Part 24 (1/2)

Want-wriggle _s._ mole-track

War _v. pret. of the verb_ ”_to be_” I war, he war, we war, &c.

Wash-dish _s._ the wag-tail

Wa.s.sail _v._ drinking success to the apple crop

Way-zaltin _s._ a play in which two persons standing back to back interlace each others arms, and by bending forward alternately raise each other from the ground

Weepy _adj._ moist, abounding in springs

Welch-nut _s._ walnut (Ger. _welsche-nuss_)

Well _s._ a running spring, a source (Ger. _quelle_, as distintinguished from a wenk or wink)

Weng _s._ the front rack of the sull

Wevet _s._ a spider's web

Whippences _s._ bodkins or swingle-bars of a plough

Whipper-snapper _s._ a little, active, nimble fellow

Whipswhiles _s._ a short interval, as between the strokes of a whip

Whister-twister _s._ a smart blow on the side of the head

Whiver _v._ to hover, to flutter. Whiver-minded _adj._ wavering

Widow-man _s._ a widower

Wim _v._ to winnow. Wim-sheet, Wimmin-sheet, Wimmindust _s._

Windle, Windle-thrush _s._ red-wing

Wink _s._ an excavated or sunken well (Query supplied with a Winch?)

Wipes _s._ f.a.ggots for draining or fencing

Wisht _adj._ sad, untoward

Without unless, except

Woek, Wuk _s._ oak

Woeks _s._ clubs on playing cards, from their shape

Wont-heeave, Want-snap _s._ a mole-hill, mole-trap

Wood-quist _s._ wood-pigeon, cushat