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

WHEELIN, s. Coarse worsted, S., as spun on the large wheel.

To WHEEP, v. n.
1. To give a sharp, intermittent whistle, S.
2. To squeak, S.

Su. G. hwip-a, to whoop.

To WHEEPLE, v. n.
1. To attempt ineffectually to whistle, S.
2. To whistle in a low flat tone, S.

WHEEPLE, s. A shrill intermittent whistle, S.
Stat. Acc.

WHEEPS, s. pl. An instrument for raising the brig-heads of a mill, S. B.

WHELEN, Perh. an error for whelcen, who; Su. G. hwilken, id.
Sir Gawan.

WHID, s. A lie, S.
V. [Quhid].
Burns.

To WHIG, v. n. To go quickly, Loth.

WHIG, WHIGG, s.
1. An acetous liquor subsiding from soured cream, S.
2. A name given by rigid Episcopalians to Presbyterians; and by members of the Kirk of Scotland to Presbyterian dissenters, S.