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_Wyntown._
WALGIE, _s._ A wool-sack made of leather, S. B.
Isl. _belg-ur_, any thing made of a skin.
WALIE, WALLY, _adj._
1. Excellent.
A. S. _waelig_, rich.
_Hamilton._
2. Large, ample; A _waly bairn_, a fine thriving child, S.
_Forbes._
Germ. _wal-en_, to grow luxuriantly; Belg. _weelig_, luxuriose crescens.
~Waly~, _s._ A toy, a gewgaw, S.
_Ferguson._
WALY, _interj._ Expressive of lamentation.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _wa-la_, eheu, ah; from _wa_, woe, and _la_, O, oh!
WALY, _s._ Prosperity. _Waly fa_, or _faw_, may good fortune _befall_, or betide; a phrase not yet entirely obsolete, S. B.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _waela_, _wela_, felicitas, prosperitas.
WALYCOAT, _s._ The same with ~Wylicot~.
_Spalding._
WALIT, _pret. v._ Travelled.
_K. Hart._
A. S. _weall-ian_, Teut. _wal-en_, peregrinari.
_To_ WALK, _v. a._ To watch.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _wak-an_, A. S. _wac-ian_, vigilare.
~Walkrife~, _adj._
1. Watchful, S. _wakrife_.
_Mellvill's MS._
2. Metaph., kept still alive.
_Douglas._
A. S. _waecce_, watchfulness; and _rife_, abundant.
To ~WALL up~, _v. n._ To boil up, S.
Su. G. _waell-a_, A. S. _weall-an_, aestuare, fervere.
~Wall~, _s._ A wave.
_Douglas._
O. Teut. _walle_, unda, fluctus.
~Wally~, _adj._ Billowy, full of waves.
_Doug._
_To_ WALL, _v. a._ To beat two ma.s.ses into one, S.
V. ~Well~.
_To_ WALLACH, (gutt.) _v. n._ To use many circ.u.mlocutions, Ang.
Su. G. _wall-a_, to roam.
_To_ WALLACH, _v. n._ To cry as a child out of humour, to wail, Ang.
Ir. _walligh-im_, to howl.
