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WITE, WYTE, _s._ blame.
_To_ WITE, WYTE, _v. n._ to blame; to accuse.
WITTENS, _s._ knowledge.
WIZEN, _s._ the throat.
WIZZEN, _adj._ dry; withered
WOB, _s._ a web.
WOD, WODE, _adj._ mad.
_To_ WON, _v. n._ to dwell.
WOO, _s._ wool. _v_. To make love; to court.
WORDY, WEIRDY, _adj._ worthy.
WORLIN, _s._ a feeble puny person.
_To_ WORRY, _v. n._ to choke; to be suffocated.
WORSET, _s._ worsted.
_To_ WOUFF, _v. n._ to bark.
WOW! _interj_. expressive of admiration.
WRAITH, WRAITHE, _s._ the apparition of a person seen before death, or soon after it.
WRAK, WREK, WRACK, _s._ anything cast upon the sea-sh.o.r.e.
WRAT, _s._ a wort.
WHITER, _s._ an attorney.
WYND, _s._ a narrow lane or alley.
WYSS-LIKE, _adj._ having a decent appearance.
WYTELESS, _adj._ blameless.
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_To_ YABBLE, _v. n._ to gabble.
YAD, _s._ an old worn-out mare.
YALD, YAULD, _adj._ sprightly; alert.
_To_ YAMER, YAMMER, _v. n._ to complain; continued whining; to pet.
_To_ YAMPH, YAMF, _v. n._ to bark.
YAP, YAPE, _adj._ having a keen appet.i.te; very hungry.
YARD, _s._ a garden for flowers; pot herbs.
VARE, _s._ a weir for catching fish.
YAUD, _s._ an order given by a shepherd to his dog; _far-yaud_, signifying drive the sheep to a distance.
_To_ YAUP, _v. n._ to yelp.
YEALD, _adj._ barren.
YEARN, YERNE, _adj._ eager; wishful.
YELD, YELL, EILD, _adj._ a cow is said to be _eild_ when she is giving no milk.
YELDRING, YELDRIN, _s._ a yellow-hammer.
YERD, YERTH, YIRD, _s._ earth; soil.
_To_ YERD, _v. a._ to bury.
_To_ YERK, _v. a._ to beat; to strike smartly.
YESTREEN, _s._ last night.
YET, YETT, _s._ a gate.
YHULL, YULE, _s._ Christmas.
YILL, _s._ ale.
_To_ YIRR, _v. n._ to snarl; to growl.
_To_ YOKE, _v. n._ to engage with another in dispute or in a quarrel.
YONT, _prep_, beyond.
YOUDEN-DRIFT, _s._ snow driven by the wind.
_To_ YOUF, YUFF, _v. n._ to bark.
