WHISKY, (1) s. A sort of gig. (2) adj. Lecherous. WHISPERING-PUDDING, 8. A pudIding in which the plums are very close together. Northampt. WHISS, v. To whistle. WHIST, adj. Silent.

When all were whist, king Edward thus bespoke,

Hail Windsore where I some times tooke delight

To hawke and hunt, and backe the proudest horse.

Peele's Honor of the Garter, 1593. Keepe the whisht, and thou shalt heare it the sooner. Terence in English, 1641.

WHISTER, v. To whisper.
WHISTER-CLISTER, S.

West.

A blow.

WHISTER-POOP, 8. A back-handed blow.

WHISTER-SNIVET, s. A hard blow.
WHISTER-TWISTER, s. A severe
blow. West.
WHISTLE, 8. The throat.
WHISTLEJACKET, 8. Small beer.
Linc.

WHISTLER, 8. The green plover.
North.

WHISTNESS, 8. Silence.

Whistnesse had taken possession of the woods; stilnes made aboad in the fieldes, and darkenes domineered the zodiacke; no light.

Man in the Moone, 1609.

WHIT-AND-DUB, 8. Village music.

Berks.

WHITCHEFT, Ss. Cunning. North. WHITE, (1) v. To requite. North. (2) adj. (A.-S.) Specious. (3) v. To cut. North. WHITE-BACK, 8. The white poplar. Norf. Sometimes, birch. WHITE-BOTHEN, s. The large daisy. WHITE-BOY, 8. A term of endearment to a favorite.

I know, quoth I. I am his white boy, and will not be gulled.

Ford's 'Tis Pity, &c., i, 3. The Devill's White Boyes, or a Mixture of Malicious Malignants, with a Bottomlesse Sack-full of Knavery, Popery, Prelacy, &c. Title, 1644. WHITE-CROPS. s. Corn, the straw of which is white, in contradistinction to that of peas and beans. South.

WHITE-IT! interj. The deuce take it! North.

WHITE-FLAW, s. A whitlow. WHITE-FROST, 8. Hoar-frost. WHITE-GOLDES, s. The large daisy. WHITE-HEFT, S. Deception. WHITE-HERRING, 8. A fresh herring. East.

WHITE-HOUSE, s. A dairy. Wilts. WHITE-LIGHT, s. A candle. Linc. WHITE-LIVERED, adj. Cowardly. WHITE-MERCURY, S. Arsenic. Linc. WHITE-MOUTH, 8. A thrush. Wilts. WHITE-NEB, s. A rook. North. WHITE-POT, S. A dish formerly

much in favour in Devonshire. What doth in summer-time more cool, Than clouted cream or goosberry-fool? Next by our muse it might be muster'd The praises of cheese-cake and custard; Jack-pudding could not make us laugh, Had he not a custard to quaffe; Pan-cakes and fritters with the rest, And Devon-shire white-pots with the best. Poor Robin, 1693.

To make a white-pot. Take a pint and a half of cream, a quarter of a pound of sugar, a little rose-water, a few dates sliced, a few raisins of the sun, six or seven eggs, and a little large mace, a

sliced pippin, or lemon, cut sippet fashion for your dishes you bake in, and dip them in sack, or rose-water.

A True Gentlewoman's Delight, 1676. To make an excellent white-pot. Blanch half a pound of sweet-almonds, make them into a paste well beaten, put to it two quarts of milk, and boil them together; then add a spoonful and an half of rice flower; and when these are boil'd well, strain out the liquid part into two quarts of new-milk, stirring it; and add sugar to sweeten it as you please, and a little saffron strain'd into a quarter of a pint of white-wine, viz. the wine wherein it has been soaked, and with this beat up a dozen yolks of eggs, and bake it.

Way to get Wealth, 1714. WHITE-PUDDING, S. A sausage made of the entrails and liver. West.

WHITE-RICE, s. The white-beam. WHITE-WITCH, S. A beneficent witch.

WHITE-WALL, s. The spotted flycatcher. Northampt. See Wodewale.

WHITE-WING, S. The chaffinch. Northampt.

WRITE-WOOD, 8. The lime-tree. WHITHER, v. To whiz. North. WHITHER-AWAY, adv. To what place.

Abide, fellow, what is that, I pray thee? whither-away carries thou the childe. Terence in English, 1641.

WHITHERER, S. A strong man.

Porus, well whitled with nectar (for there was no wine in those daies), walking in Jupiter's garden, in a bowre met with Penia. Burton's Anat. Melan. WHITLING, 8. The bull-trout in its first year. North.

WHITNECK, S. The weasel. Cornw. WHITSTER, S. (1) A whitesmith. East.

(2) A bleacher of linen.

Carry it among the whitsters in Datchet mead, and there empty it in the muddy ditch, close by the Thames' side.

Shakesp., Merry W. W., iii, 3.

To midwives, chimney -sweepers, beadles, nurses,

To seampsters, laundresses, and gossips purses,

To drummers, draimen, pyrates, drawers, glovers,

To trumpets, whitsters, ratcatchers, and drovers,

To hang-men, side men, to churchwardens, cryers. Taylor's Workes, 1630.

WHIT-TAWER, s. (1) A tanner of white leather.

(2) A collar-maker. North. WHITTEN, S. The wayfaring tree. WHITTER, V. To lament. Linc. WHITTERICK, 8. (1) A young partridge. North. (2) A weasel. Linc.

WHITTERISH, adj. Faded, applied
to clothes. Northampt.
WHITTERY, adj. Sickly looking.
Norf.
WHITTLE, (1) s. A small clasp-

knife.

WHITTY-TREE, s. The mountain-

ash. West.

WHIT-WOOD, S. The lime-tree.
Worc.

WHIVER, v. To hover. West.
WHIVEL, v. To hover. Dorset.
WHIZ-BIRD, s. A bastard.
WHIZZEN, v. To whine. North.
WHIZZER, S. A falsehood. North.
WHIZZLE, v. To get slily. North.
WHOCKE, v. To tremble.
WHOLE-FOOTED, adj. Very heavy
footed; very intimate. Norf.
WHOLT, S. A mischievous fellow.
North.

WHOMMLE, V. To turn over.
WHOOK, v. To shake. Chesh.
WHOOP, v. To cry out.
WHOOP-HIDE, s. The game of hide
and seek.

WHOOPER, v. To shout. Dorset.
WHOOT, S. The note of the owl.

The starres stared upon me, beastes
looked wistly after me, battes flew
about mine eares, and the owle whooted
over mine head: no plow-men whistling
alongst the fallowes.

Man in the Moone, 1609.

WHOP, v. To put suddenly. North.
WHOPSTRAW, s. A country bump-
kin.
WHORECOP, s. A bastard.

What, where be these whorecops?
I promis you keepe a goodly coyle;
I serve the hogs, I seeke heenes nest,
moile and toyle!

Mariage of Witt and Wisdome, 1579.

WHORE'S-BIRD, s. A term of re-
proach.
WHORLE, v. To rumble.
WHORT, S. A small blackberry.
WHOSH, v. To quiet.

WHOTYEL, S. An iron for boring
holes. Lanc.

WHOWISKIN, S. A black drink-
ing pot.

WHOZZENED, part. p. Wrinkled.

De b.

WHREAK, v. To whine. Yorksh.
WHRINE, adj. Sour. North.

WHRIPE, v. To whine. North.
WHULE, v. To howl. Suff.
WHUNE, S. A few. Northumb.
WHUSSEL, & A whistle.
WHUTE, v. To whistle.

The fryer set his fist to his mouth,
And whuted whues three :
Half a hundred good band-dogs
Came running over the lee.
Robin Hood, ii, 64.

WHUZ, v. To turn rapidly, as a
top; to whuz round.
WHUTHER, V. To flutter. North.
WHY, S. A heifer. North. See Quy.
WHY-BIBBLE, s. A whinsey. Norf.
WI, (1) s. (A.-S.) A man.
(2) s. Sorrow.

(3) pret. With. East.

WIBBLE, S. The weevil. Northampt.
WIBLING'S-WITCH, S. The four of
clubs.

WIBKOW, S. The plantain. Chesh.
WICCHE, (1) 8. (A.-S.) A witch.
Wichene, witches.
(2) v. To bewitch.

WICH, (1) s. A salt-work. West.
(2) s. A small dairy-house. Essex.
(3) adj. Alive. North.
WICHDOME, S. Witchcraft.
WICH-ELM, S. The broad-leaved
elm.

WICK, S. (1) (4.-S.) A bay, or small
port. Yorksh.

(2) A corner. North.
WICKE, (1) adj. Wicked.
(2) s. Wickedness.
WICKEN-TREE,ash.

WICKY,

s. The mountain-

WICKER, v. To castrate a ram.
West.

WICKS, S. Couch-grass. Linc.
WICKET, S. Pudendum f. 15th cent.
WIDDERSFUL, adv. Striving ear-
nestly.
WIDDERSHINS, adv. From right to
left. A direction contrary to the
course of the sun.

WIDDEY, 8. A band of osier-rods.
WIDDLE, (1) v. To fret. North.
(2) s. A small pustule. East.

WIDRED, adj. Withered.
WIDUE, S. (4.-S.) A widow.
WIEGH, S. A wedge or lever.
WIERDE, S. (4.-S.) Fate; destiny.
WIEST, adj. Ugly. West.
WIF, S. (A.-S.) A woman.
WIFFLE, v. To be uncertain. East.
WIFFLER, S. A turncoat. Lanc.
WIFF, 8. A withy. Kent.
WIFHODE, S. Womanhood; the
condition of being a wife.
WIFLE, S. A sort of axe.
WIFLER, S. A huckster.
WIFLES, adj. (A.-S.) Unmarried.
WIFLY, adj. (A.-S.) Becoming a

wife.

WIFMAN, S. A female.

A wifman of so much my3th,
So wonder a whelwry3th,
Sey I nevere with sy3th,
Soth forto seyn.

Reliq. Antiq., ii, 8.

WIG, S. A small cake. Cotgr.
WIGGEN-EAR, s. An earwig. Leic.
WIGGER, adj. Strong. North.
WIGGIN, S. The mountain-ash.
Cumb.

WIGGLE, v. To stagger.
WIGGLE-WAGGLE, v. To wriggle.
East.

WIGHT, (1) 8. (4.-S.) A creature. (2) adj. (A.-S.) Active; courageous.

(3) s. A small space of time.
(4) s. A weight.
(5) adj. White.

Wyght ys wyght, zyf yt leyd to blake,
And soote ys swettere aftur bytternesse.
MS. Cantab., Ff. i, 6, f. 136.

(6) s. A witch. WIGHTNESSE, s. Power.

WIGHTY, adj. Strong. North.
WIKE, 8. (1) A week.
(2) A dwelling.

WIKES, S. (1) The corners of the mouth. North.

(2) Temporary marks. Yorksh. WIKKEDLOKEST,adj. Most wickedly. WIKNES, 8. Wickedness.

WICH, S. (1) Sediment of liquor.
(2) A strainer used in brewing.
Norf.

WILD-CAT, S. The polecat. Lanc.
WILDECOLES, s. Colewort.
WILDERNE, S. A wilderness.
WILDERNESS, s. Wildness.
WILD-FIRE, 8. (1) The erysipelas.
Greek fire.

In passing over swampy moorlands in Autumn, the wheels of carts, or the shoes of travellers, are often seen to glimmer as if beset with thousands of luminous sparkles, or even sheets of flame. This is occasioned by breaking in upon the decayed vegetable ingredients underneath the surface, which teem with phosphorescent matter visible only in the dark, and when thus excited. This phenomenon is called Wild-fire. WILDING, S. The crab-apple. WILD-MARE, S. (1) The nightmare. (2) See-saw.

WILD-HITCH,

WILD-MARE, 8. The spring-halt, WILD-HINCH, which causes a horse to catch up his leg suddenly, as though there were a hitch in it. Craven. WILDNESS, S. Cruelty. WILD-SAVAGER, 8. The plant

cockle.

WILD-SPINNAGE, S. Goosefoot. WILECOAT, S. A vest for a child. WILF, 8. A willow. North. WILGHE, S. (4.-S.) A willow. WILGIL, S. An hermaphrodite. Old Dict.

WILKY, 8. A frog, or toad. WILL, (1) s. Passion; desire. West. (2) s. A sea-gull. South.

person.

WILLERN, adj. Peevish.

WILLEY, S. (1) A child's nightgown. Cumb.

(2) A withy. North.

WILLOW, (1) s. The willow was a sign of sorrow.

Lady. 4. So that for his sake

I quitted all the rest.

Pen. And left them willowes?
Lady A. Every man of 'em.

Durfey, Fool turn'd Critick. (2) To wear the willow, to occupy the last place or seat. WILLY, (1) adj (4.-S.) Favorable. (2) s. A large wicker basket.

WILN. For willen, pl. of wille. WILNE, V. (4.-S.) To will; to wish. WILO, S. A willow.

WILOCAT, S. The polecat. Lanc. WILSOм, adj. (1) Wilful; doubtful. (2) (for wildsome.) Dreary. (3) Fat and indolent. East. WILT, (1) 8. A kind of sedge. East. (2) v. To wither. Var. d. WIM, v. To winnow. South. WIMBLE, (1) s. An auger. (2) v. To bore a hole. (3) adj. Nimble.

WIMBLE-BENT, s. A tall species of grass.

WIME, v. To go softly; to steal

secretly along. Linc. WIMEBLING, v. To linger. North. WIMMING-DUST, S. Chaff. Somers. WIMMON, S. sing. and pl. (A.-S.) A woman.

To lovien he begon
On wedded wimmon,
Therof he hevede wrong.
MS. Digby 86.

WIMOTE, S. The marshmallow.
WIMPLE, S. A or

WIMPLOT, } covering the echippet

shoulders.

He tells you, that on her head she hath a veil, and on her chine a wimplot, and at her feet a talbot; great ensigns of honour; but would fain have her to be a wife of Warren earl of Surrey.

Journey through England, 1724. WIM-SHEET, S. A cloth for winnowing corn. West.

WIM-WOм, adj. Circuitous. Leic. WIN, (1) 8. Wine.

4

(2) s. (A.-N.) A friend.
(3) s. Will. North.
(4) v. To dry hay. North.
(5) s. A vane.

(6) s. A cant term for a penny. WINAFLAT, part. p. On one side. North.

WINARD, 8. The redwing. Cornw.
WINCH, V. To wind up with a
windlass. Palsgr.
WINCHE, v. To kick.
WINCHESTER-GOOSE,

name

0902ON, } for a me

philitic bubo. 16th cent. WINCH-WELL, S. (1) A whirlpool. (2) A deep well. Glouc. WIND, (1) v. To wind up; to finish; to complete.

(2) s. A winch.

(3) v. To winnow. Devon. (4) v. To fallow land. (5) s. The dotterel. South. (6) v. To talk loud. North. WIND-BIBBER, s. A hawk. Kent. WINDE, v. (1) (A.-S.) To go. See Wende.

To the porter he gan seye,
Wynd in fellow, I the pray,
And thy lord than tylle.
Torrent of Portugal, p. 37.

(2) To bring in. WINDED, part. p. Dry, from having been exposed to the wind. Craven. WIND-EGG, S. An egg with a soft skin instead of a shell. WINDER, (1) s. A fan. North. (2)s. A woman who has the charge of a corpse before burial. Norf. (3) v. To winnow. North. WINDERS, S. Fragments. WINDEWE, v. To winnow.