wheen

[ hween, ween ]

/ ʰwin, win /

Scot. and North England

adjective

few.

noun

a few persons or things.

Origin of wheen

1325–75; Middle English (north) quheyn,Old English hwēne, instrumental case of hwōn few, a few

Words nearby wheen

wheel trim, wheel window, wheel wobble, wheelwork, wheelwright, wheen, wheesh, wheeze, wheezy, whelk, whelked

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Example sentences from the Web for wheen

I was ance very near hanged by the king by mistake, amang a wheen Border rievers that he strung up.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland|Various
Wheen; a small number, a small quantity:—'I was working for a wheen o' days': 'I'll eat a wheen of these gooseberries.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce
I'm saying—my lads—will ye gie ower this weary warrk a wee whilee and sheer a wheen sheep to me?
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
A wheen blue an' puffy, but the pulse is better than I would have expeckit.
The Dop Doctor|Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

There was fancy words in't I never heard in a' my life, and I've kent a wheen o' cairters.
Erchie|(AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro

British Dictionary definitions for wheen

wheen

/ (wiːn, Scottish hwiːn) /

determiner Scot and Northern English dialect

few; some

(preceded by a)

a small number of
a good number of
(as pronoun; functioning as plural)a wheen of years

Word Origin for wheen

Old English hwēne, instrumental of hwōn few, a few

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单词	wheen
释义	wheen [ hween, ween ] / ʰwin, win / Scot. and North England adjective few. noun a few persons or things. Origin of wheen 1325–75; Middle English (north) quheyn,Old English hwēne, instrumental case of hwōn few, a few Words nearby wheen wheel trim, wheel window, wheel wobble, wheelwork, wheelwright, wheen, wheesh, wheeze, wheezy, whelk, whelked Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wheen I was ance very near hanged by the king by mistake, amang a wheen Border rievers that he strung up. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland\|Various Wheen; a small number, a small quantity:—'I was working for a wheen o' days': 'I'll eat a wheen of these gooseberries.' English As We Speak It in Ireland\|P. W. Joyce I'm saying—my lads—will ye gie ower this weary warrk a wee whilee and sheer a wheen sheep to me? It Is Never Too Late to Mend\|Charles Reade A wheen blue an' puffy, but the pulse is better than I would have expeckit. The Dop Doctor\|Clotilde Inez Mary Graves There was fancy words in't I never heard in a' my life, and I've kent a wheen o' cairters. Erchie\|(AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro British Dictionary definitions for wheen wheen / (wiːn, Scottish hwiːn) / determiner Scot and Northern English dialect few; some (preceded by a) a small number of a good number of (as pronoun; functioning as plural)a wheen of years Word Origin for wheen Old English hwēne, instrumental of hwōn few, a few Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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