WHID
\wˈɪd], \wˈɪd], \w_ˈɪ_d]\
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hwid, n. (Scot.) a rapid movement.--v.i. to move quickly, to whisk.--v.i. WHID'DER, to whiz. [Prob. conn. with W. chwid, a jerk; or perh. A.S. hwitha, a breeze.]
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hwid, n. (Scot.) a lie: (obs.) a word: (prov.) a quarrel.--v.i. to lie.--CUT BOON WHIDS, to speak good words. [Perh. A.S. cwide, a word--cwethan, to say.]
By Thomas Davidson