To lash with stripes; to wale; to thrash; to drub.

Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.

A form of vessel, often with steam power, having sharp ends and a very convex upper deck, much used on the Great Lakes, esp. for carrying grain.

A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen.

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.

A man employed in the whale fishery.

One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size.

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

A light color of the iris in horses; wall-eye.

Having the iris of light color; -- said of horses.

A breeze fly.

To turn over.

When.

A blow; whack.

An imaginary creature, of undefined character.

See Wanghee.

Wharfs, collectively.

A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf.

A guttural pronunciation of the letter r; a burr. See Burr, n., 6.

A kind of fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.

Why? For what purpose? On what account?

Any object whose name is forgotten, or not known.

A contraction of what-ever; -- used in poetry.

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.

A kind of stand, or piece of furniture, having shelves for books, ornaments, etc.; an /tag/re.

Whatsoever; whosoever; whatever; anything that.

A contraction of whatsoever; -- used in poetry.

Whatever.

Same as Whall.

See Whaap.

A mine.

The harvest mite; -- so called from the wheals, caused by its bite.

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.

A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.

A small European singing bird (Saxicola /nanthe). 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.

Made of wheat; as, wheaten bread.

A small nematode worm (Tylenchus tritici, formerly Anguillula tritici) which attacks wheat, advancing through the stem to the grains in the ear. In wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains may contain a large number of the minute young of the worm.

Whether.

To flatter; to coax; to cajole.

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

The tire of a wheel.

A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.

The European goatsucker.

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

A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel. A paddle box. See under Paddle.

One who rides a bicycle or tricycle; a cycler, or cyclist.

See Swarf.

A combination of wheels, and their connection, in a machine or mechanism.

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

Circular; suitable to rotation.

A quantity; a goodly number.

A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

Breathing with difficulty and with a wheeze; wheezing. Used also figuratively.

See Waft, n., 4.

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.

Having whelks; whelky; as, whelked horns.

To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.

Whereas; while

Whencesoever.

From, or forth from, what or which place; whence.

Whenever.

At whatever time.

Whence.

At what time soever; at whatever time; whenever.

Place; situation.

Whether.

Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form.

The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts.

At which place; where.

the reason why.

From which; from which or what place.

The quality or state of having a place; ubiety; situation; position.

Out of which.

Wheresoever.

Wheresoever.

In what place soever; in whatever place; wherever.

Through which.

Same as Whereto.

Upon which; in consequence of which; after which.

At or in whatever place; wheresoever.

The necessary means or instrument.

Wherewith.

A box on the ear.

A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed; -- sometimes called crab wherry.

Wheresoever.

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 no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first.

The retention of the afterbirth in cows.

The green woodpecker, or yaffle. See Yaffle.

A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools.

The vertebrae of the back.

To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover.

Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals.

The European widgeon.

The serum, or watery part, of milk, separated from the more thick or coagulable part, esp. in the process of making cheese.

Having a pale or white face, as from fright.

Of the nature of, or containing, whey; resembling whey; wheyish.

One who is pale, as from fear.

Somewhat like whey; wheyey.

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.

Whither.

To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.

A little whiff or puff.

A fife or small flute.

Same as Whippletree.

Of or pertaining to the Whigs.

A Whig; -- a cant term applied in contempt to Scotch Presbyterians.

Government by Whigs.

The principles or practices of the Whigs; Whiggism.

Of or pertaining to Whigs; partaking of, or characterized by, the principles of Whigs.

In a Whiggish manner.

The principles of the Whigs.

A petty or inferior Whig; -- used in contempt.

Until; till.

A little while ago; recently; just now; erewhile.

During the time that; while.

Which.

Formerly; once; of old; erewhile; at times.

While.

To be subject to, or indulge in, whims; to be whimsical, giddy, or freakish.

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.