wheen
wheen adjective (in mod. usage also classed as a determiner) & noun. [wi:n] Scot., N. Ir., & north.
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wheen adjective (in mod. usage also classed as a
determiner) & noun.
[wi:n] Scot.,
N. Ir., &
north. LME.[Repr. Old English hwēne in some degree, instr. case of hwōn a few.]A. adjective. Few, not many. Usu. preceded by
a: a few, a fair amount or number of.
LME.■ Sir W. Scott A wheen idle gowks coming to glower at the hole. ■ I. Rankin Those are two questions; I've got a wheen more.b. noun.
1. a wheen of, a few, a fair amount or number of.
LME.2. adverbial. a wheen, somewhat.
M19.■ C. Gibbon The auld wife's a wheen better. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲