A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.
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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.
a mixture or random noise sounds extending over the entire audible frequency spectrum with approximately equal intensity at all frequencies. It is used in certain experiments, as in psychology, to prevent subjects from hearing meaningful sounds.
See White-face.
The wheatear.
Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Zosterops c/rulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-eyed tit.
A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.
A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin.
Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur.
A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
White with heat; heated to whiteness, or incandescence.
Whitewashed or plastered with lime.
Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly.
A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, etc., baked in a pot.
requiring formal evening clothes, usually interpreted as a white bow tie and a tailcoat for men, and a formal evening dress for women; -- as, a white-tie reception at the embassy. Contrasting with black-tie and informal.
A dangerous disease of sheep.
The canvasback.
The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England. 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.
The common beam tree of England (Pyrus Aria); -- so called from the white, woolly under surface of the leaves.
An old man; a graybeard.
The American widgeon, or baldpate. The prairie chicken.
The American coot.
Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.
A favorite.
The conduct or principle of the Whiteboys.
The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead. The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head. The European tree sparrow.
The skin of a newborn seal; also, the seal itself.
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 (Coregonus clupeiformis) is abundant in the Great Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also lake whitefish, and Oswego bass. The menhaden. The beluga, or white whale.
A whitlow.
The blue-winged snow goose. The surf scoter.
A form of self-propelling torpedo.
Like, or coming near to, white.
To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth.
One who, or that which, whitens; a bleaching agent; a bleach; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher.
The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.
The act or process of making or becoming white.
The American black-tailed godwit.
The golden-eye.
One who works in tinned or galvanized iron, or white iron; a tinsmith.
A bleacher of linen; a whitener; a whitster.
The Virginia deer.
The hawthorn.
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 (Sylvia hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca).
Fiorin.
The spotted flycatcher; -- so called from the white color of the under parts.
One who whitewashes.
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.
The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing. The velvet duck.
The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.
Wild camomile. A kind of Solomon's seal (Polygonum officinale).
Whitlow.
To whatever place; to what place soever; wheresoever; as, I will go whithersoever you lead.
In what direction; toward what or which place.
The yaffle.
The quality or state of being whitish or somewhat white.
A young full trout during its second season.
Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.
The day following Whitsunday; -- called also Whitsun Monday.
an arsenide of copper from Lake Superior.
See Whitsun.
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