WAWARD,s.The vanguard.Barbour.
WAWIL,adj.Not well knit.V.Weffil.Dunbar.
WE, WEY, WIE,s.Conjoined withlitill;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. withlittle ane, S. id.
ToWEAR 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 aneut. 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 awechtcan 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, andgall, 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, orweather-gleam, i. e. between him and the light of the sky.Gl. Sibb.
A. S.weder, coelum, andgleam, splendor.
ToWEDE, 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.Theonfallor attack of aweid;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.
ToWEESE, 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.
ToWEY,v. a.To throw.Wallace.
Teut.wegh-en, movere.
ToWEY,v. a.To bewail; Teut.weeh-en, to cry as a child, vagire.Wallace.
ToWEID,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, orweite, corresponds to Fr.accablé, as signifying that one is oppressed with disease.
WEID, L.theid, region.V.Thede.Gawan and Gol.
ToWEIF,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 theweigh-bauks, when in a state of indecision, S.
Teut.waegh-balck, scapus librae.
Weights,s. pl.Scales, S.Z. Boyd.
ToWeight,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.
ToWEILD,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; whencewaer-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.
ToWeird,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.
ToWEISE, 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.
ToWeise,Wyse,v. n.To incline, S.Ramsay.
ToWEIT,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.
ToWeit,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.
ToWELD,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.
ToWELL, 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. theeyeof thewele.
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.
ToWELT,v. a.1. To throw.Douglas.2.v. n.To roll.Douglas.
Moes. G.walt-ian, to roll.
ToWELTER,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.
ToWENDIN,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 toWoden.
ToWENT,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.
ToWER, 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.
ToWERY, 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.
ToWERK,v. n.To ache.V.Wark.
ToWERK,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.
ToWERRAY,v. a.To make war upon.
Su. G.haer, an army.
Barbour.
ToWERRAY,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.
ToWERSIL,v. n.To wrestle.V.Warsell.
WERSLETE,s.Uncertain.Wyntown.
WERTH,s.Fate; forweird.Henrysone.
WERTHAR,adj.More worthy.Wallace.
Moes. G.wairths, worthy.
WESAR, WYSAR,s.A visor.Wallace.
ToWESCHE,v. a.To wash, S.Doug.
WESCHE,s.Stale urine.V.Wash.
WESELY,adv.Cautiously.V.Vesie.Wallace.
ToWESY,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.
ToWEVIL,v. n.To wriggle.V.Weffil.
⁂ WH.For words not found here, seeQuh.
WHANG,s.1. A thong, S.2. A slice, S.
ToWhang,v. a.To flog, to scourge, S.V.Quhaing.
ToWHAISLE, WHOSLE,v. n.To wheeze in breathing, S.Pop. Ball.
Su. G. Isl.hwaes-a, id.
WHATY,adj.Indifferent.Thomas of Ercildone.
ToWHAUK,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.
ToWHEAK, 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 largewheel.
ToWHEEP,v. n.1. To give a sharp, intermittent whistle, S.2. To squeak, S.
Su. G.hwip-a, to whoop.
ToWHEEPLE,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 thebrig-headsof a mill, S. B.
WHELEN, Perh. an error forwhelcen, who; Su. G.hwilken, id.Sir Gawan.
WHID,s.A lie, S.V.Quhid.Burns.
ToWHIG,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. fromwiggam, 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 manyradiidrawn 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 theWhigs.
2. In pl. whims, fancies, S.Burns.
ToWHIHHER,v. n.To titter, Ang.Minstr. Bord.
ToWHILLY, 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.
ToWHINGE,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, andgerdactio; q. a weapon forsecret deeds.
WHINKENS,s. pl.Flummery, S. B.
Su. G.hwink-a, to vacillate.
ToWHINNER,v. n.To pass with velocity, giving a humming sound, S.
Isl.hwyna, to resound.
ToWHIPaff, orawa,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; orWhip,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.
ToWHISH,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 weetone'swhistle, 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 abenchby himself, and maywhistlefor his own amusement, Aberd.
WHISTLE-THE-WHAUP, a phrase addressed to one who is supposed to play upon another, West of S.
ToWHITE,v. a.To cut with a knife, S.V.Quhyte.Burns.
WHITE-ABOON-GLADE,s.The Henharrier, Stirlings.Stat. Acc.
Corresponding with Lanariusalbus, Le Laniercendrè, &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, andlic, 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.
ToWHOSLE,v. n.To breathe hard, to wheeze, Aberd.V.Wheasle.Journ. Lond.
ToWHUMMIL, 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.
ToWick,v. n.To strike a stone in an oblique direction, a term incurling, S.Graeme.
Su. G.wik-a, flectere;wika af, a via deflectere.
WICK,adj.Wick to slo, hard to slay.Sir Tristrem.
The same withWicht; 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, orwindream, 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, fromwide, salix; A. S.withig, id.
Widdifow,Viddiful,s.1. Properly, one who deserves tofillawiddieor halter, S.Lyndsay.2. In pl. equivalent tobrave boys, in sea language.Compl. S.3. A romp, S.
Widdifow,adj.Wrathful, S. A. and O.Burns.
ToWIDDILL,v. n.pron.wuddil.1. Generally used in connexion with some otherv.; 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 togang 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.
ToWIGGLE,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 calledMoss-crops, S.
WILDFIRE,s.The common name for the Phlyctenae of Sauvages, S., vulgarlywullfire.
A. S.wild-fyr, erysipelas.
ToWILE, 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.
ToWILE, 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 forshall, S.3. It is sometimes equivalent tomust, 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 theadj.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. theWind-vanner, Ang.
WILRONE,s.A wild boar.Chr. S. P.
Su. G.vild, wild, andrune, a young boar.
WIMBLEBORE,s.A hole in the throat, which prevents one from speaking distinctly, S.; in allusion to a holeboredby awimble.
ToWYMPIL, 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.
ToWimple,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.
ToWIN,v. n.To dwell.V.Won.
ToWIN, 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.
ToWIN,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.
ToWin out,v. a.To raise as from a quarry; metaph. used.Rutherford.
ToWinone'sbread, to gain it, properly bylabour, S.
ToWIN,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 anadj.; as,to win free,to win loose; sometimes with as., as,to win hame, to get home, S. It is also used with a great variety of prepositions.
1.ToWin 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.ToWin about, to circumvent in any way; especially by wheedling, S.
3.ToWin 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.ToWin a-flot, to break loose, to be set adrift.Balfour.
5.ToWin afore, or before, to outrun, S.Douglas.
6.ToWin at, to reach to, S.Guthrie.
7.ToWin at liberty, to get free; to be released from restraint.Spalding.
8.ToWin 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.ToWin before, to get the start of, S.Ritson.
10.ToWin ben, to be able to go to, or to obtain admittance into, the inner apartment, S.
11.Towin butt, to be able to go to the outer apartment, S.Ramsay.
12.Towin by, to get past, S.
13.Towin down,(1.) To reach, to extend, downwards.Pitscottie.(2.) To get down, S.Spalding.
14.ToWin farrer, to get further, S.
15.ToWin farrer ben, to be admitted to greater honour, S.Tales Landlord.
16.ToWin forrat, to get forward, S.
17.ToWin gae, to break loose, to obtain liberation, Buchan.Forbes.
18.ToWin in,(1.) To obtain access, S.Sir Egeir.(2.) To be able to return home.Pop. Ball.
19.ToWin nere, to get near, S.Douglas.
20.ToWin on, to be able to ascend, or to mount, as on horseback, S.Rutherford.
21.ToWin on ahintone, to get the advantage in a bargain, to impose on one, S.
22.ToWin our, orover,(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.ToWin out, to escape; as, from a field of battle, &c.Wallace.
24.ToWin 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.ToWin 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.