Cregeen's Dictionary

wagaan, v. stroll idly

wagaantagh, s. m. a vagrant or vagabond;

wagaantagh, a. in a vagabond, vagrant manner

s'waggaantagh, a. how vagabond or vagrant

s'waggaantee, a. id. 58. comp. and sup. W

wagaantys, s. vagrancy

wahll, in. well

walk, v. tuck [OED: To dress or finish (cloth) after it comes from the weaver] or mill woollen cloth; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys

walkey, v. tucking, milling

walkee, a. d. of tucking or milling

mwyllin walkee, s. f. a tuck mill

walkit, pt. tucked, milled

s'walkit, a. how tucked W

neu-walkit, a. untucked, unmilled

walkeyder or walker, s. a tucker or miller of woollen cloth, a fuller; Mark ix. 3: As haink y coamrey echey dy ve sollys, erskyn towse gial myr y sniaghtey; nagh row walker er y thalloo oddagh jannoo cha gial roo. [And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them]

wandrail, v. wandering

wandrailagh, a. wandering;

wandrailagh, s. m. a person that wanders

wandrailys, s.

wandrailyssyn, s. pl. wanderings

wappin, s. m. a weapon; pl. -yn

wappinagh, a. having weapons

war, s. m. the stroke of an oar in rowing or plying; pl. -yn

wardoonagh, s. <a.> a warden; pl. 71

wardoor, s. m. a jailor; pl. -yn; Acts xvi. 23: As tra v'ad er woalley ad dy dewil, hilg ad ad ayns pryssoon, as doardee ad yn wardoor dy reayll ad dy sauchey. [And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely]

warp, s. m. a cast, a three [EDD s.v. warp: Isle of Man. When the fishermen tell out their herrings they add to every 100, three fishes, which they distinguish by the name of ‘warp,’ and then they throw in a single herring, which they call ‘tally’ (S.M.)]; pl. -pyn

warp, v. wrap, bind round; -agh; -ee; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys

warpal, v. wrapping, binding round

warpit, pt. wrapped, bound

warrag, s. f. m. a wit; pl. -yn

warree, a. witty, crafty, &c

s'warree, how witty, crafty or cunning; comp. and sup. W

wass, adv. below, down.. It is sometimes used in opposition to hoal; any where the speaker is; ayns shoh wass [here below]

wed, s. m. wad or wadding

whaal or whayll, v. sew; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys

cha n'whaal, v. not sew; -agh, &c W

dwhaayl, v. did sew, sewed; -agh; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms W

whaaley, v. sewing

dy waaley, v. to sew

dy oaley, to sew.. Perhaps this word ought to be written aaley W

er n'whaaley, v. hath, &c. sewed W

whaaylit, pt.

whaalt, pt. sewed

s'whaaylit or s'whaaylt, a. how sewed W

neu-whaalt, a. unsewed

whaaley, s. m. a sewing or seam; pl. 67

whaaleyder, s. m. one who sews

whaalley, s. m. a clinch nail; pl. 67

wheddyr, s. f. a barb; pl. -yn

wheddyragh, a. barby, having barbs

wheesh, adv. as much, so much; cre wheesh, [how much]; cre whillin [how much]

ayns-wheesh, conj. inasmuch, insomuch

cre-wheesh, a. how big or how great

whilleen, or as it is always pronounced

whillin or whyllin, adv. as many, so many; (how many)

cre-whelleen, a. how many.. The ee in the last syllable is to be sounded as i.

whoig or whaig, s. f. a thrum [EDD. thrum, 1. sb. A weaving term: the waste end of a warp, which cannot be woven; pl. waste ends of thread;]; pl. -yn

whush, in. hold thy peace, hush

wistad, s. f. worsted

woishleeyn, s. pl. pennyworts

wollad, s. a wallet

wor, v. This word is used to make a horse go off to the right, to chee or gee