WARD HILL, WART HILL, N. Vardi, strues lapidum, The hill on which the beacon was lighted to give warning of approaching danger.
WATTEL, WATTLE, N. Vottr-tel, testes numerare, The ancient assessment for the salary of the Under-foud for summing up the evidence at the Vard-Thing, afterwards a perquisite of the Baillie, in addition to the Balliatus.
ZOPINDALE, YOWPINDAL, A silver coin = 15 shillings Scots in 1541, but raised by Earl Robert to 20 shillings in 1572.
ZOWISWORTH, YOWISWORTH, COWSWORTH, a proportion of Odal-land = 1/10th of a pennyland.
ERRATA.
In the Table of Contents, after “Appendix,” add “and Glossary of Unusual Words.”
In the Introduction—
P. [xix], line 7, for “Leign-madr,” read “Leigu-madr.”
P. [xxxv], line 10, for “Leign-men,” read “Leigu-men.”
P. [xli], line 3, dele the comma after “rights,” and read “of rights Odal.”