Part 651 (1/2)

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~.