Citations:whaten

what kind (of)

 * 1816, Scott, Antiquary, xv:
 * Whaten a gate's that to ride?
 * "I'm feared he's in prison, Mary."

what

 * 1893,, The Mate of the "Easter Bell" and Other Stories, page 112:
 * "Oh woman! woman! Whaten's the matter ? Where's my lad ?"
 * 1898,, Femmetia: And Other Stories, page 143:
 * "Very well, lad; whaten is thou fain to be?"

could be either

 * 1838 (edition of 1866), James Hogg, Tales, 221:
 * ‘See, whaten white scares are yon?’ ‘Some exhalation of the morning.’
 * 1838 (edition of 1866), James Hogg, Tales, 320:
 * Whaten a niff-naff of a glass is this?
 * 1897, Ernest Hamilton, The Outlaws of the Marches, 66:
 * And whaten business hae ye wi' Braidlie?