Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To whisk; scud; move nimbly, as a hare or other small animal.
- To fib; lie.
- noun A quick motion; a rapid, noiseless movement.
- To lie; fib.
- noun A word.
- noun A lie; a fib.
- noun A dispute; a quarrel
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A quick motion; a
rapid ,quiet movement , usually by small game. - verb To move
nimbly and with little noise, usually of small game.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Stow your whids & plant, and whid no more of that [19]
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] John S. Farmer
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Here his limbs are wiped dry, and wrapped close anti tight within the fur of the buffalo robes, in whid he takes his nap, with his f'eet to the fire; then oils his limbs and hair with bear's grease, dresses and plumes himself for a visit -- a feast --
Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and conditions of the North American Indians 1841
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Here they caught a large number o of the fciennc, or bream kind; from whid captain named this Bream Bay.
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [microform]: From ... 1796
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K*scbakan, the wind blows hard K'schakaneep, the whid blew hard K'schachinke, when or if it blows hard TamseetBch* kschakan, it will perhaps blow haid Apitchanehelleu, it blows a eontniy wind Apitchanehellewak, they have a contrary wind Wundschun, the wind conies from (a particular quarter)
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The defign of the (irfl Book, to which we rhall conlifie mil attention fc-f the prcfrr-t) u to trace the n (e aJid progrtrs of Iv bour, and iit opcradojiv, ai the foiiTce of wealth; and to rflj ihth clear principles and predfc ideai, concerning the origi and ufe of money, and the ciufei which drcermirei or whid vary, the price of cornmoditiei ind rem of landi.
The Monthly Review 1776
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