[1613.—"The Captain Chinesa is fallen at square with his new wife and hath given her his wacadash bidding her cut off her little finger."—Foster, Letters, ii. 18.
[ " "His wacadash or little cattan."—Ibid. ii. 20.
[1898.—"There is also the wakizashi, or dirk of about nine and a half inches, with which harikari was committed."—Chamberlain, Things Japanese, 3rd ed. 377.]
WALER, s. A horse imported from N. South Wales, or Australia in general.
1866.—"Well, young shaver, have you seen the horses? How is the Waler's off foreleg?"—Trevelyan, Dawk Bungalow, 223.
1873.—"For sale, a brown Waler gelding," &c.—Madras Mail, June 25.
WALI, s. Two distinct words are occasionally written in the same way.
(a). Ar. wāli. A Mahommedan title corresponding to Governor; ["the term still in use for the Governor-General of a Province as opposed to the Muḥāfiz̤, or district-governor. In E. Arabia the Wali is the Civil Governor as opposed to the Amīr or Military Commandant. Under the Caliphate the Wali acted also as Prefect of Police (the Indian Faujdār—see [FOUJDAR]), who is now called Z̤ābit̤" (Burton, Ar. Nights, i. 238)]. It became familiar some years ago in connection with Kandahar. It stands properly for a governor of the highest class, in the Turkish system superior to a Pasha. Thus, to the common people in Egypt, the Khedive is still the Wāli.
1298.—"Whenever he knew of anyone who had a pretty daughter, certain ruffians of his would go to the father and say: 'What say you? Here is this pretty daughter of yours; give her in marriage to the Bailo Achmath' (for they call him the Bailo, or, as we should say, 'the Viceregent')."—Marco Polo, i. 402.
1498.—"... e mandou hum homem que se chama Bale, o qual he como alquaide."—Roteiro de V. da Gama, 54.