350 
Wennel, 20/28, s. a calf just weaned. 
‘< A lambe, or a kidde, or a weanell 
wast.”—Spenser, Shep. Cal. Sep- 
tember. 
Wether, 90/7, s. weather. 
Wheat plums, 34/27, s. fl. a large 
fleshy plum, sometimes called the 
bastard Orleans plum. 
Wheele ladder, 17/6, s. ‘‘ probably a 
frame on the side of a cart to sup- 
port hay or corn when the load is 
to be increased.”’—Mavor. 
Whelpe, 95/2, s. child. 
Whereas, 21/25, adv. wherever. 
Whight, 15/12, adj. white. 
Whinnes, 53/12, s. £7. whin, furze. 
Whipstock, 21/14, s. the handle of a 
whip. 
“Bought you a whistle, and a whzp- 
stalk too, 
To be revenged on their villainies.”’ 
Span. Tragedy, iii. 180. 
Whist, 64*/10, v. be silent, be hushed. 
“* Keepe the whzsh¢, and thou shalt 
heare it the sooner.”—Terence in 
Eng. 1641. 
Whit, 2/4, s.a point, no whit, not in 
the slightest degree. A.S. wht, a 
creature, thing. Gothic wazht. 
Whitch, 35/6, which sort. 
Whit leather, 17/4, s. leather dressed 
with alum, salt, etc., remarkable 
for its pliability and toughness. 
‘*T think I’m as hard as a nut, and 
as tough as whet-leather.” —Howitt. 
Whitemeat, Whitmeat, 47/20, s. eggs, 
milk, butter, cheese, etc. 
Wicket, 77/9, s. mouth. 
Wight, 3/6, s. person, man. A.S. wht. 
Gothic wazht. 
Wild otes fantasie, 9/30*, the fancies or 
excesses of youth. Cf. ‘* sowing 
his wild oats.” 
Wiles, 113/18, s. AZ. tricks, deceits. 
Wilfull, 35/4, aay. ready, hasty. 
Wimble, 17/6, s. auger. ‘‘An auger or 
qwimble, wherwith holes are bored, 
terebra and terebrum.” — Baret’s 
Aluearie, 1580. Gzm/etis the dimin. 
from wimble. 
Wine, 51/21, v. emp. win, make to 
please. 
Wit, 16/3, s. sense, good judgment. 
A.S. watt. 
Wither, 57/20, v.-dry. 
Wonne, 76/3, 2%. managed, made up. 
Wood, 18/5, az. mad. A.S. wod. 
Glossary. 
Woodrofe, 44/17, s. sweet woodruff, 
Asperula odorata. A.S. wuduréfe. 
Woodsere, 51/6, s. the month or season 
for cutting wood; but see next 
word. ‘‘If wood be cut after the 
sunne decline from us till he come 
to the equinoctial (which time 
they call woodsere), it will never 
grow againe.””’—Heydon, Def. of 
Astrology, 1603. 
Woodsere, 53/15, s. ‘* By woodsere is 
meant decayed or hollow Pollards.” 
—T.R. ; but in his note to this 
passage he says, ‘‘ Woodsere is 
the season of felling wood.”—T.R. 
Woorser, 10/32, Worser, 63/15, adv. 
worse, a double comparative. A.S. 
wyrsa. 
Woorth, 112/7, s. in worth=for what 
I am worth, z.e. as I can, what I 
can get. 
Wot, 94/4. v. gr. ¢. ye know not what, 
an indefinite expression. 
Wote, 10/21, vw. gr. ¢. know. A.S. 
witan ; pl. t. Lc wat, I know. 
Wounder, 2/2, s. wounder, slayer. A.S. 
wundian, to wound. 
Wrall, 101/4, v. gv. ¢. quarrel. 
Wraught, 118/35, 2. supplied, fur- 
nished. 
Wrauling, 92/1, s. quarrelling. 
Wrecke, 114/2, v. wreak, vent. 
wrecan. 
Wrest, 11/1, v. turn, force away. 
Wrest, 10/61, v. steal away, plunder. 
Wresting, 89/13, »s. struggling for, 
fighting for. 
Wright, 68/1, v. write. 
Wringer, 2/13, s. extortioner. 
Write, 86/10, v. zmp. mark, write the 
name on. 
Wud, 33/16, 5. wood. A.S. wed. 
Wull, 35/21, 5s. wool. A.S. will. 
Gothic wadla. 
A.S. 
We 
Yarn, 21/13, v. pv. ¢. earn. 
nian. 
Yeane, 33/21, v. bring forth young. 
A.S. eanian. 
Yeerlie, 63/21, adv.?=yarely, readily. 
A.S. gearu. O.L. Ger. garu. 
Yerke, 64*/9, v. kick, wince. ‘‘ They 
flirt, they yerk, they backward 
fling.”—Drayton. ‘‘ Zire, a kick, 
yark, jerk, jert.””—Cotgrave. 
A.S. gear- 
