whid

whid
/hwid, hwud, wid, wud/, v., whidded, whidding, n. Scot.
v.i.
1. to move quickly and quietly.
n.
2. a quick, noiseless movement.
[1580-90; appar. akin to OE hwitha a breeze (c. ON hvitha gust)]

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