bastard Orleans plum.
Wheele ladder, 17/6, _s._ "probably a frame on the side of a cart to
support hay or corn when the load is to be increased."--Mavor.
Whelpe, 95/2, _s._ child.
Whereas, 21/25, _adv._ wherever.
Whight, 15/12, _adj._ white.
Whinnes, 53/12, _s. pl._ whin, furze.
Whipstock, 21/14, _s._ the handle of a whip.
"Bought you a whistle, and a _whip-stalk_ too,
To be revenged on their villainies."
--Span. Tragedy, iii. 180.
Whist, 64*/10, _v._ be silent, be hushed. "Keepe the _whisht_, and
thou shalt heare it the sooner."--Terence in Eng. 1641.
Whit, 2/4, _s._ a point, no whit, not in the slightest degree. A.S.
_wiht_, a creature, thing. Gothic _waiht_.
Whitch, 35/6, which sort.
Whit leather, 17/4, _s._ leather dressed with alum, salt, etc.,
remarkable for its pliability and toughness. "I think I'm as hard as a
nut, and as tough as _whit-leather_."--Howitt.
Whitemeat, Whitmeat, 47/20, _s._ eggs, milk, butter, cheese, etc.
Wicket, 77/9, _s._ mouth.
Wight, 3/6, _s._ person, man. A.S. _wiht_. Gothic _waiht_.
Wild otes fantasie, 9/30*, the fancies or excesses of youth. Cf.
"sowing his wild oats."
Wiles, 114/18, _s. pl._ tricks, deceits.
Wilfull, 35/4, _adj._ ready, hasty.
Wimble, 17/6, _s._ auger. "An auger or _wimble_, wherwith holes are
bored, _terebra_ and _terebrum_."--Baret's Aluearie, 1580. _Gimlet_ is
the dimin. from _wimble_.
Wine, 51/21, _v. imp._ win, make to please.
Wit, 16/3, _s._ sense, good judgment. A.S. _witt_.
Wither, 57/20, _v._ dry.
Wonne, 75/3, _pp._ managed, made up.
Wood, 13/5, _adj._ mad. A.S. _wod_.
Woodrofe, 44/17, _s._ sweet woodruff, _Asperula odorata_. A.S.
_wudurôfe_.
Woodsere, 51/6, _s._ the month or season for cutting wood; but see next
word. "If wood be cut after the sunne decline from us till he come to
the equinoctial (which time they call _woodsere_), it will never grow
againe."--Heydon, Def. of Astrology, 1603.
Woodsere, 53/15, _s._ "By woodsere is meant decayed or hollow
Pollards."--T.R.; but in his note to this passage he says, "Woodsere is
the season of felling wood."--T.R.
Woorser, 10/32, Worser, 63/15, _adv._ worse, a double comparative. A.S.
_wyrsa_.
Woorth, 113/7, _s._ in worth = for what I am worth, _i.e._ as I can,
what I can get.
Wot, 94/4, _ v. pr. t._ ye know not what, an indefinite expression.
Wote, 10/21, _v. pr. t._ know. A.S. _witan_; _pt. t. Ic wat_, I know.
Wounder, 2/2, _s._ wounder, slayer. A.S. _wundian_, to wound.
Wrall, 101/4, _v. pr. t._ quarrel.
Wraught, 114/35, _pp._ supplied, furnished.
Wrauling, 92/1, _s._ quarrelling.
Wrecke, 115/2, _v._ wreak, vent. A.S. _wrecan_.
Wrest, 11/1, _v._ turn, force away.
Wrest, 10/61, _v._ steal away, plunder.
Wresting, 89/13, _s._ struggling for, fighting for.
Wright, 68/1, _v._ write.
Wringer, 2/13, _s._ extortioner.
Write, 86/10, _v. imp._ mark, write the name on.
Wud, 33/16, _s._ wood. A.S. _wudu_.
Wull, 35/21, _s._ wool. A.S. _wull_. Gothic _wulla_.
Y.
Yarn, 21/13, _v. pr. t._ earn. A.S. _gearnian_.
Yeane, 33/21, _v._ bring forth young. A.S. _eanian_.
Yeerlie, 63/21, _adv._ ? = yarely, readily. A.S. _gearu_. O. L. Ger.
_garu_.
Yerke, 64*/9, _v._ kick, wince. "They flirt, they _yerk_,
they backward fling."--Drayton. "_Tire_, a kick, yark, jerk,
jert."--Cotgrave.