資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Wig \Wig\, n. [Abbreviation from periwig.]
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}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
wig tree
n : Old World shrub having large plumes of yellowish feathery
flowers resembling puffs of smoke [syn: {Venetian sumac},
{Cotinus coggygria}]