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Available Definitions:
1) n. - pl. of Wolf.
2) a. - One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf.
3) a. - Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.
4) a. - A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
5) a. - An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus.
6) a. - The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.
7) a. - In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale.
8) a. - A willying machine.
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