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† whute, v. Obs. rare.
[Imitative.]
To whistle. Hence † whuting ppl. a. So † whute n.
c1600in W. Fowler's Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 340 The Robin, Wraine, & whutinge quaill. a1663Robin Hood & Curtal Friar xxix. in Child Ballads (1888) v. 125 Give me leave to set my fist to my mouth And to whute whutes three. Ibid. xxx, xxxi. |