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Volume XXIV Part 72

ULIE, _s._ oil.

UMAN, _p.r.o.n_. woman.

UMBRE, _s._ shade.

UNREASON, _adj._ disorder.

UNRYCHT, _s._ injustice; iniquity.

UNSICKKIR, UNSICKER, _adj._ not secure.

UNTILL, _prep._ unto.

UPPISH, _adj._ aspiring; ambitious.

UPTAK, _s._ uptaking; apprehension.

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_To_ VAIG, _v. n._ to wander; to roam.

VALISES, _s. pl_ saddlebags.

VARLOT, VERLOT, _s._ an inferior servant.

VAUNTY, _adj._ boastful.

VENT, _s._ a chimney.

VIRLE, _s._ a ferule.

VOGIE, VOKIE, _adj._ merry; cheerful.

VOUT, _s._ a vault.

VOW, WOU! _interj_. expressive of admiration, somewhat equivalent to Oh!

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WA, WAY, WAE, _s._ wo; grief.

_To_ WACHLE, _v. n._ to move backwards and forwards.

WADDS, _s. pl._ pledges used in youthful amus.e.m.e.nt.

WADSETTER, _s._ one who holds the property of another.

WAFF, _adj._ worthless in conduct; ill-dressed.

WAFFIE, _s._ a vagabond.

WAFT, WEFT, WOFT, _s._ the woof in a web.

WAGANG, WAYGANG. _s._ a departure.

_To_ WAIGLE, WEIGLE, _v. n._ to waddle; to waggle.

_To_ WAIK, _v. a._ to watch.

WAIR, _v. a._ to spend.

WAKERIFE, _adj._ watchful.

WALD, _v. aux_. would.

_To_ WALE, _v. a._ to select; to pick; to choose.

_To_ WALLOP, _v. n._ to move quickly.

_To_ WALLOW, _v. n._ to be immersed or rolling in anything.

WALY! WALLY! _inter j_. expressive of lamentation.

WAMBE, WAME, _s._ the belly.

_To_ WAMBLE, WAUMBLE, _v. n._ to move in an undulatory manner.

WAN, _adj._ black; gloomy.

WANCOUTH, _adj._ uncouth.

WANTER, _s._ a widower or bachelor.

_To_ WAP, _v. a._ to throw rapidly; to throw.

WAPPIN, WAPPYN, _s._ a weapon.

WAR, WARR, _adj._ worse.

_To_ WAR, _v. a._ to overcome.

WARE, _s._ sea-wced.

WARK, WARKE, _s._ work.