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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1581-1623
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(Quhiddering,) Quhither-, Whiddering, ppl. adj. [Late Anglicised form, put for Quhidd(e)rand ppl. adj.] Of a wind: Roaring; blustering. —1581-1623 James VI Poems I 11/5.
And that they heare the whiddering Boreas bolde, With hiddeous hurling, rolling rocks from hie 1581-1623 Ib. II 39/8.
Quho … ualkis on uingis of quhithering uindis uith beir
