whew2 (hwu)

i. [Origin obscure.] 1. To fly hastily; make great speed. Also whiew. Brockett; Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] 2. To hurry or bustle about; work tempestuously. [New Eng.] Her father... had married a smart second wife "to look after matters." Nothing ever got ahead of her; she whewed round; when she was whewing she neither wanted Bel to hinder nor help. Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney , The Other Girls, vii. 112.