“After word comes _weird_, fair fa’ they that ca’ me madam.” Proverb. Welch, C, saltless, insipid. “What foats may poddish hev? They may be sooar, seùty, sodden, an’ savvorless, soat, _welsh_, brocken, an’ lumpy!” Common Saying. Whang, C and S, a strip of leather, a piece cut off anything. “The mergh o’ his shin bane has run down on his spur leather _whang_.” The Fray of Suport. “Wi’ sweet milk cheese i’ monie a _whang_.” _Burns._ The Holy Fair. Whick, C, alive, quick. “Sec fashions I’ll not follow while I’s _whick_, Lang as plain grogram and thur locks please Dick.” _Ewan Clark._ The Faithful Pair. Whiles, S, sometimes. “Wha does the utmost that he can May _whiles_ do mair.” _Burns._ Ep. to Dr. Blacklock. Whins, C; Whuns, S, furze, gorse. “When t’ _whins_ is oot o’ blossom kissing’s oot o’ fashion.” Proverb. Whunstane, S, a kind of hard dark stone. “Wha’s ragin’ flame an’ scorchin’ heat Wad melt the hardest _whun-stane_.” _Burns._ The Holy Fair. Whuddering, S and C, shuddering or tremulous in sound. “_Whudder_ awa’ thou bitter, biting blast.” _Mactaggart._ Mary Lee’s Lament. Widderful, C, looking withered or unthriven. “That barne leuks as _widderful_ as if it was its oan gran’-fadder.”—Said of an unhealthy child. Wimple, S, to curl and wheel as running water. “But I’ll big a bower on yon green bank sae bonnie, That’s laved by the waters o’ Tay _wimplin’_ clear.” Song—Bonnie Dundee. Win, S, to make way, to get to. “Ye maunna think to _win_ through the world on a feather bed.”—Proverb. Winnock, S, diminutive of window. “At yon farmer’s _winnock_, nichtly, Still he taks his eerie stan’.” _John Johnstone._ Bodkin Ben. Winsome, S, winning, attractive. “She is a _winsome_ wee thing, That sweet wee wife o’ mine.” _Burns._ Song. Wizzent, C, withered, shrunk. “He keeps a lad’s heart in his _wizzent_ āld skin.” _Stanyan Bigg._ Granfadder Jones. Won, S, to exist, to dwell. “Kissing has _wonn’d_ i’ the world Sin ever there were twa.” Old Song. Worchet, C, orchard. “Our meadow sud be a girt _worchet_, An’ growe nowte at o’ but big plums.” _Anderson._ King Roger.