_Barry._
Su. G. _wase_, Isl. _vasi_, a bundle of twigs.
WEAVIN, _s._ A moment, Aberd.
_Journ. Lond._
A. S. _wiffend_, breathing; as we say, _in a breath_, S.
WEB, _s._ The covering of the entrails, the cawl, or omentum, S.
Isl. _vef-a_, involvere.
WEBSTER, _s._ A weaver, S. A. Bor.
_Ferguson._
A. S. _webbestre_, textrix, a female weaver.
WECHE, _s._ A witch.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _wicca_, _wicce_, id.
WECHT, WEIGHT, WEGHT, _s._
1. An instrument for winnowing corn, made in the form of a sieve, but without holes, S.
_Bannatyne P._
Belg. _vecher_, a fanner; from Germ. _wech-en_, ventum facere.
2. A sort of tambourin.
_Evergreen._
~Wechtful~, _s._ As much as a _wecht_ can contain, S. pron. _wechtfow_.
WED, _s._ A pledge.
~To Wed~, _v. a._ To pledge.
V. ~Wad~.
~Wedkeeper~, _s._ One who preserves what is deposited in pledge.
_R. Bruce._
WEDDYR, WEDDIR, WEDDER, s.
1. Weather; as a general term.
_Barbour._
2. Wind.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _waeder_, Teut. _weder_, coeli temperies, Su. G. _waeder_, id., also the wind.
~Weddir-gaw~, _s._ Part of one side of a rainbow, appearing immediately above the horizon, viewed as a prognostic of bad weather; pron.
_weather-gaw_, S.
Germ. _wasser-gall_, repercussio iridis; _wasser_, humour, and _gall_, splendor.
~Weddir-glim~, _s._ Clear sky near the horizon; spoken of objects seen in the twilight or dusk; as, _between him and the weddir-glim_, or _weather-gleam_, i. e. between him and the light of the sky.
_Gl. Sibb._
A. S. _weder_, coelum, and _gleam_, splendor.
_To_ WEDE, WEID, WEYD, _v. a._ To rage, to act furiously, part. pr.
_wedand_.
_Wallace._
A. S. _wed-an_, insanire, furere.
WEDEIS, _pl. s._ Withes.
V. ~Widdie~.
_Wallace._
WEDONYPHA, _s._ The _onfall_ or attack of a _weid_; _wedonfaw_, S. A.
_wytenonfaw_, S. B.