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Upsighted _s._ a defect of vision rendering a person unable to look down Ur, Hur _pron._ he, she, or it Urn, Hurn _v._ to run (A S _yrnan_) Utchy _pron._ I (Ger. _ich_) Vage, Vaze _v._ to move about or run in such a way as to agitate the air Valch _v._ to thrust with the elbow or fist Vang _v._ to take or catch, to receive as well as earn wages; ex. To vang a fire, to vang money; also to stand sponsor (A S _fangen_) Vare _s._ weasel or stoat. Vair ermine Vare _v._ to bring forth young, applied to pigs (from farrow) Varmint _s._ a vermin Vaught _part._ fetched, hence the proverb vur vaught dear a-bought Vawth _s._ a bank of dung or earth prepared for manure; litter of pigs Vay, or Vie _v._ to go, to succeed, to turn out well (Fr. _va'tail_) ex. How doe't vay wi'ye? Veelvare, Veldevere _s._ field-fare Vell _s._ a part of the stomach of a calf used for making cheese; membrane Vent, Vent-hole _s._ the wrist of a shirt, the button-hole Verdi, Verdit _s._ opinion, ex. Thats my verdit therefor I zay 't Vester _s._ a pin used to point out the letters to children learning to read Vier _s._ fire Vig _v._ to rub gently by a quick motion of the finger forward and backward (Dutch _ficken_) Vinnid, Vinny _adj._ mouldy, as bread; humoursome, as a spoiled child; affected Vitten, Vitty _adj._ fitly, featly, properly applied _s._ a whim or pretence Vleer _s._ flea Vlother _s._ incoherent talk, nonsense Voccating _adj._ going about chattering in an idle manner Vore-right _adj._ blunt, rude, impertinent Voss, Voth _s._ a side furrow Vouce _adj._ strong, nervous Vug _v._ to strike with the elbow _s._ a blow with the elbow Vyer _s._ the fair, ex. Guaine to vyer? W an initial W is often pronounced as in Welsh _oo_, ex. Walter, oolter; witness, ootness; Wells, ools Wallet _s._ brushwood, bramble-wood Wamble, Wammel _v.n._ to move in an awkward manner, applied chiefly to machinery Want, Wont _s._ a mole Want-wriggle _s._ mole-track War _v. pret. of the verb_ "_to be_" I war, he war, we war, &c. Wash-dish _s._ the wag-tail Wassail _v._ drinking success to the apple crop Way-zaltin _s._ a play in which two persons standing back to back interlace each others arms, and by bending forward alternately raise each other from the ground Weepy _adj._ moist, abounding in springs Welch-nut _s._ walnut (Ger.
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