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WALLAWAY, _interj._ Alas; S. _walawa_; E. _welaway_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _welawa_, Su. G. _waleva_, proh dolor.
WALLEE, _s._
V. ~Well-ey~.
WALLEES, WALISE, _s._ Saddlebags, S.
Belg. _valleys_, Fr. _valise_, a portmanteau.
WALLY, _adj._
V. ~Waly~.
WALLIDRAG, _s._
1. A feeble ill-grown person; S. _wallidraggle_, S. B. _warydraggel_.
_Dunbar._
2. A drone, an inactive person.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _gaell_, testiculus, and _dregg_, faex. _Wary-draggel_, might seem allied to Isl. _warg draege_, filius ab exule genitus.
_To_ WALLOP, WALOP, _v. n._
1. To move quickly, with much agitation of the body or clothes, S. B.
_Ruddiman._
2. To gallop.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _wal-oppe_, cursus gradarius.
_To_ WALLOW, WALOW, _v. n._
1. To wither, to fade.
_Douglas._
2. Metaph. applied to the face.
_Hardyknute._
3. Transferred to the mind.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _wealow-ian_, marcescere, Germ. _welw-en_.
WALROUN, _s._
V. ~Wolroun~.
WALSH, WELSCHE, _adj._ Insipid, S. _walsh_.
_Douglas._
Teut. _gaelsch_, ingratus, insuavis sapore aut odore.
~Walshness~, _s._ Insipidity of taste, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ WALTER, _v. a._ To overturn.
V. ~Welter~.
~Walterar~, _s._ One who overturns.
_Poems 16th Cent._
WAMBE, WAME, WAIM, WEAM, WAYME, _s._
1. The womb.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
2. The belly, S.
