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Rh *Whaup, 119, greater curlew—onomatop.
 * Wheen, quheyne, 69, 86, 94, 138; cf. whang, a large piece, Lat. cuneus, a wedge: quhan in place names, as Quoth-quhan
 * Wheenge, 30, 136, E. whine, A.S. wanian. Kl. thinks the cognate Ger. weinen probably from Go. and Ger. wai, woe (as interj.) and Go. wainags, unhappy, tearful, and compares with Go. kwainon, to weep


 * Wheesh, 13, hush, Go. wis
 * Wheetie, 148, call to ducks
 * Whicks, quickens, 182, Cu.
 * Whid, whidding, 14, rapid movement


 * Whiles, for sometimes, 167
 * Whi-lk, 14, 40, which
 * Whill, 90, until
 * Whilst, whiles, whilie, 35, 90
 * Whins, winds, 83, E.
 * Whip t' cat, 188, Cu.
 * Whisps, 83, E. wisps
 * †White, whet, 14, 30, E. to sharpen, A.S. hwettan, Ic. hwettja, to sharpen, incite, Go. hwass, sharp
 * Whittret, 124, prob. Ic. hvat-r, quick, bold; pet name for a youngster
 * Whol, 174, pool in a river, Bord.; Ger. Welle, a billow
 * Whopan, 48, Go. to boast, whoop
 * Who's owt t' dog, 169, Cu. idiom
 * Whummle-bore, 139, 140, 151, cleft palate; onomatop. as affecting speech
 * Wicht, waihts, 12, Go. a thing, E. wight, whit, Ger. Wicht
 * Wicks=corners, "wickin a bore," 98, wic, an open bay, Ic. vik, creek
 * Widdy, 25, 67, 252, withe, Sc. wattles, Da. vidie, halter or rope of willow or hazel twigs, hence the gallows. See Go. waddja.


 * Widow woman, 18, 35, 247, widuwo, Go.; cf. Lat. vidua
 * Wife, 209, C. Du. wifie
 * Wife-day, cum-mether, Cu. 181. See Cummer's Feast
 * Wig, 181, North. tea-cake, Du. wegge, a kind of cake, Ger. Weck, wheaten bread, or. sense in O.N. vegge, a wedge. See wheen
 * Wigs, 23, Go. wayside
 * Wig-leader, 82, E. whig
 * Wiht, 12, olden form of whit
 * Wiljan, 255, Go., cf. will, well
 * Willie-miln, 66, Fi. door-catch
 * Willie-waucht, 85, a hearty draught of liquor. Not in Jam.
 * Wiltit, 49, walwjan, Go. to roll, E. welter, waltz, wallow, A.S. wealwian, wyltan, to roll round
 * Wime, Wambe, 18, 58, belly, Go. wamba, Ger. Wamme, E. womb


 * "Wince, loot a" (Burns), 173, an oath, perh. corr. of "wounds." See "'Ods wuns."
 * Windy, 63, 92, boastful
 * Wining, 145, app. for winding
 * Winister, 146, instr. for winding straw ropes. Not in Jam.
 * Winthi-skauro, 23, Go. wind or winnowing fan. Du. schuren, a barn, as in the Taal (with Go. hard pronunc.), Groote Schoor, the Cape Town house of Cecil Rhodes, now Government House for S.-Af. Union. See Skura windis
 * Wintrus, 23, Go. winter
 * Wipe, 172, a blow, a retort, the act of rubbing to clean, a blow, stroke, A.S. wipian, cf. whip, wisp
 * Wippin, 83, E. for a whippin
 * Wirset, 233, worsted, from name of a village near Norwich
 * Wirth, 24, Ger.; Go. wairdus, house-father
 * Wis, 32, Go. whish
 * Wisan, 51, 56, Go. to be, was
 * Wit-an, 27, 51, 255, Go. wit, wot, Sc. wat, Ger. wissen
 * Wite, -id-weit-jan, 30, 206, Go. to reproach, A.S. aet-witan, ed-witan, from Go. weit-jan, to give one the wite (Sc.) or blame, and witan, to know, Du. wijten, to blame. Twit from M.E. at-witen. Wite keeps the or. long vowel