WAWARD, s. The vanguard.
Barbour.
WAWIL, adj. Not well knit.
V. Weffil.
Dunbar.
WE, WEY, WIE, s. Conjoined with litill;
1. As denoting time.
Barbour.
2. In relation to place.
Wyntown.
3. As expressing degree.
Douglas.
A wee,
1. A short while, S.
Ramsay.
2. In a slight degree, S.
We, Wee, Wie, adj. Small, little, S.
Henrysone.
WEAM-ILL, s. The belly-ache.
V. Wambe.
WEAN, WEEANE, s. A child, S.
Ross.
Q. wee ane, synon. with little ane, S. id.
To WEAR IN, v. a.
1. To gather in with
caution, as a shepherd conducts his flock
into the fold, S.
The Ew-bughts.
Teut. weer-en, propulsare.
2. As a neut. v., to move slowly and cautiously.
WEARY, adj.
1. Feeble; as, a weary
bairn, a child that is declining, S.
A. S. werig, lassus.
2. Vexatious, causing trouble, S.
A. S. werig, malignus.
Gl. Sibb.
3. Vexed, sorrowful.
Ritson.
Weariful, adj. Causing pain or trouble; pron. wearifow, S.
WEASSES, s. pl. A species of breeching
for the necks of work-horses, Orkn.
Barry.
Su. G. wase, Isl. vasi, a bundle of twigs.
WEAVIN, s. A moment, Aberd.
Journ. Lond.
A. S. wiffend, breathing; as we say, in a breath, S.
WEB, s. The covering of the entrails, the cawl, or omentum, S.
Isl. vef-a, involvere.
WEBSTER, s. A weaver, S. A. Bor.
Ferguson.
A. S. webbestre, textrix, a female weaver.
WECHE, s. A witch.
Bellenden.
A. S. wicca, wicce, id.
WECHT, WEIGHT, WEGHT, s.
1. An instrument for winnowing corn,
made in the form of a sieve, but without
holes, S.
Bannatyne P.
Belg. vecher, a fanner; from Germ. wech-en, ventum facere.
2. A sort of tambourin.
Evergreen.
Wechtful, s. As much as a wecht can contain, S. pron. wechtfow.
WED, s. A pledge.
To Wed, v. a. To
pledge.
V. Wad.
Wedkeeper, s. One who preserves what is
deposited in pledge.
R. Bruce.
WEDDYR, WEDDIR, WEDDER, s.
1. Weather; as a general term.
Barbour.
2. Wind.
Wyntown.
A. S. waeder, Teut. weder, coeli temperies, Su. G. waeder, id., also the wind.
Weddir-gaw, s. Part of one side of a rainbow, appearing immediately above the horizon, viewed as a prognostic of bad weather; pron. weather-gaw, S.
Germ. wasser-gall, repercussio iridis; wasser, humour, and gall, splendor.
Weddir-glim, s. Clear sky near the horizon;
spoken of objects seen in the twilight
or dusk; as, between him and the
weddir-glim, or weather-gleam, i. e. between
him and the light of the sky.
Gl. Sibb.
A. S. weder, coelum, and gleam, splendor.
To WEDE, WEID, WEYD, v. a. To
rage, to act furiously, part. pr. wedand.
Wallace.
A. S. wed-an, insanire, furere.
WEDEIS, pl. s. Withes.
V. Widdie.
Wallace.
WEDONYPHA, s. The onfall or attack
of a weid; wedonfaw, S. A. wytenonfaw, S. B.
V. Weid.
Roull.
WEE, s. Wight.
V. Wy.
Sir Gawan.
WEFT, s. Woof.
V. Waft.
WEEGLE, v. n. To waggle.
V. Waigle.
Weegglie, adj.
1. Waggling, unstable, S.
2. Having a wriggling motion in walking,
S.
Belg. be-weeglik, unstable, pliable.
WEEM, s.
1. A natural cave, Fife, Ang.
Stat. Acc.
2. An artificial cave, or subterraneous
building, Ang.
Stat. Acc.
From Gael, uamha, a cave.
WEEPERS, s. pl. Stripes of muslin or
cambric, stitched on the extremities of
the sleeves of a black coat or gown, as a
badge of mourning, S.
Burns.
WEER, s. Fear.
V. Were.
To WEESE, WEEZE, v. n. To ooze,
to distil gently, S. B.
Morison.
Isl. veisa, Dan.-Sax. waes, A. S. wos, humor.
WEFFIL, adj. Limber, not stiff, S.
A. S. waefol, fluctuans; Teut. weyfel-en, vacillare.
WEFFLIN, WEFFLUM, s. The backlade, or course of water at the back of the mill-wheel, Ang.
To WEY, v. a. To throw.
Wallace.
Teut. wegh-en, movere.
To WEY, v. a. To bewail; Teut. weeh-en,
to cry as a child, vagire.
Wallace.
To WEID, v. n. To become furious.
V. Wede.
Weid, adj.. Furious, synon. wod.
Dunbar.
WEID, s. A kind of fever to which women in child-bed, or nurses, are subject, S.
Germ. weide, or weite, corresponds to Fr. accablé, as signifying that one is oppressed with disease.
WEID, L. theid, region.
V. Thede.
Gawan and Gol.
To WEIF, v. a. To weave; part. pa.
weyff, woven.
Douglas.
A. S. wef-an, Su. G. waefw-a, id.
WEYES, WEYIS, s. pl. A balance with
scales for weighing.
Lyndsay.
A. S. waeg, Teut. waeghe, libra, trutina.
Weigh-bauk, s.
1. A balance, S.
Ferguson.
2. One is said to be in the weigh-bauks,
when in a state of indecision, S.
Teut. waegh-balck, scapus librae.
Weights, s. pl. Scales, S.
Z. Boyd.
To Weight, v. a.
1. To weigh, S.
2. To burden, to oppress, S.
Baillie.
WEIGHT, WEGHT, s. A kind of sieve.
V. Wecht.
WEIK, WEEK, s. A corner or angle.
The weiks of the mouth, the corners or
sides of it, S. The weik of the ee, the
corner of it, S.
Ramsay.
Su. G. wik, angulus, oegen wik, the corner of the eye.
WEIL, s. Prosperity, advantage.
Doug.
Weil is me, happy am I, S.
Weil is yow, happy are you.
Lyndsay.
A. S. wel, well, bene; Su. G. waeles mig, O! me felicem.
WEIL, s. An eddy.
V. Wele.
WEIL, WELE, WELLE, adv. Very.
V. Feil.
Wyntown.
To WEILD, v. a.
1. To obtain, by whatever
means.
Douglas.
2. To enter on possession of an estate.
Barbour.
WEILL, adj. Many.
Barbour.
Germ. viel, Belg. vel, id.
WEILL-FARAND, adj. Having a goodly
appearance.
V. Farand.
WEILL-HEARTIT, adj. Not dejected, S.
WEILL-WILLIE, WEILL-WILLIT,
adj. Liberal, not niggardly, S.
Ruddiman.
Su. G. waelwillig, A. S. wellwillenda, benevolus.
WEIN, s. L. wem, stain, q. v.
Barbour.
WEIR, s. Weir of law, the act of a person,
charged with a debt, of which there
is no legal evidence; who gives a pledge
to clear himself of it, in the next court,
by his own oath, supported by the oaths
of five compurgators, who shall attest
their belief that he swears truly.
Stat. Ja. I.
It is synon. with the E. forensic phrase, Wager of Law, and L. B. vadiare legem. The E. phrase is from O. Fr. gagiere, an engagement, a pledge; ours from A. S. waere, foedus, pactum; whence waer-borh, wer-borh, fidejussor, sponsor.
WEIR, s. War; Weir-men, Weir-hors,
Weirly, Weir-wall.
V. Were.
WEIRD, WERD, WERDE, WEERD, s.
1. Fate, S.
Wyntown.
2. Prediction.
P. Buch. Dial.
A. S. wyrd, fatum; wyrde, parcae.
To Weird, Weerd, v. a.
1. To destine.
P. Buch. Dial.
2. To predict.
Minstr. Bord.
Weirdless, Wierdless, adj. Unprosperous, through something cross in one's lot, S.
To WEISE, WYSE, v. a.
1. To use policy,
for attaining any object, S.
Watson.
2. To lead, direct, S.
Ramsay.
3. To turn by art, rather than strength,
S.
Ramsay.
4. To weise awa', to wheedle; as, to entice
a tradesman to leave his master;
Clydes.
Teut. wys-en, to teach, to show; or O. Fr. vois-ier, ves-ier, tromper, ruser; wiseux, fin, subtil.
To Weise, Wyse, v. n. To incline, S.
Ramsay.
To WEIT, v. n. To make inquiry.
A. S. wit-an, providere; Su. G. wit-a, probare.
WEIT, WEET, s. Rain, wetness, S.
Douglas.
A. S. waeta, humidity, Isl. vaeta, rain.
To Weit, Weet, v. a. To wet, S.
Burns.
Weet, Weit, adj. Wet, S.
Weetie, adj. Wet, S. B.
WELANY, s. Damage, disgrace.
Barb.
O. Fr. vilainie, injure, insulte, affront.
WELCOME-HAME, s. Repast presented to a bride, when she enters the door of the bridegroom, S.
To WELD, v. n. To possess.
V. Weild.
WELE, s. A whirlpool, S.
Douglas.
A. S. wael. Teut. weel, wiel, id.
Weilhead, s. The vortex of a whirlpool, S.
To WELL, WALL, WALD, v. a.
1. To
weld, S.
Douglas.
A. S. well-en, to be very hot.
2. v. n. To be incorporated.
More.
WELL, s. Good, weal.
Z. Boyd.
WELLE, s. Green sward.
V. Fail.
Sir Gawan.
WELL-EY, s. That part of a quagmire,
in which there is a spring, S. wall-ee.
Bellenden.
Q. the eye of the wele.
V. Wele.
WELLIT, part. pa. Drowned.
Houlate.
WELL-KERSES, s. pl. Water-cresses, S.
A. S. wille-cerse, id.
WELL-WILLAND, s. A well-wisher.
V. Weill-willie.
Wyntown.
Well-willing, adj. Complacent.
Mellvill's MS.
WELSCHE, adj. Insipid.
V. Walsh.
To WELT, v. a.
1. To throw.
Douglas.
2. v. n. To roll.
Douglas.
Moes. G. walt-ian, to roll.
To WELTER, v. a.
1. To roll.
Doug.
Teut. welter-en, Sw. weltr-a, id.
2. To overturn.
Douglas.
WELTH, s.
1. Welfare.
Wyntown.
2. Abundance, S.
A. S. wem, wemm, labes, macula.
Barbour.
Wemeless, adj. Blameless.
Gawan and Gol.
A. S. wemleas, faultless.
Wemmyt, part. pa. Scarred.
Barbour.
A. S. wemm, a scar, a blemish.
To WENDIN, v. n. To wane.
A. S. wan-ian, to decrease.
WENE, s. But wene, doubtless.
A. S. wene, conjecture.
Wene, s. A mark by which one traces his way.
A. S. wene, conjecture.
Douglas.
WENG, v. a. To avenge.
Barbour.
Fr. veng-er, id.
WENNYNG.
V. Wonnyng, s.
Barbour.
WENSDAY, s. Wednesday, S.
Belg. Weensdagh, Isl. Wonsdag, the day consecrated to Woden.
To WENT, v. n. To go.
Barbour.
A. S. wend-an, to go.
Went, s.
1. A course.
Douglas.
2. A passage.
Douglas.
3. The course of affairs.
Id.
Alem. went-en, vertere.
To WER, WERE, WEIRE, v. a. To
guard.
Barbour.
A. S. wer-ian, Belg. weer-en, to defend.
Su. G. war, videns.
WERD, s. Fate.
V. Weird.
Teut. weerdig, Sw. werdig, id.
WERDIE, s. The youngest bird in a nest, Fife.
Isl. wardt, what is deficient.
WERE, WER, WEIR, WEER, s.
1. Doubt, S. B.
Barbour.
2. Apprehension, fear.
Dunbar.
A. S. waere, caution; Belg. vaer, fear.
WERE, WER, WEIR, s. War, S.
Douglas.
A. S. waer, O. Belg. werre, id.
Wereman, Weir-man, Wer-man, s. A soldier.
Douglas.
Were-horse, Weir-horse, s.
1. A war-horse.
Pop. Ball.
2. A stallion, Moray.
Ibid.
Werely, Weirly, adj. Warlike.
Doug.
Were-wall, Weir-wall, s. A defence in
war.
Houlate.
Weriour, Weryer, s.
1. A warrior.
Gawan and Gol.
2. An antagonist.
Douglas.
To WERY, WERRY, WYRRIE, v. a.
1. To strangle.
Douglas.
2. To worry.
Wyntown.
Teut. worgh-en, strangulare.
A. S. werig, execrabilis.
WERIOUR, s. A maligner.
Douglas.
V. preceding word.
To WERK, v. n. To ache.
V. Wark.
To WERK, v. n. To work.
V. Wirk.
Werk, s. Work.
Wallace.
Belg. werk, A. S. weorce.
WERKLOME, WARKLOOM, s. A working tool.
V. Lome.
WERLY, adj. Warily.
Douglas.
WERLOT, s. Knave.
V. Verlot.
Kennedy.
WERNAGE, s. Provision laid up in a
garrison.
V. Vernage.
WERNOURE, s. A miser.
Douglas.
A. S. georn, avidus, compar. geornor; Su. G. warn-a, to defend.
V. Warnstor.
To WERRAY, v. a. To make war upon.
Su. G. haer, an army.
Barbour.
To WERRAY, v. a. To curse.
V. Wary.
WERRAY, adj. True.
V. Warray.
Werrament, Verrayment, s. Truth.
Fr. vrayement, in truth.
Wallace.
WERSH, adj. Insipid.
V. Warsch.
To WERSIL, v. n. To wrestle.
V. Warsell.
WERSLETE, s. Uncertain.
Wyntown.
WERTH, s. Fate; for weird.
Henrysone.
WERTHAR, adj. More worthy.
Wallace.
Moes. G. wairths, worthy.
WESAR, WYSAR, s. A visor.
Wallace.
To WESCHE, v. a. To wash, S.
Doug.
WESCHE, s. Stale urine.
V. Wash.
WESELY, adv. Cautiously.
V. Vesie.
Wallace.
To WESY, v. a. To examine.
V. Vesie.
WESTER, s. A fish-spear, Loth.
WESTLAND, WESTLIN, adj. Western, S.
Wallace.
WESTLINS, WESTLINES, adv. Westwards, S.
Ramsay.
WETHY, s. A halter.
V. Widdie.
Wyntown.
WETING, s. Knowledge.
Sir Gawan.
A. S. weot-an, to know.
WEUCH, s. Wo, mischief.
V. Wouch.
To WEVIL, v. n. To wriggle.
V. Weffil.
⁂ WH.
For words not found here, see Quh.
WHANG, s.
1. A thong, S.
2. A slice, S.
To Whang, v. a. To flog, to scourge, S.
V. Quhaing.
To WHAISLE, WHOSLE, v. n. To wheeze in breathing, S.
Pop. Ball.
Su. G. Isl. hwaes-a, id.
WHATY, adj. Indifferent.
Thomas of Ercildone.
To WHAUK, v. a.
1. To thwack, S.
2. Metaphor., to harass.
Ramsay.
WHAUP, s. A curlew.
V. Quhaip.
WHAURIE, s. A fondling designation for a child, Ang.
C. B. chuarae, ludere.
To WHEAK, WEEK, v. n.
1. To squeak, S.
2. To whine, S.
3. To whistle at intervals, S.
Isl. quak-a, leviter clamitare.
Wheak, Week, s. A squeak, S.
WHEELIN, s. Coarse worsted, S., as spun on the large wheel.
To WHEEP, v. n.
1. To give a sharp,
intermittent whistle, S.
2. To squeak, S.
Su. G. hwip-a, to whoop.
To WHEEPLE, v. n.
1. To attempt ineffectually
to whistle, S.
2. To whistle in a low flat tone, S.
WHEEPLE, s. A shrill intermittent
whistle, S.
Stat. Acc.
WHEEPS, s. pl. An instrument for raising the brig-heads of a mill, S. B.
WHELEN, Perh. an error for whelcen,
who; Su. G. hwilken, id.
Sir Gawan.
WHID, s. A lie, S.
V. Quhid.
Burns.
To WHIG, v. n. To go quickly, Loth.
WHIG, WHIGG, s.
1. An acetous liquor
subsiding from soured cream, S.
2. A name given by rigid Episcopalians
to Presbyterians; and by members of
the Kirk of Scotland to Presbyterian
dissenters, S.
Perh. from wiggam, a term used in driving horses.
WHIG, WIG, s. A fine wheaten bread, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
WHIGMELEERIE, s.
1. The name of
a game occasionally played at a drinking
club, Angus. A pin was stuck in
a circle, having as many radii drawn
from the centre as there were persons in
the company, with the name of each person
at the radius opposite to him. An
index, placed on the top of the pin, was
moved round by every one in his turn;
and at whose name soever it stopped,
that person was obliged to drink off a
glass.
Perhaps so denominated from contempt of the severe sobriety attributed to the Whigs.
2. In pl. whims, fancies, S.
Burns.
To WHIHHER, v. n. To titter, Ang.
Minstr. Bord.
To WHILLY, WHULLY, v. a. To gull, S.
Ramsay.
Whilliwha, Whillywhae, s. A person
who deals in ambiguous promises, S.
Ramsay.
WHILT, s. A-whilt, in a state of perturbation.
Watson.
Whiltie-whaltie, adv. In a state of palpitation. My heart's a' playin whiltie-whaltie, S.
Isl. vallt, volutor; hwell-a, resonare.
WHIN, WHINSTANE, s. Ragstone,
or toadstone, S.
V. Quhyn.
Stat. Acc.
To WHINGE, v. n. To whine, S.
V. Quhinge.
Ramsay.
WHINGER, WHINGAR, s. A short
hanger used as a knife at meals, and as
a sword in broils.
Lay Last Minstr.
Isl. hwin, furunculus, and gerd actio; q. a weapon for secret deeds.
WHINKENS, s. pl. Flummery, S. B.
Su. G. hwink-a, to vacillate.
To WHINNER, v. n. To pass with velocity, giving a humming sound, S.
Isl. hwyna, to resound.
To WHIP aff, or awa, v. n. To fly off with velocity, S.
Su. G. wipp-a, to be rapidly carried upwards and downwards; C. B. chwip-iaw, to move briskly.
WHIP, In a whip, adv. In a moment, S.
Alem. uuipphe, nictus oculi; C. B. chwip, quickly.
WHIPPER-TOOTIES, s. pl. Silly scruples about doing any thing, S.
Fr. apres tout, after all.
WHIPPERT, adj. Hasty and tart in demeanour, or in the mode of doing any thing, S.
Whippert-like, adj. Indicating irritation, by the manner of expression or action, S.
Isl. hwop-a, lightness, inconstancy; or Whip, v.
WHISH, WHUSH, s.
1. A rushing or whizzing sound, S. B.
2. A whisper, S. B. whisht, Loth.
Ferguson.
Su. G. hwaes-a, to whizz; Isl. qwis, susurrus.
To WHISH, v. a. To hush; part. pa.
whist.
Godscroft.
Whisht, interj. Hush, be silent, S.
Ramsay.
Sw. wysch, O. Fr. houische, id.
WHISTLE, s. Change of money, S.
V. Quhissel.
Ramsay.
WHISTLE, s. To weet one's whistle, to take a drink, sometimes applied to tipplers, S.
O. E.
WHISTLE-BINKIE, s. One who attends a penny-wedding, but without paying any thing, and therefore has no right to take any share of the entertainment; who is as it were left to sit on a bench by himself, and may whistle for his own amusement, Aberd.
WHISTLE-THE-WHAUP, a phrase addressed to one who is supposed to play upon another, West of S.
To WHITE, v. a. To cut with a knife, S.
V. Quhyte.
Burns.
WHITE-ABOON-GLADE, s. The
Henharrier, Stirlings.
Stat. Acc.
Corresponding with Lanarius albus, Le Lanier cendrè, &c.
WHITE BONNET, one who, in a sale by auction, bids for his own goods, or who is employed by the owner for this purpose, S.
WHITE FISH IN THE NET, a sport in which two persons hold a plaid pretty high, over which the rest of the company are obliged to leap. The object is to entangle the person who leaps; and if thus intercepted he loses the game, Ang.
WHITE-HORSE, the Fuller ray, a fish.
Sibbald.
WHITIE-WHATIES, s. pl. Silly pretences, from a design to procrastinate, or to blind S.; whittie-whaws, S. B.
A. S. hwata, omina, divinationes, auguria; Belg. wisiewasie, fiddle-faddle; C. B. chwit-chwat, a sly pilferer.
WHITLIE, QUHITELY, adj. Having
a delicate or fading look, S.
Henrysone.
A. S. hwit, albus, and lic, similis.
WHITLING, WHITEN, WHITING, s. A species of sea-trout, S.
Stat. Acc.
Sw. hwitling, a whiting.
WHITRACK-SKIN, s. A purse made
of the skin of a weasel, Moray.
V. Quhitred.
Pop. Ball.
WHITTER, s. A hearty draught of liquor,
S. O.
Burns.
Q. whetter, from E. whet.
WHITTLE, s.
1. A knife, S. as in E.
2. Applied to the harvest-hook, S.
A. Douglas.
WHITTRET, s. The weasel.
V. Quhitred.
WHORLE, s.
1. A very small wheel, S.
2. The fly of a spinning-rock, made of
wood, sometimes of a hard stone, S.
whirl, E.
Barry.
Su. G. harfwel, hwirfwel, id., verticillum; O. Sw. hworla, rotare.
To WHOSLE, v. n. To breathe hard, to
wheeze, Aberd.
V. Wheasle.
Journ. Lond.
To WHUMMIL, WHOMEL, v. a. To
turn upside down.
V. Quhemle.
WHUNN, s. The stone called trap, &c.
V. Quhin.
A. Hume.
WHUSH, s. A rushing noise.
V. Whish.
WY, WYE, WIE, s. A man or person.
Dunbar.
Su. G. wig, primarily, fit for war; in a secondary sense, an adult; A. S. wiga, a hero, a man.
WIAGE, WYAGE, s. A military expedition
or incursion.
Barbour.
Vyage, a journey, S. B.
Fr. voyage, id.
WYANDOUR, s. A gud wyandour, one
who lives or feeds well.
Wyntown.
Fr. viand-er, to feed.
WICHT, adj.
1. Strong, powerful.
Wallace.
2. Active, clever, S. O. E. id.
Wyntown.
3. Denoting strength of mind, or fertility
of invention.
Wyntown.
4. Strong, as applied to inanimate objects.
Dunbar.
Su. G. wig, potens; alacer, agilis, vegetus; Lat. vig-ere.
Wichtlie, Wichtely, adv.
1. Stoutly.
Douglas.
2. With strength of mind.
Douglas.
Wychtness, Wightness, s. Strength, S. B.
Wyntown.
WICHT, s. A man or person, S.
Doug.
A. S. wiht, creatura, animal, res.
WICK, WIC, s. A termination of the
names of places, signifying a kind of
bay, S.
Stat. Acc.
Su. G. wik, A. S. wic, sinus maris.
To Wick, v. n. To strike a stone in an
oblique direction, a term in curling, S.
Graeme.
Su. G. wik-a, flectere; wika af, a via deflectere.
WICK, adj. Wick to slo, hard to slay.
Sir Tristrem.
The same with Wicht; or allied to C. B. gwich, brave.
WICKER, s.
1. A twig, S.
Burns.
2. A wand, a small switch, S.
Dan. vigre, vimen; vig-er, to be pliant.
WICKET, s. The back-door of a barn, Ang.
Belg. wicket, portula, Fr. guichet.
WIDDEN-DREME, WINDREM,
WIDDRIM, s. In a widden-dream, or
windream, all of a sudden; also, in a
state of confusion, S. B.
Pop. Ball.
A. S. woda-dream, furor, madness.
WIDDERSINNIS, WEDDERSHYNNYS,
WIDDERSINS, WIDDERSHINS,
WITHERSHINS,
WODERSHINS, adv. The contrary
way, contrary to the course of the sun,
S.
Douglas.
A. S. wither, contra, sunne, sol; or rather, Teut. weder-sins, contrario modo.
WIDDIE, WIDDY, s.
1. A rope made
of twigs of willow; used to denote a
halter, S.
Lyndsay.
2. The term is vulgarly understood in
S. as if it denoted the gallows itself.
3. A twig, having several smaller shoots
branching out from it; which being
plaited together, it is used as a whip,
the single grain serving for a handle,
Caithn.
Su. G. widia, vimen, from wide, salix; A. S. withig, id.
Widdifow, Viddiful, s.
1. Properly, one
who deserves to fill a widdie or halter, S.
Lyndsay.
2. In pl. equivalent to brave boys, in sea
language.
Compl. S.
3. A romp, S.
Widdifow, adj. Wrathful, S. A. and O.
Burns.
To WIDDILL, v. n. pron. wuddil.
1. Generally used in connexion with some
other v.; as, to widdil and ban, to widdil
and flyte, &c., S.
Montgomerie.
2. To wriggle or waddle, S.
3. v. a. To introduce by shifting motion,
or (metaph.) by circuitous courses,
S.
Cleland.
Germ. wedel-n, caudam motitare.
Widdle, s.
1. Wriggling motion, S.
2. Metaph. struggle or bustle, S.
Burns.
WIDDRIM, s.
V. Widdendreme.
WYDE, s. Dress.
V. Gide.
WIDE-GAB, s. The fishing frog, Shetl.
* WIDOW, s. A widower, S.
Rutherford.
WIE, adj. Little.
V. We.
WIEL, s. A small whirlpool.
V. Wele.
* WIFE, WYF, WYFE, s. A woman,
whether married or single, generally,
one past middle age, S.
Lyndsay.
A. S. Su. G. wif, mulier, foemina.
Wiflie, Wyfelie, adj. Feminine, belonging
to woman.
Bellenden.
A. S. wiflic, muliebris, foemineus.
WYG, WEIG, WHIG, s. A small oblong roll, baked with butter and currants, S.
Teut. wegghe, panis triticeus; libum oblongum, et libum lunatum.
WIG, WYG, s. Apparently, a wall. A
thing is said to gang frae wyg to waw,
when it is moved backwards and forwards
from the one wall of a house to
the other, S. B.
Ross.
A. S. wag, Su. G. waegg, Belg. weeg, paries.
WIGG, WHIG, s. The thin serous liquid,
which lies below the cream, in a
churn, after it has become sour, and before
it has been agitated, S. B.
Journ. Lond.
To WIGGLE, v. n. To wriggle.
V. Waigle.
WIGHT, s. The shrew-mouse, Orkn.
Stat. Acc.
Su. G. wickt, any thing very small.
WILD COTTON, cotton-grass, a plant, S. B.; also called Moss-crops, S.
WILDFIRE, s. The common name for the Phlyctenae of Sauvages, S., vulgarly wullfire.
A. S. wild-fyr, erysipelas.
To WILE, WYLE, v. a. Used in relation
to what is accomplished by caution
or artful means; as, I'll try to wile him
awa', I will endeavour to get him enticed
to go with me, S.
Lyndsay.
Su. G. wel-a, Isl. vael-a, decipere.
To WILE, WYLE, v. a. To select.
Wile, s. Choice, selection.
V. Wale.
WYLECOT, WILIE-COAT, s.
1. An undervest, generally worn during winter, S.
Douglas.
2. An under-petticoat.
Maitland Poems.
WYLFULL, adj. Willing; q. full of will.
Wyntown.
Wilfully, adj. Willingly.
Barbour.
* WILL, s. What's your will? a common
Scotticism for, "What did you say?"
K. Hart.
WILL, s. Apparently, use, custom; pl.
willis.
Barbour.
It may, however, signify study; A. S. will. Teut. willa, studium.
WILL, aux. v.
1. Be accustomed, make
a practice of.
Still a common idiom in S.; borrowed from those whose native tongue is Gaelic.
2. It is often used for shall, S.
3. It is sometimes equivalent to must,
S.
WILL, WYLL, WIL, WYL, adj.
1. Lost in error, uncertain how to proceed, S.
Wyntown.
To go wyll, to go astray, S.
Douglas.
Will of wane, at a loss for a habitation.
Barbour.
Su. G. will, Isl. vill-a, error; Isl. vill-az, to lead astray.
2. Desert, unfrequented.
Douglas.
Isl. ville, ferus; Su. G. willa diur, wild animals.
Wilsum, adj. In a wandering state, implying
the ideas of dreariness, and of ignorance
of one's course, S. pron. wullsum.
Pop. Ball.
Sw. en villsam vaeg, an intricate road.
Willyart, Wilyart, adj.
1. Wild, shy,
flying the habitations and society of
men.
Burel.
2. Bashful and reserved, avoiding society,
or appearing awkward in it, S.
Burns.
From the adj. and Belg. geaard, q. of a wild disposition.
V. Art.
3. Obstinate, wilful, Loth. Berwicks.
WILLAN, s. The willow or saugh, S. B.
WILLAWINS, interj. Welladay, S.
Ferguson.
A. S. wyn, infortunium; q. wa la wyn, eheu calamitas!
WILLICK, s. The puffin, or alca arctica,
Loth.
Neill.
WILLIE-POWRET-SEG, s. The name given by children in Fife to the Porpoise.
WILLIE WHIP-THE-WIND, a species of hawk, the Falco tinnunculus, or kestrel; in O. E. the Wind-vanner, Ang.
WILRONE, s. A wild boar.
Chr. S. P.
Su. G. vild, wild, and rune, a young boar.
WIMBLEBORE, s. A hole in the throat, which prevents one from speaking distinctly, S.; in allusion to a hole bored by a wimble.
To WYMPIL, WOMPLE, v. a.
1. To
wrap, to fold, S.
Douglas.
2. To move in a meandrous way, applied
to a stream, S.
Ramsay.
Teut. wimpel-en, involvere, implicare; Flandr. wompel-en.
To Wimple, v. n. To use such circumlocution in narration, as shews a design to deceive, S.
Wympil, Wimple, s.
1. A winding or fold, S.
Douglas.
2. A wile, a piece of craft, S. B.
Poems Buch. Dial.
Wympled, adj. Intricate.
Ross.
Wimpler, s. A waving lock of hair.
Evergreen.
To WIN, v. n. To dwell.
V. Won.
To WIN, WYN, WINNE, v. a.
1. To
dry corn, hay, peats, &c. by exposing
them to the air, S. pret. won, wonne.
Godscroft.
Belg. winn-en, A. S. wind-wian, ventilare; Su. G. Isl. winn-a, to wither.
2. Often used to denote harvest-making
in general.
Barbour.
Teut. winn-en, colligere fructus terrae.
To WIN, v. a.
1. To raise from a quarry,
S. won, part. pa.
Skene.
2. To work a mine of any kind.
Bellenden.
A. S. winn-an, Su. G. winn-a, laborare, labore acquirere.
To Win out, v. a. To raise as from a
quarry; metaph. used.
Rutherford.
To Win one's bread, to gain it, properly by labour, S.
To WIN, WYN, WON, pron. wun, v. n. To have any thing in one's power, to
arrive at any particular state or degree
with some kind of labour or difficulty,
S. pret. wan.
Sir Tristrem.
It is often joined with an adj.; as, to win free, to win loose; sometimes with a s., as, to win hame, to get home, S. It is also used with a great variety of prepositions.
1. To Win aboon,
(1.) To get the pre-eminence,
S.
(2.) To obtain the mastery, to get the
better of, S.
(3.) To recover from disease, S.
(4.) To recover one's spirits, S.
Skinner.
2. To Win about, to circumvent in any way; especially by wheedling, S.
3. To Win aff,
(1.) To get away, in a
local sense; implying the idea of some
obstacle or danger, in one's way, S.
Ross.
(2.) To be acquitted in a judicial trial,
S.
(3.) To be able to dismount, S.
4. To Win a-flot, to break loose, to be
set adrift.
Balfour.
5. To Win afore, or before, to outrun,
S.
Douglas.
6. To Win at, to reach to, S.
Guthrie.
7. To Win at liberty, to get free; to
be released from restraint.
Spalding.
8. To Win away,
(1.) To get off; often,
to escape, to get off with difficulty,
S.
Barbour.
(2.) To set off, as opposed to delay, S.
Franck.
(3.) To die; as, He's wun awa', S.
Rutherford.
9. To Win before, to get the start of,
S.
Ritson.
10. To Win ben, to be able to go to, or to obtain admittance into, the inner apartment, S.
11. To win butt, to be able to go to the
outer apartment, S.
Ramsay.
12. To win by, to get past, S.
13. To win down,
(1.) To reach, to
extend, downwards.
Pitscottie.
(2.) To get down, S.
Spalding.
14. To Win farrer, to get further, S.
15. To Win farrer ben, to be admitted
to greater honour, S.
Tales Landlord.
16. To Win forrat, to get forward, S.
17. To Win gae, to break loose, to obtain
liberation, Buchan.
Forbes.
18. To Win in,
(1.) To obtain access,
S.
Sir Egeir.
(2.) To be able to return home.
Pop. Ball.
19. To Win nere, to get near, S.
Douglas.
20. To Win on, to be able to ascend,
or to mount, as on horseback, S.
Rutherford.
21. To Win on ahint one, to get the advantage in a bargain, to impose on one, S.
22. To Win our, or over,
(1.) To get over, in a literal sense, to be able to cross; implying difficulty, S.
Barbour.
(2.) To surmount, metaph. S.
Persec. Church Scotl.
23. To Win out, to escape; as, from a
field of battle, &c.
Wallace.
24. To Win throw,
(1.) To get through, S.
Ramsay.
(2.) To cross a river, S.
Monro.
(3.) To be able to finish any business,
S.
Baillie.
(4.) Metaph., to recover from disease,
S.
25. To Win to,
(1.) To reach, S.
Wallace.
(2.) To take a seat near a table; or rather,
to begin to eat of what is set on it,
S.
(3.) To attain; as denoting the state of
the mind, S.
Rutherford.