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Leighton, Revised by Alexander

"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV."

n._ to entice.
_To_ WIMPLE, WYMPEL, WOMPLE, _v. n._ to meander as
applied to a stream.
_To_ WIN, WYN, _a. v_. to dry corn.
WINDOCK, WINNOCK, _s._ a window.
WINKERS, _s._ the eye-lashes.
WINSOME, _adj._ merry; gay; cheerful.
_To_ WISEN, WYSSIN, _v. n._ to wither.
WISHY-WASHY, _s. pl._ shuffling; half-and-half.
_To_ WIT, WITT, _v. n._ to know; _I wit na_, I
know not.
WITE, WYTE, _s._ blame.
_To_ WITE, WYTE, _v. n._ to blame; to accuse.
WITTENS, _s._ knowledge.
WIZEN, _s._ the throat.
WIZZEN, _adj._ dry; withered
WOB, _s._ a web.
WOD, WODE, _adj._ mad.
_To_ WON, _v. n._ to dwell.
WOO, _s._ wool. _v_. To make love; to court.
WORDY, WEIRDY, _adj._ worthy.
WORLIN, _s._ a feeble puny person.
_To_ WORRY, _v. n._ to choke; to be suffocated.
WORSET, _s._ worsted.
_To_ WOUFF, _v. n._ to bark.
WOW! _interj_. expressive of admiration.
WRAITH, WRAITHE, _s._ the apparition of a person seen
before death, or soon after it.
WRAK, WREK, WRACK, _s._ anything cast upon the sea-shore.
WRAT, _s._ a wort.
WHITER, _s._ an attorney.
WYND, _s._ a narrow lane or alley.
WYSS-LIKE, _adj._ having a decent appearance.
WYTELESS, _adj._ blameless.

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_To_ YABBLE, _v. n._ to gabble.
YAD, _s._ an old worn-out mare.
YALD, YAULD, _adj.


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