whillywha, whillywhaw (hwilihwa)

[Appar. a mere extension of whilly.] I. in trans. To use cajolery or make wheedling speeches. [Scotch.] What, man! the life of a King, and many you sands besides, is not to be weighed with the chance of two young things whilly - whawing in ilk other's ears for a minute. Scott, Quentin Durward, xxx i. II. trans. To cajole; wheedle; delude with specious pretenses. [Scotch.] Wylie Mac trick it the writer canna whilli - wha me as he's dune mony a ane. Scott , Old Mortality, xl. whilly-wha, whilly-whaw (hwil'i-hwa), n. and a. [ whilly -wha, v.] I. n. A wheedling speech; cajolery. I wish ye binna beginning to learn the way of blawing in a woman's lug, wi' a' your whilly - wha's ! Scott , Old Mortality, v. II. a . Cajoling; wheedling; smooth-tongued. [Scotch.] Because he's a whilly - whaw body, and has a plausible tongue of his own, they have made him Provost! Scott , Red gauntlet, xii. whilom (hwi'lōm), adv. and conj. [Early mod. E. also whilome, whylome; pl. of hwil, time, point of time.] I. adv. 1. At times; by times. Untenderly fro the toppe thai tiltine to-gederz; Whilome Arthure over, and other while undyre. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1145. 2. Once; formerly; once upon a time. Whylom, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk that highte These us. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1. IMG:content-2303.png:[blocks in formation] whilom Whilome thou camest with the morning mist. Sometimes used adjectively. 6900