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WHUNN, _s._ The stone called trap, &c.
V. ~Quhin~.
_A. Hume._
WHUSH, _s._ A rus.h.i.+ng noise.
V. ~Whish~.
WY, WYE, WIE, _s._ A man or person.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _wig_, primarily, fit for war; in a secondary sense, an adult; A. S. _wiga_, a hero, a man.
WIAGE, WYAGE, _s._ A military expedition or incursion.
_Barbour._
_Vyage_, a journey, S. B.
Fr. _voyage_, id.
WYANDOUR, _s._ _A gud wyandour_, one who lives or feeds well.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _viand-er_, to feed.
WICHT, _adj._
1. Strong, powerful.
_Wallace._
2. Active, clever, S. O. E. id.
_Wyntown._
3. Denoting strength of mind, or fertility of invention.
_Wyntown._
4. Strong, as applied to inanimate objects.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _wig_, potens; alacer, agilis, _vegetus_; Lat. _vig-ere_.
~Wichtlie~, ~Wichtely~, _adv._
1. Stoutly.
_Douglas._
2. With strength of mind.
_Douglas._
~Wychtness~, ~Wightness~, _s._ Strength, S. B.
_Wyntown._
WICHT, _s._ A man or person, S.
_Doug._
A. S. _wiht_, creatura, animal, res.
WICK, WIC, _s._ A termination of the names of places, signifying a kind of bay, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Su. G. _wik_, A. S. _wic_, sinus maris.
_To_ ~Wick~, _v. n._ To strike a stone in an oblique direction, a term in _curling_, S.
_Graeme._
Su. G. _wik-a_, flectere; _wika af_, a via deflectere.
WICK, _adj._ _Wick to slo_, hard to slay.
_Sir Tristrem._
The same with ~Wicht~; or allied to C. B. _gwich_, brave.
WICKER, _s._
