Chapter 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.

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._

WEEBO, _s._ Common ragwort, S.

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.

WEM, _s._ Stain.

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.

WER, WAR, _adj._ Wary.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _war_, videns.

WERD, _s._ Fate.

V. ~Weird~.

WERDY, _adj._ Worthy.

_Lyndsay._

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.

WERY, _s._ Vexation, Orkn.

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.