An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To Waff, Waif, v. a. To wave, S.
Douglas.

Waff, Waif, s.
1. A hasty motion, the act of waving, S.
Arnot.
2. A signal, made by waving.
Cromarty.
3. A transient view; as I had just a waff o' him, S.
Guthrie.
4. A slight stroke from any soft body, especially in passing, S.
5. A sudden affection, producing a bodily ailment; as a waff of cauld, S.
6. The contagion of evil example.
Walker.

WAFT, WEFT, WOFT, s. The woof in a web, S.
Adam.

A. S. wefta, Su. G. waeft, id., from waefw-a, to weave.

WA-GANG, WAYGANG, s.
1. A departure.
Ramsay.
2. A disagreeable taste in swallowing, or after a thing is swallowed, S. B.
Journ. Lond.

Teut. wegh-ga-en, abire, wegh-ganck, abitus.

WAGE, s. A pledge, a pawn.
Douglas.

O. Fr. guaige, sureté.

Wageoure, s. A stake, E. wager.
Doug.

O. Fr. guaigiere, gage.