Wig
[wɪg] or [wɪɡ]
Definition
(noun.) hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair.
(noun.) British slang for a scolding.
Edited by Jason--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) An old seal; -- so called by fishermen.
(v. t.) To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.
(n.) A kind of raised seedcake.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Peruke, periwig, scratch.
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Definition
n. an artificial covering of hair for the head worn to conceal baldness formerly for fashion's sake as in the full-dress full-bottomed form of Queen Anne's time still worn by the Speaker and by judges and the smaller tie-wig still represented by the judge's undress wig and the barrister's or advocate's frizzed wig: a judge. (For Bag-wig see Bag.)—n. Wig′-block a block or shaped piece of wood for fitting a wig on.—adj. Wigged wearing a wig.—n. Wig′gery false hair: excess of formality.—adj. Wig′less without a wig.—n. Wig′-mā′ker a maker of wigs.
v.t. (coll.) to scold.—n. Wig′ging a scolding.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream you wear a wig, indicates that you will soon make an unpropitious change. To lose a wig, you will incur the derision and contempt of enemies. To see others wearing wigs, is a sign of treachery entangling you.
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Examples
- It will be good for my vanity, I was getting too proud of my wig. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The gentleman in the bag wig laid bundles of papers on his lordship's table, and his lordship silently selected one and turned over the leaves. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And if you hadn't come round to me tonight, dash my wig if I wouldn't have come round to you tomorrow. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Swiftly I threw off my clothes, pulled on those of a beggar, and put on my pigments and wig. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was a fat old gentleman with a false complexion, false teeth, false whiskers, and a wig. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If I am reserved to wear a wig, I am at least prepared, externally,' in allusion to his baldness, 'for that distinction. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- My Lord being prayed to bid my learned friend lay aside his wig, and giving no very gracious consent, the likeness became much more remarkable. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Adams is going to be called to the bar almost directly, and is to be an advocate, and to wear a wig. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He's pulling off his wig! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Oh, my wig, my wig! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The dealer in dyes and wigs was a shrewd and canny man. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The very barristers' wigs are ill-powdered, and their curls lack crispness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The man who had been a vendor of wigs had now revolutionized the whole spinning world. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Under this cloak he worked, and soon found that his new occupation was vastly more interesting than that of dealer in wigs had been. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And enough to make wigs for all the dolls in the world. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Wigs were the fashion, and Arkwright had an excellent process, and was an energetic and resourceful dealer. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He had come upon a new method of dyeing hair and preparing it to be made into wigs. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We live among bankers and City big-wigs, and be hanged to them, and every man, as he talks to you, is jingling his guineas in his pocket. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But we have to be careful, for we have twice been deceived by wigs and once by paint. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Ecod, he saws away at Mozart and Handel and the rest of the big-wigs like a thorough workman. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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