_Wyntown._

WALGIE, _s._ A wool-sack made of leather, S. B.

Isl. _belg-ur_, any thing made of a skin.

WALIE, WALLY, _adj._

1. Excellent.

A. S. _waelig_, rich.

_Hamilton._

2. Large, ample; A _waly bairn_, a fine thriving child, S.

_Forbes._

Germ. _wal-en_, to grow luxuriantly; Belg. _weelig_, luxuriose crescens.

~Waly~, _s._ A toy, a gewgaw, S.

_Ferguson._

WALY, _interj._ Expressive of lamentation.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _wa-la_, eheu, ah; from _wa_, woe, and _la_, O, oh!

WALY, _s._ Prosperity. _Waly fa_, or _faw_, may good fortune _befall_, or betide; a phrase not yet entirely obsolete, S. B.

_Lyndsay._

A. S. _waela_, _wela_, felicitas, prosperitas.

WALYCOAT, _s._ The same with ~Wylicot~.

_Spalding._

WALIT, _pret. v._ Travelled.

_K. Hart._

A. S. _weall-ian_, Teut. _wal-en_, peregrinari.

_To_ WALK, _v. a._ To watch.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. _wak-an_, A. S. _wac-ian_, vigilare.

~Walkrife~, _adj._

1. Watchful, S. _wakrife_.

_Mellvill"s MS._

2. Metaph., kept still alive.

_Douglas._

A. S. _waecce_, watchfulness; and _rife_, abundant.

To ~WALL up~, _v. n._ To boil up, S.

Su. G. _waell-a_, A. S. _weall-an_, aestuare, fervere.

~Wall~, _s._ A wave.

_Douglas._

O. Teut. _walle_, unda, fluctus.

~Wally~, _adj._ Billowy, full of waves.

_Doug._

_To_ WALL, _v. a._ To beat two ma.s.ses into one, S.

V. ~Well~.

_To_ WALLACH, (gutt.) _v. n._ To use many circ.u.mlocutions, Ang.

Su. G. _wall-a_, to roam.

_To_ WALLACH, _v. n._ To cry as a child out of humour, to wail, Ang.

Ir. _walligh-im_, to howl.

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