Part 57
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.