WIRAS, affluent of Cruick rivulet in north of Forfarshire.

WIRE.

WIRREN, one of Benchinnan Mountains in Lethnot parish, Forfarshire.

WISHAW, town, 15 miles south-east of Glasgow. It stands in northern vicinity of Caledonian Railway ; is crossed by railway from Carfin to Law Junction, formed at a cost of about 150,000, and opened in 1880 ; spreads over an extensive slope into connection with several suburbs ; acquired numerous fine new buildings, both public and private, in years from 1873 till 1882; carries on large trade arising from rich surrounding mineral field ; publishes a weekly newspaper ; and has a head post office with money order and telegraph departments, 2 railway stations, 4 banking offices, 2 hotels, a town hall, Established, Free, United Presbyterian, Reformed Presbyterian, Evangelical Union, Baptist, Primitive Methodist, and Roman Catholic churches, an academy with about 372 scholars, a public school with about 759 scholars, and a public library. Pop. with suburbs, 13,112. Wishaw House, in north-western vicinity of the town, is the seat of Lord Belhaven.

WISP, mountain, 1950 feet high, 10J miles north of Langholm, Dumfriesshire.

WISP, one of the Ochil Hills on north border of Dollar parish, Clackmannanshire.

WISTON, village and parish in upper ward of Lanarkshire. The village stands about a mile west-north-west of Lamington railway station, contains a mound believed to have been the place of an ancient great wool market, and has a post office under Biggar, a parochial church, and a public school. The parish contains also Roberton village, measures 6 miles by 4, and comprises 13,140 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 8542. Pop. 562. The Clyde traces the south-eastern boundary, and receives two burns, draining most of the area. The land adjacent to the streams is variously low, undulating, and tumulated ; and the rest consists of the bold, craggy, double-topped hill of Dungavel, and the southern half of Tinto Mountain. Chief residences are Hardington and Eastfield. A United Presbyterian church is at Roberton.

WITCHES' BOG, morass in the Tros-sachs, Perthshire.

WITCH KNOW, rising-ground, with vestiges of burning of alleged witches, in Gask parish, Perthshire.

WITCH KNOW, eminence in Mordington parish, Berwickshire.

WITCH POOL, pond in western vicinity of Kirriemuir, Forfarshire.

WOLF CLEUCH, ravine on south border of Heriot parish, Edinburghshire.

WOLFHILL, village in Cargill parish, Perthshire.

WOLFLAW, estate in Oathlaw parish, Forfarshire.

WOLFLEE, place, with Free church, 8 miles east-south-east of Hawick, Roxburghshire.

WOLF'S CRAIG, place, 5 miles south-south-west of Crieff , Perthshire.

WOLL, burn and woodland in Ashkirk parish, Roxburghshire.

WOOD, hill on north side of Ae river, 7J miles north-west of Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire.

WOODBURN, seat in Newbattle parish, Edinburghshire.

WOODBURN, picturesque ravine in Garvock parish, Kincardineshire.

WOODBURN, place in southern vicinity of Dunoon, Argyleshire.

WOODCOCKAIR, wooded hill in Annan parish, Dumfriesshire.

WOODCOT, seat near north base of Soutra Hill, in south-west extremity of Haddingtonshire.

WOODEN, seat and romantic ravine in south-eastern vicinity of Kelso, Roxburghshire.

WOODEN, hill, with vestige of Roman camp, in Hounam parish, Roxburghshire.

WOODEN, quondam strong tower in Eckford parish, Roxburghshire.

WOODEND, village in Newhills parish, Aberdeenshire. Pop. 529.

WOODEND, village in Torphichen parish, Linlithgowshire. Pop. 243.

WOODEND, village, with public school, in Abercorn parish, Linlithgowshire.

WOODEND, seat in Madderty parish, Perthshire.

WOODEND, manufacturing locality in vicinity of Almondbank, Perthshire.

WOODEND, estate in Banchory-Ternan parish, Kincardineshire.

WOODEND, hill, with Caledonian camp, in Wandell parish, Lanarkshire.

WOODEND, lake in Old Monkland parish, Lanarkshire.

WOODEND, estate in Cathcart parish, Renfrewshire.

WOODHALL, seat in Colinton parish, Edinburghshire.

WOODHALL, collier village in Old Monkland parish, Lanarkshire.

WOODHALL, seat on the North Calder near Holytown, Lanarkshire.

WOODHALL, lake in Balmaghie parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.

WOODHAVEN, seaport village about a mile west-south-west of Newport, Fife.

WOODHEAD, mining village, 14 miles north-north-west of New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire. It stands amid high uplands, and was founded in 1839 for working lead-ore.

WOODHEAD, place, 2 miles south-south-east of Moffat, Dumfriesshire.

WOODHEAD, place, with Episcopalian church, in Fyvie parish, Aberdeenshire.