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

WANSUCKED, s. A child that has not been properly suckled.
Montgomerie.

Wansucked, adj. Used in the same sense.
Kennedie.

WANTER, s. A bachelor; also a widower; from the circumstance of wanting, or being without, a wife, S.
Ramsay.

WANTHRIFT, s.
1. Prodigality, S.
Maitland P.
2. A personal designation, denoting a prodigal.
Montgomerie.

WANTHREVIN, part. pa. Not thriven, in a state of decline, S.
Watson.

Sw. vantrifne, not thriving.

WANWEIRD, WANWERD, s. Unhappy fate, hard lot, S.
V. [Weird].
Douglas.

WANWYT, s. Want of knowledge.
Wyntown.

Belg. wanwete, Isl. vanvitska, id.

WANWORTH, WANWORDY, adj. Unworthy, S.
Dunbar.