Chapter 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._