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_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. Any body of running water, whether great or small, S.
_Pennant._
3. The ground lying on the banks of a river, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
4. The inhabitants of a tract of country watered by a certain river or brook, S.
_Ibid._
~Water-brash~, _s._ A disease consisting in a sense of heat in the epigastrium, with copious eructations of aqueous humour, S.
~Water-craw~, _s._ The water ouzel, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Water-kelpie~, _s._ The spirit of the waters.
_Minstr. Bord._
~Water-mouth~, _s._ The mouth of a river, vulgarly _Watter-mow_, S. B.
_Chart. Ja. VI._
~Watergang~, _s._ The race of a mill.
_Acts Ja. I._
~Water-purpie~, _s._ Common brooklime, an herb, S.
~Water-shed~, _s._ The highest ground in any part of a country, from which rivers descend in opposite directions, S.
_Ess. Highl. Soc._
~Water-slain moss~, peat earth carried off by water, and afterwards deposited, S.
_Walker._
~Water-wraith~, _s._ The spirit of the waters, S. B.
V. ~Wraith~.
WATH, _s._ A ford.
_Stat. Acc._
A. S. _wad_, Belg. _waede_, Lat. _vad-um_.
WATLING STRETE, VATLANT STREIT, a term used to denote the milky way, from its fancied resemblance of a broad street or causeway.
_Doug._
WATTIE, _s._ A blow, Ang.
Su. G. _hwat_, celer?
WATTLE, _s._ A tax paid in Shetland; said to have been introduced in return for the distribution of holy _water_.
_Stat. Acc._
To WAUBLE, _v. n._ To swing, to reel, S. O.
Isl. _veifl-a_, saepius vibrare.
_Burns._
WAUCH, _s._ Wall.
_Peblis Play._
A. S. _wah_, paries; A. Bor. _wogh_, id.
_To_ WAUCHT, WACHT OUT, WAUGHT, WAUCH, _v. a._ To quaff, to swig, S.
_N. Burne._
A. S. _veaht_, irriguus; Isl. _vokua_, madefieri.
~Waucht, Waught~, _s._ A large draught of any liquid, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ WAUE, _v. a._ To toss, to agitate.
A. S. _waf-ian_, fluctuare.
_Douglas._
