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

WEID, s. A kind of fever to which women in child-bed, or nurses, are subject, S.

Germ. weide, or weite, corresponds to Fr. accablé, as signifying that one is oppressed with disease.

WEID, L. theid, region.
V. [Thede].
Gawan and Gol.

To WEIF, v. a. To weave; part. pa. weyff, woven.
Douglas.

A. S. wef-an, Su. G. waefw-a, id.

WEYES, WEYIS, s. pl. A balance with scales for weighing.
Lyndsay.

A. S. waeg, Teut. waeghe, libra, trutina.

Weigh-bauk, s.
1. A balance, S.
Ferguson.
2. One is said to be in the weigh-bauks, when in a state of indecision, S.

Teut. waegh-balck, scapus librae.

Weights, s. pl. Scales, S.
Z. Boyd.