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A DICTIONARY OF 
Manchester, ‘ In the neighbourhood where I was brought up, in the 
East Riding of Yorkshire, the Acacia was frequently called the Whya 
tree, and in fact nearly all old people know it best by that name. 
When I was first told of [trees] being found in the bogs, my informant 
told me of them as Whya trees' 
Wibrow. Plantago major, L. — Ches. Hal. 
Wich-elm. Hal. See Elm, Witch. 
Wick. (1) A plant of hawthorn, Cratcegus Oxyacantlia, L. — Yks. 
Also Wickwood. 
(2) Triticum repens, L. — Yks. (W. Riding). Cfr. Whicks. 
Wicken, or Wicken Tree. Pyrus Aucuparla, Gaertn. — Hal. Turn. 
Ches. ; N.- W. Line. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6 ; Nhumb. Turn. ; Sal. Shrop. 
Word-book. Prior, p. 191. Cfr. Whicken. 
Wicken Grass. Triticum repens, L. — Yks. Cleveland Gloss. 
Wickens. (1) Triticum repens, Y. — Grose; Yks. 
(2) Hedge thorns {Cratcegus Oxyaeantha, L.). Yks. (Whitby) E. 
D. S. Gloss. C. 4 ; also Wicks, Wickthoorns, or Wickwood. 
Wickey. Pyrus Aucuparia, Gaertn. — Hal. (Wicky), Ches. Leigh’s 
Gloss. ; Derh. ; Sal. Shropsh. Word-book. 
Widbin. (1) Cornus sanguinea, L. — Bucks. 
(2) Lonicera Periclymenum, L. — A Scotch form of Woodbine. 
‘ The rawn-tree in [and] the tvidd-bin 
Hand the witches on cum in.’ 
Gregor’s Folk-lore of North-East of Scotland, p. 188. 
Widbin Pear-tree. Pyrus Aria, Sm. — Bucks. 
Widdy. Various species of Salix. Dev. {or Withy) ; Yks. (Mid.) 
E. D. S. Gloss. 0. 5, explained as a twig of the sucker kind, and 
including twigs of hazel. 
Widgeon Grass. Zostera marina, L. — Ireland (co. Dublin). 
Widow Wail. Fritillaria Meleagris, L. — Sal. By early writers the 
name was applied to Cneorum tricoccos, L. : ‘it is called in English 
Widoiu Wayle quia facit viduas.’ Ger. 1215. 
Widow Wisse. Genista tinctoria, L. — ‘Widow Wisse, y* is greening 
weed.’ Ger. Index. 
Wiffs. Withies {Salix sp.). Kent, Hal. 
Wiggin, or Wiggen Tree. Pyrus Aucuparia, Gaertn. — Cumh. Hal. ; 
Westm. Phyt. N. S. ii. 251 ; Yks. (Wakefield), (Hallamsh. Gloss, spelt 
Wigan) ; Wales, Miss Plues. 
Wiggle-waggles {Sicss.}, Wig- wag Wanton (S. Bucks), or Wiggle- 
waggle-wantons {Berks). Briza media, L. 
Will-fire (wild fire). (1) Ranunculus Flammula, L. — Mearnsh. ; 
Moray. 
{2) Caltha palustris, L. — Scotland (Mearnsh.), Jamieson. 
‘ The wild marsh marigold shines like fire.’ — Tennyson, May Queen. 
