An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 967
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V. ~Quhaip~.
WHAURIE, _s._ A fondling designation for a child, Ang.
C. B. _chuarae_, ludere.
_To_ WHEAK, WEEK, _v. n._
1. To squeak, S.
2. To whine, S.
3. To whistle at intervals, S.
Isl. _quak-a_, leviter clamitare.
~Wheak~, ~Week~, _s._ A squeak, S.
WHEELIN, _s._ Coa.r.s.e worsted, S., as spun on the large _wheel_.
_To_ WHEEP, _v. n._
1. To give a sharp, intermittent whistle, S.
2. To squeak, S.
Su. G. _hwip-a_, to whoop.
_To_ WHEEPLE, _v. n._
1. To attempt ineffectually to whistle, S.
2. To whistle in a low flat tone, S.
WHEEPLE, _s._ A shrill intermittent whistle, S.
_Stat. Acc._
WHEEPS, _s. pl._ An instrument for raising the _brig-heads_ of a mill, S. B.
WHELEN, Perh. an error for _whelcen_, who; Su. G. _hwilken_, id.
_Sir Gawan._
WHID, _s._ A lie, S.
V. ~Quhid~.
_Burns._
_To_ WHIG, _v. n._ To go quickly, Loth.
WHIG, WHIGG, _s._
1. An acetous liquor subsiding from soured cream, S.
2. A name given by rigid Episcopalians to Presbyterians; and by members of the Kirk of Scotland to Presbyterian dissenters, S.
Perh. from _wiggam_, a term used in driving horses.
WHIG, WIG, _s._ A fine wheaten bread, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
WHIGMELEERIE, _s._
1. The name of a game occasionally played at a drinking club, Angus. A pin was stuck in a circle, having as many _radii_ drawn from the centre as there were persons in the company, with the name of each person at the radius opposite to him. An index, placed on the top of the pin, was moved round by every one in his turn; and at whose name soever it stopped, that person was obliged to drink off a gla.s.s.
Perhaps so denominated from contempt of the severe sobriety attributed to the _Whigs_.
2. In pl. whims, fancies, S.
_Burns._
_To_ WHIHHER, _v. n._ To t.i.tter, Ang.
_Minstr. Bord._
_To_ WHILLY, WHULLY, _v. a._ To gull, S.
_Ramsay._
~Whilliwha~, ~Whillywhae~, _s._ A person who deals in ambiguous promises, S.
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