Chapter C: B. bostio, to boast

_Douglas._

~Vouster~, _s._ A boaster, S.

_Ruddiman._

~Vousty~, _adj._ Vain, given to boasting.

_Beattie._

VOUT, _s._ A vault, S. O. E. id.

Fr. _voute_, id.; Sw. _hwalfd_, arched.

VOUTH, _adj._ Prosecuted.

_Skene._

A. S. _wothe_, clamor.

~Vouth~, _s._ Prosecution in course of law.

_Skene._

~Vouthman~, _s._ An outlaw; one who has been legally called, but not having presented himself in court, has been outlawed.

_Skene._

VOW, _interj._ Expressive of admiration or surprise, S.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _vo_, metuendum quid.

VOWBET, WOUBIT, OUBIT, _s._

1. A hairy worm, S. A.

V. ~Wobat~.

A. S. _wibba_, a worm.

_Gl. Sibb._

2. A puny dwarfish creature.

_Montgom._

_To_ UP-BANG, _v. a._ To force to rise, especially by beating.

_Watson._

_To_ UPBRED, _v. a._ To set in order.

V. ~Braid~ _up_.

_Houlate._

_To_ UP-BULLER, _v. a._ To boil or throw up.

V. ~Buller~, _v._

UPCAST, _s._ Taunt, reproach, S.

_Henrysone._

UPCASTING, _s._ The rising of clouds above the horizon, especially as threatening rain, S.

UPCOIL, _s._ A kind of game with balls.

_Evergreen._

UPCOME, _s._ Promising appearance, perh. from the first appearance of the blade after sowing.

_Godscroft._

A. S. _up-cyme_, ortus.

_To_ UPDAW, _v. n._ To dawn.

_Dunbar._

Belg. _op-daag-en_, to rise, to appear.

UPGANG, _s._ An ascent, an acclivity.

A. S. _up-gang_, ascensus.

_Barbour._

UPGASTANG, _s._ A species of loom anciently used in Orkney.

_Stat. Acc._

UPHALD, _s._ Support, S. _uphadd_.

_G. Buchanan._

Isl. _uphellde_, sustentatio, victualia.

_To_ ~Uphald~, ~Uphadd~, _v. a._ To warrant; as, _to uphadd a horse sound_, to warrant him free of defect, S.

_To_ UP-HÉ, UPHIE, _v. a._ To lift up, to exalt; pret. _upheit_.

_Dunbar._

Dan. _ophoy-er_, Belg. _ophoog-en_, to exalt.

UPHEILD, _part. pa._ Carried upwards.

_Douglas._

A. S. _up_, and _hyld-an_, inclinare.

_To_ UPHEIS, _v. a._ To exalt, S.

V. ~Heis~.

_Douglas._

_To_ UPHEUE, _v. a._ To lift up.

_Doug._

A. S. _up-hef-an_, levare, Isl. _upphef-ia_, exaltare.

UPHYNT, _part. pa._ Snatched up.

V. ~Hint~.

_Douglas._

UPLANDS, UP OF LAND, UPON-LAND, UPPLANE, _adj._

1. One who lives in the country, as distinguished from the town.

_Burr. Lawes._

2. Rustic, unpolished.

_Dunbar._

A. S. _up-land_, highland; also, a midland country.

_To_ UPLOIP, _v. n._ To ascend with rapidity.

V. ~Loup~, _v._

_Montgomerie._

Teut. _oploop-en_, sursum currere.

UPPIL ABOON, clear over-head, S. B.

Sw. _uphaalls vaeder_, dry weather; from _uphaalla_, to bear up.

_To_ ~Uppil~, _v. n._ To clear up, S. B.

UPPISH, _adj._ Aspiring, ambitious, S.

Su. G. _ypp-a_, elevare; _yppig_, superbus.

UP-PUT, _s._ The power of secreting, so as to prevent discovery.

_Cleland._

_To_ UPRAX, _v. a._ To stretch upward, to erect.

V. ~Rax~.

_Douglas._

_To_ UPREND, _v. a._ To render or give up.

_Douglas._

UPREUIN, _part. pa._ Torn up.

_Doug._

_To_ UPSET, _v. a._ To recover from; applied to a hurt, affliction, or calamity, S.

_A. Douglas._

_To_ UPSET, _v. a._ To overset; as, _a cart_, _boat_, &c. S.

_To_ UPSET, _v. n._ To be overturned, S.

UPSET, _s._ Insurrection, mutiny.

_Wynt._

Su. G. _uppsaet_, machinatio.

UPSIDES, _adv._ Quits, q. on an equal foot, S.

_Pop. Ball._

_To_ UPSKAIL, _v. a._ To scatter upwards, S.

V. ~Skail~, _v._

_Dunbar._

_To_ UPSTEND, _v. n._ To spring up.

V. ~Stend~.

_Douglas._

UPSTENT, _part. pa._ Erected.

_Douglas._

Teut. _op_ and _stenn-en_, fulcire.

_To_ UPSTOUR, _v. n._ To rise up in a disturbed state, as dust in motion.

_Doug._

V. ~Stour~, _v._

UPSTRAUCHT, _pret._ Stretched up.

V. ~Straucht~.

_Douglas._

UPTAK, UPTAKING, _s._ Apprehension, S.

_Bp. Galloway._

UPWELT, _pret._ Threw up.

V. ~Welt~.

UPWITH, _adv._ Upwards, S.

_Kelly._

~Upwith~, _s._ _To the upwith_, taking a direction upwards, S.

Isl. _uppvid_, sursum tenus.

~Upwith~, _adj._ Uphill, S.

_Wallace._

_To_ UPWREILE, _v. a._ To raise or lift up with considerable exertion.

V. ~Wreil~.

_Douglas._

VRAN, _s._ The wren, Loth.

A. S. _wraen_.

_Complaynt S._

WRANDLY, _adv._ Without intermission; or, with much contention.

_Wallace._

Fris. _wrant_, a litigious person, _wrant-en_, to litigate.

URE, _s._ Chance, fortune.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _eur_, hazard; Teut. _ure_, vicissitudo.

URE, _s._ Practice, toil.

_Maitland P._

Teut. _ure_, commoditas, temporis opportunitas.

URE, _s._ The point of a weapon.

_Acts Ja. I._

Su. G. _or_, anc. _aur_, a weapon; Isl. _aur_, an arrow.

URE, _s._

1. Ore; in relation to metals, S.

_Douglas._

2. The fur or crust which adheres to vessels, in consequence of liquids standing in them, S. B.

~Ury~, _adj._ Furred, crusted, S. B.

URE, _s._ A denomination of land in Orkney and Shetland.

_Stat. Acc._

Isl. _auri_, octava pars marcae, tam in fundo, quam in mobilibus.

URE, _s._ Colour, tinge, S. B.

Belg. _verw_, Sw. _ferg_, id.

URE, _s._ Soil. _An ill ure_, a bad soil, Ang.

Ir. Gael. _uir_, mould, earth.

URE, _s._ Sweat, perspiration, Ang.

~Ury~, _adj._ Clammy, covered with perspiration, ibid.

URISUM, URUSUM, _adj._

1. Troublesome, vexatious.

_Douglas._

2. Frightful, terrifying, S.

_Ruddiman._

Su. G. _orolig_, inquietus; _oro_, inquies.

URLUCH, _adj._ Having a feeble and emaciated appearance, S. B.

V. ~Wroul~.

Perh. q. _wurl-like_.

_Ross._

_To_ URN, _v. a._ To pain, to torture, Ang.

_Wallace._

Isl. _orne_, calor, _orn-a_, calefacio.

To USCHÉ, _v. n._ To issue.

_Dunbar._

V. ~Ische~, _v. n._

_To_ ~Ushe~, _v. a._ To clear.

_Acts Sed._

USTE, _s._ The host, the sacrifice of the mass.

O. Fr. _oiste_.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

UTASS, WTAST, corr. of _Octaves_.

_Wallace._

UTELAUY, WTELAUY, _s._ An outlaw.

_Barbour._

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~.

VULT, _s._ Aspect.

_Wallace._

O. Fr. _vult_, Lat. _vult-us_.

_To_ VUNG, _v. n._ To move swiftly with a buzzing or humming sound, Aberd. _bung_, S. O.

_Shirrefs._

W

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._