Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1804, 1900
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WEES'T, ppl.adj. Also weased. Depressed in spirits, doleful; also uneasy, anxious, fidgety (Abd. 1905 E.D.D., Abd. 1925). [wizt]Abd. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 61, 115:
Whan they gang frae the criv at morn, Wild-like an' wees't, they rin forlorn. . . . Oh! waes my heart! nae ferlie, then, that ye Shou'd gang sae wees't, an' tine yir wonted glee!Abd. 1900 Weekly Free Press (29 Dec.):
Jocky was a bit 'weased', his master declared, for his suit was his one thought until Sunday came.
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