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_Barbour._
It may, however, signify study; A. S. _will_. Teut. _willa_, studium.
WILL, _aux. v._
1. Be accustomed, make a practice of.
Still a common idiom in S.; borrowed from those whose native tongue is Gaelic.
2. It is often used for _shall_, S.
3. It is sometimes equivalent to _must_, S.
WILL, WYLL, WIL, WYL, _adj._
1. Lost in error, uncertain how to proceed, S.
_Wyntown._
_To go wyll_, to go astray, S.
_Douglas._
_Will of wane_, at a loss for a habitation.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _will_, Isl. _vill-a_, error; Isl. _vill-az_, to lead astray.
2. Desert, unfrequented.
_Douglas._
Isl. _ville_, ferus; Su. G. _willa diur_, wild animals.
~Wilsum~, _adj._ In a wandering state, implying the ideas of dreariness, and of ignorance of one's course, S. p.r.o.n. _wullsum_.
_Pop. Ball._
Sw. _en villsam vaeg_, an intricate road.
~w.i.l.l.yart~, ~Wilyart~, _adj._
1. Wild, shy, flying the habitations and society of men.
_Burel._
2. Bashful and reserved, avoiding society, or appearing awkward in it, S.
_Burns._
From the _adj._ and Belg. _geaard_, q. of a wild disposition.
V. ~Art~.
3. Obstinate, wilful, Loth. Berwicks.
WILLAN, _s._ The willow or saugh, S. B.
WILLAWINS, _interj._ Welladay, S.
_Ferguson._
A. S. _wyn_, infortunium; q. _wa la wyn_, eheu calamitas!
WILLICK, _s._ The puffin, or alca arctica, Loth.
_Neill._
WILLIE-POWRET-SEG, _s._ The name given by children in Fife to the Porpoise.
WILLIE WHIP-THE-WIND, a species of hawk, the Falco tinnunculus, or kestrel; in O. E. the _Wind-vanner_, Ang.
WILRONE, _s._ A wild boar.
_Chr. S. P._
Su. G. _vild_, wild, and _rune_, a young boar.
WIMBLEBORE, _s._ A hole in the throat, which prevents one from speaking distinctly, S.; in allusion to a hole _bored_ by a _wimble_.
_To_ WYMPIL, WOMPLE, _v. a._
1. To wrap, to fold, S.
_Douglas._
2. To move in a meandrous way, applied to a stream, S.
