Watching-candle, xi. 352 Waterstairs, x. 124 Wawd, _would_, vi. 71 Wawl, _to make a noise like cats_, ix. 211 Wealth, _welfare_, _prosperity_, i. 73; iii. 122 Weam, _belly_, x. 366 Weapon'd, _armed_, vii. 417 Wearied, _worried_, ix. 325 Weary, _aware_, vi. 547 Weasand, _windpipe_, iii. 230 Wed, _a pledge_, i. 165; "to wed" _for a pledge_, i. 147; _wedded_, viii. 109 Weed, _garment_, v. 330 Weet, _to learn_, _know_, iii. 204 Weete, _know_, xii. 507 Weigh, _to care_, iii. 49 Welde, _wielder_, _ruler_, i. 268 Welding, _to carry_, v. 27 Wele, _well_, xii. 253 Welkin, _sky_, v. 274; xii. 507 Wellaway, _well-a-day!_ i. 173 Well-a-year, _cf. well-a-day_, vii. 397 Well-left, _having a rich inheritance_, xi. 514 Wend, _to go_, vii. 36; x. 226; _goes_, xii. 241 Wenest, _weenest_, i. 119 Went, _weened_, i. 119; _equipped_, _well-begone_ (?), i. 244 Werme, _warm_, xii. 311 Wete, _to know_, i. 119, 262 Wex, _waxed_, ix. 355 Whadragesima, _quadragesima_, vi. 74 Whaiet, _quiet_, vi. 76 What d'ye lack, _a term of abuse_, xi. 152 What is he for, x. 355 What-not, _a term of abuse_, ix. 78 Whatsomever, _whatsoever_, i. 427 Wher, _whether_, xiii. 47, 511 Whiffler, _a tobacco smoker, hence a trifling fellow_, x. 303; xiv. 360 While, _until_, vi. 65 Whiles, _whilst_, xii. 299; "the whilst," i. 65 Whimling, _a weak person_, viii. 231 Whin-yard, _a sword_, x. 363 Whips-talk, _a whipstock_, v. 95 Whipstock, xi. 384 Whist, _be silent_, ix. 432 Whit, _aught_, i. 428 White son, iii. 329; _boy_, _darling_, vii. 325 White, _centre of target_, xii. 455; xiv. 144 White-liver'd, _coward_, xiv. 284 Whittle, _a dagger_, i. 168 Whore, _to act as a procurer or panderer_, xi. 520 Whot, _hot_, vii. 47 Whur, _to scold_, iii. 70 Whylk, _which_, xii. 284 Wight, _brave_, _active_, i. 252; viii. 158, 221; xii. 507 Wild, _vague_, _loose_, i. 245 Wildfire, i. 72; xiv. 130 Wildness, _wilderness_, i. 149 Wilful, _voluntary_, i. 200 Will I nill I, viii. 302 Wimble, _nimble_, xii. 507 Wimple, _a veil_, iv. 146 Wimpled, _veiled_, vi. 429 Winch up, xii. 469 Wis, _know_, iv. 183 Wished, _desired_, _recommended_, xi. 449; xiii. 65, 140 Wit, _to know_, i. 102, 202, 223; _opinion_, iii. 7 Witch, _a wizzard_, x. 104 With, _withy_, vii. 176 Withdrawing-room, _the drawing-room_, x. 361 Withouten, _without_, i. 255 Wits, _senses_, i. 12, 130 Wittol, _a cuckold_, xi. 40; _to make a fool of_, xiii. 107 Witty, _wise_, _clever_, ii. 316 Wizard, _wiseacre_, xiv. 357 Wizzel, _windpipe_, xiii. 271 Wocum (= welcome), _welcome_, viii. 362 Woe, _sorry_, i. 347; ix. 565 Woll, _will_, ii. 113 Womankind, _feminine_, xi. 455 Womanshire, _womankind_, ix. 327 Women be the devil's nets, i. 61