whimbrel (hwimbrel)

[Also wimbrel; per Tenny son, Memory. haps for * whimmerel, so called with ref. to its The fickle queen caused her whilom favorite to be beheaded. W. S. Gregg , Irish Hist. for Eng. Readers, p. 50. II.t conj. While. At last he cals to minde a man of fashion, With whom his father held much conversation Whilome he livde. Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 121. whilst (hwilst), conj. and adv. [Formerly also whilest, I could soon reckon up such a rabble of shooters, that be named here and there in poets, as would hold us talking whilst to-morrow. Ascham , Тохophilus (ed. 1864), p. 74. To him one of the other twins was bound, Whilst I had been like heedful of the other. Shak., C. of E., i. 1. 83. peculiar cry, [Also corruptly A person full of Go, whimling , and fetch two or three grating-loaves out of the kitchen, to make gingerbread of. 'Tis such an untoward thing! Beau . and Fl . , Coxcomb, iv. 7. whimmer (hwim'er), v. i. [Var. of whimper ; cf. G. wimmern, moan.] Same as whimper . [Scotch.] Whilest the Grape We find ourselves unable to avoid joining in the merriment of our friends, whilst unaware of its cause. H. Spencer , Social Statics, p. 115. lasteth the drink win ravels, 1. 84. whimmy (hwim'i), a. [ The whilstt. (a) While. If he steal aught the whilst this play is playing. (b) In the mean time. whin furnishing them with huge entertainment on their road homeward. Scott, Old Mortality, iii. =Syn. 1. Singular, Odd, etc. (see eccentric), notional, crotchety.-2. Fanciful, grotesque.