wheen

== English == === Alternative forms === whean, whin === Etymology === From Middle English *wheen, quhein (also hwan, hwon, quhon), from Old English hwēne, hwǣne (“somewhat, a little”), instrumental form of hwōn (“little, few, a little, trifle, somewhat, a little while”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʍiːn/, /wiːn/ === Noun === wheen (plural wheens) (UK dialectal) A little; a small number. (UK dialectal, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Mid-Ulster) A quantity; a goodly number. === References === “wheen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.