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

To WISY, v. a. To examine, &c.
V. [Vesy].

To WISK, v. a. To hurry away, as if one quickly swept off any thing with a besom.
Douglas.

Germ. wisch-en, to wipe; Su. G. wiska, hwisk, a besom.

To Wisk away, v. n. To move off nimbly, S.; whisk, E.
Douglas.

Wysk, s. A quick motion; S. whisk.
Barbour.
With are wysk, adv. Quickly.
K. Hart.

To WISS, WISSE, v. a. To direct, to guide, to put one in the way of obtaining any thing, S.
Sir Tristrem.

A. S. wiss-ian, instruere, monstrare; Isl. vys-a, Dan. vys-er, ostendere.

To WISS, s. To wish, S.

WISS, s. The moisture that exudes from bark, in preparing it for being tanned; Perths.

Isl. vaes, vos, humiditas.