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Ripe for weeping; ready to weep. Shak.

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  • READY-MADE
    Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.
  • WEEPING TREE
    Any tree having pendulous branches. A tree from which honeydew or other liquid secretions of insects drip in considerable quantities, esp. one infested by the larvæ of any species of the genus Ptylus, allied to the cuckoo spits, which in tropical
  • WEEPER
    The capuchin. See Capuchin, 3 . (more info) 1. One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears. 2. A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of mourning. Goldsmith.
  • WEEP
    The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.
  • WEEPFUL
    Full of weeping or lamentation; grieving. Wyclif.
  • READY-WITTED
    Having ready wit.
  • WEEPINGLY
    In a weeping manner.
  • WEEPING-RIPE
    Ripe for weeping; ready to weep. Shak.
  • READY
    A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim. All ready, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or prepared. " am all redy at
  • WEEPING
    The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.
  • ENSWEEP
    To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. Thomson.
  • OVERREADY
    Too ready. -- O"ver*read"*i*ly, adv. -- O"ver*read"i*ness, n.
  • PEASWEEP
    The pewit, or lapwing. The greenfinch.
  • SWEEPAGE
    The crop of hay got in a meadow.
  • FORWEEP
    To weep much.
  • ALREADY
    Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. "Joseph was in Egypt already." Exod. i. 5. I say unto you, that Elias is come already. Matt. xvii. 12. Note: It has reference to past time, but may be used
  • SWEEPING
    Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping
  • SWEEP-SAW
    A bow-saw.
  • SWEEPY
    Moving with a sweeping motion. The branches bend before their sweepy away. Dryden.
  • THREADY
    1. Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub. 2. Containing, or consisting of, thread.
  • SWEEPWASHER
    One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used.
  • UNREADY
    1. Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy. Dryden. Nor need the unready virgin strike her breast. Keble. 2. Not dressed; undressed.
  • SWEEPER
    One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper. It is oxygen which is the great sweeper of the economy. Huxley.
  • SWEEPINGS
    Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street.
  • SWEEP
    To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net. 7. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope. To sweep, or sweep up, a mold , to form the

 

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