An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 939

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 939

_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 n.o.bis.


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, ign.o.ble, 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 pa.s.sing, 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.