Definition of "whid" [whid]

• A quick motion; a rapid, quiet movement, usually by small game. (noun)
• To move nimbly and with little noise, usually of small game. (verb)

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• "Stow your whids & plant, and whid no more of that [19]"
• "Here his limbs are wiped dry, and wrapped close anti tight within the fur of the buffalo robes, in whid he takes his nap, with his f'eet to the fire; then oils his limbs and hair with bear's grease, dresses and plumes himself for a visit -- a feast --"
• "Here they caught a large number o of the fciennc, or bream kind; from whid captain named this Bream Bay."