Well-drock. The windlass over a well.—S.W.
West (pronounced Waast). A stye in the eye. See Wish.—S.W.
Wheat-reed. Straw preserved unthreshed for thatching (D.). See Elms and Reed.—S.W., obsolete.
*Wheeling. 'It rains wheeling,' i.e. hard or pouring.—N.W. (Lockeridge.) Whicker, Wicker. (1) To neigh or whinny as a horse, bleat as a goat, whine as a dog, &c. (S.; Village Miners; Wilts Arch. Mag. vol. xxii. p. 114).—N.W. (2) To giggle.—N.W. *(3) 'To find a wicker's nest,' to be seized with an irrepressible fit of giggling (Village Miners).—N.W.
*Whip land. Land not divided by meres, but measured out, when ploughed, by the whip's length (D.).
Whippence. The fore-carriage of a plough or harrow, &c. (D.).—N.W.
Whipwhiles. Meanwhile (S.). A Somersetshire word.—S.W.
Whissgig. (1) v. To lark about. Wissgigin, larking (S.).—N. & S.W. (2) n. A lark, a bit of fun or tomfoolery. 'Now, none o' your whissgigs here!'—N.W.
Whissgiggy. adj. Frisky, larky.—N.W.