Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1822
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¶WHE, int. An exclam. to indicate that the speaker is surprised, puzzled or protesting, = Eng. why!, indeed!, well!Ayr. 1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage 88, 240:
Seen him [Burns]! Whe, man I kent him as weell's I do that gill stoup. . . . Whe, — let me think, — what wad ye think o' 'Ned the Thrasher'.
