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

WHITRACK-SKIN, s. A purse made of the skin of a weasel, Moray.
V. [Quhitred].
Pop. Ball.

WHITTER, s. A hearty draught of liquor, S. O.
Burns.

Q. whetter, from E. whet.

WHITTLE, s.
1. A knife, S. as in E.
2. Applied to the harvest-hook, S.
A. Douglas.

WHITTRET, s. The weasel.
V. [Quhitred].

WHORLE, s.
1. A very small wheel, S.
2. The fly of a spinning-rock, made of wood, sometimes of a hard stone, S. whirl, E.
Barry.

Su. G. harfwel, hwirfwel, id., verticillum; O. Sw. hworla, rotare.

To WHOSLE, v. n. To breathe hard, to wheeze, Aberd.
V. [Wheasle].
Journ. Lond.

To WHUMMIL, WHOMEL, v. a. To turn upside down.
V. [Quhemle].

WHUNN, s. The stone called trap, &c.
V. [Quhin].
A. Hume.