An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 651

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 651


QUHITE MONEY, _silver_.


_Acts Ja. V._


Su. G. _hwita penningar_, silver money.


QUHITHER, _s._ A slight illness.


V. ~Quhidder~.


QUHYTYSS, _s. pl._


_Barbour._


O. Fr. _heutte_, a hat worn by military men; L. B. _huveti_, vestis species, viewed as a sort of mantle.


QUHITRED, QUHITTRET, _s._ The weasel, S.; _whitrack_, Moray.


_Sibbald._


Isl. _hwatur_, Su. G. _hwat_, quick, fleet; C. B. _chwidrad_, unsteady motion; _chwid-rawg_, full of giddiness.


QUHITSTANE, _s._ A whetstone.


_Doug._


Teut. _wet-sten_, cos.


_To_ QUHITTER, QUITTER, _v. n._


1. To warble, to chatter, S.


_Douglas._


2. Applied to the quick motion of the tongue.


_Douglas._


Su. G. _qwittr-a_, Belg. _quetter-n_, garrire instar avium.


QUHOYNE, _adj._ Few.


V. ~Quheyne~.


_To_ QUHOMMEL, _v. a._


V. ~Quhemle~.


QUHONNAR, _adj._ Fewer.


V. ~Quheyne~.


_Barbour._


QUHOW, _adv._ How.


_Abp. Hamiltoun._


_To_ QUHRYNE, _v. n._


1. To squeak.


_Montgomerie._


2. To murmur, to whine.


_Douglas._


A. S. _hrin-an_, Isl. _hrin-a_, ejulare, mugire.


~Quhryne~, _s._ A whining or growling sound.


_Douglas._


QUY, QUYACH, _s._


V. ~Quey~.


QUIBOW, _s._ A branch of a tree, S. B.


Ir. Gael. _caobh_, id.


QUICH, (gutt.) _s._ A small round-eared cap for a womans head, worn under another, Ang.


Su. G. _hwif_; C. B. _penguwch_, id., from _pen_, head, and _cuwch_, the brows, or knitting of them.







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