_Wedge-array_, an arrangement of fighting men in which they stood close together in the form of a triangle. _Weed_, dress. _Well up_, to rise as a spring bubbles out of the ground; used of feelings with the meaning "to arise and grow strong," e.g. "Wrath in his heart wells up." _Welter_, the toss and ripple of the sea-waves. _Wend_, to go. _Whetted_, stirred up, made sharp or eager, e.g. "the whetted Wrath." _Whileome_, in the past, once upon a time. _Whiles_, from time to time. _Whit_, a very small particle, a trifle, e.g. never a whit, no whit. _Wight_, a man, a creature, e.g. sea-wights, great sea-monsters. _Wise_, way, manner, after the fashion of. _Witch-wife_, witch. Wife here means woman. _Wold_, a hill; often used to mean open country. _Wood-craft_, knowledge of the woods and of all creatures in them, e.g. "His wood-craft waxed so great, that he seemed the king of the creatures." _Wot_, to know. _Wrack_, strife, destruction, ruins. _Wrack of a mighty battle_, the dead left on the field. _Wrights_, workmen, makers. _Writhen_, bent, twisted out of shape, e.g. "Writhen and foul were the hands that made it glorious." _Written spear_, a spear carved with letters or words. _Yearn_, to long, to feel tenderness towards, e.g. "My heart to him doth yearn." _Yore_, long ago; generally used in the expression "of yore," formerly, once upon a time. LONGMANS' CLASS-BOOKS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE Each Volume contains an Introduction and Notes. Alcott's Little Women. Allen's Heroes of Indian History and Stories of their Times. With Maps and Illustrations. Anderson's English Letters selected for Reading in Schools. Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum, and Balder Dead. Ballantyne's The Coral Island. (Abridged). Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Cook's (Captain) Voyages. Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. (Abridged). With Illustrations. Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Dickens, Selections from. With Illustrations. Doyle's Micah Clarke. (Abridged). With 20 Illustrations. Doyle's The Refugees. (Abridged). With Illustrations. Doyle's The White Company. (Abridged). With 12 Illustrations. Fronde's Short Studies on Great Subjects. Selections. With Illustrations. Haggard's Eric Bright eyes. (Abridged). Haggard's Lysbeth. (Abridged). Hawthorne's A Wonder Book. Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales. Hughes' Tom Brown's School Days. (Abridged) With Frontispiece. Jefferies (Richard), Selections from. Kingsley's The Heroes. With Illustrations. Kingsley's Hereward the Wake. (Abridged). Kingsley's Westward Ho! Lambs' Tales from Shakespeare. (Abridged.) Lang's Tales of the Greek Seas. With Illustrations. Lang's Tales of Troy. With Illustrations and a Map. Macaulay's History of England. Chap I. Macaulay's History of England. Chap III. Macaulay's History of England, Selections from. Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome, &c. Marryat's Settlers in Canada. Milton's Paradise Lost. Books I, II, III, IV, and V.