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_Wallace._
_To_ WESCHE, _v. a._ To wash, S.
_Doug._
WESCHE, _s._ Stale urine.
V. ~Wash~.
WESELY, _adv._ Cautiously.
V. ~Vesie~.
_Wallace._
_To_ WESY, _v. a._ To examine.
V. ~Vesie~.
WESTER, _s._ A fish-spear, Loth.
WESTLAND, WESTLIN, _adj._ Western, S.
_Wallace._
WESTLINS, WESTLINES, _adv._ Westwards, S.
_Ramsay._
WETHY, _s._ A halter.
V. ~Widdie~.
_Wyntown._
WETING, _s._ Knowledge.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _weot-an_, to know.
WEUCH, _s._ Wo, mischief.
V. ~Wouch~.
_To_ WEVIL, _v. n._ To wriggle.
V. ~Weffil~.
? WH.
For words not found here, see ~Quh~.
WHANG, _s._
1. A thong, S.
2. A slice, S.
_To_ ~Whang~, _v. a._ To flog, to scourge, S.
V. ~Quhaing~.
_To_ WHAISLE, WHOSLE, _v. n._ To wheeze in breathing, S.
_Pop. Ball._
Su. G. Isl. _hwaes-a_, id.
WHATY, _adj._ Indifferent.
_Thomas of Ercildone._
_To_ WHAUK, _v. a._
1. To thwack, S.
2. Metaphor., to hara.s.s.
_Ramsay._
WHAUP, _s._ A curlew.
