A. S. _wa_, moestus, afflictus.
WAAH, _s._ Any thing that causes surprise and admiration, Orkn.
Isl. _va_, any thing unexpected; commonly used in a bad sense.
WABRAN LEAVES, Great plantain or waybread, S.
A. S. _waeg-braede_, Teut. _wegh-bree_, plantago.
_To_ WACHLE, _v. n._ To move backwards and forwards, S.; E. _waggle_.
Teut. _wagghel-en_, id.
_To_ WACHT, _v. a._ To quaff.
V. ~Waucht~.
WAD, WED, WEDDE, _s._
1. A pledge, S.
_Sir Tristrem._
2. A wager.
_Kelly._
Su. G. _wad_, A. S. _wed_, Isl. _vaed_, pignus.
~Wadds~, _s. pl._ A youthful amusement, in which much use is made of pledges, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ ~Wad~, ~Wed~, _v. a._
1. to pledge, to bet, to wager, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. To promise, to engage, S.
_Shirrefs._
A. S. _wedd-ian_, to be surety, spondere.
WADSET, _s._ A legal deed, by which a debtor gives his heritable subjects into the hands of his creditor, that the latter may draw the rents in payment of the debt; a forensic term, S.
_Reg. Maj._
_To_ ~Wadset~, _v. a._ To alienate heritable property under reversion, S.
_Skene._
Su. G. _wadsaett-a_, Isl. _vaedsett-ia_, oppignerare.
~Wadsetter~, _s._ One who holds the property of another in _wadset_, S.
_Erskine._
~Wad-shooting~, _s._ Shooting at a mark for a _wad_, or prize which is laid in pledge, Ang.
_Stat. Acc._
WADAND, _part. pr._ Expl. fearful.
Ir. _uath_, fear.
_Wyntown._
WADD, _s._ Woad, used in dyeing.
_Chalm. Air._
A. S. _wad_, _waad_, Teut. _weede_, woad.
WADDER, _s._ Weather.
V. ~Weddyr~.
WADDIN, _part. pa._ Vigorous.
_Henrysone._
Isl. _valld-r_, validus, potens.
WADER, _s._ A bird, supposed to be the water-hen, or the water-rail, Aberd.
_Stat. Acc._