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W/3 wife # 3 ABBREVIATION W/I with issue ABBREVIATION W/O wife of ABBREVIATION WA Western Australia, AUS PLACE-NAME WA Washington, USA PLACE-NAME WABSTER weaver OCCUPATION WADSETTER under Scottish law a creditor to whom a wadset is made; a wadset is a right, by which lands, or other heritable subjects, are impignorated by the proprietor to his creditor in security of his debt OCCUPATION WAGONER wagon or cart driver OCCUPATION WAILER one employed in the mines to remove the impurities from the coal OCCUPATION WAINWRIGHT builder or repairer of wagons OCCUPATION WAIT night watchman OCCUPATION WAITER customs officer or tide waiter OCCUPATION WAKEMAN night watchman OCCUPATION WAL Waldeck, GER PLACE-NAME WALCHEREN FEVER ague MEDICAL WALKER cloth worker OCCUPATION WALLER one who built walls either brick or dry stone, also a person who worked making coarse salt OCCUPATION WALLOON descendants of the Gallic Belgae who occupy part of southern Belgium and north-eastern France, speaking a French dialect containing Gallic and Low German words GENEALOGY WANTCATCHER mole catcher OCCUPATION WANTER mole catcher OCCUPATION WAR Warwickshire, ENG PLACE-NAME WAR NEPHRITIS acute nephritis MEDICAL WARD guardian, watchman OCCUPATION WARDER in charge of prisoners OCCUPATION WAREHOUSEMAN in charge of or employee in a warehouse OCCUPATION WARPER set the warp thread on the looms or employed to move boats by hauling on the warps (the ropes attached to the boats) OCCUPATION WARRANTY DEED a conveyance (promise) of warranty or a covenant by the grantor to defend the title and possession of the estate granted LEGAL WARRENER in charge of a portion of land used for breeding rabbits and other small game OCCUPATION WART a small, hard, nonmaligant bump formed on and rooted into the skin MEDICAL WASHMAN tin coater OCCUPATION WASTEMAN checked the old workings for gas and maintaining them in the mines or employed to remove waste OCCUPATION WAT Waterford, IRL PLACE-NAME WATCH FINISHER assembled watches and clocks OCCUPATION WATCHMAN town official who guarded the streets at night OCCUPATION WATER BAILIFF official in charge of the fishing rights on a stretch of water OCCUPATION WATER CANKER cancrum oris MEDICAL WATER CARRIER carted and sold fresh water OCCUPATION WATER GILDER trapped water fowl OCCUPATION WATER GRIPES cholera infantum MEDICAL WATER LEADER transported and sold fresh drinking water OCCUPATION WATER LEDER transported and sold fresh drinking water OCCUPATION WATER LODER transported and sold fresh drinking water OCCUPATION WATER ON THE BRAIN hydrocephalus MEDICAL WATER-BRASH pyrosis; a burning sensation in the stomach and gullet with belching of a sour-tasting liquid MEDICAL WATERMAN boatman who plies for hire OCCUPATION WATERPOX chicken pox; varicella MEDICAL WATTLE HURDLE MAKER made a type of fence from wattle to keep the sheep in OCCUPATION WAULKMILLER cloth worker OCCUPATION WAY MAKER road construction worker OCCUPATION WAY MAN surveyor of roads OCCUPATION WD will dated LEGAL WEANING BRASH cholera infantum MEDICAL WEATHERSPY astrologer OCCUPATION WEAVER one who made baskets, etc OCCUPATION WEBBER weaver (originally a female weaver); operator of looms OCCUPATION WEBSTER weaver (originally a female weaver); operator of looms OCCUPATION WEDUWE widow DUTCH WEDUWNAAR widower DUTCH WEF Westfalen, GER PLACE-NAME WEIGHER worked on the docks to weigh the cargo as it was unloaded OCCUPATION WELL SINKER dug wells OCCUPATION WELL WRIGHT made the winding equipment used to raise the bucket in the well OCCUPATION WELLMASTER one in charge of the local well with the responsibility of ensuring clean water for the village OCCUPATION WEM Westmeath, IRL PLACE-NAME WES Westmoreland, ENG PLACE-NAME WET GLOVER made leather gloves OCCUPATION WET NURSE woman employed to suckle the child of another (common practice with the rich) OCCUPATION WETGLOVE maker of leather gloves OCCUPATION WETTER dampened paper during the printing process or in the glass industry who detached the glass by wetting OCCUPATION WEX Wexford, IRL PLACE-NAME WEY 182 pounds of wool WEIGHT WHACKER horse or oxen team driver OCCUPATION WHARFINGER owner of a wharf OCCUPATION WHEEL TAPPER railway worker who checked for cracked wheels by striking them with a long handled hammer and listening for a clear ring OCCUPATION WHEELER wheel maker; attended to spinning wheels in the textile industry; one who led the pit ponies that pulled the tubs underground in mines OCCUPATION WHEELWRIGHT maker or repairer of wagon wheels OCCUPATION WHEERYMAN in charge of a wheery (a small light rowing boat) OCCUPATION WHIG horse drover (Scot) OCCUPATION WHIPCORD MAKER made whips OCCUPATION WHIPMAKER made whips OCCUPATION WHIPPERIN managed the hounds in a hunt OCCUPATION WHITE LEG thrombosis of veins in the thigh MEDICAL WHITE LIMER plastered walls using lime and water plaster OCCUPATION WHITE PLAGUE tuberculosis MEDICAL WHITE POX alastrim MEDICAL WHITE SMITH tin smith OCCUPATION WHITE SWELLING tuberculosis of the bone MEDICAL WHITEAR hide cleaner OCCUPATION WHITENER one who bleached cloth OCCUPATION WHITENING ROLL MAKER made the whitening used in whitening walls of cottages OCCUPATION WHITESMITH tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work OCCUPATION WHITESTER one who bleached cloth OCCUPATION WHITEWING streetsweeper OCCUPATION WHITLOW infection beginning at the edge of a nail and spreading in a line up the limb MEDICAL WHITSTER bleacher of cloth OCCUPATION WHITSTER one who bleached cloth OCCUPATION WHITTAWER one who made saddles and harness OCCUPATION WHITTAWER preparer of white leather OCCUPATION WHOOPING COUGH pertussis MEDICAL WI Wisconsin, USA PLACE-NAME WIC Wicklow, IRL PLACE-NAME WID West Indies PLACE-NAME WID/O widow of ABBREVIATION WIDOW was often used in the 18th century not only in the modern sense but also to indicate a woman past her child birth years TITLE WIE Wien (Vienna), OES PLACE-NAME WIG Wigtown, SCT PLACE-NAME WIL Wiltshire, ENG PLACE-NAME WILL legal expression of one's wishes after death LEGAL WILLOW PLAITER one who made baskets, etc OCCUPATION WINCHESTER BUSHEL English dry measure = 2170 3/7 cubic inches WEIGHT WINCHESTER BUSHEL English standard for dry measures, containing 2140 and 3/7 cubic inches MEASURE WIND air trapped or contained within the body MEDICAL WIND COLIC distressing pain in the bowels; also interalgia or flatulent colic MEDICAL WINDSTER silk winder OCCUPATION WINTER FEVER pneumonia MEDICAL WITHY PEELER removed bark from willow rods or osiers which were used in basket weaving, usually women and children; also osier peelers OCCUPATION WITNESS one who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for authenticity; a person who gives testimony or evidence in a judicial proceeding LEGAL WITTAWER one who tans skins into white leather OCCUPATION WITWE widow GERMAN WITWER widower GERMAN WLN West Lothian, SCT PLACE-NAME WLS Wales PLACE-NAME WM Wesleyan Methodist ABBREVIATION WO/I without issue ABBREVIATION WOENSDAG Wednesday DUTCH WOMB FEVER infection of the uterus MEDICAL WOOD REEVE in charge of the forest or woods OCCUPATION WOODBREAKER one who made wooden water casks OCCUPATION WOODRANGER in charge of the forest or woods OCCUPATION WOODWARD in charge of the forest or woods OCCUPATION WOOL DRIVER one who brought the wool to market OCCUPATION WOOL FACTOR wool merchants agent OCCUPATION WOOL MAN one who sorted the wool into different grades OCCUPATION WOOL SORTER one who sorted the wool into different grades OCCUPATION WOOL SORTER'S DISEASE anthrax MEDICAL WOOL WINDER one who made up balls of wool for selling OCCUPATION WOOLCOMBER operated machines that separate the fibers ready for spinning in woolen industry OCCUPATION WOOLEN BILLY PIECER worked in the woolen mills to piece together the broken yarns OCCUPATION WOOLSTED MAN a seller of woolen cloth (from worsted man) OCCUPATION WOOLWARD keeper of the forest - in charge of growing timber OCCUPATION WOR Worcestershire, ENG PLACE-NAME WORM FIT convulsions associated with teething, worms, elevated temperature or diarrhea MEDICAL WORSTED MANUFACTURER one who made worsted (yarn or thread spun from long-staple-wool) OCCUPATION WP will proved LEGAL WPR Westpreussen (West Prussia), GER PLACE-NAME WRIGHT a worker of wood, especially a construction worker OCCUPATION WRITER lawyer OCCUPATION WRY YKS - West Riding, ENG PLACE-NAME WRYNECK a abnormal rotation and bending of the head caused by contraction of the muscles of the neck; torticollis MEDICAL WUE Wurttemberg, GER PLACE-NAME WV West Virginia, USA PLACE-NAME WVL West-Vlaanderen, BEL PLACE-NAME WY Wyoming, USA PLACE-NAME WYR grandchild (male) WELSH WYRES grandchild (female) WELSH WYRTH laborer OCCUPATION WYTH eight WELSH |
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