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Whaler

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

Whaling

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

Whall

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

Whally

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

Whangdoodle

An imaginary creature, of undefined character.

Wharfinger

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

Wharling Wharl

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

Wharp

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

What

Why? For what purpose? On what account?

Whate'er

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

Whatever

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.

Whatnot shelf Whatnot

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

Whatso

Whatsoever; whosoever; whatever; anything that.

Whatsoe'er

A contraction of whatsoever; -- used in poetry.

Whealworm

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

Wheat

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.

Wheatbird

A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.

Wheatear

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.

Wheaten

Made of wheat; as, wheaten bread.

Wheatworm

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.

Wheedle

To flatter; to coax; to cajole.

Wheel-worn

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

Wheelbarrow

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

Wheeled

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

Wheelhouse

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

Wheelman

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

Wheelwork

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

Wheelwright

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

Wheely

Circular; suitable to rotation.

Wheen

A quantity; a goodly number.

Wheeze

A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

Wheezy

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

Whelk

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.

Whelked

Having whelks; whelky; as, whelked horns.

Whelp

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

Whenceforth

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

Whencesoever

From what place soever; from what cause or source soever.

Whensoever

At what time soever; at whatever time; whenever.

Where'er

Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form.

Whereform

From which; from which or what place.

Whereness

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

Wheresoever

In what place soever; in whatever place; wherever.

Whereupon

Upon which; in consequence of which; after which.

Wherever

At or in whatever place; wheresoever.

Wherry

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

Whether

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.

Whethering

The retention of the afterbirth in cows.

Whetile

The green woodpecker, or yaffle. See Yaffle.

Whetstone

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

Whew

To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover.

Whewellite

Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals.

Whey

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

Whey-faced

Having a pale or white face, as from fright.

Wheyey

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

Whichsoever Whichever

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.

Whiff

To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.

Whig

Of or pertaining to the Whigs.

Whiggamore

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

Whiggery

The principles or practices of the Whigs; Whiggism.

Whiggish

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

Whigling

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

Whilere

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

Whiles

During the time that; while.

Whilom

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

Whim

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

Whimbrel

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.

Whimling

One given to whims; hence, a weak, childish person; a child.

Whimmy

Full of whims; whimsical.

Whimper

A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.

Whimsey

To fill with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.

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