Sc. and n. dial. Also 6 Sc. quhite, 7 whyt, 9 dial. whit. [north. variant of THWITE. Cf. WHANG.] trans. To cut slices off (a stick, etc.) with a knife or other sharp instrument; to pare; to whittle.
1567. Gude & Godlie B. (S. T. S.), 72. Stock and stane … Quhilk men may carfe or quhite.
1662. in W. Hunter, Biggar & Ho. Fleming (1862), 4. Elf boyis, wha whyttis and dyghtis thame [sc. arrow-heads] with a sharp thing lyke a paking neidle.
1799. J. Robertson, Agric. Perth, 267. Boys, who white a stick … until it be so worn down that it become useless.
1890. Service, Notandums, ix. 62. Ye can be whitin’ a stick.
