n. [ AS. wenn; akin to D. wen, LG. wenne. ] (Med.) An indolent, encysted tumor of the skin; especially, a sebaceous cyst. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. wenche, for older wenchel a child, originally, weak, tottering; cf. AS. wencle a maid, a daughter, wencel a pupil, orphan, wincel, winclu, children, offspring, wencel weak, wancol unstable, OHG. wanchol; perhaps akin to E. wink. See Wink. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Lord and lady, groom and wench. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
That they may send again
My most sweet wench, and gifts to boot. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
He was received by the daughter of the house, a pretty, buxom, blue-eyed little wench. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]
She shall be called his wench or his leman. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is not a digression to talk of bawds in a discourse upon wenches. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n. One who wenches; a lewd man. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Being without a wench. Shak. “Mr. Clinton,
obs. p. p. of Wene. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
To Athens shall the lovers wend. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To direct; to betake; -- used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used reflexively. “Great voyages to wend.” Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (O. Eng. Law) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. [ Obs. ] Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]