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Wheel

WHEEL, noun

1. A circular frame of wood, iron or other metal, consisting of a nave or hub, into which are inserted spokes which sustain a rim or felly; the whole turning on an axis. The name is also given to a solid circular or round piece of wood or metal, which revolves on an axis. The wheel and axle constitute one of the mechanical powers.

2. A circular body.

3. A carriage that moves on wheels.

4. An instrument for torturing criminals; as an examination made by the rack and the wheel

5. A machine for spinning thread, of various kinds.

6. Rotation; revolution; turn; as the vicissitude and wheel of things.

7. A turning about; a compass.

He throws his flight in many an airy wheel

8. In pottery, a round board turned by a lathe in a horizontal position, on which the clay is shaped by the hand.

Wheel-Animal

WHEEL-ANIMAL, noun A genus of animalcules, with arms for taking their prey, resembling wheels.

Wheel-Barrow

WHEEL-BARROW, noun [wheel and barrow.] A barrow moved on a single wheel.

Wheel-Boat

WHEEL-BOAT, noun [wheel and boat.] A boat with wheels, to be used either on water or upon inclined planes or rail-ways.

Wheel-Carriage

WHEEL-CARRIAGE, noun [wheel and carriage.] A carriage moved on wheels.

Wheel-Fire

WHEEL-FIRE, noun [wheel and fire.] In chemistry, a fire which encompasses the crucible without touching it.

Wheel-Shaped

WHEEL-SHAPED, adjective [wheel and shape.] In botany, rotate; monopetalous, expanding into a flat border at top, with scarcely any tube; as a wheel-shaped corol.

Wheel-Wright

WHEEL-WRIGHT, noun [wheel and wright.] A man whose occupation is to make wheels and wheel-carriages, as carts and wagons.

WHEEL, verb transitive

1. To convey on wheels; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood.

2. To put into a rotary motion; to cause to turn round.

WHEEL, verb intransitive

1. To turn on an axis.

2. To turn; to move round; as, a body of troops wheel to the right or left.

3. To fetch a compass.

Then wheeling down the steep of heavn he flies.

4. To roll forward.

Must wheel on th earth, devouring where it rolls.

Wheeled

WHEELED, participle passive Conveyed on wheels; turned; rolled round.

Wheeler

WHEELER, noun A maker of wheels.

Wheeling

WHEELING, participle present tense Conveying on wheels or in a wheel-carriage; turning.

WHEELING, noun

1. The act of conveying on wheels.

2. The act of passing on wheels, or convenience for passing on wheels. We say, it is good wheeling or bad wheeling according to the state of the roads.

3. A turning or circular movement of troops embodied.

Wheely

WHEELY, adjective Circular; suitable to rotation.

Wheeze

WHEEZE, verb intransitive [Latin] To breathe hard and with an audible sound, as persons affected with asthma.

Wheezing

WHEEZING, participle present tense Breathing with difficulty and noise.

Whelk

WHELK, noun

1. A wrinkle; inequality on the surface; protuberance; a pustule. [See Welk and Weal.]

2. A shell of the genus Bussinum, or trumpetshell, univalvular, spiral and gibbous, with an oval aperture ending in a short canal or gutter.

Whelky

WHELKY, adjective Protuberant; embossed; rounded.

Whelm

WHELM, verb transitive

1. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; as, to whelm a person or a company in the seas; to whelm a caravan in sand or dust.

2. To cover completely; to immerse deeply; to overburden; as, to whelm one in sorrows.

3. To throw over so as to cover. [Not used.]

Whelmed

WHELMED, participle passive Covered, as by being plunged or immersed.

Whelming

WHELMING, participle present tense Covering, as by immersion.

Whelp

WHELP, noun [Latin]

1. The young of the canine species, and of several other beasts of prey; a puppy; a cub; as a bear robbed of her whelps; lions whelps.

2. A son; in contempt.

3. A young man; in contempt.

WHELP, verb intransitive To bring forth young, as the female of the canine species and some other beasts of prey.

When

WHEN, adverb [G., Latin ]

1. At the time. We were present when General LaFayette embarked at Havre for New York.

2. At what time, interrogatively.

WHEN shall these things be? Matthew 24:3.

3. Which time.

I was adopted heir by his consent; since when his oath is broke.

4. After the time that. when the act is passed, the public will be satisfied.

5. At what time.

Kings may take their advantage, when and how they list.

WHEN as, at the time when; what time.

WHEN as sacred light began to dawn.

Whence

WHENCE, adverb

1. From what place.

WHENCE and what art thou?

2. From what source. whence shall we derive hope? whence comes this honor?

WHENCE hath this man this wisdom? Matthew 13:27.

3. From which premises, principles or facts. These facts or principles are admitted, whence it follows, that judgment must be entered for the plaintiff.

4. How; by what way or means. Mark 12:37.

5. In general, from which person, cause, place, principle or circumstance.

From whence may be considered as tautological, from being implied in whence; but the use is well authorized, and in some cases the use of it seems to give force or beauty to the phrase. We ascended the mountain, from whence we took a view of the beautiful plains below.

Of whence is not now used.

Whencesoever

WHENCESOEVER, adverb [whence, so, and ever.] From what place soever; from what cause or source soever.

Any idea, whencesoever we have it--

Whencever

WHENCEVER. [See Whensoever.]

Whenever

WHENEVER, adverb [when and ever.] At whatever time. whenever you come, you will be kindly received.

Whensoever

WHENSOEVER, adverb [when, so, and ever.] At what time soever; at whatever time.

Where

WHERE, adverb

1. At which place or places.

She visited the place where first she was so happy--

In all places where I record my name, I will come to thee and I will bless thee. Exodus 20:21.

2. At or in what place.

Adam, where art thou? Genesis 3:9.

3. At the place in which.

WHERE I though the remnant of my age should have been cherishd by her child-like duty.

4. Whither; to what place, or from what place. where are you going? where are you from? [These uses of where are common, and the first cannot be condemned as vulgar.]

Any where in any place. I sought the man, but could not find him any where

[Note. where seems to have been originally a noun, and was so used by Spenser. He shall find no where safe to him. In this sense, it is obsolete; yet it implies place, its original signification.]

Whereabout

WHEREABOUT, adverb [where and about.]

1. Near what place. whereabout did you meet your friend?

2. Near which place.

3. Concerning which.

The object whereabout they are conversant.

Whereas

WHEREAS, adverb s as z. [where and as.]

1. When in fact or truth, implying opposition to something that precedes.

Are not those found to be the greatest zealots, who are most notoriously ignorant? whereas true zeal should always begin with true knowledge.

2. The thing being so that; considering that things are so; implying an admission of facts, sometimes followed by a different statement, and sometimes by inferences or something consequent, as in the law style, where a preamble introduces a law.

WHEREAS wars are generally causes of poverty--

3. Whereat; at which place.

4. But on the contrary. [See No. 1.]

Whereat

WHEREAT, adverb [where and at.]

1. At which.

WHEREAT he was no less angry and ashamed, than desirous to obey Zelmane.

2. At what, interrogatively. whereat are you offended?

Whereby

WHEREBY, adverb [where and by.]

1. By which.

You take my life, when you do take the means whereby I live.

2. By what, interrogatively.

WHEREBY shall I know this? Luke 1:18.

Whereever

WHEREEVER, adverb [where and ever.] At whatever place.

He cannot but love virtue, wherever it is.

Wherefore

WHEREFORE, adverb [where and for.]

1. For which reason.

WHEREFORE by their fruits ye shall know them. Matthew 7:20.

2. Why; for what reason.

WHEREFORE didst thou doubt? Matthew 14:31.

Wherein

WHEREIN, adverb [where and in.]

1. In which; in which thing, time, respect, book, etc. This is the thing wherein you have erred.

2. In what.

Yet ye say, wherein have we wearied him? Malachi 2:17.

Whereinto

WHEREINTO, adverb [where and into.] Into which.

Whereness

WHERENESS, noun Ubiety; imperfect locality.

A point hath no dimensions, but only a whereness and is next to nothing.

[This word is not used, nor has it any intelligible signification.]

Whereof

WHEREOF, adverb [where and of.]

1. Of which. We are not guilty of the crime whereof we are accused.

2. Of what. whereof was this house built?

How this world, when and whereof created--

Whereon

WHEREON, adverb [where and on.]

1. On which; as the ground whereon we tread.

2. On what. whereon do we stand?

Whereso

WHERESO, adverb [See Wheresoever.]

Wheresoever

WHERESOEVER, adverb [where, so, and ever.] In what place soever; in whatever place, or in any place indefinitely. Seize the thief, wheresoever he may be found. [Wherever is the preferable word.]

Wherethrough

WHERETHROUGH, through which, is not in use.

Whereto

WHERETO, adverb [where and to.]

1. To which.

WHERETO we have already attained-- Philippians 3:16.

2. To what; to what end. [Little used.]

Whereunto

WHEREUNTO, adverb [where and unto.] The same as whereto. [Little used.]

Whereupon

WHEREUPON, adverb Upon which.

The townsmen mutinied and sent to Essex, whereupon he came thither.

Wherewith

WHEREWITH, adverb [where an with.]

1. With which.

The love wherewith thou hast loved me. John 17:26.

2. With what, interrogatively.

WHEREWITH shall I save Israel? Judges 6:15.

Wherewithal

WHEREWITHAL, adverb [See Withal.] [where, with, and all.] The same as wherewith.

Wherret

WHERRET, verb transitive [G.] To hurry; to trouble; to tease; to give a box on the ear. [Low and not used in America.]

WHERRET, noun A box on the ear. [Not in use.]

Wherry

WHERRY, noun [a different orthography of ferry, formed with a strong breathing; like whistle, from Latin ]

1. A boat used on rivers. The name is given to several kinds of light boats. It is also applied to some decked vessels used in fishing, in different parts of Great Britain and Ireland.

2. A liquor made from the pulp of crabs after the verjuice is expressed; sometimes called crab-wherry. [Local.]

Whet

WHET, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive whetted or whet [G.]

1. To rub for the purpose of sharpening, as an edge tool; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a sythe or an ax.

2. To provoke; to excite; to stimulate; as, to whet the appetite.

3. To provoke; to make angry or acrimonious.

Since Cassius first did whet me against Cesar, I have not slept.

To whet on or whet forward, to urge on; to instigate. [Not used nor proper.]

WHET, noun

1. The act of sharpening by friction.

2. Something that provokes or stimulates the appetite; as sips, drams and whets.

Whet-Slate

WHETSTONE-SLATE, WHET-SLATE noun Novaculite or coticular shist, a variety of slate used for sharpening instruments of iron. The light green colored variety from the Levant is the most valuable. It should be kept in a damp place, that it may not become too dry and hard.

Whether

WHETHER, pronoun or substitute. [Latin The sense seems to be what, or which of two, referring either to persons or to sentences.]

1. Which of two.

WHETHER of them twain did the will of his father? Matthew 21:31

Here whether is a substitute for one of two, and signifies which; which of the two; but in this sense it is obsolete.

2. Which of two alternatives, expressed by a sentence or the clause of a sentence, and followed by or. Resolve whether you will go or not; that is, you will go or not go; resolve which.

[Note. In the latter use, which is now most common, whether is called an adverb. This is a mistake. It is the same part of speech as in the former example. The only difference is that in the former example it represents or refers to a noun, and in the latter to a sentence or clause.]

Whetstone

WHETSTONE, noun [whet and stone.] A stone used for sharpening edged instruments by friction.

Whetstone-Slate

WHETSTONE-SLATE, WHET-SLATE, noun Novaculite or coticular shist, a variety of slate used for sharpening instruments of iron. The light green colored variety from the Levant is the most valuable. It should be kept in a damp place, that it may not become too dry and hard.

Whetted

WHETTED, participle passive Rubbed for sharpening; sharpened; provoked; stimulated.

Whetter

WHETTER, noun He or that which whets or sharpens.

Whetting

WHETTING, participle present tense Rubbing for the purpose of making sharp; sharpening; provoking; inciting; stimulating.

Whewer

WHEWER, noun Another name of the widgeon. [Local.]

Whey

WHEY, noun The serum or watery part of milk, separated from the more thick or coagulable part, particularly in the process of making cheese. In this process, the thick part is called curd, and the thin part whey

Whey-Tub

WHEY-TUB, noun A tub in which whey stands for yielding cream, etc.

Wheyey

WHEYEY, adjective Partaking of whey; resembling whey.

Wheyish

WHEYISH, adjective Having the qualities of whey.

Which

WHICH, pronoun relative or substitute. [I have not found this word in any other language. I think it may be from the root of quick. See What and Wight.]

1. A word called a relative or pronoun relative, because it relates to another word or thing, usually to some word that precedes it in the sentence. I call it also a substitute, as it supplies the place of a noun, or of an adjective, or of a sentence or clause. 1. The garden which I cultivate, that is , the garden, which garden I cultivate. 2. We are bound to obey all the divine commands, which we cannot do without divine aid. Here which represents the words, obey the divine commands. 3. You declared him to be innocent, which he is not. Here which stands for innocent. In the foregoing uses, which is not used in the masculine gender, that is, it does not in modern usage represent a person.

2. which is much used in asking questions, for the purpose of obtaining the designation of a particular person or thing by the answer, and in this use, it is of the masculine as well as of the neuter gender. There are two or three things to be done; which shall I do first? which man is it?

WHICH of you convinceth me of sin? John 8:9.

For which of those works do ye stone me? John 10:6.

3. That which Take which you will, that is, take any one of the whole.

The which by the which The use of the before which is obsolete.

Whichever

WHICHEVER, WHICHSOEVER, pronoun Whether one or the other. whichever road you take, it will conduct you to town.

Whichsoever

WHICHEVER, WHICHSOEVER pronoun Whether one or the other. Whichever road you take, it will conduct you to town.

Whiff

WHIFF, noun

1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a puff; as the whiff of a smoker.

And seasons his whiffs with impertinent jokes.

2. In ichthyology, a species of Pleuronectes or flounder.

WHIFF, verb transitive TO puff; to throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs.

Whiffle

WHIFFLE, verb intransitive [G., to doubt, to rove or wander, which seems to be allied to sweep.] To start, shift and turn; to change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle and unsteady.

A person of a whiffing and unsteady turn of mind, cannot keep close to a point of controversy.

WHIFFLE, verb transitive To disperse with a puff; to scatter.

WHIFFLE, noun Anciently, a fife or small flute.

Whiffler

WHIFFLER, noun

1. One who whiffles or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses sifts and evasions in argument.

2. A harbinger; perhaps one who blows the horn or trumpet.

3. A young man who goes before a company in London on occasions of public solemnity.

Whiffling

WHIFFLING, participle present tense Shifting and turning; prevaricating; shuffling.

WHIFFLING, noun Prevarication.

Whig

WHIG, noun [See Whey.] Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with butter milk and sweet herbs; used as a cooling beverage. [Local.]

WHIG, noun [origin uncertain.] One of a political party which had its origin in England in the seventeenth century, in the reign of Charles I. or II., when great contests existed respecting the royal prerogatives and the rights of the people. Those who supported the king in his high claims, were called tories, and the advocates of popular rights were called whigs. During the revolution in the United States, the friends and supporters of the war and the principles of the revolution, were called whigs, and those who opposed them, were called tories and royalists.

Where then, when tories scarce get clear, shall whigs and congresses appear?

Whiggarchy

WHIGGARCHY, noun Government by whigs. [Cant.]

Whiggish

WHIGGISH, adjective Pertaining to whigs; partaking of the principles of whigs.

Whiggism

WHIGGISM, noun The principles of a whig.

While

WHILE, noun [G. See the Verb.] Time; space of time, or continued duration. He was some while in this country. One while we thought him innocent.

Pausing a while thus to herself she musd.

Worth while worth the time which it requires; worth the time and pains; hence, worth the expense. It is not always worth while for a man to prosecute for small debts.

WHILE, adverb

1. During the time that while I write, you sleep.

2. As long as.

Use your memory, and you will sensibly experience a gradual improvement, while you take care not to overload it.

3. At the same time that.

WHILE, verb transitive [G., to abide, to stay.] To while away, as time, in English, is to loiter; or more generally, to cause time to pass away pleasantly, without irksomeness; as, we while away time in amusements or diversions.

Let us while away this life.

WHILE, verb intransitive To loiter.

Whilere

WHILERE, adverb [while and ere.] A little while ago.

Whiling

WHILING, participle present tense Loitering; passing time agreeably, without impatience or tediousness.

Whilk

WHILK, noun A shell. [See Whelk.]

Whilom

WHILOM, adverb Formerly; once; of old.

Whilst

WHILST, adverb The same as while, which see. Whiles is not used.

Whim

WHIM, noun

1. Properly, a sudden turn or start of the mind; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion. We say, every man has his whims. [See Freak and Caprice.]

All the superfluous whims relate.

2. A low wit; a cant word.

Whimbrel

WHINBREL, WHIMBREL noun A bird resembling the curlew.

Whimper

WHIMPER, verb intransitive [G.] To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; as, a child whimpers.

Whimpering

WHIMPERING, participle present tense Crying with a low broken voice.

WHIMPERING, noun [supra.] A low muttering cry.

Whimpled

WHIMPLED, a word used by Shakespeare, is perhaps a mistake for whimpered. There is no such word in the English.

Whimsey

WHIMSEY, noun s as z. [from whim.] A whim; a freak; a capricious notion; as the whimseys of poets.

Mens follies, whimsies, and inconstancy.

Whimsical

WHIMSICAL, adjective Full of whims; freakish; having odd fancies; capricious.

My neighbors call me whimsical

Whimsically

WHIMSICALLY, adverb [supra.] In a whimsical manner; freakishly.

Whimsicalness

WHIMSICALNESS, noun [supra.] Freakishness; whimsical disposition; odd temper.

Whin

WHIN, noun [Latin] Gorse; furze; a plant of the genus Ulex.

Whin-Ax

WHIN-AX, noun [whin and ax.] An instrument used for extirpating whin from land.

Whin-Chat

WHIN-CHAT, noun A bird, a species of warbler, the Motacilla rubetra, Linn.

Whin-Stone

WHIN-STONE, noun [whin and stone.] whin-stone or whin is a provincial name given to basaltic rocks, and applied by miners to any kind of dark colored and hard unstratified rock which resists the point of the pick. Veins of dark basalt or green-stone, are frequently called whin-dykes.

Whin-Yard

WHIN-YARD, noun A sword; in contempt.

Whinbrel

WHINBREL, WHIMBREL, noun A bird resembling the curlew.

Whine

WHINE, verb transitive [Latin] TO express murmurs by a plaintive cry; to moan with a puerile noise; to murmur meanly.

They came--with a whining accent craving liberty.

Then, if we whine look pale--

WHINE, noun A plaintive tone; the nasal puerile tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.

Whiner

WHINER, noun One who whines.

Whining

WHINING, participle present tense Expressing murmurs by a mean plaintive tone or cant.

Whinny

WHINNY, verb intransitive [Latin ; from the root of whine.] To utter the sound of a horse; to neigh.

Whinoc

WHINOC, noun [G., small.] The small pig of a litter.

Whip

WHIP, verb transitive [Latin , a sweeping throw or thrust.]

1. To strike with a lash or sweeping cord; as, to whip a horse.

2. To sew slightly.

3. To drive with lashes; as, to whip a top.

4. To punish with the whip; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy.

Who, for false quantities, was whippd at school.

5. To lash with sarcasm.

They would whip me with their fine wits.

6. To strike; to thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat. [Not in use int he United States.]

To whip about or round, to wrap; to inwrap; as, to whip a line round a rod.

To whip out, to draw nimbly; to snatch; as, to whip out a sword or rapier from its sheath.

To whip from, to take away suddenly.

To whip into, to thrust in with a quick motion. He whipped his hand into his pocket.

To whip us, to seize or take up with a quick motion. She whipped up the child, and ran off. Among seamen, to hoist with a whip or small tackle.

WHIP, verb intransitive To move nimbly; to start suddenly and run; or to turn and run; as, the boy whipped away in an instant; he whipped round the corner; he whipped into the house, and was out of wight in a moment.

WHIP, noun

1. An instrument for driving horses or other teams, or for correction, consisting of a lash tied to a handle or rod.

2. In ships, a small tackle, used to hoist light bodies.

WHIP and spur, with the utmost haste.

Whip-Cord

WHIP-CORD, noun [whip and cord.] Cord of which lashes are made.

Whip-Graft

WHIP-GRAFT, verb transitive [whip and graft.] To graft by cutting the cion and stock in a sloping direction, so as to fit each other, and by inserting a tongue on the cion into a slit in the stock.

Whip-Grafting

WHIP-GRAFTING, noun The at or practice of grafting by cutting the cion and stock with a slope, to fit each other, etc.

Whip-Hand

WHIP-HAND, noun [whip and hand.] Advantage over; as, he has the whip-hand of her.

Whip-Lash

WHIP-LASH, noun [whip and lash.] The lash of a whip.

Whip-Saw

WHIP-SAW, noun [whip and saw.] A saw to be used by two persons.

Whip-Staff

WHIP-STAFF, noun [whip and staff.] In ships, a bar by which the rudder is turned. In small vessels this is called the tiller.

Whip-Stitch

WHIP-STITCH, verb transitive [whip and stitch.] In agriculture, to half-plow or to rafter land. This word, I believe, is not used in America. The practice of whip-stitching resembles what is called in America ridging.

Whip-Stock

WHIP-STOCK, noun [whip and stock.] The rod or staff to which the lash of a whip is fastened.

Whipped

WHIPPED, participle passive Struck with a whip; punished; enwrapped; sewed slightly.

Whipper

WHIPPER, noun One who whips; particularly, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping.

Whipping

WHIPPING, participle present tense Striking with a whip; punishing with a whip; enwrapping.

WHIPPING, noun The act of striking with a whip, or of punishing; the state of being whipped.

Whipping-Post

WHIPPING-POST, noun [whipping and post.] A post to which offenders are tied when whipped.

Whipple-Tree

WHIPPLE-TREE, noun [whip and tree; but qu. Is it no whiffle-tree?] The bar to which the traces or tugs of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, a harrow or other implement is drawn.

Whippowil

WHIPPOWIL, noun The popular name of an American bird, so called from its note, or the sounds of its voice. [Not whip-poor-will.]

Whipster

WHIPSTER, noun A nimble fellow.

Whipt

WHIPT, participle passive of whip; sometimes used for whipped.

Whir

WHIR, verb intransitive hwur. To whirl round with noise; to fly with noise.

WHIR, verb transitive To hurry.

Whirl

WHIRL, verb transitive hwurl. [G., to whirl to warble. Latin ] TO turn round rapidly; to turn with velocity.

He whirls his sword around without delay.

WHIRL, verb intransitive

1. To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; as the whirling spindles of a cotton machine or wheels of a coach.

The wooden engine flies and whirls about.

2. To move hastily.

--But whirld away, to shun his hateful sight.

WHIRL, noun [G.]

1. A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; as the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel; the whirl of time; the whirls of fancy.

2. Any thing that moves or is turned with velocity, particularly on an axis or pivot.

3. A hook used in twisting.

4. In botany, a species of inflorescence, consisting of many subsessile flowers surrounding the stem in a ring. It is also written whorl and wherl.

Whirl-Bat

WHIRL-BAT, noun [whirl and bat.] Any thing moved with a whirl as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it. Poets use it for the ancient cestus.

The whirl-bat and the rapid race shall be reservd for Cesar.

Whirl-Blast

WHIRL-BLAST, noun [whirl and blast.] A whirling blast of wind.

Whirl-Bone

WHIRL-BONE, noun [whirl and bone.] The patella; the cap of the knee; the knee-pan.

Whirl-Pit

WHIRL-PIT, noun A whirlpool. [Not used.]

Whirled

WHIRLED, participle passive

1. Turned round with velocity.

2. In botany, growing in whirls; bearing whirls; verticillate.

Whirligig

WHIRLIGIG, noun [whirl and gig.]

1. A toy which children spin or whirl round.

2. In military antiquities, an instrument for punishing petty offenders, as sutlers, brawling women, etc.; a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender was whirled round with great velocity.

Whirling

WHIRLING, participle present tense Turning or moving round with velocity.

Whirling-Table

WHIRLING-TABLE, noun A machine contrived to exhibit and demonstrate the principal laws of gravitation , and of the planetary motion in curvilinear orbits.

Whirlpool

WHIRLPOOL, noun [whirl and pool.] An eddy of water; a vortex or gulf where the water moves round in a circle. In some cases, a whirlpool draws things to its center and absorbs them, as is the case with the Maelstrom off the coast of Norway.

Whirlwind

WHIRLWIND, noun [whirl and wind.] A violent wind moving in a circle, or rather in a spiral form, as if moving round an axis; this axis or the perpendicular column moving horizontally, raising and whirling dust, leaves and the like.

Whirraw

WHIRRAW. [See Hoora.]

Whirring

WHIRRING, noun The sound of a partridges or pheasants wings. [Note.--Whir is used by the common people in New England in an adverbial manner, to express the rapid flight or the sound of any thing thrown. See Whir.]

Whisk

WHISK, noun

1. A small bunch of grass, straw, hair or the like, used for a brush; hence, a brush or small besom.

2. Part of a womans dress; a kind of tippet.

WHISK, verb transitive

1. To sweep, brush or wipe with a whisk

2. To sweep along; to move nimbly over the ground.

WHISK, verb intransitive To move nimbly and with velocity.

Whisker

WHISKER, noun [from whisk.[ Long hair growing on the human cheek.

Whiskered

WHISKERED, adjective Formed into whiskers; furnished with whiskers.

Whisket

WHISKET, noun A basket. [Local.]

Whisking

WHISKING, participle present tense Brushing; sweeping along; moving with velocity along the surface.

Whisky

WHISKY, noun A spirit distilled from grain. In the north of England, the name is given to the spirit drawn from barley. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from wheat, rye or maiz.

Whisper

WHISPER, verb intransitive [Latin The word seems by its sound to be an onomatopy, as it expresses a sibilant sound or breathing.]

1. To speak with a low hissing or sibilant voice. It is ill manners to whisper in company.

The hollow whispring breeze--

2. To speak with suspicion or timorous caution.

3. To plot secretly; to devise in mischief.

All that hate me whisper together against me. Psalms 41:7.

WHISPER, verb transitive

1. To address in a low voice. He whispers the man in the ear. [But this is elliptical for whispers to.]

2. To utter in a low sibilant voice. He whispered a word in my ear.

3. To prompt secretly; as, the came to whisper Woolsey.

WHISPER, noun

1. A low soft sibilant voice; or words uttered with such a voice.

The whisper cannot give a tone.

Soft whispers through the assembly went.

2. A cautious or timorous speech.

3. A hissing or buzzing sound.

Whispered

WHISPERED, participle passive Uttered in a low voice; uttered with suspicion or caution.

Whisperer

WHISPERER, noun

1. One who whispers.

2. A tattler; one who tells secrets; a conveyer of intelligence secretly.

3. A backbiter; one who slanders secretly. Proverbs 16:28.

Whispering

WHISPERING, participle present tense Speaking in a low voice; telling secretly; backbiting.

WHISPERING, noun The act of speaking with a low voice; the telling of tales, and exciting of suspicions; a backbiting.

Whisperingly

WHISPERINGLY, adverb In a low voice.

Whist

WHIST, adjective Silent; mute; still; not speaking; not making a noise.

The winds with wonder whist smoothly the waters kissd.

[This adjective, like some others, always follows its noun. We never say, whist wind; but the wind is whist ]

WHIST is used for be silent. whist whist that is, be silent or still.

WHIST, noun A game at cards, so called because it requires silence or close attention. It is not in America pronounced whisk.

Whistle

WHISTLE, verb intransitive hwisl. [Latin , a whistle; allied to whisper.]

1. To utter a kind of musical sound, by pressing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips.

While the plowman near at hand, whistles oer the furrowd land.

2. To make a sound with a small wind instrument.

3. To sound shrill, or like a pipe.

The wild winds whistle and the billows roar.

WHISTLE, verb transitive

1. To form, utter or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or air.

2. To call by a whistle; as, he whistled back his dog.

WHISTLE, noun [Latin]

1. A small wind instrument.

2. The sound made by a small wind instrument.

3. Sound made by pressing the breath through a small orifice of the lips.

4. The mouth; the organ of whistling. [Vulgar.]

5. A small pipe, used by a boatswain to summon the sailors to their duty; the boatswains call.

6. The shrill sound of winds passing among trees or through crevices, etc.

7. A call, such as sportsmen use to their dogs.

Whistle-Fish

WHISTLE-FISH, noun A local name of a species of Gadus, with only tow fins on the back; the Mustela fluviatilis.

Whistled

WHISTLED, participle passive Sounded with a pipe; uttered in a whistle.

Whistler

WHISTLER, noun One who whistles.

Whistling

WHISTLING, participle present tense Uttering a musical sound through a small orifice of the lips; sounding with a pipe; making a shrill sound, as wind.

Whistly

WHISTLY, adverb Silently.

Whit

WHIT, noun [Latin] A point; a jot; the smallest part or particle imaginable. It is used without a preposition. He is not a whit the wiser for experience.

It does not me a whit displease.

The regular construction would be by a whit or in a whit In these phrases, a whit may be interpreted by in the least, in the smallest degree.

White

WHITE, adjective [G.]

1. Being in the color of pure snow; snowy; not dark; as white paper; a white skin.

2. Pale; destitute of color in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; as white with fear.

3. Having the color of purity; pure; clean; free from spot; as white robed innocence.

4. Gray; as white hair; a venerable man, white with age.

5. Pure; unblemished.

No whiter page than Addisons remains.

6. In a scriptural sense, purified from sin; sanctified. Psalms 51:7.

White-Bait

WHITE-BAIT, noun [white and bait.] A very small delicate fish, of the genus Clupea.

White-Beam

WHITE-BEAM, noun The white-leaf tree, a species of Crataegus.

White-Bear

WHITE-BEAR, noun [white and bear.] The bear that inhabits the polar regions.

White-Blaze

WHITE-FACE, WHITE-BLAZE noun A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose.

White-Brant

WHITE-BRANT, noun [white and brant.] A species of the duck kind, the Anas hyperborea.

White-Bug

WHITE-BUG , noun [white and bug.] An insect of the bug kind, which injures vines and some other species of fruit.

White-Campion

WHITE-CAMPION, noun [white and campion.] A pernicious perennial weed, growing in corn land, pastures and hedges.

White-Caterpillar

WHITE-CATERPILLAR, noun An insect of a small size, called sometimes the borer, that injures the gooseberry bush.

White-Centaury

WHITE-CENTAURY, noun AN annual weed in woods and other places. It is said to form the basis of the famous Portland powder for the gout.

White-Clover

WHITE-CLOVER, noun A small species of perennial clover, bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for cattle and horses, as well as for the honey bee.

White-Crop

WHITE-CROP, noun White crops, in agriculture, are such as lose their green color or become white in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley and oats.

White-Darnel

WHITE-DARNEL, noun A prolific and troublesome weed, growing among corm.

White-Ear

WHITE-EAR, WHITE-TAIL, noun A bird, the fallow finch.

White-Face

WHITE-FACE, WHITE-BLAZE, noun A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose.

White-Film

WHITE-FILM, noun A white film growing over the eyes of sheep and causing blindness.

White-Foot

WHITE-FOOT, noun A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin.

White-Honeysuckle

WHITE-HONEYSUCKLE, noun A name sometimes given to the white clover.

White-Horse-Fish

WHITE-HORSE-FISH, noun In ichthyology, the Raia aspera nostras of Willoughby, and the Raia fullonica of Linne. It has a rough spiny back, and on the tail are three rows of strong spines. It grows to the size of the skate.

White-Land

WHITE-LAND, noun A name which the English give to a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry, but blackish after rain.

White-Lead

WHITE-LEAD, noun A carbonate of lead, much used in painting. It is prepared by exposing sheets of lead to the fumes of an acid, usually vinegar, and suspending them in the air until the surface becomes incrusted with a white coat, which is the substance in question.

White-Limed

WHITE-LIMED, adjective Whitewashed, or plastered with lime.

White-Line

WHITE-LINE, noun Among printers, a void space, broader than usual, left between lines.

White-Livered

WHITE-LIVERED, adjective [white and liver.]

1. Having a pale look; feeble; cowardly.

2. Envious; malicious.

White-Manganese

WHITE-MANGANESE, noun An ore of manganese; carbonated oxydized manganese.

White-Meat

WHITE-MEAT, noun [white and meat.] Meats made of milk, butter, cheese, eggs and the like.

White-Poplar

WHITE-POPLAR, noun A tree of the poplar kind, sometimes called the abele tree.

White-Poppy

WHITE-POPPY, noun A species of poppy, sometimes cultivated fro the opium which is obtained from its juice by evaporation.

White-Pot

WHITE-POT, noun [white and pot.] A kind of food made of milk, cream, eggs, sugar, etc. baked in a pot.

White-Precipitate

WHITE-PRECIPITATE, noun Carbonate of mercury.

White-Pyrite

WHITE-PYRITE, WHITE-PYRITES, noun [white and pyrite.] An ore of a tin-white color, passing into a brass-yellow and steel-gray, occurring in octahedral crystals, sometimes stalactitical and botryoidal. It contains 46 parts of iron, and 54 of sulphur.

White-Pyrites

WHITE-PYRITE, WHITE-PYRITES noun [white and pyrite.] An ore of a tin-white color, passing into a brass-yellow and steel-gray, occurring in octahedral crystals, sometimes stalactitical and botryoidal. It contains 46 parts of iron, and 54 of sulphur.

White-Rent

WHITE-RENT, noun [white and rent.] In Devon and Cornwall, a rent or duty of eight pence, payable yearly by every tinner to the duke of Cornwall, as lord of the soil.

White-Salt

WHITE-SALT, noun Salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.

White-Swelling

WHITE-SWELLING, noun [white and swelling.] A swelling or chronic enlargement of the joints, circumscribed, without any alteration in the color of the skin, sometimes hard, sometimes yielding to pressure, sometimes indolent, but usually painful.

White-Tail

WHITE-TAIL, noun A bird, the wheat-ear, a species of Motacilla.

White-Thorn

WHITE-THORN, noun A species of thorn, called also haw-thorn, of the genus Crataegus.

White-Throat

WHITE-THROAT, noun A small bird that frequents gardens and hedges, the Motacila sylvia.

White-Vitriol

WHITE-VITRIOL, noun In mineralogy, sulphate of zink, a natural salt.

White-Washer

WHITE-WASHER, noun One who whitewashes the walls or plastering of apartments.

White-Water

WHITE-WATER, noun A disease of sheep, of the dangerous stomachic kind.

White-Wax

WHITE-WAX, noun Bleached wax.

White-Wine

WHITE-WINE, noun Any wine of a clear transparent color, bordering on white, as Madeira, Sherry, Lisbon, etc.; opposed to wine of a deep red color, as Port and Burgundy.

Whited

WHITED, participle passive Made white; whitened.

Whitely

WHITELY, adverb Coming near to white. [Not used.]

Whiten

WHITEN, verb transitive hwitn. To make white; to bleach; to blanch; as, to whiten cloth.

WHITEN, verb intransitive To grow white; to turn or become white. The hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.

Whitened

WHITENED, participle passive Made white; bleached.

Whitener

WHITENER, noun One who bleaches or makes white.

Whiteness

WHITENESS, noun

1. The state of being white; white color, or freedom from any darkness or obscurity on the surface.

2. Paleness; want of a sanguineous tinge in the face.

3. Purity; cleanness; freedom from stain or blemish.

Whites

WHITES, noun The fluor albus, a disease of females.

Whitester

WHITESTER, noun A bleacher. [Local.]

Whitestone

WHITESTONE, noun IN geology, the weiss stein of Werner, and the eurite of some geologists; a species of rocks, composed essentially of feldspar, but containing mica and other minerals.

Whitewash

WHITEWASH, noun [white and wash.]

1. A wash or liquid composition for whitening something; a wash for making the skin fair.

2. A composition of lime and water, used for whitening the plaster of walls, etc.

WHITEWASH, verb transitive

1. To cover with a white liquid composition, as with lime and water, etc.

2. To make white; to give a fair external appearance.

Whitewashed

WHITEWASHED, participle passive Covered or overspread with a white liquid composition.

Whitewashing

WHITEWASHING, participle present tense Overspreading or washing with a white liquid composition.

Whitewood

WHITEWOOD, noun A species of timber tree growing in North America, the Liriodendron, or tulip tree. The name of certain species of Bignonia.

WHITE, noun

1. One of the natural colors of bodies, but not strictly a color, for it is said to be a composition of all the colors; destitution of all stain or obscurity on the surface; whiteness. WE say, bleached cloth is of a good white; attired in a robe of white.

2. A white spot or thing; the mark at which an arrow is shot.

White of the eye, that part of the ball of the eye surrounding the iris or colored part. It owes its whiteness to the lunica albuginea or adnata, a partial covering of the forepart of the eye, formed by the expansion of the tendons of the muscles which move the eye-ball.

White of an egg, the albumen, or pellucid viscous fluid, which surrounds the vitellus or yelk.

An analogous part, in the seeds of plants, is called the albumen or white. It is a farinaceous fleshy or horny substance, which makes up the chief bulk of some seeds, as in grasses, corn, palms and lilies, never rising out of the ground nor performing the office of leaves, but destined solely to nourish the germinating embryo, till its roots can perform their office. It is the perispermum of Jussieu.

Spanish white, a substance used in painting, prepared from chalk, by separating from the latter its silicious impurities.

WHITE, verb transitive To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; as whited sepulchers. Mark 9:1. Matthew 23:1.

Whither

WHITHER, adverb

1. To what place, interrogatively. whither goest thou?

WHITHER away so fast?

2. To what place, absolutely.

I strayd, I knew not whither

3. To which place, relatively.

WHITHER when as they came, they fell at words.

4. To what point or degree.

5. Whithersoever.

Whithersoever

WHITHERSOEVER, adverb [whither and soever.] To whatever place. I will go whithersoever you lead.

Whiting

WHITING, noun [from white.]

1. A small sea fish, the Asellus mollis or albus, a species of Gadus.

2. The same as Spanish white, which see.

Whitish

WHITISH, adjective [from white.] Somewhat white; white in a moderate degree.

Whitishness

WHITISHNESS, noun [supra.] The quality of being somewhat white.

Whitleather

WHITLEATHER, WHITLETHER, noun [white and leather.] Lether dressed with alum, remarkable for its toughness.

Whitlether

WHITLEATHER, WHITLETHER noun [white and leather.] Lether dressed with alum, remarkable for its toughness.

In common use, the ligaments of animals, when in food.

Whitlow

WHITLOW, noun

1. In surgery, paronychia, a swelling or inflammation about the nails or ends of the fingers, or affecting one or more of the phalanges of the fingers, generally terminating in an abscess. There are four or five varieties of this swelling. 1. The cutaneous paronychia, which raises the cuticle, forming a kind of vesicle filled with a limpid serum, or bloody fluid. 2. The subcutaneous paronychia, a tumor attended with acute pain. It is seated in the cellular membrane under the skin. 3. The subungual paronychia, which occurs under the nail. It commences with inflammatory symptoms, but is less painful than the former. 4. There is also the paronychia of the periosteum, and the paronychia of the tendons or theca.

2. In sheep, the whitlow is a disease of the feet, of an inflammatory kind. It occurs round the hoof, where an acrid matter is collected, which ought to be discharged.

Whitlow-Grass

WHITLOW-GRASS, noun

1. Mountain knotgrass, a species of Illecebrium.

2. A name given to certain species of Draba.

The rue-leaved whitlow-grass is a species of Saxifraga.

Whitsour

WHITSOUR, noun A sort of apple.

Whitster

WHITSTER, noun A whitener; a bleacher.

Whitsul

WHITSUL, noun A provincial name of milk, sour milk, cheese curds and butter.