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

We, Wee, Wie, adj. Small, little, S.
Henrysone.

WEAM-ILL, s. The belly-ache.
V. [Wambe].

WEAN, WEEANE, s. A child, S.
Ross.

Q. wee ane, synon. with little ane, S. id.

To WEAR IN, v. a.
1. To gather in with caution, as a shepherd conducts his flock into the fold, S.
The Ew-bughts.

Teut. weer-en, propulsare.

2. As a neut. v., to move slowly and cautiously.

WEARY, adj.
1. Feeble; as, a weary bairn, a child that is declining, S.

A. S. werig, lassus.

2. Vexatious, causing trouble, S.