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WHIME, v. Also whyme. To go about in a furtive insinuating manner, to sneak (Ork. 1974). [ʍɑim]Ork. 1880 W. Dennison Sketch Bk. 68:
Is that a wey tae come whiman' among gentlemen?Ork. 1929 Marw.:
Gaan whyman aboot the hoose [of a dog].Ork. 1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 122:
Oot he whimed, threatenan vengeance on Sarah.
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