WHUNN, _s._ The stone called trap, &c.

V. ~Quhin~.

_A. Hume._

WHUSH, _s._ A rushing noise.

V. ~Whish~.

WY, WYE, WIE, _s._ A man or person.

_Dunbar._

Su. G. _wig_, primarily, fit for war; in a secondary sense, an adult; A. S. _wiga_, a hero, a man.

WIAGE, WYAGE, _s._ A military expedition or incursion.

_Barbour._

_Vyage_, a journey, S. B.

Fr. _voyage_, id.

WYANDOUR, _s._ _A gud wyandour_, one who lives or feeds well.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _viand-er_, to feed.

WICHT, _adj._

1. Strong, powerful.

_Wallace._

2. Active, clever, S. O. E. id.

_Wyntown._

3. Denoting strength of mind, or fertility of invention.

_Wyntown._

4. Strong, as applied to inanimate objects.

_Dunbar._

Su. G. _wig_, potens; alacer, agilis, _vegetus_; Lat. _vig-ere_.

~Wichtlie~, ~Wichtely~, _adv._

1. Stoutly.

_Douglas._

2. With strength of mind.

_Douglas._

~Wychtness~, ~Wightness~, _s._ Strength, S. B.

_Wyntown._

WICHT, _s._ A man or person, S.

_Doug._

A. S. _wiht_, creatura, animal, res.

WICK, WIC, _s._ A termination of the names of places, signifying a kind of bay, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Su. G. _wik_, A. S. _wic_, sinus maris.

_To_ ~Wick~, _v. n._ To strike a stone in an oblique direction, a term in _curling_, S.

_Graeme._

Su. G. _wik-a_, flectere; _wika af_, a via deflectere.

WICK, _adj._ _Wick to slo_, hard to slay.

_Sir Tristrem._

The same with ~Wicht~; or allied to C. B. _gwich_, brave.

WICKER, _s._

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