(figuratively) To regret or retract what one has said.

(organic chemistry) The compound methyl alcohol or methanol.

Any of the Wonders of the World.

(Britain) A form of address of a mayor and other dignitaries / (Canada, archaic) A form of address of a mayor.

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY8486).

An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood. / A surname originating as an occupation for a woodsman. / An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa.

(idiomatic) Being planned or worked upon. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: In a mechanism or machine.

The Americas and Oceania.

(of textiles) Having the fibres dyed before they are formed into cloth.

(idiomatic, chiefly US) Work or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness.