wig
v.
put an artificial hairpiece on the head; scold, rebuke (British)
n.
false hair
WIG
Wig
wig
Noun
1. hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair
(hypernym) hairpiece, false hair, postiche
(hyponym) grizzle
2. British slang for a scolding
(synonym) wigging
(hypernym) chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing
wig (de)
n.
wedge, cleat, fid, key, forelock
wiggen
v.
wedge
Wig
(v. t.)
To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.
(n.)
An old seal; -- so called by fishermen.
(n.)
A kind of raised seedcake.
(n.)
A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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