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WITTIS, _s. pl._ The senses.
_Henrysone._
WIZEN, _s._ The throat. S.
_Journ. Lond._
E. _weasand_, the windpipe.
_To_ WIZZEN, _v. n._ To become dry.
V. ~Wisen~.
WLONK, _adj._
1. Gaudily dressed; superl. _wlonkest_.
_Sir Gawan._
2. Rich.
_Ibid._
~Wlonk~, _s._ A woman of rank, or one splendidly dressed.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _wlonce_, _wlance_, gay, splendid, rich.
WOAGE, _s._ A military expedition.
V. ~Wiage~.
WOB, _s._ A web, S. _wab_.
_Douglas._
~Wobster~, ~Wobstar~, _s._ A weaver, S. _wabster_.
_Lyndsay._
WOBAT, _adj._ Feeble, decayed; _wobart_, Ang.
V. ~Vowbet~.
_Dunbar._
WOCE, _s._ Voice.
_Barbour._
WOD, WODE, WOUD, _s._ A wood.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wudu_, Belg. _woud_, S. _wud_, id.
WOD, WODE, VOD, _adj._
1. Mad, S. _wud_.
_Wallace._
A. S. _wod_, amens, insa.n.u.s.
2. Furious with rage; denoting the act, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wod_, furiosus; Isl. _od-ur_, insa.n.u.s, ira percitus.
3. Having a fierce or fiery temper; expressive of the habit, S.
4. Ravenous; in relation to appet.i.te.
_Douglas._
5. Wild, as opposed to an animal that is domesticated.
_Wallace._
~Wod~, ~Wud~. _In the wud o't_, an expression applied to a person, when eager to obtain or do any thing, or when greatly in need of it, S. B.
~Wodnes~, _s._ Fury, madness, S.
_Wyntown._
Alem. _uuotnissa_, dementia.
