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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quhois, Quhos(e, pron. Also: quhoise, qwhois, quhoys, quho(i)es, whois(e, whoe(i)s, vhois; quhosse, whose. [ME quos (14th c.), wos (14th c.), woise (a1400), hos (a1325), late ME hoys (1467), ME and e.m.E. whos (Chaucer, Gower, Wyclif), whoos (1442), whose (c1440): cf. Quhais.] Whose, of whom the. = Quhais.

1. interrog. = Quhais 1.(1) 1513 Doug. i xi 114 (E., Ruthv.).
Now with quhois [C. quhais] armour the sone of Aurora Come to the seige; and now inquir wald sche [etc.] 1556 Lauder Off. Kings To the reader.
Contening … vnto quhose actionis, in speciall, suld kyngis geue rathest actendence a1578 Pitsc. I 168/1.
Quho was haistelie thairefter murdrest … be quhose persuatioun or quhat cause I can not tell 1629 Justiciary Cases I 110.
Nocht condiscending … in quhois presens and by quhois help(2) c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) vi 103.
Concluding never … Quhois blud on rude for me ran reid 1562-3 Winȝet I 71/18.
Quhy schau ȝe nocht quhois hæresie we follow? c1590 Fowler II 58/32.
For quhose picteur it was in deid I do not remember

2. The simple relative, restrictive. = Quhais 3.(1) a1578 Pitsc. I 147/9.
Money cuning men be quhose labouris and trawell goode letteris flurischit 1656 Dumbarton B. Rec. 71.
To all and sundrie whom it effeirs to whois knowledge thir present letters sall cum(2) a1500 Lanc. 171.
At command of o wys quhois visioune My gost haith takin this opvnioune 1544 Lennox Mun. 245.
All wtheris his compleces quhoies name sal be gevin in bill a1605 Montg. Devot. P. iv 19.
Vho is he vhois conscience can him clenge? 1608 Aberd. Council Lett. I 106.
To those whois dispositioun … may … mak thame suspect enemyes of the staite 1611-57 Mure Early Misc. P. xi 12.
Quhose 1629 Maxwell Mem. II 16.
Such others whoeis pouer may procuir most woices 1657 Melrose Reg. Rec. I 145.
Pay to him whois cornes are eatin 1663 Dunkeld Presb. I 129.
All ministers whoes churches … are a laick presentatione

3. In a descriptive relative clause. = Quhais 4.(1) a1500 Henr. Prayer 2.
O eterne God … , To quhois hie knawlege na think is obscure … , Haif mercy of ws a1500 Lanc. 2738.
And how Gawan hyme in the feld hath born Throw quhoys swerd so many o knycht vas lorn 1643 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 11.
For the service of Ensigne Wm. Johnstone, from quhoes service the said Hew hes fled 1657 Balfour Ann. II 142.
I will not medle furder with that olde canckered goottishe man, at quhosse handes ther is nothing to be gained bot soure wordes 1669 Edinb. B. Rec. X 56.
Whoise(2) a1500 Lanc. 38.
How sche, quhois bewte al my harm haith wrocht, Ne knouith not [etc.] c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 67.
Nor yit thou, Tullius, quhois lippis suete [etc.] 1562-3 Winȝet I 72/1.
Quhy condemne ȝe nocht thai … counselis quhois iugement … we follow? a1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlvii 49.
Catitois clerkis, quhois college ȝe frequentit a1578 Pitsc. I 122/10.
Bot quhen the Douglas wnderstude himself destitute … be money of his principall freindis be quhois … assistance he had [etc.] c1600 Montg. Suppl. xx 6. 1622 Denmylne MSS in Highland P. III 313.
Our simple opinionis concerning that man, whose bipast lyffe … hes bene so lewde 1611-57 Mure Sonn. vii 7.
Loadstar of loue, quhose puir vermilion hew Makes pale the rose

4. As the ‘resumptive’ relative pron. = Quhais 5.(1) c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1218 (C).
Sene that [I] the kyng Polymistres Slew, in-to whois [D. quhois] kepyng wes Pollydorus Ib. 1373. a1500 Lanc. 231.
Throuch quhois seruice in armys he has vrocht Mony wonderis Ib. 1296.
Qwhois   1524 Douglas Corr. 97.
To hwoys heynes I ame more indettyt thane [etc.] 1535 Stewart 30607.
Is nocht in erth ane mair vnsicker lyve, Na with my nychtbour ilk da for to stryve, For quhois feid it is richt euill to fle 1562-3 Winȝet II 48/10.
To quhois knawlege, quhen the Greikis gaue place, the Hebrew literis also war exornat be him 1591 in Row 122.
For winning of quhois favors (whilk foolishlie I thoucht thereby to obteine) I committed all theis errours 1630 Peebles B. Rec. I 370.(b) 1546 Lynd. Trag. Card. 92.
Efter quhose deith, in France I paste agane 1623 Crim. Trials III 549.
At quhose lyke-walk that nycht the ox foirsaid stowin be the fader and the sone was … eittin 1684 Symson Descr. Galloway 111.
Brugantia wonne by Galdus … frome quhosse name it wes callid firste Galdia(2) c1409-1436 Kingis Q. §70.
As Tantalus I trauaile … quhois penance is an hell a1500 Quare Jel. 510.
Thus of thi lady makis thou thy fo, Quhois hert [etc.] c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) xxvi 12.
Quhois crewall sclander servis ded Ib. xxxv 94.
Quhoise knyghtli name … in gold suld writtin be Ib. l 119. 1558 Inverness Rec. I 25.
The commond consell wes schosyne quhoys namis efter fallowys 1562-3 Winȝet II 75/34, 35, etc.
Quhois doctrine that haly conuentioun halding, quhois counsel following, quhais testimonie beleuing, to quhois iugement obeyng [etc.] 1570 Misc. Bann. C. I 43.
To keip us fourth of the handis of Lennox and Hammiltoun whois imperfectiones are both notorious 1571 Sat. P. xxv 11.
Whois 1611-57 Mure Early Misc. P. xiii 4.
Quhoise(b) 1572 Sat. P. xxxvi 56.
Quhose luk wes gud thay came not in Lochlevin a1578 Pitsc. I 127/13.
And siclyk [deceissit] Alexander Lyndsay Earle of Crafurde of quhome mentioun is maid, in quhose rowme Dawid his sone succedit … [and] money wthers nobillis … quhose nameis ar irksum to wryt c1590 Fowler II 105/16. c1600 Pont Cunningham 7.
This countrey is … vnder the authority of the sheriffe theroffe, quhosse officer may lousse the arrestment [etc.] 1649 Sc. N. & Q. 1 Ser. XII 74.
These quho vare necessarie distractit upon the 17 of Dec. … quhose just excuses being hard [etc.] c1650 Killing of Dog in Bk. Pasquils (1827) ii 4.
Heir layes a doge, quhosse qualities did plead Such fatall end from a renouned blade 1584 (a1651) in Calderwood IV 76.
Our bishops … whose infameis are seene and graipped of you all

5. The simple relative with non-personal antecedent. = Quhais 6.(1) a1500 Lanc. 1274.
The clowdy nyght, wndir whois obscure The rest … of euery creatur Lyith sauf(2) a1500 Quare Jel. 22.
Doun by a woddis syde Quhois levis fair did all the bewis hyde c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) viii 13.
I dout that Merche … Hes slane this gentill herbe … , Quhois petewous deithe dois to my hart sic pane That [etc.] Ib. xvi 115.
Thir birdis … Singing of lufe … Quhois ythand pleid ȝit maid my thochtis grene 1513 Doug. i vi 13, viii ix 109, etc. c1590 J. Stewart 88/297. 1660 Nicoll Diary 289.
The horses, quhois handsumnes defyed airt to counterfute(b) a1585 Maitl. Q. lxix 57.
This plesant plant … In quhose crope ane plesand sicht thair wes Of ladyis fair 1611-57 Mure Early Misc. P. ix 2.
Quhos Ib. i 13.

6. As the objective genitive. = Quhais 7. 1537 Lynd. Depl. Magd. 182.
From Deith, quhose dolour can nocht be expremit c1552 Id. Mon. 3748.
Off quhose [sc. the events of a dream] interpretatioun, Doctouris doith mak narratioun