The Pirate

Chapter 38

Unce, ounce.

Unco, very, strange, great, particularly.

Ure, the eighth part of a merk of land.

Usquebaugh, whisky.

Vivers, victuals.

Voe, an inlet of the sea.

Wad, would.

Wadmaal, homespun woollen cloth.

Wakerife, watchful, wakeful.

Wan, won, got.

Warlock, a wizard.

Watna, know not.

Wattle, an a.s.sessment for the salary of the magistrate.

Waur, worse.

Wee, small, little.

Weel, well.

Well, a whirlpool.

Wha, who.

Whan, when.

"What for," why.

Wheen, a few.

Whigamore, a term of the same meaning with _Whig_, applied to Presbyterians, but more contemptuous.

Whiles, sometimes.

Whilk, which.

Whingers, hangers, knives.

Whittie-whattieing, shuffling or wheedling.

Whittle, a knife.

Wi", with.

Wick, an open bay.

Win, to get.

Withy, a rope of twisted wands.

Wot, to know.

Wowf, crazy.

Yarn-windle, a yarn-winder.

Yestreen, yesterday.

Yett, a gate.

END OF VOL. I.

THE PIRATE.

Nothing in him---- But doth suffer a sea-change.

_Tempest._

THE PIRATE.

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