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Whare, where; wharee'er, wherever

Wheep, to fly nimbly, to jerk; penny-wheep, small

beer

Whase, whose

Whatreck, nevertheless

Whid, the motion of a hare, running but not frighted, a lie

Whidden, running as a hare or coney
Whigmeleeries, whims, fancies, crotchets
Whingin, crying, complaining, fretting
Whirligigums, useless ornaments, trifling append-
ages

Whissle, a whistle, to whistle

Whisht, silence; to hold one's whisht, to be silent Whisk, to sweep, to lash

Whiskit lashed

Whitter, a hearty draught of liquor

Whun-stane, a winstone

Whyles, whiles, sometimes

Wi', with

Wick, to strike a stone in an oblique direction, a term in curling

Wicker, willow (the smaller sort)

Wiel a small whirlpool

Wifie, a diminutive or endearing term for wife
Wimple, to meander

Wimpl't, meandered

Wimplin, waving, meandering

Win, to win, to winnow

Win't, winded, as a bottom of yarn

Win', wind; win's, winds

Winna, will not

Winnock, a window

Winsome, hearty, wanton, gay

Wintle, a staggering motion; to stagger, to reel

Winze, an oath

Wiss, to wish

Withoutten, without

Wizen'd, hide-bound, dried, shrunk

Wonner, a wonder, a contemptuous appellation
Wons, dwells

Woo', wool

Woo, to court, to make love to

Woodie, a rope, more properly one made of withs or willows

Wooer-bab, the garter knotted below the knee with a couple of loops

Wordy, worthy

Worset, worsted

Wow, an exclamation of pleasure or wonder
Wrack, to tease, to vex

Wraith, a spirit, a ghost; an apparition exactly like a living person, whose appearance is said to forbode the person's approaching death

Wrang, wrong, to wrong

Wreeth, a drifted heap of snow
Wud-mad, distracted

Wumble, a wimble

Wyle, beguile

Wyliecoat, a flannel vest

Wyte, blame, to blame

Y.

YE; this pronoun is frequently used for thou
Yearns, longs much

Yearlings, born in the same year, coevals

Year, is used both for singular and plural years
Yell, barren, that gives no milk

Yerk, to lash, to jerk

Yerkit, jerked, lashed

Yestreen, yesternight

Yett, a gate, such as is usually at the entrance into

a farm-yard or field

Yill, ale

Yird, earth

Yokin, yoking, a bout
Yont, beyond

Yoursel, yourself

Yowe, an ewe

Fowie, diminutive of yow Yule, Christmas

SELECT POEMS

OF

HECTOR MACNEILL:

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

FROM THE EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.

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