Wood.

Knight of the Wood or Knight of the Mirrors. So called because his coat was overspread with numerous small mirrors. It was Sampson Carrasco, a bachelor of letters, who adopted the disguise of a knight under the hope of overthrowing Don Quixote, when he would have imposed upon him the penalty of returning to his home for two years; but it so happéned that Don Quixote was the victor, and Carrasco’s scheme was abortive. As Knight of the White Moon Carrasco again challenged the Manʹchegan lunatic, and overthrew him; whereupon the vanquished knight was obliged to return home, and quit the profession of knight-errantry for twelve months. Before the term expired he died. (Cervantes: Don Quixote, pt. ii. bk. i. 11, etc.; bk. iv. 12.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Wokey
Wolf (in music)
Wolf
Wolf
Wolf Men
Wolf-month or Wolf-monath
Wolf’s-bane
Wolves
Wonder
Wonder-worker
Wood
Wood
Wood’s Halfpence
Woodbind
Woodbine
Woodcock (A)
Wooden Horse (The)
Wooden Horse (To ride the)
Wooden Horse of Troy
Wooden Mare (The)
Wooden Spoon

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