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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.
¶WHUTTLING, vbl.n. “A whispering, a quickening” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 479).
[It is not clear what MacTaggart means by his definition. The word may be a variant of or mistake for Whitter, v.2, 2.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Whuttling vbl. n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 2 Dec 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/whuttling>
