Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A dialectal form of queen.
  • noun A little (originally used adverbially); a small number; hence, a quantity.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Scot. A quantity; a goodly number.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A little; a small number.
  • noun Scotland, Northern Ireland A quantity; a goodly number.

Etymologies

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From Middle English *wheen, quhein (also hwan, hwon, quhon), from Old English hwēne, hwǣne, instrumental form of Old English hwōn ("little, few, a little, trifle, somewhat, a little while").

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