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WOUCH, WOUGH, _s._
1. Evil, pravity.
_Sir Tristrem._
2. Injustice, injury.
_Quon. Att._
3. Trouble, fatigue.
_Sir Tristrem._
4. Wo, mischief; in a physical respect.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _wo_, _woh_, _wohg_, _weoh_, perversitas, pravitas, error.
WOUDE, _pret._ Waded.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _wad-an_, vadere; imperf. _wod_.
WOUF, WOWF, _s._ The wolf, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Wouff~, _v. n._ To bark, S.
Su. G. _ulfw-a_, ululare, from _ulf_, a wolf; Belg. _guyv-en_, to howl as a dog.
_To_ ~Wow~, _v. n._ To howl, Moray.
_Pop. Ball._
WOUK, _pret._ Watched.
_Barbour._
WOUK, WOUKE, _s._ A week, S. B. _ook_.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _wuca_, Dan. _uge_, _wge_, id.
WOUND, used as a superlative.
_Gawan and Gol._
Perhaps from _wond_, the pret. of A. S. _wand-ian_, vereri, to dread.
WOUNDER, WONDIR, _adv._ Wonderfully.
_Douglas._
WOUNDRING, _s._ A monster, a prodigy.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wundrung_, admiration.
WOURSUM, WORSUM, _s._ Purulent matter, S., p.r.o.n. _wursum_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wyr_, pus, and _sum_, as denoting quality.
WOUSTOUR, _s._ A boaster.
V. ~Woistare~.
WOUT, _s._ Countenance, aspect.
V. ~Vult~.
_Gawan and Gol._
_To_ WOW, _v. a._ To woo or make love to.
_Bannatyne Poems._
A. S. _wog-an_, nubere; _wogere_, procus, amasius, a wooer.
_To_ WOW, _v. n._
