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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†WHILLY-WHAUP, n. The curlew, Numenius arquata.Slk. 1825 Hogg Poems (1874) 343:
The whilly-whaup's [sc. cry] ane shame to hear.Bwk. 1879 W. Chisholm Poems 61:
I miss the plover's whistle, an' the whilly-whaup's lood cry.

[From Whaup, the first element being imit. of the bird's whistle. Cf. Pooly-woolly.]

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