Phineas Fletcher, The Purple Island, vii. (1633).
Vulture Hopkins. John Hopkins was so called from his rapacious mode of acquiring money. He was the architect of his own fortune, and died worth £300,000 (in 1732).
⁂ Pope refers to John Hopkins in the lines:
When Hopkins dies, a thousand lights attend
The wretch who, living, saved a candle end.
Wabster (Michael), a citizen of Perth.--Sir W. Scott, Fair Maid of Perth (time, Henry IV.).
Wabun, son of Mudjekeewis; the Indian Apollo. He chases darkness over hill and dale with his arrows, wakes man, and brings the morning. He married Wabun-Annung, who was taken to heaven at death, and became the morning star.--Longfellow, Hiawatha (1855).
Wabun-Annung, the morning star, a country maiden who married Wabun, the Indian Apollo.--Longfellow, Hiawatha (1855).
Wackbairn (Mr.), the schoolmaster at Libberton.--Sir W. Scott, Heart of Midlothian (time, George II.).