An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 968
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_Ramsay._
WHILT, _s._ _A-whilt_, in a state of perturbation.
_Watson._
~Whiltie-whaltie~, _adv._ In a state of palpitation. _My heart's a'
playin whiltie-whaltie_, S.
Isl. _vallt_, volutor; _hwell-a_, resonare.
WHIN, WHINSTANE, _s._ Ragstone, or toadstone, S.
V. ~Quhyn~.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ WHINGE, _v. n._ To whine, S.
V. ~Quhinge~.
_Ramsay._
WHINGER, WHINGAR, _s._ A short hanger used as a knife at meals, and as a sword in broils.
_Lay Last Minstr._
Isl. _hwin_, furunculus, and _gerd_ actio; q. a weapon for _secret deeds_.
WHINKENS, _s. pl._ Flummery, S. B.
Su. G. _hwink-a_, to vacillate.
_To_ WHINNER, _v. n._ To pa.s.s with velocity, giving a humming sound, S.
Isl. _hwyna_, to resound.
_To_ WHIP _aff_, or _awa_, _v. n._ To fly off with velocity, S.
Su. G. _wipp-a_, to be rapidly carried upwards and downwards; C. B.
_chwip-iaw_, to move briskly.
WHIP, _In a whip_, _adv._ In a moment, S.
Alem. _uuipphe_, nictus oculi; C. B. _chwip_, quickly.
WHIPPER-TOOTIES, _s. pl._ Silly scruples about doing any thing, S.
Fr. _apres tout_, after all.
WHIPPERT, _adj._ Hasty and tart in demeanour, or in the mode of doing any thing, S.
~Whippert-like~, _adj._ Indicating irritation, by the manner of expression or action, S.
Isl. _hwop-a_, lightness, inconstancy; or ~Whip~, _v._
WHISH, WHUSH, _s._
1. A rus.h.i.+ng or whizzing sound, S. B.
2. A whisper, S. B. _whisht_, Loth.
_Ferguson._
Su. G. _hwaes-a_, to whizz; Isl. _qwis_, susurrus.
_To_ WHISH, _v. a._ To hush; part. pa. _whist_.
_G.o.dscroft._
~Whisht~, _interj._ Hush, be silent, S.
_Ramsay._
Sw. _wysch_, O. Fr. _houische_, id.
WHISTLE, _s._ Change of money, S.
V. ~Quhissel~.
_Ramsay._
WHISTLE, _s._ _To weet_ one's _whistle_, to take a drink, sometimes applied to tipplers, S.
O. E.
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