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

Widdifow, adj. Wrathful, S. A. and O.
Burns.

To WIDDILL, v. n. pron. wuddil.
1. Generally used in connexion with some other v.; as, to widdil and ban, to widdil and flyte, &c., S.
Montgomerie.
2. To wriggle or waddle, S.
3. v. a. To introduce by shifting motion, or (metaph.) by circuitous courses, S.
Cleland.

Germ. wedel-n, caudam motitare.

Widdle, s.
1. Wriggling motion, S.
2. Metaph. struggle or bustle, S.
Burns.

WIDDRIM, s.
V. [Widdendreme].

WYDE, s. Dress.
V. [Gide].

WIDE-GAB, s. The fishing frog, Shetl.

* WIDOW, s. A widower, S.
Rutherford.

WIE, adj. Little.
V. [We].

WIEL, s. A small whirlpool.
V. [Wele].