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 148 THE DIALECT OF Whim, furze, or gorse. See Lykewake Dirge ; ' If hosen and ahoon fhou gayest nane The whinnn shall piick mee to the bare bane.* Whip, a boys' game, called in the Sonth hoop^ or Tioopkide. This is a curious instance of corruption, for the name hoop is pronounced in the local manner as hooip, whence wJiip. Whisht, be quiet ! Whisket, a small scuttle, or basket Whiflsundy, or Whissimty (gL hwis'unti; emphasis on the first syllable), seems to mean Whitsuntide rather than Whit Sunday. Whitening (gl whaut'enin ; i long), silver ; money in general, which, however, is usually called brass. * If you have not made your whitening this year, you ne'er will do.' Whitley, a whitlow. Whittle, a steel for sharpening knives, Ssc Whome (pronounced whom, or whum), home. Whopper^ a great lie. Anything large in size is called a whopper. Whue. See Whew. Wiok, quick (see Wartern, &c.) ; active ; alive. ' T* cheese is with wi' mawks.' Natterin Nan^ ver. 33 : ' Fowk savs 'ar Sal 'al sooin be wed, Bud t thowt on't turns ma sick * Ah*d rayther hin^ her up by t' necAc, Ur see her bemd wick,* Wick, in this sentence seems to mean life. ' He vnill get it out of their wick,* i. e. make them suffer in their li£9, or manner of living. Wioks, quicks, for hawthorn hedges. Wi^gin {gl. wig*in), the mountain ash, an unfailing remedy against witchcraft. One Polly Day was afraid of being witched by Mashpot, who lived above her. To prevent it she always carried three pieces of wiggin^ taken from three different lords* lands, to keep off the witch- ery. My informant has seen her puU the pieces out of her pocket many and many a time. At p. 209 of DepoHtiona from York CcuUs we find this belief mentioned. One of the witnesses in a case of witch- craft, tried at York in 1674, deposes that she heard one reputed witch say to another, ' I think I must give this Thomas Bramhall over, for they tye soe much whighen about him, I cannot come to my purpose, else I could have worn him away once in two yeares.' Wild, untidy in looks, dress, &c. Willow, or Willy, a machine for tearing wool. See SeviL Wiln't, contracted from will not, and used as won*t is in ordinary English. Winnot or wi not is also used. Wimble (pronounced witnmle; gl. wim'l), an auger. 'There's nowt lawk boring wi' a little wimnUe,^