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.

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