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▪ I. whillywha, n. Sc.|ˈhwɪlɪhwɑː, -ɔː|
Also -whaw, -whaa, -wa, whilli(e)wha, whullywha.
[Of obscure origin.]
1. A wheedling or insinuating person; a flattering deceiver. Also attrib.
c1680[F. Sempill] Banishm. Poverty in Watson Coll. Sc. Poems (1706) i. 12 We fear'd no Reavers for our Money, Nor Whilly-whaes to grip our Gear. 1714Ramsay Elegy on Cowper v, He gather'd Gear..and left it a'! May be to some sad Whilliwhaw O' fremit Blood. 1824Scott Redgauntlet ch. xii, He's a whilly-whaw body and has a plausible tongue of his own. 1890Service Notandums xix, Ony whillywha o' an Englisher.
2. Wheedling speech, flattery, cajolery.
1816Scott Old Mort. v, I wish ye binna beginning to learn the way of blawing in a woman's lug wi' a' your whilly-wha's. 1843Ballantine Gaberlunzie's Wallet x. 225 ‘Gae wa' wi' your whillywhaws,’ said Nanny.
▪ II. whillywha, v. Sc.
[See prec.]
trans. To take in or persuade by flattery; to wheedle, coax, cajole.
1816Scott Old Mort. xl, He canna whilliwha me as he has dune mony a ane. 1893Stevenson Catriona xv, The fower lads..tried to whillywha him to be quiet. |