V. ~We~.

WIEL, _s._ A small whirlpool.

V. ~Wele~.

* WIFE, WYF, WYFE, _s._ A woman, whether married or single, generally, one past middle age, S.

_Lyndsay._

A. S. Su. G. _wif_, mulier, foemina.

~Wiflie~, ~Wyfelie~, _adj._ Feminine, belonging to woman.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

A. S. _wiflic_, muliebris, foemineus.

WYG, WEIG, WHIG, _s._ A small oblong roll, baked with b.u.t.ter and currants, S.

Teut. _wegghe_, panis triticeus; lib.u.m oblongum, et lib.u.m lunatum.

WIG, WYG, _s._ Apparently, a wall. A thing is said to _gang frae wyg to waw_, when it is moved backwards and forwards from the one wall of a house to the other, S. B.

_Ross._

A. S. _wag_, Su. G. _waegg_, Belg. _weeg_, paries.

WIGG, WHIG, _s._ The thin serous liquid, which lies below the cream, in a churn, after it has become sour, and before it has been agitated, S.

B.

_Journ. Lond._

_To_ WIGGLE, _v. n._ To wriggle.

V. ~Waigle~.

WIGHT, _s._ The shrew-mouse, Orkn.

_Stat. Acc._

Su. G. _wickt_, any thing very small.

WILD COTTON, cotton-gra.s.s, a plant, S. B.; also called _Moss-crops_, S.

WILDFIRE, _s._ The common name for the Phlyctenae of Sauvages, S., vulgarly _wullfire_.

A. S. _wild-fyr_, erysipelas.

_To_ WILE, WYLE, _v. a._ Used in relation to what is accomplished by caution or artful means; as, _I"ll try to wile him awa"_, I will endeavour to get him enticed to go with me, S.

_Lyndsay._

Su. G. _wel-a_, Isl. _vael-a_, decipere.

_To_ WILE, WYLE, _v. a._ To select.

~Wile~, _s._ Choice, selection.

V. ~Wale~.

WYLECOT, WILIE-COAT, _s._

1. An undervest, generally worn during winter, S.

_Douglas._

2. An under-petticoat.

_Maitland Poems._

WYLFULL, _adj._ Willing; q. _full of will_.

_Wyntown._

~Wilfully~, _adj._ Willingly.

_Barbour._

* WILL, _s._ _What"s your will?_ a common Scotticism for, "What did you say?"

_K. Hart._

WILL, _s._ Apparently, use, custom; pl. _willis_.

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