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w.a.n.gYLE, _s._ The gospel; contr. from _evangyle_.
_Wyntown._
w.a.n.gRACE, _s._ Wickedness, S.
WANHAP, _s._ Misfortune.
V. ~Vanhap~.
~Wanhappie~, _adj._
1. Unlucky, unfortunate, S. B.
2. Dangerous, fatal.
_Burel._
WANHOPE, _s._ Delusive hope.
_Doug._
WANYS, _pl. s._ The jaws; used for the stomach.
_Barbour._
A. S. _w.a.n.g_, Isl. _w.a.n.gi_, maxilla.
WANYS, _pl. s._ Habitation.
V. ~Wane~, _s._ 4.
w.a.n.kILL, _adj._ Unstable.
_Pop. Ball._
A. S. _wancle_, _wancol_, inconstans; Su. G. _w.a.n.k-a_, Germ.
_w.a.n.k-en_, fluctuare.
WANLAS, _s._ _At the wanlas_, without design; or, by mistake.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _leasa wena_, falsa opinio; Isl. _wonlaus_, exspes.
WANLUCK, WANLUK, _s._ Misfortune, S. B.
_Maitland P._
WANREST, _s._
1. Inquietude, S.
Belg. _onrust_.
_Mellvill's Mem._
2. Cause of inquietude, S. B.
_Ross._
3. _Wanrest of a clock_, the pendulum, S. Prov.
~Wanrestfu'~, _adj._ Restless, S.
_Burns._
WANRUFE, _s._ Disquietude, uneasiness.
V. ~Roif~.
_Henrysone._
WANRULY, _adj._ Unruly, S.
_Ferguson._
WANSUCKED, _s._ A child that has not been properly suckled.
_Montgomerie._
~Wansucked~, _adj._ Used in the same sense.
_Kennedie._
WANTER, _s._ A bachelor; also a widower; from the circ.u.mstance of wanting, or being without, a wife, S.
