=Wadman= (_Widow_), a comely widow, who would full fain secure Uncle Toby for her second husband. Amongst other wiles, she pretends to have something in her eye, and gets Uncle Toby to look for it. As the kind-hearted hero of Namur does so, the gentle widow gradually places her face nearer and nearer the captain’s mouth, under the hope that he will kiss and propose.--Sterne, _The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy_ (1759). =Wagner=, the faithful servant and constant companion of Faust, in Marlowe’s drama called _The Life and Death of Dr. Faustus_ (1589); in Goethe’s _Faust_ (German, 1798); and in Gounod’s opera of _Faust_ (1859). Wagner is a type of the pedant. He sacrifices himself to books as Faust does to knowledge ... the dust of folios is his element, parchment the source of his inspiration.... He is one of those who, in the presence of Niagara, would vex you with questions about arrow-headed inscriptions ... or the origin of the Pelasgi.--Lewes. =Wa´hela=, Lot’s wife, who was confederate with the men of Sodom, and gave them notice when a stranger came to visit her husband. Her sign was smoke by day and fire by night. Wahela was turned into a pillar of salt.--Jallâlo´ddin, _Al Zamakh_. =Wa´ila= (3 _syl._), wife of Noah, who told the people her husband was distraught. The wife of Noah [_Wâïla_] and the wife of Lot [_Wâhela_] were both unbelievers, ... and it shall be said unto them at the last day, “Enter ye into hell fire, with those who enter therein.”--_Al Korân_, lxvi. =Wainamoi´nen=, the Orpheus of Finnish mythology. His magic harp performed similar wonders to that of Orpheus (2 _syl._). It was made of the bones of a pike; that of Orpheus was of tortoiseshell. The “beloved” of Wainamoinen was a treasure called Sampo, which was lost as the poet reached the verge of the realms of darkness; the “beloved” of Orpheus was Eurydi´cê, who was lost just as the poet reached the confines of earth, after his descent into hell. ⁂ See Kalewala, _Rune_, xxii. It is very beautiful. An extract is given in Baring Gould’s _Myths of the Middle Ages_, 440-444. =Waitwell=, the lackey of Edward Mirabell, and husband of Foible, governante of the household of Lady Wishfort. By his master’s request, Waitwell personates Sir Roland, and makes love to Lady Wishfort, but the trick is discovered before much mischief is done.--W. Congreve, _The Way of the World_ (1700). =Wakefield= (_Harry_), the English drover killed by Robin Oig.--Sir W. Scott, _The Two Drovers_ (time, George III.). =Wakeman= (_Sir George_), physician to Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I.--Sir W. Scott, _Peveril of the Peak_ (time, Charles II.). =Waldeck= (_Martin_), the miner, and hero of a story read by Lovel to a picnic party at the ruins of St. Ruth’s Priory.--Sir W. Scott, _The Antiquary_ (time, George III.).