want verb to lack, to be without: Ah ken bairnies in the fairms more wantin than ours, up at the skreek ae day tae walk tae school... [I know children from the farms more in need than ours, up at the break of day to walk to school...] 19-. etymology: Scots; attested by ET and BW |
want, have a want noun phrase, of a an otherwise normal person have an obsession or distorted view about a particular person or thing 20-. etymology: this is the same as the Scots phrase which differs slightly in meaning: ‘to be missing or lacking something’ and dates from the nineteenth century; attested by BW |