WA, WAY, s. Wo, grief, S. wae.
Doug.

A. S. wa, wae, Moes. G. wai.

Wayis me, wo is me.
Lyndsay.

Isl. vaes mer, va mihi sit.

Wae worth you, wo befal you, S.
V. Worth.

WA, adj. Sorrowful, S. wae; comp. waer, superl. wayest.
Barbour.

A. S. wa, moestus, afflictus.

WAAH, s. Any thing that causes surprise and admiration, Orkn.

Isl. va, any thing unexpected; commonly used in a bad sense.

WABRAN LEAVES, Great plantain or waybread, S.

A. S. waeg-braede, Teut. wegh-bree, plantago.

To WACHLE, v. n. To move backwards and forwards, S.; E. waggle.

Teut. wagghel-en, id.

To WACHT, v. a. To quaff.
V. Waucht.

WAD, WED, WEDDE, s.
1. A pledge, S.
Sir Tristrem.
2. A wager.
Kelly.

Su. G. wad, A. S. wed, Isl. vaed, pignus.

Wadds, s. pl. A youthful amusement, in which much use is made of pledges, S.
Gl. Sibb.

To Wad, Wed, v. a.
1. to pledge, to bet, to wager, S.
Chr. Kirk.
2. To promise, to engage, S.
Shirrefs.

A. S. wedd-ian, to be surety, spondere.

WADSET, s. A legal deed, by which a debtor gives his heritable subjects into the hands of his creditor, that the latter may draw the rents in payment of the debt; a forensic term, S.
Reg. Maj.

To Wadset, v. a. To alienate heritable property under reversion, S.
Skene.

Su. G. wadsaett-a, Isl. vaedsett-ia, oppignerare.

Wadsetter, s. One who holds the property of another in wadset, S.
Erskine.

Wad-shooting, s. Shooting at a mark for a wad, or prize which is laid in pledge, Ang.
Stat. Acc.

WADAND, part. pr. Expl. fearful.

Ir. uath, fear.

Wyntown.

WADD, s. Woad, used in dyeing.
Chalm. Air.

A. S. wad, waad, Teut. weede, woad.

WADDER, s. Weather.
V. Weddyr.

WADDIN, part. pa. Vigorous.
Henrysone.

Isl. valld-r, validus, potens.

WADER, s. A bird, supposed to be the water-hen, or the water-rail, Aberd.
Stat. Acc.

To WADGE, v. a. To shake in a threatening manner, to brandish, S. B.

Su. G. waeg-a, Belg. weeg-en, librare.

WADY, adj. Vain.
V. Vaudie.

WAE, s. Wo.
V. Wa.

Waeful, adj.
1. Woful, sorrowful; waefu', S.
Burns.
2. Causing sorrow, S.
Ritson.

Waeness, s. Sorrow, vexation, S.

Waesucks, interj. Alas, Clydes.
Falls of Clyde.

A. S. wa, and Dan. Sax. usic, vae nobis.

WAFF, WAIF, WAYF, adj.
1. Strayed, and not as yet claimed.
Quon. Att.

Fr. guesves, vuayves, strays; Isl. vof-a, to wander.

2. Solitary, denoting the awkward situation of one who is in a strange place where he has not a single acquaintance, S.
3. Worthless in conduct, immoral, S.
4. Low-born, ignoble, S. A.
Mannering.

Waff-like, adj. Having a very shabby or suspicious appearance, S.

Waffie, s. A vagabond, Ang.

To WAFF, WAIF, v. n. To wave, to fluctuate, S.
Gawan and Gol.

A. S. waf-ian, Sw. weft-a, vacillare.

To Waff, Waif, v. a. To wave, S.
Douglas.

Waff, Waif, s.
1. A hasty motion, the act of waving, S.
Arnot.
2. A signal, made by waving.
Cromarty.
3. A transient view; as I had just a waff o' him, S.
Guthrie.
4. A slight stroke from any soft body, especially in passing, S.
5. A sudden affection, producing a bodily ailment; as a waff of cauld, S.
6. The contagion of evil example.
Walker.

WAFT, WEFT, WOFT, s. The woof in a web, S.
Adam.

A. S. wefta, Su. G. waeft, id., from waefw-a, to weave.

WA-GANG, WAYGANG, s.
1. A departure.
Ramsay.
2. A disagreeable taste in swallowing, or after a thing is swallowed, S. B.
Journ. Lond.

Teut. wegh-ga-en, abire, wegh-ganck, abitus.

WAGE, s. A pledge, a pawn.
Douglas.

O. Fr. guaige, suretÉ.

Wageoure, s. A stake, E. wager.
Doug.

O. Fr. guaigiere, gage.

Wageour, Vageoure, Vager, s. A mercenary soldier.
Barbour.

WAGGLE, s. A bog, a marsh, S. B., also wuggle.
Law Case.

Teut. waggel-en, agitare, motitare.

WAG-STRING, s. One who dies by means of a halter.
Z. Boyd.

To WAIDE, v. a. To render furious.
Douglas.

A. S. wed-an, insanire, furere.

To WAIDGE, v. a. To pledge.
Montgomerie.

Su. G. waedja, sponsionem facere; L. B. guag-iare, id.

WAYEST, adj. Most sorrowful.
V. Wa.

To WAIF.
V. Waff, v.

To WAIGLE, WEEGGLE, v. n. To waddle, to waggle, S.

Belg. waegel-en, waggel-en, Su. G. wackl-a, motitare.

To WAIK, v. a. To enfeeble.
Douglas.

Su. G. wek-a, vacillare.

To WAIK, v. a. To watch, S. wauk.

A. S. wac-ian, vigilare.

Barbour.

To WAIL, WALE, v. a. To veil.
Doug.

WAIL, s. The gunwale of a ship.

A. S. weal, munimentum.

Douglas.

WAILE, WALE, s. Vale, avail.
V. Wale, v.
Wallace.

WAILE, s. A wand or rod.
K. Hart.

Su. G. wal, C. B. gwal-en, id.

WAILYE QUOD WAILYE.
V. Vailye.

WAILL, s. A vale, or valley.
Wallace.

WAILL, s. Advantage, contr. from avail.
Wallace.

WAYMYNG, WAYMENT, s. Lamentation.
Sir Gawan.

O. Fr. guement-er, se plaindre.

WAYN, WAYNE, s. Plenty.
Wallace.

Su. G. winn-a, sufficere.

WAYN, s. A vein.
Wallace.

To WAYND, v. n. To change, to swerve.
Houlate.

A. S. waend-an, mutare, vertere.

To WAYND, v. n. To care, to be anxious about.
Wallace.

A. S. wand-ian, Isl. vand-a, curare.

WAYNE. In wayne, in vain.
Wallace.

WAYNE, s. Help, relief.
Wallace.

A. S. wen, spes, expectatio.

To WAYNE, v. n. To strike.
Sir Gawan.

Su. G. waan-a, to labour, winn-a, id., also to fight.

To WAYNE, v. a. To remove.
Sir Gawan.

A. S. wan-ian, demere, auferre.

To WAIR, v. a. To spend.
V. Ware.

WAISTY, adj. Void, waste.
Douglas.

WAISTLESS, adj. Without a waist.
Dunbar.

To WAIT, VAIT, WATE, v. n. To know, S. wat.
Compl. S.

Su. G. wet-a, A. S. Moes. G. wit-an, pret. wait.

To WAYT, WATE, v. a. To hunt, to persecute.
Wyntown.

A. S. waeth-an, Su. G. wed-a, venari.

WAITER, s. A token, Border.
V. Witter.

WAITH, s.
1. Raiment.
Philotus.

Su. G. wad, A. S. waede, indumentum.

2. Such a plaid as is worn by women, S. B.
Ross.

WAITH, s. Danger.
Barbour.

O. Su. G. wade, danger.

WAITH, WAITHE, WAITHING, s.
1. The act of hunting.
Sir Gawan.
2. The game taken in hunting, or the sport in fishing.
Wallace.

Isl. veid-a, venari, piscari; veidi, venatio, vel praeda venatione capta.

Waith, Wayth, adj.
1. Wandering, as a waith horse, S.
2. Impertinent.
Douglas.
3. Wandering, roving.
Wyntown.

A. S. wathe, vagatio, a straying, a wandering.

Waithman, Waythman, s. A hunter.
Wyntown.

Teut. weyd-man, venator, auceps.

WAK, adj.
1. Moist, watery, S.
Lyndsay.
2. Rainy; A wak day, a rainy day, S.
Bellenden.
3. Damp, S.
Chalm. Air.

Teut. wack, id., wack weder, aËr humidus.

Wak, s. The moistness and density of the atmosphere.
Douglas.

Waknes, s. Humidity, S. B.
Lyndsay.

To WAKE, v. n. To be unoccupied.

Lat. vac-are.

Wyntown.

WAKERIFE, adj.
V. Walkrife.

WALA, WALÉ, s. Vale.
Wallace.

WALAGEOUSS, WALEGEOUSS, adj. Wanton, lecherous.
Barbour.

A. S. gal, libidinosus; L. B. volagius, levis.

WALD, s. The plain, the ground.

A. S. wold, planities.

Douglas.

WALD, v. aux.
1. Would.
Barbour.

A. S. wold, vellem, from will-an, velle.

2. Should; as denoting necessity.
Crosraguel.

To WALD, WALDE, v. a.
1. To wield, to manage.
Wyntown.
2. To govern.

A. S. weald-an, Su. G. wald-a, dirigere, dominari.

3. To possess.
Wyntown.

Waldyn, adj. Able, powerful.
Bellenden.

Walding, s. Government.
Burel.

To WALE, v. a. To choose, to select; also wyle, S.
Douglas.

Moes. G. wal-jan, Su. G. wael-ia, eligere.

Wale, Wail, s.
1. The act of choosing, S.
Rutherford.
2. That which is chosen in preference to other objects, S.
Douglas.
3. A person or thing that is excellent, S.
Ritson.

Su. G. wal, O. Belg. waele, electio.

WALE, s. A well, a fountain; S. wall.
Skene.

To WALE, v. n. To avail.
Douglas.

To WALE, v. a. To veil.
V. Wail.

Wale, s. A veil.
Wyntown.

WALGIE, s. A wool-sack made of leather, S. B.

Isl. belg-ur, any thing made of a skin.

WALIE, WALLY, adj.
1. Excellent.

A. S. waelig, rich.

Hamilton.
2. Large, ample; A waly bairn, a fine thriving child, S.
Forbes.

Germ. wal-en, to grow luxuriantly; Belg. weelig, luxuriose crescens.

Waly, s. A toy, a gewgaw, S.
Ferguson.

WALY, interj. Expressive of lamentation.
Ramsay.

A. S. wa-la, eheu, ah; from wa, woe, and la, O, oh!

WALY, s. Prosperity. Waly fa, or faw, may good fortune befall, or betide; a phrase not yet entirely obsolete, S. B.
Lyndsay.

A. S. waela, wela, felicitas, prosperitas.

WALYCOAT, s. The same with Wylicot.
Spalding.

WALIT, pret. v. Travelled.
K. Hart.

A. S. weall-ian, Teut. wal-en, peregrinari.

To WALK, v. a. To watch.
Barbour.

Moes. G. wak-an, A. S. wac-ian, vigilare.

Walkrife, adj.
1. Watchful, S. wakrife.
Mellvill's MS.
2. Metaph., kept still alive.
Douglas.

A. S. waecce, watchfulness; and rife, abundant.

To WALL up, v. n. To boil up, S.

Su. G. waell-a, A. S. weall-an, aestuare, fervere.

Wall, s. A wave.
Douglas.

O. Teut. walle, unda, fluctus.

Wally, adj. Billowy, full of waves.
Doug.

To WALL, v. a. To beat two masses into one, S.
V. Well.

To WALLACH, (gutt.) v. n. To use many circumlocutions, Ang.

Su. G. wall-a, to roam.

To WALLACH, v. n. To cry as a child out of humour, to wail, Ang.

Ir. walligh-im, to howl.

WALLAWAY, interj. Alas; S. walawa; E. welaway.
Douglas.

A. S. welawa, Su. G. waleva, proh dolor.

WALLEE, s.
V. Well-ey.

WALLEES, WALISE, s. Saddlebags, S.

Belg. valleys, Fr. valise, a portmanteau.

WALLY, adj.
V. Waly.

WALLIDRAG, s.
1. A feeble ill-grown person; S. wallidraggle, S. B. warydraggel.
Dunbar.
2. A drone, an inactive person.
Dunbar.

Su. G. gaell, testiculus, and dregg, faex. Wary-draggel, might seem allied to Isl. warg draege, filius ab exule genitus.

To WALLOP, WALOP, v. n.
1. To move quickly, with much agitation of the body or clothes, S. B.
Ruddiman.
2. To gallop.
Lyndsay.

Teut. wal-oppe, cursus gradarius.

To WALLOW, WALOW, v. n.
1. To wither, to fade.
Douglas.
2. Metaph. applied to the face.
Hardyknute.
3. Transferred to the mind.
Wyntown.

A. S. wealow-ian, marcescere, Germ. welw-en.

WALROUN, s.
V. Wolroun.

WALSH, WELSCHE, adj. Insipid, S. walsh.
Douglas.

Teut. gaelsch, ingratus, insuavis sapore aut odore.

Walshness, s. Insipidity of taste, S.
Gl. Sibb.

To WALTER, v. a. To overturn.
V. Welter.

Walterar, s. One who overturns.
Poems 16th Cent.

WAMBE, WAME, WAIM, WEAM, WAYME, s.
1. The womb.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
2. The belly, S.
Bellenden.
3. The stomach.
A fow wame, a full stomach; a wamefow, a bellyful, S.
Henrysone.

Moes. G. wamba, A. S. Isl. wamb, venter, uterus.

Weam-ill, s. The belly-ache.
Montgomerie.

Wamyt, Grete Wamyt, Grete Wame.
1. Big-bellied.
Douglas.
2. Pregnant.
Wyntown.

To WAMBLE, v. n. To move in an undulating manner, S.
Cleland.

Isl. vambl-a, aegre protrahere se humi ventre.

WAMBRASSEIRIS, s. Armour for the forepart of the arm.
Acts Ja. I.

Fr. avant, before, and brassart, a vambrace.

To WAMFLE, v. n. To move like a tatterdemallion, whose rags are flapping, Fife.

Germ. waffel-n, motitari, with m inserted.

WAMFLER, WANFLER, s. A rake, a wencher.
Philotus.

WAMYT, adj.
V. under Wambe.

WAN, adj. Deficient.
Houlate.

A. S. wan, deficiens.

WAN, pret. v. Came, &c.
V. Wyn.

WAN, adj.
1. Black, gloomy.
Wallace.

A. S. wan; wan wolcen, atra nubes.

2. Dark-coloured; or rather, filthy.
Wallace.

A. S. wan, wonn, also signify filthy.

WAN BAYN, the cheek-bone.
Wallace.

A. S. wang, Belg. weng, the cheek.

WANCHANCHIE, adj.
1. Unlucky, S.
Burns.
2. Dangerous, apt to injure, S.
Ferguson.

WANCOUTH, adj. Uncouth.
Rudd.

WAND, WANDE, s.
1. A sceptre; or badge of authority.
Sir Tristrem.
Under the wand, in a state of subjection.
Douglas.
2. The rod of correction.
Lyndsay.
3. A fishing rod, S.
Acts Ja. VI.

Su. G. wand, Dan. vaand, baculus, virga.

Wand-bed, s. A wicker-bed.
Spalding.

WAND, pret. of the v. To wind.
Wallace.

To WANDYS, v. n. To feel the impression of fear; also to indicate this.
Barbour.

A. S. wand-ian, to fear; to become remiss from fear.

WANDIT. L. wanderit.
S. P. Repr.

WANDOCHT, s. A weak or puny creature, S. B.
V. Undoch.

WANDRETHE, s. Misfortune, great difficulty or danger.
K. Hart.

Isl. vandraedi, Su. G. wandraede, discrimen, difficultas.

WANE, s. Defect, want.
Gl. Complaynt.

WANE, s. Manner, fashion.
Barbour.

Su. G. wana, Isl. vane, consuetudo, mos.

WANE, s. A wain.
Maitland P.

WANE, s.
1. A habitation.
Wallace.
2. Denoting different apartments in the same habitation.
V. Won, v.

Teut. woon, habitatio.

WANE, s. Opinion, estimation.
Wallace.

A. S. wen, wena, opinio.

To WANEISE one's self, v. a. To put one's self to trouble, S. B.

A. S. uneathe, vix, moleste.

WANGYLE, s. The gospel; contr. from evangyle.
Wyntown.

WANGRACE, s. Wickedness, S.

WANHAP, s. Misfortune.
V. Vanhap.

Wanhappie, adj.
1. Unlucky, unfortunate, S. B.
2. Dangerous, fatal.
Burel.

WANHOPE, s. Delusive hope.
Doug.

WANYS, pl. s. The jaws; used for the stomach.
Barbour.

A. S. wang, Isl. wangi, maxilla.

WANYS, pl. s. Habitation.
V. Wane, s. 4.

WANKILL, adj. Unstable.
Pop. Ball.

A. S. wancle, wancol, inconstans; Su. G. wank-a, Germ. wank-en, fluctuare.

WANLAS, s. At the wanlas, without design; or, by mistake.
Wyntown.

A. S. leasa wena, falsa opinio; Isl. wonlaus, exspes.

WANLUCK, WANLUK, s. Misfortune, S. B.
Maitland P.

WANREST, s.
1. Inquietude, S.

Belg. onrust.

Mellvill's Mem.
2. Cause of inquietude, S. B.
Ross.
3. Wanrest of a clock, the pendulum, S. Prov.

Wanrestfu', adj. Restless, S.
Burns.

WANRUFE, s. Disquietude, uneasiness.
V. Roif.
Henrysone.

WANRULY, adj. Unruly, S.
Ferguson.

WANSUCKED, s. A child that has not been properly suckled.
Montgomerie.

Wansucked, adj. Used in the same sense.
Kennedie.

WANTER, s. A bachelor; also a widower; from the circumstance of wanting, or being without, a wife, S.
Ramsay.

WANTHRIFT, s.
1. Prodigality, S.
Maitland P.
2. A personal designation, denoting a prodigal.
Montgomerie.

WANTHREVIN, part. pa. Not thriven, in a state of decline, S.
Watson.

Sw. vantrifne, not thriving.

WANWEIRD, WANWERD, s. Unhappy fate, hard lot, S.
V. Weird.
Douglas.

WANWYT, s. Want of knowledge.
Wyntown.

Belg. wanwete, Isl. vanvitska, id.

WANWORTH, WANWORDY, adj. Unworthy, S.
Dunbar.

Isl. vanvurde, dedignor; vanvirda, dedecus.

Wanworth, s. An undervalue, S.
Ferguson.

To WAP, v. a.
1. To throw quickly, S.
Gawan and Gol.
2. To throw, in a general sense.
Ramsay.
3. To flap.
Pop. Ball.

Wap, s.
1. A throw, S.
P. Buch. Dial.
2. A quick and smart stroke, S.
Chr. Kirk.

Isl. veif-a, Teut. wipp-en, vibrare.

To WAP, v. a. To wrap, to envelop.
Minstr. Bord.

Su. G. wep-a, Moes. G. waib-an, to lap about.

WAPPIN, WAPPYN, s. A weapon, S.
Douglas.

A. S. waepen, Su. G. wapn, Belg. wapen, arma.

Wapinschaw, Wapinschawing, s. An exhibition of arms, made at certain times in every district, S.
Stat. Will.

A. S. waepn, weapon, and sceaw-ian, to shew.

WAPPIT, part. pa. Enveloped.
Houlate.

Su. G. wep-a, to lap about.

WAR, WARR, WARE, WERE, adj. Worse, S.
Ross.

Su. G. waerre, werre, A. S. waerra, Isl. verre, id.

To War, Waur, v. a. To overcome, to outdo, S.
Douglas.

WAR, subst. v. Were.
Barbour.

Sw. Germ. war, id.

WAR, adj. Aware, wary.
V. Wer.

WAR, v. imp. War him, befal him.
Barbour.

Su. G. war-a, to be; Isl. verda, vard, fieri.

To WAR, WARE, WAIR, WAYR, v. a.
1. To lay out as expense, S.
Dunbar.
2. To expend, to bestow, in whatever sense, S.
Maitland P.
3. To waste, to squander.
Wallace.

Isl. ver-ia, negotiari. Hence E. ware, wares, merchandise.

To WARAND, v. a. To protect, S. and E. warrant.
Wyntown.

A. S. waren-ian, cavere sibi, defendere se.

Warand, Warrand, s. A place of shelter or defence.
Barbour.

WARBLE, s. A sort of worm that breeds betwixt the outer and inner skin of beasts, S.

A. S. wear, Teut. weer, a knot or bunch.

To WARBLE, v. n. To wriggle, &c.
V. Wrabil.

WARD, s.
1. A division of an army.
Douglas.
2. A small piece of pasture ground, inclosed on all sides, S.
Watson.

Su. G. waard, sepes, sepimentum.

To WARD, v. a. To imprison.
Stat. Acc.

Su. G. waerd-a, custodire.

WARD and WARSEL, security for, pledge, S. B.
Ross.

Ward, keeping; and warsel, perh. wardsel, from A. S. weard, custodia, and sell-an, tradere.

WARDE, s. A decision; a forensic term.
Quon. Att.

L. B. warda, E. award.

WARDOUR, s. Verdure.
Dunbar.

O. Fr. vardors, id.

WARDREIP, s. A wardrobe.
Dunbar.

Wardraipper, s. The keeper of the wardrobe.
Maitland P.

To WARE, v. a. To expend, &c.
V. War.

Ware, s. Price, estimation.
Houlate.

A. S. wer, were, capitis estimatio; or rather Su. G. wara, merx.

Whole-ware, s. The whole of any thing, the whole lot or assortment.
R. Bruce.

WARE, s. A tough and hard knot in a tree.
Douglas.

A. S. wear, Belg. weer, callus, nodus.

WARE, WAR, pret. v. Wore.
Douglas.

WARE, WAIR, s.
1. The sea-weed called alga marina; sometimes sea-ware, S.
Monroe.
2. Fucus vesiculosus.
Lightfoot.

A. S. war, waur; sae-waur, alga marina.

Wared, part. pa. Manured with sea-weed, Orkn.
Stat. Acc.

To WARY, WARYE, WERRAY, v. a.
1. To curse, to execrate.
Barbour.
2. To bring a curse upon; wareit, really accursed.
Bellenden.

A. S. weri-an, waerig-an, maledicere, execrari.

Warying, s. Execration.
Abp. Hamiltoun.

To WARY, v. a. To alter; for vary.
Douglas.

WARYDRAGGEL, s.
1. Expl. one who is draggled with mire, S. B.
Forbes.
2. The youngest of a brood, S. B.
V. Wallidrag.

To WARYS, v. a. To guard, to defend.
Gawan and Gol.

Su. G. waer-a, waer-ia, id.

WARISON, WARYSOUN, WARESONE, s. Reward, O. E.
Barbour.

O. Fr. guarison, garantie, paiement.

WARISON, s. Note of assault.
Lay Last Minstr.

Perh. q. war-sound; Fr. guerre, and son.

To WARK, WERK, v. n. To ache; yerk, S.
Wallace.

A. S. waerc, Su. G. waerk, dolor; waerk-a, dolere.

WARK, WARKE, s. Work, S.
R. Bruce.

Warkly, adj. Given to work, diligent, S.

Germ. wirklich, effective.

Warkloom, s. A tool or instrument for working, in whatever way, S.
V. Lome.
Polwart.

Warkman, s. A labourer, S.
R. Bruce.

WARLD, s.
1. The world, S.
Wallace.

Su. G. wereld, id.

2. A great multitude, S.
K. Quair.

WARLIEST, adj. Most wary.

A. S. waerlic, cautus.

Gawan and Gol.

WARLO, s. A wicked person.
Dunbar.

Warlo, adj. Evil; especially in regard to temper.
Evergreen.

A. S. waer-loga, a wicked person.

WARLOCK, s. A wizzard, a man who is supposed to be in compact with the devil, S.
Sat. Invis. World.

Isl. vardlok-r, a magical song used for calling up evil spirits.

WARM, s. The act of warming, S.
Ross.

To WARNE, v. a. To refuse.
Wallace.

A. S. wern-an, to refuse, to deny.

To WARNIS, v. a. To warn, S. B.

A. S. warnig-an, id.

To WARNYS, v. a. To furnish a fortified place with the provision necessary for defence, or for the support of the defenders.
Barbour.

Su. G. waern-a, to defend; waern, a fortification.

Warnstor, s. Provisions laid up in a garrison.
Wallace.

Su. G. waern-a, defendere; and store, vectigal.

To WARP, v. a.
1. To throw.
Barbour.
2. To warp wourdis, to speak, to utter.
Douglas.

Moes. G. wairp-an, A. S. weorp-an, abjicere.

Warp, s. A designation in reckoning oysters, denoting four, Loth.
Stat. Acc.

From warp, to throw, to cast.

To Warp, v. n. To open.
Douglas.

To WARP, v. a. To surround, to involve.

Isl. verp-a, contrahere.

Douglas.

To WARRACH, v. n. (gutt.) To scold, to use abusive language, S.B.

Probably the same with Wary, q. v.

WARRAY, WERRAY, adj. True, real.
Wyntown.

Belg. waar, Germ. wahr; O. Fr. ve-raie, Lat. ver-us.

Warraly, Werraly, adv. Truly.

Belg. waarlyk, id.

Wyntown.

WARREN, adj. Of or belonging to the pine tree.
Douglas.

Belg. vueren, id.

WARRER, compar. of war, wary.

WARS, adj. Worse.
Douglas.

Moes. G. wairs, A. S. wers, id.

WARSCHE, WERSH, adj.
1. Insipid to the taste, S.
Bellenden.
2. Insipid to the mind.
Cleland.
3. Having a sickly look, S.
V. Walsh.
Henrysone.

Teut. versch, fresh, q. tasteless.

Warsh-stomach'd, adj. Having a delicate or squeamish stomach, S.
Journ. Lond.

To WARSELL, WERSILL, v. n. To wrestle, to strive, S.
Dunbar.

Teut. wersel-en, reniti, obniti; wars, contrarius.

Warsell, Warstle, s. Struggle, S.
Burns.

WARSET, adj. A dog employed by a thief for watching deer.
For. Lawes.

A. S. ware, observation, and sett-an, to set.

WART, in composition of adverbs, is the same with ward, E.; as, inwart, inward, Moes. G. wairths, A. S. weard, Isl. vert, versus.

WART, WARD, s. A tumulus or mound thrown up on high ground, in the Orkney and Shetland islands, for the purpose of conveying intelligence.
Barry.

Isl. vard, Su. G. waard, excubiae, custodia.

WARTWEIL, WRATWEL, s. The skin above the nail, when fretted, S.

WARWOLF, WERWOUF, s.
1. A person supposed to be transformed into a wolf.
Philotus.
2. A puny child, or an ill-grown person of whatever age; pron. warwoof, Ang.

A. S. were-wulf, Su. G. warulf, Germ. werwolf, vir-lupus, lycanthropos, man-wolf.

WASH, WESCHE, s. Stale urine; especially as used for the purpose of steeping clothes, in order to their being washed, S.

Teut. wasch, lotura.

Lyndsay.

WASIE, adj. Sagacious, quick of apprehension, Ang.

Alem. wass, Su. G. hwass, denoting quickness of apprehension.

WASSALAGE, s. Great achievement; also valour.
V. Vassalage.

WASTELL, s. Bread used with the wastell-bowl.
Chalm. Air.

L. B. wastell-us, id. Fr. gasteau.

WASTING, s. A consumption, a decline, S.

To WAT, v. n. To know.
V. Wait.

WATE, adj. Wet, moist, S.
Douglas.

A. S. waet, humidus; waet-an, humectare.

WATE, s.
1. A watchman, a centinel; wait, S.
Douglas.
2. Now applied to the minstrels who go about playing in the night season, S.

Teut. wachte, excubiae; et vigiles, excubitores.

3. A place of ambush.
At the wate, in wait.
Douglas.

WATER, WATTER, s.
1. A river, or pretty large body of running water, S.
Bellenden.
2. Any body of running water, whether great or small, S.
Pennant.
3. The ground lying on the banks of a river, S.
Minstr. Bord.
4. The inhabitants of a tract of country watered by a certain river or brook, S.
Ibid.

Water-brash, s. A disease consisting in a sense of heat in the epigastrium, with copious eructations of aqueous humour, S.

Water-craw, s. The water ouzel, S.
Stat. Acc.

Water-kelpie, s. The spirit of the waters.
Minstr. Bord.

Water-mouth, s. The mouth of a river, vulgarly Watter-mow, S. B.
Chart. Ja. VI.

Watergang, s. The race of a mill.
Acts Ja. I.

Water-purpie, s. Common brooklime, an herb, S.

Water-shed, s. The highest ground in any part of a country, from which rivers descend in opposite directions, S.
Ess. Highl. Soc.

Water-slain moss, peat earth carried off by water, and afterwards deposited, S.
Walker.

Water-wraith, s. The spirit of the waters, S. B.
V. Wraith.

WATH, s. A ford.
Stat. Acc.

A. S. wad, Belg. waede, Lat. vad-um.

WATLING STRETE, VATLANT STREIT, a term used to denote the milky way, from its fancied resemblance of a broad street or causeway.
Doug.

WATTIE, s. A blow, Ang.

Su. G. hwat, celer?

WATTLE, s. A tax paid in Shetland; said to have been introduced in return for the distribution of holy water.
Stat. Acc.

To WAUBLE, v. n. To swing, to reel, S. O.

Isl. veifl-a, saepius vibrare.

Burns.

WAUCH, s. Wall.
Peblis Play.

A. S. wah, paries; A. Bor. wogh, id.

To WAUCHT, WACHT OUT, WAUGHT, WAUCH, v. a. To quaff, to swig, S.
N. Burne.

A. S. veaht, irriguus; Isl. vokua, madefieri.

Waucht, Waught, s. A large draught of any liquid, S.
Ramsay.

To WAUE, v. a. To toss, to agitate.

A. S. waf-ian, fluctuare.

Douglas.

To WAVEL, v. a. To move backwards and forwards, to wave.
V. Weffil.
Cleland.

* To WAVER, WAWER, v. n. To wander; from A. S. waf-ian, id.
Wyntown.

WAUGH, WAUCH, adj. Unpleasant to the taste, nauseous, S.
Journ. Lond.

Teut. walghe, nausea, walgh-en, Isl. velg-ia, nauseare.

WAUINGEOUR, WAUYNGOUR, s. A vagabond, a fugitive.
V. Waff.
Doug.

To WAUK, WAULK, WALK, v. a. To full cloth, S. pron. wauk.
Garnet.

Su. G, walk-a, Belg. walck-en, Ital. guale-are, id.

To Wauk, v. n. To shrink in consequence of being wetted, S.

Wauker, Waulk-miller, s. A fuller, S.

Belg. walcker, Su. G. walkare, Germ. waukmuller, id.

Wauk-mill, Waulk-mill, s. A fulling-mill, S.
Stat. Acc.

Germ. walk-muhle, id.

WAUKER, s. A watchman, one who watches clothes during night, S.

A. S. waecer, Belg. waaker, id.

To WAUL, v. n. To look wildly, to roll the eyes, S. O.
Douglas.

A. S. wealw-ian, to roll, Lat. volv-ere.

WALD, s. Government, power.
In wald, under sway.
Wallace.

Isl. vellde, valld, power.

To WAUR, v. a. To overcome.
V. War, v. 1.

WAW, s. Wave; pl. wawys.
Barbour.

A. S. waeg, weg, id. pl. waegas.

WAW, s. Wall, S. pl. wawis.
Wallace.

A. S. wag, wah, id.

WAW, s. Wo, sorrow.
Maitland Poems.

WAW, s. A measure of twelve stones, each stone weighing eight pounds.
Stat. Rob. III.

E. wey; as, a wey of wool, cheese, &c., from A. S. waeg, waga, weg, a load.

To WAW, v. n. To caterwaul, S.

E. waul; Isl. vaele, ejulo, plango.

To WAW, v. n. To wave, to float.
V. Waff, v.
Barbour.

WAWAR, s. A wooer.
Peblis Play.

A. S. wogere, id.

WAWARD, s. The vanguard.
Barbour.

WAWIL, adj. Not well knit.
V. Weffil.
Dunbar.

WE, WEY, WIE, s. Conjoined with litill;
1. As denoting time.
Barbour.
2. In relation to place.
Wyntown.
3. As expressing degree.
Douglas.

A wee,
1. A short while, S.
Ramsay.
2. In a slight degree, S.

We, Wee, Wie, adj. Small, little, S.
Henrysone.

WEAM-ILL, s. The belly-ache.
V. Wambe.

WEAN, WEEANE, s. A child, S.
Ross.

Q. wee ane, synon. with little ane, S. id.

To WEAR IN, v. a.
1. To gather in with caution, as a shepherd conducts his flock into the fold, S.
The Ew-bughts.

Teut. weer-en, propulsare.

2. As a neut. v., to move slowly and cautiously.

WEARY, adj.
1. Feeble; as, a weary bairn, a child that is declining, S.

A. S. werig, lassus.

2. Vexatious, causing trouble, S.

A. S. werig, malignus.

Gl. Sibb.
3. Vexed, sorrowful.
Ritson.

Weariful, adj. Causing pain or trouble; pron. wearifow, S.

WEASSES, s. pl. A species of breeching for the necks of work-horses, Orkn.
Barry.

Su. G. wase, Isl. vasi, a bundle of twigs.

WEAVIN, s. A moment, Aberd.
Journ. Lond.

A. S. wiffend, breathing; as we say, in a breath, S.

WEB, s. The covering of the entrails, the cawl, or omentum, S.

Isl. vef-a, involvere.

WEBSTER, s. A weaver, S. A. Bor.
Ferguson.

A. S. webbestre, textrix, a female weaver.

WECHE, s. A witch.
Bellenden.

A. S. wicca, wicce, id.

WECHT, WEIGHT, WEGHT, s.
1. An instrument for winnowing corn, made in the form of a sieve, but without holes, S.
Bannatyne P.

Belg. vecher, a fanner; from Germ. wech-en, ventum facere.

2. A sort of tambourin.
Evergreen.

Wechtful, s. As much as a wecht can contain, S. pron. wechtfow.

WED, s. A pledge.

To Wed, v. a. To pledge.
V. Wad.

Wedkeeper, s. One who preserves what is deposited in pledge.
R. Bruce.

WEDDYR, WEDDIR, WEDDER, s.
1. Weather; as a general term.
Barbour.
2. Wind.
Wyntown.

A. S. waeder, Teut. weder, coeli temperies, Su. G. waeder, id., also the wind.

Weddir-gaw, s. Part of one side of a rainbow, appearing immediately above the horizon, viewed as a prognostic of bad weather; pron. weather-gaw, S.

Germ. wasser-gall, repercussio iridis; wasser, humour, and gall, splendor.

Weddir-glim, s. Clear sky near the horizon; spoken of objects seen in the twilight or dusk; as, between him and the weddir-glim, or weather-gleam, i. e. between him and the light of the sky.
Gl. Sibb.

A. S. weder, coelum, and gleam, splendor.

To WEDE, WEID, WEYD, v. a. To rage, to act furiously, part. pr. wedand.
Wallace.

A. S. wed-an, insanire, furere.

WEDEIS, pl. s. Withes.
V. Widdie.
Wallace.

WEDONYPHA, s. The onfall or attack of a weid; wedonfaw, S. A. wytenonfaw, S. B.
V. Weid.
Roull.

WEE, s. Wight.
V. Wy.
Sir Gawan.

WEEBO, s. Common ragwort, S.

WEFT, s. Woof.
V. Waft.

WEEGLE, v. n. To waggle.
V. Waigle.

Weegglie, adj.
1. Waggling, unstable, S.
2. Having a wriggling motion in walking, S.

Belg. be-weeglik, unstable, pliable.

WEEM, s.
1. A natural cave, Fife, Ang.
Stat. Acc.
2. An artificial cave, or subterraneous building, Ang.
Stat. Acc.

From Gael, uamha, a cave.

WEEPERS, s. pl. Stripes of muslin or cambric, stitched on the extremities of the sleeves of a black coat or gown, as a badge of mourning, S.
Burns.

WEER, s. Fear.
V. Were.

To WEESE, WEEZE, v. n. To ooze, to distil gently, S. B.
Morison.

Isl. veisa, Dan.-Sax. waes, A. S. wos, humor.

WEFFIL, adj. Limber, not stiff, S.

A. S. waefol, fluctuans; Teut. weyfel-en, vacillare.

WEFFLIN, WEFFLUM, s. The backlade, or course of water at the back of the mill-wheel, Ang.

To WEY, v. a. To throw.
Wallace.

Teut. wegh-en, movere.

To WEY, v. a. To bewail; Teut. weeh-en, to cry as a child, vagire.
Wallace.

To WEID, v. n. To become furious.
V. Wede.

Weid, adj.. Furious, synon. wod.
Dunbar.

WEID, s. A kind of fever to which women in child-bed, or nurses, are subject, S.

Germ. weide, or weite, corresponds to Fr. accablÉ, as signifying that one is oppressed with disease.

WEID, L. theid, region.
V. Thede.
Gawan and Gol.

To WEIF, v. a. To weave; part. pa. weyff, woven.
Douglas.

A. S. wef-an, Su. G. waefw-a, id.

WEYES, WEYIS, s. pl. A balance with scales for weighing.
Lyndsay.

A. S. waeg, Teut. waeghe, libra, trutina.

Weigh-bauk, s.
1. A balance, S.
Ferguson.
2. One is said to be in the weigh-bauks, when in a state of indecision, S.

Teut. waegh-balck, scapus librae.

Weights, s. pl. Scales, S.
Z. Boyd.

To Weight, v. a.
1. To weigh, S.
2. To burden, to oppress, S.
Baillie.

WEIGHT, WEGHT, s. A kind of sieve.
V. Wecht.

WEIK, WEEK, s. A corner or angle. The weiks of the mouth, the corners or sides of it, S. The weik of the ee, the corner of it, S.
Ramsay.

Su. G. wik, angulus, oegen wik, the corner of the eye.

WEIL, s. Prosperity, advantage.
Doug.

Weil is me, happy am I, S.

Weil is yow, happy are you.
Lyndsay.

A. S. wel, well, bene; Su. G. waeles mig, O! me felicem.

WEIL, s. An eddy.
V. Wele.

WEIL, WELE, WELLE, adv. Very.
V. Feil.
Wyntown.

To WEILD, v. a.
1. To obtain, by whatever means.
Douglas.
2. To enter on possession of an estate.
Barbour.

WEILL, adj. Many.
Barbour.

Germ. viel, Belg. vel, id.

WEILL-FARAND, adj. Having a goodly appearance.
V. Farand.

WEILL-HEARTIT, adj. Not dejected, S.

WEILL-WILLIE, WEILL-WILLIT, adj. Liberal, not niggardly, S.
Ruddiman.

Su. G. waelwillig, A. S. wellwillenda, benevolus.

WEIN, s. L. wem, stain, q. v.

Barbour.

WEIR, s. Weir of law, the act of a person, charged with a debt, of which there is no legal evidence; who gives a pledge to clear himself of it, in the next court, by his own oath, supported by the oaths of five compurgators, who shall attest their belief that he swears truly.
Stat. Ja. I.

It is synon. with the E. forensic phrase, Wager of Law, and L. B. vadiare legem. The E. phrase is from O. Fr. gagiere, an engagement, a pledge; ours from A. S. waere, foedus, pactum; whence waer-borh, wer-borh, fidejussor, sponsor.

WEIR, s. War; Weir-men, Weir-hors, Weirly, Weir-wall.
V. Were.

WEIRD, WERD, WERDE, WEERD, s.
1. Fate, S.
Wyntown.
2. Prediction.
P. Buch. Dial.

A. S. wyrd, fatum; wyrde, parcae.

To Weird, Weerd, v. a.
1. To destine.
P. Buch. Dial.
2. To predict.
Minstr. Bord.

Weirdless, Wierdless, adj. Unprosperous, through something cross in one's lot, S.

To WEISE, WYSE, v. a.
1. To use policy, for attaining any object, S.
Watson.
2. To lead, direct, S.
Ramsay.
3. To turn by art, rather than strength, S.
Ramsay.
4. To weise awa', to wheedle; as, to entice a tradesman to leave his master; Clydes.

Teut. wys-en, to teach, to show; or O. Fr. vois-ier, ves-ier, tromper, ruser; wiseux, fin, subtil.

To Weise, Wyse, v. n. To incline, S.
Ramsay.

To WEIT, v. n. To make inquiry.

A. S. wit-an, providere; Su. G. wit-a, probare.

WEIT, WEET, s. Rain, wetness, S.
Douglas.

A. S. waeta, humidity, Isl. vaeta, rain.

To Weit, Weet, v. a. To wet, S.
Burns.

Weet, Weit, adj. Wet, S.

Weetie, adj. Wet, S. B.

WELANY, s. Damage, disgrace.
Barb.

O. Fr. vilainie, injure, insulte, affront.

WELCOME-HAME, s. Repast presented to a bride, when she enters the door of the bridegroom, S.

To WELD, v. n. To possess.
V. Weild.

WELE, s. A whirlpool, S.
Douglas.

A. S. wael. Teut. weel, wiel, id.

Weilhead, s. The vortex of a whirlpool, S.

To WELL, WALL, WALD, v. a.
1. To weld, S.
Douglas.

A. S. well-en, to be very hot.

2. v. n. To be incorporated.
More.

WELL, s. Good, weal.
Z. Boyd.

WELLE, s. Green sward.
V. Fail.
Sir Gawan.

WELL-EY, s. That part of a quagmire, in which there is a spring, S. wall-ee.
Bellenden.

Q. the eye of the wele.

V. Wele.

WELLIT, part. pa. Drowned.
Houlate.

WELL-KERSES, s. pl. Water-cresses, S.

A. S. wille-cerse, id.

WELL-WILLAND, s. A well-wisher.
V. Weill-willie.
Wyntown.

Well-willing, adj. Complacent.
Mellvill's MS.

WELSCHE, adj. Insipid.
V. Walsh.

To WELT, v. a.
1. To throw.
Douglas.
2. v. n. To roll.
Douglas.

Moes. G. walt-ian, to roll.

To WELTER, v. a.
1. To roll.
Doug.

Teut. welter-en, Sw. weltr-a, id.

2. To overturn.
Douglas.

WELTH, s.
1. Welfare.
Wyntown.
2. Abundance, S.

WEM, s. Stain.

A. S. wem, wemm, labes, macula.

Barbour.

Wemeless, adj. Blameless.
Gawan and Gol.

A. S. wemleas, faultless.

Wemmyt, part. pa. Scarred.
Barbour.

A. S. wemm, a scar, a blemish.

To WENDIN, v. n. To wane.

A. S. wan-ian, to decrease.

WENE, s. But wene, doubtless.

A. S. wene, conjecture.

Wene, s. A mark by which one traces his way.

A. S. wene, conjecture.

Douglas.

WENG, v. a. To avenge.
Barbour.

Fr. veng-er, id.

WENNYNG.
V. Wonnyng, s.
Barbour.

WENSDAY, s. Wednesday, S.

Belg. Weensdagh, Isl. Wonsdag, the day consecrated to Woden.

To WENT, v. n. To go.
Barbour.

A. S. wend-an, to go.

Went, s.
1. A course.
Douglas.
2. A passage.
Douglas.
3. The course of affairs.
Id.

Alem. went-en, vertere.

To WER, WERE, WEIRE, v. a. To guard.
Barbour.

A. S. wer-ian, Belg. weer-en, to defend.

WER, WAR, adj. Wary.
Douglas.

Su. G. war, videns.

WERD, s. Fate.
V. Weird.

WERDY, adj. Worthy.
Lyndsay.

Teut. weerdig, Sw. werdig, id.

WERDIE, s. The youngest bird in a nest, Fife.

Isl. wardt, what is deficient.

WERE, WER, WEIR, WEER, s.
1. Doubt, S. B.
Barbour.
2. Apprehension, fear.
Dunbar.

A. S. waere, caution; Belg. vaer, fear.

WERE, WER, WEIR, s. War, S.
Douglas.

A. S. waer, O. Belg. werre, id.

Wereman, Weir-man, Wer-man, s. A soldier.
Douglas.

Were-horse, Weir-horse, s.
1. A war-horse.
Pop. Ball.
2. A stallion, Moray.
Ibid.

Werely, Weirly, adj. Warlike.
Doug.

Were-wall, Weir-wall, s. A defence in war.
Houlate.

Weriour, Weryer, s.
1. A warrior.
Gawan and Gol.
2. An antagonist.
Douglas.

To WERY, WERRY, WYRRIE, v. a.
1. To strangle.
Douglas.
2. To worry.
Wyntown.

Teut. worgh-en, strangulare.

WERY, s. Vexation, Orkn.

A. S. werig, execrabilis.

WERIOUR, s. A maligner.
Douglas.
V. preceding word.

To WERK, v. n. To ache.
V. Wark.

To WERK, v. n. To work.
V. Wirk.

Werk, s. Work.
Wallace.

Belg. werk, A. S. weorce.

WERKLOME, WARKLOOM, s. A working tool.
V. Lome.

WERLY, adj. Warily.
Douglas.

WERLOT, s. Knave.
V. Verlot.
Kennedy.

WERNAGE, s. Provision laid up in a garrison.
V. Vernage.

WERNOURE, s. A miser.
Douglas.

A. S. georn, avidus, compar. geornor; Su. G. warn-a, to defend.

V. Warnstor.

To WERRAY, v. a. To make war upon.

Su. G. haer, an army.

Barbour.

To WERRAY, v. a. To curse.
V. Wary.

WERRAY, adj. True.
V. Warray.

Werrament, Verrayment, s. Truth.

Fr. vrayement, in truth.

Wallace.

WERSH, adj. Insipid.
V. Warsch.

To WERSIL, v. n. To wrestle.
V. Warsell.

WERSLETE, s. Uncertain.
Wyntown.

WERTH, s. Fate; for weird.
Henrysone.

WERTHAR, adj. More worthy.
Wallace.

Moes. G. wairths, worthy.

WESAR, WYSAR, s. A visor.
Wallace.

To WESCHE, v. a. To wash, S.
Doug.

WESCHE, s. Stale urine.
V. Wash.

WESELY, adv. Cautiously.
V. Vesie.
Wallace.

To WESY, v. a. To examine.
V. Vesie.

WESTER, s. A fish-spear, Loth.

WESTLAND, WESTLIN, adj. Western, S.
Wallace.

WESTLINS, WESTLINES, adv. Westwards, S.
Ramsay.

WETHY, s. A halter.
V. Widdie.
Wyntown.

WETING, s. Knowledge.
Sir Gawan.

A. S. weot-an, to know.

WEUCH, s. Wo, mischief.
V. Wouch.

To WEVIL, v. n. To wriggle.
V. Weffil.

? WH.
For words not found here, see Quh.

WHANG, s.
1. A thong, S.
2. A slice, S.

To Whang, v. a. To flog, to scourge, S.
V. Quhaing.

To WHAISLE, WHOSLE, v. n. To wheeze in breathing, S.
Pop. Ball.

Su. G. Isl. hwaes-a, id.

WHATY, adj. Indifferent.
Thomas of Ercildone.

To WHAUK, v. a.
1. To thwack, S.
2. Metaphor., to harass.
Ramsay.

WHAUP, s. A curlew.
V. Quhaip.

WHAURIE, s. A fondling designation for a child, Ang.

C. B. chuarae, ludere.

To WHEAK, WEEK, v. n.
1. To squeak, S.
2. To whine, S.
3. To whistle at intervals, S.

Isl. quak-a, leviter clamitare.

Wheak, Week, s. A squeak, S.

WHEELIN, s. Coarse worsted, S., as spun on the large wheel.

To WHEEP, v. n.
1. To give a sharp, intermittent whistle, S.
2. To squeak, S.

Su. G. hwip-a, to whoop.

To WHEEPLE, v. n.
1. To attempt ineffectually to whistle, S.
2. To whistle in a low flat tone, S.

WHEEPLE, s. A shrill intermittent whistle, S.
Stat. Acc.

WHEEPS, s. pl. An instrument for raising the brig-heads of a mill, S. B.

WHELEN, Perh. an error for whelcen, who; Su. G. hwilken, id.
Sir Gawan.

WHID, s. A lie, S.
V. Quhid.
Burns.

To WHIG, v. n. To go quickly, Loth.

WHIG, WHIGG, s.
1. An acetous liquor subsiding from soured cream, S.
2. A name given by rigid Episcopalians to Presbyterians; and by members of the Kirk of Scotland to Presbyterian dissenters, S.

Perh. from wiggam, a term used in driving horses.

WHIG, WIG, s. A fine wheaten bread, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

WHIGMELEERIE, s.
1. The name of a game occasionally played at a drinking club, Angus. A pin was stuck in a circle, having as many radii drawn from the centre as there were persons in the company, with the name of each person at the radius opposite to him. An index, placed on the top of the pin, was moved round by every one in his turn; and at whose name soever it stopped, that person was obliged to drink off a glass.

Perhaps so denominated from contempt of the severe sobriety attributed to the Whigs.

2. In pl. whims, fancies, S.
Burns.

To WHIHHER, v. n. To titter, Ang.
Minstr. Bord.

To WHILLY, WHULLY, v. a. To gull, S.
Ramsay.

Whilliwha, Whillywhae, s. A person who deals in ambiguous promises, S.
Ramsay.

WHILT, s. A-whilt, in a state of perturbation.
Watson.

Whiltie-whaltie, adv. In a state of palpitation. My heart's a' playin whiltie-whaltie, S.

Isl. vallt, volutor; hwell-a, resonare.

WHIN, WHINSTANE, s. Ragstone, or toadstone, S.
V. Quhyn.
Stat. Acc.

To WHINGE, v. n. To whine, S.
V. Quhinge.
Ramsay.

WHINGER, WHINGAR, s. A short hanger used as a knife at meals, and as a sword in broils.
Lay Last Minstr.

Isl. hwin, furunculus, and gerd actio; q. a weapon for secret deeds.

WHINKENS, s. pl. Flummery, S. B.

Su. G. hwink-a, to vacillate.

To WHINNER, v. n. To pass with velocity, giving a humming sound, S.

Isl. hwyna, to resound.

To WHIP aff, or awa, v. n. To fly off with velocity, S.

Su. G. wipp-a, to be rapidly carried upwards and downwards; C. B. chwip-iaw, to move briskly.

WHIP, In a whip, adv. In a moment, S.

Alem. uuipphe, nictus oculi; C. B. chwip, quickly.

WHIPPER-TOOTIES, s. pl. Silly scruples about doing any thing, S.

Fr. apres tout, after all.

WHIPPERT, adj. Hasty and tart in demeanour, or in the mode of doing any thing, S.

Whippert-like, adj. Indicating irritation, by the manner of expression or action, S.

Isl. hwop-a, lightness, inconstancy; or Whip, v.

WHISH, WHUSH, s.
1. A rushing or whizzing sound, S. B.
2. A whisper, S. B. whisht, Loth.
Ferguson.

Su. G. hwaes-a, to whizz; Isl. qwis, susurrus.

To WHISH, v. a. To hush; part. pa. whist.
Godscroft.

Whisht, interj. Hush, be silent, S.
Ramsay.

Sw. wysch, O. Fr. houische, id.

WHISTLE, s. Change of money, S.
V. Quhissel.
Ramsay.

WHISTLE, s. To weet one's whistle, to take a drink, sometimes applied to tipplers, S.

O. E.

WHISTLE-BINKIE, s. One who attends a penny-wedding, but without paying any thing, and therefore has no right to take any share of the entertainment; who is as it were left to sit on a bench by himself, and may whistle for his own amusement, Aberd.

WHISTLE-THE-WHAUP, a phrase addressed to one who is supposed to play upon another, West of S.

To WHITE, v. a. To cut with a knife, S.
V. Quhyte.
Burns.

WHITE-ABOON-GLADE, s. The Henharrier, Stirlings.
Stat. Acc.

Corresponding with Lanarius albus, Le Lanier cendrÈ, &c.

WHITE BONNET, one who, in a sale by auction, bids for his own goods, or who is employed by the owner for this purpose, S.

WHITE FISH IN THE NET, a sport in which two persons hold a plaid pretty high, over which the rest of the company are obliged to leap. The object is to entangle the person who leaps; and if thus intercepted he loses the game, Ang.

WHITE-HORSE, the Fuller ray, a fish.
Sibbald.

WHITIE-WHATIES, s. pl. Silly pretences, from a design to procrastinate, or to blind S.; whittie-whaws, S. B.

A. S. hwata, omina, divinationes, auguria; Belg. wisiewasie, fiddle-faddle; C. B. chwit-chwat, a sly pilferer.

WHITLIE, QUHITELY, adj. Having a delicate or fading look, S.
Henrysone.

A. S. hwit, albus, and lic, similis.

WHITLING, WHITEN, WHITING, s. A species of sea-trout, S.
Stat. Acc.

Sw. hwitling, a whiting.

WHITRACK-SKIN, s. A purse made of the skin of a weasel, Moray.
V. Quhitred.
Pop. Ball.

WHITTER, s. A hearty draught of liquor, S. O.
Burns.

Q. whetter, from E. whet.

WHITTLE, s.
1. A knife, S. as in E.
2. Applied to the harvest-hook, S.
A. Douglas.

WHITTRET, s. The weasel.
V. Quhitred.

WHORLE, s.
1. A very small wheel, S.
2. The fly of a spinning-rock, made of wood, sometimes of a hard stone, S. whirl, E.
Barry.

Su. G. harfwel, hwirfwel, id., verticillum; O. Sw. hworla, rotare.

To WHOSLE, v. n. To breathe hard, to wheeze, Aberd.
V. Wheasle.
Journ. Lond.

To WHUMMIL, WHOMEL, v. a. To turn upside down.
V. Quhemle.

WHUNN, s. The stone called trap, &c.
V. Quhin.
A. Hume.

WHUSH, s. A rushing noise.
V. Whish.

WY, WYE, WIE, s. A man or person.
Dunbar.

Su. G. wig, primarily, fit for war; in a secondary sense, an adult; A. S. wiga, a hero, a man.

WIAGE, WYAGE, s. A military expedition or incursion.
Barbour.
Vyage, a journey, S. B.

Fr. voyage, id.

WYANDOUR, s. A gud wyandour, one who lives or feeds well.
Wyntown.

Fr. viand-er, to feed.

WICHT, adj.
1. Strong, powerful.
Wallace.
2. Active, clever, S. O. E. id.
Wyntown.
3. Denoting strength of mind, or fertility of invention.
Wyntown.
4. Strong, as applied to inanimate objects.
Dunbar.

Su. G. wig, potens; alacer, agilis, vegetus; Lat. vig-ere.

Wichtlie, Wichtely, adv.
1. Stoutly.
Douglas.
2. With strength of mind.
Douglas.

Wychtness, Wightness, s. Strength, S. B.
Wyntown.

WICHT, s. A man or person, S.
Doug.

A. S. wiht, creatura, animal, res.

WICK, WIC, s. A termination of the names of places, signifying a kind of bay, S.
Stat. Acc.

Su. G. wik, A. S. wic, sinus maris.

To Wick, v. n. To strike a stone in an oblique direction, a term in curling, S.
Graeme.

Su. G. wik-a, flectere; wika af, a via deflectere.

WICK, adj. Wick to slo, hard to slay.
Sir Tristrem.

The same with Wicht; or allied to C. B. gwich, brave.

WICKER, s.
1. A twig, S.
Burns.
2. A wand, a small switch, S.

Dan. vigre, vimen; vig-er, to be pliant.

WICKET, s. The back-door of a barn, Ang.

Belg. wicket, portula, Fr. guichet.

WIDDEN-DREME, WINDREM, WIDDRIM, s. In a widden-dream, or windream, all of a sudden; also, in a state of confusion, S. B.
Pop. Ball.

A. S. woda-dream, furor, madness.

WIDDERSINNIS, WEDDERSHYNNYS, WIDDERSINS, WIDDERSHINS, WITHERSHINS, WODERSHINS, adv. The contrary way, contrary to the course of the sun, S.
Douglas.

A. S. wither, contra, sunne, sol; or rather, Teut. weder-sins, contrario modo.

WIDDIE, WIDDY, s.
1. A rope made of twigs of willow; used to denote a halter, S.
Lyndsay.
2. The term is vulgarly understood in S. as if it denoted the gallows itself.
3. A twig, having several smaller shoots branching out from it; which being plaited together, it is used as a whip, the single grain serving for a handle, Caithn.

Su. G. widia, vimen, from wide, salix; A. S. withig, id.

Widdifow, Viddiful, s.
1. Properly, one who deserves to fill a widdie or halter, S.
Lyndsay.
2. In pl. equivalent to brave boys, in sea language.
Compl. S.
3. A romp, S.

Widdifow, adj. Wrathful, S. A. and O.
Burns.

To WIDDILL, v. n. pron. wuddil.
1. Generally used in connexion with some other v.; as, to widdil and ban, to widdil and flyte, &c., S.
Montgomerie.
2. To wriggle or waddle, S.
3. v. a. To introduce by shifting motion, or (metaph.) by circuitous courses, S.
Cleland.

Germ. wedel-n, caudam motitare.

Widdle, s.
1. Wriggling motion, S.
2. Metaph. struggle or bustle, S.
Burns.

WIDDRIM, s.
V. Widdendreme.

WYDE, s. Dress.
V. Gide.

WIDE-GAB, s. The fishing frog, Shetl.

* WIDOW, s. A widower, S.
Rutherford.

WIE, adj. Little.
V. We.

WIEL, s. A small whirlpool.
V. Wele.

* WIFE, WYF, WYFE, s. A woman, whether married or single, generally, one past middle age, S.
Lyndsay.

A. S. Su. G. wif, mulier, foemina.

Wiflie, Wyfelie, adj. Feminine, belonging to woman.
Bellenden.

A. S. wiflic, muliebris, foemineus.

WYG, WEIG, WHIG, s. A small oblong roll, baked with butter and currants, S.

Teut. wegghe, panis triticeus; libum oblongum, et libum lunatum.

WIG, WYG, s. Apparently, a wall. A thing is said to gang frae wyg to waw, when it is moved backwards and forwards from the one wall of a house to the other, S. B.
Ross.

A. S. wag, Su. G. waegg, Belg. weeg, paries.

WIGG, WHIG, s. The thin serous liquid, which lies below the cream, in a churn, after it has become sour, and before it has been agitated, S. B.
Journ. Lond.

To WIGGLE, v. n. To wriggle.
V. Waigle.

WIGHT, s. The shrew-mouse, Orkn.
Stat. Acc.

Su. G. wickt, any thing very small.

WILD COTTON, cotton-grass, a plant, S. B.; also called Moss-crops, S.

WILDFIRE, s. The common name for the Phlyctenae of Sauvages, S., vulgarly wullfire.

A. S. wild-fyr, erysipelas.

To WILE, WYLE, v. a. Used in relation to what is accomplished by caution or artful means; as, I'll try to wile him awa', I will endeavour to get him enticed to go with me, S.
Lyndsay.

Su. G. wel-a, Isl. vael-a, decipere.

To WILE, WYLE, v. a. To select.

Wile, s. Choice, selection.
V. Wale.

WYLECOT, WILIE-COAT, s.
1. An undervest, generally worn during winter, S.
Douglas.
2. An under-petticoat.
Maitland Poems.

WYLFULL, adj. Willing; q. full of will.
Wyntown.

Wilfully, adj. Willingly.
Barbour.

* WILL, s. What's your will? a common Scotticism for, "What did you say?"
K. Hart.

WILL, s. Apparently, use, custom; pl. willis.
Barbour.

It may, however, signify study; A. S. will. Teut. willa, studium.

WILL, aux. v.
1. Be accustomed, make a practice of.

Still a common idiom in S.; borrowed from those whose native tongue is Gaelic.

2. It is often used for shall, S.
3. It is sometimes equivalent to must, S.

WILL, WYLL, WIL, WYL, adj.
1. Lost in error, uncertain how to proceed, S.
Wyntown.
To go wyll, to go astray, S.
Douglas.
Will of wane, at a loss for a habitation.
Barbour.

Su. G. will, Isl. vill-a, error; Isl. vill-az, to lead astray.

2. Desert, unfrequented.
Douglas.

Isl. ville, ferus; Su. G. willa diur, wild animals.

Wilsum, adj. In a wandering state, implying the ideas of dreariness, and of ignorance of one's course, S. pron. wullsum.
Pop. Ball.

Sw. en villsam vaeg, an intricate road.

Willyart, Wilyart, adj.
1. Wild, shy, flying the habitations and society of men.
Burel.
2. Bashful and reserved, avoiding society, or appearing awkward in it, S.
Burns.

From the adj. and Belg. geaard, q. of a wild disposition.

V. Art.
3. Obstinate, wilful, Loth. Berwicks.

WILLAN, s. The willow or saugh, S. B.

WILLAWINS, interj. Welladay, S.
Ferguson.

A. S. wyn, infortunium; q. wa la wyn, eheu calamitas!

WILLICK, s. The puffin, or alca arctica, Loth.
Neill.

WILLIE-POWRET-SEG, s. The name given by children in Fife to the Porpoise.

WILLIE WHIP-THE-WIND, a species of hawk, the Falco tinnunculus, or kestrel; in O. E. the Wind-vanner, Ang.

WILRONE, s. A wild boar.
Chr. S. P.

Su. G. vild, wild, and rune, a young boar.

WIMBLEBORE, s. A hole in the throat, which prevents one from speaking distinctly, S.; in allusion to a hole bored by a wimble.

To WYMPIL, WOMPLE, v. a.
1. To wrap, to fold, S.
Douglas.
2. To move in a meandrous way, applied to a stream, S.
Ramsay.

Teut. wimpel-en, involvere, implicare; Flandr. wompel-en.

To Wimple, v. n. To use such circumlocution in narration, as shews a design to deceive, S.

Wympil, Wimple, s.
1. A winding or fold, S.
Douglas.
2. A wile, a piece of craft, S. B.
Poems Buch. Dial.

Wympled, adj. Intricate.
Ross.

Wimpler, s. A waving lock of hair.
Evergreen.

To WIN, v. n. To dwell.
V. Won.

To WIN, WYN, WINNE, v. a.
1. To dry corn, hay, peats, &c. by exposing them to the air, S. pret. won, wonne.
Godscroft.

Belg. winn-en, A. S. wind-wian, ventilare; Su. G. Isl. winn-a, to wither.

2. Often used to denote harvest-making in general.
Barbour.

Teut. winn-en, colligere fructus terrae.

To WIN, v. a.
1. To raise from a quarry, S. won, part. pa.
Skene.
2. To work a mine of any kind.
Bellenden.

A. S. winn-an, Su. G. winn-a, laborare, labore acquirere.

To Win out, v. a. To raise as from a quarry; metaph. used.
Rutherford.

To Win one's bread, to gain it, properly by labour, S.

To WIN, WYN, WON, pron. wun, v. n. To have any thing in one's power, to arrive at any particular state or degree with some kind of labour or difficulty, S. pret. wan.
Sir Tristrem.

It is often joined with an adj.; as, to win free, to win loose; sometimes with a s., as, to win hame, to get home, S. It is also used with a great variety of prepositions.

1. To Win aboon,
(1.) To get the pre-eminence, S.
(2.) To obtain the mastery, to get the better of, S.
(3.) To recover from disease, S.
(4.) To recover one's spirits, S.
Skinner.

2. To Win about, to circumvent in any way; especially by wheedling, S.

3. To Win aff,
(1.) To get away, in a local sense; implying the idea of some obstacle or danger, in one's way, S.
Ross.
(2.) To be acquitted in a judicial trial, S.
(3.) To be able to dismount, S.

4. To Win a-flot, to break loose, to be set adrift.
Balfour.

5. To Win afore, or before, to outrun, S.
Douglas.

6. To Win at, to reach to, S.
Guthrie.

7. To Win at liberty, to get free; to be released from restraint.
Spalding.

8. To Win away,
(1.) To get off; often, to escape, to get off with difficulty, S.
Barbour.
(2.) To set off, as opposed to delay, S.
Franck.
(3.) To die; as, He's wun awa', S.
Rutherford.

9. To Win before, to get the start of, S.
Ritson.

10. To Win ben, to be able to go to, or to obtain admittance into, the inner apartment, S.

11. To win butt, to be able to go to the outer apartment, S.
Ramsay.

12. To win by, to get past, S.

13. To win down,
(1.) To reach, to extend, downwards.
Pitscottie.
(2.) To get down, S.
Spalding.

14. To Win farrer, to get further, S.

15. To Win farrer ben, to be admitted to greater honour, S.
Tales Landlord.

16. To Win forrat, to get forward, S.

17. To Win gae, to break loose, to obtain liberation, Buchan.
Forbes.

18. To Win in,
(1.) To obtain access, S.
Sir Egeir.
(2.) To be able to return home.
Pop. Ball.

19. To Win nere, to get near, S.
Douglas.

20. To Win on, to be able to ascend, or to mount, as on horseback, S.
Rutherford.

21. To Win on ahint one, to get the advantage in a bargain, to impose on one, S.

22. To Win our, or over,
(1.) To get over, in a literal sense, to be able to cross; implying difficulty, S.
Barbour.
(2.) To surmount, metaph. S.
Persec. Church Scotl.

23. To Win out, to escape; as, from a field of battle, &c.
Wallace.

24. To Win throw,
(1.) To get through, S.
Ramsay.
(2.) To cross a river, S.
Monro.
(3.) To be able to finish any business, S.
Baillie.
(4.) Metaph., to recover from disease, S.

25. To Win to,
(1.) To reach, S.
Wallace.
(2.) To take a seat near a table; or rather, to begin to eat of what is set on it, S.
(3.) To attain; as denoting the state of the mind, S.
Rutherford.

26. To Win to foot, to get on one's legs, S. B.
Ross.

27. To Wyn togidder, to attain to a state of conjunction.
Wallace.

28. To Win up,
(1.) To be able to ascend, S.
Barbour.
(2.) To rise, to get out of bed, S.
Pop. Ball.
(3.) To rise from one's knees.
Minstr. Border.

29. To Win up to, or with, to overtake, S.

30. To Win within, to get within.
Chr. Kirk.

Su. G. hwinn-a, winn-a, pergere; aliquem praegressum assequi.

To Win, v. a.
1. To reach, to gain; as, to win the door. S. B.
Spalding.

To Win by, v. a.
1. To get past; used in a literal sense, S.
2. To escape; in relation to danger, S.
Tales Landlord.

WIN, s. Gain.
Lyndsay.

To WIN, v. a. To wind (yarn), S.
Burns.

WINACHIN,
1. Equivalent to winnowing.
Buchan.
2. Metaph. used.
Poems Buch. Dial.

WINCHEAND, part. pr. Wincing.
Peblis Play.

WYND, s. An alley, a lane, S.
Wynt.

A. S. wind-an, to turn.

WYND, s. A warrior.
Gawan and Gol.

Germ. winn, winne, certator, bellator.

To WIND, v. n. To magnify in narration, to tell marvellous stories, S.; perhaps from wind, ventus, as a person of this description is said to blow.

Winder, s. One who deals in the marvellous, S.

WINDCUFFER, s. The name given to the kestrel, Orkn.
Barry.

WINDFLAUCHT, adj. With impetuous motion, as driven by the wind, S.
Douglas.

Teut. wind-vlaeghe, turbo, procella.

WYNDEL-STRAY, WINDLE-STRAE, s.
1. Smooth-crested grass, S.
Ross.
2. Any trifling obstacle.
Rutherford.

A. S. windel-streowe, a wheat or oaten straw.

To WINDLE, v. a. To make up (straw or hay) into bottles, S.
Gl. Sibb.

Teut. windel-en, fasciis vel fasciolis involvere.

Windlen, Wonlyne, s. A bottle of straw or hay, S.
Ramsay.

Norw. vandel, a portion of hay or straw.

WINDOCK, WINNOCK, s. A window, S.
Ramsay.

Isl. vindauge, Su. G. windoega; from wind, the higher part of a house, and oega, an eye.

WIND-SKEW, s. An instrument used for preventing smoke, Mearns.

Su. G. wind, and skufw-a, sky, vitare.

WYNE and ONWYNE, adv. To the right and left hand, every where, S. B.

From E. wind, to turn.

Ross.

WINE-BERRY, s. The common currant, S. B.
Pop. Ball.

WINED, L. urned.
V. Urn.
Wallace.

To WINFREE, v. a. To raise from the ground, to disentangle, Aberd.
Forbes.

From the v. win, and free.

To WYNIS, v. n. To decay, to pine away, S. B.

Perh. corr. from E. vanish.

WINK, s. In a wink, in a moment, S. B.
Morison.

WINKERS, s. The eye-lashes, S.

WINKIT, part. adj. Somewhat turned; a term applied to milk, when it has lost the sweet taste, Loth.

It may refer to the supposed influence of an evil eye.

WINKLOT, s. A young woman, a wench.
Peblis Play.

A. S. wencle, wincle, a handmaid.

WYNLAND, part. pr. Whirling, moving in a circular manner.
Barbour.

Teut. windel, trochlea; windtel-en, volvere.

WINRAW, s. Hay or peats put together in long thin heaps, for the purpose of being more easily dried, S.; q. a row for winning.
Gl. Sibb.

WINS, prep. Towards, in the direction of, Ang.

WINSEY, adj. Of or belonging to wool, S. B., apparently corr. from E. woolsey.

WINSOME, adj.
1. Gay, merry, cheerful, S. B.
Burns.

A. S. winsum, jucundus, laetus; from wyn, joy.

2. Comely, agreeable, engaging, S.
Ritson.

Su. G. waen, Isl. vaenn, pulcher, amoenus.

WYNSIK, s. Covetousness.
S. P. Repr.

Teut. win, ge-win, gain, and soeck-en, to seek.

WINT, pret. v. Weened.
Pitscottie.

WYNTIT, part. adj. The same with Winkit, Dumfr.

Perh. as denoting the effect of exposure to the air; Fr. vent-er, to blow.

WYNTYR, s.
1. Winter.
Wyntown.
2. A year.
Wyntown.

A. S. winter occurs in both senses.

Wintrous, adj. Wintry, stormy.
Z. Boyd.

To WINTLE, v. n. To stagger, to reel, S. O.
Burns.

Teut. windtel-en, circumagere, circumvolvere.

Wintle, s. A staggering motion, S. O.
Burns.

WINZE, s. A curse or imprecation, S.
To let a winze, to utter a curse.
Burns.

Teut. wensch, imprecatio.

To WIP, WYP, v. a. To bind round, S.
Dunbar.

Wyp, s. A wreath, a garland.
Douglas.

Moes. G. waip, wipja, corona.

WYR, s. An arrow.
Barbour.

Fr. vire, the arrow called a quarrell; Isl. aur, telum, sagitta.

To WYR, v. a. To wreathe, to let down by a whirling motion.
Barbour.

Mod. Sax. wyr-en, Fr. vir-er, Lat. gyr-are.

To WIRK, WYRK, v. a.
1. To work, to cause to accomplish.
Douglas.
2. To make, to form.
Dunbar.

A. S. wirc-an, wyrc-an, facere.

Wirk, Werk, s. Work.
Wallace.

WYROCK, s. A sort of hard excrescence.
V. Virrok.

WIRRY-COW, s.
1. A bugbear, a scarecrow, S.
Ramsay.
2. The devil, S.
Ramsay.

From wirry, to worry, and Cow, q. v.

WIRRY-HEN, s. Perhaps, one who swallows up the property of others, as a hen gobbles up what is thrown out.
Bannatyne P.

To WYRRIE, v. a. To strangle.
V. Wery.

WIRSCHIP, s.
V. Worschip.

WYSAR, s. The visor.
V. Wesar.

WISCH, pret. v. Washed.
Houlate.

To WYSE, v. a. To incline by caution or art.
V. Weise.

To WISEN, WYSSIN, v. n.
1. To wither, to become dry and hard, S. pron. wizzen; A. Bor. id.
Douglas.
2. To be parched; in consequence of thirst.
Douglas.

A. S. wisn-ian, tabescere, marcescere; Isl. visn-a, id.

To Wisen, v. a. To cause to fade, or make dry.
Douglas.

WISHY-WASHIES, s. pl. Shuffling language; a cant term for being slow in coming to the point, S. B.
Shirrefs.

Belg. wisiewasie, fiddle-faddle, whim-wham.

To WISY, v. a. To examine, &c.
V. Vesy.

To WISK, v. a. To hurry away, as if one quickly swept off any thing with a besom.
Douglas.

Germ. wisch-en, to wipe; Su. G. wiska, hwisk, a besom.

To Wisk away, v. n. To move off nimbly, S.; whisk, E.
Douglas.

Wysk, s. A quick motion; S. whisk.
Barbour.
With are wysk, adv. Quickly.
K. Hart.

To WISS, WISSE, v. a. To direct, to guide, to put one in the way of obtaining any thing, S.
Sir Tristrem.

A. S. wiss-ian, instruere, monstrare; Isl. vys-a, Dan. vys-er, ostendere.

To WISS, s. To wish, S.

WISS, s. The moisture that exudes from bark, in preparing it for being tanned; Perths.

Isl. vaes, vos, humiditas.

WYSS, adj.
1. Wise, prudent, S.
Wall.
2. Knowing, informed; wysser, better informed, S.

A. S. wis, sapiens; Su. G. wiss, certus.

3. In the full exercise of reason; more commonly used with a negative, S.
Ferguson.

Wyss-wife, Wise-wife, s. A periphrasis for a witch, S.
Spotswood.

Germ. weissen-frauen, witches.

Wyss-like, adj. Possessing the appearance of propriety, prudent, S.

A. S. wis-lic, prudens.

Wyss-like, adv. Properly, decently, S.

Germ. weislich, discreetly, judiciously.

To WISSEL, v. n.
1. To exchange.
2. To club in drinking, Ang.

Wissel, s. Change.
V. Quhissel.

To Wistel, v. a. To wager, to stake, to bet, Ang.; an improper use of the v. Quhissel, to exchange.

WYSURE, s. Perh. consideration; Teut. visouwe, id.
Dunbar.

To WIT, WITT, v. a. To know.
Wall.

Moes. G. A. S. wit-an, scire, noscere.

Wit, Witt, s. Intelligence, information, tidings, S.
To get wit of a thing, to obtain information with respect to it, S.
Wallace.
To let wit, to make known, to communicate intelligence, S.

A. S. wit, ge-wit, scientia, notitia.

To WYT, v. a. To shun, to avoid.

Lat. vit-are, id.

Barbour.

WITCH-BELLS, s. pl. Round-leaved bell-flower, S.

Sw. maerebiael, i. e. the bell of the Night-mare, viewed as an incubus.

To WITE, v. a. To blame, to accuse; the prep. with, or for, being added, S.
Kelly.

A. S. wit-an, Su. G. wit-a, imputare, exprobrare.

Wite, Wyte, s. Blame, S.
Douglas.

Wyteless, adj. Blameless.
Ramsay.

WYTENONFA, s. A disease.
V. Wedonypha.

WITH. To gae with, v. n. To miscarry, to fail, as respecting either one's circumstances, or moral conduct, S.

A. S. with, Su. G. wid, against; A. S. with-ga-en, to oppose.

WITH THAT, adv. Upon that, thereupon.

Isl. vid that, id.

Wallace.

WITH THI, conj.
1. Wherefore.
Poems 16th Cent.
2. Provided, on condition.
Barbour.

A. S. with, propterea, and thy, quod.

WITHERWECHT, s. The weight thrown into one scale, to counterbalance the paper, or vessel, in the opposite scale, which contains the goods bought, S. B.

A. S. wither, against, and wiht, weight, q. opposite weight.

WITH-GANG, s. Toleration, permission to pass with impunity.
Skene.

From gang, to go, and the prep. with.

WITH-GATE, s. Liberty, toleration.
Acts Ja. VI.

S. with, and gate, A. S. gat, via.

To WITHHALD, v. a.
1. To withhold, S. l quiescent.
2. To hold, to possess.
Douglas.

WITHOUTYN, prep. Without.
Wall.

A. S. with, versus, and utan, extra.

WITHLETTING, s. Obstruction.
Barbour.

A. S. with, and A. S. let-an, to permit.

To WITHSAY, v. a. To gainsay, to oppose.
Barbour.

A. S. with-saegg-an, to deny, to gainsay.

To WITHSET, v. a. To beset.
Barbour.

A. S. with-sett-an, to resist.

To WITHTAK, v. a. To lay hold of, to seize.
Knox.

A. S. with-taec-an, ad capere.

To WITTER, WYTYR, v. a. To inform, to make known.
Wyntown.

Su. G. witr-a, notum facere, indicare.

Wittir, s.
1. A mark, a sign.
Douglas.
2. A pennon, a standard.
Godscroft.
3. In curling, the mark towards which the stones are pushed, S. A.
Davidson.

Witterly, adv. According to good information.
Barbour.

Wittryng, Wyttring, Wittering, s.
1. Information, knowledge.
Douglas.
2. Information with respect to future events, or of a prophetic kind.
Barbour.

Isl. vitr-a is synon. with Sw. foreboda, to prognosticate.

Witter-stone, s. Apparently, a stone originally placed as a witter or mark.
Fountainhall.

WITTER, s. The barb of an arrow or fishhook, S.

To WITTER, v. n. To fight, to fall foul of one another, Gl. Sibb.; perh. to take one by the throat.
V. next word.

Belg. veter, a point; Teut. wette, acies cultri.

WITTER, s. The throat, Aberd.
Journ. Lond.

This seems corr. from Lat. guttur.

WITTINS, s. pl. Knowledge. Without my wittins, without my knowledge, S.

A. S. part. wittende, knowing.

WITTIS, s. pl. The senses.
Henrysone.

WIZEN, s. The throat. S.
Journ. Lond.

E. weasand, the windpipe.

To WIZZEN, v. n. To become dry.
V. Wisen.

WLONK, adj.
1. Gaudily dressed; superl. wlonkest.
Sir Gawan.
2. Rich.
Ibid.

Wlonk, s. A woman of rank, or one splendidly dressed.
Dunbar.

A. S. wlonce, wlance, gay, splendid, rich.

WOAGE, s. A military expedition.
V. Wiage.

WOB, s. A web, S. wab.
Douglas.

Wobster, Wobstar, s. A weaver, S. wabster.
Lyndsay.

WOBAT, adj. Feeble, decayed; wobart, Ang.
V. Vowbet.
Dunbar.

WOCE, s. Voice.
Barbour.

WOD, WODE, WOUD, s. A wood.
Douglas.

A. S. wudu, Belg. woud, S. wud, id.

WOD, WODE, VOD, adj.
1. Mad, S. wud.
Wallace.

A. S. wod, amens, insanus.

2. Furious with rage; denoting the act, S.
Douglas.

A. S. wod, furiosus; Isl. od-ur, insanus, ira percitus.

3. Having a fierce or fiery temper; expressive of the habit, S.
4. Ravenous; in relation to appetite.
Douglas.
5. Wild, as opposed to an animal that is domesticated.
Wallace.

Wod, Wud. In the wud o't, an expression applied to a person, when eager to obtain or do any thing, or when greatly in need of it, S. B.

Wodnes, s. Fury, madness, S.
Wyntown.

Alem. uuotnissa, dementia.

Wodspur, s. A forward, unsettled, and fiery person, S.

WODERSHINS, adv.
V. Widdersinnis.

WODEWALL, WOOD WEELE, s. Variously explained, as a thrush, a wood-lark, a redbreast.
Pop. Ball.

WODROISS, s. A savage; perh. rather wodwiss.
Houlate.

A. S. wude-wase, satyra, faunus.

WOFT, s. The woof.
V. Waft.

To WOID, v. a. To divide.
Wallace.

WOYELEY, adv. Wickedly.
Sir Gawan.

A. S. wolice, prave, inique; wo-lic, pravus.

WOIK, pret. v. Fled, wandered.
Doug.

A. S. woc, woce, ortus est, from waec-an, suscitari.

WOYNE, s. Perh. labour.
Maitland P.

Sw. wonda, difficultas; wond-a, laborare.

WOISTARE, WOUSTOUR, s. A boaster, S. vouster.
V. Voust.
Doug.

WOLK, pret. Walked.
Douglas.

WOLROUN, s. Perh. impotent person.
Dunbar.

Su. G. gall, testiculus; Teut. ruyn-en, castrare.

To WOLTER, v. a. To overturn.
Maitland P.

Teut. woelter-en, volutare.

Wolter, s. An overturning, a change productive of confusion; S. walter.
Knox.

WOMENTING, s. Lamentation.
V. Wayming.
Douglas.

To WOMPLE, v. a. To wrap.
V. Wimpil.

To WON, v. n. To be able, to have any thing in one's power.
V. Win, v. n.

To WON, WIN, WYN, v. n. To dwell, S.
Douglas.

A. S. wun-ian, Germ. won-en, id.

Wonnyng, Wyning, s. A dwelling.

A. S. wununge, mansio.

Barbour.

To WON, v. a. To dry by exposure to the air.

Wonnyn, part. pa. Dried.
V. Win, v. 2.

WON, part. pa. Raised from a quarry; also, dug from a mine.
V. Win, v. 3.

To WOND, v. n. To depart; used for wend.
Gawan and Gol.

WONGE, s. The cheek.
Sir Tristrem.

A. S. waeng, Isl. vong, maxilla.

WONNYT. L. wemmyt, q. v.
Barbour.

WOO, s. Wool, S.
Kelly.
It's aw ae woo, S. Prov. It is all one.

WOOD-ILL, s. A disease of cattle, the same with Muir-ill, q. v.

WOOERBAB, s. The garter-knot below the knee, with a couple of loops, S. O.
Burns.

WOR, pret. Guarded, defended.
V. Wer.
Wallace.

WOR, adj. Worse.
V. War.
Kennedy.

WORDY, adj. Worth, worthy, S.
Ramsay.

WORDIS, v. imp. It wordis, it behoves, it becomes.
Wallace.
Bee worde of, become of.
V. Worth, v.
Z. Boyd.

Belg. word-en, O. Su. G. woerd-a, Isl. verd-a, interesse, pertinere.

WORLIN, s. A puny and feeble creature.
Dunbar.

A dimin. from worl, wurl, wroul, all corr. from Warwolf, q. v.

To WORRIE, v. a. To strangle.
Kennedy.

To Worry, v. n. To choak, to be suffocated, S.
Ramsay.

WORRI-COW, s.
V. Wirrycow.

WORRYOURIS, s. pl. Warriors.
Gawan and Gol.

WORSCHIP, WIRSCHIP, s.
1. A praiseworthy deed, a valorous act.
Barbour.
2. Honour, renown.
Henrysone.

A. S. weorthscipe, honour, estimation.

WORSET, s. Corr. of E. worsted, S.
Spalding.

To WORSLE, v. n. To wrestle.
Z. Boyd.

Worsling, s. Wrestling.
V. Warsell.
Z. Boyd.

To WORT, WORT UP, v. a. To dig up.
Bellenden.

A. S. wrot-an, versare rostro; Belg. vroet-en, wroet-en, id.

To WORTH, WOURTH, v. n.
1. To wax, to become; part. pa. wourthin.
Barbour.

A. S. weorth-an, Teut. word-en, fieri, esse, fore.

2. It worthis, v. imp. It becomes.
Him worthit, it was necessary for him, &c.
V. Wordis.
Barbour.

WORTHELETH. Perh. for worthelich.

A. S. weorthlic, insignis.

Houlate.

WORTHYHED, s. The same as worschip.
Barbour.

WOSCHE, WOUSCHE, pret. v. Washed; S. woosh, pron. wush, S. B. weesh.
Douglas.

WOSTOW. Wotest thou, knowest thou.
K. Quair.

WOT, s. Intelligence, S. wat.
Ferguson.

WOTLINK, s. A wench; used in a bad sense.
Dunbar.

WOUCH, WOUGH, s.
1. Evil, pravity.
Sir Tristrem.
2. Injustice, injury.
Quon. Att.
3. Trouble, fatigue.
Sir Tristrem.
4. Wo, mischief; in a physical respect.
Gawan and Gol.

A. S. wo, woh, wohg, weoh, perversitas, pravitas, error.

WOUDE, pret. Waded.
Dunbar.

A. S. wad-an, vadere; imperf. wod.

WOUF, WOWF, s. The wolf, S.
Ramsay.

To Wouff, v. n. To bark, S.

Su. G. ulfw-a, ululare, from ulf, a wolf; Belg. guyv-en, to howl as a dog.

To Wow, v. n. To howl, Moray.
Pop. Ball.

WOUK, pret. Watched.
Barbour.

WOUK, WOUKE, s. A week, S. B. ook.
Sir Tristrem.

A. S. wuca, Dan. uge, wge, id.

WOUND, used as a superlative.
Gawan and Gol.

Perhaps from wond, the pret. of A. S. wand-ian, vereri, to dread.

WOUNDER, WONDIR, adv. Wonderfully.
Douglas.

WOUNDRING, s. A monster, a prodigy.
Douglas.

A. S. wundrung, admiration.

WOURSUM, WORSUM, s. Purulent matter, S., pron. wursum.
Douglas.

A. S. wyr, pus, and sum, as denoting quality.

WOUSTOUR, s. A boaster.
V. Woistare.

WOUT, s. Countenance, aspect.
V. Vult.
Gawan and Gol.

To WOW, v. a. To woo or make love to.
Bannatyne Poems.

A. S. wog-an, nubere; wogere, procus, amasius, a wooer.

To WOW, v. n.
V. under Wouf.

WOW, interj. Expressive of admiration, S., often vow.
V. Vow.
Douglas.

WOWN, s. Wont, custom.
Wyntown.

A. S. wuna, Alem. uuone, mos.

Wowne, adj. Wont, accustomed.
Wynt.

WRA, s. Hiding-place.
Douglas.

Dan. vraae, a corner, a lurking-hole.

To WRABIL, v. n. To move in a slow undulating manner, like a worm; to wriggle; S. warble, wurble.
Douglas.
Warple is used in the same sense, S. B.
Ross.

Teut. wurbel-en, Belg. wervel-en, gyros agere, in orbem versare.

WRACHYS, ghosts.
V. Wraith.
Doug.

WRACK, s. For its different senses, V. Wrak.

WRAIGHLY, adv. Strangely, or awkwardly.
Gawan and Gol.

A. S. wraeclice, peregre.

WRAIK, WRAK, s.
1. Revenge, vengeance.
Douglas.
2. Anger, wrath.
Douglas.
3. Destruction; wreck, E.
Wyntown.
4. Denoting one who threatens or brings vengeance or destruction.
Douglas.

A. S. wraec, wraece, Belg. wraecke, ultio, vindicia.

WRAITH, WRAYTH, WRAITHE, WRETH, s.
1. Properly, an apparition in the exact likeness of a person, supposed by the vulgar to be seen before, or soon after death, S.
K. James.
2. Sometimes used, but improperly, to denote a spirit supposed to preside over the waters.
Lewis.

Moes. G. ward-jan, A. S. weard-an, custodire; as the apparition, called a wraith, was supposed to be that of one's guardian angel. A. S. weard, a guardian, a keeper.

WRAITH, s.. Provision, food.
Henrysone.

Su. G. ward, Isl. verd, id.; from Su. G. war-a, to eat.

WRAITH, adj. Wroth.
Douglas.

Wraithly, adv. Furiously.
Wallace.

WRAK, WRAIK, WRACK, WRECK, WREK, s.
1. Whatever is thrown out by the sea, as broken pieces of wood, sea-weed, &c., S.
2. Often appropriated to sea-weed, S.
Barry.

This receives different names in different parts of S.; as, button wrack, lady wrack, &c.

Stat. Acc.
3. The weeds gathered from land, and generally piled up in heaps for being burnt, S.
Pennecuik.
4. Trash, refuse of any kind.
Bannatyne Poems.

Su. G. wrak, E. wreck; also, any thing that is of little value, mere trash; Dan. vrag, id.

To WRAMP, v. a. To sprain any part of the body, S. Cumb.

Belg. wremp-en, to distort the mouth.

Wramp, s. A twist or sprain, S.
Watson.

WRANG, s. Wrong, S.
Barbour.

Wrangwis, Wrangwiss, adj.
1. Wrong, not proper.
Wallace.
2. Wrongful, unjust.
Wyntown.

A. S. wise, manner, used as a term., changes the s. to which it is affixed into an adj. as riht-wise, whence E. righteous.

WRANGIS, WRAYNGIS, s. pl. The ribs or floor timbers of a ship; Fr. varangues, id.
Douglas.

Radically the same with S. rung.

To WRAPLE, v. a. To entangle, to warp, also warple, S. B.
Ross.

Originally the same with Wrabil, q. v.

WRAT, s. A wart or hard rough excrescence, chiefly on the fingers, S.; the Verruca of physicians.

Belg. wratte.

Z. Boyd.

WRATACK, s. A dwarf, S. B.
Ross.

Gael. bridach, cruitecan, id.; Dan. vreden, tortus.

To WRATCH, WRETCH, v. n. To become niggardly, S.
Kelly.

Belg. vrek, vrekkig, niggardly.

WRATE, pret. v. Apparently, died.
Wyntown.

Moes. G. wrat-on, Isl. rat-a, peregrinari.

WRE. L. vre, chance.
Barbour.

WREAD, WREATH, s. A place for inclosing cattle, Ang.

A. S. wraeth, an inclosure. Su. G. wreit, reit, Isl. reit-r, id.

WREE, s. An instrument for cleansing grain, by separating that which is shelled from what retains the husks, Loth.;
pron. also Ree, q. v.

To Wree, v. a. To separate shelled from unshelled grain, Loth.

To WREE, v. a. To writhe.
V. Wry.

WREGH, s. Wretch.
S. P. Repr.

A. S. wraecca, an exile; also, a wretch.

To WREIL, WRELE, v. n. To wriggle, to turn about.
Douglas.

Perhaps merely a corr. of E. wriggle.

To WREIST, WRIST, WREST, v. a. To sprain any part of the body, S. wramp, synon.
Lyndsay.

A. S. wraest-an, intorquere.

Wreist, s.
1. A writhe or twist.
Pal. Hon.
2. A sprain, S.; wramp, synon.
Watson.

WREK, s. Refuse.
V. Wrak.

WRETCH, WRECHE, s. A niggard, a covetous person, S.
Lyndsay.

To WRETH one's self, v. a. To be wroth, or filled with indignation.
Barbour.

A. S. wraeth-ian, indignare; or wreoth-ian, wreth-ian, intorquere.

Wrethly, adv. Wrathfully.
Henrysone.

To WRY, WREYE, v. a. To turn, to twist, O. E.
Douglas.

A. S. writh-an, intorquere.

To WRY, v. a. To cover, to conceal.
Douglas.

A. S. wre-on, wri-on, wrig-an, tegere, celare.

WRIBLE, s. A quaver, the act of warbling; also, werble.
Douglas.

Teut. wervel-en, to twirl; literally, to turn round.

V. Wrabil.

WRIG, s.
1. The youngest or feeblest bird in a nest, S.
2. A weak or puny child, or the youngest of the family, S.

Isl. warg, an exile.

V. Wallidrag.

WRIGGLE, s.
V. Windskew.

WRIGHT, s. The general name used for a common carpenter, S., Yorks.
Gawan and Gol.

A. S. wryhta, a workman, one by whom any thing is framed; from wryc-an, to work.

To WRIK, v. a. To wreck, to avenge.

A. S. wric-an, id.

King Hart.

WRINGLE, s. A writhing motion, S. B.
V. next word.

WRINK, WRYNK, s.
1. A turning or winding.
Douglas.
2. A trick, a subterfuge.
Lyndsay.

A. S. wrenc, wrence, fraus, dolus, stratagema; Isl. reinki, fraudulentus; Teut. renck-en, to bend, to turn; rencke, flexus; also, fallacia.

Wrinklit, part. adj. Intricate, having many turnings.
Douglas.

WRITER, s. An attorney, S.
Burns.

WRO, WROO, s. Perhaps inclosure; S. B. wrae.
V. Rae.
Pop. Ball.

WROIK, s. Spite, revenge.
Douglas.

WROKEN, part. pa. Revenged.
Doug.

A. S. wraec-an, ulcisci.

WROUL, s. An ill-grown person, or puny child, S.
V. Warwolf.

WUGGLE, s. A bog or marsh, S. B.
V. Waggle.

To WURBLE, v. n. To wriggle.
V. Wrabil.

WURDY, adj. Worth, deserving.
V. Werdy.

WULLCAT, s. A wild cat, S.
To tumble the wullcat, to whirl heels over head, S.

WULLSOME, adj. Wild.
V. under Will, adj.