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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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WHEISA-, n. Also wheiso-, wheesa-. Only in combs.: 1. wheiso-bealing, a whitlow or similar abscess in the finger (Ork. 1929 Marw.). See Beal, v.; 2. wheesa-cramps, -crapes (Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminisc. Gl.), bodily aches, “an out-of-sorts condition, when one is rather unwell or (metaph.) out of temper; a state of sulk” (Marw.).

Phr. in the wheesa-cramps, out of sorts, slightly unwell; 3. wheisa-girs, the gout-weed, Ægopodium podagraria, used for medicinal purposes (Id.). [′ʍəisə-, ′ʍisə-]2. Ork. 1949 Anth. Ork. Verse (Marwick) 123:
Blind, glaeket, lame and full o' wheesa-crapes, They followed the uncrooned King o' Galilee.