| Wad | n | Dudge, Fid |
| Waddle | v | Quaddle, Rowdle, Swaddle |
| Waddling | adj | Wimble-Wamble |
| Waffle | v | Chim-Cham |
| Wager | v | Wadge, Wage |
| Wages | n | Wage |
| Wagon for carrying straw | n | Kerry |
| Wagon, light | n | Dilly |
| Wagon, rough | n | Curry |
| Wagon-bed | n | Spances |
| Wagon-cover | n | Tilt |
| Wagtail | n | Wardship |
| Wail | v | Wawl |
| Waist | n | Rofoam |
| Wait | v | Hove |
| Wake of fish | n | Loom |
| Wake up | v | Dare up |
| Walk | v | Amble |
| Walk a barrel or other heavy object | v | Capsize |
| Walk arm-in-arm with | v | Arm |
| Walk draggingly | v | Drail |
| Walk fast | v | Boor |
| Walk quickly | v | Dup |
| Walk tossing head in affected manner | v | Naggle |
| Walking stick | n | Nubby-Joe, Twig |
| Wall covered with turf | n | List-Wall |
| Wall-filling | n | Nogging |
| Wallflower | n | Gilly, Warrior |
| Wallow | v | Ax-Waddle, Walve |
| Walls, outer | v | Helwalls |
| Walnut | n | Bannut, Welshnut |
| Wand | n | Spell |
| Wander | v | Gaitle, Vagabondize, Vocate |
| Wander the streets | v | Tramps |
| Wander | v | Bandy |
| Wane (of moon) | v | Shrink |
| Waning (of moon) | n | Waddle |
| Warm (of liquid) | v | Chill |
| Warm a bed | v | Coal-Varty |
| Warm onesself by putting ones arms across ones chest | v | Buffet |
| Warming-pan | n | Mell |
| Warp | v | Warf |
| Warp (in weaving) | n | Chain |
| Warp (of saw) | v | Buck |
| Warren | n | Stoop |
| Warren, rabbit | n | Berry |
| Wart | n | Werret |
| Wash, quick | n | Dar |
| Washings after the best cider is made | n | Cider-Kin, Perkin, Twit |
| Washtub | n | Tray |
| Wasp | n | Apple-Drane, Hornet |
| Wasp's nest | n | Tufwort |
| Wassailing | v | Owling |
| Waste (1) | n | Havoc |
| Waste (2) | v | Slockster |
| Waste away | v | Swelter |
| Waste time | v | Hinder time |
| Wasteful | adj | Wasteable |
| Wasteland (in tenement) | adj | Rowless |
| Watchdog | n | Ban-Dog |
| Water | v | Rouse |
| Water Avens | n | Bill-Button, Egyptian |
| Water Boatman (insect) | n | Shoemaker |
| Water figwort | n | Babes-In-The-Cradle, Cresset |
| Water from locks and weirs on the Thames | n | Flash |
| Water meadow | n | Catch, Flowing meadow, Lag, Slink |
| Water Pepper | n | Smart-Ass |
| Water Rail | n | Oar-Cock, Skitty |
| Water Spider | n | Pudbeggar |
| Water spout | n | Launder |
| Water tainted with iron oxide | n | Riddam |
| Water used in making mortar | n | Dillo |
| Water valve | n | Clize |
| Water, running | n | Shet |
| Water, softened | n | Lee |
| Water-Can | n | Tinsey |
| Watercourse | n | Leat |
| Water-Docken | n | Dunnies |
| Water-fountain | n | Tite |
| Waterlogged | adj | Cloggy |
| Watery | adj | Pudgy, Slurry |
| Wattle | n | Wreath |
| Wattle (of turkey) | n | Snob |
| Wattle and daub | n | Spit-and-dab |
| Wave (at sea) | n | Bobble |
| Wave around | v | Plim |
| Waving (of corn) | adj | Floaty |
| Weak | adj | Pate, Zoo Weak as Well Water |
| Weakling | n | Nunch |
| Wealth | n | Ability |
| Wealthy | adj | Able, Breeched |
| Wear out | v | Confound |
| Weasel | n | Mulere, Vair, Whitrack |
| Weasel, young | n | Ferry |
| Wedding cake | n | Simlin |
| Wedding feast | n | Bride-Ale |
| Wedge | n | Chock, Quinet |
| Wedge used in mining | n | Ganny-Wedge |
| Weed | n | Lathe |
| Weed-covered | adj | Filthy |
| Weeds in pond or river | n | Rait |
| Week | n | Sennet, Wick |
| Weekday | n | Weekenday, Workaday |
| Weft of wool | n | Abb |
| Weigh | v | Paise |
| Weigh in hand | v | Teft, Tight |
| Weight (in steelyard) | n | Pea |
| Weight, Iron | n | Weight-Stone |
| Weir | n | Lasher, Tumbling-Bay |
| Weld | v | Line |
| Well | n | Pump-pit |
| Well, bottomless | n | Winch-Well |
| Well, sunken | n | Wenk |
| Well-built | adj | Golaightly |
| Well-dressed man | n | Nib |
| Well-ordered | n | In Pimlico order |
| Welt a coat | v | Pile |
| Westward | adj | Wester |
| What did you say? | int | Anon?, Nan? Please to have? |
| Whatever shall I do? | int | Soce-A-Daisy |
| Wheat left in seive during winnowing | n | Copings |
| Wheat, bearded | n | Choke-Sparrow, Cone-Wheat |
| Wheatear | n | Chat, Chickell. Jobbler, Snalter-Snorter, Snorter, Yatch-Matcher |
| Wheedle | v | Carney |
| Wheel of loom | n | Temple |
| Wheel worked by horses (mining) | n | Whim |
| Wheelbarrow | n | Gurry, Thrall |
| Wheelwright | n | Wheeler |
| Wheeze | v | Oozle, Rittle |
| Wheezy | adj | Hewstring |
| Whenever | conj | Whensomever |
| Whether | conj | Where |
| Whetstone | n | Balker, Daker, Rip |
| Which | pron | Whichy |
| Whiff | n | Whift |
| Whilom | adv | Eart |
| Whim | n | Cram, Fangle, Greecum, Maggot, Megrim |
| Whimper | v | Pule, Toodel, Weak, Whingel, Wimmet, Wimp |
| Whinchat | n | Utick |
| Whine | v | Croon, Croosle, Thinny, Ween, Whinnel |
| Whinge | v | Creen, Twank |
| Whinny | v | Nutter, Whicker |
| Whippersnapper | n | Snipper-Snapper |
| Whipping | n | Scatlings |
| Whipping-top | n | Scourge-top |
| Whipple-tree of plough | n | Whiffles, Whippence. Whpper. Whippintree |
| Whirl | v | Sweel |
| Whirl around | v | Teetotum |
| Whirr | v | Hurr |
| Whiskers | n | Smellers |
| Whisper (1) | n/v | Cheep |
| Whisper (2) | v | Cutter, Pister, Roun, Whister |
| Whistle | v | Tweedle |
| Whistle (of wind) | v | Hooi |
| Whistle made with grass | n | Pee-Wit |
| White bryony | n | Mandrake |
| White Cake | n | Tough-Cake |
| White Couch-Grass | n | Strap-Grass |
| White mark on horse's face | n | Blaze (1) |
| White meadow saxifrage | n | Dryland cuckoo |
| White mustard | n | Cadlock, Carlock, Mustard-Cress |
| White precipitate | n | Sippety-Powder |
| White pudding | n | Criddlin Pudden |
| White rot | n | Flancanterkin |
| White spot on fingernail | n | Present |
| Whitebeam | n | Whitten-Beam |
| White-faced, spotted with red or dun (of cattle) | adj | Cappel-faced |
| White-fronted goose | n | Bar-Goose |
| White-spotted | adj | Measly |
| White-spotted | adj | Spragged |
| Whitethroat | n | Whitty |
| Whitewash | v | Slap-Dash, Whiten |
| Whitlow | n | Teak, Veak |
| Whittle | v | Skiffle |
| Whittle | v | Swittle, Thwite |
| Whizz along | v | Whizzle |
| Whoa (to horse) | int | Ho, Way, Wee |
| Whole | n | Furcom |
| Whoop | v | Hoop |
| Whooshing sound | n | Swiff |
| Whopper | n | Buster, Slouger, Strammer. Swinger, Thumper, Twelter, Whumper |
| Whortleberry | n | Hart-Berry, Hurtleberry. Hurt, Whort, Wimberry |
| Whose | pron | Whosen |
| Wicked person | n | Sich |
| Wicket-keeper | n | Gaubber |
| Wide-mouthed | adj | Shoul-A-Mouth’d |
| Widow's Peak | n | Widower's Peak |
| Width | n | Wideness |
| Wigeon | n | Whew |
| Wight | n | Sperimogle |
| Wild apple trees on which apples are grafted | n | Crab-stock |
| Wild Cherry | n | Mazzard, Merry |
| Wild Clematis | n | Smoking-Cane |
| Wild Hunt, member of | n | Yell-Hunter |
| Wild Mustard | n | Zenvy |
| Wild Radish | n | Rump |
| Wildfire | n | Flizzie |
| Wildman | n | Wildego |
| Wilful | adj | Witherful, Witherly |
| Will o' the wisp | n | Jack-A-Lantern, Kit-In-The-Candlesticks, Hobbedy's Lantern, Hob-Lantern |
| Willow | n | Sally |
| Willy-nilly | phr | Bolus Nolus, Nolum Wolum, Snorus Vorus |
| Wilt | v | Flog |
| Win at cards | v | Slam |
| Win at marbles etc | v | Shrub |
| Win or lose | phr | Hab or Nab |
| Winch | n | Wink |
| Wind | v | Trend |
| Wind bobbins | v | Rove |
| Window | n | Windore |
| Windpipe | n | Hayel, Hoozen, Kecker, Oozle, Weasand |
| Windy | adj | Draughty |
| Winnow | v | Wim, Win |
| Winnow corn | v | Case, Cave |
| Winnow corn a second time | v | Back-Heave |
| Winter fallow | n | Pin-Fallow |
| Wire, taut | n | Dropper |
| Wire-bent (grass) | n | Mat-grass |
| Wise | adj | Witty |
| Wish | n | Leddn, Will |
| Witch | n | Hag |
| With | prep | Sith |
| With no money changing hands | adj | Level-handed |
| With thumb bent into fist to shoot marbles | n | Cunny-fingered |
| With tightened skin (of cattle), a sign of illness | adj | Hidebound |
| Wither | v | Bathe, Brook, Daver, Diver, Hint, Wallow, Wilter |
| Withered | adj | A-Scram, Shroke, Witherdy, Witherly |
| Within (1) | prep | Athin |
| Within (2) | adv | Infaring |
| Without | prep | Athout,Thouse, Withouten |
| Withy band | n | Bean |
| Wits | n | Intellects |
| Woad farmer | n | Woadman |
| Wobble | n | Quaggle |
| Woman | n | Quean |
| Woman, argumentative | n | Rixy |
| Woman, bold | n | Tugster |
| Woman, fat | n | Horrocks |
| Woman, idle | n | Jade |
| Woman, mischievous | n | Drab Anointed |
| Woman, obese | n | Sess, Siss |
| Woman, oddly-dressed | n | Jibes |
| Woman, old | n | Godmer |
| Woman, smartly-dressed | n | Dozy |
| Woman, worthless | n | Chun, Share |
| Woman, young | n | Pucelle |
| Women's wear, seller of | n | Duffer |
| Wonder | n | Scummer, Trow |
| Wonder at | v | Admire |
| Wonderful | adj | Wondersome |
| Woo | v | Suit, Suiter |
| Wood | n | Hood |
| Wood anemone | n | Nemony, Shame-Faced Maiden |
| Wood avens | n | Herbal Bennet |
| Wood club-rush | n | Millet |
| Wood crowfoot | n | Goldilocks |
| Wood cut into pieces for lath-making | n | Bolt |
| Wood lark | n | Bunting |
| Wood shoring up the banks of the Thames | n | Camp-Shot |
| Wood Sorrel | n | Shamrock |
| Wood turned by a lathe, piece of | n | Larra |
| Wood, felled | n | Fellet |
| Wood, phosphorescent | n | Dockery-Stick |
| Wood, rotten | n | Rifter |
| Wood-chip | n | Scantling |
| Woodcock | n | Snape |
| Wooden | adj | Timbern |
| Wooden block to hold halter in place | n | Plog |
| Woodlice | n | Curly-buttons |
| Woodlouse | n | Chissel-Bob, Gammer, Guinea-Pig, Rigget |
| Woodpecker, call of | n | Yike |
| Woodpigeon | n | Culver, Cushat, Quist, Too-Zoo, Zoo-Zoo |
| Wood-spurge | n | Deer's milk |
| Woody Nightshade | n | Bittersweet, Poisonous Tea Plant |
| Woof (in weaving) | n | Hab |
| Wool plucked from sheepskins | n | Pluck-wool |
| Wool, 28lb of | n | Tod |
| Wool, ball of | n | Roller |
| Wool, dirty | n | Tailing |
| Wool, medium quality | v | Stripe |
| Wool, refuse of | n | Pinions |
| Wool, short | n | Noil |
| Wool-Carder | n | Willy |
| Woollen fabric, coarse | n | Duroy |
| Woolly-headed thistle | n | Friar's crown thistle |
| Woolsack | n | Fadge |
| Wooly woundwort | n | Mouse-Ear |
| Word used in games to indicate that the person is out of the game | int | Cravidge |
| Words, Put into | v | Wordify |
| Work as a mason or bricklayer | v | Masony |
| Work hard | v | Louster, Nager, Punch |
| Work, get to | v | Bristle |
| Workmate | n | Cuddy |
| Workwear | n | Dishabille |
| World | n | Wordle |
| Worm-eaten | adj | Paddy |
| Worms, parasitic | n | Bats |
| Wormwood | n | Wormit |
| Worn out | adj | Tucked Up |
| Worry (1) | n | Derruck |
| Worry (2) | v | Naggle, Noody |
| Worrying | adj | Beggaring |
| Worse | adj | War |
| Worsen | v | Worst |
| Worst | adj | Worsest |
| Worth | adv | A-Worth |
| Worth, Inhabitant of | n | Worth-Sparrow |
| Worthless | adj | Feck, Rubbishing, Trumpery |
| Worthless person | n | Article, Baggage |
| Worthless person or thing | n | Pill-Garlic |
| Wound | n | Glam |
| Wraith | n | Fetch |
| Wrapped-up (in clothing) | adj | Tuzzy-Muzzy |
| Wrath | n | Wrast |
| Wrathful | adj | Raathy |
| Wreath | n | Shackle |
| Wren | n | Crackil, Crackey, Cuddley, Cuddy, Cutty, Ticky-Tope, Tidley, Titter-Wren, Titty, Tope, Wran |
| Wrench | v | Whang |
| Wrench, adjustable | n | Screw-Hapses |
| Wrestle | v | Rossle, Roxell, Wrastle, Wraxle |
| Wretch | n | Herret |
| Wretched | adj | Perishable |
| Wretchedness | n | Roozles |
| Wriggle | v | Figgle, Giggle, Rig, Sniggle, Twine |
| Wriggling | v | Riggleting |
| Wrinkle (1) | n | Crouch, Ruck, Wrine |
| Wrinkle (2) | v | Reeve , Rivel, Ruckel, Ruge |
| Wrinkled | adj | Crumply, All of a Quobble, Quobbled, Rockled |
| Writhe | v | Wringle |
| Wrong | adj | Wrangy |
| Wryneck | n | Eten-Bird, Felling-Bird, Nile-Bird, Pe-Pe Bird, Snake-Bird, Valiant Sparrow |
| Wurzel | n | Weazel |
| Wych-Elm | n | Witch-Hazel |
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