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V. ~Weid~.
_Roull._
WEE, _s._ Wight.
V. ~Wy~.
_Sir Gawan._
WEEBO, _s._ Common ragwort, S.
WEFT, _s._ Woof.
V. ~Waft~.
WEEGLE, _v. n._ To waggle.
V. ~Waigle~.
~Weegglie~, _adj._
1. Waggling, unstable, S.
2. Having a wriggling motion in walking, S.
Belg. _be-weeglik_, unstable, pliable.
WEEM, _s._
1. A natural cave, Fife, Ang.
_Stat. Acc._
2. An artificial cave, or subterraneous building, Ang.
_Stat. Acc._
From Gael, _uamha_, a cave.
WEEPERS, _s. pl._ Stripes of muslin or cambric, st.i.tched on the extremities of the sleeves of a black coat or gown, as a badge of mourning, S.
_Burns._
WEER, _s._ Fear.
V. ~Were~.
_To_ WEESE, WEEZE, _v. n._ To ooze, to distil gently, S. B.
_Morison._
Isl. _veisa_, Dan.-Sax. _waes_, A. S. _wos_, humor.
WEFFIL, _adj._ Limber, not stiff, S.
A. S. _waefol_, fluctuans; Teut. _weyfel-en_, vacillare.
WEFFLIN, WEFFLUM, _s._ The backlade, or course of water at the back of the mill-wheel, Ang.
_To_ WEY, _v. a._ To throw.
_Wallace._
Teut. _wegh-en_, movere.
_To_ WEY, _v. a._ To bewail; Teut. _weeh-en_, to cry as a child, vagire.
_Wallace._
_To_ WEID, _v. n._ To become furious.
V. ~Wede~.
~Weid~, _adj._. Furious, synon. _wod_.
_Dunbar._
WEID, _s._ A kind of fever to which women in child-bed, or nurses, are subject, S.
Germ. _weide_, or _weite_, corresponds to Fr. _accable_, as signifying that one is oppressed with disease.
WEID, L. _theid_, region.
V. ~Thede~.
