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WHITE-NEBB'D CROW j the rook. 



To \\ HITE ; to cut or (hape wood with a knife, 



WHITTLE j a pocket-knife. 



\VHISHT ! hufh ! filence ! 



WHOOR (mid. dial. WHEER) ; where: the lau 



ter is probably the Sax an pronunciation j the 



former, perhaps, is of Brltifo origin. 

 WIDDYi a with, or withy. 

 WIKE; the corner of the mouth or eye. 

 W1KES ; temporary marks ; as boughs fet up to 



divide fwaths to be mown in the common ings j 



alfo boughs fet on haycocks for tithes, &c, &c, 

 WILF ; fall* alba j willow, 

 WINDER ; window. 

 To WINDER } to clean corn with a'fan. 

 WINDLESTRAWS j cynojurus crtfatus j crefted 



dogstail. 



WINNOT (mid. dial.) j will not. 

 WIZZENED j withered ; fhrivellcd. 

 WOODWESH } gcn'ijla tinfloria ; dyer's-broom. 

 WOTCHAT j orchard. 

 WOTS ; oats. 

 To WRAX j to ftretch the body in yawning ; or 



as cattle do when they rife. 

 WUMMLE j an auger. 

 To WUN; to live, or abide; as, "hewiinsat fuch 



a place" (nearly obfolete). 

 \V" YAH } well j a word of confcnt. 



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