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• Wolf

  ·adj A willying machine. II. Wolf ·adj An eating ulcer or sore. ·cf. <<Lupus>>. III. Wolf ·adj A w...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Wolf

  Heb. zeeb, frequently referred to in Scripture as an emblem of treachery and cruelty. Jacob's prophe...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• wolf

  n. called also Native Wolf, Marsupial Wolf and Zebra Wolf, TasmanianTiger and Hyaena; genus, Thylac...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Wolf

  There can be little doubt that the wolf of Palestine is the common Canis lupus, and that this is the...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Aard-wolf

  ·noun A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. ·s...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Sea wolf

  ·- A sea lion. II. Sea wolf ·- The wolf fish. III. Sea wolf ·- The sea elephant. IV. Sea wolf ·- ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• marsupial wolf

  n. See thylacine and tasmanian tiger. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• zebra-wolf

  n. i.q. Tasmanian Wolf,or Tasmanian Tiger (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• sea-wolf

  The wolf-fish, Anarrhicas lupus. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• wolf-fish

  ♦ Anarhichas lupus, also called cat-fish. A fish of the northern seas, from 2 to 3 feet long, with f...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• wolf in the breast

  An extraordinary mode of imposition, sometimes practised in the country by strolling women, who have...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• wolf in the stomach

  A monstrous or canine appetite. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose