_To_ WAUBLE, _v. n._ to swing or reel.
WATER-WRAITH, _s._ the spirit of the waters.
_To_ WAUGHT, WACHT-OUT, _v. n._ to quaff; a large
draught of any liquid.
_To_ WAUK, _v. a._ to full cloth; to shrink in
consequence of being beetled.
_To_ WAW, WAWE, _v. n._ to caterwaul.
WEAN, WEANE, _s._ a child.
_To_ WEAR-IN, _v. a._ to gather in.
WEARY, _adj._ feeble.
WEBSTER, WABSTER, _s._ a weaver.
WEE, _adj._ little.
WEEM, _s._ a natural cavern.
WEET, _s._ rain; wet.
WEFT, _s._ woof.
WEILL-FARAND, WEEL-FARD, _adj._ good-looking.
WEIRD, WEERD, _s._ fate; prediction.
WEIRDLESS, WIERDLESS, _adj._ unprosperous; worthless;
not well-doing.
WELCOME-HAME, _s._ repast presented to a bride on entering
the door of the bridegroom.
WERSH, _adj._ insipid; tasteless.
WHAAP, _s._ the curlew.
WHANG, _s._ a thong; a large slice.
WHEEN, _s. pl._ a number; a few.
WHID, _s._ a lie.
WHINGE, _v. n._ to whine.
WHISHT! _interj_. hush! be silent.
WHISTLE, WHUSSEL, _s._ the throat.
WHITTLE, _s._ a knife.
WHITTRETS, WHUTTRET, _s._ a weasel.
_To_ WHUMMIL, WHOMEL, _v. a._ to turn upside down.
WHUTTLE, _s._ whitlow, a gathering in the fingers.
WHYLES, _s._ sometimes.
WIDDIE, WUDDY, _s._ the gallows.
WIFE, WYFE, _s._ a woman.
WIFFIE, _s._ a little woman.
_To_ WILE, WYLE, _v. n._ to entice.
_To_ WIMPLE, WYMPEL, WOMPLE, _v. n._ to meander as
applied to a stream.
_To_ WIN, WYN, _a. v_. to dry corn.
WINDOCK, WINNOCK, _s._ a window.
WINKERS, _s._ the eye-lashes.
WINSOME, _adj._ merry; gay; cheerful.
_To_ WISEN, WYSSIN, _v. n._ to wither.
WISHY-WASHY, _s. pl._ shuffling; half-and-half.
_To_ WIT, WITT, _v. n._ to know; _I wit na_, I
know not.
WITE, WYTE, _s._ blame.
_To_ WITE, WYTE, _v. n._ to blame; to accuse.
WITTENS, _s._ knowledge.
WIZEN, _s._ the throat.
WIZZEN, _adj._ dry; withered
WOB, _s._ a web.
WOD, WODE, _adj._ mad.
_To_ WON, _v. n._ to dwell.
WOO, _s._ wool. _v_. To make love; to court.
WORDY, WEIRDY, _adj._ worthy.
WORLIN, _s._ a feeble puny person.
_To_ WORRY, _v. n._ to choke; to be suffocated.
WORSET, _s._ worsted.
_To_ WOUFF, _v. n._ to bark.
WOW! _interj_. expressive of admiration.
WRAITH, WRAITHE, _s._ the apparition of a person seen
before death, or soon after it.
WRAK, WREK, WRACK, _s._ anything cast upon the sea-shore.
WRAT, _s._ a wort.
WHITER, _s._ an attorney.
WYND, _s._ a narrow lane or alley
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