Whack, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Whacked p. pr. & vb. n. Whacking.] [Cf. Thwack.] To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks. [Colloq.]
"Rodsmen were whackingtheir way through willow brakes." G. W. Cable.

Whack, v. i. To strike anything with a smart blow. To whack away, to continue striking heavy blows; as to whack away at a log. [Colloq.]

Whack, n. A smart resounding blow. [Colloq.]

Whack, v. t. To divide into shares; as to whack the spoils of a robbery; — often with up. [Slang]

Whack, n. A portion; share; allowance. [Slang] — Out of whack, out of order. [Slang]

Whacker
Whack´er, n.
1. One who whacks. [Colloq.]
2. Anything very large; specif., a great lie; a whapper. [Colloq.] Halliwell.

Whacking
Whack´ing, a. Very large; whapping. [Colloq.]

Whahoo
Wha•hoo´, n. (Bot.) An American tree, the winged elm. ( Ulmus alata).

Whala, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Whaled p. pr. & vb. n. Whaling.] [Cf. Wale. ] To lash with stripes; to wale; to thrash; to drub. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] Halliwell. Bartlett.

Whaleboat
Whale´boat, n. (Naut.) A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen.

Whalebone
Whale´bone, n. A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen. Whalebone is chiefly obtained from the bowhead, or Greenland, whale, the Biscay whale, and the Antarctic, or southern, whale. It is prepared for manufacture by being softened by boiling, and dyed black.

Whaler
Whal´er, n. A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.

Whaler
Whal´er, n. One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size. [Colloq. U. S.]

Whaling
Whal´ing, n. The hunting of whales.

Whaling
Whal´ing, a. Pertaining to, or employed in, the pursuit of whales; as a whaling voyage; a whaling vessel.

Whall, n. [See Wall-eye.] A light color of the iris in horses; wall-eye. [Written also whaul.]

Whame, n. (Zoöl.) A breeze fly.

Whammel
Wham´mel, v. t. [Cf. Whelm.] To turn over. [Prov. Eng.]

Whang, n. [Cf. Thong.] A leather thong. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]

Whang, v. t. To beat. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]

Whang, v. t.
1. To beat; thrash; bang; also to throw, hurl, or fling about, violently. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.]
2. To slice, esp. in large pieces; to chop. [Scot.]

Whang, n.
1. A blow; whack. [Dial. or Colloq.]
2. A large piece or slice; chunk. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.]
3. Formerly, a house-cleaning party. [Local, U. S.]

Whangdoodle
Whang´doo•dle, n. An imaginary creature, of undefined character. [Slang]

Whanghee
Whang•hee´, n. (Bot.) See Wanghee. { Whap, Whop }, v. i. [Cf. OE. quappen to palpitate, E. quob, quaver, wabble, awhape, wap.] To throw one’s self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; as she whapped down on the floor; the fish whapped over. Bartlett. This word is used adverbially in the north of England, as in the United States, when anything vanishes, or is gone suddenly; as whap went the cigar out of my mouth. { Whap, Whop }, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Whapped p. pr. & vb. n. Whapping.] To beat or strike. { Whap, Whop }, n. A blow, or quick, smart stroke. { Whap´per, Whop´per }, n. [See Whap.] Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; — applied especially to a bold lie. [Colloq.] { Whap´ping, Whop´ping }, a. Very large; monstrous; astonishing; as a whapping story. [Colloq.]

Wharfing
Wharf´ing, n.
1. Wharfs, collectively.
2. (Hydraul. Engin.) A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties. Knight.

Wharfinger
Wharf´in•ger, n. [For wharfager.] A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf. { Wharl, Wharl´ing } n. A guttural pronunciation of the letter r; a burr. See Burr, n. , 6.
"A strange, uncouth wharling in their speech." Fuller.

What, pron., a., & adv. [AS. hwaet, neuter of hwa who; akin to OS. hwat what, OFries. hwet, D. & LG. wat, G. was, OHG. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, Sw. & Dan. hvad, Goth. hwa. rad.182. See Who.]
1. As an interrogative pronoun, used in asking questions regarding either persons or things; as what is this? what did you say? what poem is this? what child is lost?
"What see’st thou in the ground?" Shak.
"What is man, that thou art mindful of him?" Ps. viii. 4.
"What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!" Matt. viii. 27. Originally, what, when, where, which, who, why, etc., were interrogatives only, and it is often difficult to determine whether they are used as interrogatives or relatives. What in this sense, when it refers to things, may be used either substantively or adjectively; when it refers to persons, it is used only adjectively with a noun expressed, who being the pronoun used substantively.
2. As an exclamatory word: — (a) Used absolutely or independently; — often with a question following. "What welcome be thou." Chaucer.
"What, could ye not watch with me one hour?" Matt. xxvi. 40. (b) Used adjectively, meaning how remarkable, or how great; as what folly! what eloquence! what courage!
"What a piece of work is man!" Shak.
"O what a riddle of absurdity!" Young. What in this use has a or a. between itself and its noun if the qualitative or quantitative importance of the object is emphasized. (c) Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as what happy boys!
"What partial judges are our love and hate!" Dryden.
3. As a relative pronoun: — (a) Used substantively with the antecedent suppressed, equivalent to that which, or those [persons] who, or those [things] which; — called a compound relative.
"With joy beyond what victory bestows." Cowper.
"I’m thinking Captain Lawton will count the noses of what are left before they see their whaleboats." Cooper.
"What followed was in perfect harmony with this beginning." Macaulay.
"I know well … how little you will be disposed to criticise what comes to you from me." J. H. Newman. (b) Used adjectively, equivalent to the … which; the sort or kind of … which; rarely, the … on, or a. , which.
"See what natures accompany what colors." Bacon.
"To restrain what power either the devil or any earthly enemy hath to work us woe." Milton.
"We know what master laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel." Longfellow. (c) Used adverbially in a sense corresponding to the adjectival use; as he picked what good fruit he saw.
4. Whatever; whatsoever; what thing soever; — used indefinitely. "What after so befall." Chaucer.
"Whether it were the shortness of his foresight, the strength of his will, … or what it was." Bacon.
5. Used adverbially, in part; partly; somewhat; — with a following preposition, especially, with, and commonly with repetition.
"What for lust [pleasure] and what for lore." Chaucer.
"Thus, what with the war, what with the sweat, what with the gallows, and what with poverty, I am custom shrunk." Shak.
"The year before he had so used the matter that what by force, what by policy, he had taken from the Christians above thirty small castles." Knolles. In such phrases as I tell you what, what anticipates the following statement, being elliptical for what I think, what it is, how it is, etc. "I tell thee what, corporal Bardolph, I could tear her." Shak. Here what relates to the last clause, "I could tear her;" this is what I tell you. What not is often used at the close of an enumeration of several particulars or articles, it being an abbreviated clause, the verb of which, being either the same as that of the principal clause or a general word, as be, say, mention, enumerate, etc., is omitted. "Men hunt, hawk, and what not." Becon. "Some dead puppy, or log, or what not." C. Kingsley. "Battles, tournaments, hunts, and what not." De Quincey. Hence, the words are often used in a general sense with the force of a substantive, equivalent to anything you please, a miscellany, a variety, etc. From this arises the name whatnot, applied to an etagère, as being a piece of furniture intended for receiving miscellaneous articles of use or ornament. But what is used for but that, usually after a negative, and excludes everything contrary to the assertion in the following sentence. "Her needle is not so absolutely perfect in tent and cross stitch but what my superintendence is advisable." Sir W. Scott. "Never fear but what our kite shall fly as high." Ld. Lytton.What ho! an exclamation of calling. — What if, what will it matter if; what will happen or be the result if. "What if it be a poison?" Shak. — What of this? that?it? etc., what follows from this, that, it, etc., often with the implication that it is of no consequence. "All this is so; but what of this, my lord?" Shak. "The night is spent, why, what of that?" Shak. — What though, even granting that; allowing that; supposing it true that. "What though the rose have prickles, yet’t is plucked." Shak. — What time, or What time as, when. [Obs. or Archaic] "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee." Ps. lvi. 3.
"What time the morn mysterious visions brings." Pope.

What, n. Something; thing; stuff. [Obs.]
"And gave him for to feed, Such homely what as serves the simple lown." Spenser.

What, interrog. adv. Why? For what purpose? On what account? [Obs.]
"What should I tell the answer of the knight." Chaucer.
"But what do I stand reckoning upon advantages and gains lost by the misrule and turbulency of the prelates? What do I pick up so thriftily their scatterings and diminishings of the meaner subject?" Milton.

Whate’er
What•e’er´, pron. A contraction of what-ever; — used in poetry. "Whate’er is in his way." Shak.

Whatever
What•ev´er, pron. Anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being this or that; of one nature or another; one thing or another; anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all particulars that; — used both substantively and adjectively.
"Whatever fortune stays from his word." Shak.
"Whatever Earth, all-bearing mother, yields." Milton.
"Whatever be its intrinsic value." J. H. Newman. Whatever often follows a noun, being used elliptically. "There being no room for any physical discovery whatever" [ sc. it may be]. Whately.

Whatnot
What´not, n. [See the Note under What, pron., 5.] A kind of stand, or piece of furniture, having shelves for books, ornaments, etc.; an etagère.

Whatsoe’er
What•so•e’er´, pron. A contraction of whatsoever; — used in poetry. Shak.

Whatsoever
What•so•ev´er, pron. & a. Whatever. "In whatsoever shape he lurk." Milton.
"Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do." Gen. xxxi. 16. The word is sometimes divided by tmesis. "What things soever ye desire." Mark xi. 24.

Whaul, n. Same as Whall.

Whealworm
Wheal´worm, n. (Zoöl.) The harvest mite; — so called from the wheals, caused by its bite.

Wheat (hwet), n. [OE. whete, AS. hwaete; akin to OS. hweti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti, Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white. See White.] (Bot.) A cereal grass ( Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race. Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat, white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat, summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses. Buck wheat. (Bot.) See Buckwheat. — German wheat. (Bot.) See 2d Spelt. — Guinea wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn. — Indian wheat, or Tartary wheat (Bot.), a grain ( Fagopyrum Tartaricum) much like buckwheat, but only half as large. — Turkey wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn. — Wheat aphid, or Wheat aphis (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the sap of growing wheat. — Wheat beetle. (Zoöl.) (a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle ( Sylvanus Surinamensis) whose larvae feed upon wheat, rice, and other grains. (b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle ( Anobium paniceum) whose larvae eat the interior of grains of wheat. — Wheat duck (Zoöl.), the American widgeon. [Western U. S.] — Wheat fly. (Zoöl.) Same as Wheat midge, below. — Wheat grass (Bot.), a kind of grass ( Agropyrum caninum) somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts of Europe and America. — Wheat jointworm. (Zoöl.) See Jointworm. — Wheat louse (Zoöl.), any wheat aphid. — Wheat maggot (Zoöl.), the larva of a wheat midge. — Wheat midge. (Zoöl.) (a) A small two-winged fly ( Diplosis tritici) which is very destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America. The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the larvae suck the juice of the young kernels and when full grown change to pupae in the earth. (b) The Hessian fly. See under Hessian. — Wheat moth (Zoöl.), any moth whose larvae devour the grains of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain moth. See Angoumois Moth, also Grain moth, under Grain. — Wheat thief (Bot.), gromwell; — so called because it is a troublesome weed in wheat fields. See Gromwell. — Wheat thrips (Zoöl.), a small brown thrips ( Thrips cerealium) which is very injurious to the grains of growing wheat. — Wheat weevil. (Zoöl.) (a) The grain weevil. (b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.

Wheat sawfly. (a) A small European sawfly ( Cephus pygmaeus) whose larva does great injury to wheat by boring in the stalks. (b) Any of several small American sawflies of the genus Dolerus, as D. sericeus and D. arvensis, whose larvae injure the stems or heads of wheat. (c) Pachynematus extensicornis, whose larvae feed chiefly on the blades of wheat; — called also grass sawfly.

Wheatbird
Wheat´bird, n. (Zoöl.) A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.

Wheatear
Wheat´ear, n. (Zoöl.) A small European singing bird ( Saxicola œnanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.

Wheaten
Wheat´en, a. [AS. hwaeten.] Made of wheat; as wheaten bread. Cowper.

Wheatsel bird
Wheat"sel bird (Zoöl.) The male of the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]

Wheatstone’s bridge
Wheat"stone’s bridge (Elec.) See under Bridge.

Wheatworm
Wheat´worm, n. (Zoöl.) A small nematode worm ( Anguillula tritici) which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minute young of the worm.

Wheatworm
Wheat´worm, n. A small nematode worm ( Tylenchus tritici) which attacks wheat, advancing through the stem to the grains in the air.

Wheder
Whed´er, pron. & conj. Whether. [Obs.]

Wheedle
Whee´dle, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wheedled p. pr. & vb. n. Wheedling ] [Cf. G. wedeln to wag with the tail, as a dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, OHG. wadal; akin to G. wehen to blow, and E. wind, n.]
1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
"The unlucky art of wheedling fools." Dryden.
"And wheedle a world that loves him not." Tennyson.
2. To grain, or get away, by flattery.
"A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her." Congreve.

Wheedle
Whee´dle, v. i. To flatter; to coax; to cajole.

Wheel, n. [OE. wheel, hweol, AS. hweól, hweogul, hweowol; akin to D. wiel, Icel. hvel, Gr. ky•klos, Skr. cakra; cf. Icel. hjol, Dan. hiul, Sw. hjul. rad.218. Cf. Cycle, Cyclopedia.]
1. A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, — used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc.
"The gasping charioteer beneath the wheel Of his own car." Dryden.
2. Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel. Specifically: — (a) A spinning wheel. See under Spinning. (b) An instrument of torture formerly used.
"His examination is like that which is made by the rack and wheel." Addison. This mode of torture is said to have been first employed in Germany, in the fourteenth century. The criminal was laid on a cart wheel with his legs and arms extended, and his limbs in that posture were fractured with an iron bar. In France, where its use was restricted to the most atrocious crimes, the criminal was first laid on a frame of wood in the form of a St. Andrew’s cross, with grooves cut transversely in it above and below the knees and elbows, and the executioner struck eight blows with an iron bar, so as to break the limbs in those places, sometimes finishing by two or three blows on the chest or stomach, which usually put an end to the life of the criminal, and were hence called coups-de-grace — blows of mercy. The criminal was then unbound, and laid on a small wheel, with his face upward, and his arms and legs doubled under him, there to expire, if he had survived the previous treatment. Brande. (c) (Naut.) A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering. (d) (Pottery) A potter’s wheel. See under Potter.
"Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels." Jer. xviii. 3.
"Turn, turn, my wheel! This earthen jar A touch can make, a touch can mar." Longfellow. (e) (Pyrotechny) A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the escaping gases. (f) (Poetry) The burden or refrain of a song. "This meaning has a low degree of authority, but is supposed from the context in the few cases where the word is found." Nares.
"You must sing a-down a-down, An you call him a-down-a. O, how the wheel becomes it!" Shak.
3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb. Milton.
5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass.
"According to the common vicissitude and wheel of things, the proud and the insolent, after long trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled upon themselves." South.
"[He] throws his steep flight in many an aëry wheel." Milton. A wheel within a wheel, or Wheels within wheels, a complication of circumstances, motives, etc. - - Balance wheel. See in the Vocab. — Bevel wheel, Brake wheel, Cam wheel, Fifth wheel, Overshot wheel, Spinning wheel, etc. See under Bevel, Brake, etc. — Core wheel. (Mach.) (a) A mortise gear. (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear. — Measuring wheel, an odometer, or perambulator. — Wheel and axle (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle, and used for raising great weights, by applying the power to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called also axis in peritrochio, and perpetual lever, — the principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the lever, while its action is continuous. See Mechanical powers, under Mechanical. — Wheel animal, orWheel animalcule (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end. — Wheel barometer. (Physics) See under Barometer. — Wheel boat, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water or upon inclined planes or railways. — Wheel bug (Zoöl.), a large North American hemipterous insect ( Prionidus cristatus) which sucks the blood of other insects. So named from the curious shape of the prothorax. — Wheel carriage, a carriage moving on wheels. — Wheel chains, orWheel ropes (Naut.), the chains or ropes connecting the wheel and rudder. — Wheel cutter, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear wheels; a gear cutter. — Wheel horse, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as opposed to a leader, or forward horse; — called also wheeler. — Wheel lathe, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels. — Wheel lock. (a) A letter lock. See under Letter. (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel. (c) A kind of brake a carriage. — Wheel ore (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the shape of its twin crystals. See Bournonite. — Wheel pit (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the lower part of the fly wheel runs. — Wheel plow, orWheel plough, a plow having one or two wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate the depth of the furrow. — Wheel press, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced on, or off, their axles. — Wheel race, the place in which a water wheel is set. — Wheel rope (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under Tiller. — Wheel stitch (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider’s web, worked into the material, and not over an open space. Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework). — Wheel tree (Bot.), a tree ( Aspidosperma excelsum) of Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a coarsely made wheel. See Paddlewood. — Wheel urchin (Zoöl.), any sea urchin of the genus Rotula having a round, flat shell. — Wheel window (Arch.), a circular window having radiating mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. Rose window, under Rose.

Wheel, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wheeled p. pr. & vb. n. Wheeling.]
1. To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as to wheel a load of hay or wood.
2. To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle. "The beetle wheels her droning flight." Gray.
"Now heaven, in all her glory, shone, and rolled Her motions, as the great first mover’s hand First wheeled their course." Milton.

Wheel, v. i.
1. To turn on an axis, or as on an axis; to revolve; to more about; to rotate; to gyrate.
"The moon carried about the earth always shows the same face to us, not once wheeling upon her own center." Bentley.
2. To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or pivot; to turn; as the troops wheeled to the right.
"Being able to advance no further, they are in a fair way to wheel about to the other extreme." South.
3. To go round in a circuit; to fetch a compass.
"Then wheeling down the steep of heaven he flies." Pope.
4. To roll forward.
"Thunder mixed with hail, Hail mixed with fire, must rend the Egyptian sky, And wheel on the earth, devouring where it rolls." Milton.

Wheel base. The figure inclosed by lines through the points contact of the wheels of a vehicle, etc., with the surface or rails on which they run; more esp., the length of this figure between the points of contact of the two extreme wheels on either side.

Wheel of fortune. A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or sums to which certain marks on its circumference point when it stops being distributed according to varying rules.

Wheelband
Wheel´band, n. The tire of a wheel.

Wheelbarrow
Wheel´bar•row, n. A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.

Wheelbird
Wheel´bird, n. (Zoöl.) The European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]

Wheeled, a. Having wheels; — used chiefly in composition; as a four- wheeled carriage.

Wheeler
Wheel´er, n.
1. One who wheels, or turns.
2. A maker of wheels; a wheelwright. [Obs.]
3. A wheel horse. See under Wheel.
4. (Naut.) A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; — used chiefly in the terms side- wheeler and stern-wheeler.
5. A worker on sewed muslin. [Eng.]
6. (Zoöl.) The European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]

Wheelman
Wheel´man, n. ; pl. Wheelmen . One who rides a bicycle or tricycle; a cycler, or cyclist.

Wheel-shaped
Wheel´-shaped, a.
1. Shaped like a wheel.
2. (Bot.) Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube; as a wheel-shaped corolla.

Wheelswarf
Wheel´swarf, n. See Swarf.

Wheel-worn
Wheel´-worn, a. Worn by the action of wheels; as a wheel-worn road.

Wheelwright
Wheel´wright, n. A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like.

Wheely
Wheel´y, a. Circular; suitable to rotation.

Wheen, n. [Cf. AS. hwne, hwne, a little, somewhat, hwn little, few.] A quantity; a goodly number. [Scot.] "A wheen other dogs." Sir W. Scott.

Wheeze, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wheezed p. pr. & vb. n. Wheezing.] [OE. whesen, AS. hw san (cf. Icel. hvaesa to hiss, Sw. hväsa, Dan. hvaese); akin to AS. hw sta a cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. hsti, Lith. kosti to cough, Skr. ks. rad.43. Cf. Husky hoarse.] To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. "Wheezing lungs." Shak.

Wheeze, n.
1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
2. (Phon.) An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper." It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.

Wheezy
Wheez´y, a. Breathing with difficulty and with a wheeze; wheezing. Used also figuratively.

Wheft, n. (Naut.) See Waft, n. , 4.

Wheft, n. (Naut.) A kind of streamer or flag used either as a signal, or at the masthead for ornament or to indicate the direction of the wind to aid in steering.

Whelk, n. [OE. welk, wilk, AS. weoloc, weloc, wiloc. Cf. Whilk, and Wilk.] (Zoöl.) Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially, Buccinum undatum, common on the coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as food in Europe. Whelk tingle, a dog whelk. See under Dog.

Whelk, n. [OE. whelke, dim. of whele. See Wheal a pustule.]
1. A papule; a pustule; acne. "His whelks white." Chaucer.
2. A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale. Chin whelk (Med.), sycosis. — Rosy whelk (Med.), grog blossom.

Whelky
Whelk´y, a.
1. Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances; hence, streaked; striated.
2. Shelly. "Whelky pearls." Spenser.

Whelm, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Whelmed p. pr. & vb. n. Whelming.] [OE. whelmen to turn over, akin to OE. whelven, AS. whelfan, hwylfan, in whylfan, whelfan, to overwhelm, cover over; akin to OS. bihwelbian, D. welven to arch, G. wölben, OHG. welben, Icel. hvelfa to overturn; cf. Gr. bosom, a hollow, a gulf.]
1. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.
"She is my prize, or ocean whelm them all!" Shak.
"The whelming billow and the faithless oar." Gay.
2. Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as to whelm one in sorrows. "The whelming weight of crime." J. H. Newman.
3. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. [Obs.] Mortimer.

When, adv. [OE. when, whan, whenne, whanne, AS. hwaenne, hwanne, hwonne; akin to OS. hwan, OD. wan, OHG. wanne, G. wann when, wenn if, when, Goth. hwan when, and to E. who. . See Who.]
1. At what time; — used interrogatively.
"When shall these things be?" Matt. xxiv. 3. See the Note under What, pron., 1.
2. At what time; at, during, or after the time that; at or just after, the moment that; — used relatively.
"Kings may Take their advantage when and how they list." Daniel.
"Book lore ne’er served, when trial came, Nor gifts, when faith was dead." J. H. Newman.
3. While; whereas; although; — used in the manner of a conjunction to introduce a dependent adverbial sentence or clause, having a causal, conditional, or adversative relation to the principal proposition; as he chose to turn highwayman when he might have continued an honest man; he removed the tree when it was the best in the grounds.
4. Which time; then; — used elliptically as a noun.
"I was adopted heir by his consent; Since when, his oath is broke." Shak. When was formerly used as an exclamation of surprise or impatience, like what!
"Come hither; mend my ruff: Here, when! thou art such a tedious lady!" J. Webster.When as, When that, at the time that; when. [Obs.]
"When as sacred light began to dawn." Milton.
"When that mine eye is famished for a look." Shak.

Whence, adv. [OE. whennes, whens (with adverbial s, properly a genitive ending; — see -wards), also whenne, whanene, AS. hwanan, hwanon, hwonan, hwanone; akin to D. when. See When, and cf. Hence, Thence.]
1. From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; — used interrogatively.
"Whence hath this man this wisdom?" Matt. xiii. 54.
"Whence and what art thou?" Milton.
2. From what or which place, source, material, cause, etc.; the place, source, etc., from which; — used relatively.
"Grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends." Milton. All the words of this class, whence, where, whither, whereabouts, etc., are occasionally used as pronouns by a harsh construction.
"O, how unlike the place from whence they fell?" Milton. From whence, though a pleonasm, is fully authorized by the use of good writers.
"From whence come wars and fightings among you?" James iv. 1. Of whence, also a pleonasm, has become obsolete.

Whenceforth
Whence•forth´, adv. From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. [Obs.] Spenser.

Whencesoever
Whence•so•ev´er, adv. & conj. From what place soever; from what cause or source soever.
"Any idea, whencesoever we have it." Locke.

Whene’er
When•e’er, adv. & conj. Whenever.

Whenever
When•ev´er, adv. & conj. At whatever time. "Whenever that shall be." Milton.

Whennes
When´nes, adv. Whence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Whensoever
When•so•ev´er, adv. & conj. At what time soever; at whatever time; whenever. Mark xiv. 7.

Wher, Where, pron. & conj. [See Whether.] Whether. [Sometimes written whe’r.] [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
"Men must enquire (this is mine assent), Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe." Chaucer.

Where’er
Wher•e’er´, adv. Wherever; — a contracted and poetical form. Cowper.

Whereas
Where•as´, adv. At which place; where. [Obs.] Chaucer.
"At last they came whereas that lady bode." Spenser.

Whereas
Where•as´, conj.
1. Considering that; it being the case that; since; — used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow.
2. When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that; although; — implying opposition to something that precedes; or implying recognition of facts, sometimes followed by a different statement, and sometimes by inferences or something consequent.
"Are not those found to be the greatest zealots who are most notoriously ignorant? whereas true zeal should always begin with true knowledge." Sprat.

Whereat
Where•at´, adv.
1. At which; upon which; whereupon; — used relatively.
"They vote; whereat his speech he thus renews." Milton.
"Whereat he was no less angry and ashamed than desirous to obey Zelmane." Sir P. Sidney.
2. At what; — used interrogatively; as whereat are you offended?

Whereby
Where•by´, adv.
1. By which; — used relatively. "You take my life when you take the means whereby I life." Shak.
2. By what; how; — used interrogatively.
"Whereby shall I know this?" Luke i. 18.

Wherefore
Where´fore, adv. & conj. [ Where + for.]
1. For which reason; so; — used relatively.
"Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." Matt. vii. 20.
2. For what reason; why; — used interrogatively.
"But wherefore that I tell my tale." Chaucer.
"Wherefore didst thou doubt?" Matt. xiv. 31.

Wherefore
Where´fore, n. the reason why. [Colloq.]

Whereform
Where•form´, adv. [ Where + from.] From which; from which or what place. Tennyson.

Wherein
Where•in´, adv.
1. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; — used relatively.
"Her clothes wherein she was clad." Chaucer.
"There are times wherein a man ought to be cautious as well as innocent." Swift.
2. In what; — used interrogatively.
"Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him!" Mal. ii. 17.

Whereinto
Where•in•to´, adv.
1. Into which; — used relatively.
"Where is that palace whereinto foul things Sometimes intrude not?" Shak.
"The brook, whereinto he loved to look." Emerson.
2. Into what; — used interrogatively.

Whereness
Where´ness, n. The quality or state of having a place; ubiety; situation; position. [R.]
"A point hath no dimensions, but only a whereness, and is next to nothing." Grew.

Whereof
Where•of´, adv.
1. Of which; of whom; formerly, also with which; - - used relatively.
"I do not find the certain numbers whereof their armies did consist." Sir J. Davies.
"Let it work like Borgias’ wine, Whereof his sire, the pope, was poisoned." Marlowe.
"Edward’s seven sons, whereof thyself art one." Shak.
2. Of what; — used interrogatively.
"Whereof was the house built?" Johnson.

Whereon
Where•on´, adv.
1. On which; — used relatively; as the earth whereon we live.
"O fair foundation laid whereon to build." Milton.
2. On what; — used interrogatively; as whereon do we stand?

Whereout
Where•out´, adv. Out of which. [R.]
"The cleft whereout the lightning breaketh." Holland.

Whereso
Where´so, adv. Wheresoever. [Obs.]

Wheresoe’er
Where•so•e’er´, adv. Wheresoever. [Poetic] "Wheresoe’er they rove." Milton.

Wheresoever
Where•so•ev´er, adv. In what place soever; in whatever place; wherever.

Wherethrough
Where•through´, adv. Through which. [R.] "Wherethrough that I may know." Chaucer.
"Windows … wherethrough the sun Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee." Shak.

Whereto
Where•to´, adv.
1. To which; — used relatively. "Whereto we have already attained." Phil. iii. 16.
"Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day." Shak.
2. To what; to what end; — used interrogatively.

Whereunto
Where•un•to´, adv. Same as Whereto.

Wherever
Wher•ev´er, adv. At or in whatever place; wheresoever.
"He can not but love virtue wherever it is." Atterbury.

Wherewith
Where•with´, adv.
1. With which; — used relatively.
"The love wherewith thou hast loved me." John xvii. 26.
2. With what; — used interrogatively.
"Wherewith shall I save Israel?" Judg. vi. 15.

Wherewith
Where•with´, n. The necessary means or instrument.
"So shall I have wherewith to answer him." Ps. cxix. 42.
"The wherewith to meet excessive loss by radiation." H. Spencer.

Wherewithal
Where•with•al´, adv. & n. Wherewith. "Wherewithal shall we be clothed?" Matt. vi. 31.
"Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?" Ps. cxix. 9.
"[The builders of Babel], still with vain design, New Babels, had they wherewithal, would build." Milton.

Wherret
Wher´ret, v. t. [From Whir.]
1. To hurry; to trouble; to tease. [Obs.] Bickerstaff.
2. To box (one) on the ear; to strike or box (the ear); as to wherret a child. [Obs.]

Wherret
Wher´ret, n. A box on the ear. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Wherry
Wher´ry, n. ; pl. Wherries (#). [Cf. Icel. hverfr shifty, crank, hverfa to turn, E. whirl, wharf.] (Naut.) (a) A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing. [Eng.] (b) A long, narrow, light boat, sharp at both ends, for fast rowing or sailing; esp., a racing boat rowed by one person with sculls.

Wherry
Wher´ry, n. [Cf. W. chwerw bitter.] A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed; — sometimes called crab wherry. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Wherso
Wher´so, adv. Wheresoever. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Whet, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Whetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Whetting.] [AS. hwettan; akin to D. wetten, G. wetzen, OHG. wezzen, Icel. hvetja, Sw. vättja, and AS. hwaet vigorous, brave, OS. hwat, OHG. waz, was, sharp, Icel. hvatr, bold, active, Sw. hvass sharp, Dan. hvas, Goth. hwassaba sharply, and probably to Skr. cud to impel, urge on.]
1. To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as to whet a knife.
"The mower whets his scythe." Milton.
"Here roams the wolf, the eagle whets his beak." Byron.
2. To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate; as to whet the appetite or the courage.
"Since Cassius first did whet me against Caesar, I have not slept." Shak. To whet on, To whet forward, to urge on or forward; to instigate. Shak.

Whet, n.
1. The act of whetting.
2. That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer. "Sips, drams, and whets." Spectator. Whet slate (Min.), a variety of slate used for sharpening cutting instruments; novaculite; — called also whetstone slate, and oilstone.

Whether
Wheth´er, pron. [OE. whether, AS. hwaeer; akin to OS. hwear, OFries. hweder, OHG. hwedar, wedar, G. weder, conj., neither, Icel. hvarr whether, Goth. hwaar, Lith. katras, L. uter, Gr.,, Skr. katara, from the interrogatively pronoun, in AS. hwa who. . See Who, and cf. Either, Neither, Or, conj.] Which (of two); which one (of two); — used interrogatively and relatively. [Archaic]
"Now choose yourself whether that you liketh." Chaucer.
"One day in doubt I cast for to compare Whether in beauties’ glory did exceed." Spenser.
"Whether of them twain did the will of his father?" Matt. xxi. 31.

Whether
Wheth´er, conj. In case; if; — used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle not or n. after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first.
"And now who knows But you, Lorenzo, whether I am yours?" Shak.
"You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge." Shak.
"For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s." Rom. xiv. 8.
"But whether thus these things, or whether not; Whether the sun, predominant in heaven, Rise on the earth, or earth rise on the sun, … Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid." Milton. Whether or no, in either case; in any case; as I will go whether or no. — Whether that, whether. Shak.

Whethering
Wheth´er•ing, n. The retention of the afterbirth in cows. Gardner.

Whetile
Whet´ile, n. [Cf. Whitile.] (Zoöl.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. See Yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]

Whetter
Whet´ter, n.
1. One who, or that which, whets, sharpens, or stimulates.
2. A tippler; one who drinks whets. [Obs.] Steele.

Whettlebones
Whet´tle•bones, n. pl. The vertebrae of the back. [Prov. Eng.] Dunglison.

Whew (hwu), n. & interj. A sound like a half-formed whistle, expressing astonishment, scorn, or dislike. Whew duck, the European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]

Whew, v. i. To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Whewellite
Whew´ell•ite, n. [So named after Prof. Whewell of Cambridge, England.] (Min.) Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals.

Whewer
Whew´er, n. [Cf. W. chwiwell a widgeon, chwiws widgeons, waterfowls; or cf. E. whew, v. i.] (Zoöl.) The European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]

Whey, n. [AS. hwaeg; cf. D. wei, hui, Fries. weye, LG. wey, waje. ] The serum, or watery part, of milk, separated from the more thick or coagulable part, esp. in the process of making cheese. In this process, the thick part is called curd, and the thin part whey.

Whey cure. Treatment with whey as a drink and in baths.

Wheyey
Whey´ey, a. Of the nature of, or containing, whey; resembling whey; wheyish. Bacon.

Wheyface
Whey´face, n. One who is pale, as from fear.

Whey-faced
Whey´-faced, a. Having a pale or white face, as from fright. "Whey-faced cavaliers." Aytoun.

Wheyish
Whey´ish, a. Somewhat like whey; wheyey. J. Philips. — Whey´ish•ness, n.

Which, pron. [OE. which, whilk, AS. hwilc, hwylc, hwelc, from the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, hw leiks; cf. L. qualis. . See Who, and Like, a. , and cf. Such.]
1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. [Obs.]
"And which they weren and of what degree." Chaucer.
2. A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer to, an individual person or thing among several of a class; as which man is it? which woman was it? which is the house? he asked which route he should take; which is best, to live or to die? See the Note under What, pron. , 1.
"Which of you convinceth me of sin?" John viii. 46.
3. A relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause (generally involving a reference, however, to something which has preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used of persons.
"And when thou fail’st — as God forbid the hour! — Must Edward fall, which peril heaven forfend!" Shak.
"God … rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made." Gen. ii. 2.
"Our Father, which art in heaven." Matt. vi. 9.
"The temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." 1 Cor. iii. 17.
4. A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the … which, and the like; as take which you will. The which was formerly often used for which. The expressions which that, which as, were also sometimes used by way of emphasis.
"Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?" James ii. 7. Which, referring to a series of preceding sentences, or members of a sentence, may have all joined to it adjectively. "All which, as a method of a proclamation, is very convenient." Carlyle. { Which•ev´er, Which•so•ev´er } pron. & a. Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.

Whider
Whid´er, adv. Whither. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Whiff, n. [OE. weffe vapor, whiff, probably of imitative origin; cf. Dan. vift a puff, gust, W. chwiff a whiff, puff.]
1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.
"But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword The unnerved father falls." Shak.
"The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he." Longfellow.
2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.]
3. (Zoöl.) The marysole, or sail fluke.

Whiff, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Whiffed p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffing.]
1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.
"Old Empedocles, … who, when he leaped into Etna, having a dry, sear body, and light, the smoke took him, and whiffed him up into the moon." B. Jonson.

Whiff, v. i. To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.

Whiffet
Whif´fet, n. A little whiff or puff.

Whiffing
Whiff´ing, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.
2. A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollack, mackerel, and the like.

Whiffle
Whif´fle, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Whiffled p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffling ] [Freq. of whiff to puff, perhaps influenced by D. weifelen to waver.]
1. To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about. Dmpier.
2. To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
"A person of whiffing and unsteady turn of mind can not keep close to a point of controversy." I. Watts.

Whiffle
Whif´fle, v. t.
1. To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
2. To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.

Whiffle
Whif´fle, n. A fife or small flute. [Obs.] Douce.

Whiffler
Whif´fler, n.
1. One who whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument; hence, a trifler.
"Every whiffler in a laced coat who frequents the chocolate house shall talk of the constitution." Swift.
2. One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper. [Obs.]
3. An officer who went before procession to clear the way by blowing a horn, or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.
"Which like a mighty whiffler ’fore the king, Seems to prepare his way." Shak. "Whifflers, or fifers, generally went first in a procession, from which circumstance the name was transferred to other persons who succeeded to that office, and at length was given to those who went forward merely to clear the way for the procession… . In the city of London, young freemen, who march at the head of their proper companies on the Lord Mayor’s day, sometimes with flags, were called whifflers, or bachelor whifflers, not because they cleared the way, but because they went first, as whifflers did." Nares.
4. (Zoöl) The golden-eye. [Local, U. S.]

Whiffletree
Whif´fle•tree, n. Same as Whippletree.

Whiggamore
Whig´ga•more, n. [See Whig.] A Whig; — a cant term applied in contempt to Scotch Presbyterians. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Whiggery
Whig´ger•y, n. The principles or practices of the Whigs; Whiggism.

Whiggish
Whig´gish, a. Of or pertaining to Whigs; partaking of, or characterized by, the principles of Whigs.

Whiggishly
Whig´gish•ly, adv. In a Whiggish manner.

Whiggism
Whig´gism, n. The principles of the Whigs.

Whigling
Whig´ling, n. A petty or inferior Whig; — used in contempt. Spectator.

While, n. [AS. hwil; akin to OS. hwil, hwila, OFries. hwile, D. wigl, G. weile, OHG. wila, hwila, hwil, Icel. hvila a bed, hvild rest, Sw. hvila, Dan. hvile, Goth. hweila a time, and probably to L. quietus quiet, and perhaps to Gr. the proper time of season. rad.20. Cf. Quiet, Whilom.]
1. Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as one while we thought him innocent. "All this while." Shak.
"This mighty queen may no while endure." Chaucer.
"[Some guest that] hath outside his welcome while, And tells the jest without the smile." Coleridge.
"I will go forth and breathe the air a while." Longfellow.
2. That which requires time; labor; pains. [Obs.]
"Satan … cast him how he might quite her while." Chaucer. At whiles, at times; at intervals.
"And so on us at whiles it falls, to claim Powers that we dread." J. H. Newman. — The while, The whiles, in or during the time that; meantime; while. Tennyson. — Within a while, in a short time; soon. — Worth while, worth the time which it requires; worth the time and pains; hence, worth the expense; as it is not always worth while for a man to prosecute for small debts.

While, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Whiled p. pr. & vb. n. Whiling.] To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness or disgust; to spend or pass; — usually followed by away.
"The lovely lady whiled the hours away." Longfellow.

While, v. i. To loiter. [R.] Spectator.

While, conj.
1. During the time that; as long as; whilst; at the same time that; as while I write, you sleep. "While I have time and space." Chaucer.
"Use your memory; you will sensibly experience a gradual improvement, while you take care not to overload it." I. Watts.
2. Hence, under which circumstances; in which case; though; whereas. While as, While that, during or at the time that. [Obs.]

While, prep. Until; till. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
"I may be conveyed into your chamber; I’ll lie under your bed while midnight." Beau. & Fl.

Whilere
Whil•ere´, adv. [ While + ere] A little while ago; recently; just now; erewhile. [Obs.]
"Helpeth me now as I did you whilere." Chaucer.
"He who, with all heaven’s heraldry, whilere Entered the world." Milton.

Whiles, adv. [See While, n. , and -wards.]
1. Meanwhile; meantime. [R.]
"The good knight whiles humming to himself the lay of some majored troubadour." Sir. W. Scott.
2. sometimes; at times. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.The whiles. See under While, n.

Whiles, conj. During the time that; while. [Archaic] Chaucer. Fuller.
"Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him." Matt. v. 25.

Whilk, n. [See Whelk a mollusk.]
1. (Zoöl.) A kind of mollusk, a whelk. [Prov. Eng.]
2. (Zoöl.) The scoter. [Prov. Eng.]

Whilk, pron. Which. [Obs. or Scot.] Whilk is sometimes used in Chaucer to represent the Northern dialect.

Whilom
Whi´lom (hwi"lum), adv. [AS. hwilum, properly, at times, dative pl. of hwil; akin to G. weiland formerly, OHG. hwilom, See While, n. ] Formerly; once; of old; erewhile; at times. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser.
"Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, There was a duke that highte Theseus." Chaucer.

Whimbrel
Whim´brel, n. [Cf. Whimper.] (Zoöl) Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species ( Numenius phaeopus), called also Jack curlew, half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix. Hudsonian or, Eskimo, whimbreal, the Hudsonian curlew.

Whimmy
Whim´my, a. Full of whims; whimsical.
"The study of Rabbinical literature either finds a man whimmy or makes him so." Coleridge.

Whimper
Whim´per, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Whimpered p. pr. & vb. n. Whimpering.] [Cf. Scot. whimmer, G. wimmern.] To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain; as a child whimpers.
"Was there ever yet preacher but there were gainsayers that spurned, that winced, that whimpered against him?" Latimer.

Whimper
Whim´per, v. t. To utter in alow, whining tone.

Whimper
Whim´per, n. A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.

Whimperer
Whim´per•er, n. One who whimpers.

Whimple
Whim´ple, v. t. See Wimple.

Whimple
Whim´ple, v. i. [Cf. Whiffle.] To whiffle; to veer. { Whim´sey, Whimsy }, n. ; pl. Whimseys (#) or Whimsies (#). [See Whim.]
1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. "The whimsies of poets and painters." Ray.
"Men’s folly, whimsies, and inconstancy." Swift.
"Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth." Bancroft.
2. (Mining) A whim.

Whimsical
Whim´si•cal, a. [From Whimsey.]
1. Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish. "A whimsical insult." Macaulay.
"My neighbors call me whimsical." Addison.
2. Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic. "A whimsical chair." Evelyn.
Syn. — Quaint; capricious; fanciful; fantastic.

Whimsically
Whim´si•cal•ly, adv. In a whimsical manner; freakishly.

Whimsicalness
Whim´si•cal•ness, n. The quality or state of being whimsical; freakishness; whimsical disposition.

Whimsy
Whim´sy, n. A whimsey.

Whimwham
Whim´wham, n. [Formed from whim by reduplication.]
1. A whimsical thing; an odd device; a trifle; a trinket; a gimcrack. [R.]
"They’ll pull ye all to pieces for your whimwhams." Bear. & Fl.
2. A whim, or whimsey; a freak.

Whin, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.]
1. (Bot.) (a) Gorse; furze. See Furze.
"Through the whins, and by the cairn." Burns. (b) Woad-waxed. Gray.
2. Same as Whinstone. [Prov. Eng.] Moor whin or Petty whin (Bot.), a low prickly shrub ( Genista Anglica) common in Western Europe. — Whin bruiser, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or furze, to feed cattle on. — Whin Sparrow (Zoöl.), the hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.] — Whin Thrush (Zoöl.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]

Whinchat
Whin´chat, n. [So called because it frequents whins.] (Zoöl.) A small warbler ( Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; — called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.

Whine, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Whined p. pr. & vb. n. Whining.] [OE. whinen, AS. hwinan to make a whistling, whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hvina, Sw. hvina, Dan. hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wihon, hweijon; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. Whinny, v. i.] To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely. "Whining plovers." Spenser.
"The hounds were … staying their coming, but with a whining accent, craving liberty." Sir P. Sidney.
"Dost thou come here to whine?" Shak.

Whine, v. t. To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as to whine out an excuse.

Whine, n. A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.

Whiner
Whin´er, n. One who, or that which, whines.

Whinge, v. i. To whine. [Scot.] Burns.

Whinger
Whing´er, n. [See Whinyard.] A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
"The chief acknowledged that he had corrected her with his whinger." Sir W. Scott.

Whinner
Whin´ner, v. i. To whinny. [Colloq.]

Whinny
Whin´ny, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Whinnied p. pr. & vb. n. Whinnying.] [From Whine] To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.

Whinny
Whin´ny, n. ; pl. Whinnies . The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh. "The stately horse … stooped with a low whinny." Tennyson.

Whinny
Whin´ny, a. Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze.
"A fine, large, whinny, … unimproved common." Sterne.

Whinock
Whin´ock (hwin"uk), n. [Cf. Scot. whin, quhene, a few, AS. hwene, hwaene, a little, hwon little, few. Cf. Wheen.] The small pig of a litter. [Local, U. S.]

Whinyard
Whin´yard, n. [Cf. Prov. E. & Scot. whingar, whinger; perhaps from AS. winn contention, war + geard, gyrd, a staff, rod, yard; or cf. AS. hwinan to whistle, E. whine.]
1. A sword, or hanger. [Obs.]
2. [From the shape of the bill.] (Zoöl) (a) The shoveler. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The poachard. [Prov. Eng.]

Whip, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Whipped p. pr. & vb. n. Whipping.] [OE. whippen to overlay, as a cord, with other cords, probably akin to G. & D. wippen to shake, to move up and down, Sw. vippa, Dan. vippe to swing to and fro, to shake, to toss up, and L. vibrare to shake. Cf. Vibrate.]
1. To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as to whip a horse, or a carpet.
2. To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as to whip a top.
3. To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat; as to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy.
"Who, for false quantities, was whipped at school." Dryden.
4. To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.
"They would whip me with their fine wits." Shak.
5. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as to whip wheat.
6. To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like.
7. To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass. [Slang, U. S.]
8. To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap; — often with about, around, or over.
"Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut." Moxon.
9. To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as to whip a ruffle.
"In half- whipped muslin needles useless lie." Gay.
10. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; — with into, out, up, off, and the like.
"She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her arm." L’Estrange.
"He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees." Walpole.
11. (Naut.) (a) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip. (b) To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.
12. To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip.
"Whipping their rough surface for a trout." Emerson. To whip in, to drive in, or keep from scattering, as hounds in a hurt; hence, to collect, or to keep together, as member of a party, or the like. — To whip the cat. (a) To practice extreme parsimony. [Prov. Eng.] Forby. (b) To go from house to house working by the day, as itinerant tailors and carpenters do. [Prov. & U. S.]

Whip, v. i. To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as he whipped around the corner.
"With speed from thence he whipped." Sackville.
"Two friends, traveling, met a bear upon the way; the one whips up a tree, and the other throws himself flat upon the ground." L’Estrange.

Whip, n. [OE. whippe. See Whip, v. t.]
1. An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod. "[A] whip’s lash." Chaucer.
"In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is supposed to drive the horses of the sun." Addison.
2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as a good whip. Beaconsfield.
3. (Mach.) (a) One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread. (b) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
4. (Naut.) (a) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies. (b) The long pennant. See Pennant (a)
5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper- in.
6. (Eng. Politics) (a) A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session, especially when their votes are needed. (b) A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to be taken. Whip and spur, with the utmost haste. — Whip crane, or Whip purchase, a simple form of crane having a small drum from which the load is suspended, turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger drum on the same axle. — Whip gin. See Gin block, under 5th Gin. — Whip grafting. See under Grafting. — Whip hand, the hand with which the whip is used; hence, advantage; mastery; as to have or get the whip hand of a person. Dryden. — Whip ray (Zoöl.), the European eagle ray. See under Ray. — Whip roll (Weaving), a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a loom, on which the warp threads rest. — Whip scorpion (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of arachnids belonging to Thelyphonus and allied genera. They somewhat resemble true scorpions, but have a long, slender bristle, or lashlike organ, at the end of the body, instead of a sting. — Whip snake (Zoöl.), any one of various species of slender snakes. Specifically: (a) A bright green South American tree snake ( Philodryas viridissimus) having a long and slender body. It is not venomous. Called also emerald whip snake. (b) The coachwhip snake.

Whip, n.
1. A whipping motion; a thrashing about; as the whip of a tense rope or wire which has suddenly parted; also the quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibility; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
2. (Mech.) Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion, as a spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit, or a rocking certain piano actions.

Whipcord
Whip´cord, n. A kind of hard- twisted or braided cord, sometimes used for making whiplashes.

Whipgraft
Whip´graft, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Whipgrafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Whipgrafting.] To graft by cutting the scion and stock in a certain manner. See Whip grafting, under Grafting.

Whipparee
Whip•pa•ree´, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A large sting ray ( Dasybatis, or Trygon, Sayi) native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail. (b) A large sting ray ( Rhinoptera bonasus, or R. quadriloba) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be four-lobed when viewed in front, whence it is also called cow-nosed ray.

Whipper
Whip´per, n.
1. One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping.
2. One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip’s hold. [Eng.]
3. (Spinning) A kind of simple willow.

Whipperin
Whip´per•in, n.
1. A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase.
2. Hence, one who enforces the discipline of a party, and urges the attendance and support of the members on all necessary occasions.

Whippersnapper
Whip´per•snap•per, n. A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person. [Colloq.] "Little whippersnappers like you." T. Hughes.

Whipping
Whip´ping, a & n. from Whip, v. Whipping post, a post to which offenders are tied, to be legally whipped.

Whipsaw
Whip´saw, n. A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also a fret saw.

Whipsaw
Whip´saw, n. A kind of narrow ripsaw, tapering from butt to point, with hook teeth and averaging from 5 to 7½ feet in length, used by one or two men.

Whipsaw
Whip´saw, v. t.
1. To saw with the whipsaw.
2. To defeat in, or cause to lose, two different bets at the same turn or in one play, as a player at faro who has made two bets at the same time, one that a card will lose and another that a different card will win; hence, to defeat in spite of every effort.

Whip-shaped
Whip´-shaped, a. Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as a whip- shaped root or stem.

Whipstaff
Whip´staff, n. (Naut.) A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering.

Whipstalk
Whip´stalk, n. A whipstock.

Whipster
Whip´ster, n. [ Whip + - ster.] A nimble little fellow; a whippersnapper.
"Every puny whipster gets my sword." Shak.

Whipstick
Whip´stick, n. Whip handle; whipstock.

Whipstitch
Whip´stitch, n.
1. A tailor; — so called in contempt.
2. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. [R.] Dryden.
3. (Agric.) The act or process of whipstitching.

Whipstitch
Whip´stitch, v. t. (Agric.) To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [Eng.]

Whipstitch
Whip´stitch, n. A small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a minute. [Dial. or Colloq.]

Whipstitch
Whip´stitch, v. t. To sew by passing the thread over and over; to overcast; whip. { Whisky, or Whiskey, Ring }. (U. S. Hist.) A conspiracy of distillers and government officials during the administration of President Grant to defraud the government of the excise taxes. The frauds were detected in 1875 through the efforts of the Secretary of the Treasury. B. H. Bristow, and most of the offenders were convicted.

Whipstock
Whip´stock, n. The rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened.

Whipt, imp. & p. p. of Whip. Whipped.

Whipworm
Whip´worm, n. [So called from its shape.] (Zoöl.) A nematode worm ( Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly.

Whir, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Whirred p. pr. & vb. n. Whirring.] [Perhaps of imitative origin; cf. D. hvirre to whirl, and E. hurr, hurry, whirl. .] To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz.
"The partridge bursts away on whirring wings." Beattie.

Whir, v. t. [See Whir to whiz.] To hurry a long with a whizzing sound. [R.]
"This world to me is like a lasting storm, Whirring me from my friends." Shak.

Whir, n. A buzzing or whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling motion; as the whir of a partridge; the whir of a spinning wheel.

Whirl, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Whirled p. pr. & vb. n. Whirling.] [OE. whirlen, probably from the Scand.; cf. Icel. & Sw. hvirfla, Dan. hvirvle; akin to D. wervelen, G. wirbeln, freq. of the verb seen in Icel. hverfa to turn. rad.16. See Wharf, and cf. Warble, Whorl.]
1. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
"He whirls his sword around without delay." Dryden.
2. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry. Chaucer.
"See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood." Milton.
"The passionate heart of the poet is whirl’d into folly." Tennyson.

Whirl, v. i.
1. To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate. "The whirling year vainly my dizzy eyes pursue." J. H. Newman.
"The wooden engine flies and whirls about." Dryden.
2. To move hastily or swiftly.
"But whirled away to shun his hateful sight." Dryden.

Whirl, n. [Cf. Dan. hvirvel, Sw. hvirfvel, Icel. hvirfill the crown of the head, G. wirbel whirl, crown of the head, D. wervel. See Whirl, v. t.]
1. A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel. "In no breathless whirl." J. H. Newman.
"The rapid … whirl of things here below interrupt not the inviolable rest and calmness of the noble beings above." South.
2. Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
"He saw Falmouth under gray, iron skies, and whirls of March dust." Carlyle.
3. A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.
4. (Bot. & Zoöl.) A whorl. See Whorl.

Whirlbat
Whirl´bat, n. Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it; — applied by poets to the cestus of ancient boxers.
"The whirlbat and the rapid race shall be Reserved for Caesar." Dryden.

Whirl-blast
Whirl´-blast, n. A whirling blast or wind.
"A whirl-blast from behind the hill." Wordsworth.

Whirlbone
Whirl´bone, n. (Anat.) (a) The huckle bone. [Obs.] (b) The patella, or kneepan. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

Whirler
Whirl´er, n. One who, or that which, whirls.

Whirlicote
Whirl´i•cote, n. An open car or chariot. [Obs.]
"Of old time coaches were not known in this island, but chariots, or whirlicotes." Stow.

Whirligig
Whirl´i•gig, n. [ Whirl + gig.]
1. A child’s toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top. Johnson.
2. Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses.
"With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning about each head." G. W. Cable.
3. A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders, being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender was whirled round with great velocity.
4. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging to Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also weaver, whirlwig, and whirlwig beetle.

Whirling
Whirl´ing, a. & n. from Whirl, v. t.Whirling table. (a) (Physics) An apparatus provided with one or more revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, and other attachments, for illustrating the phenomena and laws of centrifugal force, and the like. (b) A potter’s wheel.

Whirlpool
Whirl´pool, n.
1. An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like.
2. A sea monster of the whale kind. [Obs.] Spenser.
"The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest fishes that are; among which the whales and whirlpools, called "balaenae," take up in length as much as four … arpents of land." Holland.

Whirlwig
Whirl´wig, n. [Cf. Earwig.] (Zoöl.) A whirligig.

Whirtle
Whir´tle, n. (Mech.) A perforated steel die through which wires or tubes are drawn to form them.

Whisk, n. [See Whist, n. ] A game at cards; whist. [Obs.] Taylor (1630).

Whisk, n. [Probably for wisk, and of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. visk a wisp; akin to Dan. visk, Sw. viska, D. wisch, OHG. wisc, G. wisch. See Wisp.]
1. The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff.
"This first sad whisk Takes off thy dukedom; thou art but an earl." J. Fletcher.
2. A small bunch of grass, straw, twigs, hair, or the like, used for a brush; hence, a brush or small besom, as of broom corn.
3. A small culinary instrument made of wire, or the like, for whisking or beating eggs, cream, etc. Boyle.
4. A kind of cape, forming part of a woman’s dress.
"My wife in her new lace whisk." Pepys.
5. An impertinent fellow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
6. A plane used by coopers for evening chines.

Whisk, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Whisked p. pr. & vb. n. Whisking.] [Cf. Dan. viske, Sw. viska, G. wischen, D. wisschen. See Whisk, n. ]
1. To sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs into a froth.
2. To move with a quick, sweeping motion.
"He that walks in gray, whisking his riding rod." J. Fletcher.
"I beg she would not impale worms, nor whisk carp out of one element into another." Walpole.

Whisk, v. i. To move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement.

Whisker
Whisk´er, n.
1. One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
2. Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; — usually in the plural.
"Hoary whiskers and a forky beard." Pope.
3. pl. That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, or upon the chin, or upon both; as side whiskers; chin whiskers.
4. A hair of the beard.
5. One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
6. pl. (Naut.) Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc.

Whiskered
Whisk´ered, a.
1. Formed into whiskers; furnished with whiskers; having or wearing whiskers.
"Our forefathers, a grave, whiskered race." Cowper.
2. (Zoöl.) Having elongated hairs, feathers, or bristles on the cheeks.
"The whiskered vermin race." Grainger.

Whiskerless
Whisk´er•less, a. Being without whiskers.

Whisket
Whis´ket, n. [Cf. Wisket.]
1. A basket; esp., a straw provender basket. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. (Mach.) A small lathe for turning wooden pins.

Whisking
Whisk´ing, a.
1. Sweeping along lightly.
2. Large; great. [Prov. Eng.] { Whis´ky, Whis´key }, n. [Ir. or Gael. uisge water (perhaps akin to E. wash, water) in uisgebeatha whiskey, properly, water of life. Cf. Usquebaugh.] An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley. Bourbon whisky, corn whisky made in Bourbon County, Kentucky. — Crooked whisky. See under Crooked. — Whisky Jack (Zoöl.), the Canada jay ( Perisoreus Canadensis). It is noted for its fearless and familiar habits when it frequents the camps of lumbermen in the winter season. Its color is dull grayish blue, lighter beneath. Called also moose bird. { Whis´ky•fied, Whis´key•fied }, a. [ Whisky + -fy.] Drunk with whisky; intoxicated. [Humorous] Thackeray.

Whisper
Whis´per, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Whispered p. pr. & vb. n. Whispering.] [AS. hwisprian; akin to G. wispern, wispeln, OHG. hwispaln, Icel. hviskra, Sw. hviska, Dan. hviske; of imitative origin. Cf. Whistle.]
1. To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n.
2. To make a low, sibilant sound or noise.
"The hollow, whispering breeze." Thomson.
3. To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
"All that hate me whisper together against me." Ps. xli. 7.

Whisper
Whis´per, v. t.
1. To utter in a low and nonvocal tone; to say under the breath; hence, to mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
"They might buzz and whisper it one to another." Bentley.
2. To address in a whisper, or low voice. [Archaic]
"And whisper one another in the ear." Shak.
"Where gentlest breezes whisper souls distressed." Keble.
3. To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately. [Obs.] "He came to whisper Wolsey." Shak.

Whisper
Whis´per, n.
1. A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n. , 2, and Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 5, 153, 154.
"The inward voice or whisper can not give a tone." Bacon.
"Soft whispers through the assembly went." Dryden.
2. A cautious or timorous speech. South.
3. Something communicated in secret or by whispering; a suggestion or insinuation.
4. A low, sibilant sound. "The whispers of the leaves." Tennyson.

Whispering
Whis´per•ing, a. & n. from Whisper. v. t.Whispering gallery, or Whispering dome, one of such a form that sounds produced in certain parts of it are concentrated by reflection from the walls to another part, so that whispers or feeble sounds are audible at a much greater distance than under ordinary circumstances.

Whisperously
Whis´per•ous•ly, adv. Whisperingly. [R.]

Whist, interj. [Cf. G. st! pst! bst! . Cf. Hist.] Be silent; be still; hush; silence.

Whist, n. [From Whist, interj.] A certain game at cards; — so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed. Points are scored for the tricks taken in excess of six, and for the honors held. In long whist, now seldom played, ten points make the game; in short whist, now usually played in England, five points make the game. In American whist, so-called, honors are not counted, and seven points by tricks make the game.

Whist, v. t. [From Whist, interj.] To hush or silence. [Obs.] Spenser.

Whist, v. i. To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute. [R.] Surrey.

Whist, a. [Properly p. p. of whist, v.] Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet. "So whist and dead a silence." Sir J. Harrington.
"The winds, with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kissed." Milton. This adjective generally follows its noun, or is used predicatively.

Whist, n. — Bridge whist. See Bridge, n. , above. — Duplicate whist, a form of whist in playing which the hands are preserved as dealt and played again by other players, as when each side holds in the second round the cards played by the opposing side in the first round. — Solo whist. See Solo whist, above.

Whistler
Whis´tler, n. [AS. hwistlere.]
1. One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The ring ousel. (b) The widgeon. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The golden-eye. (d) The golden plover and the gray plover.
3. (Zoöl.) The hoary, or northern, marmot ( Arctomys pruinosus).
4. (Zoöl.) The whistlefish.

Whistlewing
Whis´tle•wing, n. (Zoöl.) The American golden-eye.

Whistlewood
Whis´tle•wood, n. (Bot.) The moosewood, or striped maple. See Maple.

Whistly
Whist´ly, adv. In a whist manner; silently. [Obs.]

Whit, n. [OE. wight, wiht, AS. wiht a creature, a thing. See Wight, and cf. Aught, Naught.] The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; — generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence. "Samuel told him every whit." 1 Sam. iii. 18. "Every whit as great." South.
"So shall I no whit be behind in duty." Shak.
"It does not me a whit displease." Cowley.

White fly. Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually covered with a white or gray powder. { White"head• tor•pe"do, orWhite´head• }, n. A form of self- propelling torpedo.

White friar
White" fri•ar (Eccl.) A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.

White list. (a) A list of business concerns regarded as worthy of patronage by reason of compliance with certain conditions, as in regard to treatment of employees; as the white list of the Consumers’ League. [Cant] (b) (New York Stock Exchange) The official list of all transactions, published daily on white paper, divided into sales from 10 to 12, 12 to 2, and 2 to 3.

White mustard. A kind of mustard ( Sinapis alba) with rough-hairy foliage, a long-beaked hispid pod, and pale seeds, which yield mustard and mustard oil. The plant is also grown for forage.

White person. A person of the Caucasian race ( 6 Fed. Rep. 256). In the time of slavery in the United States white person was generally construed as a person without admixture of colored blood. In various statutes and decisions in different States since 1865 white person is construed as in effect: one not having any negro blood (Ark., Okla.); one having less than one eighth of negro blood (Ala., Fla., Ga., Ind., Ky., Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex.); one having less than one fourth (Mich., Neb., Ore., Va.); one having less than one half (Ohio).

White plague. Tuberculosis, esp. of the lungs.

White slave. A woman held in involuntary confinement for purposes of prostitution; loosely, any woman forced into unwilling prostitution.

White slaver. A person engaged in procuring or holding a woman or women for unwilling prostitution.

White slaving. The action of one who procures or holds a woman or women for unwilling prostitution.

Whiteback
White´back, n. (Zoöl.) The canvasback.

Whitebait
White´bait, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England. (b) A small translucent fish ( Salanx Chinensis) abundant at certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and used in the same manner as the European whitebait.

Whitebeam
White´beam, n. (Bot.) The common beam tree of England ( Pyrus Aria); — so called from the white, woolly under surface of the leaves.

Whitebeard
White´beard, n. An old man; a graybeard.

Whitebelly
White´bel•ly, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The American widgeon, or baldpate. (b) The prairie chicken.

Whitebill
White´bill, n. (Zoöl.) The American coot.

White-blaze
White´-blaze, n. See White- face.

Whitecap
White´cap, n.
1. (Zoöl.) (a) The European redstart; — so called from its white forehead. (b) The whitethroat; — so called from its gray head. (c) The European tree sparrow.
2. A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening.

Whitecap
White´cap, n. A member of a self-appointed vigilance committee attempting by lynch-law methods to drive away or coerce persons obnoxious to it. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks. [U. S.] — White´cap•, v. — White´cap•per (#), n.

Whitecoat
White´coat, n. The skin of a newborn seal; also the seal itself. [Sealers’ Cant]

White-ear
White´-ear, n. (Zoöl.) The wheatear.

White-eye
White´-eye, n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. cœrulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-eyed tit.

White-face
White´-face, n. A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; — called also white-blaze.

Whitefish
White´fish, n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and most important American species ( C. clupeiformis) is abundant in the Great Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also lake whitefish, and Oswego bass. (b) The menhaden. (c) The beluga, or white whale. Various other fishes are locally called whitefish, as the silver salmon, the whiting (a), the yellowtail, and the young of the bluefish ( Pomatomus saltatrix).

Whiteflaw
White´flaw, n. [See Whitlow.] (Med.) A whitlow. [Obs.] Holland.

White-fronted
White•-front´ed, a. Having a white front; as the white-fronted lemur. White-fronted goose (Zoöl.), the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow.

White-heart
White´-heart, n. (Bot.) A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.

White-hot
White´-hot, a. White with heat; heated to whiteness, or incandescence.

White-limed
White´-limed, a. Whitewashed or plastered with lime. "White-limed walls." Shak.

White-livered
White´-liv•ered, a. Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly.
"They must not be milksops, nor white-livered knights." Latimer.

Whitely
White´ly, a. Like, or coming near to, white. [Obs.]

Whiten
Whit´en, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Whitened p. pr. & vb. n. Whitening.] [OE. whitenen; cf. Icel. hvitna.] To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.

Whiten
Whit´en, v. t. To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth.
"The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast flocks of wild swans." Macaulay.
Syn. — See Blanch.

Whiteness
White´ness, n. [AS. hwitness.]
1. The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface. Chaucer.
2. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc. "The whiteness in thy cheek." Shak.
3. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.
"He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o’er him wept." Byron.
4. Nakedness. [Obs.] Chapman.
5. (Zoöl.) A flock of swans.

Whitening
Whit´en•ing, n.
1. The act or process of making or becoming white.
2. That which is used to render white; whiting. [R.] Whitening stone, a sharpening and polishing stone used by cutlers; also a finishing grindstone of fine texture.

White-pot
White´-pot, n. A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, etc., baked in a pot. King.

Whiterump
White´rump, n. (Zoöl.) The American black-tailed godwit.

Whites, n. pl.
1. (Med.) Leucorrha.
2. The finest flour made from white wheat.
3. Cloth or garments of a plain white color.

Whiteside
White´side, n. (Zoöl.) The golden-eye.

Whitesmith
White´smith, n.
1. One who works in tinned or galvanized iron, or white iron; a tinsmith.
2. A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it.

Whitester
White´ster, n. [ White + - ster.] A bleacher of linen; a whitener; a whitster. [Prov. Eng.]

Whitetail
White´tail, n.
1. (Zoöl.) The Virginia deer.
2. (Zoöl.) The wheatear. [Prov. Eng.]

Whitethorn
White´thorn, n. (Bot.) The hawthorn.

Whitethroat
White´throat, n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species ( Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler ( S. hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat ( S. curruca).

Whitetop
White´top, n. (Bot.) Fiorin.

Whitewall
White´wall, n. (Zoöl.) The spotted flycatcher; — so called from the white color of the under parts. [Prov. Eng.]

Whitewash
White´wash, n.
1. Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair. Addison.
2. A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of lime.

Whitewash
White´wash, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Whitewashed p. pr. & vb. n. Whitewashing.]
1. To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.
2. To make white; to give a fair external appearance to; to clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear (a bankrupt) from obligation to pay debts.

Whitewash
White´wash, v. t. In various games, to defeat (an opponent) so that he fails to score, or to reach a certain point in the game; to skunk. [Colloq., U. S.] { Wick´i•upWick´y•up }, n. Vars of Wikiup. { Wi•dal’s´, or reaction } [After Fernand Widal (b. 1862), French physician.] (Med.) A test for typhoid fever based on the fact that blood serum of one affected, in a bouillon culture of typhoid bacilli, causes the bacilli to agglutinate and lose their motility.

White-water
White´-wa•ter, n. (Far.) A dangerous disease of sheep.

Whiteweed
White´weed, n. (Bot.) A perennial composite herb ( Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; — called also oxeye daisy.

Whitewing
White´wing, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The chaffinch; — so called from the white bands on the wing. (b) The velvet duck.

Whitewood
White´wood, n. The soft and easily- worked wood of the tulip tree ( Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc. Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called whitewood in various countries, as the wood of Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc. Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella.

Whitflaw
Whit´flaw, n. [See Whitlow.] Whitlow. [Obs.] "The nails fallen off by whitflaws." Herrick.

Whitherward
Whith´er•ward, adv. In what direction; toward what or which place. R. of Brunne.
"Whitherward to turn for a good course of life was by no means too apparent." Carlyle.

Whitile
Whit´ile, n. [Perhaps properly, the cutter (see Whittle, v. ), or cf. whitewall, witwal.] (Zoöl.) The yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]

Whitish
Whit´ish, a. [From White.]
1. Somewhat white; approaching white; white in a moderate degree.
2. (Bot.) Covered with an opaque white powder.

Whitleather
Whit´leath•er, n. [ White + leather.]
1. Leather dressed or tawed with alum, salt, etc., remarkable for its pliability and toughness; white leather.
2. (Anat.) The paxwax. See Paxwax.

Whitlow
Whit´low, n. [Prov. E. whickflaw, for quickflaw, i. e., a flaw or sore at the quick; cf. Icel. kvika the quick under the nail or under a horse’s hoof. See Quick, a. , and Flaw.]
1. (Med.) An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually applied to a felon or inflammation of the periosteal structures of the bone.
2. (Far.) An inflammatory disease of the feet. It occurs round the hoof, where an acrid matter is collected. Whitlow grass (Bot.), name given to several inconspicuous herbs, which were thought to be a cure for the whitlow, as Saxifraga tridactylites, Draba verna, and several species of Paronychia.

Whitneyite
Whit´ney•ite, n. [So called after J.D. Whitney, an American geologist.] (Min.) an arsenide of copper from Lake Superior.

Whitson
Whit´son, a. See Whitsun. [Obs.]

Whitster
Whit´ster, n. [Contracted fr. whitester.] A whitener; a bleacher; a whitester. [Obs.]
"The whitsters in Datchet mead." Shak.

Whitsun
Whit´sun, a. Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals.

Whitsunday
Whit´sun•day, n. [ White + Sunday.]
1. (Eccl.) The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; — so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments.
2. (Scots Law) See the Note under Term, n. , 12.

Whitten tree
Whit"ten tree [Probably from white; cf. AS. hwitingtreów.] (Bot.) Either of two shrubs ( Viburnum Lantana, and V. Opulus), so called on account of their whitish branches.

Whitterick
Whit´ter•ick, n. The curlew. [Prov. Eng.]

Whittle
Whit´tle, n. [AS. hwitel, from hwit white; akin to Icel. hvitill a white bed cover. See White.] (a) A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl. C. Kingsley. (b) Same as Whittle shawl, below. Whittle shawl, a kind of fine woolen shawl, originally and especially a white one.

Whittle
Whit´tle, n. [OE. thwitel, fr. AS. pwitan to cut. Cf. Thwittle, Thwaite a piece of ground.] A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife. "A butcher’s whittle." Dryden. "Rude whittles." Macaulay.
"He wore a Sheffield whittle in his hose." Betterton.

Whittle
Whit´tle, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Whittled p. pr. & vb. n. Whittling ]
1. To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife.
2. To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate. [Obs.]
""In vino veritas." When men are well whittled, their tongues run at random." Withals.

Whittle
Whit´tle, v. i. To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife.
"Dexterity with a pocketknife is a part of a Nantucket education; but I am inclined to think the propensity is national. Americans must and will whittle." Willis.

Whittlings
Whit´tlings, n. pl. Chips made by one who whittles; shavings cut from a stick with a knife.

Whittret
Whit´tret, n. (Zoöl.) A weasel. [Scot.]

Whittuesday
Whit´tues•day, n. (Eccl.) The day following Whitmonday; — called also Whitsun Tuesday.

Whitwall
Whit´wall, n. (Zoöl.) Same as Whetile.

Whitworth gun
Whit"worth gun (Gun.) A form of rifled cannon and small arms invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth, of Manchester, England. In Mr. Whitworth’s system, the bore of the gun has a polygonal section, and the twist is rapid. The ball, which is pointed in front, is made to fit the bore accurately, and is very much elongated, its length being about three and one half times as great as its diameter. H. L. Scott.

Whity-brown
Whit´y-brown, a. Of a color between white and brown. Pegge.

Whiz, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Whizzed p. pr. & vb. n. Whizzing.] [Of imitative origin. . Cf. Whistle, and Hiss.] To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound. [Written also whizz.]
"It flew, and whizzing, cut the liquid way." Dryden.

Whiz, n. A hissing and humming sound.
"Like the whiz of my crossbow." Coleridge.

Whizzingly
Whiz´zing•ly, adv. With a whizzing sound.

Who, pron. [ Possess. whose object. Whom ] [OE. who, wha, AS. hwa, interrogative pron., neut. hwaet; akin to OFries. hwa, neut. hwet, OS. hwe, neut. hwat, D. wie, neut. wat, G. wer, neut. was, OHG. wer, hwer, neut. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, neut., Dan. hvo, neut. hvad, Sw. ho, hvem, neut. hvad, Goth. hwas, fem. hwo, neut. hwa, Lith. kas, Ir. & Gael. co, W. pwy, L. quod, neuter of qui, Gr. po•teros whether, Skr. kas. rad.182. Cf. How, Quantity, Quorum, Quote, Ubiquity, What, When, Where, Whether, Which, Whither, Whom, Why.]
1. Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; — used always substantively, and either as singular or plural. See the Note under What, pron. , 1. As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc. Who and whom, as compound relatives, are also used especially of persons, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that; whosoever. "Let who will be President." Macaulay.
"[He] should not tell whose children they were." Chaucer.
"There thou tell’st of kings, and who aspire; Who fall, who rise, who triumph, who do moan." Daniel.
"Adders who with cloven tongues Do hiss into madness." Shak.
"Whom I could pity thus forlorn." Milton.
"How hard is our fate, who serve in the state." Addison.
"Who cheapens life, abates the fear of death." Young.
"The brace of large greyhounds, who were the companions of his sports." Sir W. Scott.
2. One; any; one. [Obs., except in the archaic phrase, as who should say.]
"As who should say, it were a very dangerous matter if a man in any point should be found wiser than his forefathers were." Robynson (More’s Utopia).

Whoever
Who•ev´er, pron. Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who; as he shall be punished, whoever he may be. "Whoever envies or repines." Milton. "Whoever the king favors." Shak.

Whole, a. [OE. hole, hol, hal, hool, AS. hal well, sound, healthy; akin to OFries. & OS. hl, D. heel, G. heil, Icel. heill, Sw. hel whole, Dan. heel, Goth. hails well, sound, OIr. cl augury. Cf. Hale, Hail to greet, Heal to cure, Health, Holy.]
1. Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation. "On their whole host I flew unarmed." Milton.
"The whole race of mankind." Shak.
2. Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole.
"My life is yet whole in me." 2 Sam. i. 9.
3. Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well.
"[She] findeth there her friends hole and sound." Chaucer.
"They that be whole need not a physician." Matt. ix. 12.
"When Sir Lancelot’s deadly hurt was whole." Tennyson. Whole blood. (Law of Descent) See under Blood, n. , 2. — Whole note (Mus.), the note which represents a note of longest duration in common use; a semibreve. — Whole number (Math.), a number which is not a fraction or mixed number; an integer. — Whole snipe (Zoöl.), the common snipe, as distinguished from the smaller jacksnipe. [Prov. Eng.]
Syn. — All; total; complete; entire; integral; undivided; uninjured; unimpaired; unbroken; healthy. — Whole, Total, Entire, Complete. When we use the word whole, we refer to a thing as made up of parts, none of which are wanting; as a whole week; a whole year; the whole creation. When we use the word total, we have reference to all as taken together, and forming a single totality; as the total amount; the total income. When we speak of a thing as entire, we have no reference to parts at all, but regard the thing as an integer, i. e., continuous or unbroken; as an entire year; entire prosperity. When we speak of a thing as complete, there is reference to some progress which results in a filling out to some end or object, or a perfected state with no deficiency; as complete success; a complete victory.
"All the whole army stood agazed on him." Shak.
"One entire and perfect chrysolite." Shak.
"Lest total darkness should by night regain Her old possession, and extinguish life." Milton.
"So absolute she seems, And in herself complete." Milton.

Whole, n.
1. The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself.
""This not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die." J. Montgomery.
2. A regular combination of parts; a system.
"Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole." Pope. Committee of the whole. See under Committee. — Upon the whole, considering all things; taking everything into account; in view of all the circumstances or conditions.
Syn. — Totality; total; amount; aggregate; gross.

Whole-length
Whole´-length, a. Representing the whole figure; — said of a picture or statue. — n. A portrait or statue representing the whole figure.

Wholeness
Whole´ness, n. The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness.

Wholesale
Whole´sale, n. Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail. By wholesale, in the mass; in large quantities; without distinction or discrimination.
"Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale." I. Watts.

Wholesale
Whole´sale, a.
1. Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price.
2. Extensive and indiscriminate; as wholesale slaughter. "A time for wholesale trust." Mrs. Humphry Ward.

Wholesome
Whole´some, a. [ Compar. Wholesomer superl. Wholesomest.] [ Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam.]
1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary.
"Wholesome thirst and appetite." Milton.
"From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food." A Smith.
2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws.
"A wholesome tongue is a tree of life." Prov. xv. 4.
"I can not … make you a wholesome answer; my wit’s diseased." Shak.
"A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained." Sir W. Scott.
3. Sound; healthy. [Obs.] Shak. — Whole´some•ly, adv. — Whole´some•ness, n.

Wholly
Whol´ly, adv.
1. In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly.
"Nor wholly overcome, nor wholly yield." Dryden.
2. To the exclusion of other things; totally; fully.
"They employed themselves wholly in domestic life." Addison.

Whom, pron. [OE. wham, AS. dative hwam, hwm. See Who.] The objective case of who. See Who. In Old English, whom was also commonly used as a dative. Cf. Him.
"And every grass that groweth upon root She shall eke know, and whom it will do boot." Chaucer.

Whoop, n. [See Hoopoe.] (Zoöl.) The hoopoe.

Whoop, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Whooped p. pr. & vb. n. Whooping.] [OE. houpen. See Hoop, v. i.]
1. To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to hoot, as an owl.
"Each whooping with a merry shout." Wordsworth.
"When naught was heard but now and then the howl Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl." W. Browne.
2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.

Whoop, v. t. To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
"And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be Whooped out of Rome." Shak.

Whoop, n.
1. A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness, enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl.
"A fox, crossing the road, drew off a considerable detachment, who clapped spurs to their horses, and pursued him with whoops and halloos." Addison.
"The whoop of the crane." Longfellow.
2. A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.

Whooper
Whoop´er, n. One who, or that which, whooops. Woopher swan. (Zoöl.) See the Note under Swan.

Whoredom
Whore´dom, n. [OE. hordom; cf. Icel. hrdmr.]
1. The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex; fornication; lewdness.
2. (Script.) The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry.
"O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled; they will not … turn unto their God." Hos. v. 3, 4.

Whoremaster
Whore´mas•ter, n.
1. A man who practices lewdness; a lecher; a whoremonger.
2. One keeps or procures whores for others; a pimp; a procurer.

Whoremasterly
Whore´mas•ter•ly, a. Having the character of a whoremaster; lecherous; libidinous.

Whoremonger
Whore´mon•ger, n. A whoremaster; a lecher; a man who frequents the society of whores.

Whoreson
Whore´son, n. A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; — used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively. [Archaic] Shak.

Whorish
Whor´ish, a. Resembling a whore in character or conduct; addicted to unlawful pleasures; incontinent; lewd; unchaste. — Whor´ish•ly, adv. — Whor´ish•ness, n.

Whorl, n. [OE. whorvil the whirl of a spindle; akin to AS. hweorfa the whirl of a spindle, hweorfan to turn; cf. OD. worvel the whirl of a spindle. See Whirl, n. & v.]
1. (Bot.) A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
2. (Zoöl.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
3. (Spinning) The fly of a spindle.

Whorler
Whorl´er, n. A potter’s wheel.

Whort, n. [See Whortleberry.] (Bot.) The whortleberry, or bilberry. See Whortleberry (a).

Whortleberry
Whor´tle•ber•ry, n. [AS. wyrtil a small shrub (dim. of wyrt wort) + E. berry. See Wort, and cf. Huckleberry, Hurtleberry.] (Bot.) (a) In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1. (b) The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus Gaylussacia; also any one of these plants. See Huckleberry.

Whosoever
Who•so•ev´er (hoo•so•ev"er), pron. Whatsoever person; any person whatever that; whoever.
"Whosoever will, let him take … freely." Rev. xxii. 17.

Whot, a. Hot. [Obs.] Spenser.

Whur, v. i. [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. Hurr, Hurry, Whir.]
1. To make a rough, humming sound, like one who pronounces the letter r with too much force; to whir; to birr.
2. To snarl or growl, as a dog. Halliwell.

Whur, n. A humming or whirring sound, like that of a body moving through the air with velocity; a whir.

Whurry
Whur´ry, v. t. [See Hurry.] To whisk along quickly; to hurry. [R.]
"Whurrying the chariot with them to the shore." Vicars.

Why-not
Why´-not, n. A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening. [Obs.]
"When the church Was taken with a why-not in the lurch." Hudibras.
"This game … was like to have been lost with a why- not." Nugae Antiq.