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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1400, 1633-1654
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Whilk, Whis, Uich, rel. pron. (Var. of Quhilk rel. pron. 8 b and Quhich(e rel. pron. b.) — (a) c1400 Troy-bk. ii 549 (D).
The kynges that in the helpyng Of Troye come & of Pryame kyng—Of whilkes mensioune haue we Mayd in this booke —(b) 1633 Sc. Ant. I 94.
At may ariuel in Perris I touk of a sout of it … uich med an end of the monnies uich I had restin c1641–54 J. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II 539.
Assyn marche, whis is in the Bishoprick of Catnes
