A. S. ut-laga, Isl. utlaeg-r, exul.
UTERANCE, s.
1. Extremity, in any
respect.
Douglas.
2. Extremity, as respecting distress.
V. Outrance.
Douglas.
UTGIE, UTGIEN, s. Expense, expenditure, S.
Belg. uytgaave, id.
UTOUTH, prep.
V. Outwith.
UTTERIT.
V. Outterit.
UVER, UVIR, adj.
1. Upper, in respect
of situation, S.
Bellenden.
2. Superior in power. The uver hand,
the superiority, S.
V. Ouer.
O. Fr. vult, Lat. vult-us.
To VUNG, v. n. To move swiftly with a
buzzing or humming sound, Aberd.
bung, S. O.
Shirrefs.
WA, WAY, s. Wo, grief, S. wae.
Doug.
A. S. wa, wae, Moes. G. wai.
Wayis me, wo is me.
Lyndsay.
Isl. vaes mer, va mihi sit.
Wae worth you, wo befal you, S.
V. Worth.
WA, adj. Sorrowful, S. wae; comp. waer,
superl. wayest.
Barbour.
A. S. wa, moestus, afflictus.
WAAH, s. Any thing that causes surprise and admiration, Orkn.
Isl. va, any thing unexpected; commonly used in a bad sense.
WABRAN LEAVES, Great plantain or waybread, S.
A. S. waeg-braede, Teut. wegh-bree, plantago.
To WACHLE, v. n. To move backwards and forwards, S.; E. waggle.
Teut. wagghel-en, id.
To WACHT, v. a. To quaff.
V. Waucht.
WAD, WED, WEDDE, s.
1. A pledge,
S.
Sir Tristrem.
2. A wager.
Kelly.
Su. G. wad, A. S. wed, Isl. vaed, pignus.
Wadds, s. pl. A youthful amusement, in
which much use is made of pledges, S.
Gl. Sibb.
To Wad, Wed, v. a.
1. to pledge, to bet,
to wager, S.
Chr. Kirk.
2. To promise, to engage, S.
Shirrefs.
A. S. wedd-ian, to be surety, spondere.
WADSET, s. A legal deed, by which a
debtor gives his heritable subjects into
the hands of his creditor, that the latter
may draw the rents in payment of the
debt; a forensic term, S.
Reg. Maj.
To Wadset, v. a. To alienate heritable
property under reversion, S.
Skene.
Su. G. wadsaett-a, Isl. vaedsett-ia, oppignerare.
Wadsetter, s. One who holds the property
of another in wadset, S.
Erskine.
Wad-shooting, s. Shooting at a mark for
a wad, or prize which is laid in pledge,
Ang.
Stat. Acc.
WADAND, part. pr. Expl. fearful.
Ir. uath, fear.
Wyntown.
WADD, s. Woad, used in dyeing.
Chalm. Air.
A. S. wad, waad, Teut. weede, woad.
WADDER, s. Weather.
V. Weddyr.
WADDIN, part. pa. Vigorous.
Henrysone.
Isl. valld-r, validus, potens.
WADER, s. A bird, supposed to be the
water-hen, or the water-rail, Aberd.
Stat. Acc.
To WADGE, v. a. To shake in a threatening manner, to brandish, S. B.
Su. G. waeg-a, Belg. weeg-en, librare.
WADY, adj. Vain.
V. Vaudie.
WAE, s. Wo.
V. Wa.
Waeful, adj.
1. Woful, sorrowful; waefu',
S.
Burns.
2. Causing sorrow, S.
Ritson.
Waeness, s. Sorrow, vexation, S.
Waesucks, interj. Alas, Clydes.
Falls of Clyde.
A. S. wa, and Dan. Sax. usic, vae nobis.
WAFF, WAIF, WAYF, adj.
1. Strayed,
and not as yet claimed.
Quon. Att.
Fr. guesves, vuayves, strays; Isl. vof-a, to wander.
2. Solitary, denoting the awkward situation
of one who is in a strange place
where he has not a single acquaintance,
S.
3. Worthless in conduct, immoral, S.
4. Low-born, ignoble, S. A.
Mannering.
Waff-like, adj. Having a very shabby or suspicious appearance, S.
Waffie, s. A vagabond, Ang.
To WAFF, WAIF, v. n. To wave, to
fluctuate, S.
Gawan and Gol.
A. S. waf-ian, Sw. weft-a, vacillare.
To Waff, Waif, v. a. To wave, S.
Douglas.
Waff, Waif, s.
1. A hasty motion, the
act of waving, S.
Arnot.
2. A signal, made by waving.
Cromarty.
3. A transient view; as I had just a
waff o' him, S.
Guthrie.
4. A slight stroke from any soft body,
especially in passing, S.
5. A sudden affection, producing a bodily
ailment; as a waff of cauld, S.
6. The contagion of evil example.
Walker.
WAFT, WEFT, WOFT, s. The woof
in a web, S.
Adam.
A. S. wefta, Su. G. waeft, id., from waefw-a, to weave.
WA-GANG, WAYGANG, s.
1. A departure.
Ramsay.
2. A disagreeable taste in swallowing,
or after a thing is swallowed, S. B.
Journ. Lond.
Teut. wegh-ga-en, abire, wegh-ganck, abitus.
WAGE, s. A pledge, a pawn.
Douglas.
O. Fr. guaige, sureté.
Wageoure, s. A stake, E. wager.
Doug.
O. Fr. guaigiere, gage.
Wageour, Vageoure, Vager, s. A mercenary
soldier.
Barbour.
WAGGLE, s. A bog, a marsh, S. B., also
wuggle.
Law Case.
Teut. waggel-en, agitare, motitare.
WAG-STRING, s. One who dies by
means of a halter.
Z. Boyd.
To WAIDE, v. a. To render furious.
Douglas.
A. S. wed-an, insanire, furere.
To WAIDGE, v. a. To pledge.
Montgomerie.
Su. G. waedja, sponsionem facere; L. B. guag-iare, id.
WAYEST, adj. Most sorrowful.
V. Wa.
To WAIF.
V. Waff, v.
To WAIGLE, WEEGGLE, v. n. To waddle, to waggle, S.
Belg. waegel-en, waggel-en, Su. G. wackl-a, motitare.
To WAIK, v. a. To enfeeble.
Douglas.
Su. G. wek-a, vacillare.
To WAIK, v. a. To watch, S. wauk.
A. S. wac-ian, vigilare.
Barbour.
To WAIL, WALE, v. a. To veil.
Doug.
WAIL, s. The gunwale of a ship.
A. S. weal, munimentum.
Douglas.
WAILE, WALE, s. Vale, avail.
V. Wale, v.
Wallace.
WAILE, s. A wand or rod.
K. Hart.
Su. G. wal, C. B. gwal-en, id.
WAILYE QUOD WAILYE.
V. Vailye.
WAILL, s. A vale, or valley.
Wallace.
WAILL, s. Advantage, contr. from avail.
Wallace.
WAYMYNG, WAYMENT, s. Lamentation.
Sir Gawan.
O. Fr. guement-er, se plaindre.
WAYN, WAYNE, s. Plenty.
Wallace.
Su. G. winn-a, sufficere.
WAYN, s. A vein.
Wallace.
To WAYND, v. n. To change, to swerve.
Houlate.
A. S. waend-an, mutare, vertere.
To WAYND, v. n. To care, to be anxious
about.
Wallace.
A. S. wand-ian, Isl. vand-a, curare.
WAYNE. In wayne, in vain.
Wallace.
WAYNE, s. Help, relief.
Wallace.
A. S. wen, spes, expectatio.
To WAYNE, v. n. To strike.
Sir Gawan.
Su. G. waan-a, to labour, winn-a, id., also to fight.
To WAYNE, v. a. To remove.
Sir Gawan.
A. S. wan-ian, demere, auferre.
To WAIR, v. a. To spend.
V. Ware.
WAISTY, adj. Void, waste.
Douglas.
WAISTLESS, adj. Without a waist.
Dunbar.
To WAIT, VAIT, WATE, v. n. To
know, S. wat.
Compl. S.
Su. G. wet-a, A. S. Moes. G. wit-an, pret. wait.
To WAYT, WATE, v. a. To hunt, to
persecute.
Wyntown.
A. S. waeth-an, Su. G. wed-a, venari.
WAITER, s. A token, Border.
V. Witter.
WAITH, s.
1. Raiment.
Philotus.
Su. G. wad, A. S. waede, indumentum.
2. Such a plaid as is worn by women,
S. B.
Ross.
WAITH, s. Danger.
Barbour.
O. Su. G. wade, danger.
WAITH, WAITHE, WAITHING, s.
1. The act of hunting.
Sir Gawan.
2. The game taken in hunting, or the
sport in fishing.
Wallace.
Isl. veid-a, venari, piscari; veidi, venatio, vel praeda venatione capta.
Waith, Wayth, adj.
1. Wandering, as a
waith horse, S.
2. Impertinent.
Douglas.
3. Wandering, roving.
Wyntown.
A. S. wathe, vagatio, a straying, a wandering.
Waithman, Waythman, s. A hunter.
Wyntown.
Teut. weyd-man, venator, auceps.
WAK, adj.
1. Moist, watery, S.
Lyndsay.
2. Rainy; A wak day, a rainy day, S.
Bellenden.
3. Damp, S.
Chalm. Air.
Teut. wack, id., wack weder, aër humidus.
Wak, s. The moistness and density of the
atmosphere.
Douglas.
Waknes, s. Humidity, S. B.
Lyndsay.
To WAKE, v. n. To be unoccupied.
Lat. vac-are.
Wyntown.
WAKERIFE, adj.
V. Walkrife.
WALA, WALÉ, s. Vale.
Wallace.
WALAGEOUSS, WALEGEOUSS,
adj. Wanton, lecherous.
Barbour.
A. S. gal, libidinosus; L. B. volagius, levis.
WALD, s. The plain, the ground.
A. S. wold, planities.
Douglas.
WALD, v. aux.
1. Would.
Barbour.
A. S. wold, vellem, from will-an, velle.
2. Should; as denoting necessity.
Crosraguel.
To WALD, WALDE, v. a.
1. To wield,
to manage.
Wyntown.
2. To govern.
A. S. weald-an, Su. G. wald-a, dirigere, dominari.
3. To possess.
Wyntown.
Waldyn, adj. Able, powerful.
Bellenden.
Walding, s. Government.
Burel.
To WALE, v. a. To choose, to select; also
wyle, S.
Douglas.
Moes. G. wal-jan, Su. G. wael-ia, eligere.
Wale, Wail, s.
1. The act of choosing, S.
Rutherford.
2. That which is chosen in preference
to other objects, S.
Douglas.
3. A person or thing that is excellent, S.
Ritson.
Su. G. wal, O. Belg. waele, electio.
WALE, s. A well, a fountain; S. wall.
Skene.
To WALE, v. n. To avail.
Douglas.
To WALE, v. a. To veil.
V. Wail.
Wale, s. A veil.
Wyntown.
WALGIE, s. A wool-sack made of leather, S. B.
Isl. belg-ur, any thing made of a skin.
WALIE, WALLY, adj.
1. Excellent.
A. S. waelig, rich.
Hamilton.
2. Large, ample; A waly bairn, a fine
thriving child, S.
Forbes.
Germ. wal-en, to grow luxuriantly; Belg. weelig, luxuriose crescens.
Waly, s. A toy, a gewgaw, S.
Ferguson.
WALY, interj. Expressive of lamentation.
Ramsay.
A. S. wa-la, eheu, ah; from wa, woe, and la, O, oh!
WALY, s. Prosperity. Waly fa, or faw,
may good fortune befall, or betide; a
phrase not yet entirely obsolete, S. B.
Lyndsay.
A. S. waela, wela, felicitas, prosperitas.
WALYCOAT, s. The same with Wylicot.
Spalding.
WALIT, pret. v. Travelled.
K. Hart.
A. S. weall-ian, Teut. wal-en, peregrinari.
To WALK, v. a. To watch.
Barbour.
Moes. G. wak-an, A. S. wac-ian, vigilare.
Walkrife, adj.
1. Watchful, S. wakrife.
Mellvill's MS.
2. Metaph., kept still alive.
Douglas.
A. S. waecce, watchfulness; and rife, abundant.
To WALL up, v. n. To boil up, S.
Su. G. waell-a, A. S. weall-an, aestuare, fervere.
Wall, s. A wave.
Douglas.
O. Teut. walle, unda, fluctus.
Wally, adj. Billowy, full of waves.
Doug.
To WALL, v. a. To beat two masses into
one, S.
V. Well.
To WALLACH, (gutt.) v. n. To use many circumlocutions, Ang.
Su. G. wall-a, to roam.
To WALLACH, v. n. To cry as a child out of humour, to wail, Ang.
Ir. walligh-im, to howl.
WALLAWAY, interj. Alas; S. walawa;
E. welaway.
Douglas.
A. S. welawa, Su. G. waleva, proh dolor.
WALLEE, s.
V. Well-ey.
WALLEES, WALISE, s. Saddlebags, S.
Belg. valleys, Fr. valise, a portmanteau.
WALLY, adj.
V. Waly.
WALLIDRAG, s.
1. A feeble ill-grown
person; S. wallidraggle, S. B. warydraggel.
Dunbar.
2. A drone, an inactive person.
Dunbar.
Su. G. gaell, testiculus, and dregg, faex. Wary-draggel, might seem allied to Isl. warg draege, filius ab exule genitus.
To WALLOP, WALOP, v. n.
1. To
move quickly, with much agitation of
the body or clothes, S. B.
Ruddiman.
2. To gallop.
Lyndsay.
Teut. wal-oppe, cursus gradarius.
To WALLOW, WALOW, v. n.
1. To
wither, to fade.
Douglas.
2. Metaph. applied to the face.
Hardyknute.
3. Transferred to the mind.
Wyntown.
A. S. wealow-ian, marcescere, Germ. welw-en.
WALROUN, s.
V. Wolroun.
WALSH, WELSCHE, adj. Insipid, S.
walsh.
Douglas.
Teut. gaelsch, ingratus, insuavis sapore aut odore.
Walshness, s. Insipidity of taste, S.
Gl. Sibb.
To WALTER, v. a. To overturn.
V. Welter.
Walterar, s. One who overturns.
Poems 16th Cent.
WAMBE, WAME, WAIM, WEAM,
WAYME, s.
1. The womb.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
2. The belly, S.
Bellenden.
3. The stomach.
A fow wame, a full
stomach; a wamefow, a bellyful, S.
Henrysone.
Moes. G. wamba, A. S. Isl. wamb, venter, uterus.
Weam-ill, s. The belly-ache.
Montgomerie.
Wamyt, Grete Wamyt, Grete Wame.
1. Big-bellied.
Douglas.
2. Pregnant.
Wyntown.
To WAMBLE, v. n. To move in an undulating
manner, S.
Cleland.
Isl. vambl-a, aegre protrahere se humi ventre.
WAMBRASSEIRIS, s. Armour for the
forepart of the arm.
Acts Ja. I.
Fr. avant, before, and brassart, a vambrace.
To WAMFLE, v. n. To move like a tatterdemallion, whose rags are flapping, Fife.
Germ. waffel-n, motitari, with m inserted.
WAMFLER, WANFLER, s. A rake,
a wencher.
Philotus.
WAMYT, adj.
V. under Wambe.
WAN, adj. Deficient.
Houlate.
A. S. wan, deficiens.
WAN, pret. v. Came, &c.
V. Wyn.
WAN, adj.
1. Black, gloomy.
Wallace.
A. S. wan; wan wolcen, atra nubes.
2. Dark-coloured; or rather, filthy.
Wallace.
A. S. wan, wonn, also signify filthy.
WAN BAYN, the cheek-bone.
Wallace.
A. S. wang, Belg. weng, the cheek.
WANCHANCHIE, adj.
1. Unlucky, S.
Burns.
2. Dangerous, apt to injure, S.
Ferguson.
WANCOUTH, adj. Uncouth.
Rudd.
WAND, WANDE, s.
1. A sceptre; or
badge of authority.
Sir Tristrem.
Under the wand, in a state of subjection.
Douglas.
2. The rod of correction.
Lyndsay.
3. A fishing rod, S.
Acts Ja. VI.
Su. G. wand, Dan. vaand, baculus, virga.
Wand-bed, s. A wicker-bed.
Spalding.
WAND, pret. of the v. To wind.
Wallace.
To WANDYS, v. n. To feel the impression
of fear; also to indicate this.
Barbour.
A. S. wand-ian, to fear; to become remiss from fear.
WANDIT. L. wanderit.
S. P. Repr.
WANDOCHT, s. A weak or puny creature,
S. B.
V. Undoch.
WANDRETHE, s. Misfortune, great
difficulty or danger.
K. Hart.
Isl. vandraedi, Su. G. wandraede, discrimen, difficultas.
WANE, s. Defect, want.
Gl. Complaynt.
WANE, s. Manner, fashion.
Barbour.
Su. G. wana, Isl. vane, consuetudo, mos.
WANE, s. A wain.
Maitland P.
WANE, s.
1. A habitation.
Wallace.
2. Denoting different apartments in the
same habitation.
V. Won, v.
Teut. woon, habitatio.
WANE, s. Opinion, estimation.
Wallace.
A. S. wen, wena, opinio.
To WANEISE one's self, v. a. To put one's self to trouble, S. B.
A. S. uneathe, vix, moleste.
WANGYLE, s. The gospel; contr. from
evangyle.
Wyntown.
WANGRACE, s. Wickedness, S.
WANHAP, s. Misfortune.
V. Vanhap.
Wanhappie, adj.
1. Unlucky, unfortunate,
S. B.
2. Dangerous, fatal.
Burel.
WANHOPE, s. Delusive hope.
Doug.
WANYS, pl. s.
The jaws; used for the
stomach.
Barbour.
A. S. wang, Isl. wangi, maxilla.
WANYS, pl. s. Habitation.
V. Wane,
s. 4.
WANKILL, adj. Unstable.
Pop. Ball.
A. S. wancle, wancol, inconstans; Su. G. wank-a, Germ. wank-en, fluctuare.
WANLAS, s. At the wanlas, without design;
or, by mistake.
Wyntown.
A. S. leasa wena, falsa opinio; Isl. wonlaus, exspes.
WANLUCK, WANLUK, s. Misfortune,
S. B.
Maitland P.
WANREST, s.
1. Inquietude, S.
Belg. onrust.
Mellvill's Mem.
2. Cause of inquietude, S. B.
Ross.
3. Wanrest of a clock, the pendulum,
S. Prov.
Wanrestfu', adj. Restless, S.
Burns.
WANRUFE, s. Disquietude, uneasiness.
V. Roif.
Henrysone.
WANRULY, adj. Unruly, S.
Ferguson.
WANSUCKED, s. A child that has not
been properly suckled.
Montgomerie.
Wansucked, adj. Used in the same sense.
Kennedie.
WANTER, s. A bachelor; also a widower;
from the circumstance of wanting,
or being without, a wife, S.
Ramsay.
WANTHRIFT, s.
1. Prodigality, S.
Maitland P.
2. A personal designation, denoting a
prodigal.
Montgomerie.
WANTHREVIN, part. pa. Not thriven,
in a state of decline, S.
Watson.
Sw. vantrifne, not thriving.
WANWEIRD, WANWERD, s. Unhappy
fate, hard lot, S.
V. Weird.
Douglas.
WANWYT, s. Want of knowledge.
Wyntown.
Belg. wanwete, Isl. vanvitska, id.
WANWORTH, WANWORDY, adj.
Unworthy, S.
Dunbar.
Isl. vanvurde, dedignor; vanvirda, dedecus.
Wanworth, s. An undervalue, S.
Ferguson.
To WAP, v. a.
1. To throw quickly, S.
Gawan and Gol.
2. To throw, in a general sense.
Ramsay.
3. To flap.
Pop. Ball.
Wap, s.
1. A throw, S.
P. Buch. Dial.
2. A quick and smart stroke, S.
Chr. Kirk.
Isl. veif-a, Teut. wipp-en, vibrare.
To WAP, v. a. To wrap, to envelop.
Minstr. Bord.
Su. G. wep-a, Moes. G. waib-an, to lap about.
WAPPIN, WAPPYN, s. A weapon, S.
Douglas.
A. S. waepen, Su. G. wapn, Belg. wapen, arma.
Wapinschaw, Wapinschawing, s. An exhibition
of arms, made at certain times
in every district, S.
Stat. Will.
A. S. waepn, weapon, and sceaw-ian, to shew.
WAPPIT, part. pa. Enveloped.
Houlate.
Su. G. wep-a, to lap about.
WAR, WARR, WARE, WERE, adj. Worse, S.
Ross.
Su. G. waerre, werre, A. S. waerra, Isl. verre, id.
To War, Waur, v. a. To overcome, to
outdo, S.
Douglas.
WAR, subst. v. Were.
Barbour.
Sw. Germ. war, id.
WAR, adj. Aware, wary.
V. Wer.
WAR, v. imp. War him, befal him.
Barbour.
Su. G. war-a, to be; Isl. verda, vard, fieri.
To WAR, WARE, WAIR, WAYR,
v. a.
1. To lay out as expense, S.
Dunbar.
2. To expend, to bestow, in whatever
sense, S.
Maitland P.
3. To waste, to squander.
Wallace.
Isl. ver-ia, negotiari. Hence E. ware, wares, merchandise.
To WARAND, v. a. To protect, S. and
E. warrant.
Wyntown.
A. S. waren-ian, cavere sibi, defendere se.
Warand, Warrand, s. A place of shelter
or defence.
Barbour.
WARBLE, s. A sort of worm that breeds betwixt the outer and inner skin of beasts, S.
A. S. wear, Teut. weer, a knot or bunch.
To WARBLE, v. n. To wriggle, &c.
V. Wrabil.
WARD, s.
1. A division of an army.
Douglas.
2. A small piece of pasture ground, inclosed
on all sides, S.
Watson.
Su. G. waard, sepes, sepimentum.
To WARD, v. a. To imprison.
Stat. Acc.
Su. G. waerd-a, custodire.
WARD and WARSEL, security for,
pledge, S. B.
Ross.
Ward, keeping; and warsel, perh. wardsel, from A. S. weard, custodia, and sell-an, tradere.
WARDE, s. A decision; a forensic term.
Quon. Att.
L. B. warda, E. award.
WARDOUR, s. Verdure.
Dunbar.
O. Fr. vardors, id.
WARDREIP, s. A wardrobe.
Dunbar.
Wardraipper, s. The keeper of the wardrobe.
Maitland P.
To WARE, v. a. To expend, &c.
V. War.
Ware, s. Price, estimation.
Houlate.
A. S. wer, were, capitis estimatio; or rather Su. G. wara, merx.
Whole-ware, s. The whole of any thing,
the whole lot or assortment.
R. Bruce.
WARE, s. A tough and hard knot in a
tree.
Douglas.
A. S. wear, Belg. weer, callus, nodus.
WARE, WAR, pret. v. Wore.
Douglas.
WARE, WAIR, s.
1. The sea-weed
called alga marina; sometimes sea-ware,
S.
Monroe.
2. Fucus vesiculosus.
Lightfoot.
A. S. war, waur; sae-waur, alga marina.
Wared, part. pa. Manured with sea-weed,
Orkn.
Stat. Acc.
To WARY, WARYE, WERRAY, v. a.
1. To curse, to execrate.
Barbour.
2. To bring a curse upon; wareit, really
accursed.
Bellenden.
A. S. weri-an, waerig-an, maledicere, execrari.
Warying, s. Execration.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
To WARY, v. a. To alter; for vary.
Douglas.
WARYDRAGGEL, s.
1. Expl. one
who is draggled with mire, S. B.
Forbes.
2. The youngest of a brood, S. B.
V. Wallidrag.
To WARYS, v. a. To guard, to defend.
Gawan and Gol.
Su. G. waer-a, waer-ia, id.
WARISON, WARYSOUN, WARESONE, s. Reward, O. E.
Barbour.
O. Fr. guarison, garantie, paiement.
WARISON, s. Note of assault.
Lay Last Minstr.
Perh. q. war-sound; Fr. guerre, and son.
To WARK, WERK, v. n. To ache; yerk,
S.
Wallace.
A. S. waerc, Su. G. waerk, dolor; waerk-a, dolere.
WARK, WARKE, s. Work, S.
R. Bruce.
Warkly, adj. Given to work, diligent, S.
Germ. wirklich, effective.
Warkloom, s. A tool or instrument for
working, in whatever way, S.
V. Lome.
Polwart.
Warkman, s. A labourer, S.
R. Bruce.
WARLD, s.
1. The world, S.
Wallace.
Su. G. wereld, id.
2. A great multitude, S.
K. Quair.
WARLIEST, adj. Most wary.
A. S. waerlic, cautus.
Gawan and Gol.
WARLO, s. A wicked person.
Dunbar.
Warlo, adj. Evil; especially in regard to
temper.
Evergreen.
A. S. waer-loga, a wicked person.
WARLOCK, s. A wizzard, a man who
is supposed to be in compact with the
devil, S.
Sat. Invis. World.
Isl. vardlok-r, a magical song used for calling up evil spirits.
WARM, s. The act of warming, S.
Ross.
To WARNE, v. a. To refuse.
Wallace.
A. S. wern-an, to refuse, to deny.
To WARNIS, v. a. To warn, S. B.
A. S. warnig-an, id.
To WARNYS, v. a. To furnish a fortified
place with the provision necessary
for defence, or for the support of the
defenders.
Barbour.
Su. G. waern-a, to defend; waern, a fortification.
Warnstor, s. Provisions laid up in a garrison.
Wallace.
Su. G. waern-a, defendere; and store, vectigal.
To WARP, v. a.
1. To throw.
Barbour.
2. To warp wourdis, to speak, to utter.
Douglas.
Moes. G. wairp-an, A. S. weorp-an, abjicere.
Warp, s. A designation in reckoning oysters,
denoting four, Loth.
Stat. Acc.
From warp, to throw, to cast.
To Warp, v. n. To open.
Douglas.
To WARP, v. a. To surround, to involve.
Isl. verp-a, contrahere.
Douglas.
To WARRACH, v. n. (gutt.) To scold, to use abusive language, S.B.
Probably the same with Wary, q. v.
WARRAY, WERRAY, adj. True,
real.
Wyntown.
Belg. waar, Germ. wahr; O. Fr. ve-raie, Lat. ver-us.
Warraly, Werraly, adv. Truly.
Belg. waarlyk, id.
Wyntown.
WARREN, adj. Of or belonging to the
pine tree.
Douglas.
Belg. vueren, id.
WARRER, compar. of war, wary.
WARS, adj. Worse.
Douglas.
Moes. G. wairs, A. S. wers, id.
WARSCHE, WERSH, adj.
1. Insipid
to the taste, S.
Bellenden.
2. Insipid to the mind.
Cleland.
3. Having a sickly look, S.
V. Walsh.
Henrysone.
Teut. versch, fresh, q. tasteless.
Warsh-stomach'd, adj. Having a delicate
or squeamish stomach, S.
Journ. Lond.
To WARSELL, WERSILL, v. n. To
wrestle, to strive, S.
Dunbar.
Teut. wersel-en, reniti, obniti; wars, contrarius.
Warsell, Warstle, s. Struggle, S.
Burns.
WARSET, adj. A dog employed by a
thief for watching deer.
For. Lawes.
A. S. ware, observation, and sett-an, to set.
WART, in composition of adverbs, is the same with ward, E.; as, inwart, inward, Moes. G. wairths, A. S. weard, Isl. vert, versus.
WART, WARD, s. A tumulus or mound
thrown up on high ground, in the Orkney
and Shetland islands, for the purpose
of conveying intelligence.
Barry.
Isl. vard, Su. G. waard, excubiae, custodia.
WARTWEIL, WRATWEL, s. The skin above the nail, when fretted, S.
WARWOLF, WERWOUF, s.
1. A person
supposed to be transformed into a
wolf.
Philotus.
2. A puny child, or an ill-grown person
of whatever age; pron. warwoof,
Ang.
A. S. were-wulf, Su. G. warulf, Germ. werwolf, vir-lupus, lycanthropos, man-wolf.
WASH, WESCHE, s. Stale urine; especially as used for the purpose of steeping clothes, in order to their being washed, S.
Teut. wasch, lotura.
Lyndsay.
WASIE, adj. Sagacious, quick of apprehension, Ang.
Alem. wass, Su. G. hwass, denoting quickness of apprehension.
WASSALAGE, s. Great achievement;
also valour.
V. Vassalage.
WASTELL, s. Bread used with the wastell-bowl.
Chalm. Air.
L. B. wastell-us, id. Fr. gasteau.
WASTING, s. A consumption, a decline, S.
To WAT, v. n. To know.
V. Wait.
WATE, adj. Wet, moist, S.
Douglas.
A. S. waet, humidus; waet-an, humectare.
WATE, s.
1. A watchman, a centinel;
wait, S.
Douglas.
2. Now applied to the minstrels who go
about playing in the night season, S.
Teut. wachte, excubiae; et vigiles, excubitores.
3. A place of ambush.
At the wate, in wait.
Douglas.
WATER, WATTER, s.
1. A river, or
pretty large body of running water, S.
Bellenden.
2. Any body of running water, whether
great or small, S.
Pennant.
3. The ground lying on the banks of a
river, S.
Minstr. Bord.
4. The inhabitants of a tract of country
watered by a certain river or brook, S.
Ibid.
Water-brash, s. A disease consisting in a sense of heat in the epigastrium, with copious eructations of aqueous humour, S.
Water-craw, s. The water ouzel, S.
Stat. Acc.
Water-kelpie, s. The spirit of the waters.
Minstr. Bord.
Water-mouth, s. The mouth of a river,
vulgarly Watter-mow, S. B.
Chart. Ja. VI.
Watergang, s. The race of a mill.
Acts Ja. I.
Water-purpie, s. Common brooklime, an herb, S.
Water-shed, s. The highest ground in
any part of a country, from which rivers
descend in opposite directions, S.
Ess. Highl. Soc.
Water-slain moss, peat earth carried off
by water, and afterwards deposited, S.
Walker.
Water-wraith, s. The spirit of the waters,
S. B.
V. Wraith.
WATH, s. A ford.
Stat. Acc.
A. S. wad, Belg. waede, Lat. vad-um.
WATLING STRETE, VATLANT
STREIT, a term used to denote the
milky way, from its fancied resemblance
of a broad street or causeway.
Doug.
WATTIE, s. A blow, Ang.
Su. G. hwat, celer?
WATTLE, s. A tax paid in Shetland;
said to have been introduced in return
for the distribution of holy water.
Stat. Acc.
To WAUBLE, v. n. To swing, to reel, S. O.
Isl. veifl-a, saepius vibrare.
Burns.
WAUCH, s. Wall.
Peblis Play.
A. S. wah, paries; A. Bor. wogh, id.
To WAUCHT, WACHT OUT,
WAUGHT, WAUCH, v. a. To quaff,
to swig, S.
N. Burne.
A. S. veaht, irriguus; Isl. vokua, madefieri.
Waucht, Waught, s. A large draught of
any liquid, S.
Ramsay.
To WAUE, v. a. To toss, to agitate.
A. S. waf-ian, fluctuare.
Douglas.
To WAVEL, v. a. To move backwards
and forwards, to wave.
V. Weffil.
Cleland.
* To WAVER, WAWER, v. n. To wander;
from A. S. waf-ian, id.
Wyntown.
WAUGH, WAUCH, adj. Unpleasant to
the taste, nauseous, S.
Journ. Lond.
Teut. walghe, nausea, walgh-en, Isl. velg-ia, nauseare.
WAUINGEOUR, WAUYNGOUR, s. A vagabond, a fugitive.
V. Waff.
Doug.
To WAUK, WAULK, WALK, v. a.
To full cloth, S. pron. wauk.
Garnet.
Su. G, walk-a, Belg. walck-en, Ital. guale-are, id.
To Wauk, v. n. To shrink in consequence of being wetted, S.
Wauker, Waulk-miller, s. A fuller, S.
Belg. walcker, Su. G. walkare, Germ. waukmuller, id.
Wauk-mill, Waulk-mill, s. A fulling-mill,
S.
Stat. Acc.
Germ. walk-muhle, id.
WAUKER, s. A watchman, one who watches clothes during night, S.
A. S. waecer, Belg. waaker, id.
To WAUL, v. n. To look wildly, to roll
the eyes, S. O.
Douglas.
A. S. wealw-ian, to roll, Lat. volv-ere.
WALD, s. Government, power.
In wald, under sway.
Wallace.
Isl. vellde, valld, power.
To WAUR, v. a. To overcome.
V. War,
v. 1.
WAW, s. Wave; pl. wawys.
Barbour.
A. S. waeg, weg, id. pl. waegas.
WAW, s. Wall, S. pl. wawis.
Wallace.
A. S. wag, wah, id.
WAW, s. Wo, sorrow.
Maitland Poems.
WAW, s. A measure of twelve stones,
each stone weighing eight pounds.
Stat. Rob. III.
E. wey; as, a wey of wool, cheese, &c., from A. S. waeg, waga, weg, a load.
To WAW, v. n. To caterwaul, S.
E. waul; Isl. vaele, ejulo, plango.
To WAW, v. n. To wave, to float.
V. Waff, v.
Barbour.
WAWAR, s. A wooer.
Peblis Play.
A. S. wogere, id.