wheeze (hwez)

[ The fat old dog on the portico gave a gentle wheeze of recognition. The Atlantic, LXVI. 185. 6892 wheezily (hwē'zi-li), adv. In a wheezing manner; as if with difficulty of breathing. "The potman was a-listening," he said, wheezily ; "I could see it by the way he 'eld 'is 'ed." D. Christie Murray , Weaker Ve el, xii. wheezy (hwē'zi), a . [ wheeze + -y1.] Affected with or characterized by wheezing. So Fred was gratified with nearly an hour's practice of. favorite airs from his "Instructor on the Flute"-a wheezy performance, into which he threw much ambition and an irrepre ible hopefulne . George Eliot , Middle march, xi. wheft (hweft), n. Naut . , an erroneous form of waft , 4.