An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

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UTELAUY, WTELAUY, _s._ An outlaw.

_Barbour._

A. S. _ut-laga_, Isl. _utlaeg-r_, exul.

UTERANCE, _s._

1. Extremity, in any respect.

_Douglas._

2. Extremity, as respecting distress.

V. ~Outrance~.

_Douglas._

UTGIE, UTGIEN, _s._ Expense, expenditure, S.

Belg. _uytgaave_, id.

UTOUTH, _prep._

V. ~Outwith~.

UTTERIT.

V. ~Outterit~.

UVER, UVIR, _adj._

1. Upper, in respect of situation, S.

_Bellenden._

2. Superior in power. _The uver hand_, the superiority, S.

V. ~Ouer~.

VULT, _s._ Aspect.

_Wallace._

O. Fr. _vult_, Lat. _vult-us_.

_To_ VUNG, _v. n._ To move swiftly with a buzzing or humming sound, Aberd. _bung_, S. O.

_Shirrefs._

W

WA, WAY, _s._ Wo, grief, S. _wae_.

_Doug._

A. S. _wa, wae_, Moes. G. _wai_.

~Wayis me~, wo is me.

_Lyndsay._

Isl. _vaes mer_, va mihi sit.

~Wae worth you~, wo befal you, S.

V. ~Worth~.

WA, _adj._ Sorrowful, S. _wae_; comp. _waer_, superl. _wayest_.

_Barbour._

A. S. _wa_, moestus, afflictus.

WAAH, _s._ Any thing that causes surprise and admiration, Orkn.

Isl. _va_, any thing unexpected; commonly used in a bad sense.

WABRAN LEAVES, Great plantain or waybread, S.

A. S. _waeg-braede_, Teut. _wegh-bree_, plantago.

_To_ WACHLE, _v. n._ To move backwards and forwards, S.; E. _waggle_.

Teut. _wagghel-en_, id.

_To_ WACHT, _v. a._ To quaff.

V. ~Waucht~.

WAD, WED, WEDDE, _s._

1. A pledge, S.

_Sir Tristrem._

2. A wager.

_Kelly._

Su. G. _wad_, A. S. _wed_, Isl. _vaed_, pignus.

~Wadds~, _s. pl._ A youthful amusement, in which much use is made of pledges, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ ~Wad~, ~Wed~, _v. a._

1. to pledge, to bet, to wager, S.

_Chr. Kirk._

2. To promise, to engage, S.

_Shirrefs._

A. S. _wedd-ian_, to be surety, spondere.

WADSET, _s._ A legal deed, by which a debtor gives his heritable subjects into the hands of his creditor, that the latter may draw the rents in payment of the debt; a forensic term, S.

_Reg. Maj._

_To_ ~Wadset~, _v. a._ To alienate heritable property under reversion, S.

_Skene._

Su. G. _wadsaett-a_, Isl. _vaedsett-ia_, oppignerare.

~Wadsetter~, _s._ One who holds the property of another in _wadset_, S.

_Erskine._

~Wad-shooting~, _s._ Shooting at a mark for a _wad_, or prize which is laid in pledge, Ang.

_Stat. Acc._

WADAND, _part. pr._ Expl. fearful.

Ir. _uath_, fear.

_Wyntown._

WADD, _s._ Woad, used in dyeing.

_Chalm. Air._

A. S. _wad_, _waad_, Teut. _weede_, woad.

WADDER, _s._ Weather.

V. ~Weddyr~.

WADDIN, _part. pa._ Vigorous.

_Henrysone._

Isl. _valld-r_, validus, potens.

WADER, _s._ A bird, supposed to be the water-hen, or the water-rail, Aberd.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ WADGE, _v. a._ To shake in a threatening manner, to brandish, S. B.

Su. G. _waeg-a_, Belg. _weeg-en_, librare.

WADY, _adj._ Vain.

V. ~Vaudie~.

WAE, _s._ Wo.

V. ~Wa~.

~Waeful~, _adj._

1. Woful, sorrowful; _waefu'_, S.

_Burns._

2. Causing sorrow, S.

_Ritson._

~Waeness~, _s._ Sorrow, vexation, S.

~Waesucks~, _interj._ Alas, Clydes.

_Falls of Clyde._

A. S. _wa_, and Dan. Sax. _usic_, vae nobis.

WAFF, WAIF, WAYF, _adj._

1. Strayed, and not as yet claimed.

_Quon. Att._

Fr. _guesves_, _vuayves_, strays; Isl. _vof-a_, to wander.

2. Solitary, denoting the awkward situation of one who is in a strange place where he has not a single acquaintance, S.

3. Worthless in conduct, immoral, S.

4. Low-born, ignoble, S. A.

_Mannering._

~Waff-like~, _adj._ Having a very shabby or suspicious appearance, S.

~Waffie~, _s._ A vagabond, Ang.

_To_ WAFF, WAIF, _v. n._ To wave, to fluctuate, S.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. _waf-ian_, Sw. _weft-a_, vacillare.

_To_ ~Waff~, ~Waif~, _v. a._ To wave, S.

_Douglas._

~Waff~, ~Waif~, _s._

1. A hasty motion, the act of waving, S.

_Arnot._

2. A signal, made by waving.

_Cromarty._

3. A transient view; as _I had just a waff o' him_, S.

_Guthrie._

4. A slight stroke from any soft body, especially in passing, S.

5. A sudden affection, producing a bodily ailment; as _a waff of cauld_, S.

6. The contagion of evil example.

_Walker._

WAFT, WEFT, WOFT, _s._ The woof in a web, S.

_Adam._

A. S. _wefta_, Su. G. _waeft_, id., from _waefw-a_, to weave.

WA-GANG, WAYGANG, _s._

1. A departure.

_Ramsay._

2. A disagreeable taste in swallowing, or after a thing is swallowed, S. B.

_Journ. Lond._

Teut. _wegh-ga-en_, abire, _wegh-ganck_, abitus.

WAGE, _s._ A pledge, a pawn.

_Douglas._

O. Fr. _guaige_, sureté.

~Wageoure~, _s._ A stake, E. _wager_.

_Doug._

O. Fr. _guaigiere_, gage.

~Wageour~, ~Vageoure~, ~Vager~, _s._ A mercenary soldier.

_Barbour._

WAGGLE, _s._ A bog, a marsh, S. B., also _wuggle_.

_Law Case._

Teut. _waggel-en_, agitare, motitare.

WAG-STRING, _s._ One who dies by means of a halter.

_Z. Boyd._

_To_ WAIDE, _v. a._ To render furious.

_Douglas._

A. S. _wed-an_, insanire, furere.

_To_ WAIDGE, _v. a._ To pledge.

_Montgomerie._

Su. G. _waedja_, sponsionem facere; L. B. _guag-iare_, id.

WAYEST, _adj._ Most sorrowful.

V. ~Wa~.

_To_ WAIF.

V. ~Waff~, _v._

_To_ WAIGLE, WEEGGLE, _v. n._ To waddle, to waggle, S.

Belg. _waegel-en_, _waggel-en_, Su. G. _wackl-a_, motitare.

_To_ WAIK, _v. a._ To enfeeble.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _wek-a_, vacillare.

_To_ WAIK, _v. a._ To watch, S. _wauk_.

A. S. _wac-ian_, vigilare.

_Barbour._

_To_ WAIL, WALE, _v. a._ To veil.

_Doug._

WAIL, _s._ The gunwale of a ship.

A. S. _weal_, munimentum.

_Douglas._

WAILE, WALE, _s._ Vale, avail.

V. ~Wale~, _v._

_Wallace._

WAILE, _s._ A wand or rod.

_K. Hart._

Su. G. _wal_, C. B. _gwal-en_, id.

WAILYE QUOD WAILYE.

V. ~Vailye~.

WAILL, _s._ A vale, or valley.

_Wallace._

WAILL, _s._ Advantage, contr. from _avail_.

_Wallace._

WAYMYNG, WAYMENT, _s._ Lamentation.

_Sir Gawan._

O. Fr. _guement-er_, se plaindre.

WAYN, WAYNE, _s._ Plenty.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _winn-a_, sufficere.

WAYN, _s._ A vein.

_Wallace._

_To_ WAYND, _v. n._ To change, to swerve.

_Houlate._

A. S. _waend-an_, mutare, vertere.

_To_ WAYND, _v. n._ To care, to be anxious about.

_Wallace._

A. S. _wand-ian_, Isl. _vand-a_, curare.

WAYNE. _In wayne_, in vain.

_Wallace._

WAYNE, _s._ Help, relief.

_Wallace._

A. S. _wen_, spes, expectatio.

_To_ WAYNE, _v. n._ To strike.

_Sir Gawan._

Su. G. _waan-a_, to labour, _winn-a_, id., also to fight.

_To_ WAYNE, _v. a._ To remove.

_Sir Gawan._

A. S. _wan-ian_, demere, auferre.

_To_ WAIR, _v. a._ To spend.

V. ~Ware~.

WAISTY, _adj._ Void, waste.

_Douglas._

WAISTLESS, _adj._ Without a waist.

_Dunbar._

_To_ WAIT, VAIT, WATE, _v. n._ To know, S. _wat_.

_Compl. S._

Su. G. _wet-a_, A. S. Moes. G. _wit-an_, pret. _wait_.

_To_ WAYT, WATE, _v. a._ To hunt, to persecute.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _waeth-an_, Su. G. _wed-a_, venari.

WAITER, _s._ A token, Border.

V. ~Witter~.

WAITH, _s._

1. Raiment.

_Philotus._

Su. G. _wad_, A. S. _waede_, indumentum.

2. Such a plaid as is worn by women, S. B.

_Ross._

WAITH, _s._ Danger.

_Barbour._

O. Su. G. _wade_, danger.

WAITH, WAITHE, WAITHING, _s._

1. The act of hunting.

_Sir Gawan._

2. The game taken in hunting, or the sport in fishing.

_Wallace._

Isl. _veid-a_, venari, piscari; _veidi_, venatio, vel praeda venatione capta.

~Waith~, ~Wayth~, _adj._

1. Wandering, as _a waith horse_, S.

2. Impertinent.

_Douglas._

3. Wandering, roving.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _wathe_, vagatio, a straying, a wandering.

~Waithman~, ~Waythman~, _s._ A hunter.

_Wyntown._

Teut. _weyd-man_, venator, auceps.

WAK, _adj._

1. Moist, watery, S.

_Lyndsay._

2. Rainy; _A wak day_, a rainy day, S.

_Bellenden._

3. Damp, S.

_Chalm. Air._

Teut. _wack_, id., _wack weder_, aër humidus.

~Wak~, _s._ The moistness and density of the atmosphere.

_Douglas._

~Waknes~, _s._ Humidity, S. B.

_Lyndsay._

_To_ WAKE, _v. n._ To be unoccupied.

Lat. _vac-are_.

_Wyntown._

WAKERIFE, _adj._

V. ~Walkrife~.

WALA, WALÉ, _s._ Vale.

_Wallace._

WALAGEOUSS, WALEGEOUSS, _adj._ Wanton, lecherous.

_Barbour._

A. S. _gal_, libidinosus; L. B. _volagius_, levis.

WALD, _s._ The plain, the ground.

A. S. _wold_, planities.

_Douglas._

WALD, _v. aux._

1. Would.

_Barbour._

A. S. _wold_, vellem, from _will-an_, velle.

2. Should; as denoting necessity.

_Crosraguel._

_To_ WALD, WALDE, _v. a._

1. To wield, to manage.

_Wyntown._

2. To govern.

A. S. _weald-an_, Su. G. _wald-a_, dirigere, dominari.

3. To possess.

_Wyntown._

~Waldyn~, _adj._ Able, powerful.

_Bellenden._

~Walding~, _s._ Government.

_Burel._

_To_ WALE, _v. a._ To choose, to select; also _wyle_, S.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _wal-jan_, Su. G. _wael-ia_, eligere.

~Wale~, ~Wail~, _s._

1. The act of choosing, S.

_Rutherford._

2. That which is chosen in preference to other objects, S.

_Douglas._

3. A person or thing that is excellent, S.

_Ritson._

Su. G. _wal_, O. Belg. _waele_, electio.

WALE, _s._ A well, a fountain; S. _wall_.

_Skene._

_To_ WALE, _v. n._ To avail.

_Douglas._

_To_ WALE, _v. a._ To veil.

V. ~Wail~.

~Wale~, _s._ A veil.

_Wyntown._

WALGIE, _s._ A wool-sack made of leather, S. B.

Isl. _belg-ur_, any thing made of a skin.

WALIE, WALLY, _adj._

1. Excellent.

A. S. _waelig_, rich.

_Hamilton._

2. Large, ample; A _waly bairn_, a fine thriving child, S.

_Forbes._

Germ. _wal-en_, to grow luxuriantly; Belg. _weelig_, luxuriose crescens.

~Waly~, _s._ A toy, a gewgaw, S.

_Ferguson._

WALY, _interj._ Expressive of lamentation.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _wa-la_, eheu, ah; from _wa_, woe, and _la_, O, oh!

WALY, _s._ Prosperity. _Waly fa_, or _faw_, may good fortune _befall_, or betide; a phrase not yet entirely obsolete, S. B.

_Lyndsay._

A. S. _waela_, _wela_, felicitas, prosperitas.

WALYCOAT, _s._ The same with ~Wylicot~.

_Spalding._

WALIT, _pret. v._ Travelled.

_K. Hart._

A. S. _weall-ian_, Teut. _wal-en_, peregrinari.

_To_ WALK, _v. a._ To watch.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. _wak-an_, A. S. _wac-ian_, vigilare.

~Walkrife~, _adj._

1. Watchful, S. _wakrife_.

_Mellvill's MS._

2. Metaph., kept still alive.

_Douglas._

A. S. _waecce_, watchfulness; and _rife_, abundant.

To ~WALL up~, _v. n._ To boil up, S.

Su. G. _waell-a_, A. S. _weall-an_, aestuare, fervere.

~Wall~, _s._ A wave.

_Douglas._

O. Teut. _walle_, unda, fluctus.

~Wally~, _adj._ Billowy, full of waves.

_Doug._

_To_ WALL, _v. a._ To beat two masses into one, S.

V. ~Well~.

_To_ WALLACH, (gutt.) _v. n._ To use many circumlocutions, Ang.

Su. G. _wall-a_, to roam.

_To_ WALLACH, _v. n._ To cry as a child out of humour, to wail, Ang.

Ir. _walligh-im_, to howl.

WALLAWAY, _interj._ Alas; S. _walawa_; E. _welaway_.

_Douglas._

A. S. _welawa_, Su. G. _waleva_, proh dolor.

WALLEE, _s._

V. ~Well-ey~.

WALLEES, WALISE, _s._ Saddlebags, S.

Belg. _valleys_, Fr. _valise_, a portmanteau.

WALLY, _adj._

V. ~Waly~.

WALLIDRAG, _s._

1. A feeble ill-grown person; S. _wallidraggle_, S. B. _warydraggel_.

_Dunbar._

2. A drone, an inactive person.

_Dunbar._

Su. G. _gaell_, testiculus, and _dregg_, faex. _Wary-draggel_, might seem allied to Isl. _warg draege_, filius ab exule genitus.

_To_ WALLOP, WALOP, _v. n._

1. To move quickly, with much agitation of the body or clothes, S. B.

_Ruddiman._

2. To gallop.

_Lyndsay._

Teut. _wal-oppe_, cursus gradarius.

_To_ WALLOW, WALOW, _v. n._

1. To wither, to fade.

_Douglas._

2. Metaph. applied to the face.

_Hardyknute._

3. Transferred to the mind.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _wealow-ian_, marcescere, Germ. _welw-en_.

WALROUN, _s._

V. ~Wolroun~.

WALSH, WELSCHE, _adj._ Insipid, S. _walsh_.

_Douglas._

Teut. _gaelsch_, ingratus, insuavis sapore aut odore.

~Walshness~, _s._ Insipidity of taste, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ WALTER, _v. a._ To overturn.

V. ~Welter~.

~Walterar~, _s._ One who overturns.

_Poems 16th Cent._

WAMBE, WAME, WAIM, WEAM, WAYME, _s._

1. The womb.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

2. The belly, S.

_Bellenden._

3. The stomach.

_A fow wame_, a full stomach; _a wamefow_, a bellyful, S.

_Henrysone._

Moes. G. _wamba_, A. S. Isl. _wamb_, venter, uterus.

~Weam-ill~, _s._ The belly-ache.

_Montgomerie._

~Wamyt~, ~Grete Wamyt~, ~Grete Wame~.

1. Big-bellied.

_Douglas._

2. Pregnant.

_Wyntown._

_To_ WAMBLE, _v. n._ To move in an undulating manner, S.

_Cleland._

Isl. _vambl-a_, aegre protrahere se humi ventre.

WAMBRASSEIRIS, _s._ Armour for the forepart of the arm.

_Acts Ja. I._

Fr. _avant_, before, and _brassart_, a vambrace.

_To_ WAMFLE, _v. n._ To move like a tatterdemallion, whose rags are flapping, Fife.

Germ. _waffel-n_, motitari, with _m_ inserted.

WAMFLER, WANFLER, _s._ A rake, a wencher.

_Philotus._

WAMYT, _adj._

V. under ~Wambe~.

WAN, _adj._ Deficient.

_Houlate._

A. S. _wan_, deficiens.

WAN, _pret. v._ Came, &c.

V. ~Wyn~.

WAN, _adj._

1. Black, gloomy.

_Wallace._

A. S. _wan_; _wan wolcen_, atra nubes.

2. Dark-coloured; or rather, filthy.

_Wallace._

A. S. _wan_, _wonn_, also signify filthy.

WAN BAYN, the cheek-bone.

_Wallace._

A. S. _wang_, Belg. _weng_, the cheek.

WANCHANCHIE, _adj._

1. Unlucky, S.

_Burns._

2. Dangerous, apt to injure, S.

_Ferguson._

WANCOUTH, _adj._ Uncouth.

_Rudd._

WAND, WANDE, _s._

1. A sceptre; or badge of authority.

_Sir Tristrem._

_Under the wand_, in a state of subjection.

_Douglas._

2. The rod of correction.

_Lyndsay._

3. A fishing rod, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

Su. G. _wand_, Dan. _vaand_, baculus, virga.

~Wand-bed~, _s._ A wicker-bed.

_Spalding._

WAND, _pret._ of the _v._ _To wind_.

_Wallace._

_To_ WANDYS, _v. n._ To feel the impression of fear; also to indicate this.

_Barbour._

A. S. _wand-ian_, to fear; to become remiss from fear.

WANDIT. L. _wanderit_.

_S. P. Repr._

WANDOCHT, _s._ A weak or puny creature, S. B.

V. ~Undoch~.

WANDRETHE, _s._ Misfortune, great difficulty or danger.

_K. Hart._

Isl. _vandraedi_, Su. G. _wandraede_, discrimen, difficultas.

WANE, _s._ Defect, want.

_Gl. Complaynt._

WANE, _s._ Manner, fashion.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _wana_, Isl. _vane_, consuetudo, mos.

WANE, _s._ A wain.

_Maitland P._

WANE, _s._

1. A habitation.

_Wallace._

2. Denoting different apartments in the same habitation.

V. ~Won~, _v._

Teut. _woon_, habitatio.

WANE, _s._ Opinion, estimation.

_Wallace._

A. S. _wen_, _wena_, opinio.

_To_ WANEISE _one's self_, _v. a._ To put one's self to trouble, S. B.

A. S. _uneathe_, vix, moleste.

WANGYLE, _s._ The gospel; contr. from _evangyle_.

_Wyntown._

WANGRACE, _s._ Wickedness, S.

WANHAP, _s._ Misfortune.

V. ~Vanhap~.

~Wanhappie~, _adj._

1. Unlucky, unfortunate, S. B.

2. Dangerous, fatal.

_Burel._

WANHOPE, _s._ Delusive hope.

_Doug._

WANYS, _pl. s._ The jaws; used for the stomach.

_Barbour._

A. S. _wang_, Isl. _wangi_, maxilla.

WANYS, _pl. s._ Habitation.

V. ~Wane~, _s._ 4.

WANKILL, _adj._ Unstable.

_Pop. Ball._

A. S. _wancle_, _wancol_, inconstans; Su. G. _wank-a_, Germ. _wank-en_, fluctuare.

WANLAS, _s._ _At the wanlas_, without design; or, by mistake.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _leasa wena_, falsa opinio; Isl. _wonlaus_, exspes.

WANLUCK, WANLUK, _s._ Misfortune, S. B.

_Maitland P._

WANREST, _s._

1. Inquietude, S.

Belg. _onrust_.

_Mellvill's Mem._

2. Cause of inquietude, S. B.

_Ross._

3. _Wanrest of a clock_, the pendulum, S. Prov.

~Wanrestfu'~, _adj._ Restless, S.

_Burns._

WANRUFE, _s._ Disquietude, uneasiness.

V. ~Roif~.

_Henrysone._

WANRULY, _adj._ Unruly, S.

_Ferguson._

WANSUCKED, _s._ A child that has not been properly suckled.

_Montgomerie._

~Wansucked~, _adj._ Used in the same sense.

_Kennedie._

WANTER, _s._ A bachelor; also a widower; from the circumstance of wanting, or being without, a wife, S.

_Ramsay._

WANTHRIFT, _s._

1. Prodigality, S.

_Maitland P._

2. A personal designation, denoting a prodigal.

_Montgomerie._

WANTHREVIN, _part. pa._ Not thriven, in a state of decline, S.

_Watson._

Sw. _vantrifne_, not thriving.

WANWEIRD, WANWERD, _s._ Unhappy fate, hard lot, S.

V. ~Weird~.

_Douglas._

WANWYT, _s._ Want of knowledge.

_Wyntown._

Belg. _wanwete_, Isl. _vanvitska_, id.

WANWORTH, WANWORDY, _adj._ Unworthy, S.

_Dunbar._

Isl. _vanvurde_, dedignor; _vanvirda_, dedecus.

~Wanworth~, _s._ An undervalue, S.

_Ferguson._

_To_ WAP, _v. a._

1. To throw quickly, S.

_Gawan and Gol._

2. To throw, in a general sense.

_Ramsay._

3. To flap.

_Pop. Ball._

~Wap~, _s._

1. A throw, S.

_P. Buch. Dial._

2. A quick and smart stroke, S.

_Chr. Kirk._

Isl. _veif-a_, Teut. _wipp-en_, vibrare.

_To_ WAP, _v. a._ To wrap, to envelop.

_Minstr. Bord._

Su. G. _wep-a_, Moes. G. _waib-an_, to lap about.

WAPPIN, WAPPYN, _s._ A weapon, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _waepen_, Su. G. _wapn_, Belg. _wapen_, arma.

~Wapinschaw~, ~Wapinschawing~, _s._ An exhibition of arms, made at certain times in every district, S.

_Stat. Will._

A. S. _waepn_, weapon, and _sceaw-ian_, to shew.

WAPPIT, _part. pa._ Enveloped.

_Houlate._

Su. G. _wep-a_, to lap about.

WAR, WARR, WARE, WERE, _adj._ Worse, S.

_Ross._

Su. G. _waerre_, _werre_, A. S. _waerra_, Isl. _verre_, id.

_To_ ~War~, ~Waur~, _v. a._ To overcome, to outdo, S.

_Douglas._

WAR, _subst. v._ Were.

_Barbour._

Sw. Germ. _war_, id.

WAR, _adj._ Aware, wary.

V. ~Wer~.

WAR, _v. imp._ _War him_, befal him.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _war-a_, to be; Isl. _verda_, _vard_, fieri.

_To_ WAR, WARE, WAIR, WAYR, _v. a._

1. To lay out as expense, S.

_Dunbar._

2. To expend, to bestow, in whatever sense, S.

_Maitland P._

3. To waste, to squander.

_Wallace._

Isl. _ver-ia_, negotiari. Hence E. _ware_, _wares_, merchandise.

_To_ WARAND, _v. a._ To protect, S. and E. _warrant_.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _waren-ian_, cavere sibi, defendere se.

~Warand~, ~Warrand~, _s._ A place of shelter or defence.

_Barbour._

WARBLE, _s._ A sort of worm that breeds betwixt the outer and inner skin of beasts, S.

A. S. _wear_, Teut. _weer_, a knot or bunch.

_To_ WARBLE, _v. n._ To wriggle, &c.

V. ~Wrabil~.

WARD, _s._

1. A division of an army.

_Douglas._

2. A small piece of pasture ground, inclosed on all sides, S.

_Watson._

Su. G. _waard_, sepes, sepimentum.

_To_ WARD, _v. a._ To imprison.

_Stat. Acc._

Su. G. _waerd-a_, custodire.

~WARD and WARSEL~, security for, pledge, S. B.

_Ross._

_Ward_, keeping; and _warsel_, perh. _wardsel_, from A. S. _weard_, custodia, and _sell-an_, tradere.

WARDE, _s._ A decision; a forensic term.

_Quon. Att._

L. B. _warda_, E. _award_.

WARDOUR, _s._ Verdure.

_Dunbar._

O. Fr. _vardors_, id.

WARDREIP, _s._ A wardrobe.

_Dunbar._

~Wardraipper~, _s._ The keeper of the _wardrobe_.

_Maitland P._

_To_ WARE, _v. a._ To expend, &c.

V. ~War~.

~Ware~, _s._ Price, estimation.

_Houlate._

A. S. _wer_, _were_, capitis estimatio; or rather Su. G. _wara_, merx.

~Whole-ware~, _s._ The whole of any thing, the whole lot or assortment.

_R. Bruce._

WARE, _s._ A tough and hard knot in a tree.

_Douglas._

A. S. _wear_, Belg. _weer_, callus, nodus.

WARE, WAR, _pret. v._ Wore.

_Douglas._

WARE, WAIR, _s._

1. The sea-weed called _alga marina_; sometimes _sea-ware_, S.

_Monroe._

2. Fucus vesiculosus.

_Lightfoot._

A. S. _war_, _waur_; _sae-waur_, alga marina.

~Wared~, _part. pa._ Manured with sea-weed, Orkn.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ WARY, WARYE, WERRAY, _v. a._

1. To curse, to execrate.

_Barbour._

2. To bring a curse upon; _wareit_, really accursed.

_Bellenden._

A. S. _weri-an_, _waerig-an_, maledicere, execrari.

~Warying~, _s._ Execration.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

_To_ WARY, _v. a._ To alter; for vary.

_Douglas._

WARYDRAGGEL, _s._

1. Expl. one who is draggled with mire, S. B.

_Forbes._

2. The youngest of a brood, S. B.

V. ~Wallidrag~.

_To_ WARYS, _v. a._ To guard, to defend.

_Gawan and Gol._

Su. G. _waer-a_, _waer-ia_, id.

WARISON, WARYSOUN, WARESONE, _s._ Reward, O. E.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _guarison_, garantie, paiement.

WARISON, _s._ Note of assault.

_Lay Last Minstr._

Perh. q. _war-sound_; Fr. _guerre_, and _son_.

_To_ WARK, WERK, _v. n._ To ache; _yerk_, S.

_Wallace._

A. S. _waerc_, Su. G. _waerk_, dolor; _waerk-a_, dolere.

WARK, WARKE, _s._ Work, S.

_R. Bruce._

~Warkly~, _adj._ Given to work, diligent, S.

Germ. _wirklich_, effective.

~Warkloom~, _s._ A tool or instrument for _working_, in whatever way, S.

V. ~Lome~.

_Polwart._

~Warkman~, _s._ A labourer, S.

_R. Bruce._

WARLD, _s._

1. The world, S.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _wereld_, id.

2. A great multitude, S.

_K. Quair._

WARLIEST, _adj._ Most wary.

A. S. _waerlic_, cautus.

_Gawan and Gol._

WARLO, _s._ A wicked person.

_Dunbar._

~Warlo~, _adj._ Evil; especially in regard to temper.

_Evergreen._

A. S. _waer-loga_, a wicked person.

WARLOCK, _s._ A wizzard, a man who is supposed to be in compact with the devil, S.

_Sat. Invis. World._

Isl. _vardlok-r_, a magical song used for calling up evil spirits.

WARM, _s._ The act of warming, S.

_Ross._

_To_ WARNE, _v. a._ To refuse.

_Wallace._

A. S. _wern-an_, to refuse, to deny.

_To_ WARNIS, _v. a._ To warn, S. B.

A. S. _warnig-an_, id.

_To_ WARNYS, _v. a._ To furnish a fortified place with the provision necessary for defence, or for the support of the defenders.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _waern-a_, to defend; _waern_, a fortification.

~Warnstor~, _s._ Provisions laid up in a garrison.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _waern-a_, defendere; and _store_, vectigal.

_To_ WARP, _v. a._

1. To throw.

_Barbour._

2. _To warp wourdis_, to speak, to utter.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _wairp-an_, A. S. _weorp-an_, abjicere.

~Warp~, _s._ A designation in reckoning oysters, denoting four, Loth.

_Stat. Acc._

From _warp_, to throw, to cast.

_To_ ~Warp~, _v. n._ To open.

_Douglas._

_To_ WARP, _v. a._ To surround, to involve.

Isl. _verp-a_, contrahere.

_Douglas._

_To_ WARRACH, _v. n._ (gutt.) To scold, to use abusive language, S.B.

Probably the same with ~Wary~, q. v.

WARRAY, WERRAY, _adj._ True, real.

_Wyntown._

Belg. _waar_, Germ. _wahr_; O. Fr. _ve-raie_, Lat. _ver-us_.

~Warraly~, ~Werraly~, _adv._ Truly.

Belg. _waarlyk_, id.

_Wyntown._

WARREN, _adj._ Of or belonging to the pine tree.

_Douglas._

Belg. _vueren_, id.

WARRER, compar. of _war_, wary.

WARS, _adj._ Worse.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _wairs_, A. S. _wers_, id.

WARSCHE, WERSH, _adj._

1. Insipid to the taste, S.

_Bellenden._

2. Insipid to the mind.

_Cleland._

3. Having a sickly look, S.

V. ~Walsh~.

_Henrysone._

Teut. _versch_, fresh, q. tasteless.

~Warsh-stomach'd~, _adj._ Having a delicate or squeamish stomach, S.

_Journ. Lond._

_To_ WARSELL, WERSILL, _v. n._ To wrestle, to strive, S.

_Dunbar._

Teut. _wersel-en_, reniti, obniti; _wars_, contrarius.

~Warsell~, ~Warstle~, _s._ Struggle, S.

_Burns._

WARSET, _adj._ A dog employed by a thief for watching deer.

_For. Lawes._

A. S. _ware_, observation, and _sett-an_, to set.

WART, in composition of adverbs, is the same with _ward_, E.; as, _inwart_, inward, Moes. G. _wairths_, A. S. _weard_, Isl. _vert_, versus.

WART, WARD, _s._ A tumulus or mound thrown up on high ground, in the Orkney and Shetland islands, for the purpose of conveying intelligence.

_Barry._

Isl. _vard_, Su. G. _waard_, excubiae, custodia.

WARTWEIL, WRATWEL, _s._ The skin above the nail, when fretted, S.

WARWOLF, WERWOUF, _s._

1. A person supposed to be transformed into a wolf.

_Philotus._

2. A puny child, or an ill-grown person of whatever age; pron. _warwoof_, Ang.

A. S. _were-wulf_, Su. G. _warulf_, Germ. _werwolf_, vir-lupus, lycanthropos, man-wolf.

WASH, WESCHE, _s._ Stale urine; especially as used for the purpose of steeping clothes, in order to their being washed, S.

Teut. _wasch_, lotura.

_Lyndsay._

WASIE, _adj._ Sagacious, quick of apprehension, Ang.

Alem. _wass_, Su. G. _hwass_, denoting quickness of apprehension.

WASSALAGE, _s._ Great achievement; also valour.

V. ~Vassalage~.

WASTELL, _s._ Bread used with the wastell-bowl.

_Chalm. Air._

L. B. _wastell-us_, id. Fr. _gasteau_.

WASTING, _s._ A consumption, a decline, S.

_To_ WAT, _v. n._ To know.

V. ~Wait~.

WATE, _adj._ Wet, moist, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _waet_, humidus; _waet-an_, humectare.

WATE, _s._

1. A watchman, a centinel; wait, S.

_Douglas._

2. Now applied to the minstrels who go about playing in the night season, S.