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

C. B. chwa, chwaw, a blast, a gust.

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.