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

WATLING STRETE, VATLANT STREIT, a term used to denote the milky way, from its fancied resemblance of a broad street or causeway.
Doug.

WATTIE, s. A blow, Ang.

Su. G. hwat, celer?

WATTLE, s. A tax paid in Shetland; said to have been introduced in return for the distribution of holy water.
Stat. Acc.

To WAUBLE, v. n. To swing, to reel, S. O.

Isl. veifl-a, saepius vibrare.

Burns.

WAUCH, s. Wall.
Peblis Play.

A. S. wah, paries; A. Bor. wogh, id.

To WAUCHT, WACHT OUT, WAUGHT, WAUCH, v. a. To quaff, to swig, S.
N. Burne.