Sc. and north. dial. Also 8 weaw, 9 wauw. [f. WAW v.2] The cry of a cat.
c. 1746. J. Collier (Tim Bobbin), View Lancs. Dial. Gloss., Wks. (1862), 108. Weaw.
1825. Newcastle Mag., Sept., 393/2. O, ye of little faith!… to be frightened by the cry of an owl or the wauw of a cat.
1835. Carrick, etc., Laird of Logan (1841), 163. Its a wee weak i’ the wauw, like Barr’s cat, that ale o’ yours.
1859. A. Whitehead, Leg. Westmld., 35 (E.D.D.). They ofttimes saw a cat,… Unearthly was its waw.
