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Turs, turfs, trufs.

Wad or wed, pledge, wager, pawn;
alfo, would.
Waff, wandering by itself.
Wak, moift, wet.

Wale, to pick and chufe. The wale, i. e. the best.

Wallop, to move fwiftly, with much agitation.

Wally, chofen, beautiful, large. Abonny wally, i. e. a fine thing. Wame, womb.

Wandought, want of dought, impotent.

Wangrace, wickedness, want of
grace.
War, worse.
Warlock, wizard.
Wat or wit, to know.
Waught, a large draught.
Waughts, drinks largely.
Wee, little; as, A wanton wee
thing.

Wean or wee ane, a child.
Ween, thought, imagined, fup-
pofe.

Weer, to ftop or oppose.

Weir, war.

Weird, fate or destiny.

Werf, infipid, wallowish, want

ing falt.

Twin, to part with, or feparate Weit, rain.

from.

Twitch, touch.

Twintere, sheep of two years old. Whauk, whip, beat, flog.

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Winfom, gaining, defirable, agree.
able, complete, large; we fay,
My winfom love.
Wirrykow, a bugbear.
Wifent, parched, dry, withered.
Wiftle, to exchange (money.)
Witberfhins, crofs motion, or a-
gainst the fun.

Woo or W. wool; as in the whim of making five words out of four letters, thus, z, a, e, w; i e. Is it all one wool?

Wood, mad.
Woody, the gallows.
Wordy, worthy.

Wow! ftrange! wonderful! Wreaths (of fnow), when heaps of it are blown together by the wind.

Wyfing, inclining. To wyfe, to lead, train.

Wyson, the gullet.
Wyt, to blame. Blame.

Yamph, to bark, or make a noife
like little dogs.
Yap, hungry, having a longing de-
fire for any thing ready.
Yealtou, yea wilt thou.
Yed, to contend, wrangle.
Yeld, barren, as a cow that gives
no milk.

Yerk, to do any thing with cele-
rity.
Yesk, the hiccup.
Yett, gate.

Teftreen, yefternight.
Youdith, youthfulness.
Yowden, wearied.
Yowf, a fwinging blow.
Yuke, the itch.
Yule, Christmas.

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MISS CATLEY in the Character of EUPHROSYNE All Thope of Mortal Man,

Is to Love me_ whilst he can..

C O M U S:

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M AS QUE.

LONDON: Printed for JoHN BELL, near Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand,

MDCCLXXVII,

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