Chiefly Sc. Forms: see next. [a. MLG. wissele, wessele (M)Du. wissel, corresp. to OFris. wix(e)le, OHG. wehsal (MHG. wehsel, G. wechsel), ON. vixl: see next.]
† 1. = EXCHANGE sb. 10. Obs.
1482. Cely Papers (Camden), 104. The Kyng … wylle hawe iij whystyiles whon at Bregys another at Callez the thyrd at London.
1498. Halyburton, Ledger (1867), 173. Sald tham [sc. xv lycht crounis] in the Wissil off Brugis for 3 li. 6s. 5.
2. Change for an amount of money; esp. in phr. to get the wissel of one’s groat, fig. to be ‘paid out.’
1721. Ramsay, Prosp. Plenty, 134. Nor can we wyt them, since they had our Vote; But now they’se get the Wistle of their Groat.
1722. W. Hamilton, Wallace, 36. Wallace quickly brought the Culzeon back, And there gave him the Whissle of his Plack.
1786. Burns, Ep. John Rankine, ix. I … gat the whissle o’ my groat, An’ pay’t the fee.
1808. Jamieson, s.v. Quhissel, ‘Gie me my wissel.’
