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_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
3. The stomach.
_A fow wame_, a full stomach; _a wamefow_, a bellyful, S.
_Henrysone._
Moes. G. _wamba_, A. S. Isl. _wamb_, venter, uterus.
~Weam-ill~, _s._ The belly-ache.
_Montgomerie._
~Wamyt~, ~Grete Wamyt~, ~Grete Wame~.
1. Big-bellied.
_Douglas._
2. Pregnant.
_Wyntown._
_To_ WAMBLE, _v. n._ To move in an undulating manner, S.
_Cleland._
Isl. _vambl-a_, aegre protrahere se humi ventre.
WAMBRa.s.sEIRIS, _s._ Armour for the forepart of the arm.
_Acts Ja. I._
Fr. _avant_, before, and _bra.s.sart_, a vambrace.
_To_ WAMFLE, _v. n._ To move like a tatterdemallion, whose rags are flapping, Fife.
Germ. _waffel-n_, mot.i.tari, with _m_ inserted.
WAMFLER, WANFLER, _s._ A rake, a wencher.
_Philotus._
WAMYT, _adj._
V. under ~Wambe~.
WAN, _adj._ Deficient.
_Houlate._
A. S. _wan_, deficiens.
WAN, _pret. v._ Came, &c.
V. ~Wyn~.
WAN, _adj._
1. Black, gloomy.
_Wallace._
A. S. _wan_; _wan wolcen_, atra nubes.
2. Dark-coloured; or rather, filthy.
_Wallace._
A. S. _wan_, _wonn_, also signify filthy.
WAN BAYN, the cheek-bone.
_Wallace._
A. S. _w.a.n.g_, Belg. _weng_, the cheek.
WANCHANCHIE, _adj._
1. Unlucky, S.
_Burns._
2. Dangerous, apt to injure, S.
_Ferguson._
WANCOUTH, _adj._ Uncouth.
