noun. An artificial covering of human or synthetic hair worn on the head for personal adornment, as part of a costume, or to conceal baldness.

transitive verb. To scold or censure.

phrasal verb. To make or become wildly excited, enthusiastic, or crazy.

noun. A beast of burden, as a horse or an ass.

noun. A sort of cake.

To rate or scold severely.

noun. An artificial covering of hair for the head, used generally to conceal baldness, but formerly worn as a fashionable head-dross.

noun. The full-grown male fur-seal of Alaska, Callorhinus ursinus. See cut ununder fur-seal.

noun. The head.

To post a scout on the route of flight in a pigeon race, with a hen pigeon to attract the opponent's bird and retard his progress. Barrère and Leland.

transitive verb. To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.

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.

noun. An old seal; -- so called by fishermen.

noun. See Smoke tree, under Smoke.

noun. A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness; for cultural or religious reasons; for fashion; or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying.

verb. To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).

verb. To upbraid, reprimand.

verb. To become very excitable or emotional; to lose control of one's emotions.

noun. hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair

noun. British slang for a scolding

"We may therefore suppose this wig [_shews a large wig_] to be a huge quarto in large paper; this is a duodecimo in small print [_takes the knowing head_]; and this a jockey's head, sweated down to ride a sweepstakes."

allonge wig  blenheim wig  campain wig  cauliflower wig  earwig  

wig out  

bald wig  bewigged  fright wig  wig out  wigged  

chiding  objurgation  scolding  tongue-lashing  

Whig  big  brig  dig  fig  

beard  bonnet  breech  curl  glove  

Brutus  Chedreux  admonishment  admonition  bawl out  

wigged  wigging  

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