Wout. A carter's order to a horse to bear off. The opposite to Coom hether.
Wrap. n. A thin strip of wood. See Rap.
Wrastle. To spread, as cancer, fire, roots, &c.—N.W.
'These fires are, or were, singularly destructive in villages—the flames running from thatch to thatch, and, as they express it, "wrastling" across the intervening spaces. A pain is said to "wrastle," or shoot and burn.'—Wild Life, ch. iv. p. 68.
*Wreaths. The long rods used in hurdle-making (D.).
Wrick, Rick. To twist or wrench. 'I've bin an' wricked me ankly.' M.E. wrikken.—N. & S.W.
Wridgsty. See Ridge-tie.
Wrist. To twist, especially used of wringing the neck of a rabbit or fowl (Amateur Poacher, ch. xi).—N.W.
Wug, Woog. Order to a horse (S.).—N. & S.W.
Wusset. See Wasset-man.