hand-waled, ppl. a. Sc.
Also 7 -weal'd, 8–9 -wailed.
[See wale v.]
Chosen or selected by hand; individually or carefully selected, picked.
| 1671 True Nonconf. 293 Communicating with hand-weal'd companions. 1719 Ramsay Ep. to Hamilton 2 Sept. 74 Sic wordy, wanton, hand-wail'd ware. 1727 Walker Remark. Pass. 58 (Jam.) To apprehend and bring to condign punishment our hand-wail'd murderers. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. x, The hand-waled murderers, whose hands are hard as horn to wi' haudin the slaughter-weapons. [By Scott app. thought to refer to wales on the hands.] |
So hand-waling (-wailling), vbl. n.
| 1709 ? W. Guthrie Serm. 15 (Jam.) Tho' ye be a singular waill'd companie..and the best that by hand wailling can be waill'd out of Clydesdale. |