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- Walshoch, 153, weak and watery; cf. walsh, welsche, insipid; Jam. Teut. gælsch; A.S. gaelsa, wantonness, pride. See galsh
- Wamme, 29, Go. spot, O.E. wem, A.S. wem, a scar, a blemish
- Wandjan, 34, Go. to wend, turn, went
- Wange, 18, jaw, cheek, A.S. wange, Ger. and O.E. the cheek. The molars are sometimes called wang-teeth. See wangere, A.S. pillow, bolster
- Wanst, 90, once
- Wap, 172, 174, a disturbance, "to kick up a wap," to throw quickly, "wappit war wyde," thrown quite open, M.E. wappen, to beat, strike—"Allit. Poems," Amours
- Wardle, 16, Ab. world
- Warem, 209, C. Du. warm
- Warsle, 97, to sidle along, struggle, wrestle
- Wasti, 19, 254, Go. dress, Lat. vestis, ga-wasiths, was clad
- Watch weds, 187, Cu. for game of "Scots and English," weds, pledges, as in wad-set, which see
- Water brash, 139, a symptom of indigestion
- Water droger, 133. Cf. droch, a dwarf
- Wato, 253, Go. water
- "Wattled cotes," 15, 67, Milton. See withe, withy, waddja
- Wauken, wakand, 53, pres. part. of wauk, to be on the wake or watch
"The waukin'" (watching) "o' the fauld."
All. Ramsay.
- Waukit, 65, wauk, to full cloth, render callous, as the palm by hard work—
"Till his waukit hoofs were in a blister."
"Jac. Ball."
- Waur, wairs, 29, 97, Go.; E. worse
- Waurms, 20, Go. worm
- Waurtja, 26, 48, Go.; E. ort, wort, root, Ger. Wurz
- Waxin kernels, 182, Cu. wax kernels, Fi. an indurated gland, often in the neck
- Wean, 66, Lan. child; obsc. or.
- Wearin, a, 173, Cu. a decline, Sc.
- Wearing-down process, 194
- Weary alone, to, 92
- Wecht, 124, close sieve used in winnowing corn
- Wed, 187, Cu. See wadi
- Wedder, 21, a sheep, wether. Go withrus, a lamb; or. sense, a "yearling"
- Weebie, 123, 148, the ragwort, Fi. Not in Jam.
- Weed, 179, E. dress (Shak.)
- Weed-clips, 173, Cu.
- Weed, 139, an illness
- Weel-eddicate, 88, well educated
- Weel-hained, 130, well-preserved, hain, have to spare. See hained
- Ween, 30, expect, fancy. Go. wenjan, to expect
- Weet, 209, C. Du. pron. wait, as on the Borders; wat, wot
- Wee wifikie, 106, little wifie
- Weigan, 23, Go. to fight, A.S. wig, a warrior
- Weihs, weihsta, 26, 249, Go. street corner, Lat. vicus, a wick, -wich
- Weina, 26, Go. wine. Cog. Lat. vinum, from which it is borrowed
- Weina-basi, 15, Go. the grape, lit. wine-berry
- Weird, 69, werd, weerd, A.S. wyrd, fate, Go. wairthan, and Ger. werden, to come to pass; werdie, 69, feeblest bird in a nest, "Ilka nest has its werdie." Prob. conn. with weird, wyrd, as the luckless, unfortunate. (J. B. F.)
- Weis (weece), 11, Go. we
- Weiss, 83, wyce
- Weitan, 51, Go. to see, to wit
- Well-caumed, 135, cam-stone, white clay hardened. "Teut. kalmeysteen."—Jam.
- Wer, 16, A.S. a man, as in wergild, weor-old, Lat. vir. See wair
- Wer-old, 16, O.E. world, A.S. weor-old—comp. of Ic. verr. Go. wair. Lat. vir. a man, and old, M.E. elde, old age, Go. aids, an age—all in sense "an age of man"
- Wersh, 86, 153. See walshoch
- Weyt, 182, Cu. wecht, Fi.
- Wh (init.)=W, 82
- Wha, whaw, 14, 40, who, interr.
- Whan, hwan, 32, Go. when
