Chapter 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._

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.

WYR, _s._ An arrow.

_Barbour._

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._

_To_ ~Wouff~, _v. n._ To bark, S.

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.

WULLSOME, _adj._ Wild.

V. under ~Will~, _adj._

Y

Y consonant corresponds to A. S. _G_ before a vowel. This has generally in S. been printed Ʒ, from the resemblance of the A. S. letter to the form of the Roman Ʒ, although there is not the least affinity as to power.

This, I apprehend, must be ascribed to the inaccuracy, or to the ignorance of the writers or copyists of MSS., who, misled by the very near resemblance of the letters, substituted the long _z_, or Ʒ, for the A. S. _g_.

In the south of S., _y_ consonant is prefixed to a variety of words which are elsewhere pronounced without it; as, _yaik_ for _ache_, _yield_, age, for _eild_, &c.

YA, YHA, _adv._ Yea, yes, Moray.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. _ja_, _jai_, Su. G. _ja_, A. S. _ia_, _ya_, id.

_To_ YABBLE, _v. n._ To gabble, Fife.

YAD, _s._ A piece of bad coal, which becomes a white ashy lump in the fire, Fife; _gaist_, synon.

YAD, YADE, YAUD, _s._ Properly, an old mare, S.; E. _jade_, a worn-out horse. A. Bor. _yaud_.

_Dunbar._

Isl. _jad_, or _jada_, denotes the failure of the teeth.

~Yad-skyvar~, _s._ Apparently, one who drives an old mare.

_Dunbar._

_Yad_, and perh. Su. G. _skiufwa_, to drive.

_To_ YAFF, _v. n._

1. To bark; properly denoting the noise made by a small dog, to yelp, S.

_A. Scott._

2. To prate, to talk pertly; used as expressive of contempt, S.

A. S. _gealp-an_, exclamare, gloriari; Isl. _gialf-ra_, incondita
loqui.

_To_ YAIK, YAICK, _v. n._ To ache, S. A.

_L. Scotland._

_To_ YAIK, _v. n._ To quiver, to shake.

_Burel._

YAIR, YAIRE, YARE, _s._

1. An inclosure, stretching into a tideway, for the purpose of detaining the fish when the tide ebbs, S.

_Stat. Rob. I._

2. A sort of scaffolding, which juts out into a river or frith in a straight line, S.

_Stat. Acc._

A. S. _waer_, _wer_, piscina, septum; Su. G. _fisk-gaerd_, id.

~Yair-net~, ~Yare-net~, _s._ A long net extending into the bed of a river inclined upwards, and fixed by poles, S. B.

_Law Case._

YAKEE, _s._ A double tooth, whether in man or beast, Orkney.

Isl. _iaxl_, dens molaris.

_To_ YALD, _v. a._ To yield; pret. _yald_.

_Douglas._

Isl. _gialld-a_, retribuere, luere.

YALD, YAULD, _adj._

1. Sprightly, alert; active, vigorous, S. A. Loth.

Isl. _gilld-r_ expresses the same idea; viribus et virtute
praestans.

2. Niggardly, parsimonious, Galloway.

YALLOCH, _s._ A shout, a shrill cry; the act of _yelling_. S. also _yalloch_.

_Doug._

Su. G. _gal-a_, to cry; _gell-a_, to resound.

_To_ YAMER, YAMMER, YAWMER, _v. n._

1. _To_ shriek, to yell.

_Douglas._

2. Now generally used, as signifying, to fret, to whine, to whimper. S.

Germ. _jammer-en_, plangere; A. S. _geomr-ian_, _geomer-ian_, to
grumble.

~Yamer~, ~Yawmer~, _s._ A cry, a yell.

_Dunbar._

~Yamering~, _s._ A continued whining, S.

_To_ YAMPH, YAMF, _v. n._ To bark, S.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _gamb-r_, gannitus; _gamb-ra_, gannire.

YAPE, YAP, YAIP, _adj._

1. Having a keen appetite for food, S.

_Ross._

2. Eager, having an earnest desire for any thing, S.

_Henrysone._

3. Forward, S. B.

_Skinner._

Isl. _gypa_, vorax, from _gap-a_, hiare.

_To_ ~Yape~, _v. n._ To be hungry.

_Ramsay._

_Yaply_, _adv._ Keenly, with a sharp appetite, S.

_Ross._

YARD, YAIRD, _s._ A garden; properly of pot-herbs; also called a _kail-yard_, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _geard_, Su. G. _gaerd_, Belg. _gaarde_, sepes, area clausa.

YARE, YHAR, YORE, _adj._ Ready, alert, in a state of preparation, S. B. O. E.

_Barbour._

It is evidently the same with ~Gare~, q. v.

YARE, _s._ A wear, for catching fish.

V. ~Yair~.

_To_ YARK, _v. a._ To beat.

V. ~Yerk~.

YARNE, YERNE, _adv._ Eagerly, diligently.

_Barbour._

A. S. _georne_, _georn_, studious, careful, _earnest_; Su. G.
_gerna_, libenter.

YARNETS, _s. pl._ An instrument for winding yarn, S.

YARPHA, _s._

1. Peat full of fibres and roots, Orkn.

2. Peat combined with clay or sand; a denomination of soil, Orkn.

_Barry._

Isl. _joerfi_, lutum; Norw. _joerme_, black marshy earth, by the
common change of _f_ into _m_.

V. Haldorson.

Isl. _jarp-ur_, black, dark-coloured, seems to be the root.

YARR, _s._ Spurrey; a weed found in poor land, S.

YARRING, _adj._ Snarling, captious, troublesome.

V. ~Yirr~.

_Gl. Shirr._

_To_ YARROW, _v. a._ To earn, to gain by industry, S. B.

A. S. _gearw-ian_, to prepare; Su. G. _garfw-a_, _gora_, id.

YAAVE, _s._ Awe, Banffs.

YAVIL, _adj._ Flat, Aberd.

V. ~Auale~, ~Awail~, and ~Awalt~.

_Journ. Lond._

YAUD. _Far yaud_, the signal made by a shepherd to his dog, when he is to drive away some sheep at a distance.

_Minstr. Bord._

A. S. _eode_, ivit, from _gan_, ire; or from _gath_, accede.

_To_ YAUL, _v. n._ To yell.

V. ~Yalloch~.

_Sir Gawan._

YAULD, _adj._ Alert, &c.

V. ~Yald~.

_To_ YAUP, _v. n._

1. To yelp, S.

2. Denoting the incessant crying of birds, S. A.

_Gl. Sibb._

Teut. _galp-en_, gannire instar vulpis.

YAWS, _s. pl._ Apparently the disorder called _Syphilis_; also _Sivvens_, Orkn. Galloway.

YAXE, _s._ An axe, Buchan.

YE, YIE, (corr. printed _zei_.)

This seems to have originated from an imitation of the liquid sound used in Fr., in consequence of _g_ preceding _n_; or, where this was not the case, in consequence of the S. noun following the form of the verb which retained the sound of the Fr. infinitive or participle; as, _en-chainer_, _en-chainé_; whence S. _chenyie_.

YEABLES, _adv._ Perhaps, Loth. Border; _yeablesea_, A. Bor.

V. ~Able~.

YEALD, _adj._ Barren.

V. ~Yeld~.

_To_ YED, _v. n._ To contend, to wrangle, Loth. Isl. _odd-a_, _ydd-a_, excerto.

_Ramsay._

~Yed~, _s._ Strife, contention, Loth.

_Ramsay._

~Yealings~.

V. ~Yieldins~.

YEDDLE, _adj._ Thick, muddy; applied to water, Loth.

V. ~Adill~.

YEDE, YEID, YHED, YHUDE, YOWDE, _pret. v._ Went. _Yede_ is still used in Ang., _gaid_, S.

_Barbour._

Norm. Sax. _gede_, A. S. _geode_, Moes. G. _idd-ja_, Isl. _od_,
ibat.

YIEL, _s._ (Printed _zeil_.)

_Bellenden._

Apparently the same with next word.

YIELD, _s._

1. Recompence, or rather compensation.

_Priests Peblis._

2. A subsidy.

_Acts Ja. I._

A. S. _geld_, _gild_, a tax, tribute; from _geld-an_, _gild-an_, to
pay.

YIELDINS, YEALINS, _s. pl._ Persons who are coeval, S.

V. ~Eildins~.

YEILL, _s._ "Age."

V. ~Eild~.

_Douglas._

It may, however, be the same with _yeil_, q. return.

_To_ YEISK, YESK, YISK, _v. n._

1. To hiccup, S.

_Douglas._

2. To belch; S. B. _eesk_.

_Douglas._

A. S. _geocsa_, singultus; Germ. _gax-en_, _gix-en_, singultire.

~Yeisk~, ~Yesk~, _s._ A single affection of hiccup, S. _eesk_, S. B.

YELD, YEALD, YELL, EILD, _adj._

1. Barren, S.; _yell_, _eill_, Border. A. Bor. _yell_.

_Montgomerie._

2. A cow, although with calf, is said to _gang yeld_, when her milk dries up, S. B.

_A yeld nurse_, a dry nurse.

_Stat. Acc._

3. Denoting cattle or sheep that are too young to bear, Dumfr.

4. Applied metaph. to broth without meat.

_Kelly._

Isl. _gelld_, _gall_, infaecundus, effaetus; Dan. _gald_, Su. G.
_gall_, id. _galko_, vacca sterilis.

YELDRING, YELDRIN, _s._ A yellow-hammer, S. tautologically _yellow-yeldrin_, also _yellow-yite_.

_Sibbald._

A. S. _geole_, yellow, and _ring_; perh. from the yellow _ring_,
which at least partly adorns the neck of this bird.

_To_ YELL, _v. n._ To roll, a term applied to a ship. _Yawl_, E.

_Mellvill's MS._

YELLY, YEALTOU, used as an _interj._ expressive of surprise, S. B.

_Yelly_, yea will ye? _yealtou_, yea wilt thou?

_Shirrefs._

_To_ YELLOCH, _v. n._ To scream, to shriek, S. B. Fife.

_Gl. Shirr._

~Yelloch~, ~Yellough~, _s._ A yell, S.

_Cleland._

~Yellowchin~, _s._ Yelling, S.

_Ferguson._

YELLOW GOWAN, the name given in S. to different species of the ranunculus.

V. ~Gowan~.

_To_ YEME, YHEME, YYM, _v. a._ To keep, to take care of.

_Barbour._

A. S. _gem-an_, _gym-an_, to take care of, to keep; Isl. _geym-a_,
animum attendere, custodire.

~Yemar~, ~Yhemar~, _s._ A keeper, one who has any object in charge.

_Barbour._

~Yemsell~, ~Yhemsell~, _s._

1. The act of keeping, custody.

_Skene._

2. Used nearly in the same sense with E. _wardship_, _guardianship_, _tutorage_.

_Barbour._

Isl. _geimsla_, Su. G. _goemsel_, custodia.

YERD, YERTH, _s._ Earth, soil.

V. ~Erd~.

Also,

_To_ ~Yerd~, to bury.

V. ~Erd~, _v._

~Yerd-fast~, _adj._ Firmly fastened in the ground, S.

_Poems Buch. Dial._

A. S. _earde-faest_, settled, grounded, Isl. _iardfastr stein_,
saxum in terra immotum.

~Yerd-meal~, _s._ Earth-mould, church-yard dust, Aberd.

_Gl. Shirr._

YERE, _adv._ Certainly. _To yere_, too surely, or truly.

_Douglas._

A. S. _geare_, _gere_, certo.

YERESTRENE, _s._ The night before last, S. A.

V. ~Here-yestreen~; also ~Here-yesterday~.

_Gl. Sibb._

To YERK, _v. a._ To bind tightly, as with a small cord, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

A. S. _gearc-ian_, parare.

To YERK, _v. n._

1. To be in a state of fermentation, a term applied to beer, Ang.

Germ. _gaer-a_, Su. G. _goer-a_, effervescere.

2. To do any thing with agility, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

3. To be busy, or keenly engaged, applied to the mind.

_Kelly._

Su. G. _yrk-a_, postulare, insistere.

_To_ YERK, YARK, _v. a._ To beat, to strike smartly, S. _jerk_, E.

_Ferguson._

Isl. _hreck-ia_, to beat, pulsare; _jarke_, pes feriens.

~Yerk~, _s._ A smart blow, a _jerk_, S.

YERN-BLITER, _s._ The name given to the snipe. S. B., sometimes pron. _yern-bluter_.

_Journ. Lond._

_To_ YESK, _v. n._ To hiccup. S.

V. ~Yeisk~.

_To_ YESTER, _v. a._ To discompose, to disturb. Ang.

Su. G. _yster_, ferox, or A. S. _ge-styr-an_, turbare.

YESTREEN, YISTRENE, _s._ Yesternight.

V. ~Here-yesterday~.

_Douglas._

YET, YETT, YHATE, _s._ A gate, S.

A. Bor. _yete_.

_Wallace._

~Yet chekis~, door-posts.

_Douglas._

A. S. _geat_, O. Belg. _gat_, id. Su. G. _gaatt_, postis januae.

_To_ YET, YETT, YYT, _v. a._

1. To pour, S. _yet_, _yett_, poured.

_Douglas._

Belg. _giet-en_, A. S. _geot-an_, Isl. Su. G. _giut-a_, fundere.

2. To cast metals.

_Yyt_, molten, cast.

~Yetland~, ~Yettlin~, _adj._ Of or belonging to cast iron, S.

_Stat. Acc._

~Yettlin~, _s._ Cast metal, S.

Su. G. _giuta en klocka_, to cast a bell; _giuta stycken_, to cast
guns; Teut. _ghiet-en_, id.

YETHER, _s._ The mark left by tight binding, as with a small cord. Border; allied perhaps to A. Bor. _yeather_, a flexible twig, used for binding hedges; Grose.

_To_ YETT, _v. a._ To fasten in the firmest manner, to rivet, Loth.

Isl. _gat-a_, perforare.

YEVERY, _adj._ Greedy, voracious.

_Bellenden._

A. S. _gifer_, _gifra_, _gifre_, avidus, vorax, rapax, gulosus;
_gifer_, a glutton.

_To_ YHARN, _v. a._ Eagerly to desire.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. _gairn-an_, A. S. _georn-ian_, _gyrn-an_, desiderare,
cupere.

~Yharne~, ~Yherne~, _adj._ Eager, keen.

_Wyntown._

YHEMAR, _s._ A keeper.

V. ~Yemar~.

YHEMSEL, _s._ Custody.

V. ~Yemsel~.

YHIS, _adv._ Yes.

_Barbour._

A. S. _gese_, _gise_, _gyse_, immo, etiam.

YHUDE, _pret._ Went.

V. ~Yede~.

YHULL, _s._ Christmas.

V. ~Yule~.

YHUMAN, YUMAN, YOMAN, YEOMAN, _s._

1. A person of inferior station; as, a husbandman or farmer.

_Reg. Maj._

Teut. _ghe-meyn_, A. S. _geman_, communis, vulgaris.

2. It seems to signify a farmer's servant.

_Barbour._

3. A peasant or inhabitant of the country employed as a foot-soldier.

_Barb._

4. A soldier on horseback.

_Wallace._

~Yhumanry~, _s._ The peasantry armed as foot soldiers.

_Barbour._

YIE, _term_ (printed _Zie_).

V. ~Ye~.

YIELD OF THE DAY, the influence of the sun; also the height of the day, Ang.

From E. _yield_, as denoting that the frost gives way.

YILL, _s._ Ale, S. O. and A.

_Burns._

A. S. _eale_, id.

~Yill-wife~, _s._ A woman who brews and sells ale, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ ~Yill~, _v. a._ To entertain with ale, a term commonly used by the vulgar, S. O. to denote one special mode in which a lover entertains his _Dulcinea_ at a fair or market.

YIM, _s._ A particle, an atom; the smallest portion of any thing, Ang.; at times pron. as if _nyim_; perhaps q. _ane yim_.

Su. G. _em_, _im_, _ime_, vapour; Isl. _hióm_, the most minute
object.

_To_ YYM, _v. a._ To keep.

~Yimmit~, kept.

V. ~Yeme~.

YING, YYNG, _adj._ Young.

O. E. id.

_Douglas._

YIRDIN, _s._ Thunder, S. B.

V. ~Erddyn~.

_To_ YIRM, _v. n._

1. To whine, to complain, S.

2. To ask in a querulous tone; implying the idea of continuation, S.

Isl. _harm-a_, lugeo, plango; _harm-r_, luctus; G. Andr. p. 107.
_Jarm-a_, balare, _jarm-r_, lamentatio.

_To_ YYRNE, _v. n._ To coagulate, to curdle.

V. ~Earn~.

_Bannatyne P._

_To_ YIRR, _v. n._ To snarl, to growl as a dog, S. _yarr_, E.

Isl. _verr-a_, id. whence _verre_, a dog; Lat. _hirrire_.

_To_ YISK, _v. n._ To hiccup.

V. ~Yeisk~.

YISTRENE, _s._ Yesternight.

V. ~Yestrene~.

YYT, _part. pa._ Molten, cast.

V. ~Yet~, _v._

YIWYN. Perh. for _ewyn_, even.

_Barbour._

* _To_ YOKE, _v. n._ To engage with another in a dispute, in a quarrel, or in warfare, S.

_Baillie._

YOLDYN, YOUDEN, _pret. v._ Yielded, surrendered.

_Barbour._

YOLK, _s._ A round, opaque and radiated crystallization in window-glass, in consequence of being too slowly cooled, S.; probably denominated from its supposed resemblance of the _yolk_ of an egg.

_To_ YOLL, _v. a._ To strike; as, _to yoll with an axe_, S. B.

_To_ YOMER, _v. n._ To shriek.

V. ~Yamer~, _v._

_Sir Gawan._

YONT, _prep._ Beyond.

V. ~Yound~.

YORE, _adj._ Ready, alert.

V. ~Yare~.

YOUDEN, _part. pa._

V. ~Yoldyn~.

YOUDEN-DRIFT, _s._ Snow driven by the wind, S. B.

_Morison._

Perh. from _yolden_, or _youden_, the old part. pa. of _yield_, q.
snow which is _driven_ as _yielding_ to the force of the wind.

YOUDITH, _s._ Youth, S. A.

V. ~Youth-heid~.

_Ramsay._

_To_ YOUF, YUFF, _v. n._ To bark, S.

V. ~Wouff~.

_Ferguson._

YOUFF, YOWFF, _s._ A swinging blow, Loth. the same with _Gouff_.

_Ramsay._

_To_ YOUK, YUKE, YUCK, _v. n._ To itch, to be itchy, S.

_Hamilton._

Germ. _juck-en_, Belg. _jeuck-en_, id. prurire.

~Youk~, ~Yeuk~, ~Yuke~, ~Yuck~, _s._

1. The itch, S.

_Ramsay._

2. Itchiness; without any relation to the cutaneous disease denominated the _itch_, S.

~Youky~, _adj._

1. Itchy, S.

_Davidson._

2. Metaph. eager, anxious.

_Ramsay._

_To_ YOUL, YOULE, _v. n._ To howl, to yell, S. A. Bor.

V. ~Goul~, _v._

_Douglas._

~Youl~, ~Yowl~, _s._ A yell, the act of howling, S.

_Dunbar._

YOULRING, _s._ A yellow-hammer.

V. ~Yeldrin~.

YOUND, _adj._ Opposite, what is on the other side, S. _yont_.

_Douglas._

A. S. _geond_, illuc, ultra.

~Yont~, _adv._ Farther, S.

~Yontermost~, _adv._ Still farther, Fife.

From _yonder_, S. _yonter_, and _mair_, more.

YOUP, _s._ A scream.

V. ~Yout~, _s._

YOUSTIR, YOUSTER, _s._ Putrid matter, corrupt blood.

_Douglas._

A. S. _geolster_, virus, sanies; _geolstru_, virulentus.

_To_ YOUT, _v. n._ To cry, to roar, S. B.

_Houlate._

Teut. _iuyt-en_, _iuycht-en_, jubilare, vociferari.

~Yout~, ~Yowt~, _s._ A cry, a scream, S. B. _youp_, synon.

_Lyndsay._

YOUTHEID, YHOUTHADE, YOWTHHEID, _s._ Youth.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _geogeth-had_, the state of being young.

YOUTHIR OF THE SOD, the red ashes of turf, Ang.

YOW, YOUE, _s._ A ewe.

_Complaynt S._

A. S. _eowu_, Belg. _oye_, _ouwe_, id.

YOWDE, _pret._ Went.

V. ~Yede~.

YUIK, _s._ Itchiness.

V. ~Youk~.

_G. Buchanan._

_To_ YUKE, _v. n._ To be itchy.

V. ~Youk~.

YULE, YHULE, YUYLL, _s._ The name given to Christmas, S. A. Bor.

_Wynt._

Su. G. _jul_, Dan. _jule_, _juledag_, Isl. _jol_, A. S. _geola_,
_gehul_, id.

This name was originally given to the great annual feast, celebrated among the northern nations, at the time of the winter solstice, in honour of the Sun. Hence Odin was denominated _Julvatter_, or the _Father_ of _Yule_.

Many conjectures have been formed as to the origin of the name. The most probable are, that it is from Su. G. _j_ demonstrative, like A. S. _ge_, and _oel_, commessatio, q. _the feast_; or from Isl. Su. G. _hwel_, _hiul_, a wheel, in reference to the retrogradation of the sun; or from Moes. G. _uil_, Arm. _hiaul_, Gr. ἥλ-ιος, the name of this luminary.

_To_ ~Yule~, ~Yool~, _v. n._ To observe Christmas, especially as regarding the festivities of this season.

_Spalding._

~Yule-e'en~, ~Yhule-ewyn~, _s._ The night preceding Christmas, the wake of _Yule_, S.

_Barbour._

YUMAN, YUMANRY.

V. ~Yhuman~.

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All the main entries are capitalised, but sub-entries and cross-references are in small capitals to distinguish them from the main entries. This distinction has been retained.

Italics are indicated by _this_ markup. Small capitals are indicated by ~this~ markup.

Although the note preceding the entries for the letter 'Y' clearly describes the letter 'yogh', the character used throughout is Ʒ (the 'ezh' or 'Latin long z').

Numerous minor errors in punctuation have been silently corrected. There are also many inconsistencies in punctuation which have been difficult or impossible to resolve, and many undoubtedly remain. Consistency is not a feature of this text. This particularly applies to the etymologies: etymologies are sometimes included with word definitions, separated by a comma or semi-colon, rather than presented in a separate paragraph; also although many commas appear to be missing in the etymologies (especially in the opening sections of the dictionary), none have been inserted.

Spelling has been left unchanged unless a definite typo has ocurred, as it probably reflects spelling of the early 19th century. This includes variant spellings of the same word.

Hyphens were commoner within compound words than they are today, and there is also inconsistency in their use throughout this text. There is also inconsistency in the hyphenation of Latin words, where hyphenation is sometimes, but not always, used to indicate Latin roots or noun/verb endings. Hyphens have been retained unless there is a clear indication that the word should be unhyphenated.

The spelling "Lanerks[hire]" for "Lanarks[hire]" appears to be the accepted spelling for this period, and therefore has been left unchanged.

Five instances of _Kings Quair_ have been corrected to _King's Quair_.

_St_ (no period) _Androis_ is the normal spelling in this text. The spelling _St. Androis_ appears only once (s.v. INSPRAICH), and has been left unchanged.

The cited source is often abbreviated, through lack of space: for example _Doug._ for _Douglas_, _Houl._ for _Houlate_. These abbreviations have been left unchanged.

There are also numerous inconsistencies in the abbreviation of recurring phrases, which have been left unchanged. For example _Palice of Honour_, _Palice Honour_, _Pal. of Hon._, _Pal. Hon._.

In entries where the numbers "1." "2." "3." &c. are clearly missing, they have been inserted.

In the original dictionary, capital E acute looks like Eˊ e.g. p. 69: BOUNTEˊ, for BOUNTÉ. There is also Aˊ representing Á (in FAˊ and FORSTAˊ). But this has to be distinguished from such phrases as "A' the kit" (p. 226) which is an apostrophe indicating missing letters (usually "ll"): "All the kit".

Only two of the Greek words have accents and breathings. No changes have been made to the presence or absence of accents in any Greek words.

In the phrase "A bursen belch or bilch" (s.v. BELCH) there is a missing closing quotation mark. The precise location of the missing mark is uncertain, and the text has therefore not been changed.

The cross-reference "V. ~Get~" under "GATE, s. Jet." cannot be linked correctly since the only entry for "GET" has nothing to do with "Jet".

The cross-reference to "~Skair~" for the word "UNTILL, prep. Unto" may be an error, as there is no obvious connection with "UNTILL". However it is impossible to suggest a logical amendment.

The entry "GRAVIN, GRAWYN, Interred." gives a cross-reference to "~Graif~" but most of the entry for ~Graif~ is missing.

The following words exist as cross-references but do not appear in the Dictionary:

Asterne

Bad

Best Aucht

Boytour

Brid

Coles

Doud

Forowth

Hebrun

Hillie-billow

Knacks

Seyne

Talbart

Trentalis

Wayndit

Occasionally the only definition offered for a word is "uncertain" or "not understood". There are also several words for which there is no definition at all (presumably this is accidental). A list of all undefined words appears below:

BAZE

BEDOWIN

BELLIS

BIGS

BLAIDS

BLINNYNG

BORN

CATINE

CLARCHE PIPE

COUBROUN (Uncertain, both as to signification and etymon.)

DGUHARE

DOOR

FAINY (Not understood.)

FIFT

FLIRDON

FLYRIT (Not understood.)

FLURDOM

GLASHIE

GORGÉ (Not understood.)

GRYLLES

HAMMELL (Not understood.)

HEGGERBALD (Not understood.)

HENSEIS (Uncertain.)

HOAS (Not understood.)

KNYPSIT

LAVER

LOT (Uncertain.)

LUTHE (Not understood.)

MAYNDIT

MUSSLING (Uncertain.)

NYCHLIT (Uncertain.)

PAITLATTIS (Uncertain.)

RAY (Uncertain.)

RAKKET (Uncertain.)

REHATOURE (Uncertain.)

RUWITH (Uncertain.)

SEIR (Uncertain.)

SEWANE (Uncertain.)

SLOT (Uncertain.)

SNEITH (Uncertain.)

SPEANLIE (Uncertain.)

TEYND (Uncertain.)

THURCH (Uncertain.)

WERSLETE (Uncertain.)

There follows a list of specific amendments to the text:

s.v. ATTELED: "Sir Gawan and Sir Gal." has been italicised.

s.v. AWSTRENE: "_auster us_" changed to "_auster-us_".

s.v. BELD CYTTES: "receives it" changed to "receives its".

s.v. BLEACH: "Gl. Shirr." changed to "_Gl. Shirr._"

s.v. _To_ BLETHER: "stulte" changed to "stultè".

s.v. _To_ BLOCK: "before he begin" changed to "before he begins".

s.v. _To_ BLUSTER: "~Bluddeb~" changed to "~Bludder~".

s.v. BRAIS, _s. pl._: "fraus" changed to "fraud".

s.v. _To_ BROIGH: "_Brothe_" changed to "~Brothe~".

s.v. BUISTY: "Gl. Shirr." changed to "_Gl. Shirr._"

s.v. BUT: "extra. foras" changed to "extra, foras".

s.v. _To_ BUSK: "_butz frauu_" changed to "_butz frau_".

s.v. CHANDLER: "candle-dlestick" changed to "candle-stick".

s.v. CHIEL: "expressive of disrepect" changed to "expressive of disrespect".

s.v. CHILD: "tranferred" changed to "transferred".

s.v. CLEVERUS: "~Cleuck~" changed to "~Cleuch~".

s.v. COUPLE: "_kupul ty_" changed to "_kupul-ty_".

s.v. _To_ CRAK: "V. ~Crak~" changed to "V. ~Crack~".

s.v. _To_ DRANT: "enunnunciation" changed to "enunciation".

s.v. EITHER: "Ang." has been moved up from the following line, to read "EITHER, Or, Ang."

s.v. FIEL: "Burns" changed to "_Burns_".

s.v. GALYEARD: "In a spright manner." changed to "In a sprightly manner."

s.v. GRUTTEN: "_Romsay_" changed to "_Ramsay_".

s.v. HARRAGE: "land-land" changed to "landlord".

s.v. HITHER ~and~ YONT: "~anb~" changed to "~and~".

s.v. JONETTE: "_jaulnettv_" changed to "_jaulnette_".

s.v. KILT-RACK: "_Kilt_" changed to "~Kilt~".

s.v. KINSCH, KINCH: "S. S." changed to "S."

s.v. _To_ KNAP: "_Hamiltoun._" changed to "_Hamilton._"

s.v. LUCK-PENNY: "bargain, _S._" changed to "bargain, S."

s.v. MAUCHT: "Feeble, S. S." changed to "Feeble, S."

s.v. MERCH: "_Hamiltoun._" changed to "_Hamilton._"

s.v. MOSS: "_Moss-crops, and Moor-grass_" changed to "_Moss-crops_, and _Moor-grass_".

s.v. MUSH: "eave-droper" changed to "eave-dropper".

"_To_ EK" changed to "_To_ NEK".

s.v. NOCK: "Gl. Shirr." changed to "_Gl. Shirr._"

s.v. PADDOCK-HAIR: "_s._ 2." changed to "_s._ 1."

s.v. PERJINK: "apper" changed to "appear".

"To QUAT": changed to "_To_ QUAT".

s.v. QUOY: "origiginally" changed to "originally".

s.v. REVE: "Lat. _ravus_" changed to "Lat. _rav-us_" (to show stem and ending).

s.v. _To_ ROIP: "V. ~Ronp~" changed to "V. ~Roup~".

s.v. RAITH: "RAITH, RAITH" changed to "RAITH".

s.v. ROUN: "_arbour_" changed to "_Barbour_".

s.v. ROW: "To ~row about~" changed to "_To_ ~Row About~".

s.v. SKALLAG: the letter "_s._" has been added after "SCALLAG" in place of an obliterating blob.

s.v. SAWTH: "SAWTH, Ʒ _p. v._" changed to "SAWTH, _p. v._".

s.v. _To_ SOPE: "SOPE SOUP" changed to "SOPE, SOUP"; also after "To become weary", the incomplete phrase "to fa " has been changed to "to faint".

s.v. SOUCYE: "_e._" changed to "_s._".

s.v. _To_ SPANYS: "Er. _espanouissement_" changed to "Fr. _espanouissement_".

s.v. _To_ SPELL: "_spial a_" changed to "_spial-a_".

s.v. TERCE: "_Esrkine._" changed to "_Erskine._"

s.v. _To_ TING: "~Ting~" changed to "TING"; and "_To_ ~Tinkle~, _on_" changed to "_To_ ~Tinkle~ _on_".

s.v. UNSEL: "infortutunium" changed to "infortunium".

s.v. _to_ WADGE: "To shake in a threating" changed to "To shake in a threatening".

s.v. WRAK: "_Pennecuick._" changed to "_Pennecuik._"

My thanks to the proofers and formatters for noting most of these _errata_ and _corrigenda_.