26. To Win to foot, to get on one's
legs, S. B.
Ross.
27. To Wyn togidder, to attain to a
state of conjunction.
Wallace.
28. To Win up,
(1.) To be able to ascend,
S.
Barbour.
(2.) To rise, to get out of bed, S.
Pop. Ball.
(3.) To rise from one's knees.
Minstr. Border.
29. To Win up to, or with, to overtake, S.
30. To Win within, to get within.
Chr. Kirk.
Su. G. hwinn-a, winn-a, pergere; aliquem praegressum assequi.
To Win, v. a.
1. To reach, to gain; as,
to win the door. S. B.
Spalding.
To Win by, v. a.
1. To get past; used in
a literal sense, S.
2. To escape; in relation to danger, S.
Tales Landlord.
WIN, s. Gain.
Lyndsay.
To WIN, v. a. To wind (yarn), S.
Burns.
WINACHIN,
1. Equivalent to winnowing.
Buchan.
2. Metaph. used.
Poems Buch. Dial.
WINCHEAND, part. pr. Wincing.
Peblis Play.
WYND, s. An alley, a lane, S.
Wynt.
A. S. wind-an, to turn.
WYND, s. A warrior.
Gawan and Gol.
Germ. winn, winne, certator, bellator.
To WIND, v. n. To magnify in narration, to tell marvellous stories, S.; perhaps from wind, ventus, as a person of this description is said to blow.
Winder, s. One who deals in the marvellous, S.
WINDCUFFER, s. The name given to the kestrel, Orkn.
Barry.
WINDFLAUCHT, adj. With impetuous motion, as driven by the wind, S.
Douglas.
Teut. wind-vlaeghe, turbo, procella.
WYNDEL-STRAY, WINDLE-STRAE, s.
1. Smooth-crested grass,
S.
Ross.
2. Any trifling obstacle.
Rutherford.
A. S. windel-streowe, a wheat or oaten straw.
To WINDLE, v. a. To make up (straw
or hay) into bottles, S.
Gl. Sibb.
Teut. windel-en, fasciis vel fasciolis involvere.
Windlen, Wonlyne, s. A bottle of straw
or hay, S.
Ramsay.
Norw. vandel, a portion of hay or straw.
WINDOCK, WINNOCK, s. A window,
S.
Ramsay.
Isl. vindauge, Su. G. windoega; from wind, the higher part of a house, and oega, an eye.
WIND-SKEW, s. An instrument used for preventing smoke, Mearns.
Su. G. wind, and skufw-a, sky, vitare.
WYNE and ONWYNE, adv. To the right and left hand, every where, S. B.
From E. wind, to turn.
Ross.
WINE-BERRY, s. The common currant,
S. B.
Pop. Ball.
WINED, L. urned.
V. Urn.
Wallace.
To WINFREE, v. a. To raise from the
ground, to disentangle, Aberd.
Forbes.
From the v. win, and free.
To WYNIS, v. n. To decay, to pine away, S. B.
Perh. corr. from E. vanish.
WINK, s. In a wink, in a moment, S. B.
Morison.
WINKERS, s. The eye-lashes, S.
WINKIT, part. adj. Somewhat turned; a term applied to milk, when it has lost the sweet taste, Loth.
It may refer to the supposed influence of an evil eye.
WINKLOT, s. A young woman, a wench.
Peblis Play.
A. S. wencle, wincle, a handmaid.
WYNLAND, part. pr. Whirling, moving
in a circular manner.
Barbour.
Teut. windel, trochlea; windtel-en, volvere.
WINRAW, s. Hay or peats put together
in long thin heaps, for the purpose of
being more easily dried, S.; q. a row
for winning.
Gl. Sibb.
WINS, prep. Towards, in the direction of, Ang.
WINSEY, adj. Of or belonging to wool, S. B., apparently corr. from E. woolsey.
WINSOME, adj.
1. Gay, merry, cheerful,
S. B.
Burns.
A. S. winsum, jucundus, laetus; from wyn, joy.
2. Comely, agreeable, engaging, S.
Ritson.
Su. G. waen, Isl. vaenn, pulcher, amoenus.
WYNSIK, s. Covetousness.
S. P. Repr.
Teut. win, ge-win, gain, and soeck-en, to seek.
WINT, pret. v. Weened.
Pitscottie.
WYNTIT, part. adj. The same with Winkit, Dumfr.
Perh. as denoting the effect of exposure to the air; Fr. vent-er, to blow.
WYNTYR, s.
1. Winter.
Wyntown.
2. A year.
Wyntown.
A. S. winter occurs in both senses.
Wintrous, adj. Wintry, stormy.
Z. Boyd.
To WINTLE, v. n. To stagger, to reel,
S. O.
Burns.
Teut. windtel-en, circumagere, circumvolvere.
Wintle, s. A staggering motion, S. O.
Burns.
WINZE, s. A curse or imprecation, S.
To let a winze, to utter a curse.
Burns.
Teut. wensch, imprecatio.
To WIP, WYP, v. a. To bind round, S.
Dunbar.
Wyp, s. A wreath, a garland.
Douglas.
Moes. G. waip, wipja, corona.
Fr. vire, the arrow called a quarrell; Isl. aur, telum, sagitta.
To WYR, v. a. To wreathe, to let down
by a whirling motion.
Barbour.
Mod. Sax. wyr-en, Fr. vir-er, Lat. gyr-are.
To WIRK, WYRK, v. a.
1. To work,
to cause to accomplish.
Douglas.
2. To make, to form.
Dunbar.
A. S. wirc-an, wyrc-an, facere.
Wirk, Werk, s. Work.
Wallace.
WYROCK, s. A sort of hard excrescence.
V. Virrok.
WIRRY-COW, s.
1. A bugbear, a scarecrow,
S.
Ramsay.
2. The devil, S.
Ramsay.
From wirry, to worry, and Cow, q. v.
WIRRY-HEN, s. Perhaps, one who
swallows up the property of others, as a
hen gobbles up what is thrown out.
Bannatyne P.
To WYRRIE, v. a. To strangle.
V. Wery.
WIRSCHIP, s.
V. Worschip.
WYSAR, s. The visor.
V. Wesar.
WISCH, pret. v. Washed.
Houlate.
To WYSE, v. a. To incline by caution or
art.
V. Weise.
To WISEN, WYSSIN, v. n.
1. To wither,
to become dry and hard, S. pron.
wizzen; A. Bor. id.
Douglas.
2. To be parched; in consequence of
thirst.
Douglas.
A. S. wisn-ian, tabescere, marcescere; Isl. visn-a, id.
To Wisen, v. a. To cause to fade, or
make dry.
Douglas.
WISHY-WASHIES, s. pl. Shuffling
language; a cant term for being slow
in coming to the point, S. B.
Shirrefs.
Belg. wisiewasie, fiddle-faddle, whim-wham.
To WISY, v. a. To examine, &c.
V. Vesy.
To WISK, v. a. To hurry away, as if one
quickly swept off any thing with a besom.
Douglas.
Germ. wisch-en, to wipe; Su. G. wiska, hwisk, a besom.
To Wisk away, v. n. To move off nimbly,
S.; whisk, E.
Douglas.
Wysk, s. A quick motion; S. whisk.
Barbour.
With are wysk, adv. Quickly.
K. Hart.
To WISS, WISSE, v. a. To direct, to
guide, to put one in the way of obtaining
any thing, S.
Sir Tristrem.
A. S. wiss-ian, instruere, monstrare; Isl. vys-a, Dan. vys-er, ostendere.
To WISS, s. To wish, S.
WISS, s. The moisture that exudes from bark, in preparing it for being tanned; Perths.
Isl. vaes, vos, humiditas.
WYSS, adj.
1. Wise, prudent, S.
Wall.
2. Knowing, informed; wysser, better
informed, S.
A. S. wis, sapiens; Su. G. wiss, certus.
3. In the full exercise of reason; more
commonly used with a negative, S.
Ferguson.
Wyss-wife, Wise-wife, s. A periphrasis
for a witch, S.
Spotswood.
Germ. weissen-frauen, witches.
Wyss-like, adj. Possessing the appearance of propriety, prudent, S.
A. S. wis-lic, prudens.
Wyss-like, adv. Properly, decently, S.
Germ. weislich, discreetly, judiciously.
To WISSEL, v. n.
1. To exchange.
2. To club in drinking, Ang.
Wissel, s. Change.
V. Quhissel.
To Wistel, v. a. To wager, to stake, to bet, Ang.; an improper use of the v. Quhissel, to exchange.
WYSURE, s. Perh. consideration; Teut.
visouwe, id.
Dunbar.
To WIT, WITT, v. a. To know.
Wall.
Moes. G. A. S. wit-an, scire, noscere.
Wit, Witt, s. Intelligence, information,
tidings, S.
To get wit of a thing, to obtain information
with respect to it, S.
Wallace.
To let wit, to make known, to communicate
intelligence, S.
A. S. wit, ge-wit, scientia, notitia.
To WYT, v. a. To shun, to avoid.
Lat. vit-are, id.
Barbour.
WITCH-BELLS, s. pl. Round-leaved bell-flower, S.
Sw. maerebiael, i. e. the bell of the Night-mare, viewed as an incubus.
To WITE, v. a. To blame, to accuse; the
prep. with, or for, being added, S.
Kelly.
A. S. wit-an, Su. G. wit-a, imputare, exprobrare.
Wite, Wyte, s. Blame, S.
Douglas.
Wyteless, adj. Blameless.
Ramsay.
WYTENONFA, s. A disease.
V. Wedonypha.
WITH. To gae with, v. n. To miscarry, to fail, as respecting either one's circumstances, or moral conduct, S.
A. S. with, Su. G. wid, against; A. S. with-ga-en, to oppose.
WITH THAT, adv. Upon that, thereupon.
Isl. vid that, id.
Wallace.
WITH THI, conj.
1. Wherefore.
Poems 16th Cent.
2. Provided, on condition.
Barbour.
A. S. with, propterea, and thy, quod.
WITHERWECHT, s. The weight thrown into one scale, to counterbalance the paper, or vessel, in the opposite scale, which contains the goods bought, S. B.
A. S. wither, against, and wiht, weight, q. opposite weight.
WITH-GANG, s. Toleration, permission
to pass with impunity.
Skene.
From gang, to go, and the prep. with.
WITH-GATE, s. Liberty, toleration.
Acts Ja. VI.
S. with, and gate, A. S. gat, via.
To WITHHALD, v. a.
1. To withhold,
S. l quiescent.
2. To hold, to possess.
Douglas.
WITHOUTYN, prep. Without.
Wall.
A. S. with, versus, and utan, extra.
WITHLETTING, s. Obstruction.
Barbour.
A. S. with, and A. S. let-an, to permit.
To WITHSAY, v. a. To gainsay, to oppose.
Barbour.
A. S. with-saegg-an, to deny, to gainsay.
To WITHSET, v. a. To beset.
Barbour.
A. S. with-sett-an, to resist.
To WITHTAK, v. a. To lay hold of, to
seize.
Knox.
A. S. with-taec-an, ad capere.
To WITTER, WYTYR, v. a. To inform,
to make known.
Wyntown.
Su. G. witr-a, notum facere, indicare.
Wittir, s.
1. A mark, a sign.
Douglas.
2. A pennon, a standard.
Godscroft.
3. In curling, the mark towards which
the stones are pushed, S. A.
Davidson.
Witterly, adv. According to good information.
Barbour.
Wittryng, Wyttring, Wittering, s.
1. Information, knowledge.
Douglas.
2. Information with respect to future
events, or of a prophetic kind.
Barbour.
Isl. vitr-a is synon. with Sw. foreboda, to prognosticate.
Witter-stone, s. Apparently, a stone originally
placed as a witter or mark.
Fountainhall.
WITTER, s. The barb of an arrow or fishhook, S.
To WITTER, v. n. To fight, to fall foul
of one another, Gl. Sibb.; perh. to take
one by the throat.
V. next word.
Belg. veter, a point; Teut. wette, acies cultri.
WITTER, s. The throat, Aberd.
Journ. Lond.
This seems corr. from Lat. guttur.
WITTINS, s. pl. Knowledge. Without my wittins, without my knowledge, S.
A. S. part. wittende, knowing.
WITTIS, s. pl. The senses.
Henrysone.
WIZEN, s. The throat. S.
Journ. Lond.
E. weasand, the windpipe.
To WIZZEN, v. n. To become dry.
V. Wisen.
WLONK, adj.
1. Gaudily dressed; superl.
wlonkest.
Sir Gawan.
2. Rich.
Ibid.
Wlonk, s. A woman of rank, or one splendidly
dressed.
Dunbar.
A. S. wlonce, wlance, gay, splendid, rich.
WOAGE, s. A military expedition.
V. Wiage.
WOB, s. A web, S. wab.
Douglas.
Wobster, Wobstar, s. A weaver, S. wabster.
Lyndsay.
WOBAT, adj. Feeble, decayed; wobart,
Ang.
V. Vowbet.
Dunbar.
WOCE, s. Voice.
Barbour.
WOD, WODE, WOUD, s. A wood.
Douglas.
A. S. wudu, Belg. woud, S. wud, id.
WOD, WODE, VOD, adj.
1. Mad, S.
wud.
Wallace.
A. S. wod, amens, insanus.
2. Furious with rage; denoting the act,
S.
Douglas.
A. S. wod, furiosus; Isl. od-ur, insanus, ira percitus.
3. Having a fierce or fiery temper; expressive
of the habit, S.
4. Ravenous; in relation to appetite.
Douglas.
5. Wild, as opposed to an animal that
is domesticated.
Wallace.
Wod, Wud. In the wud o't, an expression applied to a person, when eager to obtain or do any thing, or when greatly in need of it, S. B.
Wodnes, s. Fury, madness, S.
Wyntown.
Alem. uuotnissa, dementia.
Wodspur, s. A forward, unsettled, and fiery person, S.
WODERSHINS, adv.
V. Widdersinnis.
WODEWALL, WOOD WEELE, s. Variously explained, as a thrush, a
wood-lark, a redbreast.
Pop. Ball.
WODROISS, s. A savage; perh. rather
wodwiss.
Houlate.
A. S. wude-wase, satyra, faunus.
WOFT, s. The woof.
V. Waft.
To WOID, v. a. To divide.
Wallace.
WOYELEY, adv. Wickedly.
Sir Gawan.
A. S. wolice, prave, inique; wo-lic, pravus.
WOIK, pret. v. Fled, wandered.
Doug.
A. S. woc, woce, ortus est, from waec-an, suscitari.
WOYNE, s. Perh. labour.
Maitland P.
Sw. wonda, difficultas; wond-a, laborare.
WOISTARE, WOUSTOUR, s. A
boaster, S. vouster.
V. Voust.
Doug.
WOLK, pret. Walked.
Douglas.
WOLROUN, s. Perh. impotent person.
Dunbar.
Su. G. gall, testiculus; Teut. ruyn-en, castrare.
To WOLTER, v. a. To overturn.
Maitland P.
Teut. woelter-en, volutare.
Wolter, s. An overturning, a change productive
of confusion; S. walter.
Knox.
WOMENTING, s. Lamentation.
V. Wayming.
Douglas.
To WOMPLE, v. a. To wrap.
V. Wimpil.
To WON, v. n. To be able, to have any
thing in one's power.
V. Win, v. n.
To WON, WIN, WYN, v. n. To dwell,
S.
Douglas.
A. S. wun-ian, Germ. won-en, id.
Wonnyng, Wyning, s. A dwelling.
A. S. wununge, mansio.
Barbour.
To WON, v. a. To dry by exposure to the air.
Wonnyn, part. pa. Dried.
V. Win, v. 2.
WON, part. pa. Raised from a quarry;
also, dug from a mine.
V. Win, v. 3.
To WOND, v. n. To depart; used for
wend.
Gawan and Gol.
WONGE, s. The cheek.
Sir Tristrem.
A. S. waeng, Isl. vong, maxilla.
WONNYT. L. wemmyt, q. v.
Barbour.
WOO, s. Wool, S.
Kelly.
It's aw ae woo, S. Prov. It is all one.
WOOD-ILL, s. A disease of cattle, the same with Muir-ill, q. v.
WOOERBAB, s. The garter-knot below
the knee, with a couple of loops,
S. O.
Burns.
WOR, pret. Guarded, defended.
V. Wer.
Wallace.
WOR, adj. Worse.
V. War.
Kennedy.
WORDY, adj. Worth, worthy, S.
Ramsay.
WORDIS, v. imp. It wordis, it behoves,
it becomes.
Wallace.
Bee worde of, become of.
V. Worth, v.
Z. Boyd.
Belg. word-en, O. Su. G. woerd-a, Isl. verd-a, interesse, pertinere.
WORLIN, s. A puny and feeble creature.
Dunbar.
A dimin. from worl, wurl, wroul, all corr. from Warwolf, q. v.
To WORRIE, v. a. To strangle.
Kennedy.
To Worry, v. n. To choak, to be suffocated,
S.
Ramsay.
WORRI-COW, s.
V. Wirrycow.
WORRYOURIS, s. pl. Warriors.
Gawan and Gol.
WORSCHIP, WIRSCHIP, s.
1. A praiseworthy deed, a valorous act.
Barbour.
2. Honour, renown.
Henrysone.
A. S. weorthscipe, honour, estimation.
WORSET, s. Corr. of E. worsted, S.
Spalding.
To WORSLE, v. n. To wrestle.
Z. Boyd.
Worsling, s. Wrestling.
V. Warsell.
Z. Boyd.
To WORT, WORT UP, v. a. To dig
up.
Bellenden.
A. S. wrot-an, versare rostro; Belg. vroet-en, wroet-en, id.
To WORTH, WOURTH, v. n.
1. To wax, to become; part. pa. wourthin.
Barbour.
A. S. weorth-an, Teut. word-en, fieri, esse, fore.
2. It worthis, v. imp. It becomes.
Him worthit, it was necessary for him, &c.
V. Wordis.
Barbour.
WORTHELETH. Perh. for worthelich.
A. S. weorthlic, insignis.
Houlate.
WORTHYHED, s. The same as worschip.
Barbour.
WOSCHE, WOUSCHE, pret. v. Washed;
S. woosh, pron. wush, S. B. weesh.
Douglas.
WOSTOW. Wotest thou, knowest thou.
K. Quair.
WOT, s. Intelligence, S. wat.
Ferguson.
WOTLINK, s. A wench; used in a bad
sense.
Dunbar.
WOUCH, WOUGH, s.
1. Evil, pravity.
Sir Tristrem.
2. Injustice, injury.
Quon. Att.
3. Trouble, fatigue.
Sir Tristrem.
4. Wo, mischief; in a physical respect.
Gawan and Gol.
A. S. wo, woh, wohg, weoh, perversitas, pravitas, error.
WOUDE, pret. Waded.
Dunbar.
A. S. wad-an, vadere; imperf. wod.
WOUF, WOWF, s. The wolf, S.
Ramsay.
Su. G. ulfw-a, ululare, from ulf, a wolf; Belg. guyv-en, to howl as a dog.
To Wow, v. n. To howl, Moray.
Pop. Ball.
WOUK, pret. Watched.
Barbour.
WOUK, WOUKE, s. A week, S. B. ook.
Sir Tristrem.
A. S. wuca, Dan. uge, wge, id.
WOUND, used as a superlative.
Gawan and Gol.
Perhaps from wond, the pret. of A. S. wand-ian, vereri, to dread.
WOUNDER, WONDIR, adv. Wonderfully.
Douglas.
WOUNDRING, s. A monster, a prodigy.
Douglas.
A. S. wundrung, admiration.
WOURSUM, WORSUM, s. Purulent
matter, S., pron. wursum.
Douglas.
A. S. wyr, pus, and sum, as denoting quality.
WOUSTOUR, s. A boaster.
V. Woistare.
WOUT, s. Countenance, aspect.
V. Vult.
Gawan and Gol.
To WOW, v. a. To woo or make love to.
Bannatyne Poems.
A. S. wog-an, nubere; wogere, procus, amasius, a wooer.
To WOW, v. n.
V. under Wouf.
WOW, interj. Expressive of admiration,
S., often vow.
V. Vow.
Douglas.
WOWN, s. Wont, custom.
Wyntown.
A. S. wuna, Alem. uuone, mos.
Wowne, adj. Wont, accustomed.
Wynt.
WRA, s. Hiding-place.
Douglas.
Dan. vraae, a corner, a lurking-hole.
To WRABIL, v. n. To move in a slow
undulating manner, like a worm; to
wriggle; S. warble, wurble.
Douglas.
Warple is used in the same sense, S. B.
Ross.
Teut. wurbel-en, Belg. wervel-en, gyros agere, in orbem versare.
WRACHYS, ghosts.
V. Wraith.
Doug.
WRACK, s. For its different senses, V. Wrak.
WRAIGHLY, adv. Strangely, or awkwardly.
Gawan and Gol.
A. S. wraeclice, peregre.
WRAIK, WRAK, s.
1. Revenge, vengeance.
Douglas.
2. Anger, wrath.
Douglas.
3. Destruction; wreck, E.
Wyntown.
4. Denoting one who threatens or brings
vengeance or destruction.
Douglas.
A. S. wraec, wraece, Belg. wraecke, ultio, vindicia.
WRAITH, WRAYTH, WRAITHE,
WRETH, s.
1. Properly, an apparition
in the exact likeness of a person, supposed
by the vulgar to be seen before,
or soon after death, S.
K. James.
2. Sometimes used, but improperly, to
denote a spirit supposed to preside over
the waters.
Lewis.
Moes. G. ward-jan, A. S. weard-an, custodire; as the apparition, called a wraith, was supposed to be that of one's guardian angel. A. S. weard, a guardian, a keeper.
WRAITH, s.. Provision, food.
Henrysone.
Su. G. ward, Isl. verd, id.; from Su. G. war-a, to eat.
WRAITH, adj. Wroth.
Douglas.
Wraithly, adv. Furiously.
Wallace.
WRAK, WRAIK, WRACK,
WRECK, WREK, s.
1. Whatever is thrown out by the sea, as broken pieces
of wood, sea-weed, &c., S.
2. Often appropriated to sea-weed, S.
Barry.
This receives different names in different parts of S.; as, button wrack, lady wrack, &c.
Stat. Acc.
3. The weeds gathered from land, and generally piled up in heaps for being
burnt, S.
Pennecuik.
4. Trash, refuse of any kind.
Bannatyne Poems.
Su. G. wrak, E. wreck; also, any thing that is of little value, mere trash; Dan. vrag, id.
To WRAMP, v. a. To sprain any part of the body, S. Cumb.
Belg. wremp-en, to distort the mouth.
Wramp, s. A twist or sprain, S.
Watson.
WRANG, s. Wrong, S.
Barbour.
Wrangwis, Wrangwiss, adj.
1. Wrong,
not proper.
Wallace.
2. Wrongful, unjust.
Wyntown.
A. S. wise, manner, used as a term., changes the s. to which it is affixed into an adj. as riht-wise, whence E. righteous.
WRANGIS, WRAYNGIS, s. pl. The
ribs or floor timbers of a ship; Fr. varangues,
id.
Douglas.
Radically the same with S. rung.
To WRAPLE, v. a. To entangle, to
warp, also warple, S. B.
Ross.
Originally the same with Wrabil, q. v.
WRAT, s. A wart or hard rough excrescence, chiefly on the fingers, S.; the Verruca of physicians.
Belg. wratte.
Z. Boyd.
WRATACK, s. A dwarf, S. B.
Ross.
Gael. bridach, cruitecan, id.; Dan. vreden, tortus.
To WRATCH, WRETCH, v. n. To become
niggardly, S.
Kelly.
Belg. vrek, vrekkig, niggardly.
WRATE, pret. v. Apparently, died.
Wyntown.
Moes. G. wrat-on, Isl. rat-a, peregrinari.
WRE. L. vre, chance.
Barbour.
WREAD, WREATH, s. A place for inclosing cattle, Ang.
A. S. wraeth, an inclosure. Su. G. wreit, reit, Isl. reit-r, id.
WREE, s. An instrument for cleansing
grain, by separating that which is shelled
from what retains the husks, Loth.;
pron. also Ree, q. v.
To Wree, v. a. To separate shelled from unshelled grain, Loth.
To WREE, v. a. To writhe.
V. Wry.
WREGH, s. Wretch.
S. P. Repr.
A. S. wraecca, an exile; also, a wretch.
To WREIL, WRELE, v. n. To wriggle,
to turn about.
Douglas.
Perhaps merely a corr. of E. wriggle.
To WREIST, WRIST, WREST, v. a.
To sprain any part of the body, S.
wramp, synon.
Lyndsay.
A. S. wraest-an, intorquere.
Wreist, s.
1. A writhe or twist.
Pal. Hon.
2. A sprain, S.; wramp, synon.
Watson.
WREK, s. Refuse.
V. Wrak.
WRETCH, WRECHE, s. A niggard, a
covetous person, S.
Lyndsay.
To WRETH one's self, v. a. To be wroth,
or filled with indignation.
Barbour.
A. S. wraeth-ian, indignare; or wreoth-ian, wreth-ian, intorquere.
Wrethly, adv. Wrathfully.
Henrysone.
To WRY, WREYE, v. a. To turn, to
twist, O. E.
Douglas.
A. S. writh-an, intorquere.
To WRY, v. a. To cover, to conceal.
Douglas.
A. S. wre-on, wri-on, wrig-an, tegere, celare.
WRIBLE, s. A quaver, the act of warbling;
also, werble.
Douglas.
Teut. wervel-en, to twirl; literally, to turn round.
V. Wrabil.
WRIG, s.
1. The youngest or feeblest
bird in a nest, S.
2. A weak or puny child, or the youngest
of the family, S.
Isl. warg, an exile.
V. Wallidrag.
WRIGGLE, s.
V. Windskew.
WRIGHT, s. The general name used
for a common carpenter, S., Yorks.
Gawan and Gol.
A. S. wryhta, a workman, one by whom any thing is framed; from wryc-an, to work.
To WRIK, v. a. To wreck, to avenge.
A. S. wric-an, id.
King Hart.
WRINGLE, s. A writhing motion, S. B.
V. next word.
WRINK, WRYNK, s.
1. A turning or
winding.
Douglas.
2. A trick, a subterfuge.
Lyndsay.
A. S. wrenc, wrence, fraus, dolus, stratagema; Isl. reinki, fraudulentus; Teut. renck-en, to bend, to turn; rencke, flexus; also, fallacia.
Wrinklit, part. adj. Intricate, having
many turnings.
Douglas.
WRITER, s. An attorney, S.
Burns.
WRO, WROO, s. Perhaps inclosure;
S. B. wrae.
V. Rae.
Pop. Ball.
WROIK, s. Spite, revenge.
Douglas.
WROKEN, part. pa. Revenged.
Doug.
A. S. wraec-an, ulcisci.
WROUL, s. An ill-grown person, or
puny child, S.
V. Warwolf.
WUGGLE, s. A bog or marsh, S. B.
V. Waggle.
To WURBLE, v. n. To wriggle.
V. Wrabil.
WURDY, adj. Worth, deserving.
V. Werdy.
WULLCAT, s. A wild cat, S.
To tumble the wullcat, to whirl heels
over head, S.