An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 649
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 649
V. ~Quhich~.
QUHY, _s._ A cause, a reason.
_K. Quair._
_To_ QUHICH, QUHIGH, QUHIHHER, (gutt.) _v. n._ To move through the air with a whizzing sound, S. B.
_Minstrelsy Bord._
A. S. _hweoth_, _hwith_, flatus, aura lenis.
_To_ QUHID, WHUD, _v. n._
1. To whisk, to move nimbly, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To fib, to equivocate, S.
C. B. _chwidraw_, to move quickly; also to juggle; _hwidrar_, pernix fertur.
~Quhyd~, ~Whid~.
1. A quick motion, S.
2. A smart stroke.
_Burel._
3. _In a whid_, in a moment, S.
_R. Galloway._
4. A lie, properly in the way of evasion.
Isl. _hwida_, fervida actio; C. B. _chwid_, a quick turn.
_To_ QUHIDDIR, QUHETHYR, _v. a._ To whiz, S.
V. ~Quhich~.
_Barbour._
A. S. _hwother-an_, to make a booming noise.
~Quhidder~, _s._ A whizzing sound, S. _whithir_.
_Douglas._
QUHIDDER, _s._ A slight and transient indisposition, S. _quhither_.
A. S. _hwith_; q. a pa.s.sing blast.
QUHIG, WHIG, _s._ The sour part of cream, which separates from the rest, S.
A. S. _hwaeg_, serum, whey.
_Gl. Compl._
QUHILE, QUHILIS, _adv._ At times.
_Wyntown._
Moes. G. _quheil-a_, A. S. _hwil_, time.
~Quhile~, ~Quhil~, _adv._ Some time, formerly.
_Barbour._
~Quhile~, ~Quhille~, _adj._ Late, deceased.
_Barbour._
QUHILK, _p.r.o.n._ Which, who, S.
_Wynt._
A. S. Dan. _hwilc_, Belg. _welk_, id.
QUHILK, _s._ An imitative word expressing the cry of a gosling.
_Compl. S._
QUHILL, _conj._ Until, S.
_Barbour._
A. S. _hwile_, donec, until.