An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 972

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 972


V. ~We~.


WIEL, _s._ A small whirlpool.


V. ~Wele~.


* WIFE, WYF, WYFE, _s._ A woman, whether married or single, generally, one past middle age, S.


_Lyndsay._


A. S. Su. G. _wif_, mulier, foemina.


~Wiflie~, ~Wyfelie~, _adj._ Feminine, belonging to woman.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


A. S. _wiflic_, muliebris, foemineus.


WYG, WEIG, WHIG, _s._ A small oblong roll, baked with b.u.t.ter and currants, S.


Teut. _wegghe_, panis triticeus; lib.u.m oblongum, et lib.u.m lunatum.


WIG, WYG, _s._ Apparently, a wall. A thing is said to _gang frae wyg to waw_, when it is moved backwards and forwards from the one wall of a house to the other, S. B.


_Ross._


A. S. _wag_, Su. G. _waegg_, Belg. _weeg_, paries.


WIGG, WHIG, _s._ The thin serous liquid, which lies below the cream, in a churn, after it has become sour, and before it has been agitated, S.


B.


_Journ. Lond._


_To_ WIGGLE, _v. n._ To wriggle.


V. ~Waigle~.


WIGHT, _s._ The shrew-mouse, Orkn.


_Stat. Acc._


Su. G. _wickt_, any thing very small.


WILD COTTON, cotton-gra.s.s, a plant, S. B.; also called _Moss-crops_, S.


WILDFIRE, _s._ The common name for the Phlyctenae of Sauvages, S., vulgarly _wullfire_.


A. S. _wild-fyr_, erysipelas.


_To_ WILE, WYLE, _v. a._ Used in relation to what is accomplished by caution or artful means; as, _Ill try to wile him awa_, I will endeavour to get him enticed to go with me, S.


_Lyndsay._


Su. G. _wel-a_, Isl. _vael-a_, decipere.


_To_ WILE, WYLE, _v. a._ To select.


~Wile~, _s._ Choice, selection.


V. ~Wale~.


WYLECOT, WILIE-COAT, _s._


1. An undervest, generally worn during winter, S.


_Douglas._


2. An under-petticoat.


_Maitland Poems._


WYLFULL, _adj._ Willing; q. _full of will_.


_Wyntown._


~Wilfully~, _adj._ Willingly.


_Barbour._


* WILL, _s._ _Whats your will?_ a common Scotticism for, "What did you say?"


_K. Hart._


WILL, _s._ Apparently, use, custom; pl. _willis_.







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