wheezle, v. Chiefly Sc. and north. dial.
(ˈhwiːz(ə)l)
Also 8–9 wheazle, whaizle, 9 wha(i)sle, wheasle, wheezel, whazle, whozzle, etc.
[f. wheeze v. + -le.]
intr. To wheeze. Hence ˈwheezling vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1779 Mirror No. 40 ¶3 One of your damnation apoplectics kill'd him in the chucking of a bumper; you could scarce have heard him wheazle! 1786 Burns Auld Farmer's Salut. Mare x, But sax Scotch miles thou try't their mettle, An' gart them whaizle. 1808 Mayne Siller Gun ii. xxii, Tho' whozzling sair and cruppen down Auld Saunders seem'd. 1839 Whistle-Binkie Ser. i. 83 Gin the win' were out o' your whaisling hauze, I'd marry again and be voggie, O. 1880 Antrim & Down Gloss. s.v. Wasslin', Do you hear the chile wasslin' in his chest? |
So ˈwheezle n., a wheeze.
| 1822 Hogg Perils of Man II. 346 My voice went away to a perfect wheezle. 1825 Brockett N.C. Gloss., Whazle, an indication of asthma. |