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_To_ WADGE, _v. a._ To shake in a threatening manner, to brandish, S. B.
Su. G. _waeg-a_, Belg. _weeg-en_, librare.
WADY, _adj._ Vain.
V. ~Vaudie~.
WAE, _s._ Wo.
V. ~Wa~.
~Waeful~, _adj._
1. Woful, sorrowful; _waefu'_, S.
_Burns._
2. Causing sorrow, S.
_Ritson._
~Waeness~, _s._ Sorrow, vexation, S.
~Waesucks~, _interj._ Alas, Clydes.
_Falls of Clyde._
A. S. _wa_, and Dan. Sax. _usic_, vae n.o.bis.
WAFF, WAIF, WAYF, _adj._
1. Strayed, and not as yet claimed.
_Quon. Att._
Fr. _guesves_, _vuayves_, strays; Isl. _vof-a_, to wander.
2. Solitary, denoting the awkward situation of one who is in a strange place where he has not a single acquaintance, S.
3. Worthless in conduct, immoral, S.
4. Low-born, ign.o.ble, S. A.
_Mannering._
~Waff-like~, _adj._ Having a very shabby or suspicious appearance, S.
~Waffie~, _s._ A vagabond, Ang.
_To_ WAFF, WAIF, _v. n._ To wave, to fluctuate, S.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _waf-ian_, Sw. _weft-a_, vacillare.
_To_ ~Waff~, ~Waif~, _v. a._ To wave, S.
_Douglas._
~Waff~, ~Waif~, _s._
1. A hasty motion, the act of waving, S.
_Arnot._
2. A signal, made by waving.
_Cromarty._
3. A transient view; as _I had just a waff o' him_, S.
_Guthrie._
4. A slight stroke from any soft body, especially in pa.s.sing, S.
5. A sudden affection, producing a bodily ailment; as _a waff of cauld_, S.
6. The contagion of evil example.
_Walker._
WAFT, WEFT, WOFT, _s._ The woof in a web, S.
_Adam._
A. S. _wefta_, Su. G. _waeft_, id., from _waefw-a_, to weave.
WA-GANG, WAYGANG, _s._
1. A departure.
