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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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†WHEERIP, v. Also wh(y)ripe. To whimper, whine (Ayr. 1880 Jam.). also in n.Eng. dial.; to fret, to complain or lament peevishly, nag, “to torment by mourning”.Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 109, 479:
To whripe for the dead is a sin unbecomin. . . . One always railing against this world whyripes, frets, &c.; a wife of this temper is past enduring: I know some who are ever whyriping on their poor devils of husbands.
