Wheezed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wheeze \Wheeze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wheezed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Wheezing}.] [OE. whesen, AS. hw[=e]san (cf. Icel. hv[ae]sa
     to hiss, Sw. hv[aum]sa, Dan. hv[ae]se); akin to AS. hw[=o]sta
     a cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h[=o]sti,
     Lith. kosti to cough, Skr. k[=a]s. [root]43. Cf. {Husky}
     hoarse.]


     To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling
     sound, as persons affected with asthma. "Wheezing lungs."
     --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]