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100 HAMPSHIBE GLOSSARY. Wag, V. (1) To move. — N. and Q. Ist Ser. x. 401. (2) To Bhoot, a8 grass or herb. Ex. * These showers 'ull set every- thing a-wagying.* — ^N. H. Wag-wants [wag- wonts], sh. quaking-grass. — J. {Brtza Media,) Wainy [wai-ni], adj. not straight ; the edge not straight, but partly deflected. Ex. * He fits well enough except where the post's toainy,' said of the side of a post which was not quite straight in its whole length.— N. H. Wampy [womp-i], adj. faulty, shaky. Used of timber. — N". H. Wanty [wont-i], sb. the leather band which passes from the shaft of a cart under the horse's belly.— N. H. Waps [wops], sh. a wasp. The plural is tcapses [wopsez] ; so also in the gen, sing, as, * a wapses nest.' A.S. UKspa, vespa. — P. M. Also ♦Ak. Wapsy [wopzi], adj, spiteful, waspish. — J. War [wor], pt t i e. was. Declined thus, I war, he tear, we war, &c. •Ak. War, for beware, take care. A.S. war, aware. *Ak. Com. in hunting language. Warf [wauf], t;. n. to warp. Ex. * We can't .use un, he's warfed so.'— N. H. Wamd [wau-md], v, to warrant. Ex. * You'll get un, I wanuV *Ak. Wase [waiz], eh, a wisp of straw, for cleaning a horse. — Wise, New Forest. Any small bundle of straw. Wasset-man [wos*ut-man], ah. a scarecrow. *Ak. Wise, New Forest Watcherd [wot-shud], adj. wet-footed. — N. H. Water-tables [wautur-tai-blz], sh. pi. the side-dikes along the road which carry off the water ; cnannels. — Wise, New Forest. Wathe [waidh], adj, exhausted^ tired. Ex. < I bo so watJieJ- Wattle [woti], sb. a hurdle. — Cooper. Waze-goose [waiz-goos], sb, a stubble-goose. — J. See Wase. Weald [weeld] , v, to bring com or hay into swathe, before putting it into puck. — Wise, New Forest, See Puck. Wean-house [wen-us], sb, a wain-house or waggon-house. — Cooper (who notes that it is pronounced wenhtts). Wean-gate [ween-gait], sb. lit. wain-gait, the tail-board of a waggon. Wcet-bird [weet-burd], sb. the wryneck ; so named from its cry of weet [weetj.— Wise, New Forest, p. 186. See Barley-bird, Felling- bird, Bpring-bird. Weeth [weeth], adj. tough and pliable, (like) a witK *Ak. Wise, New Forest Weeze [weez], v. to ooze. — Cooper.