whummle (hwuml)

and n. A dialectal form while. of whemmle. Scott, Rob Roy, xxii. whunstane (hwun's tan), n. Whinstone. [Scotch.] A vast, unbottom'd, boundle pit, Fill'd fou o' low in' brunstane, Wha's rag in' flame, an' scorch in' heat, Wad melt the hardest whun-stane! Burns, Holy Fair. whurt, v. and n. An obsolete spelling of whir. whurryt, v. and n. An obsolete variant of hurry. whurt, n. See whort. whuskey (hwus'ki), n. A Scotch form of whisky2, whyl (hwi), adv. and conj. [Early mod. E. whie; Turn ye, turn ye, for why will ye die? Ezek. xxxiii. 11. Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale? IMG:content-2357.png:[blocks in formation] wibblet (wib'l), n. [A corrupt form of wimble .] A wimble. Tufts's Glo ary of Thieves Jargon (1798). wicchet, n. An old spelling of witch . wich (wich), n . See wick4 .