WELK, to dry. N. Mown grass in drying for hay is said to welk. To WILT, for wither, spoken of green herbs or flowers, is a general word. WELL-AN-ERE! alas! Derb. N.

WELL-A-DAY! alas! Various.

WELLEY, a contraction of WELL-A-DAY, an interjection which often implies pity.

WELLING (of whey); is heating it scalding hot, to take off the curds. S. WELLING, or WALLING, is old English for boiling.

WELLY, almost, nearly. N.

WELTER; to welter, to waddle, to go aside, or heavily, as women with child, or fat persons; from the old Saxon WEALTIAN, to reel or stagger; or else from the Saxon WELTAN, to tumble or roll; whence weltering in blood.

N.

WEм, a small blemish, hole, or decay, especially in cloth. Ess.

WEM, the womb, or belly. N.

WEND, to go. N.

WENNEL, a young beast, ox, bull, or cow. Ess. and Suff.

WENTS, the teasels, or fuller's thistles, when worn out. Glouc.

WENTED, grown acid, spoken of wort. Norf.

WESTY, dizzy, giddy. N.

WETHERLY, with rage and violence. Exm.

WEUTER, to stagger. Lanc.

WHAKE, to quake. Lanc. The WH. for the Qu. WHAMBLING, a grumbling of the inside. North. WHANGS, leather thongs. N.

WHAPPER, any thing large; a thumper. C. WHAPPLE-WAY, a bridle-way, or road where only a horse can pass. S.

WHARRE, crab apples, or verjuice; as sour as wharre. Chesh.

WHARL-KNOT, a hard knot. Lanc.

WHEADY, long, tedious; a wheady mile, a mile. seemingly of an extraordinary length. Shropsh. WHEAM, OR WHEEM, near at hand, close, so that no wind can enter it. Also very handsome and convenient for one; as, it lies wheem for me. Chesh. From the old Saxon GECWEME, grateful, acceptable, pleasant, fit.

WHEAMOW, nimble; I am very wheamow, quoth the old woman, when she stept into the middle of the bittlin. Derb. Prov.

WHEEL, a whirlpool. Lanc. From the Saxon WÆL, a vortex of water, or whirlpool. N.

WHEE, WHI, or WHEY, an heifer; the only word used in the East Riding of Yorkshire in that

sense.

WHEEN-CAT, a queen-cat, or female cat. QUEEN, in Saxon, was used to signify the female; ex. g. QUEEN FUGOL, a queen fowl, or hen.

WH HEEDEN, a simple person. W.

WHELM, half of a hollow tree, laid under a gateway, to form a passage for water. A kind of substitute for an arch. Norf. and Suff.

WHEINT, queint, fine; a wheint lad, a fine lad; used ironically. Chesh. Var. Dial. Also cunning, subtle.

WHERRET, a great blow; perhaps a back-handed stroke, called also a whisterpoop. Exm. See WHISTERPOOP.

WHERRITED, teased; q. ferreted. N.

WHERRYING, laughing. Lanc..

WHETKIN, the harvest supper. North.

WHEWT, to whistle. N.

WHICK, quick, lively. N.

WHICK, He's a whick one. Spoken of a person of spirit and activity. Derb.

WHICK-FLAW. See WHITLOW.

WHICKS, quicks, couch-grass. WHICKING is the act of plucking it up. North.

WHICKET FOR WHACKET, or QUITTEE FOR QUOTTEE, an equivalent; QUID PRO QUO. Kent. WHIFFLERS, men who make way for the corporation of Norwich, by flourishing their swords. Norf.

WHIFFLE WHAFFLE, trifling or idle words or actions. Lanc.

WHIG, the watery part or whey of a baked custard. North.

WHILE, until: stay while I return, &c. North. -How have you done the while? i. e. since I saw you.

WHIN-BERRY, a bilberry, or whortle-berry. North. WHINS, furze. N.

WHINNER-NEB, a meagre, thin-faced man, with a sharp nose; perhaps from some bird that feeds, or is bred among whins. N.

WHINNERING, neighing. Cumb.

WHINNOCK, OF KIT, a pail to carry milk in. N.

WHIRKENED, choked, strangled. N.

WHIRL-BONE, the knee-pan. Lanc.

WHIRL-BOUK, a churn that turns round. Derb.

WHIRL-TE-WOO, butter-milk, from being made in a whirl-bouk. Derb.

WHISKET, a basket, skuttle, or shallow pan. N. WHISKY and WHISK-TAIL'D, frisky. Lanc. WHISTERCLISTER, a stroke or blow under the ear. Devonsh.

WHISTERPOOP, a back-handed blow. See WHERRET. Exm.

WHIT, Not a whit, i. e. Not at all. Also a little while. North.

WHITE, to requite; as, God white you, God requite you. Chesh. Var. Dial.

WHITE for QUITE; QUITE, per aphæresin, pro RE

QUITE.

WHITE, to blame; you lean all the white off yourself, you remove all the blame from yourself. See WITE.

WHITE NIB, a rook. Yorksh.

WHITHERING, a sudden great sound. N.

WHITLOW and WHICK-FLAW, a gathering on the side of the finger-nail. North.

WHITSTER, a bleacher, North.

WHIT-TAWER, a collar-maker. North.

WHITTLE, a knife. N.

WHITTLE, a double blanket, worn by the West country women over their shoulders, like a cloak. W.

WHITTLE-GATE, a run at a friend's table. York. The same as a KNIFE-GATE.

WHITWITCH, (white witch) a pretended conjuror, whose power depends on his learning, and not from a contract with the devil. Exm.

WHITY-BROWN BREAD. WHITY-BROWN PAPER. See
RAVEL-BREAD before.

WHIZ, to hiss like hot iron in water. N.
WHIZZLE, to get any thing away slily. N.

WHOAVE, to cover or whelm over. Chesh. We will not kill, but whoave. Prov. Spoken of a pig or fowl that they have overwhelmed with some vessel in readiness to kill. Ab A. S. HWOLF, HWALF, a covering, or canopy; verb. HWALFIAN, camerare, fornicare. N.

WHOO WHOÓ, an interjection, marking great surprise. N.

WHOOK, to shake, Chesh. He whook't at every joint.

WHOPPER, a thumper, any thing uncommonly large. North.

WHOT JECOMB, what d'ye call him. Exm.

WHOTT, hot. Exm.

WHO-WHISKIN, a whole great drinking pot; WHO being the Cheshire dialect for whole, and a WHISKING signifying a black pot.

WHY-VORE, Or For WHY-VORE, wherefore.

WHY-CALF, a female, or cow-calf. Cumb.

WICKER, to neigh, or whinny. Hampsh. Also a method of castrating a ram, by enclosing his testicle within a slit stick. Glouc,

WIDDLE, to fret. N.

WIEGH, or WAAGH, a lever, a wedge; ab A. S. WEGE, pondus, massa, libra.

WIGGER, strong; a clear pitch'd wigger fellow. N. WIGGIN-TREE, the mountain-ash. North.

WIGHT, active, stout. North.

WIKES, or WIKERS (of the mouth) corners of the mouth. N.