| wa | waal | wae | waw |
wɑ |
a wall, stone ruins |
in context |
| wa heid |
wɑˈhid |
top of the wall - for resting the rafters |
|
| wa stade |
wɑˈsted |
wall foundations |
|
| wab airtins |
wɑbˈertɪns |
web links |
|
| wab | wob |
|
web, weave |
|
| wabbit |
ˈwabɪt |
exhausted, weak, feeble |
in context |
| wabble | wauble |
|
wobble, wishy-washy, thin |
|
| wabster |
|
a weaver, a spider |
in context |
| wabsteid |
|
website - and why not - there are other bang up to date and even futuristic Scottish words in this glossary |
|
| wabmaister |
|
webmaster |
|
| wack | wak |
wak |
damp, moisture |
in context |
| wad |
wɑd |
to wed, wedded, a wager, a stake in a wager, a pledge, |
|
| wad |
wad |
wadding (e.g. cotton wool), a bundle of hay |
|
| wad |
|
would |
in context |
| wadge |
|
wedge, big thick slice of bread or cake |
|
| wae |
we |
woe, woeful, sorrowful, vexed |
|
| waer | waest |
|
wretched |
|
| wae worth |
|
a curse - sorrow befall ye |
|
| wae's me |
|
woe is me |
|
| waerifu |
werəˈfu |
troublesome, annoying, sad |
|
| waesome |
|
sorrowful, causing sorrow |
|
| waesuck |
|
alas, too bad |
|
| waff |
|
waving motion, signal made by waving or flapping, slight odour that's barely noticeable |
|
| waff |
|
waif, worthless person |
|
| waffinger |
|
vagabond |
|
| waffle |
wafl |
wave about, flap, limp from the drama |
|
| waft |
|
weft as in a loom |
|
| wage |
|
pledge, wage |
in context |
| waggitie |
|
pied wagtail |
|
| wag at the wa |
|
the household goblin |
|
| waghorn |
|
the king of all liars, the devil |
|
| waif |
|
something flapping or waving, signal flag |
|
| waik |
wek |
weak |
|
| wain |
wen |
wagon |
|
| waird | weird |
|
to guard, ward |
|
| wairm | werm |
|
warm |
|
| walawa | willywa |
|
wellaway! alas! oh poor me |
|
| wald |
|
a hill or piece of open ground, dyers rocket, the yellow dye |
|
| wale |
wel |
choose, the act or scope for choice |
|
| ill waled |
|
badly chosen |
|
| wale amang |
|
choose between |
|
| will and wale |
|
free choice |
|
| walk | wauk | waak |
ˈwɑk |
walk |
|
| wall | woll | waal |
|
pool off a natural spring |
|
| wallie |
ˈwɑlɪ |
a small well, a 'wet' person |
|
| wallie heid |
|
a spring the feeds a boggy area |
|
| wallie ink |
|
brooklime |
|
| wall girse | wallie girse |
|
watercress |
|
| waly | walie | wallie |
|
exclamation of distress |
in context |
| wallie | wallae | walla |
|
wallow |
|
| wally-draig | wallie-drag |
|
a good for nothing |
in context |
| wallie | wally | waly |
|
fine, beautiful, big and strong, pleasant, decorative |
|
| wallies |
|
false teeth |
in context |
| wallie dugs |
ˈwalɪˈdʌgs |
porcelain dogs, decorative ornamental dogs - in a pair, on the mantlepiece |
|
| wally gowdy, wallie goudie |
|
golden decorative ornament, a precious jewel, term of affection |
in context |
| wallipend |
|
abuse, despise |
|
| walloch |
ˈwaləx |
violent heavy movements, cry, shriek |
|
| wallop |
ˈwaləp |
to kick, thrash about, to dangle, to gallop, to dance |
|
| wallopie |
|
the lapwing |
|
| wallow | wallit |
|
wither, fade |
|
| walsh | welsh |
|
tasteless, nauseous |
|
| walter | wolther |
|
roll to and fro, lacking |
|
| waly |
|
woe, alas |
|
| waly fa |
|
ill befall! |
|
| wame |
wem |
womb, belly |
in context |
| a greedy ee ne'er got a fou wame |
|
a greedy eye never gets a full stomach |
|
| wammle | wamble |
ˈwaml |
feel nausea, feel sick, toss and turn |
|
| wample |
ˈwampl |
wriggle, wrythe, meandering stream |
|
| wan |
|
one, also - in the direction of - eastwan, nitshillwan, forgandennywan |
|
| wan |
|
deficient, a bruise, hope |
|
| wanawnt |
|
unclaimed |
|
| wance |
|
once |
in context |
| wanchancie |
|
unlucky |
|
| wancheery |
|
miserable |
|
in context |
| wanfortune |
|
misfortune |
|
| wan | waund | whaun |
|
wand, slim stick, slim pliant rod, a switch for caning backsides |
|
| wandle |
|
walk unsteadily |
|
| wandert | wandocht |
ˈwandərt |
lost, confused, senile |
|
| wanless |
|
frail, poorly, feeble |
in context |
| wandreth | wanner | waunder |
|
misery, hardship |
|
| wannle |
ˈwanl |
supple |
|
| wanrestfu |
|
restless |
|
| wanshapen |
|
deformed |
|
| wansonsie | wansonsy |
ˈwanˈsonsɪ |
mischievous |
|
| want | waant | wint |
|
need, short of |
|
| wantin |
|
short of, lacking, desirous of |
in context |
| wanthriven |
ˈwanˈθrɪvən |
in a state of decline, stunted |
in context |
| wanweird |
|
an unhappy fate |
|
| wanwitty |
|
stupid, without sense |
in context |
| wanworth |
|
Unworthy, worthless – based on the notorious bitter poker playing pirate captain Alagrugous Wanworth Snauchle – a character invented by me only a few days ago (2020). |
in context |
| wap | whap | waup |
|
throw violently, srike, a blow |
|
| wap | wep | wop |
wap |
wrap, envelop, bind, join by splicing |
|
| wappin | wapin | wappen |
|
weapon |
|
| wappinshaw | wapinschaw |
ˈwapnˈʃɑ |
shooting competition |
|
| war | wur |
war |
a knot in timber |
|
| ware |
wer |
aware, alert, be on guard, cunning, spring (season), kind of seaweed used for fertiliser |
|
| ware |
wer |
spend, lay out, dispose of goods or money, waste time |
in context |
| wark | werk | wirk | wurk |
|
work |
in context |
| warld | worlde |
wɑrld |
world |
in context |
| warple |
|
To intertwine, twist, entangle |
in context |
| weel an warldlike |
|
normal physically and mentally (of a newborn) |
|
| warlock |
|
wizard, male witch |
|
| warly | warlie |
|
carefully, cautiously, guardedly |
in context |
| warran | warrand |
|
warrant |
|
| warroch |
ˈwarox |
a knotty stick, ill grown |
in context |
| a weary warroch |
|
a good for nothing |
|
| warse |
wars |
worse |
in context |
| warst |
pəik |
worst, most pitiful |
in context |
| warsh |
warʃ |
tasteless |
|
| warsle | warstle |
wɑrsl |
wrestle, struggle, strive |
in context |
| warslin |
ˈwarslɪn |
struggling, hard working |
|
| wase |
wez |
bundle or band of straw used as a protective pad during toil |
|
| wasie |
ˈwazɪ |
wise, quick witted |
|
| wasps bike |
|
a wasps nest |
|
| wast |
|
west |
|
| waster |
|
farther west |
|
| wastmaist |
|
westernmost |
|
| wastel |
|
scone, bread, or cake made with the finest flour |
|
| waster |
|
multi pronged fishing spear |
|
| watter |
|
water |
in context |
| watter baillie |
|
the chap chasing the salmon poachers - even today |
|
| watter bobbie |
|
the dipper |
|
| watter gang |
|
water channel |
|
| wattergaw |
|
incomplete rainbow |
|
| wattery nebbit |
|
ill looking - having a drip at the end of one's nose, dripping nose |
|
| watter wraith |
|
a water spirit |
|
| wattle |
|
a pliant rod, interwoven twigs that the roofing sod or thatch is laid on, a mixup, a tangle |
|
| wauch | waugh |
wɑx |
unpleasant, unappetising smell or taste, unwell, faint |
|
| wauchie |
ˈwɑxɪ |
swampy, marshy |
|
| wauchle | wachle |
ˈwɑxl |
move forward with difficulty, walk clumsily, persevere onwards despite being in difficulty |
|
| waucht | waught | wauch | waugh |
wɑxt |
a large gulp or gulps of air or liquid, to quaff, drink deeply, take large draughts - not the way to drink whisky |
in context |
| wauk |
ˈwɑk |
wake, awake, watch over |
|
| waukit | warkit |
ˈwɑkɪt |
calloused, hard worked and hardened |
in context |
| waukrife |
ˈwɑkrəif |
wakeful, sleepless, watchful |
|
| waul | waill |
|
roll the eyes at someone stupidly, also nimble, agile |
|
| waum | wam |
ˈwɑm |
a scar or blenish |
|
| waumish |
|
dizzy |
|
| waur | war | wer |
wɑr |
worse |
in context |
| waur-faured |
|
more ill favoured, uglier |
|
| win the waur |
|
get the worst of it |
|
| waw |
|
a big wave - of the sea, twelve stone weight |
in context |
| wean | wee ane | wee one |
wiən |
baby, child |
in context |
| ahm that hungert ah could eat a scabbit heidit wean |
|
I'm hungry enough that I could eat a scabby headed child |
|
| wecht | wycht | waicht | waucht | weicht |
wɛxt |
weight, weigh, weigh on the mind, opress, add weight to |
in context |
| wee |
wi |
small, tiny, little, a short space or time |
in context |
| wee hauf |
|
a nip of whisky |
|
| wee hauf n hauf |
|
a whisky and a half pint of dark beer |
|
| wee heavy |
|
a type of strong beer sold in small bottles |
|
| wee (intensifiers) |
|
wee little, wee sma, a wee bittie |
|
| wee things |
|
doting - re children |
|
| wee while |
|
a short period |
in context |
| in the name o the wee man |
|
the devil, a mild oath |
in context |
| weebie |
|
the common ragwort |
|
| weel | weill |
wil |
well |
in context |
| weel faured |
|
well favoured |
|
| weel stocket mailin | himsel for the laird |
|
well stocked farm landlord |
|
| weel-a-whit |
|
certainly |
|
| weel-gaun |
|
well-going |
|
| weel-kent |
|
renowned, well known |
in context |
| weel weeded heid |
|
well weeded head, bald |
in context |
| weem |
wim |
a cave or cavity in the rock or ground, an iron age underground storehouse |
|
| weemen | weimen | wummen |
|
women |
in context |
| weeng | weing |
wi |
wing |
|
| wee hours |
wiˈurs |
early morning |
|
| weepers |
|
clever walls among the foundations under the floor to direct ventilation and dry out condensation - it's falsehoods that previous generations didn't bother or know to build to avoid damp in the fabric of a building - they did, but were hardier outside folk than us, and to themselves felt cosy and comfortable in a cooler and better ventilated environment - central heating is the ruin of us and the driver of our increasing distance from nature |
|
| weet | weit |
wit |
wet, rain, drizzle, dew |
in context |
| weetin |
|
a quantity of liquor, a drinking party |
|
| weir | weer |
wir |
war, protect from attack, guard, watch, defend |
|
| weirman |
|
warrior |
|
| weird | wierd | werd |
|
fate, fortune, destiny, one's own particular fate or appointed lot, Also a prophecy, prediction; a mysterious saying |
in context |
| wellie |
wɛlɪ |
wellington boot |
|
| welter |
|
roll down in a stream, overturn, upset, confused noise |
|
| went |
wint |
a short glimpse |
|
| werena | wernae |
|
were not |
|
| werrock | wirrock | whirrock |
|
a corn, a bunion, a knot in wood |
in context |
| wersh |
wɛrʃ |
tasteless, insipid, unpaletable, cooked without salt, flat beer, watery, dull, tame, needs spices, uninspiring, poor quality, dull, humdrum, flat - need I go on |
|
| wersh |
wɛrʃ |
persons: faint of hunger, squeamish, feeble, sickly - weather: bitter, raw, cold, damp |
|
| wersh crap |
wɛrʃˈkrap |
sums the word up: the third and last crop taken from the outfield before the fallow period. For those not of the country I explain: the outfield is now buggered as the crappy third crop demonstrated and it needs a fallow period - fallow is when an area is left uncultivated for a while to let it recover - a considerate landowner will help the recovery along - often by adding compost in one of its many forms - i.e. seaweed or poo from grazing animals. And just to be clear, crap in this case means crop. This was before the introduction of crop rotation which improved things |
|
| weskit |
ˈwɛskɪt |
waistcoat |
|
| westlin |
|
westward, western |
|
| weuch | wocht |
wøx |
wrong, evil |
|
| wey | wye | wa |
wəi |
way |
in context |
| naewey |
|
nowhere |
|
| nae weys |
|
in no way |
|
| wey o daein |
wəiˈoˈdeən |
a means of livelihood |
|
| wey |
wəi |
weigh |
|
| wezer |
|
wizard |
in context |
| wha | whae | qha |
hwɑ |
who? |
in context |
| wha daur meddle wi me |
|
nemo me impune lacessit - the national motto - have a go at your own translation if you've had a classical education - 'who dare meddle with me' - also can be - 'wan a huv a go at us ya bas' - actually the official motto is 'in my defence god me defend' |
|
| wha's like us? damn few, an they're aw deid |
|
Who's like us? Not very many, and they are all dead - our national health motto |
in context |
| them wha want tae ken |
|
those that want to know |
in context |
| whaal |
hwɑl |
whale |
|
| whaisk | whaizle |
|
wheeze |
|
| whalp |
hwalp |
a whelp |
|
| wham |
hwam |
wham, a dale |
|
| whan |
hwan |
when, while |
|
| whang | whank | thwang |
hwaŋ |
thong, leather bootlace, a strip of dried skin used as a flail, long stretch of narrow road, a slice or lump of a sizeable portion, |
|
| whang | whank | thwang |
hwaŋ |
to cut with a slashing movement, with a clatter; bang! thump!, to jump, start, etc. |
in context |
| whar | whair | whare | whaur |
hwɑr |
where |
in context |
| whatt |
|
whittled |
|
| whaup |
hwɑp |
the curlew, a shrill noise |
|
| whaup nebbit |
|
having a long beaky nose |
|
| whaurawa |
|
whereabouts |
|
| wheech | wheich |
hwix |
travel sharply at speed, rush, soft whizzing sound, a stench, a quick shot of whisky |
in context |
| wheek |
hwik |
squeak, whine |
|
| wheelie-oe |
|
the willow warbler |
|
| wheem | wheim |
hwim |
whim |
|
| wheen | whein |
|
a few, a small number, some as opposed to some others |
|
| wheenge | wheinge |
hwindʒ |
whinge |
|
| wheep |
|
shepherds shrill sometimes very loud whistle through pursed lips, penny-wheep |
|
| wheep | wheip |
|
make a shrill loud noise, squeak |
|
| wheiple | wheeple |
|
dawn out whistle |
in context |
| wheeriorum | wheeriorum |
ˈhwirɪˈorəm |
toy, thingamajig |
|
| wheesht | wheisht | whisht | whist |
hwiˈʃt |
shush, shhh |
in context |
| haud yer wheesht! |
hʌdˈjɪrˈhwiʃt |
shut up, be silent! |
in context |
| wherry |
|
a light boat |
|
| whid |
hwɪd |
lie, exaggeration, a squall, gust of wind |
|
| whidder | whither | quhidder |
|
move with force or impetus, flutter |
in context |
| whiddin |
|
scudding |
|
| whids |
|
gambols |
|
| whiff | whuff |
hwɪf |
whiff, to blow light and quick for to extinguish (candle) or drive forward, a slight attack of the blues i.e. a black dog attack of a sniff or three then a retreat |
in context |
| whiffle |
|
play the flute |
|
| whig |
|
spur, urge |
|
| whig alang |
|
move at a fine pace |
|
| whigmaleerie | figmaleerie |
|
a piece of ornamentation, a fantastic contrivance, a fanciful notion taken to oneself, whim |
in context |
| whiles | whyles |
hwəilz |
sometimes, occasionally |
in context |
| whiley | whyle | whylie |
hwəil |
a while, until |
in context |
| a whyle | a whylie |
ahwəilɪ |
a little time, a short period |
in context |
| a whyle back |
|
some time ago |
|
| a whyle syne |
aˈhwəilˈsəin |
a certain time ago |
|
| whiles |
|
formerly, once |
|
| whilk | whulk |
|
which |
|
| whillilu |
|
an uproar |
|
| whillywha |
hwˈɪlɪˈhwɑ |
to cajole or a flatterer |
in context |
| whiltie-whaltie |
hwˈɪltɪˈhwɑltɪ |
palpitate |
in context |
| whin | whin | whun |
|
basalt, flint, any severely hard stone used for road works |
|
| whin | whins | whun |
hwɪn |
furze, gorse, the spiky green bush that have flowers in every part of the year even in thick snow and frost, most in May June though - (they smell of coconut) - broom is the similar one that is non-spiky |
more info |
| whindust |
|
fine stinging gritty dust off rock surfaces, or small rubble |
|
| whinge |
hwɪndʒən |
querulous annoying whining |
|
| whinnie |
|
overgrown with gorse or broom |
|
| whippert |
|
hastily |
|
| whippitie-scoorie | whippitie-stourie |
hwɪpətɪˈsturɪ |
a kind of household fairy, a brownie, a light footed nimble person |
in context |
| whipple |
|
To whistle shrilly or with a long drawn-out note, a shrill complaint, whine, squeal or the like |
in context |
| whirken |
|
choke |
|
| whirl | whurl |
|
whirl, wheel, trundle, cart |
|
| whirlie |
|
a rotary clothes dryer, a rotating contrivance |
|
| fitwhirlie |
|
treadmill – I made this one up but it may exist out there for all I know |
in context |
| whirlie-maleerie | whurlie-maleerie |
|
a spinning peculiarity, in a state of confusion |
in context |
| whirlygigums |
ˈhwɪrlɪgɪgəms |
flourishes, a rotating contrivance |
|
| whirlywha | whirlmagee |
|
ostentatious ornament or jewelery |
|
| whirlimagig |
|
a strange fancy |
|
| whirrie |
|
drive away |
|
| whishie |
ˈhwɪʃɪ |
the whitethroat |
|
| whisky |
hwɪskɪ |
really? Who doesn't know what whisky is? - alchohol distillate from malted grain aquiring increasingly complex flavours over time from the barrels it is matured in. That's why the decades old stuff is very expensive (also the longer it is stored the more of it is taken by evaporation (the angels' share)) - fresh unmatured illegal whisky will drive you blind |
in context
interesting whisky archaeology |
| whisky-tacket |
|
ascribing a pimple on the face to that persons excessive consumption of whisky - it's true, there is such a thing as excessive whisky consumption |
|
| whissle | whussle | whussel | whustle |
|
whistle |
in context |
| whit | wit |
hwʌt |
what |
in context |
| whits | whit's |
|
what is |
in context |
| whiten | whaten |
|
small fish |
|
| white ice |
|
(curling) the line of ice roughened and whitened by the passage of stones |
|
| whitterick |
|
the curlew |
|
| whitfor |
|
why |
|
| whitfor no |
|
why not |
|
| whitiver |
|
whatever |
in context |
| whitreck |
|
what matter, nevertheless |
|
| whitrat, whittret |
ˈhwɪtrət |
weasel or stoat, thin hatchet faced person |
in context |
| whit's the dae |
|
what's to do, what's wrong, what's going on |
in context |
| whit's the neb? |
|
what's the latest gossip? |
in context |
| whitter |
|
a tiny amount, make less by taking away tiny amounts at a time, a drink of spirits |
|
| whitterick |
|
the curlew |
|
| whittie-whattie |
hwɪtˈhwɑtɪ |
make frivolous excuses |
|
| whittle, whuttle |
|
knife, a harvest hook |
|
| as shairp as a Kilmaur's whittle |
|
quick witted (kilmaur was a small town known for its cutlery apparently) |
in context |
| whitwey |
hwɪtˈwəi |
how? why? |
|
| whowe | whow |
|
wow |
|
| whuff |
hwʌf |
to blow light and quick for to extinguish (candle) or drive forward, a slight attack of the blues i.e. a black dog attack of a sniff or three then a retreat |
in context |
| whuffle |
|
Used as in exclamations as an emphatic negative. Will I whuffle: I will not! |
in context |
| whummle | whammle |
hwʌml |
overturn, turn inside out, overthrow, empty |
|
| whurl |
|
whorl |
|
| whurligig |
hwʌrlɪˈgɪg |
spinning top |
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| wi | we | wae |
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with, by |
in context |
| dee wae |
diˈwi |
die of |
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| deid wi poisinin |
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death by poisoning |
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| wi her tellin |
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according to her version |
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| wi-oot |
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without |
in context |
| wi oot a doot |
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without a doubt |
in context |
| winni dae |
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cannot be done |
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| wi't |
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with it |
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| wice | wyce | wyss | weise |
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wise, clever, intelligent |
in context |
| weise wife |
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a witch, sorceress |
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| wicht |
wɪxt |
a worthy sort of human, a valiant brave person, strongly constructed |
in context |
| tap wicht |
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best of the bunch, best sturdy warrior |
in context |
| wick | week |
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corner of the mouth or eye, a cleft in the face of a hill |
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| wick |
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(curling) when a moving stone hits a stationary stone enough to change its direction of travel |
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| wick a bore |
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(curling) hit a stone obliquely and send it through an opening between other stones |
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| wickit |
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wicked, bad tempered, angry |
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| widd | wuid | wude |
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wood |
in context |
| wid |
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would |
in context |
| widden |
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wooden |
in context |
| widdershins |
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anti-clockwise, opposite way |
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| widdie | wuidie |
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twig of flexible wood, willow |
in context |
| widdifu |
ˈwɪdɪˈfu |
gallows-worthy person |
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| widdle |
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wriggle, have a pee |
in context |
| wide |
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(curling) a shot that is not on line (off target) |
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| wide tae the wa |
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a door wide open, drunk |
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| widnae | widna | widni |
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would not |
in context |
| wie |
wi |
with |
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| wiel |
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a pool |
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| wifie |
wəifɪ |
middle aged or older woman |
in context |
| wifferty-wafferty |
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ineffectual |
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| wile |
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subtly persuade, beguile |
in context |
| will, wull |
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will, a last testament, wandering, gone astray |
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| willie-waucht | wullie waught |
wɪlɪˈwɑxt |
hearty swig of ale or such |
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| willnae | wiltnae | willae |
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will not |
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| willyart |
ˈwɪljərt |
wild, undisciplined, awkward |
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| wilrone | wolroun |
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savage creature |
in context |
| wilsome |
′wɪlsʌm |
Of a way or path: leading through wild or featureless country, confusing, bewildering; of a place: desolate, wild, dreary |
in context |
| wilt | wult |
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wilt |
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| willies |
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strong feeling of discomfort |
in context |
| wimple |
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to meander, a ringlet of hair, a tangled weave, to deceive and confuse |
in context |
| wimplin' way |
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winding road |
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| win | wun |
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dry and make ready for storage (peats, hay etc.), dwell |
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| winch | wench |
wɪnʃ |
wince, go out with, court |
in context |
| wind | wund | winnd |
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wind, breath, wind as in turn or wrap |
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| save yer wind tae cool yer kail |
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hold your council, be quiet |
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| windae | winda | windie |
ˈwɪndə |
window |
in context |
| yer bum’s stickin out the windae, awa out an push it in |
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you are talking nonsense and what's more I think you're stupid |
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| windle |
ˈwɪndl |
bundle of straw |
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| windlestrae | winnlestrae |
ˈwɪndlˈstre |
withered grass |
in context |
| winkers |
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eyelids |
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| winklin |
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to wink repeatedly, keep winking, twinkling as in fairy lights |
in context |
| winn |
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to winnow |
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| winna | winni |
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won't, will not |
in context |
| winner | wunnwe | wunner |
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wonder |
in context |
| winnin |
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winning |
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| winnock | windock |
ˈwɪnək |
window |
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| wintle | wuntle |
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stagger, reel, wriggle |
in context |
| wintle |
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a somersault |
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| winze |
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a curse |
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| wioot |
wiˈut |
outside, except, without |
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| wir |
|
our |
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| wird | word | wurd |
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word |
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| wirl |
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a malformed living thing |
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| wirm | wurm |
|
worm |
in context |
| wirr |
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growl, snarl |
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| wirrie | wirry |
ˈwɪrɪ |
worry |
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| wirsels |
|
ourselves |
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| wirsit |
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worsted |
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| wirth | warth |
wɪrθ |
worth |
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| wis | wus | wiz | wuz |
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was, were |
in context |
| no wice |
noˈwəiz |
not very clever, mad |
in context |
| wisker |
|
belt with a holed padded area to hold knitting needles |
in context |
| wisna | wisni | wasna |
ˈwɪznɪ |
wasn't, weren't |
in context |
| wiss | wuss | weish |
ˈwɪz |
wish |
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| wittins |
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knowledge, news, information, one's reason, (web) a blog |
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| wizzen |
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wither(ed), dry(ed) |
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| won | wone |
ˈwʌn |
to dwell |
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| wonner |
ˈwʌnər |
a wonder |
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| woo |
wu |
wool |
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| wooer-babs |
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love-knots |
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| wordy |
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worthy |
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| worricow | wirricow |
ˈwʌrɪkʌu |
hobgoblin, demon |
in context |
| wowar |
|
a guardian |
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| wowff |
wʌuf |
a low pitched suppressed bark, the polite bark our terrier makes when we are in hearing distance when we've accidentally locked him out in the porch - it's easily done, he's the silent black shadow, you never know where he is - usually |
in context |
| wrack, vrack | wraik |
|
shipwreck, vengeance |
in context |
| wraikful |
rekˈfu |
vengful, vindictive |
in context |
| wraith |
reθ |
omen of death in seeing what you thought a living person as a ghost, wroth |
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| wranch | runch |
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wrench |
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| wrang |
raŋ |
wrong |
in context |
| wrat |
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wart |
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| wrat | wrate |
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wrote |
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| wratch | vratch |
wratʃ |
overstrain, fatigue, wretch, miser |
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| wrate |
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writ |
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| wreath | wraith |
wriθ |
a drift of snow |
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| wricht | wreicht |
wrɪxt |
a craftsman |
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| writ | wryte |
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write |
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| wrocht |
wroxt |
worked |
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| wroke |
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active ill will |
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| wuid | widd | wode |
wɪd |
wood, mad |
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| wuiden overcoat |
wɪdnˈovərkot |
coffin |
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| wuid-lark |
|
tree pipet |
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| wuidrim |
ˈwʌdrɪm |
a dazed state |
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| brainwode | rinwuid |
ˈbrenˈwod |
go ballistic with anger |
in context |
| wulk | wilk |
wʌlk |
whelk, periwinkle |
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| wummle | womill | wumble |
ˈwʌml |
an auger |
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| wunner |
ˈwʌnər |
wonder, contemptuous term for an unpleasant someone who's put your nose out of joint |
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| wurble |
ˈwʌrble |
crawl forward like a commando sneaking up through the undergrowth |
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| wurn |
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complain constantly, peeve, girn |
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| wursom |
ˈwʌrsʌm |
puss, discharge from a festering puss laden sore |
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| wyde |
|
wade, weed |
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| wye |
wəi |
a person of character and strength, a warrior of note |
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| wyliecoat |
ˈwəilɪˈkot |
undervest, under petticoat |
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| wynd |
wəind |
a narrow winding street or lane off a main street, instruction to a horse or ox pulling the cart to turn left - well, sheep dogs do that so why not an ox |
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| wynscott |
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wainscot |
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| wynt |
wəint |
allow to go bad or sour |
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| wyte | wite | wit | weit |
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blame, accuse, reproach |
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| wyteless |
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innocent |
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Scottish Words Glossary: W from A-Z