whittle shawl (hwitlshal)

Same as whit tle1. land. whittie-whattie (hwit'i-hwoti), v. i. [Sc.] To mutter; whisper; waste time by vague cajoling language; talk frivolously; shilly-shally. [Scotch.] What are ye whittie - what ticing about, ye gowk?" said his gentle sister, who suspected the tenor of his murmurs. Scott, Pirate, vi. whittle1 (hwit'l), n. [ IMG:content-2344.png:[blocks in formation] whitel; So for hus glotonye and grete synne he hath a greuous Piers Plowman (C), xvii. 76. penaunce. surname Whittier.] A bleacher; a whitster. whiz, v. and n. See whizz.