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E. _waul_; Isl. _vaele_, ejulo, plango.
_To_ WAW, _v. n._ To wave, to float.
V. ~Waff~, _v._
_Barbour._
WAWAR, _s._ A wooer.
_Peblis Play._
A. S. _wogere_, id.
WAWARD, _s._ The vanguard.
_Barbour._
WAWIL, _adj._ Not well knit.
V. ~Weffil~.
_Dunbar._
WE, WEY, WIE, _s._ Conjoined with _litill_;
1. As denoting time.
_Barbour._
2. In relation to place.
_Wyntown._
3. As expressing degree.
_Douglas._
~A wee,~
1. A short while, S.
_Ramsay._
2. In a slight degree, S.
~We~, ~Wee~, ~Wie~, _adj._ Small, little, S.
_Henrysone._
WEAM-ILL, _s._ The belly-ache.
V. ~Wambe~.
WEAN, WEEANE, _s._ A child, S.
_Ross._
Q. _wee ane_, synon. with _little ane_, S. id.
_To_ WEAR IN, _v. a._
1. To gather in with caution, as a shepherd conducts his flock into the fold, S.
_The Ew-bughts._
Teut. _weer-en_, propulsare.
2. As a _neut. v._, to move slowly and cautiously.
WEARY, _adj._
1. Feeble; as, _a weary bairn_, a child that is declining, S.
A. S. _werig_, la.s.sus.
2. Vexatious, causing trouble, S.
A. S. _werig_, malignus.
_Gl. Sibb._
3. Vexed, sorrowful.
_Ritson._
~Weariful~, _adj._ Causing pain or trouble; p.r.o.n. _wearifow_, S.
WEa.s.sES, _s. pl._ A species of breeching for the necks of work-horses, Orkn.
