Part 649 (1/2)

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._

A. S. _hwother-an_, to make a booming noise.