whig a more, whiggamore

[WHIG, 8.] A whig; a term of contempt applied to a Scotch Presbyterian. "It isna good for my health to come in the gate o' the whig a more bailie bodies."-Scott: Rob Roy, ch. xxv. whig a mores' raid, s . [ENGAGEMENT, II. 2.] *whig'-gar-chỹ, s. [Formed from whig , s., on analogy of oligarchy , .] Government by Whigs. "They will not recognize any government in Great Britain but whiggarchy only." - Swift : Conduct of the Allies. (Appendix.) whig-ger-ỹ, subst. [Eng. whig, s.; -ery.] The principles of the Whigs; Whiggism.