*wis*

adv. In the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Angle + wise, OE. wise manner. ] In an angular manner; angularly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of English-speaking jews and their culture Anglo-Jewish papers [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. Alternately. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In any wise or way; at all. “Anywise essential.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Arch-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

, adv. [ Prob. a corruption of arriswise. See Arris. ] Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form. Encyc. Brit. Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1593. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Her.) Horizontally. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Her.) Diagonally. [ 1913 Webster ]

ads. In the direction of the breadth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. brewis, brouwys, browesse, brewet, OF. brouet, -s being the OF. ending of the nom. sing. and acc. pl.; dim. of OHG. brod. √93. See Broth, and cf. Brose. ] 1. Broth or pottage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Let them of their Bonner's “beef” and “broth” make what brewis they please for their credulous guests. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Bread soaked in broth, drippings of roast meat, milk, or water and butter. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Breadthwise. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Her.) In the manner of a chevron; as, the field may be divided chevronwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. -- of rotatory motion. dextral [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. & adv. in the same direction as the hands of a clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; -- said of that direction of a rotation about an axis, or about a point in a plane, which is ordinarily reckoned negative. Also said of the direction of a spiral, in which case the term right-handed is more common. Opposite of counterclockwise, and left-handed.
Syn. -- right-handed, dextrorotary, dextrorotatory. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } adv. By way of, or along, the coast; following a coastline; as, coastwise winds contributed to the storm. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock; counterclockwise. Opposite of clockwise. [ Also See: sinistral. ]
Syn. -- counterclockwise, anticlockwise. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. 1. On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwise, blessing. 1 Pet. iii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a contrary order; conversely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Everything that acts upon the fluids must, at the same time, act upon the solids, and contrariwise. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With the corner in front; diagonally; not square. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. & adv. in the opposite direction to that in which the hands of a clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; -- of rotatory motion or spiral direction. Opposite of clockwise, or right-handed [ Narrower terms: sinistral levororotary, levorotatory ]
Syn. -- left-handed. [ PJC ]

a. [ From Cow, v. t. ] Timorous; fearful; cowardly. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Cous) with edible tuberous roots, found in Oregon. [ Written also cous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the form of a crescent; like a crescent. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the form of a cross; across; transversely. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a daw. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. After the manner of a drop; in the form of drops. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trickling dropwise from the cleft. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge. [ 1913 Webster ]

to get a word in edgewise to succeed in expressing an opinion in a conversation, in spite of constant speech from another or others; as, he talked incessantly and I couldn't get a word in edgewise. the form edgeways is now uncommon. [ PJC ]

Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Otherwise. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. 1. On end; erectly; in an upright position. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With the end forward. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To twist or wreathe round; to intwine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors the practice of fallowing land. [ R. ] Sinclair. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of fess. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. or adv. With the flat side downward, or next to another object; not edgewise. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To wish beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a gate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Three circles of stones set up gatewise. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a guest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who wishes ill to another; an enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To twist together one with another; to intertwine. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By intertwisting, or being intertwisted.

v. t. To wish mutually in regarded to each other. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Entwist. ] To twist into or together; to interweave. [ Written also entwist. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Indeed; truly. See Ywis. [ Written also iwys, iwisse, etc. ] [ Obs. ] Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Juise. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews; characteristic of or resembling the Jews or their customs; Israelitish. -- Jew"ish*ly, adv. -- Jew"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Judaism. [ PJC ]

. A lunisolar calendar in use among Hebraic peoples, reckoning from the year 3761 b. c., the date traditionally given for the Creation. It received its present fixed form from Hillel II. about 360 a. d. The present names of the months, which are Babylonian-Assyrian in origin, replaced older ones, Abib, Bul, etc., at the time of the Babylonian Exile. Nineteen years constitute a lunar cycle, of which the 3d, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th, and 19th years are leap years. The year 5663 [ 1902-3 a. d. ] was the first year of the 299th lunar cycle. The common year is said to be defective, regular, or perfect (or abundant) according as it has 353, 354, or 355 days. The leap year has an intercalary month, and a total of 383 (defective), 384 (regular), or 385 (perfect, or abundant) days. The calendar is complicated by various rules providing for the harmonious arrangement of festivals, etc., so that no simple perpetual calendar can be constructed. The following table gives the months in order, with the number of days assigned to each. Only three months vary in length. They are: Heshvan, which has 30 days in perfect years; Kislev, which has 30 days in regular and perfect years; and Adar, which has 30 days in leap years. The ecclesiastical year commences with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri. The date of the first of Tishri, or the Jewish New Year, is also given for the Jewish years 5661-5696 (1900-1935 a. d.). From these tables it is possible to transform any Jewish date into Christian, or vice versa, for the years 1900-1935 a. d. Months of the Jewish Year.

 1 Tishri . . . . . . 30 2 Heshvan . . . . . 29 (r. & d.) or 30 (p.) 3 Kislev . . . . . . 29 (d.) or 30 (r. & p.) 4 Tebet . . . . . . 29 5 Shebat . . . . . . 30 6 Adar . . . . . . . 29 or 30 (l.) -- Veadar . . . . . 29 (occuring only in leap years) 7 Nisan . . . . . . .30 8 Ivar . . . . . . ..29 9 Sivan . . . . . . .30 10 Tammux . . . . . . 29 11 Ab . . . . . . . . 30 12 Elul . . . . . . ..29  Jewish Year a. d.
 ----------------------------------------------------------- 5661 p. begins Sept. 24, 1900 5662 d.l. “ “ 14, 1901 5663 p. “ Oct. 2, 1902 5664 r. “ Sept. 22, 1903 5665 p.l. “ “ 10, 1904 5666 p. “ “ 30, 1905 5667 r. “ “ 20, 1906 5668 d.l. “ “ 6, 1907 5669 p. “ “ 26, 1908 5670 d.l. “ “ 16, 1909 5671 r. “ Oct. 4, 1910 5672 p. “ Sept. 23, 1911 5673 p.l. “ “ 12, 1912 5674 r. “ Oct. 2, 1913 5675 d. “ Sept. 21, 1914 5676 p.l. “ “ 9, 1915 5677 r. “ “ 28, 1916 5678 p. “ “ 17, 1917 5679 d.l. begins Sept. 7, 1918 5680 r. “ “ 25, 1919 5681 p.l. “ “ 13, 1920 5682 p. “ Oct. 3, 1921 5683 d. “ Sept. 23, 1922 5684 r.l. “ “ 11, 1923 5685 p. “ “ 29, 1924 5686 p. “ “ 19, 1925 5687 d.l. “ “ 9, 1926 5688 r. “ “ 27, 1927 5689 p.l. “ “ 15, 1928 5690 d. “ Oct. 5, 1929 5691 r. “ Sept. 23, 1930 5692 p.l. “ “ 12, 1931 5693 p. “ Oct. 1, 1932 5694 r. “ Sept. 23, 1933 5695 d.l. “ “ 10, 1934 5696 p. “ “ 28, 1935 

n. [ Obs. ] Same as Juise. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]