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awaantin, awanteen, awantin, awanting, waan, waant, waantin, waantit, waanty, wahnt, wahntit, wannae, wannt, want, want_tae, wantae, wantan, wanter, wantet, wantid, wantin, wantit, wantna, wanty, wint, wint, winted, winten, wintet, wintin, wintit, wintit, wunt, wuntin, wuntit,
want [want, MN. wɪnt, wʌnt]
n. A defect, a fault. A missing or defective part of something.
v. To wish, desire. To be lacking or deficient, to fail or give out. To lack, be without, not to have, to be free from. To be in want. To do or go without, to manage without. To dispense with, to be able to spare.
pt. pp. wantit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
awantin [əˈ-]: adj. Wanting, missing.
hae a want: To be mental deficiency or feeble-minded etc.
wanter: An unmarried person, a widow(er).
wantin [-ɪn]: Not having, without, short of, lacking, simple, mentally defective.
wantin a: Wanting a, lacking a ...
want for: To lack or be short of.
want tae: Want to ...
wanton [ˈwantən]
adj. Unrestrained in behaviour, undisciplined, unruly, badly behaved.
v. To overjoy, to cause one extravagant delight.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
wantonness: Undisciplined, unruly, or immoral behaviour.
waap, wap, wappid, wappin, wappit, wapple, waupit, wep, whappit, whaup, whaupit, whoppit, wip, wipe, wipp, wippit, woop, wop, woppit, woup, wowp, wup, wupl, wupp, wupped, wuppel, wuppit, wupple, wype,
wap [S. SW. U. wap, wʌp, MN. NN. I.Ork. wɪp]
n. A lap, roll or tie. A splicing or joining by means of a cord or twine tied round. A bundle or bottle of hay or straw.
v. To wrap, fold, bind, wind together or tie tightly with a splice and tape or string. To splice, become entangled or involved.
pt. wappit
 
wapple
v. NN.b. I. To wrap, wind round, bundle up, roll tight. I.Sh. To become entangled round the legs, to walk in an unsteady manner.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
wappin: Wrapping, folding etc.
wap, wappet, wappid, wappin, wappit, wapple, waup, whap, whappin, whaup, whop, wop,
wap [wap, wɔp, ʍap]
n. A sweeping or swinging movement. A swipe, shake, toss, flap, wave. A blow, thump, knock, swipe, smart stroke. A disturbance, riot, brawl, turmoil, din, to-do, row, strife, quarrel.
v. To throw, dash or pull violently, thrust, toss, fling. To move to and fro, flap, swing, flutter, move jerkily. To strike, beat, thrash, hit.
pt. pp. wappit
 
wapple
v. To move to and fro, flap, swing, flutter, move jerkily.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
wappin: Large, huge, enormous.
waipin, wapin, wappen, wappin, wappon, weppen,
wappen [ˈwapən]
n. A weapon.
waar, waars, wahr, war, warlike, wars, wearwa, wearwaw, weerwa, weerwaw, weir, weirlik, weirlike, weirwa, weirwaw, weir-waw, were, wierwa$,
war [war]
also arch. weir [wiː(ə)r]
n. War.
pl. wars
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
weirlike: arch. Warlike.
weirwaw: arch. A defensive wall, a bulwark or rampart.
warble [ˈwarbl]
n. A four-note embellishment or group of grace-notes.
v. To embellish or ornament a tune with a group of grace notes.
varbo, waarbak, waarbik, waarie-bug, warback, warbak, warbeck, warbie, warble, warribowg,
warble [ˈwarbl]
n. An itchy swelling or abscess on the back of cattle caused by the burrowing of the larva of the gadfly.
dim. warbie, I.Ork. varbo [′vɑrbʊ] A warble fly of the genus Hypoderma.
v. To crawl or wriggle like a worm or maggot.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
warback [ˈwarbak]: NN.b. I. A warble fly of the genus Hypoderma. The abcess caused on the back of cattle.
haardware, haillwar, haillwaur, hailwar, hailware, hairdware, halewar, halwar, halware, hardware, haurdware, herdware, saftwair, saftware, saftweir, waares, waars, waars, wair, ware, wares, wares, weirs,
ware [weːr]
n. Ware. Money, cash.
pl. wares
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
haleware [ˈhel-]: The whole number or amount.
haurdware [ˈhɑ(ː)rdˈ-, ˈhɔːrdˈ-], hairdware [hɛrd-, ˈheːrd-]: Hardware.
saftware: Software.
skinkin ware: Watery soup.
voar, vor, vore, ware, waur,
ware [wer, war]
also I. voar [voːr]
n. Spring, springtime. Cold bleak weather during the season of spring.

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