An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 956

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 956

_To_ WAVEL, _v. a._ To move backwards and forwards, to wave.


V. ~Weffil~.


_Cleland._


* _To_ WAVER, WAWER, _v. n._ To wander; from A. S. _waf-ian_, id.


_Wyntown._


WAUGH, WAUCH, _adj._ Unpleasant to the taste, nauseous, S.


_Journ. Lond._


Teut. _walghe_, nausea, _walgh-en_, Isl. _velg-ia_, nauseare.


WAUINGEOUR, WAUYNGOUR, _s._ A vagabond, a fugitive.


V. ~Waff~.


_Doug._


_To_ WAUK, WAULK, WALK, _v. a._ To full cloth, S. p.r.o.n. _wauk_.


_Garnet._


Su. G, _walk-a_, Belg. _walck-en_, Ital. _guale-are_, id.


_To_ ~Wauk~, _v. n._ To shrink in consequence of being wetted, S.


~Wauker~, ~Waulk-miller~, _s._ A fuller, S.


Belg. _walcker_, Su. G. _walkare_, Germ. _waukmuller_, id.


~Wauk-mill, Waulk-mill~, _s._ A fulling-mill, S.


_Stat. Acc._


Germ. _walk-muhle_, id.


WAUKER, _s._ A watchman, one who watches clothes during night, S.


A. S. _waecer_, Belg. _waaker_, id.


_To_ WAUL, _v. n._ To look wildly, to roll the eyes, S. O.


_Douglas._


A. S. _wealw-ian_, to roll, Lat. _volv-ere_.


WALD, _s._ Government, power.


_In wald_, under sway.


_Wallace._


Isl. _vellde_, _valld_, power.


_To_ WAUR, _v. a._ To overcome.


V. ~War~, _v._ 1.


WAW, _s._ Wave; pl. _wawys_.


_Barbour._


A. S. _waeg_, _weg_, id. pl. _waegas_.


WAW, _s._ Wall, S. pl. _wawis_.


_Wallace._


A. S. _wag_, _wah_, id.


WAW, _s._ Wo, sorrow.


_Maitland Poems._


WAW, _s._ A measure of twelve stones, each stone weighing eight pounds.


_Stat. Rob. III._


E. _wey_; as, a _wey of wool_, _cheese_, &c., from A. S. _waeg_, _waga_, _weg_, a load.


_To_ WAW, _v. n._ To caterwaul, S.