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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Index Guide

willful voluntary 600 obstinate 606 willingness 602 willing 762 – or unwilling 601 will-o’-the-wisp luminary 423 imp 980 willow 367, 839 – whistle 410, 417 willy-nilly necessity 601 compulsion (744) willy-willy gale 349 wilted 659 wily 702 wimble 262 wimple 225 win succeed 731 get 775 – the affections love 897 – golden opinions 931 – the heart pleasing 829 – laurels 873 – over belief 484 induce 615 content 831 wince bodily pain 378 emotion 821 excitement 825 mental pain 828 flinch 860 winch lift 307 instrument 633 wind, n. velocity 274 blast 349 life 359 against the – direction 278 opposition 708 before the – direct 278 prosperous 734 cast to the -s repudiate 610 disuse 678 not observe 773 relinquish 782 close to the – 278 fair – 705 get – 531 hit between – and water 659 in the – 151, 152 in the -’s eye 278 lose – 688 outstrip the – 274 preach to the -s 645 raise the – 775 sail near the – direction 278 skill 698 sharp practice 940 scatter to the -s 756 see how the – blows direction 278 experiment 463 foresight 510 fickle 607 see where the – lie 698 short -ed 688 sound of – and limb 654 sport of -s and waves 315 take the – out of one’s sails render powerless 158 hinder 706 defeat 731 to the four -s space 180 touched in the – 655 what’s in the – ? 461 – ahead 708 – and weather permitting qualification 469 possibility 470 wind, v. twirl 248 deviate 279 meander 311 – round one’s finger 175 – round the heart 897 – the horn 416 – up strengthen 159 prepare 673 complete 729accounts 811 – upward ascent 305 windbound 706 windfall 618 windflower 845 wind gauge 349 wind gun 727 winding 248, 311 winding sheet 363 windings and turnings 248 wind instruments 417 windjammer 273 windlass 307 windless 688 windmill 312 window 260 make the -s shake loud noise 404 windpipe 351 wind-up end 67 windward, to – lateral 236 direction 278 windy 349 wine 298 put new – into old bottles 699 winebibbing 959 wine-colored 434 wine cooler 387 wine-red 434 wing adjunct 39 part 51 side 236 fly 267 food 298 side scene 599 instrument 633 refuge 666 army 726 clip the -s 275 lend -s to 707 on the – motion 264 flying 267 transference 270 departure 293 on the -s of the wind 274 take – journey 266 fly 267 depart 293 under the – of safe 664 – one’s flight 293 – one’s way 267 with -s active 682 wing-chair 215 winged swift 274 wink nictitate 443 indicate 550 tip the – indicate 550 inform 527 – at be blind to 442 neglect 460 permit 760 forgive 918 – of sleep 683 winner 731, 931 winning [see win] pleasing 829 courteous 894 lovable 897 winnings 775 winnow sift 42 exclude 55 inquire 461 pick 609 clean 652 – the chaff from the wheat discriminate 465 winsome pleasing 829 cheerful 836 love 897 winter season 126 cold 383 – of our discontent 832 wintry 383 wipe dry 340 clean 652 disrespect 929 flog 972 give one a – rebuke 932 – away obliterate 552 – off old scores pay 807 atone 952 – the eyes relieve 834 – the tears pity 914 wire ligature 45 filament 205 inform 527 news 532 messenger 534 telegraph 534 pull the -s 693 wire-drawn long 200 wireless 274, 531, 534 by – 684 – telegram 532 – telegraph 534 – telephone 527 wire-puller 526, 694 wireworm 913 wiry strong 159 wis 514 wisdom 498 have cut one’s – teeth 698 worldly – 864 wise intelligent 498 sage 500 manner 627 in such – 8 – after event 135 – in one’s own conceit 880 – man 500 – maxim 496 word to the – 695 wiseacre ignoramus 493 sage 500 fool 501 wish will 600 intention 620 desire 865 do what one -es 748 not what we – 865 – at the bottom of the Red Sea 832 – is father to the thought misjudge 481 credulous 486 hope 858 desire 865 – joy 896 – well 906 wishbone 993 wishing cap 865, 993 wishing stone 865 wishing-well 865 wish-wash unmeaning 517 wishy-washy weak 160 insipid 391 unmeaning 517 feeble style 575 unimportant 643 wisket 191 wisp 72 wistful thought 451 feeling 821 desirous 865 wit intellect 450 wisdom 498 humor 842 humorist 844 a – with dunces 493 at one’s -’s end uncertain 475 difficulty 704 mother – 498 soul of – 572 to – 522