An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

QUH, expressing a strong guttural sound, S.

QUHA, QUHAY, pron. Who; quhays, whose, S.
Douglas.

QUHAYE, s. Whey.
Flot quhaye, a delicate sort of curd which floats at the top of whey when boiled, S.
Complaynt S.

A. S. hweg, Belg. weye, huy.

QUHAYNG, WHANG, s.
1. A thong, S.

A. S. thwang.

Bellenden.
Ay at the whittle and the quhang, S. Prov. Still in a broil; Sw. tweng, id.
2. A thick slice of any thing eatable, S.
Burns.

To Quhang, Whang, v. a.
1. To flog, S.
2. To lash in discourse.
Burns.
3. To cut in large slices, S.

QUHAIP, QUHAUP, WHAAP, s. A curlew, S.
Acts Marie.

Quhaip, Quhaup, s. A goblin supposed to go about under the eaves of houses after night fall, having a long beak, Ayrs.