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_Acts Sed._
USTE, _s._ The host, the sacrifice of the ma.s.s.
O. Fr. _oiste_.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
UTa.s.s, WTAST, corr. of _Octaves_.
_Wallace._
UTELAUY, WTELAUY, _s._ An outlaw.
_Barbour._
A. S. _ut-laga_, Isl. _utlaeg-r_, exul.
UTERANCE, _s._
1. Extremity, in any respect.
_Douglas._
2. Extremity, as respecting distress.
V. ~Outrance~.
_Douglas._
UTGIE, UTGIEN, _s._ Expense, expenditure, S.
Belg. _uytgaave_, id.
UTOUTH, _prep._
V. ~Outwith~.
UTTERIT.
V. ~Outterit~.
UVER, UVIR, _adj._
1. Upper, in respect of situation, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. Superior in power. _The uver hand_, the superiority, S.
V. ~Ouer~.
VULT, _s._ Aspect.
_Wallace._
O. Fr. _vult_, Lat. _vult-us_.
_To_ VUNG, _v. n._ To move swiftly with a buzzing or humming sound, Aberd. _bung_, S. O.
_s.h.i.+rrefs._
W
WA, WAY, _s._ Wo, grief, S. _wae_.
_Doug._
A. S. _wa, wae_, Moes. G. _wai_.
~Wayis me~, wo is me.
_Lyndsay._
Isl. _vaes mer_, va mihi sit.
~Wae worth you~, wo befal you, S.
V. ~Worth~.
WA, _adj._ Sorrowful, S. _wae_; comp. _waer_, superl. _wayest_.
_Barbour._
