The husbandman will teach us that if pease be sowen in the increase of the moone, they will never leave blooming, for which cause they are sowen only in the waine; and 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.

(2) Decayed or hollow pollards. East.

WOODSOAR, 8. Cuckoo-spittle. WOODSOWER, s. Wood-sorrel. WOODSPACK, S. The woodWOODSPRITE, pecker. East. WOODSPITE, S.

The woodpecker.

WOOLFIST, 8. A term of reproach.

Out, you sous'd gurnet, you woolfist! begone, I say, and bid the players despatch, and come away quickly.

Prol. to Wily Beg. Or. Dr., iii, p. 294. WOOL-GATHERING. "Dáre le cervella a ripedulare, to let ones witsgoe a wool-gathering." Florio. Tu fac, apud te ut sis. Let not your wits bee a wooll-gathering.

Terence in English. 1641.

WOOL-PACKS, 8. Light clouds.

(2) 8. A bundle of straw. Var. d. (3) v. To produce an abortive lamb. Norf.

(4) s. A wasp. Exm.

(5) s. A fan for corn. Linc. WOP-EYED, adj. Goggle-eyed. WOPNE, 8. Urine. Pr. P. WORBITTEN, adj. Pierced by the larvæ of beetles; said of growing timber. East.

WORCHE, v. To work.
WORD, (1) 8. The world.
(2) s. Talk; fame.
(3) v. To wrangle. East.
(4) s. A motto.

WORDING-HOOK, s. A dung-rake.

Chesh.
WORDLE, 8. The world.

A common form in English of the 14th cent.

For thourz thy crouche and passyon Thys wordle thou for-bougtest. William de Shoreham. Most glorius quene, reynyng yn hevene, Stere of the se, of alle this wordel lady. MS. Cantab., Ff. i, 6, f. 124.

WORDLES, adj. (A.-S.) Speechless. WORE, pret. t. pl. Were.

Tho stod Havelok als a lowe Aboven that ther inne wore. Havelok, 1700. WORGISH, adj. Ill tasted. Oxon. WORK, v. (1) To suppurate. West. (2) To banter.

WORKBRITTLE, adj. Inclined to work; industrious. Warw. WORKFOLKES' WINE, 8. Home made wine. " Workefolkes wine, or hand-labourers wine; housholde wine." Nomencl. WORK-WISE, adv. Workmanlike. Norf.

WORLD, 8. A great quantity. WORLDES, adv. (4.-S.) Worldly. WORM, 8. (1) (4.-S.) A serpent;

any venomous vermin.

For underneath this bed of sage
The fellow that did dig,

Turnde up a toade, a loathsome sight,

A worme exceeding big.

The husbandman will teach us that if pease be sowen in the increase of the moone, they will never leave blooming, for which cause they are sowen only in the waine; and 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.

(2) Decayed or hollow pollards. East.

WOODSOAR, S. Cuckoo-spittle. WOODSOWER, s. Wood-sorrel. WOODSPACK, S. The wood

WOODSPRITE, WOODSPITE, S.

Leic.

pecker. East.

The woodpecker.

WOOL-DRAWERS, S. A class of thieves.

WOOLFIST, S. A term of reproach.

Out, you sous'd gurnet, you woolfist! begone, I say, and bid the players despatch, and come away quickly.

Prol. to Wily Beg. Or. Dr., iii, p. 294. WOOL-GATHERING. "Dáre le cervella a ripedulare, to let ones witsgoe a wool-gathering." Florio. Tu fac, apud te ut sis. Let not your wits bee a wooll-gathering.

Terence in English. 1641.

WOOL-PACKS, S. Light clouds.

(2) s. A bundle of straw. Var. d. (3) v. To produce an abortive lamb. Norf.

(4) s. A wasp. Exm.

(5) s. A fan for corn. Linc. WOP-EYED, adj. Goggle-eyed. WOPNE, S. Urine. Pr. P. WORBITTEN, adj. Pierced by the larvæ of beetles; said of growing timber. East.

WORCHE, v. To work.
WORD, (1) 8. The world.
(2) s. Talk; fame.
(3) v. To wrangle. East.
(4) s. A motto.

WORDING-HOOK, s. A dung-rake.
Chesh,

WORDLE, S. The world. A common form in English of the 14th cent.

For thour; thy crouche and passyon Thys wordle thou for-bouztest. William de Shoreham. Most glorius quene, reynyng yn hevene, Stere of the se, of alle this wordel lady. MS. Cantab., Ff. i, 6, f. 124.

WORDLES, adj. (A.-S.) Speechless.
WORE, pret. t. pl. Were.

Tho stod Havelok als a lowe
Aboven that ther inne wore.
Havelok, 1700,

WORGISH, adj. Ill tasted. Oxon.
WORK, v. (1) To suppurate. West.
(2) To banter.
WORKBRITTLE, adj. Inclined to
work; industrious. Warw.
WORKFOLKES' WINE, S. Home
made wine. "Workefolkes wine,
or hand-labourers wine; hous-
holde wine." Nomencl.
WORK-WISE, adv. Workmanlike.
Norf.

WORLD, S. A great quantity. WORLDES, adv. (A.-S.) Worldly. WORM, S. (1) (4.-S.) A serpent;

any venomous vermin.

For underneath this bed of sage
The fellow that did dig,

Turnde up a toade, a loathsome sight,
A worme exceeding big.

The toade was of a monstrous growth; Then every man could tell And judge the cause of that mishap Which both those friends befell.

Then could they say, the venomd worme Had belchd his poyson out.

Turberville's Tragicall Tales, 1587. (2) A corkscrew. Kent. (3) A poor wretch. WORMLING, 8. A small worm. WORM-PUTS, 8. Worm hillocks, East.

WORM-STALL, s. Dirt thrown up by worms. Leic.

WORNIL, S. The larva of the gadfly which breed under the skin of cattle.

WOROWE, v. To choke. WORRA, S. A small nut or pinion, with grooves and a hole in the centre, through which the end of a round stick may be thrust, attached to a spinning - wheel.

Somers.

WORRE, adj. (4.-S.) Worse.
WORRY, v. To choke. North.
WORSE, v. To grow worse.

WORSLE, v. (1) To wrestle. North.
(2) To recover.
WORSTOW. Wert thou.

WORT, S. A vegetable; especially a cabbage.

WORTESTOCK, 8. Colewort. WORTHE, (1) v. (4.-S.) To be; to become.

(2) 8. The subjunctive mood,
pret. t., and future of the verb.

"Neltou," quod the wolf, "thin ore,
Ich am afingret swithe sore;
Ich wot to-nigt ich worthe ded,
Bote thou do me soume reed."

Reliq. Antiq., ii, 276.

Thus he worthe on a stede;
In hys wey Cryst hyme sped!
Torrent of Portugal, p. 36.

(3) adj. Wroth.

(4) 8. A nook of land. WORTHLIEST,

WORTHLOKST,

adj. Most worthy.

Were love also londdrei as he is furst kene,
Hit were the worthlokste thing in werde
were, ich wene.
MS. Digby 86.

WOTHE, S. (1) Harm; wrong.

(2) (4.-S.) Eloquence. Wou, (1) s. Harm; error.

He loveth me and ich him wel,
Oure love is also trewe as stel,

Withhouten wou. MS. Digby, 86.

(2) 8. Weak liquor. North.
(3) adv. How.

WOUGH, S. A wall. Lanc.

WOUK, v. To yelp. Northampt.
WOULDER, 8. A bandage. East.
WOULTERED, part. p.
See Welter.

Fatigued,

(2) The shaft of a cart. Craven. WRAKE, s. Destruction; ruin. WRALL, v. To wawl.

WRAMP, 8. A sprain. Cumb.

WRANGDOME, s. Wrong.

WRANGLANDS, 8.

Low stumpy

trees growing on mountainous grounds. North. WRANGOUSLY, adv. Wrongfully. North.

WRANKLE, v. To fester, causing painful inflammation.

WRAP, v. (1) To wrap up, to compromise.

An with such good terms and promises we wrapped up the matter with good contentment.

Bowes Correspondence, 1582. (2) Wrapped up with, pleased with.

WRASK, adj. Brisk; bold.

WRASLY, v. To wrestle. Somerset. WRAST, (1) adj. Stern; loud.

Gawayne.

(2) s. A musical instrument like a cittern.

(3) s. A shrew. North. WRASTLE, v. (1) To parch, or dry up. East.

(2) To spread out in roots. Glouc. (3) To wrestle. WRASTLING-POLE, 8. A pole to spread fire about the oven, or to beat walnuts from the trees. Norf.

WRAT, S. A wart. North.

WRATCH, v. To stretch. Suss.

WRATH, S. Severe weather.

WRATHE, v. (4.-S.) To anger; to

become angry.

WRAW, adj. Peevish.
WRAWEN, v. To shout.

WRAWL, v. To quarrel; to brawl.
WRAX, v. To stretch the body in
yawning. North.
WRAXEN, part. p. Grown out of
order; straggling. Kent.
WRAXLE, v. To wrestle. Dev.
WRAYE, v. To betray; to discover.
The worke wrayes the man, seeme he
never so fine. Mirr. Mag., p. 82.

WRAYWARD, adj. Peevish.
WREAK, (1) 8. Revenge.

(2) s. A cough. Westm. (3) v. To be angry. North. WREASEL, S. The weasel. North. WREATH, S. (1) A cresset-light. (2) The swelling caused by a blow. North.

WRECCHE, v. To reck, or care. WRECHE, S. (1) Wrath; anger. (2) (4.-S.) Revenge.

WRECK, S. (1) Dead roots and stalks. Norf.

(2) Abundance. North. WRED, S. Rubbish. Northumb. WREE, v. To insinuate something to the disadvantage of another. North.

WREEDEN, adj. Peevish. Cumb.
WREEST, S. A moveable piece of
timber on the side of a plough.
Kent.

WREZE, part. p. Covered.
WREINT, adv. Awry.

WREKE, 8. Sea-weed. Nominale
MS.

WREKIN-DOVE, s. The turtledove. WRENCHE, Ss. (4.-S.) A strataWRENKE, gem; fraud. WRENOCK,

s. The smallest of WRETCHOCK, a brood of fowls. WREST, S. A twist.

WRET, S. A wart. Norf.
WRETE, part. p. Written.
WRETHE, v. (1) (4.-S.) To twist.
(2) To injure.

Men and wemen dwellyd he among,
zyt wrethyd he never non with wrong,
That was hys owne honowre.

MS. Cantab., Ff. ii, 38, f. 75.

WRETTE, S. The teat of the breast. WRICK, 8. A sprain. Berksh. WRICKEN, adj. Miserable. Linc. WRIDE, v. To spread. West. WRIE, v. (1) To discover; to betray.

(2) (4.-S.) To cover. WRIGGLE, (1) s. A small winding

hole.

(2) v. To twist.