Sc. and dial. [f. WAND sb.]
1. trans. To wattle, interweave, plait. To wand in, to enclose with wattle-work.
c. 1475. Rauf Coilȝear, 368. He kest twa Creillis on ane Capill, with Coillis anew, Wandit thame with widdeis, to wend on that wane.
1573–80. Tusser, Husb. (1878), 74. Now make and wand in trim bower to stand in. Leaue wadling about, till arbor be out.
1593. [cf. WANDED ppl. a. 1 b].
1894. Northumbld. Gloss., s.v., The gate’s wanded wi’ thorns, So nowt can get in.
2. To beat with a wand or switch.
a. 1585. Polwart, Flyting w. Montgomerie, 755. Tait mow, wilde sow! soone bow, or I wand thee.
1657. Attest. Innocency Zach. Crofton, 10. The Father … bad him if shee offended to take a wand and wand his daughter.
1887. S. Chesh. Gloss., s.v. Wan, Bran yo, I’ll wan yo’r hide fo’ yŏ.
Hence Wanding vbl. sb.
1585–6. Reg. Privy Council Scot., IV. 44. Thay have compellit thame, be onlaying of foull hands and feirfull kynd of wanddingis, to satisfie thair … impostis.
