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.