Sc. and dial. Also 6 Sc. quhayng, quhaing, 7 whange, 9 Sc. quhang; 7 whanck, 7– whank. [Variant of thwang, THONG.]
1. = THONG sb.
1535. Bellenden, Cron. Scot. (1821), II. 32. Quhen Hengist had gottin the grant of sa mekill land as he micht circle about with ane bull hide, he schure it in maist crafty and subtell quhaingis.
a. 1578. Lindesay (Pitscottie), Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.), I. 117. Ane gret scheiff of arrowis knet together in ane quhange of leathir.
a. 1598. D. Fergusson, Scot. Prov. (1785), 647. Mony ane tines the haff-merk whinger for the halfpenny whang.
1670. Ray, Prov., 289. Of other mens lether, men takes large whanges. Ibid. (1691), Coll. Words (ed. 2), 151. Shoe-whang.
1717. De Foe, Mem. Ch. Scot., III. 268. I had not the worth of a Spur Whang of any Man’s, but was mounted of Horse and Arms of my own.
1737–8. MS. Par. Bk., Pannal, Yks. Church gate mending a beast face and Whangs, 1s. 0d.
1818. Scott, Rob Roy, xxxiii. Never weigh a MacGregor’s bluid against a broken whang o’ leather.
1837. Sir F. Palgrave, Merch. & Friar, i. 16. Their sacks … tightly bound by many a whang and thong.
2. A large or thick slice, esp. of cheese, bread, etc.
1684. Meriton, Yorksh. Dial., 57. What a whanck’s there.
a. 1700. Gaberlunzie Man, viii. in Ramsay, Tea-t. Misc. (1733), I. 86. The twa, with kindly sport and glee, Cut frae a new cheese a whang.
1818. Hogg, Tales & Sk., Adv. Allan Gordon (1836), I. 264. A good whang of solid fish.
1866. W. Henderson, Folk Lore N. Counties, 3. The whang must be taken from the edge of the cheese, and divided into portions.
1879. Stevenson, Trav. Cevennes, 33. With a glass, a whang of bread, and an iron fork, the table is completely laid.
