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 HAMPSHIRE QLOSdART. 103 Wok [wok], pt. t awoke. ♦Ak. Woke [woakl, sb, an oak. This pronunciation, thongh not general in North Hampahire now, used to be so. Thus, Wokingham was within my recollection spelt Oakingham ; and Woking was originally Oaking.— W. H. C. Wont [wont], ab. a mole. Common in Old Eng. — W. Wood Laurel [wuod lau*rul], sb. Dajphne Laureola, — ^Dr. Bromfield in Fhytologtst, 0. S. iii. 798.--J. B. Woodnacker [wuod'nak'ur], sb. a wood-pecker. — Wise, New Forest, p. 272. Wood-pie [wuod-pei], sb. the spotted woodpecker ; Picua majors Lin, — ^Wise, New Forest. Wood-quest [wuod-kwest], sb, a wood-pigeon.- Wood-roughed [wuod-ruf t], adj, * cattle [and pigs], which are entered in the marksman's books, are said to be uHnxi-roughed,^ — ^Wise, New Foreat, p. 186. Woodseer-ground [wuodseer-ground], ab. loose, spongy ground. — Lisle. Workings [wurk'ingz], sb. pi. honeycombs. — Wise, New Forest, p. 185. Worrit [wurnit], v. n. to fret ; v. a. to give trouble. Evidently a corruption of worry. — ^N. H. Ex. ( 1) * He do wwrii hisself so about it' (2) * They children do worrit that poor dog.' Worsteders [wur'stid-urz], ab. pi. thick worsted stockings, worn outside the trowsers at football, to protect the shins. — ^Adams' Wyhehamica, p. 439. Woflbird [woz-burdl, ab. a term of reproach ; the meaning of which appears to be unknown to those who use it It is evidently a cor* ruption of whart^a-hird. *Ak. To which it must be added that bird in O.E. and A.S. means birth, and hence offspring, progeny; or, the O.E. hurd = hTide, young woman, in which case the term means a bastard daughter. Either way, it comes to much the same ; and the term was easily generalized, being often applied even to animals. Wosset [wos'et], sb. a small, ill-favoured pig. The smallest pig in a litter is known as the doll [in N. H. the darling'] ; a pig brought up by hand ia called a graff or grampher* — Wise, New Foreat. Wots [wots], ab. pL oats. — K H, Wynd [weind], ab. * on the wynd * = warped or twisted. Applied to boards or planks. — N. H. Tacker [yak-ur], sb. an acre. *Ak. Taffel [yaf 111], sb. the green woodpecker. — ^N. H. Taffingale [yaf ingail], sb. Picus viridis ; the common green wood- pecker, so called from its loud shrill laugh. — Wise, New Foreat, p. 187. See Yuckel. ThiB bird is very beautifully called the ' garnet- headed yaffingcde ' by Tennyson in Gareth and Lynette, See Weatm. Eev. Jan. 1873, pp. 327, 328, and Science Qoasip, 1870, p. 236.