311 Whit-neck. A white-throated weasel. E.N. White-pot, or Whitpot. A dish made of milk, flour, and treacle, with a slice of bread on the surface, baked; also milk and flour with sugar or treacle, boiled. Pot is Celtic Cornish for pudding. ("To keep well filled with thrifty fare, as white-pot, buttermilk, and curds." Hudibras.) Whitsul. Milk, sour milk, cheese, curds, butter, and such like as come from the cow. Carew. White tin. The metal tin, in contra-distinction to the ore, or black tin. White-witch. A quack, cheat, and dealer in charms, &c. One who trades on the superstitions of the ignorant. Whiz. A fussy person, "a dreadful old whiz." Whizzy. Giddy. Head gwain roun'." Whizzing about. Fussing about, whirling. Whizzy-gig. A whirligig. Whurts, or Hurts. Whortleberries or Hurtleberries. WiddleS. Whims, silly conceits. Widdershins. From north to south, through east. M.A.C. Widdy-widdy-way. The following is said in start- ing children for a race. " Widdy, widdy, way, Is a very pretty play, Once, twice, three times, And all run away." Off".
