Wig

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A kind of raised seedcake.

II. Wig ·noun An old seal;

— so called by fishermen.

III. Wig ·vt To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to Scold.

IV. Wig ·noun 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.

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