Part 56
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.