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  1. 1. n. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. An old seal; -- so called by fishermen. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A kind of raised seedcake. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. British slang for a scolding Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. 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. 2. An old seal; -- so called by fishermen. Wig tree. (Bot.) See Smoke tree, under Smoke. To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold. [Slang] A kind of raised seedcake. "Wiggs and ale." Pepys. Source: webster
  8. 8. To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.[Slang] Source: adambom
  9. 9. n:100 n. hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair n. British slang for a scolding Source: ecdict

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