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

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. weschell, 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.