Wize

WIZE, WIZEN, see Wise, v., Weasand.

WISE, sb.1 Yks. Lan. Also written wieze w.Yks. [waiz.] Of a plant: a set, stalk, haulm. w.Yks. Tatey wiezes, Banks Wkfld. Wds. (1865); w.Yks.3 Lan. Strawberry-wises (K.). [Wyse, of strawbery (or pesyn, P.), fragus (Prompt.). OE. wīse.]

WISE, sb.2 Obs. Dev. Pretence; outward appearance; in phr. to make wise, to make as though, to pretend. Horae Subsecivae (1777) 467.

WISE, v. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Wor. Hrf. Also written weise Sc. (Jam.); weisse Sc.; weize Sc. (Jam.); weyse, wize Sc.; wyse Sc. (Jam.); wyze Sc.; and in form wiss Sc. (Jam.); preterite wus, wuz Nhb.1 [waiz.] 1. To direct, guide, lead; to let go; to bring. Sc. Can ye wiss me to the way? ‘To weise a stane,’ to move it when it is a heavy one, rather by art than by strength. ‘To weise a ball,’ to aim a bullet with such caution as to hit the mark (Jam.); Weize a brace of balls through his harn-pan, Scott Rob Roy (1817) xxxiii; Every miller wad wyse the water to his ain mill, Ramsay Prov. (1737). Lnk. No sae much judgment as wyse the wind frae her tail, Graham Writings (1883) II. 28. Rxb. To weise in, or out, to allow to go in or out, by removing any impedient, as by opening a door. To weise the sheep into the fauld or bught, is a phr. still used by our shepherds (Jam.). Dmf. I'll weisse a ball through your sma'-fairns, Hamilton The Mawkin (1898) 165. N.Cy.1 Wise him in. Wise out the horse. Wise the door open. Wise off your gun. Nhb.1 He wis howkin a seugh ti wise the watter away. He wus the sheep cot. ‘Wise away!’ the order given to heave up a winding rope. ‘Wise had o'’ ─ leave hold of. ‘Wise go the reens.’ Hence Wising-crag, sb. a stone guide-post over moors. w.Yks. Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) xii. 2. To advise, counsel. Ayr. Took me by the hand and wised me to go back, Galt Ann. Parish (1821) xxxviii. Edb. I wise ye to gang hame and redd your ain house first, Beatty Secretar (1897) 154. Hrf. Wise me, tell me, direct me, Ray (1691) MS. add. (J.C.) 3. To use caution or policy to attain any object; to get by skill or cunning; to manœuvre, plan, contrive; to work one's way. Sc. (Jam.) Ayr. They were jooking and wising in a roundabout manner to accomplish their own wills, Galt Provost (1822) iii. Lth. Fleech him cannily, an' straik him wi' the hair, Tammas, an' wyse aff him a' ye want, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 260. N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 ‘To wise into company or into favour’ ─ that is, cunningly to wriggle into company or favour. 4. To entice, lure, persuade; to beguile; to draw. Sc. The fairies sent him to Craignethan's ha', To wize his daughter him frae, Edb. Mag. (June 1819) 528 (Jam.). Ayr. Though he was aye kind-hearted to me, he was easily wised, Galt Gilhaize (1823) iv; Some folk are san' blin', an' ye see she wysed him on, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 223. Lnk. (Jam.) e.Lth. The hawthorn blooming, the green spreading meadow, Wad wyse me to wander, Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885) 147. 5. To draw or let out anything cautiously, so as to prevent it from breaking. Sc. In making a rope of tow or straw, one is said to weise out the tow or straw (Jam.). 6. To spend; to use; used with away and out. Abd. She bade me walk erect And weise my strength out manfully, Shelley Flowers (1868) 59. Edb. Adam... wis'd awa' the lightsome hours Wi' dressin' trees an' bonnie flow'rs, R. Wilson Poems (1822) 25. 7. Obs. To withdraw, take away. Ayr. The apostate James Sharp and the other counsellors.. were wised from the rule of power, and... men of more beneficent dispositions were appointed to sit in their places in the Privy Council, Galt Gilhaize (1823) xxiii. 8. To put; to slip stealthily. w.Wor.1 'Er pŭk up the money, an' wised it inta 'er pocket, that sly, you'd a thaowt er'd stole it. 9. To incline, go, slip away. Sc. (Jam.) Rnf. The day turns mirk, my menseless lay 'S now wisein' to the gloamin', Picken Poems (1813) I. 97. Lnk. But see, the sheep are wysing to the Cleugh, Ramsay Poems (1721) 178. Dmf. They wys'd away To coup the cash... For usquebae, James Kennedy Poems (1823) 80. w.Wor.1 The lad wised out a the back door when 'e thowt as none on us sid 'im. [1. OE. wīsian, to guide, point out, show (Sweet).]

WISE, adj. Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also in forms waws s.Lan.1; wice Sc. Nhb.1; wis Sus.; wisse, wyse Sc.; wyss Sc. (Jam.) Cai.1; wysse Sc. [waiz.]

1. In comb. (1) Wise-like, (a) sagacious, prudent, sensible; proper, respectable; seemly, befitting; (b) becoming; good-looking or nice-looking, pretty; (c) properly, sensibly, suitably; decently; (2) Wise-looking, see (1, a); (3) Wise-more, a wiseacre; (4) Wise-right, right in opinion; (5) Wise-spoken, wise of speech. (1, a) Sc. Talking, too, o' thrashin ripe rigs wi' the west wind, ─ may look very wise-like in rhyme, but commend me to the pine-tree floor, Blackw. Mag. (Nov. 1820) 146 (Jam.); This orthography does not correspond with the sound of the word in Sc. (Jam.); It wad hae been lang or my Leddy Margaret... wad hae fund out sic a wiselike doctrine in the Bible, Scott Old Mortality (1816) xiv. Cai.1 e.Sc. It would have been wiser-like to bide at hame, Setoun R. Urquhart (1896) ii. Ayr. Making some very wysselike observations on the occasion, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 188. Wgt. Sae wise-like an' douce, Fraser Poems (1885) 47. Nhb.1 That's a wise-like dog o' yors. Cum.1 Cum.4, n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2, ne.Lan.1 (b) Sc. (Jam.), Cai.1 Abd. It's an awfu' wise-like bonnet, an' I'm growin' to hae a richt pride in the thochts o' wearin't, Abd. Wkly. Free Press (Dec. 1, 1900). Lnk. No' having a wise-like bonnet to pit on her heid, Murdoch Readings (1895) I. 62. e.Lth. The wrights were to mak' mensefu' an' wicelike a' the close yetts, Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885) 238. Nhb.1 Jack's a wice-like chep torned. (c) Sc. (Jam.) Ayr. Be sure and drink the minister's health wise-like, and no stand gaping like a ‘silly sumph,’ Johnston Glenbuckie (1889) 30. Lnk. If ye'd dee wiselike I'd hae some peety for ye! Gordon Pyotshaw (1885) 39. Slk. For shame o' yoursels! Answer me wysslike ─ Hoo's a' wi' ye, lads? Chr. North Noctes (ed. 1856) IV. 227. (2) Lnk. Our son... wal'd a wise-lookin' hizzie, He scarce cud get courtin', she aye was sae busy, Miller Willie Winkie (ed. 1902) 60. Kcb. Trotter Gall. Gossip (1901) 452. (3) Dev.1 (4) Sus. A publican holding forth in the vestry certain opinions, admitted that he did not pretend to be wisright (W.W.S.). (5) Ayr. She's a bit braw takin' lass yon, and a wise-spoken thing forbye, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 102.
2. Knowing, well-informed. Sc. Ye want ay to be sae wyss, you are so anxious to know everything (Jam.). Fif. He's ane o' they by-ordinar wice fowk that come frae the North-side to learn hiz Fifers hoo t'draw wir breath, Meldrum Grey Mantle (1896) 292. Hence to make one the wiser, phr. to inform one. Sc. ‘I didna mak him ony wysser,’ I gave him no further information (Jam.). Sh.I. Shü said dey wir a man 'at bought da coo, bit shü didna mak' wis da wiser wha he wis, Sh. News (Nov. 6, 1897). w.Yks. (J.W.)
3. In the full possession of one's reason; sane. Sc. Anes wood, never wise, ay the worse, Ferguson Prov. (1641) No. 92; Wasna he likely eneugh to be affronted at ane o' the family keeping sae muckle out o' the wye, as gin she wasna wise an' warld like, St. Kathleen (1820) IV. 19 (Jam.). Inv. (H.E.F.) Per. I'm wise enough. It was just one of my flings at you and the rest of the world, Sarah Tytler Witch-Wife (1897) 198.
4. Possessing powers of witchcraft or magic. Bnff. Maukin skippit aff in fun To a sma' cot, wharein did won A wife ca'd wise, Taylor Poems (1787) 92. Cor. Dreams had a great influence on the minds of men... and their interpretation was generally sought from a woman said to be ‘wise,’ to have the ‘second sight,’ to have a ‘knowledge of herbs,’ and the occult power of ‘charming,’ Harris Faith, 40. Hence (1) Wise-man, sb. a wizard; a fortune-teller; a dealer in astrology and magic; (2) Wise-wife, (3) Wise-woman, sb. a witch; a female fortune-teller; a woman who deals in astrology, charms, &c. (1) Mun. An enchantment put into hanks of yarn by the wise man or the wise woman, Barry Wizard's Knot (1901) 83. Nhb.1 A boy hurt his hand with a rusty nail, near here; he was instantly sent to Winlaton, to see the Wise Man there. His directions were that the boy had to take the nail to a blacksmith, to be well filed and polished, and to be rubbed each morning before sunrise, and each evening before sunset; by doing this the wound was cured, Bigge Trans. Tyneside Nat. Field Club (1860-1862) V. 91. Dur.1, n.Yks.2 (s.v. Pref.), w.Yks.1 w.Yks.2 w.Yks.4, Lan.1, ne.Lan.1, s.Lan.1 Der. Th' wise man as lived Whetstone-way might be o' soom service, Gilchrist Peakland (1897) 53. s.Not. A person with occult knowledge. It was generally less maliciously employed than a witch's, whose machinations indeed it was often used to counteract. ‘When folks were witched they went to a wiseman at Bods'orth’ (J.P.K.). Lin.1, n.Lin.1, Shr.1 Shr.2, w.Som.1 Dev. When a black witch did awverlook or bewitch a body, or send anbury to turmuts, or the rot to sheep, 'twas the custom in the auld days to seek out a wise man or woman an' get a spell stronger'n the wicked wan, Phillpotts Striking Hours (1901) 177. (2) Sc. (Jam.) Edb. Sure, lad, ye needna gang to a wise-wife to come at that, Beatty Secretar (1897)
5. (3) n.Sc. Another old man remembers having his side hurt as a boy, and going to a ‘wise-woman’ to be cured, Longman's Mag. (Nov. 1895) 39. Abd. She had already begun to entice the confidence of maid-servants, by use of what evil knowledge she had, and pretence to more, giving herself out as a wise woman, MacDonald Lossie (1877) xxxiv. Wgt. They sent... for Bella Lynn, the wise-woman, to come and see what should be done, Saxon Gall. Gossip (1878) 99. Mun. Barry Wizard's Knot (1901)
6. Cla. Near the village of Feakle, co. Clare, there was a famous wise woman, Flk-Lore Rec. (1881) IV. 116. Nhb. A wood where old Margery Bell, the wise woman, lived. Margery's reputation was dark, mysterious, and terrible, Lilburn Borderer (1896) 288. Dur. Longman's Mag. (Oct. 1896) 586. w.Yks. (J.W.), Lan.1 Lin.1 Some years ago there was a wise woman, who resided at Wing, near Oakham, upon whom the following couplet was made: ‘The wise woman lives at Wing, She tried to hedge the cuckoo in!’ War., Wor. The defendant replied that the complainant had bewitched her, and a ‘wise woman’ had recommended the drawing of blood, Flk-Lore Jrn. (1884) II. 26. Shr.1 Nrf. George determined to engage the wise woman of Runwich to baffle the Dulditch witch, Mann Dulditch (1902) 151. Suf. The child pined away,.. and an appeal was made to the ‘wise woman’ of the district, Flk-Lore Rec. (1878) I. 237. Dor. His wife had been to a ‘wise woman’ at Stallridge,.. whose assistance had relieved him for a few days, but since then the spell had been too mighty, and as he had been as bad as ever he declined medical aid as useless, Flk-Lore Rec. (1880) III. 288. Dev. Phillpotts Sons of Morning (1900) 29. Cor. Harris Faith, 41.

WIEZE

WIESTE, WIETHE, WIEZE, see Wisht, Waith, v.2, Wise, sb.1