Sc. Also 9 whud. [f. WHID sb.2] intr. To move nimbly without noise.
c. 1730. Ramsay, 1st Answ. to Somerville, 94. You range After the fox or whidding hare.
1790. Burns, Elegy on Capt. M—— H——, vi. Ye maukins whiddin thro’ the glade.
1816. Scott, Bl. Dwarf, iii. Ye see yon other light that’s gaun whiddin’ back and forrit.
