n. (Bot.) The whortleberry, or bilberry. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ He ] looked ahead of him from behind a tump of whortles. R. D. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. wyrtil a small shrub (dim. of wyrt wort) + E. berry. See Wort, and cf. Huckleberry, Hurtleberry. ] (Bot.)