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wheen (iou)



wheen adjective (in mod. usage also classed as a determiner) & noun. [wi:n] Scot., N. Ir., & north. LME.
[Repr. Old English hwene in some degree, instr. case of hwon 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.
a wheen of, a few, a fair amount or number of. LME.
adverbial. a wheen, somewhat. M19.
C. Gibbon The auld wife's a wheen better.