An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - Part 948
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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.