An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 939

_To_ WADGE, _v. a._ To shake in a threatening manner, to brandish, S. B.

Su. G. _waeg-a_, Belg. _weeg-en_, librare.

WADY, _adj._ Vain.

V. ~Vaudie~.

WAE, _s._ Wo.

V. ~Wa~.

~Waeful~, _adj._

1. Woful, sorrowful; _waefu'_, S.

_Burns._

2. Causing sorrow, S.

_Ritson._

~Waeness~, _s._ Sorrow, vexation, S.

~Waesucks~, _interj._ Alas, Clydes.

_Falls of Clyde._

A. S. _wa_, and Dan. Sax. _usic_, vae n.o.bis.

WAFF, WAIF, WAYF, _adj._

1. Strayed, and not as yet claimed.

_Quon. Att._

Fr. _guesves_, _vuayves_, strays; Isl. _vof-a_, to wander.

2. Solitary, denoting the awkward situation of one who is in a strange place where he has not a single acquaintance, S.

3. Worthless in conduct, immoral, S.

4. Low-born, ign.o.ble, S. A.

_Mannering._

~Waff-like~, _adj._ Having a very shabby or suspicious appearance, S.

~Waffie~, _s._ A vagabond, Ang.

_To_ WAFF, WAIF, _v. n._ To wave, to fluctuate, S.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. _waf-ian_, Sw. _weft-a_, vacillare.

_To_ ~Waff~, ~Waif~, _v. a._ To wave, S.

_Douglas._

~Waff~, ~Waif~, _s._

1. A hasty motion, the act of waving, S.

_Arnot._

2. A signal, made by waving.

_Cromarty._

3. A transient view; as _I had just a waff o' him_, S.

_Guthrie._

4. A slight stroke from any soft body, especially in pa.s.sing, S.

5. A sudden affection, producing a bodily ailment; as _a waff of cauld_, S.

6. The contagion of evil example.

_Walker._

WAFT, WEFT, WOFT, _s._ The woof in a web, S.

_Adam._

A. S. _wefta_, Su. G. _waeft_, id., from _waefw-a_, to weave.

WA-GANG, WAYGANG, _s._

1. A departure.