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Verbal, verbose.

Verify, to bear witness.
Venew, a bout (in fencing.)
Vengeance, mischief.
Veneys, hits.

Veronese, a ship from Verona.
Versing, writing verses.
Very, immediate.

Via, a cant phrase of exultation.

Vice, the fool of the old moralities.

Vice, grasp.

Vie, to brag.

Viewless,

invisible.

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Wend, to go.

Witch, to bewitch.
Withy, judicious, cunning
Wits, senses.

Wittol, knowing, conscious e
Wittol, a contented cuckold.
Woe, to be sorry.

Woman, to affect deeply.
Woman-tired, henpecked.

Wondered, able to perform wonders
Wood, crazy, frantic.

Wooden thing, awkward business.
World to see, wonderful.

Woodman, an attendant on the forester

Villain, a worthless fellow, a servant. Westward hoe, the name of a play acted Woolward, wearing wool.

Vild, vile.

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Wannion, vengeance.

Ward, posture of defence.

Ward, guardianship.

Warden, a pear

Warn, summon.

in Shakspeare's time. Wether, used for a ram. Wear, the fashion.

Whelked, varied with protuberances.
Whe'r, whether.
Where, whereas.

Whiffler, an officer in processions.
Whiles, until.

Whinidst, mouldy.

Whip, the crack, the best.
Whipstock, the carter's whip.
Whirring, hurrying.
Whist, being silent.

White, the white mark in the target.
White-death, the green sickness.
Whiting-time, bleaching time.
Whitsters, linen bleachers.
Whittle, a pocket knife.

Whooping, measure and reckoning.
Wide, remote from.
Wilderness, wildness,

Will, wilfulness.

Wimple, a hood or veil.
Winchester Goose, a strumpet

Winking-gates, gates hastily closed
from fear of danger.

Wassel candle, candle used at festivals. Winnowed, examined.

Wassels, rustic revelry.

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Work, fortification. Workings, thoughts. Worm, a serpent. Worth, wealth.

Worship, dignity.

Wreak, to revenge; resentment. Wrest, an instrument for tuning the

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Winter-ground, to protect against win. Yesty, foaming, frothy

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Wis, to know.

Young, early.

Wise woman, a witch, a fortune-teller. Zany, a buffoon.
Wish, to recommend

Wit, to know.

Z.

Zealous, pious.
Zed, a term of contempt.,

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