n. A trailing grass (Cynodon dactylon) native to Europe, now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in the Southern U. S. and India. Called also
n. [ OE. weke, wike, woke, wuke AS. weocu, wicu, wucu; akin to OS. wika, OFries. wike, D. week, G. woche, OHG. wohha, wehha, Icel. vika, Sw. vecka, Dan. uge, Goth. wik&unr_;, probably originally meaning, a succession or change, and akin to G. wechsel change, L. vicis turn, alternation, and E. weak. Cf. Weak. ] A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next. [ 1913 Webster ]
I fast twice in the week. Luke xviii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Although it [ the week ] did not enter into the calendar of the Greeks, and was not introduced at Rome till after the reign of Theodesius, it has been employed from time immemorial in almost all Eastern countries. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]
Feast of Weeks.
Prophetic week,
Week day.
n. The end of the week, usually comprising the period from Friday evening to Monday morning, observed commonly as a period of respite from work or school;
a.
n.;
adv. Once a week; by hebdomadal periods;
n. See Wigwam. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. weke, wike, woke, wuke AS. weocu, wicu, wucu; akin to OS. wika, OFries. wike, D. week, G. woche, OHG. wohha, wehha, Icel. vika, Sw. vecka, Dan. uge, Goth. wik&unr_;, probably originally meaning, a succession or change, and akin to G. wechsel change, L. vicis turn, alternation, and E. weak. Cf. Weak. ] A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next. [ 1913 Webster ]
I fast twice in the week. Luke xviii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Although it [ the week ] did not enter into the calendar of the Greeks, and was not introduced at Rome till after the reign of Theodesius, it has been employed from time immemorial in almost all Eastern countries. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]
Feast of Weeks.
Prophetic week,
Week day.
n. The end of the week, usually comprising the period from Friday evening to Monday morning, observed commonly as a period of respite from work or school;
a.
n.;
adv. Once a week; by hebdomadal periods;
n. See Wigwam. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]