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

WILLICK, s. The puffin, or alca arctica, Loth.
Neill.

WILLIE-POWRET-SEG, s. The name given by children in Fife to the Porpoise.

WILLIE WHIP-THE-WIND, a species of hawk, the Falco tinnunculus, or kestrel; in O. E. the Wind-vanner, Ang.

WILRONE, s. A wild boar.
Chr. S. P.

Su. G. vild, wild, and rune, a young boar.

WIMBLEBORE, s. A hole in the throat, which prevents one from speaking distinctly, S.; in allusion to a hole bored by a wimble.

To WYMPIL, WOMPLE, v. a.
1. To wrap, to fold, S.
Douglas.
2. To move in a meandrous way, applied to a stream, S.
Ramsay.

Teut. wimpel-en, involvere, implicare; Flandr. wompel-en.

To Wimple, v. n. To use such circumlocution in narration, as shews a design to deceive, S.

Wympil, Wimple, s.
1. A winding or fold, S.
Douglas.
2. A wile, a piece of craft, S. B.
Poems Buch. Dial.