GLOSSARY. Waukrife, not apt to sleep Wean, or weanie, a child Wearie, or weary; many a weary body, many a different person Weason, weasand Weaving the stocking.-See Stockin', page 349 Wee, little; wee things, little ones; wee bit, a small matter Weel, well; weelfare, welfare Weet, rain, wetness Weird, fate We'se, we shall Whaizle, to wheeze Whang, a leathern string; a wherever Whase, whose Whatreck, nevertheless Wheep, to fly nimbly, jerk; penny-wheep, sinall beer Whid, the motion of a hare running, but not frighted; a lie Whiddin', running as a hare or cony Whigmeleeries, whims, fancies Whingin', crying, complaining, fretting Whirligigums, useless ornaments, trifling appendages Whisht, silence; to hold one's whisht, to be silent Whisk, to sweep, to lash Whiskit, lashed Whissle, a whistle; to whistle 353 354 GLOSSARY. Woodie, a rope, more properly one made of withes or willows Wooer bab, the garter knotted below the knee with a couple of loops Wordy, worthy Worset, worsted Wow, an exclamation of pleasure or wonder Wrack, to tease, to vex Wraith, a spirit or ghost; an apparition exactly like a living person, whose appearance is said to forbode the person's approaching death Wrang, wrong; to wrong Wreeth, a drifted heap of snow Wud, mad, distracted Wyliecoat, a flannel vest YAD, an old mare: a wornout horse Ye; this pronoun is frequently used for thou Year is used both for singular and plural, years Yearlings, born in the same year, coevals [ospray Yearn, earn, an eagle, an Yearns, longs much Yell, barren, that gives no milk Yerk, to lash, to jerk Yerkit, jerked, lashed Yestreen, yesternight Yett, a gate, such as is usually at the entrance into a farmyard or field Yill, ale Yird, earth Yokin', yoking; a bout Yont, beyond Yoursel, yourself Yowe, an ewe Yowie, diminutive of yowe Yule, Christmas Printed by WALTER SCOTT, Felling, Newcastle-on-Tyne. The Canterbury Poets. NEW EDITION OF THE POETS. In Shilling Monthly Volumes, Square 8vo, well_printed on Toned Paper, with Red-Line Border on each Page, Strongly Bound in Cloth, with Artistic Design on Cover. Each Volume contains 288 pages, including Introductory Notices, biographical and critical, by various Contributors. Also in Roan Binding, Gilt Edges, Price 2s. 6d.; and a variety of Fancy Bindings in German Calf and Morocco. have the genuine products without being burdened with the mere husks of our Poets, and as no anthology, however copious and excellent, can serve the requirement, the present series, in which each volume will generally contain all that is worthy of preservation in some particular Poet, cannot but meet with a cordial reception. Exceptions there will be-such as Burns, Milton, and Scott-whose works will be given in two volumes. Extracts from Opinions of the Press. "Well printed on good paper, and nicely bound."-Athenæum. "Handy volumes, tastefully bound, and well finished in every respect."-Pall Mall Gazette. "The introductory sketch is one of the best we have read on the subject. Blake is too little known."-Sheffield Independent. "Is emphatically one of the best things in cheap literature which has yet seen the light."-Brighton Guardian. "Paper, printing, and binding being all that can be desired by the most fastidious."-Oxford Guardian. "Cheap but excellent edition."-Literary World. Crown 8vo, 370 Pages, Bound in Cloth, Price 2/6. With a Photographic Portrait taken at Khartoum, and Facsimile of Letter from General Gordon. 60th THOUSAND. LIFE OF GENERAL GORDON. By the Author of New World Heroes," "Our Queen," etc. New and Revised Edition, brought down to the Fall of Khartoum. "The book is written with marked ability, shows a high appreciation of the Christian character of the man, and is altogether a very succinct and worthy record of a wonderful life."-The Christian. Now Ready, in Handsome Cloth Binding, GOLDEN GLEANINGS FROM THE THOUGHTS OF GENERAL GORDON. Selected by R. V. G. |