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

Dan. vigre, vimen; vig-er, to be pliant.

WICKET, s. The back-door of a barn, Ang.

Belg. wicket, portula, Fr. guichet.

WIDDEN-DREME, WINDREM, WIDDRIM, s. In a widden-dream, or windream, all of a sudden; also, in a state of confusion, S. B.
Pop. Ball.

A. S. woda-dream, furor, madness.

WIDDERSINNIS, WEDDERSHYNNYS, WIDDERSINS, WIDDERSHINS, WITHERSHINS, WODERSHINS, adv. The contrary way, contrary to the course of the sun, S.
Douglas.

A. S. wither, contra, sunne, sol; or rather, Teut. weder-sins, contrario modo.

WIDDIE, WIDDY, s.
1. A rope made of twigs of willow; used to denote a halter, S.
Lyndsay.
2. The term is vulgarly understood in S. as if it denoted the gallows itself.
3. A twig, having several smaller shoots branching out from it; which being plaited together, it is used as a whip, the single grain serving for a handle, Caithn.

Su. G. widia, vimen, from wide, salix; A. S. withig, id.

Widdifow, Viddiful, s.
1. Properly, one who deserves to fill a widdie or halter, S.
Lyndsay.
2. In pl. equivalent to brave boys, in sea language.
Compl. S.
3. A romp, S.