The late Sergeant Wilkins, in reply to the Court, once defined waistrel, not very accurately, as “something spoiled in the manufacture, and sold at half price in the Lowther Arcade.”
Wale, S, choose, choice.
“For sake o’ gear
Ane wales a wife as he wad buy a mear.”
Ramsay. The Gentle Shepherd.
“The king o’ gude fellows an’ wale o’ auld men.”
Song—Auld Rob Morris.
Wankle, C, weakly, flaccid.
“As wankle as a wet seck.”—Common saying.
Wanter, C, one wanting a wife or husband.