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WILDERNESS, n. from wild.

1. A desert a tract of land or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide barren plain. In the United States, it is applied only to a forest. In Scripture, it is applied frequently to the deserts of Arabia. The Israelites wandered int he wilderness forty years.
2. The ocean.

The watry wilderness yields no supply.

3. A state of disorder. Not in use.
4. A wood in a garden, resembling a forest.
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Entry for 'Wilderness'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​w/wilderness.html.
 
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