An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 940
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 940
_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 p.a.w.n.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _guaige_, surete.
~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, mot.i.tare.
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_, mot.i.tare.
_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._