consisting of one species; in some classification systems it is included in the genus Polyboatrya.
Syn. -- genus Olfersia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) Same as African wild dog.
Syn. -- African wild dog, African hunting dog. [ PJC ]

n. One bred at the same school; an associate in school. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) (a) The wolf fish. (b) The European sea perch. (c) The sea elephant. (d) A sea lion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It., from solfo sulphur. ] A sulphur mine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.[ It., from solfo brimstone, sulphur, L. sulfur, E. sulphur. ] (Geol.) A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖v. i.[ It. ] (Mus.) To sol-fa. See Sol-fa, v. i. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.[ It., fr. solfa the gamut. ] (Mus.) The system of arranging the scale by the names do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, by which singing is taught; a singing exercise upon these syllables. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of the dyes derived from aniline; -- so called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought about the time of its discovery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Werewolf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Werewolves [ AS. werwulf; wer a man + wulf a wolf; cf. G. wärwolf, währwolf, wehrwolf, a werewolf, MHG. werwolf. √285. See Were a man, and Wolf, and cf. Virile, World. ] A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct. [ 1913 Webster ]

The werwolf went about his prey. William of Palerne. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brutes that wear our form and face,
The werewolves of the human race. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Wolves [ OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. ūlfr, Sw. ulf, Dan. ulv, Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos, Skr. v&rsdot_;ka; also to Gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag, tear in pieces. √286. Cf. Lupine, a., Lyceum.] [1913 Webster]

1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of carnivorous mammal belonging to the genus Canis (family Canidae) and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (Canis occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, more commonly called coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and, rarely, even man. [1913 Webster + PJC]

2. (Zool.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf. [1913 Webster]

3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door. [1913 Webster]

4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries. [1913 Webster]

5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf into thy side. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

6. (Mus.) (a) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament. (b) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale. [1913 Webster]

7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. Knight. [1913 Webster]

Black wolf. (Zool.) (a) A black variety of the European wolf which is common in the Pyrenees. (b) A black variety of the American gray wolf. --
Golden wolf (Zool.), the Thibetan wolf (Canis laniger); -- called also chanco. --
Indian wolf (Zool.), an Asiatic wolf (Canis pallipes) which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also landgak. --
Prairie wolf (Zool.), the coyote. --
Sea wolf. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary. --
Strand wolf (Zool.) the striped hyena. --
Tasmanian wolf (Zool.), the zebra wolf. --
Tiger wolf (Zool.), the spotted hyena. --
To keep the wolf from the door, to keep away poverty; to prevent starvation. See Wolf, 3, above. Tennyson. --
Wolf dog. (Zool.) (a) The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees, supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of the St. Bernard dog. (b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves. (c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo dog. --
Wolf eel (Zool.), a wolf fish. --
Wolf fish (Zool.), any one of several species of large, voracious marine fishes of the genus Anarrhichas, especially the common species (Anarrhichas lupus) of Europe and North America. These fishes have large teeth and powerful jaws. Called also catfish, sea cat, sea wolf, stone biter, and swinefish. --
Wolf net, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great numbers of fish. --
Wolf's peach (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple (Lycopersicum esculentum). --
Wolf spider (Zool.), any one of numerous species of running ground spiders belonging to the genus Lycosa, or family Lycosidae. These spiders run about rapidly in search of their prey. Most of them are plain brown or blackish in color. See Illust. in App. --
Zebra wolf (Zool.), a savage carnivorous marsupial (Thylacinus cynocephalus) native of Tasmania; -- called also Tasmanian wolf. [1913 Webster]

n. (Bot.) An American shrub (Symphoricarpus occidentalis) which bears soft white berries. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Discovered, or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733-1794), the founder of modern embryology. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wolffian body, the mesonephros. --
Wolffian duct, the duct from the Wolffian body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Originally, a large hound used in hunting wolves; now, any one of certain breeds of large dogs, some of which are nearly identical with the great Danes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Like a wolf; having the qualities or form of a wolf; as, a wolfish visage; wolfish designs. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Wolf"ish*ly, adv. -- Wolf"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A little or young wolf. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A young wolf. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. ] 1. (Min.) Same as Wolframite. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. same as tungsten. [ PJC ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of wolframic acid; a tungstate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to wolframium. See Tungstic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G., wolframit, wolfram; wolf wolf + rahm cream, soot; cf. G. wolfsruss wolfram, lit., wolf's soot. ] (Min.) Tungstate of iron and manganese, generally of a brownish or grayish black color, submetallic luster, and high specific gravity. It occurs in cleavable masses, and also crystallized. Called also wolfram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Wolfram. ] (Chem.) The technical name of the element tungsten. See Tungsten. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Same as Tungsten steel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Bot.) A poisonous plant (Aconitum Lycoctonum), a kind of monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the genus Aconitum. See Aconite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A kind of club moss. See Lycopodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Club moss. See Lycopodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia); -- so called from its acrid milky juice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Wool + fell a skin. ] A skin with the wool; a skin from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled. [ Written also woolfel. ] [ 1913 Webster ]