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

A. S. waeng, Isl. vong, maxilla.

WONNYT. L. [wemmyt], q. v.
Barbour.

WOO, s. Wool, S.
Kelly.
It's aw ae woo, S. Prov. It is all one.

WOOD-ILL, s. A disease of cattle, the same with [Muir-ill], q. v.

WOOERBAB, s. The garter-knot below the knee, with a couple of loops, S. O.
Burns.

WOR, pret. Guarded, defended.
V. [Wer].
Wallace.

WOR, adj. Worse.
V. [War].
Kennedy.

WORDY, adj. Worth, worthy, S.
Ramsay.

WORDIS, v. imp. It wordis, it behoves, it becomes.
Wallace.
Bee worde of, become of.
V. [Worth], v.
Z. Boyd.

Belg. word-en, O. Su. G. woerd-a, Isl. verd-a, interesse, pertinere.