Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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WHIGGA, n. Also hwigga, kwig(g)a (Jak.). Couchgrass, Agropyron repens (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XI. 228, 1908 Jak. (1928), 1947 Sh. Folk Bk. I. 83, kwig(g)a, Sh. 1974). [′ʍɪgə]
[Norw. dial. kvika, id. Cf. Quickens for Sc. forms from the O.E. cognate cwic.]
