whidder (hwider)

i. [Cf. whid1.] 1. Το shake; tremble. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] -2. To whid; whizz. [Scotch.] He heard the bows that bauldly ring, And arrows whidder an ' hym near bi. Sang of the Outlaw Murray (Child's Ballads, VI. 25). whiew, v. i. See whew2, 1. whiff1 (hwif), n. [Cf. W. chwiff, a whiff, puff, chwiffio, puff, chwaff, a gust; Dan. vift, a puff, gust. Cf. also waff1, puff, fuff, G. piff, paff, similar imitative words. Hence whiffle.] 1. A slight blast or gust of air; especially, a puff of bootie it be, what a plump endowment to benefice-gaping mouth of a Prelate! IMG:content-2296.png:[blocks in formation] What is the cause of this great arising of the sands and shelves here about this haven, the which stop it up that no ships can arrive here? Latimer , Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. which2t (hwich), n . [ whucche , var. of hucche , etc.: see hutch1 .] 1. A chest. Hall i well . "Rede me not," quod Reson, "reuthe to haue, Til lordes and ladies louen alle treuthe, And Perneles porfyl be put in heore whucche .” Piers Plowman (A), iv. 102. 2. Specifically, a movable wagon-box. In this case the which is the movable box belonging to the tumberel, which was separated from it, and, when required, was placed upon the tumbril, to carry dung or such other materials as could not be loaded upon a mere skeleton of wheels and shafts. N. and Q., 7th ser., Χ. 473. whichever (hwich-ev'er), pron. [ Necklaced Whidah-bird (Col i us pa er or Pen the tri a ardens ), male. cf. Vidua.] An oscine pa erine bird of Africa, belonging to the family Ploceidæ, or weaver-birds, and subfamily Viduinæ in a strict sense, and especially to the genus Vidua, or one of two or three closely related genera. They are small bodied birds, about as large as a canary; but the males have several feathers of the tail enormously lengthened and variously shaped, forming a beautiful arched train. Any finch, widow - bird, and simply whidah or widow, as well as by the French name veuve. The original whidah-bird, or widow of paradise, is Vidua (or Steganura ) paradise a, described and figured under Viduinæ (which see). The king whidah bird is Videstrelda regia (see Videstrelda, with cut). The principal whidah-bird is Vidua principal is (see Vidua, with cut). The South African necklaced them is also called whidah - finch, whidah-bird is Col i us pa er or Pen the tri a ardens, the male of which is 12 inches long, with a tail of 84, and has the plumage nearly uniform black, normally varied with a Pyrrhus at Priam drives; in rage strikes wide; But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword The unnerved father falls. Shak., Hamlet, ii. 2. 495. For when it [my nose] does get hold of a pleasant whiff or so,. it's generally from somebody else's dinner, a-coming home from the baker's. Dickens, Chimes, i. 21. A quick inhalation of air, and especially of smoke; a drawing or drinking in of smoke; also, a draught or drink, as of wine or liquid. To entertain the most gentlemanlike use of tobacco; the rare corollary and practice of the Cuban ebolition, euripus, and whiff . B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, iii. 1. Whiff , indeed, occurs in a dull, prosing account of tobacco in the Queen's Arcadia, from which, as well as from what our author says elsewhere, it would seem to be either a swallowing of the smoke, or a retaining it in the throat for a given space of time. Gifford, Note to the above pa age. Then let him shew his several tricks in taking it [tobacco), as the whiff , the ring, ., for these are complements that gain gentlemen no mean respect. Dekker, Gull's Hornbook, p. 120. Urquhart , tr. of Rabelais, i. 6. IMG:content-2297.png:[graphic] I will yet go drink one whiff more. 3. A sudden expulsion of air, smoke, or the like from the mouth; a puff. Four Pipes after Dinner he constantly smokes; And seasons his Whiffs with impertinent Jokes. Prior , Epigram. The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe. Long fellow , Wreck of the Hesperus. 4. A hasty view; a glimpse; a gliff. [Prov. Eng.] -5. At Oxford and other places on the Thames, a light kind of outrigger boat. It is timber-built throughout, thus differing from a skiff, which is a racing-boat, usually of cedar, and covered with canvas for some distance at the bow and stern. Encyc. Dict. IMG:content-2298.jpg:[blocks in formation] whiff