An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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V. ~We~.
WIEL, _s._ A small whirlpool.
V. ~Wele~.
* WIFE, WYF, WYFE, _s._ A woman, whether married or single, generally, one past middle age, S.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. Su. G. _wif_, mulier, foemina.
~Wiflie~, ~Wyfelie~, _adj._ Feminine, belonging to woman.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
A. S. _wiflic_, muliebris, foemineus.
WYG, WEIG, WHIG, _s._ A small oblong roll, baked with b.u.t.ter and currants, S.
Teut. _wegghe_, panis triticeus; lib.u.m oblongum, et lib.u.m lunatum.
WIG, WYG, _s._ Apparently, a wall. A thing is said to _gang frae wyg to waw_, when it is moved backwards and forwards from the one wall of a house to the other, S. B.
_Ross._
A. S. _wag_, Su. G. _waegg_, Belg. _weeg_, paries.
WIGG, WHIG, _s._ The thin serous liquid, which lies below the cream, in a churn, after it has become sour, and before it has been agitated, S.
B.
_Journ. Lond._
_To_ WIGGLE, _v. n._ To wriggle.
V. ~Waigle~.
WIGHT, _s._ The shrew-mouse, Orkn.
_Stat. Acc._
Su. G. _wickt_, any thing very small.
WILD COTTON, cotton-gra.s.s, a plant, S. B.; also called _Moss-crops_, S.
WILDFIRE, _s._ The common name for the Phlyctenae of Sauvages, S., vulgarly _wullfire_.
A. S. _wild-fyr_, erysipelas.
_To_ WILE, WYLE, _v. a._ Used in relation to what is accomplished by caution or artful means; as, _I'll try to wile him awa'_, I will endeavour to get him enticed to go with me, S.
_Lyndsay._
Su. G. _wel-a_, Isl. _vael-a_, decipere.
_To_ WILE, WYLE, _v. a._ To select.
~Wile~, _s._ Choice, selection.
V. ~Wale~.
WYLECOT, WILIE-COAT, _s._
1. An undervest, generally worn during winter, S.
_Douglas._
2. An under-petticoat.
_Maitland Poems._
WYLFULL, _adj._ Willing; q. _full of will_.
_Wyntown._
~Wilfully~, _adj._ Willingly.
_Barbour._
* WILL, _s._ _What's your will?_ a common Scotticism for, "What did you say?"
_K. Hart._
WILL, _s._ Apparently, use, custom; pl. _willis_.
