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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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