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.
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The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost.
The curlew.
To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife.
Chips made by one who whittles; shavings cut from a stick with a knife.
A weasel.
The day following Whitmonday; -- called also Whitsun Tuesday.
Same as Whetile.
Of a color between white and brown.
A hissing and humming sound.
With a whizzing sound.
Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2.
Hubbub.
Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who; as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be.
The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself.
Having an undivided hoof, as the horse.
Representing the whole figure; -- said of a picture or statue. A portrait or statue representing the whole figure.
Thoroughly imbued with a right spirit; noble-minded; devoted.
The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness.
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.
In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly.
The objective case of who. See Who.
The objective of whosoever. See Whosoever.
Hubbub.
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.
One who, or that which, whooops.
a. n. from Whoop, v. t.
To hoot.
Same as Whap.
A blow, or quick, smart stroke.
One who, or that which, whops.
Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie. Now (1998) usually spelled whopper.
Very large; monstrous; astonishing; as, a whapping story.
To corrupt by lewd intercourse; to make a whore of; to debauch.
A man who practices lewdness; a lecher; a whoremonger.
Having the character of a whoremaster; lecherous; libidinous.
A whoremaster; a lecher; a man who frequents the society of whores.
A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; -- used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively.
Resembling a whore in character or conduct; addicted to unlawful pleasures; incontinent; lewd; unchaste.
Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves.
A potter's wheel.
The whortleberry, or bilberry. See Whortleberry (a).
The whortleberry, or bilberry.
In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1. The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants. See Huckleberry.
The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which.
The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
Whosoever.
Whatsoever person; any person whatever that; whoever.
Hot.
A humming or whirring sound, like that of a body moving through the air with velocity; a whir.
To whisk along quickly; to hurry.
See Whort.
A young heifer.
A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening.
A religion derived from pre-Christian times, also called Witchcraft{4}, which practices a benevolent reverence for nature, and recognizes two deities, variously viewed as Mother Father, Goddess God, Female Male, etc.; its practitioners are called Wiccans, Wiccas, or witches. Since there is no central authority to propagate dogma, the beliefs and practices of Wiccans vary significantly.
An adherent or practitioner of Wicca.
A variant of 1st wick.
A tribe of Indians native of the region between the Arkansas and Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See Pawnees.
To strike a stone in an oblique direction.
Wicked.
Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.
In a wicked manner; in a manner, or with motives and designs, contrary to the divine law or the law of morality; viciously; corruptly; immorally.
The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness.
Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork.
Made of, secured by, or covered with, wickers or wickerwork.
A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture.
the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton.
See Wyclifite.
Vars of Wikiup.
See Leatherwood.
A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch.
That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.
Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; -- applied to certain lenses of relatively short focus. Lenses for ordinary purposes have an angle of 50/ or less. Wide-angle lenses may cover as much as 100/ and are useful for photographing at short range, but the pictures appear distorted.
A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat.
The angler; -- called also widegab, and widegut.
In a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; as, the gospel was widely disseminated by the apostles.
To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
The quality or state of being wide; breadth; width; great extent from side to side; as, the wideness of a room.
Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement.
Widely; far and wide.
Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon (Anas Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and whitebelly.
Moderately wide.
Widowed.
One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune.
One who makes widows by destroying husbands.
A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe.
A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again.
The state of being a widower.
The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower.
Becoming or like a widow.
The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.
Of or pertaining to a widow; vidual.
A widow.
Capable of being wielded.
The act or power of wielding.
One who wields or employs; a manager; a controller.
Power; authority; rule.
Not to be wielded; unmanageable; unwieldy.
Admitting of being easily wielded or managed.
Capable of being wielded; manageable; wieldable; -- opposed to unwieldy.
Same as Weir.
Same as Wariangle.
Wiry.
Without a wife; unmarried.
Of, pertaining to, or like, a wife or a woman.
Becoming or life; of or pertaining to a wife.
To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.
A kind of raised seedcake.
A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England.
A widgeon.
Having the head covered with a wig; wearing a wig.
A wig or wigs; false hair.
Act of wiggling; a wriggle.
The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called also wiggletail.
To neigh; to whinny.
Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active.
Swiftly; nimbly; quickly.
Having or wearing no wig.
Act or art of wigwagging; a message wigwagged; -- chiefly attributive; as, the wigwag code.
An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- called also tepee.
A home; a dwelling.
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