Scot., North Eng. a few or, sometimes, a considerable number
Origin of wheen
Middle English qwheyn(e) from Old English hwæne, instrumental case of hw?n, (a) fewwheen
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Noun
(plural wheens)
- (UK dialectal) A little; a small number.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland, Northern Ireland) A quantity; a goodly number.
- A wheen other dogs. "” Sir Walter Scott.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Origin
From Middle English *wheen, quhein (also hwan, hwon, quhon), from Old English hwÄ“ne, hwÇ£ne, instrumental form of Old English hwÅn (“little, few, a little, trifle, somewhat, a little while").
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