V.

Vaine, 18/8, _s._ liking, fancy.

Vainfull, 2/13, _adj._ vain, fickle.

Valerian, 45/24, _s._ Valerian. _Valeriana officinalis_, Linn.

Vance, 114/7, _v._ advance.

Vantage, 3/7, _s._ advantage, profit.

Vegetiue, 55/7, _adj._ belonging to the plant.

Vent, 19/27, _s._ sale, disposal. Fr. _vente_, from Lat. _vendere, venditum_, to sell. "There is no _vent_ for any commoditie except wool."--Sir W. Temple.

Venter, 83/4, _v._ venture, risk.

Ventrest, 19/35, _v. pr. t._ risk, venture.

Vergis, 18/42, _s._ verjuice, the juice of crab-apples, or other unripe fruit. Fr. _verjus_, from _vert_, green and _jus_, juice.

Verie, 92/4, _adj._ true, real.

Verlets, 63/18, _s. pl._ rascals, scoundrels. O. Fr. _varlet, vaslet_, now _valet_.

Vermin, 33/7, _v._ destroy the vermin.

Vew, 114/24, _s._ view, sight.

Vewe, 75/7, _v._ view, examine.

Vice, 64/19, _s._ buffoon. The fool or punchinello of old shows. "Light and lascivious poems, uttered by these buffoons or _vices_ in plays."--Puttenham, ii. 9, p. 69.

Villeny, 9/21, _s._ unfair or mean treatment.

Vitleth, 97/1, _v. pr. t._ eats, dines.

Vittels, 57/39, _s. pl._ provisions, food.

Voyd, 64*/4, _v._ avoid.

W.

Wadling, 35/45, _s._ wattling, wattled fence. "Wattles are wood slit."--T.R.

Wadmus (? Wadmul), page 37, note 1, a very thick, coarse kind of woollen cloth, made originally of Iceland wool. Icel. _vadmâl_. Halliwell, s.v. _Wadmal_.

Wag, 87/3, _s._ messenger.

Waid, 114/40, _pp._ considered, reflected on.

Waieth, 99/5, Waith, 101/5, _v. pr. t._ considers, reflects.

Waight, 56/24, _v. pr. t._ watch, wait about.

Waights, 10/44, _s._ weights, measures.

Waight, 99/1, _v._ attend or wait at table.

Waine, 48/22, _v. imp._ fetch, bring, lit. to convey in a _wain_ or wagon.

Waine, 16/7, _s._ waggon. A.S. _wæn, wägen_.

Wake day, 90/5, _s._ a village festival, kept originally on the day of the dedication of the parish church. See note E455.

Walke, 48/17, _s._ pasturing.

Wallow, 102/2, _v. pr. t._ make dirty, cover.

Wand, 33/45, _v. imp._ inclose with poles.

Wanteth, 94/8, _v. pr. t._ is in want.

Wantey, 17/5, _s._ a rope or leathern girdle, by which burdens are tied to the back of a horse; _wamb-tie_, a belly-band.

Wanton, 90/5, _s._ merry girl. O. E. _wantowen_, from _wan-_, prefix signifying lack or _want_, and _togen_, _pp._ of _teon_, to educate.

Wardens, 34/26, _s. pl._ a large baking pear. "I would have him roasted like a _warden_."--Beau. and Flet.

Warely, 115/2, _adv._ carefully, warily.

Wares, 22/19, _s. pl._ productions.

Warily, 10/34, _adv._ discreetly, cautiously. A.S. _wær_.

Warrener, 33/7, _s._ the keeper of a warren.

Wart, 114/5, _v. pr. t._ wert, wast.

Waster, 79/1, _s._ wasteful.

Water furrow, 19/7, _v. imp._ draw furrows across the ridges in the lowest part of the ground to act as drains or water-courses. "A watir furre, _elix_."--Cathol. Anglicum.

Water-retting, 16/25, _s._ retting is the process of steeping flax in water to separate the fibres. "Rettyn tymber, hempe or other like, _rigo, infundo_."--Prompt. Parv.

Wayest, 10/4, _v._ considerest.

Weather, 57/5, _v. imp._ dry in the open air.

Weene, 67/12, _v. pr. t._ think. A S. _wenan_.

Webster, 15/17, _s._ a weaver. A.S. _webbestre_, a female weaver.

*Wedehoke, 79, _s._ a weeding tool.

Weeles, 36/31, _s. pl._ snares or traps for fish made of osiers or twigs. "A weele, a wicker net, wherewith fishes being once entred, there is no way for them to get out; a bow net."--Nomenclator.

"There plenty is of roches, bleakes, or eeles, Which fishermen catche in their nets and weeles." --Newe Metamorphosis, 1600.

Wefte, 84/1, _s._ a loss.

Well a fine, 114/19, to a good end or purpose.

Welthines, 10/36, _s._ plenty, wealth.

Wenches, 57/34, _s. pl._ girls.

Wennel, 20/28, _s._ a calf just _weaned_. "A lambe, or a kidde, or a _weanell_ wast."--Spenser, Shep. Cal. September.

Wether, 90/7, _s._ weather.

Wheat plums, 34/27, _s. pl._ a large fleshy plum, sometimes called the bastard Orleans plum.

Wheele ladder, 17/6, _s._ "probably a frame on the side of a cart to support hay or corn when the load is to be increased."--Mavor.

Whelpe, 95/2, _s._ child.

Whereas, 21/25, _adv._ wherever.

Whight, 15/12, _adj._ white.

Whinnes, 53/12, _s. pl._ whin, furze.

Whipstock, 21/14, _s._ the handle of a whip.

"Bought you a whistle, and a _whip-stalk_ too, To be revenged on their villainies." --Span. Tragedy, iii. 180.

Whist, 64*/10, _v._ be silent, be hushed. "Keepe the _whisht_, and thou shalt heare it the sooner."--Terence in Eng. 1641.

Whit, 2/4, _s._ a point, no whit, not in the slightest degree. A.S. _wiht_, a creature, thing. Gothic _waiht_.

Whitch, 35/6, which sort.

Whit leather, 17/4, _s._ leather dressed with alum, salt, etc., remarkable for its pliability and toughness. "I think I'm as hard as a nut, and as tough as _whit-leather_."--Howitt.

Whitemeat, Whitmeat, 47/20, _s._ eggs, milk, butter, cheese, etc.

Wicket, 77/9, _s._ mouth.

Wight, 3/6, _s._ person, man. A.S. _wiht_. Gothic _waiht_.

Wild otes fantasie, 9/30*, the fancies or excesses of youth. Cf. "sowing his wild oats."

Wiles, 114/18, _s. pl._ tricks, deceits.

Wilfull, 35/4, _adj._ ready, hasty.

Wimble, 17/6, _s._ auger. "An auger or _wimble_, wherwith holes are bored, _terebra_ and _terebrum_."--Baret's Aluearie, 1580. _Gimlet_ is the dimin. from _wimble_.

Wine, 51/21, _v. imp._ win, make to please.

Wit, 16/3, _s._ sense, good judgment. A.S. _witt_.

Wither, 57/20, _v._ dry.

Wonne, 75/3, _pp._ managed, made up.

Wood, 13/5, _adj._ mad. A.S. _wod_.

Woodrofe, 44/17, _s._ sweet woodruff, _Asperula odorata_. A.S. _wudurôfe_.

Woodsere, 51/6, _s._ the month or season for cutting wood; but see next word. "If wood be cut after the sunne decline from us till he come to the equinoctial (which time they call _woodsere_), it will never grow againe."--Heydon, Def. of Astrology, 1603.

Woodsere, 53/15, _s._ "By woodsere is meant decayed or hollow Pollards."--T.R.; but in his note to this passage he says, "Woodsere is the season of felling wood."--T.R.

Woorser, 10/32, Worser, 63/15, _adv._ worse, a double comparative. A.S. _wyrsa_.

Woorth, 113/7, _s._ in worth = for what I am worth, _i.e._ as I can, what I can get.

Wot, 94/4, _ v. pr. t._ ye know not what, an indefinite expression.

Wote, 10/21, _v. pr. t._ know. A.S. _witan_; _pt. t. Ic wat_, I know.

Wounder, 2/2, _s._ wounder, slayer. A.S. _wundian_, to wound.

Wrall, 101/4, _v. pr. t._ quarrel.

Wraught, 114/35, _pp._ supplied, furnished.

Wrauling, 92/1, _s._ quarrelling.

Wrecke, 115/2, _v._ wreak, vent. A.S. _wrecan_.

Wrest, 11/1, _v._ turn, force away.

Wrest, 10/61, _v._ steal away, plunder.

Wresting, 89/13, _s._ struggling for, fighting for.

Wright, 68/1, _v._ write.

Wringer, 2/13, _s._ extortioner.

Write, 86/10, _v. imp._ mark, write the name on.

Wud, 33/16, _s._ wood. A.S. _wudu_.

Wull, 35/21, _s._ wool. A.S. _wull_. Gothic _wulla_.

Y.

Yarn, 21/13, _v. pr. t._ earn. A.S. _gearnian_.

Yeane, 33/21, _v._ bring forth young. A.S. _eanian_.

Yeerlie, 63/21, _adv._ ? = yarely, readily. A.S. _gearu_. O. L. Ger. _garu_.

Yerke, 64*/9, _v._ kick, wince. "They flirt, they _yerk_, they backward fling."--Drayton. "_Tire_, a kick, yark, jerk, jert."--Cotgrave.