_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.