v. Chiefly Sc. and north. dial. Also 8–9 wheazle, whaizie, 9 wha(i)sle, wheasle, wheezel, whazle, whozzle, etc. [f. WHEEZE v. + -LE.] intr. To wheeze, Hence Wheezling vbl. sb. 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 Wheezle sb., 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.
