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V. under ~Wouf~.
WOW, _interj._ Expressive of admiration, S., often _vow_.
V. ~Vow~.
_Douglas._
WOWN, _s._ Wont, custom.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _wuna_, Alem. _uuone_, mos.
~Wowne~, _adj._ Wont, accustomed.
_Wynt._
WRA, _s._ Hiding-place.
_Douglas._
Dan. _vraae_, a corner, a lurking-hole.
_To_ WRABIL, _v. n._ To move in a slow undulating manner, like a worm; to wriggle; S. _warble_, _wurble_.
_Douglas._
_Warple_ is used in the same sense, S. B.
_Ross._
Teut. _wurbel-en_, Belg. _wervel-en_, gyros agere, in orbem versare.
WRACHYS, ghosts.
V. ~Wraith~.
_Doug._
WRACK, _s._ For its different senses, V. ~Wrak~.
WRAIGHLY, _adv._ Strangely, or awkwardly.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _wraeclice_, peregre.
WRAIK, WRAK, _s._
1. Revenge, vengeance.
_Douglas._
2. Anger, wrath.
_Douglas._
3. Destruction; _wreck_, E.
_Wyntown._
4. Denoting one who threatens or brings vengeance or destruction.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wraec_, _wraece_, Belg. _wraecke_, ultio, vindicia.
WRAITH, WRAYTH, WRAITHE, WRETH, _s._
1. Properly, an apparition in the exact likeness of a person, supposed by the vulgar to be seen before, or soon after death, S.
_K. James._
2. Sometimes used, but improperly, to denote a spirit supposed to preside over the waters.
_Lewis._
Moes. G. _ward-jan_, A. S. _weard-an_, custodire; as the apparition, called a _wraith_, was supposed to be that of one's _guardian_ angel.
A. S. _weard_, a guardian, a keeper.
WRAITH, _s._. Provision, food.
_Henrysone._
Su. G. _ward_, Isl. _verd_, id.; from Su. G. _war-a_, to eat.
WRAITH, _adj._ Wroth.
