Field Marshall George Wade (1673-1748)

Wake: A holiday , especially a period during which factories were closed. [CPB]

A town 10 miles north west of Birmingham. Famous for saddlery.

Hurt or ached (N.W.England)

In weaving. The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, usually twisted harder than the weft or woof, with which these threads are crossed to form the web or piece.[OED]

George Washington (1732-1799) American statesman and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797

Watchman: One of a body of men formerly appointed to keep watch and ward in all towns from sunset to sunrise; later, a constable of the watch who, before the Police Act of 1839, patrolled the streets by night to safeguard life and property [OED]

Waterfall draperies, that is, draperies with the back breadth of the skirt pleated closely at the top into a narrow section at the back of the waist, the pleats being held together by tapes at the back of the dress.

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Oatmeal or stale bread with hot water poured over it.
[Wood's Dialect Dictionary]

The battle of Waterloo (1815).  The decisive battle of the wars between Britain and France (1792-1815) in which the British and their allies were victorious. [CPB]

A person who offers the transport of goods or passengers in a light boat (see wherry¹); (also) person who works on or pilots a boat or barge; a ferryman; a boatman. [OED]

James Watt (1736–1819) was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1781

Veal

Opinion, belief. (OED)

The OED gives Weeping as "The exudation or dripping of moisture generally; the flow or discharge of humours from the body" and for "Heat" a high temperature in the body arising from a disordered condition, as in inflammation or fever; inflamed or feverish state". Thus, a weeping heat is a fever with sweating.

A woollen cap (the one illustrated dates from about 1850)

Wesley, John, (1703 –1791)  Founder of the Methodist Church

A woman who is hired to suckle and nurse another woman's child. [OED]