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QUHITE MONEY, _silver_.
_Acts Ja. V._
Su. G. _hwita penningar_, silver money.
QUHITHER, _s._ A slight illness.
V. ~Quhidder~.
QUHYTYSS, _s. pl._
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _heutte_, a hat worn by military men; L. B. _huveti_, vestis species, viewed as a sort of mantle.
QUHITRED, QUHITTRET, _s._ The weasel, S.; _whitrack_, Moray.
_Sibbald._
Isl. _hwatur_, Su. G. _hwat_, quick, fleet; C. B. _chwidrad_, unsteady motion; _chwid-rawg_, full of giddiness.
QUHITSTANE, _s._ A whetstone.
_Doug._
Teut. _wet-sten_, cos.
_To_ QUHITTER, QUITTER, _v. n._
1. To warble, to chatter, S.
_Douglas._
2. Applied to the quick motion of the tongue.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _qwittr-a_, Belg. _quetter-n_, garrire instar avium.
QUHOYNE, _adj._ Few.
V. ~Quheyne~.
_To_ QUHOMMEL, _v. a._
V. ~Quhemle~.
QUHONNAR, _adj._ Fewer.
V. ~Quheyne~.
_Barbour._
QUHOW, _adv._ How.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
_To_ QUHRYNE, _v. n._
1. To squeak.
_Montgomerie._
2. To murmur, to whine.
_Douglas._
A. S. _hrin-an_, Isl. _hrin-a_, ejulare, mugire.
~Quhryne~, _s._ A whining or growling sound.
_Douglas._
QUY, QUYACH, _s._
V. ~Quey~.
QUIBOW, _s._ A branch of a tree, S. B.
Ir. Gael. _caobh_, id.
QUICH, (gutt.) _s._ A small round-eared cap for a woman's head, worn under another, Ang.
Su. G. _hwif_; C. B. _penguwch_, id., from _pen_, head, and _cuwch_, the brows, or knitting of them.
