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

WARTWEIL, WRATWEL, s. The skin above the nail, when fretted, S.

WARWOLF, WERWOUF, s.
1. A person supposed to be transformed into a wolf.
Philotus.
2. A puny child, or an ill-grown person of whatever age; pron. warwoof, Ang.

A. S. were-wulf, Su. G. warulf, Germ. werwolf, vir-lupus, lycanthropos, man-wolf.

WASH, WESCHE, s. Stale urine; especially as used for the purpose of steeping clothes, in order to their being washed, S.

Teut. wasch, lotura.

Lyndsay.

WASIE, adj. Sagacious, quick of apprehension, Ang.

Alem. wass, Su. G. hwass, denoting quickness of apprehension.

WASSALAGE, s. Great achievement; also valour.
V. [Vassalage].

WASTELL, s. Bread used with the wastell-bowl.
Chalm. Air.