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Wide, wide off the butt, or mark, in archery; Withers, the elevated part of the horse's neck

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preposterously, remotely from the present business. MA. 4, 1.

to Wield, to handle, manage, brandish. KL. 1, 1. KJ. 1, 1.

Wight, person, creature. O. 2, 1. TC. 4, 2. MW. 1. 8. LL. 1, 1. He. 2, 1. From the germ. icht, somewhat.

Wild, My father is gone wild into his grave ald. 5, 2. my wildness is buried with him. cf. Hh. 2, 1. To turn wild, to distract. TA. 5, 1. where Warburton against the hair corrects mild.

Wilderness, wildness. MM. 3, 1.

to Will, to make will, to command, order.
alf. 1, 2.
Will you,
nill g
TS. 2, 1.
Wiles, wickedness, malice, cunning. TC. 1, 2.
Horne Tooke Div. of P. II, 324. derives it from
the sax. wiglian, and explains that by which
one is deceived, beguiled. S. guileful.
to Wimple, to veil, or hoodwink. LL. 3, 1.
Fr. guimple, middlelat. guimpa, from the gr.
peplon. Douce's Ill. of Sh. 1, 222.

you, whether you will, or not.

to Wince, to kick, jerk. KJ. 4, 1. H. 3, 2. Winchester goose, a swelling produced by a disease contracted in the stews. Hence in derision and scorn. alif. 1, 3. TC. 5, 11. Douce's Ill. of Sh. II, 65.

Wincot, or Wilnecote, a village in Warwickshire near Stratford, with an inn kept by Maria Hacket TS. ind. 2.

Wind, to have in the, to know the scent. AW'. 3, 6.

to Wind into, to spy the wind. KL. 1, 2. Winds corrupted for minds. AC. 1, 2. Windlace, windlass, a machine for winding up great weights; art, contrivance, subtleties. H. 2, 1.

to Wink, to close the eye and open again for slumbering, to slumber. Cy. 2, 4; to wink at, to connive, indulge. He. 2, 2. TA. 3, 1. Germ.

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to Wis, to know, suppose, think. MV. 2, 9. S. to weet, wot. Gifford's Ben Jons. I, 108. Wisp, small twist of straw or hay, as a mark of opprobrium to an immodest woman, a scold. cHf. 2, 2.

Wistly, staringly, steadfastly, earnestly, with eager attention, wistfully. Rb. 5, 4. VA. 53. Wit whither wilt thou, a sort of proverbial expression to hint a want of command over the fancy, or inventive faculty. AL. 4, 1. The phrase to keep warm one's wit, (Hawkins Orig. I, 142.) is a common one, as wit to keep one's self warm MA. 1, 1. Five wits TN. 4, 2. KL. 3, 4. S. 141. are common wit, imagination, fancy, estimation, memory.

betwixt the mane and shoulder. aHd. 2, 1. H. 3, 2. Germ. Widerrist, from to rise, germ. reisen, to go upwards.

St. Withold, opponent and protector against the assaults of the Incubus, or night mare. KL. 3, 4. Drake's Sh. I, 347.

Wittol, a tame cuckold, knowing himself to be so. MW. 2, 2. From to wit, wot, weet, to know.

Wittoly, having the qualities of a wittol. MW. 2, 2.

Wizard, a wise person; a male who used the arts of witchcraft. bHf. 1, 4. Rc. 1, 1. From the german wissen.

Woe, woeful, sorry. T. 5, 1. S. 71.
Woebegone, defeated by woe, deeply involved
in woe. bHd. 1, 1.

Wold, plain, or open country, without wood.
KL. 3, 4. Anciently old, ould, kin as it seems
to the lat. solum.
Wolvish. S. tongue.

to Woman, to unite to a woman. O. 3, 4; to
act the part of a woman, to affect suddenly
and deeply, as a woman. AW. 3, 1.
Womantired, pecked by a woman, henpecked.
WT. 2, 3. S. to tire.

Wont, custom, usage. H. 1, 4. bHf. 3, 1.
wonder ten days, wonder over wonder, ex-
cessive wonder. Cy. 1, 7. because the proverb
says: a wonder lasts but nine days.
Hood, wode, wild, mad, crazy,

frantic. MD.
5, 1. 2, 3. aHf. 4, 7. TG. 2, S. where would
of the folios is nonsense. Sax. wod, ind. wodan,
furor, germ. Wuth, kin to the gr. aithein, to
burn, lowgerm. boiten, heizen, by an original
word as, et, esch, meaning fire.
Woodbine, wild honeysuckle; bindweed, con-
volvulvus. MD. 4, 1. Perhaps woodbine for
bindweed is one of the innumerable errata risen
by a negligent and thoughtless copier, sparing
the trouble of turning a word, he had begun
by the end.

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Woolward, dressed in wool only, without
linen. Imposed in penance, or token of hu-
miliation. LL. 5, 2.

to Word, to indite by words, to praise. Cy. 1,5.
Word, motto. P. 2, 2.
Work, embroidery. O. 3. 3.

World, a wonder, wonderful, matter of ad-
miration. TS. 2, 1.

Worm, serpent. MM. 3, 1. Gifford's Ben Jons.
II 391. It was believed to cause death without
pain. AC. 5, 2; poor creature TS, 5, 2.
to Worry, to touze. He. 1, 2.; tear in pieces,
KJ. 4, 1. Rc. 4, 4; to choke. WT. 5, 2. He.
2, 2. Kin to the germ. worgen, würgen, kin
to gurges, Gurgel, gr. gargarizein, fr. gorge.
Worse, to be the, to faint, languish. bid.
2, 4.

Worser, irregular comparative. T. 4, 1.
Worship, reverence, respect, dignity, authority,
preeminence. aHd. 3, 2. WT. 1, 2; adoration,
religious service. KJ. 4, S. Sax. weorthscype,
as it were worthship.

Worshipful, claiming respect, reverend, re-Wrist, the jointure of hand, the hand. KJ. spectable, high noble. KJ. 1, 1. 4, 2. Cy. 5, 4. H. 2, 1.

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Worsted stocking, woolen yarn stockings, to Write, to qualify one's self. bHd. 1, 2.
so called from Worsted in Norfolk, where Writhled, wrinkled., aHf. 2, 3.
there were many woolmanufactures; a sign of
poverty. KL. 2, 2. as silken stockings brought
into England in the second year of Elizabeth,
1560, soon became very common and were
worn even by persons worth only fourty pound.
Worthies, the nine, famous personages class-
ed together arbitrarily, consisting of three
gentiles: Hector, Alexander the Great, Julius to
Caesar; three Jews: Joshua, David, Judas
Maccabaeus; and three Christians: Arthur,
Charlemagne, Godfrey of Bullen. They were
subjects of Christmass entertainments. LL.5, 1.
ьна. 2, 4.

Wroth, wrath, auger, indignation.
commentators explain misfortune. MV. 2, 9.
Kin to the icel. reidr, angry, sued. wred, gr.
erethō, erethizō, erizō, eridō, eris, lat. rixa,
Sax. wridan, torquere, kin to wrath, wreath,
wh. s., wrangle, wh. s., raddle, riddle, wrong,
wry. Horne Tooke Div. of P. II, 256.
Wry, to swerve, go obliquely, to stumble.
Cy. 5, 1. Kin to the precedent, and signifying
therefore to distort, put awry, to turn to.

to Wot, to know. Rb. 2, 2. 2, 1. 2, 3. cHf.
4, 7. Co. 4, 5. TɅn. 2, 1. WT. 3, 2. TG. 4, 4.
S. to weet.

Wounds of a murdered person were supposed to bleed afresh at the approach or touch of the murderer. Rc. 1, 2.

to Wrangle, to brawl, scold, quarrel. aHf.
2, 4. JC. 4, 2. T. 5, 1. MIV. 7, 1. LL. 4, 1.
AC. 2, 2. 1, 1. 0. 3, 4. Kin to wrong, germ.
ringen, renken, anciently wringen, wrungen,
engl. wry.

Wrangler, brawler, scolder. TC. 2, 2.
to Wrap, to involve totally, to cover, veil.
KL. 4, 3. H.5, 2. T. 1, 2. clif. 1, 4. TAn. 4, 2.
Kin to the germ. werben, and raffen, greifen.
to Wreak, to revenge. RJ. 3, 5. Sax. wraecan,
wreccean, goth. wrikan, icel. reka, persequi,
affligere, punire, laedere, perdere, kin to
wretch, rack. Horne Tooke Div. of P. II, 322.

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germ. Racke. In lege Sal, wargus for expulsus.

extorris.

Wreak, vengeance. Co. 4, 5. TAn. 4, 3.; fit of passion. ib. 4, 4.

Y.

Y is syllable prefixed to participles, corresponding to the german ge, as yclad for clad, dressed, trimmed, apparell'd. bif. 1, 1. eleped, called. LL. 1, 1. 5, 2. So ymade, yspread, ydone, yfalle, ygadered, yben, yborn, ybrought, ybroken, etc.

Yard the timber cross the mast of a ship, on which the sails hang. T. 1, 2.; an area in the stage, where the common people stood to see the exhibition. Malone's hist. acc. of the engl. stage p. 50. Horne Tooke Div. of P. II, 194.

Yare, ready, nimble, quick, active. AC. 3, 7. 5, 2. T. I. MM. 4, 2. From the sax. gyrran, to prepare. Horne Tooke Div. of P. II, 195. Kin to the germ. gern, gieren, begehren, sax. geornian, engl. yearn, scott. yharn, yore,

yarne, yerne.

Yarely, quickly, neatly, readily, skilfully.

AC. 2, 2.

Yea forsooth knave, a knave, that always Wreakful, revengeful, wrathful. TA. 4, 3. to Yean, to ean, lamb, ewe, to bring forth says yea, forsooth, supple, pliant. bHd. 1, 2.

TɅn. 5, 2.

Wreakless, reckless, retchless. cHf. 5, 6.
Wreath, garland, crown. JC. 5, 8. KL. 2, 2.
Kin to the gr. krissos, germ. kraus, again,
to kirkos, krikos, Kreis, lat. gyrus, gr.

gyrus.

to Wreck, wrack, to destroy by dashing on rocks, or sands. Hle. 4, 1; to ruin. H. 2, 1. Kin to the gr. rhessein, rhēkein, germ. brechen, engl. break, wrest.

Wren, motacilla troglodytes. MD. 3, 1. M.4, 1. bHf. 3, 2. Rc. 1, 8. KL. 4, 6. It is called wren of nine, viz eggs TN. 3, 2. because it lays ten, or nine eggs at once, and the last hatched of all birds are usually the smallest

and weakest of the whole brood.
to Wrench, to sprain, draw. Co. 1, 3.; distort
bHd. 2, 1. where it is used like to wrest, wh. s.
Kin to wringle, wrangle, (wh. s.) ringen.
Wrench, shift, colour, subterfuge. TÄ. 1, 2.
to Wrest, to wreath, wrap, twist, turn about,
to misconstrue, wrench. MV. 4, 1. bHf. 3, 1.
bHd. 4, 2. TAn. 3, 2. S. Horne Tooke Div. of
P. II, 872.

Wrest, active, or moving power. TC. 3, 3.
to Wring, to squeeze hard, to pinch. T. 1, 2.
MA. 5, 1. H. 3, 4; to wrestle, struggle. MA.
5, 1. Cy. 3, 6.

lambs. cHf. 2, 4. S. eanling.

to Yearn, yern, to agitate, move. Rb. 5, 5. He. 2, 3. S. yare.

Yell, dismall howling. TɅ. 4, 3. O. 1, 1. From the germ. gellen, hallen, gr. kalein, hebr. kol, vox.

Yellows, a disorder in horses. TS. 3, 2. Yellowness, jealousy. MW. 1, 3. Yellow was considered as characteristic of that passion. Yeoman, owner of a fief. bнd. 2, 1. He. 3, 1. aHf. 2, 4. cHf. 1, 4. H. 5, 2. Scot. yhuman, yuman, yoman, according to Jamieson from gemein, but rather from the gr. gē, land, bottom.

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Yerk, jerk, to kick out strongly, as horses.
He. 4, 7.

Yest, froth. WT. 3, 3. Sax. gyst, celt. jas,
oldg. jäsen, gären, gäschen, gr. zeein.
Yesty, frothy. M. 4, 1; light, frivolous. H.
5, 2.

to Yield, to give; applied to the gods, to bless. AC. 4, 2. M. 1, 6. Sax. geldan, to change, to pay, icel. giallda, germ. gelten, scot. yald, gr. allattein.

Younker, young person, chiefly dupe, thoughtless person. alld. 3, 3. MV. 2, 6; youth. cHf. 2, 1.

Your, nearly equivalent to a, any. AC. 2, 7.

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Zany, buffoon, mimic. TN. 1, 5. LL. 5, 2. Zenith, in astrology the highest point of a

Ital. zanni, lat. sanna, sannio, gr. sannas, sanniōn, whence also Jan in Janhagel (ochlos), Jean in Jean potage.

person's fortune. T. 1, 2.

Zounds, a sort of common curse, like odd's my will. afd. 2, 3. from god's wounds.

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