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QUHILLY BILLY, the noise made in violent coughing or reaching.

V. ~Hillie-billow~.

_Lyndsay._

QUHYLUM, QUHILOM, _adv._

1. Some time ago.

_Wyntown._

2. At times.

V. ~Umquhile~.

_Barbour._

3. Distributively; now, then.

_Dunbar._

A. S. _hwilom_, _hwilum_, aliquando.

QUHYN, QUHIN-STANE, _s._ Green-stone; the name given to basalt, trap, &c. S.

_Douglas._

Isl. _hwijn-a_, resonare; _hwin_, resonans; q. ”the resounding stone.”

_To_ QUHYNGE, _v. n._ To whine, S. wheenge.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _weng-a_; plorare.

_To_ QUHIP, WIPP, _v. a._ To bind about, S.

Moes. G. _waib-jan_, to surround; Isl. _wef_, circ.u.mvolvo.

~Quhippis~, _s. pl._ Crowns.

_Gl. Sibb._

Moes. G. _waips_, corona.

_To_ QUHIRR, _v. n._ To emit such a sound as that of a partridge or moorfowl, when it takes flight, S. _whurr_.