On the alert; ready; prepared.
The Captain was wide awake, but said nothing.--Simon Suggs, p. 37.
·noun A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat. II. Wide-awake ·adj Fully awake; not drowsy or dull; h...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action. II. Awake ·vt...
Acquainted with, knowing the business. Stow the books, the culls are awake; hide the cards, the fell...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·superl Remote; distant; far. II. Wide ·noun That which is wide; wide space; width; extent. III. W...
·add. ·adj Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; — applied to certain lenses of rela...
·adj Extended throughout the world; as, world-wide fame. ...
A name of the Lophius piscatorius, toad-fish, or fishing-frog. ...
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