Fiue hundred pointes of good husbandrie

Warily, 10/34, _adv._ discreetly, cautiously. A.S. _wær_. Warrener, 33/7, _s._ the keeper of a warren. Wart, 114/5, _v. pr. t._ wert, wast. Waster, 79/1, _s._ wasteful. Water furrow, 19/7, _v. imp._ draw furrows across the ridges in the lowest part of the ground to act as drains or water-courses. "A watir furre, _elix_."--Cathol. Anglicum. Water-retting, 16/25, _s._ retting is the process of steeping flax in water to separate the fibres. "Rettyn tymber, hempe or other like, _rigo, infundo_."--Prompt. Parv. Wayest, 10/4, _v._ considerest. Weather, 57/5, _v. imp._ dry in the open air. Weene, 67/12, _v. pr. t._ think. A S. _wenan_. Webster, 15/17, _s._ a weaver. A.S. _webbestre_, a female weaver. *Wedehoke, 79, _s._ a weeding tool. Weeles, 36/31, _s. pl._ snares or traps for fish made of osiers or twigs. "A weele, a wicker net, wherewith fishes being once entred, there is no way for them to get out; a bow net."--Nomenclator. "There plenty is of roches, bleakes, or eeles, Which fishermen catche in their nets and weeles." --Newe Metamorphosis, 1600. Wefte, 84/1, _s._ a loss. Well a fine, 114/19, to a good end or purpose. Welthines, 10/36, _s._ plenty, wealth. Wenches, 57/34, _s. pl._ girls. Wennel, 20/28, _s._ a calf just _weaned_. "A lambe, or a kidde, or a _weanell_ wast."--Spenser, Shep. Cal. September. Wether, 90/7, _s._ weather. Wheat plums, 34/27, _s. pl._ a large fleshy plum, sometimes called the bastard Orleans plum. Wheele ladder, 17/6, _s._ "probably a frame on the side of a cart to support hay or corn when the load is to be increased."--Mavor. Whelpe, 95/2, _s._ child. Whereas, 21/25, _adv._ wherever. Whight, 15/12, _adj._ white. Whinnes, 53/12, _s. pl._ whin, furze. Whipstock, 21/14, _s._ the handle of a whip. "Bought you a whistle, and a _whip-stalk_ too, To be revenged on their villainies." --Span. Tragedy, iii. 180. Whist, 64*/10, _v._ be silent, be hushed. "Keepe the _whisht_, and thou shalt heare it the sooner."--Terence in Eng. 1641. Whit, 2/4, _s._ a point, no whit, not in the slightest degree. A.S. _wiht_, a creature, thing. Gothic _waiht_. Whitch, 35/6, which sort. Whit leather, 17/4, _s._ leather dressed with alum, salt, etc., remarkable for its pliability and toughness. "I think I'm as hard as a nut, and as tough as _whit-leather_."--Howitt. Whitemeat, Whitmeat, 47/20, _s._ eggs, milk, butter, cheese, etc. Wicket, 77/9, _s._ mouth. Wight, 3/6, _s._ person, man. A.S. _wiht_. Gothic _waiht_. Wild otes fantasie, 9/30*, the fancies or excesses of youth. Cf. "sowing his wild oats." Wiles, 114/18, _s. pl._ tricks, deceits. Wilfull, 35/4, _adj._ ready, hasty. Wimble, 17/6, _s._ auger. "An auger or _wimble_, wherwith holes are bored, _terebra_ and _terebrum_."--Baret's Aluearie, 1580. _Gimlet_ is the dimin. from _wimble_. Wine, 51/21, _v. imp._ win, make to please. Wit, 16/3, _s._ sense, good judgment. A.S. _witt_. Wither, 57/20, _v._ dry. Wonne, 75/3, _pp._ managed, made up. Wood, 13/5, _adj._ mad. A.S. _wod_. Woodrofe, 44/17, _s._ sweet woodruff, _Asperula odorata_. A.S. _wudurôfe_. Woodsere, 51/6, _s._ the month or season for cutting wood; but see next word. "If wood be cut after the sunne decline from us till he come to the equinoctial (which time they call _woodsere_), it will never grow againe."--Heydon, Def. of Astrology, 1603. Woodsere, 53/15, _s._ "By woodsere is meant decayed or hollow Pollards."--T.R.; but in his note to this passage he says, "Woodsere is the season of felling wood."--T.R. Woorser, 10/32, Worser, 63/15, _adv._ worse, a double comparative. A.S. _wyrsa_. Woorth, 113/7, _s._ in worth = for what I am worth, _i.e._ as I can, what I can get. Wot, 94/4, _ v. pr. t._ ye know not what, an indefinite expression. Wote, 10/21, _v. pr. t._ know. A.S. _witan_; _pt. t. Ic wat_, I know. Wounder, 2/2, _s._ wounder, slayer. A.S. _wundian_, to wound. Wrall, 101/4, _v. pr. t._ quarrel. Wraught, 114/35, _pp._ supplied, furnished. Wrauling, 92/1, _s._ quarrelling. Wrecke, 115/2, _v._ wreak, vent. A.S. _wrecan_. Wrest, 11/1, _v._ turn, force away. Wrest, 10/61, _v._ steal away, plunder. Wresting, 89/13, _s._ struggling for, fighting for. Wright, 68/1, _v._ write. Wringer, 2/13, _s._ extortioner. Write, 86/10, _v. imp._ mark, write the name on. Wud, 33/16, _s._ wood. A.S. _wudu_. Wull, 35/21, _s._ wool. A.S. _wull_. Gothic _wulla_. Y. Yarn, 21/13, _v. pr. t._ earn. A.S. _gearnian_. Yeane, 33/21, _v._ bring forth young. A.S. _eanian_. Yeerlie, 63/21, _adv._ ? = yarely, readily. A.S. _gearu_. O. L. Ger. _garu_. Yerke, 64*/9, _v._ kick, wince. "They flirt, they _yerk_, they backward fling."--Drayton. "_Tire_, a kick, yark, jerk, jert."--Cotgrave.