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wede, weed, weid,
weed [wid, MN. wəid]
n. A sudden high fever, an attack of ague, mastitis, puerperal fever.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
simmer weed: Mastitis.
dole-weeds, dool-weeds, doul-weeds, duil-weeds, dule-weeds, weed, weid,
weed [wid]
n. Clothing. A winding-sheet, shroud.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dule-weeds: Mourning garments.
bennie-weed, benweed, benweid, benwide, benwyde, bunwede, bunweed, midden-weed, midden-weid, ragweed, ragweid, wade, wed, wede, wede_awa, wede_awa$, weed, weed_awa, weedack, weedack, weeder, weeder-clips, weedheuk, weedick, weedick, weedie, weedock, weedock, weeds, weid, weids, weyd, wide, wyde, wydes,
weed [wid, MN. wəid]
n. A plant in the wrong place. Potash, or kelp from burnt sea-weed.
pl. weeds.
dim. weedie, weedock A little weed.
v. To remove weeds.
pt. pp. weedit, wed [wɛd]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
beeshop's weed: The ground elder Aegopodium podagraria.
benweed [ˈbɛn-]: The common ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris.
chickenweed: Chickweed Stellaria media.
kist-weed: MN. The woodruff Galium odoratum.
midden-weed: WC. The knotgrass Polygonum or SEC. fat-hen Chenopodium album.
ragweed [ˈrag-]: The ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris.
sauch-weed: WC. The water knotweed Persicaria amphibia.
weed awa: To carry off or remove usually by death, to make to die off.
weeder: One who removes weeds.
weeder-clips: An instrument for destroying weeds.
weedheuk [-høk, -çjuk, -çjʌk, -ək]: A weed-hook, a tool for cutting weeds.
wrat-weed: S. The sun spurge Euphorbia helioscopia.
yellae weed: S. The dyer's rocket Reseda luteola or the ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris.
weeda, weedae, weedaeman, weedae-man, weedae-men, weedaewife, weedae-wife, weedaman, weedamen, weedawife, weedie, weedo, weedow, weedow-man, weedow-wife, weida, weidae, weidae-man, widaw, widda, widda-man, widda-wife, widdie, widdy, widou, widowman, widow-man, widowwife, widow-wife, widowwyfe, widow-wyfe, wudda,
weedae [ˈwidə]
n. A widow.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
weedae-man: A widower. pl. weedae-men
weedae-wife: A widow.
weeg, weig,
weeg [wig]
n. A wig.
waegle, waggle, waiggle, waigle, weagle, weegle, weigle, weygle, wiggle,
weegle [ˈwigl, ˈwegl]
n. A wriggle, wriggling motion. The act of waggling or waddling.
v. To move to and fro from side to side, to wave something around, to wriggle.
ook, ookday, ooklie, ookly, ooks, ouk, oukday, ouklie, oukly, ouks, owk, owkly, owks, waek, waekly, waeks, week, weekday, week-en, weekend, weekeyn, weekeyne, weekine, weeklie, weekly, weeks, weikend, wick, wickly, wicks, wik, wik-en, wikend, wikeyn, wikeyne, wikk, wikkein, wikken, wikkend, wikkeyn, wikkeyne, wikkly, wikks, wikly, wiks, wook, wookly, wooks, wouk, woukly, wouks,
week [wik, MN. wɪk]
also arch. (w)ouk [(w)uk]
n. A week, 7 days.
pl. weeks, (w)ouks
 
weekly
also (w)oukly [ˈ(w)uklɪ]
adv. Weekly.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ilka week: Weekly.
this week past: Last week.
weekday: A weekday.
weekend: Weekend.
weeck, week, weik, wieck, wiek,
week [wik]
n. The wick of a candle.
Weeck, Week, Weik, Wick,
Week [wik]
pn. Wick (Caithness).
 
From wick, a small bay or inlet.
alsweill, as_weel, a-weill, naeweill, ne$er-dae-weel, ne$er-dee-weel, neer-de-weel, o$erwell, onweel, onweelness, oonweel, ower_weel, owerweel, unweel, unweelness, unweil, unweill, unweillness, unweilness, wael, wal, wal-aff, wale, walfare, weal, weal-aff, weel, weel-aff, weel-a-weel, weelfare, weell, weelness, weil, weil-aff, weilfare, weilfaur, weill, weill-aff, weill-a-weill, weillfare, weillness, weilness,
weel [wil]
adv. Well. Very, quite, much. Very much, indeed, really.
adj. Well, in good health. Of food: fully cooked, ready to eat.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
as weel: As well.
guid and weel: Well and good.
makkit weel: Succeeded, successful.
nae weel: Unwell, ill, poorly.
ne'er-dae-weel: A never-do-well.
no weel: Not well.
ower weel: In very good or tolerably good health.
sets her weel: Becomes her well.
unweel: Not in good health, indisposed.
unweelness: Bad health, illness.
weel-aff: Well-off, well-to-do, wealthy, prosperous. To copy down.
weel-a-weel: int. Very well, all right!
weelfare: Welfare.
weelness: Good health.

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