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HAMPSHIBE QLOSSART. lOl Weigli-jolt [wai-joalt], sh, a see-saw. Well-apple [wel-apl], sb. a light yellow apple. — W. Well-erook [wol-kruok], sh, a stick for ladling the water out of the shallow Forest pools and weUs. — Wise, New Forest Welt [welt], V. to beat severely. — Cooper. Ex. * 1*11 welt un like an 'ard shoe. ' You should welt they cabbages before giying 'em to tame rabbits.'-N. IL Wetohed, culj. wet-shod. *Ak. See Watcherd. Whacking [wak-ing], adj. fat, lusty, hearty; huge and large; as, ' a whacking woman/ * a whacking leg.' — Cooper. Com. Whaffling-np [wof 'lin up], paii, eating greedily. — N. H. Wheel [weel], ab. a halo ; the ' wheel round the moon ' is the halo seen round the moon before wet weather. There is a Hants saying : • The bigger the wheel, the nearer the wet' — W. Wheeler [wee-lur], ah, a wheelwright. — W, Whiddle [widl]. See Whittle. Whilk [wilk], V. to howl like a dog ; to mutter to oneself, as a person does when offended. — Cooper. Whip-hance fwip'uns], 8b» the ^bar of a plough to which the traces are fixed. — ^N. II. Whistermiff [wisi;ur8iiif|, sb. (1) An urchin, (2) A heavy blow.— N. 9. White-rice [weit-reis], sb. Pyrus Aria. — J. B. Whitewood [weit*wuod], sb, Vibernum LaiUana. — J. R Whitewort [weit'wurt], sb, a species of chamomile cultivated in the cottagers' gardens. — W. [Anthemis arvensis.l Whitten-beam [wit un-beem], sb. Pyrus Aria. Korth Hants. Dr. Bromfield's MSS.— J. B. Whitter [wit-ur], v. to whinny, as a horse. — ^W. See Wicker. Whittering, Wickering [wit-uring, wik-uring], sb. the neighing of a young^coli — Wise, New Foreat, p. 186. See Wicker. Whittle [wit'l], sb. (1) A three-cornered shawl with fringes along the border, worn by women of the lower classes, and generally red or white, chiefly made of worsted. Portsmouth, in 1820. — E. M. (2) A shawl of any kind.— N. H. (3) Used especially of a child's shawL — Wise. Whop, Wop [wop], V. to beat soundly. Com. Whopper [wop'ur], sb. anything uncommonly large. Ex. ' She's a whopper,* spoken of a fat woman. * That's a whopper^ i. e. a great lie.— -P. 1£ Com. From the yerb to wop or whop : * that's a whopper ' «= that beats alL Wicker [wik'ur], v. to neigh or whinny. — Grose ; F. M. See Colt- pixy.