(hwig) v.i. Scot.
To drive onward; move along easily; jog.

(hwig) noun Dial.
1. Sour whey.
2. Buttermilk. [Var. of OE hweg whey]

(hwig) noun
1. An American colonist who supported the Revolutionary War in the 18th century: opposed to Tory; later, a member of a party opposed to the Democratic and succeeded by the Republican party in 1856.
2. A member of the Liberal party in England in the 18th and 19th centuries, as opposed to a Tory or Conservative.
3. In earlier usage, a Presbyterian rebel of the west of Scotland in the 17th century: thus named in derision; also, after the Restoration (1660), a Roundhead, as opposed to a Cavalier.
—adjective Consisting of or supported by Whigs. [Prob. short for WHIGGAMORE]
—Whig′gish adjective
—Whig′gish·ly adverb
—Whig′gish·ness noun