Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24
General
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24
Scottish Borders (Scotland) -- Fiction
WHAAP, _s._ the curlew.
WHANG, _s._ a thong; a large slice.
WHEEN, _s. pl._ a number; a few.
WHID, _s._ a lie.
WHINGE, _v. n._ to whine.
WHISHT! _interj_. hush! be silent.
WHISTLE, WHUSSEL, _s._ the throat.
WHITTLE, _s._ a knife.
WHITTRETS, WHUTTRET, _s._ a weasel.
_To_ WHUMMIL, WHOMEL, _v. a._ to turn upside down.
WHUTTLE, _s._ whitlow, a gathering in the fingers.
WHYLES, _s._ sometimes.
WIDDIE, WUDDY, _s._ the gallows.
WIFE, WYFE, _s._ a woman.
WIFFIE, _s._ a little woman.
_To_ WILE, WYLE, _v. n._ to entice.
_To_ WIMPLE, WYMPEL, WOMPLE, _v. n._ to meander as
applied to a stream.
_To_ WIN, WYN, _a. v_. to dry corn.
WINDOCK, WINNOCK, _s._ a window.
WINKERS, _s._ the eye-lashes.
WINSOME, _adj._ merry; gay; cheerful.
_To_ WISEN, WYSSIN, _v. n._ to wither.
WISHY-WASHY, _s. pl._ shuffling; half-and-half.
_To_ WIT, WITT, _v. n._ to know; _I wit na_, I
know not.
WITE, WYTE, _s._ blame.
_To_ WITE, WYTE, _v. n._ to blame; to accuse.
WITTENS, _s._ knowledge.
WIZEN, _s._ the throat.
WIZZEN, _adj._ dry; withered
WOB, _s._ a web.
WOD, WODE, _adj._ mad.
_To_ WON, _v. n._ to dwell.
WOO, _s._ wool. _v_. To make love; to court.
WORDY, WEIRDY, _adj._ worthy.
WORLIN, _s._ a feeble puny person.
_To_ WORRY, _v. n._ to choke; to be suffocated.
WORSET, _s._ worsted.
_To_ WOUFF, _v. n._ to bark.
WOW! _interj_. expressive of admiration.
WRAITH, WRAITHE, _s._ the apparition of a person seen
before death, or soon after it.
WRAK, WREK, WRACK, _s._ anything cast upon the sea-shore.
WRAT, _s._ a wort.
WHITER, _s._ an attorney.
WYND, _s._ a narrow lane or alley.
WYSS-LIKE, _adj._ having a decent appearance.
WYTELESS, _adj._ blameless.
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_To_ YABBLE, _v. n._ to gabble.
YAD, _s._ an old worn-out mare.
YALD, YAULD, _adj._ sprightly; alert.
_To_ YAMER, YAMMER, _v. n._ to complain; continued
whining; to pet.
_To_ YAMPH, YAMF, _v. n._ to bark.
YAP, YAPE, _adj._ having a keen appetite; very hungry.
YARD, _s._ a garden for flowers; pot herbs.
VARE, _s._ a weir for catching fish.
YAUD, _s._ an order given by a shepherd to his dog;
_far-yaud_, signifying drive the sheep to a distance.
_To_ YAUP, _v. n._ to yelp.
YEALD, _adj._ barren.
YEARN, YERNE, _adj._ eager; wishful.
YELD, YELL, EILD, _adj._ a cow is said to be _eild_
when she is giving no milk.
YELDRING, YELDRIN, _s._ a yellow-hammer.
YERD, YERTH, YIRD, _s._ earth; soil.
_To_ YERD, _v. a._ to bury.
_To_ YERK, _v. a._ to beat; to strike smartly.
YESTREEN, _s._ last night.
YET, YETT, _s._ a gate.
YHULL, YULE, _s._ Christmas.
YILL, _s._ ale.
_To_ YIRR, _v. n._ to snarl; to growl.
_To_ YOKE, _v. n._ to engage with another in dispute
or in a quarrel.
YONT, _prep_, beyond.
YOUDEN-DRIFT, _s._ snow driven by the wind.
_To_ YOUF, YUFF, _v. n._ to bark.
YOUK, YEUK, _s._ the itch.
_To_ YOUK, YUKE, _v. n._ to itch; to be itchy.
YOUKY,_adj._ itchy; metaphorically, eager, anxious.
_To_ YOUL, YOULL, _v. n._ to howl, to yell.
YOW, YOWE, _s._ a ewe.
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