wolf

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

WOLF, noun WULF. [G., Gr.] 1. An animal of the genus Canis, a beast of prey that kills sheep and other small domestic animals; called sometimes the wild dog. The wolf is crafty, greedy and ravenous. 2. A small white worm or maggot, which infests granaries. 3. An eating ulcer.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

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