Glossary. 
Vantage, 3/7, s. advantage, profit. 
Vegetiue, 55/7, aaj. belonging to the 
plant. 
Vent, 19/27, s. sale, disposal. Fr. vente, 
from Lat. wendere, venditum, to 
sell. ‘‘ There is no vent for any 
commoditie except wool.”—Sir W. 
Temple. 
Venter, 83/4, v. venture, risk. 
Ventrest, 19/35, v. pv. z. risk, venture. 
Vergis, 19/42, s. verjuice, the juice of 
crab-apples, or other unripe fruit.” 
Fr. verjus, from vert, green and 
Jus, juice. 
Verie, 92/4, aaj. true, real. 
Verlets, 63/18, s. AZ. rascals, scoundrels. 
O. Fr. varlet, vaslet, now valet. 
Vermin, 33/7, v. to destroy the vermin. 
Vew, 113/24, s. view, sight. 
Vewe, 75/7, v. view,.examine. 
Vice, 64/19, s. buffoon. The fool or 
punchinello of old shows. ‘‘ Light 
and lascivious poems, uttered by 
these buffoons or zzces in plays.” — 
Puttenham, ii. 9, p. 69. 
Villeny, 9/21, s. unfair or mean treat- 
ment. 
Vitleth, 97/1, v. pr. ¢. eats, dines. 
Vittels, 57/39, s. A/. provisions, food. 
Voyd, 64*/4, v. avoid. 
W. 
Wadling, 35/45, »s. wattling, wattled 
fence. ‘‘ Wattles are wood slit.” 
—T.R. 
Wadmus (? Wadmul), page 37, note 1, 
a very thick, coarse kind of woollen 
cloth, made originally of Iceland 
wool. Icel. vadmél. Halliwell, 
s.v. Wadmal. 
Wag, 87/3, s. messenger. 
Waid, 113/40, £f.considered,reflected on. 
Waieth, 99/5, Waith, 101/5, v. pr. ¢. 
considers, reflects. 
Waight, 56/24, v. pr. ¢ watch, wait 
about. 
Waights, 10/42, s. weights, measures. 
Waight, 99/1, v. attend or wait at table. 
Waine, 48/22, v. zp. fetch, bring, lit. 
to convey in a zazz or wagon. 
Waine, 16/7, s. waggon. A.S. wen, 
wagen. 
Wake day, 90/5, s. a village festival, 
kept originally on the day of the 
dedication of the parish church. 
See note. 
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Walke, 48/17, s. pasturing. 
Wallow, 102/2, v. pr. ¢. make dirty, 
cover. 
Wand, 33/45, v. zp. inclose with poles. 
Wanteth, 94/8, v. gr. ¢. is in want. 
Wantey, 17/5, s. a rope or leathern 
girdle, by which burdens are tied 
to the back of a horse; wamzb-tie, 
a belly-band. 
Wanton, 90/5, s. merry girl, O.E. 
wantowen, from wan-, prefix signi- 
fying lack or want, and ¢ogen, pp. 
of eon, to educate. 
Wardens, 34/26, s. Z/. a large baking 
pear. ‘‘ I would have him roasted 
like a warden.”—Beau. and Flet. 
Warely, 114/2, adv. carefully, warily. 
Wares, 22/19, s. Z/. productions. 
Warily, 10/34, adv. discreetly, cautiously. 
A.S. wer. 
Warrener, 33/7, s. the keeper of a 
warren. 
Wart, 113/5, uv. or. ¢. wert, wast. 
Waster, 79/1, s. wasteful. 
Water furrow, 19/7, v. zp. draw fur- 
rows across the ridges in the lowest 
part of the ground to act as drains 
or water-courses. ‘‘ A watir furre, 
elix.” —Cathol. Anglicum. 
Water-retting, 16/25, s. retting is the 
process of steeping flax in water to 
separate the fibres. ‘*‘ Rettyntymber, 
hempe or other like, 7220, zzfundo.” 
—Prompt. Parv. 
Wayest, 10/4, v. considerest. 
Weather, 57/5, wv. zp. dry in the open 
air. 
Weene; 67/12, v0 p7.«¢., think) “Aus. 
WENan. 
Webster, 15/17, 5s. a weaver. 
webbestre, a female weaver. 
*Wedehoke, 79, s. a weeding tool. 
Weeles, 36/31, s. £7. snares or traps for 
fish made of osiers or twigs. ‘SA 
qweele, a wicker net, wherewith 
fishes being once entred, there is 
no way for them to get out; a bow 
net.” —Nomenclator. 
“‘There plenty is of roches, bleakes, or 
eeles, 
Which fishermen catche in their nets 
and weeles.’’ 
Newe Metamorphosis, 1600. 
Wefte, 84/1, s. a loss. 
Well a fine, 1138/9, to a good end or 
purpose. 
Welthines, 10/36, s. plenty, wealth. 
Wenches, 57/34, s. Z/. girls. 
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