wagaan; v. stroll idly.
wagaantagh; s. m. a vagrant or vagabond; a. in a vagabond, vagrant manner.
s’waggaantagh; a. how vagabond or vagrant.
s’waggaantee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. 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, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
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; 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 [change -agh to -ee].
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, 77; -ee, 80; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
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, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
cha n’whaal; v. not sew; -agh, &c. W
dwhaayl; v. did sew, sewed; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms, 94. 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 [change -ey to -aghyn].
whaaleyder; s. m. one who sews.
whaalley; s. m. a clinch nail; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].
wheddyr; s. f. a barb; pl. -yn.
wheddyragh; a. barby, having barbs.
wheesh; adv. as much, so much; cre wheesh, 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.
Y; as a radical initial, does not change, but all words radically in j come under it.