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waanoun
/WAH/
upright partition separating different areas
“Dae ye see the new waa?”
waa backnoun
/WAA-bak/
wall-hung kerosene lamp with flat back
“Hang the waa back oan the wa'.”
waagengnoun
/WAA-geng/
lingering taste, scent, or gossip
“De waageng frae that meetin bides aboot the toun.”
waakenverb
/WAA-ken/
to rouse or awaken from sleep
“Waaken the bairn, it's time for skule.”
waakrifeadjective
/WAAK-REEF/
Able to thrive on little sleep
“Da Ella's waakrife, she aye taks da mornin shift.”
waandnoun
/WAHND/
rod used for angling
“Ah'm gaen te da voe wi ma waand.”
waaradjective
/WAHR/
aware, conscious and informed
“Ah'm waar o that.”
waariadjective
/WAAR-ee/
Soaked; covered in water
“Dinna stand there, yer breeks'll get waari”
waaverin laefnoun
/WAA-vuh-rin-LAYF/
common broad ribbed-leaf lawn plant
“There's a hale clump o waaverin laef on da green.”
wabbitadjective
/WAB-it/
extremely tired and physically weak
“Aw'm fair wabbit etter the lang day.”
waddernoun
/WAD-er/
a castrated male sheep, wether
“Yon wadder's oot on da brae.”
wadder headnoun
/WAD-er-HED/
Banded cloud streaks predicting weather
“Yon wadder head'll bring rain”
wadensdaynoun
/WAD-enz-day/
midweek day between Tuesday and Thursday
“Aw'll see ye on wadensday.”
waeadjective
/WAY/
feeling sad or unhappy
“She's wae efter the news”
waelverb
/WAIL/
to choose or pick out
“A'll wael that yin.”
waesomeadjective
/WAY-sum/
causing grief or distress
“Da's waesome tae see the bairns gae.”
waevnoun
/WAYV/
rotating wooden peg on doorpost
“Set the waev afore ye shut the dour.”
waffnoun
/WAF/
a slight faint lingering smell
“Ther's a wee waff fae the sea”
wairinnoun
/WAIR-in/
wooden strip supporting boat seats
“Fit the wairin proper, hinny”
waknoun
/WAK/
one's allotted portion or share
“Ah got ma wak o fish”
wannumeral
/WAHN/
one; a single person or thing
“There's wan o' them oot.”
wanlessadjective
/WAN-liss/
completely without hope or prospects
“Wi the croft fu o' debt, he's wanless.”
wanrestnoun
/WAN-rest/
troubled, uneasy or restless sleep
“A hed a wanrest nicht.”
wanrestitadjective
/WAN-REST-it/
tired from a poor night's sleep
“Ah'm fair wanrestit the day.”
wantrivvenadjective
/WAN-TRIV-en/
sickly, undersized and poorly developed
“Da lamb's wantrivven.”
wanwirtnoun
/WAN-wirt/
small insignificant thing of little value
“Pit da wanwirt doon an' come awa.”
wapverb
/WAP/
to fling or hurl forcefully
“He wapped the stane ower the dyke.”
waptreenoun
/WAP-tree/
bar linking treadle to wheel axle
“Mind the waptree or the wheel winna gang richt.”
waradjective
/WAHR/
comparative of bad; more unpleasant
“Thon ale wis war nor yestreen.”
warbacknoun
/WAR-bak/
abscess on cattle's back from larvae
“Da coo haes a warback.”
warknoun
/WARK/
an undertaking or noisy disturbance
“Dinna mak a wark.”
warnnoun
/WAWN/
official written authorization from court
“She gied me a warn fae da court.”
warselverb
/WAR-sel/
wrestle or struggle forcefully
“Da lads warsel wi the net i' da tide.”
wartnoun
/WORT/
Small raised hill used for lookout
“Aw'll gang up the wart an hae a keek”
wasterverb
/WAS-ter/
to shift toward the west
“Noo the winda's gaes waster.”
wastirdnoun
/WAS-tird/
the western part of a place
“A'm gaen wastird the morn”
watverb
/WAHT/
to bet; assert with confident guess
“A wat he'll be here the morn”
watertraanoun
/WAW-tuh-TRAH/
burning sensation from stomach acid
“A hae watertraa efter da tea.”
wearyadjective
/WEER-ee/
feeling miserable or gloomy
“She's gey weary efter the ill tidins”
weegnoun
/WEEG/
small cliff-nesting seabird, the kittiwake
“Da's a weeg sittin' on the cliff the day.”
weeknoun
/WEEK/
candle wick; corner of the mouth
“Gie the week a licht afore it gaes oot.”
weeladverb
/WEEL/
very in good health well
“A'm weel, ta.”
weel i watphrase
/WEEL-ee-WAT/
I know this very well
“Weel i wat, the neebors aye blether.”
weetnoun
/WEET/
a small sip or drink
“Gie me a weet o tea.”
weetyadjective
/WEE-tee/
wet from light rain or drizzle
“Da's weety oot”
weirdnoun
/WEE-erd/
one's destined, often grim, lot
“Ye cannae flee frae yer weird.”
wengleverb
/WEN-gul/
to wind or meander a burn
“Da burn wengles alang da brae.”
wenglitadjective
/WENG-lit/
tall, thin and gawky person
“Da lad's fair wenglit.”
whainterrogative pronoun
/HWA/
Used to ask about someone's identity
“Wha's oot by the pier?”
whaalnoun
/WAA-l/
large ocean-dwelling cetacean mammal
“I seen a whaal oot alang the voe the day”
whaasepossessive pronoun
/WAAZ/
indicates to whom something belongs
“Whaase boat is that?”
whaaselintransitive verb
/WAA-sel/
breathe with wheezing, rattling sounds
“He's awfie whaasel efter the hill.”
whalpnoun
/HWALP/
young dog; a little pup
“Yon whalp's aye rinnin aboot the croft.”
whanconjunction/adverb
/WAHN/
Asking about time or occasion
“Whan'll ye be hyem?”
wharveverb
/HWARV/
rake or turn over mown hay
“Gae wharve the hay noo afore the rain.”
whatteninterrogative determiner
/WOT-en/
asking which type or sort
“Whatten bird's yon aboon?”
wheefnoun
/WEEF/
a sudden sharp blow or motion
“She gied me a wheef wi her haun.”
wheefernoun
/WEE-fer/
an unusually large or bulky object
“That's a wheefer, it winna fit in the hoose.”
wheeflicationnoun
/WEE-FLI-KAY-SHUN/
an excuse to avoid blame
“Dinna come wi yer wheeflication.”
wheelbandsnoun
/WEEL-bahndz/
dried sheep intestines used as bands
“A'll pit new wheelbands oan the spinnin-wheel.”
wheeshtinterjection
/HWEE-SHT/
sharp command to be quiet
“Wheesht, the gulls'll hear ye”
whenknoun
/WENGK/
brief odd bodily twitch or jerk
“He gied a wee whenk.”
whetverb
/WET/
to stop; come to a halt
“Da boat whet oan da kai”
whidnoun
/HWID/
brief, passing impulsive idea or fancy
“I hed a wee whid tae gang oot.”
whilkverb
/HWILK/
to swallow with a noisy gulp
“Da bairn juist whilk'd his tea.”
whillienoun
/WHIL-ee/
small light open skiff for fishing
“A'll tak the whillie oot tae the skerries”
whingeverb
/WINJ/
complain in a peevish, persistent way
“Dinnae whinge, hinny.”
whirknoun
/WIRK/
hollow of the foot's instep
“Da new boots aye rub ma whirk.”
whissverb
/HWISS/
ask curious or probing questions
“Dinna whiss wi him.”
whitritnoun
/WHIT-rit/
small stoat or winter ermine
“Whitrit's juist been i' da hen hoose”
wipreposition
/WEE/
indicates agency, origin or possession
“A'm gaein wi Jens.”
widdergaetsadverb
/WID-er-gates/
moving counterclockwise; anticlockwise direction
“Gie the wheel widdergaets.”
widderinnoun
/WID-er-in/
Contagious viral disease affecting dogs
“Da dug's got widderin”
widderwisadjective
/WID-er-wiss/
Willfully contrary and hard to manage
“Dinnae bother wi' 'im, he's a widderwis.”
widgeverb
/WIDJ/
to fidget or squirm restlessly
“Da bairn's awfy widge noo”
wigverb
/WIG/
shake or wag from side to side
“Da cat's tail did wig on the wa'.”
wigglyadjective
/WIG-lee/
prone to wobble or shake
“Da table's aye wiggly, ye ken?”
willpast participle
/WIL/
gone astray; lost one's way
“Da dug's will oan da hill.”
wilsomadjective
/WIL-sum/
causing someone to lose their way
“Da wilsom brae maks ye tak a wrang road.”
winverb
/WIN/
to move, leave, or obtain
“Win yersel a tay.”
winderfiladjective
/WIN-duh-fil/
remarkably good despite difficult circumstances
“Winderfil job ye did wi' nae time.”
windlinnoun
/WIN-dlin/
small tied tuft or bundle of straw
“Dinna fling the windlin aboot.”
winnishverb
/WIN-ish/
become thin and weak
“She's gaen winnish sin he gaed awa.”
wintadjective
/WINT/
Accustomed or habituated to something
“A'm wint o da cauld”
wipverb
/WIP/
Wind or bind items with cord
“Wip the roap roond the barrel.”
wirpossessive determiner
/WEER/
Belonging to us; means 'our'
“Wir hoose's by the voe.”
wiresnoun
/WYE-ers/
knitting needles used for making garments
“A've put ma wires awa.”
wirlienoun
/WIR-lee/
small culvert at dyke base
“Mind the wirlie by da dyke afore ye cross.”
wirryverb
/WIR-ee/
to maul or choke by biting
“Da dug'll wirry the lamb.”
wirs and wiroosnoun
/WEERZ/
our house or home
“A'll see ye at wirs the nicht.”
wirsellsreflexive pronoun
/WIR-selz/
Ourselves; plural reflexive pronoun
“Wirsells hae tae mend da net.”
wirsetnoun
/WEER-set/
wool yarn for knitting or weaving
“Ah'll mak a pair o' socks wi the wirset.”
wirsomnoun
/WIR-sum/
thick pus from an infected sore
“Dinnae pick at the wirsom, bairn.”
wishverb
/WISH/
to launder or clean with water
“Gie me the claes an A'll wish them”
witteensnoun
/WIT-eenz/
small bits of news or information
“Hae ye ony witteens?”
witternoun
/WIT-er/
small backward facing spike on fishhook
“Mind the witter, or the fish'll come aff.”
wizpersonal pronoun
/WIZ/
Objective pronoun meaning 'us'
“Gie it tae wiz.”
wizzennoun
/WIZ-en/
throat, food pipe to stomach
“Is yer wizzen sair?”
wrestverb
/REHST/
twist or wrench a joint
“A wrest ma ankle on yon stane.”
wrestin treednoun
/WRESS-tin-TREED/
black thread tied round injured limb
“Mam tyed a wrestin treed roond ma fit.”
wretverb
/WRET/
past tense of write; did write
“Ah wret it yestreen.”
wyenoun
/WAI/
A road or path; a route
“Tak da wye ta da kirk”
wylknoun
/WILK/
small marine snail on rocky shore
“Aw fand a wylk oan da stane.”