Definition of Woodin
Wood"en (?), a. 1. Made
or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a
wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding.
2. Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff;
spiritless.
When a bold man is out of countenance, he makes a very
wooden figure on it. Collier.
His singing was, I confess, a little
wooden. G. MacDonald.
Wooden spoon. (a) (Cambridge
University, Eng.) The last junior optime who takes a university
degree, -- denoting one who is only fit to stay at home and stir
porridge. "We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not
be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never
heard of the differential calculus." Macaulay. (b)
In some American colleges, the lowest appointee of the junior year;
sometimes, one especially popular in his class, without reference to
scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to this
person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies. -- Wooden
ware, a general name for buckets, bowls, and other articles
of domestic use, made of wood. -- Wooden wedding.
See under Wedding.
Wood"en (?), a. 1. Made
or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a
wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding.
2. Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff;
spiritless.
When a bold man is out of countenance, he makes a very
wooden figure on it. Collier.
His singing was, I confess, a little
wooden. G. MacDonald.
Wooden spoon. (a) (Cambridge
University, Eng.) The last junior optime who takes a university
degree, -- denoting one who is only fit to stay at home and stir
porridge. "We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not
be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never
heard of the differential calculus." Macaulay. (b)
In some American colleges, the lowest appointee of the junior year;
sometimes, one especially popular in his class, without reference to
scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to this
person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies. -- Wooden
ware, a general name for buckets, bowls, and other articles
of domestic use, made of wood. -- Wooden wedding.
See under Wedding.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Made of wood: "a wooden boat".
- As if made of wood (figuratively):
- #Moving awkwardly
- #Unmoving
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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