WINDLE, S. (1) The straw of wild
grass. North.

(2) A basket. Lanc.
(3) A bushel. North.
(4) The redwing. West.
(5) Drifting snow. Linc.
WINDLES, 8. Blades on which to
wind yarn. North.
WINDLESTREE, s. (4.-S.) Crested
dog's-tail grass. North.
WINDOVER, S. The kestrel. Ray.
WINDOW-CLOTHE. See Wim-sheet.
WINDOWE, 0. To dwindle; to di-
minish.

The x. wyffe began her tale,
And seyd, I have one of the smale,
Was wyndowed away.

Porkington MS.
WINDOW-PEEPER, 8. A surveyor of
taxes.

WINDROW, S. Corn or hay, set up

so as to protect it against the
wind.

WIND-SHACKS, s. Cracks in wood

caused by the wind. Craven.
WINDSHAKEN, adj. Weakly. South.
WINDSPILL, 8. A kind of grey-

hound.

WINGERY, adj. Oozing. Cornw.
WINGLE, v. To heckle hemp.
WINGY, adj. Having the character
of wings.

And with choice cheere, in golden dishes
dine,

And thus two dayes at least we there did
spend,

Now faire southwindes our wingy sails did
tend.
Virgil, by Vicars, 1632.

WINK, S. (1) A periwinkle.
(2) A winch. West.

WINK-A-PIPES, s. A term of con-
WINK-A-PUSS, f tempt.

WINKERS, S. Eyes.

WINKLE, adj. Feeble. Yorksh.
WINLY, (1) adj. (A.-S.) Pleasant;
joyful.

(2) adv. Quietly. North.
WINNA. Will not. North.
WINNE, (1) v. (A.-S.) To go.
(2) v. (A.-S.) To gain; to reach.
(3) s. (4.-S.) Joy.

(4) s. Furze. MS. Nominale.
(5) v. To carve.

(6) v. To work. North.
WINNICK, (1) v. To fret. East.
(2) s. A suppressed cry. Essex.
WINNOL-WEATHER, 8. The stormy
weather common in the begin-
ning of March, so called from
St. Winwaloe, a British saint,
whose anniversary falls on the
third of that month. Norf.
WINNY, v. (1) To dry up. Linc.
(2) To be frightened. Cumb.
(3) To neigh. West.
WINSOME, adj. (A.-S.) Gay.
WINT, (1) pret. t. Dwindled away.
Uuorldes blisse ne last non throwe,
Hit wint and went awei anon;
The lengore that hic hit i-cnowe,
The lasse ich finde pris theron.
MS. Digby 86, f. 163.

(2) v. To harrow twice over.
WINTER, 8. An implement hung
on a grate to warm anything.
WINTER-CRACK, 8. A sort of bul-
lace.

WINTER-CRICKET, s. A tailor.

WINTER-HEDGE, 8. A clothes

horse. WINTERIDGE, 8. Fodder for cattle in winter.

WINTER-RIG, v. To fallow land in winter. Var. d. WINTER-STERVED, adj. Perished by winter.

Stella hath refused me,

Astrophell, that so well served,
In this pleasant spring must see,
While in pride flowers be preserved,
Himselfe only winter-sterved.

England's Helicon, 1614.

WINTLE-END, 8. The end of a shoe-
maker's thread. Wight.
WINTLING, adj. Small. "The weeds
are so wintling." Warwicksh.
WIN-TRE, 8. The vine.
WINWE, 8. (4.-S.) Winnowing.
WINY-PINY, adj. Fretful.
WIPE, (1) 8. The lapwing.
(2) 8. A rebuke.

And at his departure from the council
table (where he humbly acknowledged
his majesties mercy, and their lordships
justice) the Lord Treasurer gave him a
wipe, for suffering his coachman to ride
bare before him in the streets; which
fault he strove to cover, by telling his
lordship, his coachman did it for his
own ease.-Wilson's James I, 1653.
(3) v. To strike. East.

(4) To wipe one's nose, to cheat. To wipe one's eye, to kill a bird a fellow-sportsman has missed. WIPER, 8. A towel. In slang, a pocket-handkerchief.

WIPES, 8.

Fence of brushwood.

Devon. WIPPET, 8. A little child. East. WIRDLE, V. To work slowly. North. WIRE-DRAW, v. To lead by the

nose.

WIRE-THORN, 8. The yew. North. WIRKE, v. To work; to do; to make.

WIRRANGLE, 8. The great butcher-
bird. Peak of Derby.
WIRSLE, v. To exchange. North.
WIRSOM, 8. Foul pus. Yornsh.
WIRSTE, S. The wrist.

WIRTCH, v. To ache. North. See Werke.

WIRT-SPRINGS, я. Hangnails. Linc. WIRWIVVLE, \ 8. (A.-S., wir, myrWYWIVVLE, tle, and wifel, an adder.) The hippophae rhamnoides, or sea-buckthorn. WISE, (1) 8. (A.-S.) Manner. (2) v. To show; to let off. (3) s. A stalk. Lanc. WISE-MAN, 8. A magician. WISE-MORE, 8. A wiseacre. Dev. WISENE, v. To shrivel.

WISHE, pret. t. of wasche. Washed. WISHFUL, adj. Anxious. North. WISHINET, 8. A pincushion. North. WISHLY, adv. Earnestly. Norf.

I saw you look wishly on me. Ravenscroft, Careless Lovers, 1673. WISHNESS, adj. Melancholy. Dev. WISHY-WASHY, adj. Weak; sickly. WISK, v. To move rapidly. WISKERS, S. Striplings.

And when yoong wiskers, fit for worke, In no good sort will spend the day, But be prophane, more then a Turke, Intending nought but to be gay.

Gosson's Pleasant Quippes, 1596.

WISLOKER, adj. (A.-S.)

certain.

More

WISLY, adv. (A.-S.) Truly.
WISOMES, S. Tops of turnips, &c.
WISP, (1) 8. A seton.

(2) s. A stye in the eye. West.
(3) s. A disease in bullocks'
hoofs. South.

(4) v. To rumple. East.
(5) s. A flock of snipes.
WISSE, (1) v. (A.-S.) To teach.
(2) v. To suppose.

(3) adv. (A.-S.) Certainly. WISSERE, 8. A teacher. WIST, pret. t. (A.-S.) Knew. WISTER, S. A view. East. WISTEY, S. A spacious place. Lanc. WISTLY, adv. Earnestly. WIT, S. (1) Sense.

(2) Yellow henbane. WITALDRY, S. Folly.

WITANDLY, adj. (A.-S.) Knowingly.

(2) (A.-S.) To reproach; to twit.
Syr, seyde Syr Marrok, wyte not me,
For grete moone sche made for the,
As sche had lovyd no moo.

MS. Cantab., Ff. ii, 38, f. 72.

To depart; to go out. (4) (A.-S.) To keep; to hinder. WITEWORD, 8. (A.-S.) A covenant. WITH, (1) 8. A twig, especially of willow. Var.d.

Nor weart thou Phoebus chast although thou wor'st a willow withe.

Warner's Albions England, 1592.

·(2) prep. (A.-S.) By. WITHALL, prep. With. WITHDRAWT, 8. A chest of drawers. WITHEN-KIBBLE, s. A stout willow stick. Var. d.

WITHINFORTH, adj. Internally.

For only contrycyon wythinforth may suffyce in suche a case.

Caxt., Art of Dying Well, fol. A. iii. recto. WITHOUTFORTH, adj. Externally. WITHNAY, v. To deny; to resist. WITHOLDE, V. (A.-S.) To restrain. WITHOUTEN, prep. Without. WITHSAVE, v. To vouchsafe. Barclay, 1570.

WITHSAYE, V. To deny.
WITHSITTE, v. To withstand.
WITH-SKAPE, v. To escape.
WITH-TAKE, v. To withdraw.
WITHTHER-HOOKED, part.p.(A.-S.)

Barbed.

This dragoun hadde a long taile.
That was withther-hooked saun faile.
Arthour and Merlin, p. 210.

WITH-THI, conj. On condition
that.
WITHWIND, s. Wild convolvulus.
WITHY, S. A willow. Var. d.
WITHY-CRAGGED, adj. Said of a
horse whose neck is loose and
pliant. North.

WITINGE, 8. Knowledge. North. WITLETHER, 8. A tough tendon in sheep.

WITNE, v. To blame; to rebuke.
Least worthily I moughten witned bee,
I welcome him with shepherds country
glee.
Peele's Eglogue, 1589.
WITNESFULLY, adv. Evidently.
WITNESS, S. A godmother.
WITS, FITS, AND FANCIES. A pro-
verbial phrase, applied in various

WITTE, v. To bequeath.
WITTENLY, adv. Knowingly. Cumb.
WITTER, (1) v. To fret. North.
(2) v. To be informed.
(3) s. A mark.

WITTERING, (1) s. A hint. North.
(2) adj. Tedious. Leic.
WITTERLY, adv. Truly.
WITTERS, S. Fragments. Oxfd.
WITTOL, 8. A patient cuckold.
WITTY, (1) adj. (4.-S.) Wise.

(2) s. Mountain ash. Shropsh. WITY, adj. In fault.

WIVEL-MINDED, adj. Fickle; capricious. Berksh.

WIVERE, S. (A.-S.) A serpent.
WIVVER, v. To quiver. Kent.
WIZDE, part. p. Informed.

They flocke in plumps this pilgrim faire

to rew,

And to be wizde what cause her thither drew. Godfrey of Bulloigne, 1594.

WIZLES, 8. Tops of vegetables.
WIZZEN, v. To wither, or shrivel.
WIZZLE, v. To obtain slily.
Wizzle-pated, adj. Thoughtless;
giddy. Northampt.
WLAPPE, v. To wrap up.
WLATFER, S. One who speaks in-
distinctly. Ayenb. of Inwit.
WLATFUL, adj. (A.-S.) Disgusting;
revolting.

WLATINGE, S. Loathing.
WLATSOME, adj. Loathsome.
WLONKE, (1) adj. Fair.

(2) s. A fair or handsome person. (3) s. Splendour; wealth. Wo, (1) adj. Sorrowful.

(2) s. A check. Var. d. WOAL, v. "A word used by seamen for fastning or tying their boates." The Newe Metamorphosis, 1600, MS. marg. note. WOAVE, v. To turn over. "Put WAAVE, the apples on the floor and woave a pan, or a dish, or a tub over them." Shropsh. WOBBLE, V. To reel about. Var. d.

WOBBLE-JADE, adj. Rickety. South. WOBLET, S. The handle of a hayknife.

Wock, 8. An oak. West.

Wocks, 8. The clubs in cards, which resemble oak leaves. Somers. WOCNES, 8. Moisture. Ayenb. of Inwit.

WOD, S. An ox.

WODAKE, 8. The woodpecker. WODE, (1) adj. (A.-S.) Mad. (2) s. A wood.

(3) pret. t. (for yode.) Went. WODEHED, 8. (4.-S.) Madness. WODEWALE, S. (A.-S.) The golden oriole, a species of thrush, oriolus galbula.

WODEWE, S. (4.-S.) A widow. WODEWHISTEL, S. Hemlock. WODGE, S. A lump, or quantity. Warw.

WOD-LOD, 8. A customary payWOD-LED, ment from one parish to another for intercommoning. WOD-SONGS, s. Woodmen's songs. WODWOS, 8. Wild men; monsters. Gaw.

WOEP, 8. (4.-S.) Sorrow. See Wop.

Al the blisse of thisse live

Thou shalt, mon, henden in woep;
Of house, of hom, of child, of wive,
Seli mon, tak therof koep.

MS. Digby, 86.

WOESTART. An interjection of condolence. Linc.

WOFARE, 8. (4.-S.) Sorrow. WOGGIN, 8. A narrow passage be

tween two houses. Yorksh. Probably from woghe, a wall. WOGHE, (1) 8. (A.-S.) A wall. (2) s. (A.-S.) Wrong; harm. (3) adj. Bent.

WOKE, v. To throb with pain.
WOKEN, v. To suffocate. North.
WOKEY, adj. Sappy. Durh.
WOLBODE, 8. The millepedes.
WOLD, pret. t. Would.
WOLDE, 8. A wood.

WOLDER, v. To roll up. East.

WOLF, S. (1) A bit for a restive horse.

(2) A sort of fishing-net.
(3) A disease in the legs.

(4) A fence across a ditch, to pre-
vent cattle passing into another
field. East.

(5) A brick archway for water to pass through. In the court rolls of Romford manor are presentments for repairing wolven. Essex. WOLF-HEAD, 8. (A.-S.) An outlaw. WOLSTED, 8. Worsted. WOLWARDE, adv. Without linen

next the body. "To go wolwarde," was a common penance. WOMBE-CLOUTES, 8. (A.-S.) Tripes. WOMB-PIPE, S. The entrance of the vagina.

WOMMEL, 8. An auger. North.
WON. Will. Somerset.

WONDE, (1) v. (A.-S.) To refrain;
to desist through fear.
(2) pret. t. Dwelt.

(3) pret. t. Went.

He smote the dore with hys honde,
That opyn hyt wonde.

MS. Cantab., Ff. ii, 38, f. 117.

WONDER, (1) adj. Wonderful.
And that they repentyd hem wonder sore
That ever they maden azeyn hurr bate
or stryff. Chron. Vilodun, p.

83.

Off kyng Arthour a wonder case,
Frendes, herkyns how it was.
MS. Ashmole, 61, f. 60.

(2) s. The afternoon. Staff. WONDERLY, adv. Wonderfully. WONDERS, adv. Exceedingly. "Than was Kynge Herode wonders wroth." Fest., fol. lxxv, verso. "A wonders ryche man." Fol. x,

verso.

WONE, (1) v. (A.-S.) To dwell.
(2) 8. A dwelling.

The frontys thei wer amelyd all
With all maner dyverse amell:
Therein he saw wyde wonys,
And ali wer full of presyos stonys.
MS. Ashmole, 61, xv cent.

(3) 8. (4.-S.) Manner; custom.

(4) s. Quantity; plenty; a heap.

Yea, my lorde life and deare,
Rosted fishe and honnye in feare,
Theirof we have good wonne.

WONED, }

WONET,

Chester Plays, ii, 109.

adv. Accustomed; wont.

WONG, S. (1) (4.-S.) The cheek. See Wang.

(2) Low land. Linc. (3) A meadow; a grove. WONIEN, v. (4.-S.) To dwell. WONING, 8. A dwelling. WONMIL-CHEESE. See Bang. WONNE, part. p. Accustomed. WONT, (1) s. A mole.

(2) v. To yoke animals. Oxfd. WONTED, part. p. Turned, as milk. Cumb.

WONT-HEAVE, s. A mole-hill.
WONT-SNAP, s. A mole-trap.
WOOD, (1) adj. Mad; wild.
(2) s. A quantity.
WOODCOCK, S. A silly fellow.
WOODDLE, v. To muffle. Northampt.
WOODEN, adj. Mad.

WOODENLY, adv. Awkwardly. Yorks.
WOODHACK, 8. The woodpecker.
WOODHEDE, 8. (A.-S.) Madness.
WOODLICH, adv. Madly.

WOODMAN, 8. (1) A forester; a hunter.

(2) A wencher.

(3) A carpenter. Derb.

WOODMAN'S-BEARD, 8. Marestail. WOOD-MARCH, s. Sanicle. Ger. WOOD-MARE, S. (4.-S.) The echo. WOODNEP, 8. The plant Ameos. Gerard. WOOD-NOGGIN, s. A half-timbered house. Kent. WOODNESS, 8. Madness. WOODPECKER, 8. "A broker who staked at the gaming-tables at ordinaries articles against an exorbitant value in money." Dekker's Lanthorne and Candle-light, 1620. WOOD-SERE, S. (1) The season of felling wood.