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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.
One given to whims; hence, a weak, childish person; a child.
Full of whims; whimsical.
A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.
One who whimpers.
To whiffle; to veer.
To fill with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.
The quality or state of being whimsical; whimsicalness.
In a whimsical manner; freakishly.
The quality or state of being whimsical; freakishness; whimsical disposition.
A whimsey.
The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze.
A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.
A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.
One who, or that which, whines.
To whine.
A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon.
In a whining manner; in a tone of mean complaint.
To whinny.
Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze.
The small pig of a litter.
A provincial name given in England to basaltic rocks, and applied by miners to other kind of dark-colored unstratified rocks which resist the point of the pick. -- for example, to masses of chert. Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, are names sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt.
A sword, or hanger.
To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.
An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening.
Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or stem.
A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.
A kind of hard-twisted or braided cord, sometimes used for making whiplashes.
To graft by cutting the scion and stock in a certain manner. See Whip grafting, under Grafting.
The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather, or of cords, braided or twisted.
an injury to the neck caused by the sudden motion of the head backward and forward, as occurs to the occupants of a vehicle hit from behind by another vehicle.
A large sting ray (Dasybatis Sayi, or Trygon Sayi) native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail. A large sting ray (Rhinoptera bonasus, or Rhinoptera 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.
A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person.
a n. from Whip, v.
To saw with the whipsaw.
A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering.
A whipstock.
A nimble little fellow; a whippersnapper.
Whip handle; whipstock.
To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.
The rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened.
Whipped.
A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly.
A buzzing or whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling motion; as, the whir of a partridge; the whir of a spinning wheel.
A whirling blast or wind.
Something that whirls or turns about in a rapid manner; a whirligig.
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 huckle bone. The patella, or kneepan.
One who, or that which, whirls.
An open car or chariot.
a. n. from Whirl, v. t.
A whirlpool.
A whirligig.
To whir.
A perforated steel die through which wires or tubes are drawn to form them.
To move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement.
Being without whiskers.
Same as Whisky, a liquor.
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.
Drunk with whisky; intoxicated.
A shallow drinking bowl.
A light carriage built for rapid motion; -- called also tim-whiskey.
A flock of snipe.
a. n. from Whisper. v. t.
In a whisper, or low voice; in a whispering manner; with whispers.
Whisperingly.
Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet.
A gossat, or rockling; -- called also whistler, three-bearded rockling, sea loach, and sorghe.
The American golden-eye.
The moosewood, or striped maple. See Maple.
a. n. from Whistle, v.
In a whistling manner; shrilly.
In a whist manner; silently.
The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence.
To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
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