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116 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSART. Wnlyart, adj, bashful ; stupicL Win, V. to save or dry hay, turf, &c., by exposure to the wind. Wind. (1) < To get under the wind ' of any affair is to get secret or early infonnation about it. (2) The following rhyme has regard to the yaiious winds : ' When the wind 's horn, the north It's good for oooHne broth ; When the wind *s from the south It blows the dust into your mouth ; When the wind *s from the east It*s neither good for man or beast ; When the wind *b from the west, Then the weather's best I, sb. pi. The head and foot rig in a ploughed field on which the horses turn are the tvinedins. Wine 'ere, Wind 'ere 1 a call to a horse to turn to the left or near side. Wink o' sleep, any sleep. ' I didn't get a wink o' sleep for a week.' Winltn, sb, a small roll of hay. Winnie stroe, sh. a stalk of withered grass. Winter dyke, sh. two strong fences of stones or earth crossing each other at right angles. These are erected on exposed pastures to shelter cattle left out in winter. Also a clothes-horse for drying clothes on. Winter Friday, sb. a term for a cold, wretched-looking person. Wit, {!) sb. knowledge ; intelligence. (2) < He has to seek his ivit yet/ said of a fool. Witch's cradle, sb. a Lias fossil, Grypkea incurva. Wite, V. to blame. Wi' the han', favourable; easily done. This expression is taken from ploughing experience. When a man is ploughing across a sloping place, and has difficulty in getting the earth to he baok» he would say it was ' again the han' ; ' if otherwise, he would say it was ' Wiethe han^ The horse that walks on the unploughed land is said to be * in the ban' ; ' the other horse is called the * fiir horse,* because it walks in the furrow. Without, adv. unless. ' Without you do it.' V'izzen, sh. the windpipe. Wobble, V. to lather the face before shaving ; to totter in walking ; to shake ; to be unsteady on the feet. Wobblin' bmth, sb. a shaving brush. Wool cottar, sb, a cormorant. ^^