An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 650
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 650
QUHILLY BILLY, the noise made in violent coughing or reaching.
V. ~Hillie-billow~.
_Lyndsay._
QUHYLUM, QUHILOM, _adv._
1. Some time ago.
_Wyntown._
2. At times.
V. ~Umquhile~.
_Barbour._
3. Distributively; now, then.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _hwilom_, _hwilum_, aliquando.
QUHYN, QUHIN-STANE, _s._ Green-stone; the name given to basalt, trap, &c. S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _hwijn-a_, resonare; _hwin_, resonans; q. "the resounding stone."
_To_ QUHYNGE, _v. n._ To whine, S. wheenge.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _weng-a_; plorare.
_To_ QUHIP, WIPP, _v. a._ To bind about, S.
Moes. G. _waib-jan_, to surround; Isl. _wef_, circ.u.mvolvo.
~Quhippis~, _s. pl._ Crowns.
_Gl. Sibb._
Moes. G. _waips_, corona.
_To_ QUHIRR, _v. n._ To emit such a sound as that of a partridge or moorfowl, when it takes flight, S. _whurr_.
E. _whirring_ is used as an _adj_. Su. G. _hurr-a_, murmurare, c.u.m impetu circ.u.magi.
~Quhirr~, _s._ The sound of an object moving, as above expressed, S.
_whurr_.
_To_ QUHISSEL, WISSIL, _v. a._
1. To exchange.
_Douglas._
2. To change; used as to money, S. B.
_Acts Ja. V._
Belg. _wissel-en_, Germ. _wechsel-n_, Su. G. _waexl-a_, id.
~Quhissel~, ~Whissle~, ~Wissel~, _s._ Change given for money, S. B.
_Burns._
Belg. _wissel_, Germ. _wesch.e.l.l_, id.
~Quhysselar~, _s._
1. A changer of money.
2. A person employed privately to raise the price of goods sold by auction.
Teut. _wisseler_, id.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ QUHYTE, WHEAT, _v. a._ To cut with a knife; usually applied to wood, S.
A. S. _thwit-an_, _thweot-an_, id.
QUHYTE, _adj._ Hypocritical, dissembling.
_Douglas._
_White_ used metaph. like _fair_, specious.