Anagrams of: WEBDUBOIS

• cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors

• wash with a swab or a mop

• apply (usually a liquid) to a surface

• haul with a tackle

• A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric patterns.

• The patterns so woven, or the fabric containing the patterns.

• An evil or mischievous fairy or ghost sometimes said to haunt a building or household.

• A dotard.

• of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow

• showing an excessively deferential manner

• forming or resembling an arch

• have legs that curve outward at the knees

• convulsive gasp made while weeping

• a dyspneic condition

• insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

• weep convulsively

• a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

• a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

• be a substitute

• An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or the groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis or syphilis.

• haul with a tackle