a heavy gray- white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees

a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm

the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet

the twenty- third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how.

Chemical symbol for tungsten ( wolfram).

Twenty- third letter of the alphabet. Alone, it stands for west, as W. Indies.

The twenty - third letter in the English alphabet.

Is the twenty- third letter of the English alphabet, which takes its written form and its name from the union of two V's, this being the form of the Roman capital letter which we call U, the name being given to it from its form, not its sound. W is precisely the ou of the French, and the u of the Spaniards, Italians, and Germans, With the other vowels it forms diphthongs; as, in well, want, will, dwell, pronounced ooell, ooant, ooill, dooell. At the end of words, after a and o W is often silent, as in law, saw, low, sow.

W. S. Damrell, 13 Mass. – In and Out of Rebel Prisons by Lieut. A. [Alonzo] Cooper

Linen rag is the only safe substance for good papers, and artists now have in the O. W. papers a large series that they can rely on being made of linen only. – The Practice and Science Of Drawing by Harold Speed

W Lawrence, 2; 2 mi. – Geographic Variation in the Harvest Mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis, On the Central Great Plains And in Adjacent Regions by J. Knox Jones B. Mursaloglu

I knew better than to tell what I had just heard from Mr. W., but I never felt a greater curiosity about anything than I did to know how the matter would end. – The Lamplighter by Maria S. Cummins

Not so to Mr. W-. – Home Scenes, and Home Influence A Series of Tales and Sketches by T. S. Arthur

And so have I, A W, so have I. I'm afraid youll have to get somebody else. – Greener Than You Think by Ward Moore

It was a stretched- out iron W, flattened down between girders across top and bottom. – Careers of Danger and Daring by Cleveland Moffett

" So much for the I. W. W. men.... – The Desert of Wheat by Zane Grey

Their son, my great- grand- father, the famous General George W. Gloame, then a child of three, was lying on the bed with his mother, asleep." – Her Weight in Gold by George Barr McCutcheon

Here, then, of a " celestial" agent of W. H. Smith I bought my papers; usually the " Standard" and the " Daily Telegraph." – Far Off Things by Arthur Machen

As G. W. Steevens says, there is dizzy- magic in the very names. – Olivia in India by O. Douglas

W. H. Herndon, Springfield, April 12, has just returned from the East. – The Life of Lyman Trumbull by Horace White

Music composed by W. T. Wrighton. – Charles Dickens and Music by James T. Lightwood

From the German of W. Heimburg. – Quicksands by Adolph Streckfuss

From your humble and unworthy servant, E-- W--. – The Dairyman's Daughter by Legh Richmond

May 1st 4 w. – Our Calendar by George Nichols Packer

On the other hand, Professor O. M. W. Sprague thinks the " other loans and discounts" of large city banks are more liquid than my statement would indicate. – The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.

" Not much," W. cat said. – Michelangelo's Shoulder by John Moncure Wetterau

G. W. Bailey: I have a few, planted eight years, but the fruit this year was very small. – The Apple by Various

Who is this J. W.? – The Living Link by James De Mille