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_Dunbar._
Teut. _wersel-en_, reniti, obniti; _wars_, contrarius.
~Wa.r.s.ell~, ~Warstle~, _s._ Struggle, S.
_Burns._
Wa.r.s.eT, _adj._ A dog employed by a thief for watching deer.
_For. Lawes._
A. S. _ware_, observation, and _sett-an_, to set.
WART, in composition of adverbs, is the same with _ward_, E.; as, _inwart_, inward, Moes. G. _wairths_, A. S. _weard_, Isl. _vert_, versus.
WART, WARD, _s._ A tumulus or mound thrown up on high ground, in the Orkney and Shetland islands, for the purpose of conveying intelligence.
_Barry._
Isl. _vard_, Su. G. _waard_, excubiae, custodia.
WARTWEIL, WRATWEL, _s._ The skin above the nail, when fretted, S.
WARWOLF, WERWOUF, _s._
1. A person supposed to be transformed into a wolf.
_Philotus._
2. A puny child, or an ill-grown person of whatever age; p.r.o.n.
_warwoof_, Ang.
A. S. _were-wulf_, Su. G. _warulf_, Germ. _werwolf_, vir-lupus, lycanthropos, man-wolf.
WASH, WESCHE, _s._ Stale urine; especially as used for the purpose of steeping clothes, in order to their being washed, S.
Teut. _wasch_, lotura.
_Lyndsay._
WASIE, _adj._ Sagacious, quick of apprehension, Ang.
Alem. _wa.s.s_, Su. G. _hwa.s.s_, denoting quickness of apprehension.
Wa.s.sALAGE, _s._ Great achievement; also valour.
V. ~Va.s.salage~.
WASTELL, _s._ Bread used with the wastell-bowl.
_Chalm. Air._
L. B. _wastell-us_, id. Fr. _gasteau_.
WASTING, _s._ A consumption, a decline, S.
_To_ WAT, _v. n._ To know.
V. ~Wait~.
WATE, _adj._ Wet, moist, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _waet_, humidus; _waet-an_, humectare.
WATE, _s._
1. A watchman, a centinel; wait, S.
_Douglas._
2. Now applied to the minstrels who go about playing in the night season, S.
Teut. _wachte_, excubiae; et vigiles, excubitores.
3. A place of ambush.
_At the wate_, in wait.
_Douglas._
WATER, WATTER, _s._
1. A river, or pretty large body of running water, S.
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