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Alem. _uuipphe_, nictus oculi; C. B. _chwip_, quickly.

WHIPPER-TOOTIES, _s. pl._ Silly scruples about doing any thing, S.

Fr. _apres tout_, after all.

WHIPPERT, _adj._ Hasty and tart in demeanour, or in the mode of doing any thing, S.

~Whippert-like~, _adj._ Indicating irritation, by the manner of expression or action, S.

Isl. _hwop-a_, lightness, inconstancy; or ~Whip~, _v._

WHISH, WHUSH, _s._

1. A rus.h.i.+ng or whizzing sound, S. B.

2. A whisper, S. B. _whisht_, Loth.

_Ferguson._

Su. G. _hwaes-a_, to whizz; Isl. _qwis_, susurrus.

_To_ WHISH, _v. a._ To hush; part. pa. _whist_.

_G.o.dscroft._

~Whisht~, _interj._ Hush, be silent, S.

_Ramsay._

Sw. _wysch_, O. Fr. _houische_, id.

WHISTLE, _s._ Change of money, S.

V. ~Quhissel~.

_Ramsay._

WHISTLE, _s._ _To weet_ one's _whistle_, to take a drink, sometimes applied to tipplers, S.

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