Part 954 (1/2)

_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.