WAR, WARR, WARE, WERE, _adj._ Worse, S.

_Ross._

Su. G. _waerre_, _werre_, A. S. _waerra_, Isl. _verre_, id.

_To_ ~War~, ~Waur~, _v. a._ To overcome, to outdo, S.

_Douglas._

WAR, _subst. v._ Were.

_Barbour._

Sw. Germ. _war_, id.

WAR, _adj._ Aware, wary.

V. ~Wer~.

WAR, _v. imp._ _War him_, befal him.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _war-a_, to be; Isl. _verda_, _vard_, fieri.

_To_ WAR, WARE, WAIR, WAYR, _v. a._

1. To lay out as expense, S.

_Dunbar._

2. To expend, to bestow, in whatever sense, S.

_Maitland P._

3. To waste, to squander.

_Wallace._

Isl. _ver-ia_, negotiari. Hence E. _ware_, _wares_, merchandise.

_To_ WARAND, _v. a._ To protect, S. and E. _warrant_.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _waren-ian_, cavere sibi, defendere se.

~Warand~, ~Warrand~, _s._ A place of shelter or defence.

_Barbour._

WARBLE, _s._ A sort of worm that breeds betwixt the outer and inner skin of beasts, S.

A. S. _wear_, Teut. _weer_, a knot or bunch.

_To_ WARBLE, _v. n._ To wriggle, &c.

V. ~Wrabil~.

WARD, _s._

1. A division of an army.

_Douglas._

2. A small piece of pasture ground, inclosed on all sides, S.

_Watson._

Su. G. _waard_, sepes, sepimentum.

_To_ WARD, _v. a._ To imprison.

_Stat. Acc._

Su. G. _waerd-a_, custodire.

~WARD and Wa.r.s.eL~, security for, pledge, S. B.

_Ross._

_Ward_, keeping; and _wa.r.s.el_, perh. _wardsel_, from A. S. _weard_, custodia, and _sell-an_, tradere.

WARDE, _s._ A decision; a forensic term.

_Quon. Att._

L. B. _warda_, E. _award_.

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