Whisk (n.) A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.
Whisk (n.) An impertinent fellow.
Whisk (n.) A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
Whisked (imp. & p. p.) of Whisk
Whisking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whisk
Whisk (n.) To sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as, to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs into a froth.
Whisk (n.) To move with a quick, sweeping motion.
Whisk (v. i.) To move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement.
Whisker (n.) One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
Whisker (n.) Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; -- usually in the plural.
Whisker (n.) That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, or upon the chin, or upon both; as, side whiskers; chin whiskers.
Whisker (n.) A hair of the beard.
Whisker (n.) One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
Whisker (n.) Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc.
Whiskered (a.) Formed into whiskers; furnished with whiskers; having or wearing whiskers.
Whiskered (a.) Having elongated hairs, feathers, or bristles on the cheeks.
Whiskerless (a.) Being without whiskers.
Whisket (n.) A basket; esp., a straw provender basket.
Whisket (n.) A small lathe for turning wooden pins.
Whiskey (n.) Same as Whisky, a liquor.
Whiskeys (pl. ) of Whisky
Whiskies (pl. ) of Whisky
Whiskey (n.) Alt. of Whisky
Whisky (n.) A light carriage built for rapid motion; -- called also tim-whiskey.
Whiskin (n.) A shallow drinking bowl.
Whisking (a.) Sweeping along lightly.
Whisking (a.) Large; great.
Whisky (n.) Alt. of Whiskey
Whiskey (n.) 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.
Whiskyfied (a.) Alt. of Whiskeyfied
Whiskeyfied (a.) Drunk with whisky; intoxicated.
Whisp (n.) See Wisp.
Whisp (n.) A flock of snipe.
Whispered (imp. & p. p.) of Whisper
Whispering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whisper
Whisper (v. i.) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n.
Whisper (n.) To make a low, sibilant sound or noise.
Whisper (n.) To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
Whisper (v. t.) To utter in a low and nonvocal tone; to say under the breath; hence, to mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
Whisper (v. t.) To address in a whisper, or low voice.
Whisper (v. t.) To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.
Whisper (n.) A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n., 2, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 153, 154.
Whisper (n.) A cautious or timorous speech.
Whisper (n.) Something communicated in secret or by whispering; a suggestion or insinuation.
Whisper (n.) A low, sibilant sound.
Whisperer (n.) One who whispers.
Whisperer (n.) A tattler; one who tells secrets; a conveyer of intelligence secretly; hence; a backbiter; one who slanders secretly.
Whispering () a. & n. from Whisper. v. t.
Whisperingly (adv.) In a whisper, or low voice; in a whispering manner; with whispers.
Whisperously (adv.) Whisperingly.
Whist (interj.) Be silent; be still; hush; silence.
Whist (n.) A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed.
Whist (v. t.) To hush or silence.
Whist (v. i.) To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute.
Whist (a.) Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet.
Whistled (imp. & p. p.) of Whistle
Whistling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whistle
Whistle (v. i.) To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds.
Whistle (v. i.) To make a shrill sound with a wind or steam instrument, somewhat like that made with the lips; to blow a sharp, shrill tone.
Whistle (v. i.) To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air.
Whistle (v. t.) To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air.
Whistle (v. t.) To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
Whistle (v. i.) A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar sound; the sound used by a sportsman in calling his dogs; the shrill note of a bird; as, the sharp whistle of a boy, or of a boatswain's pipe; the blackbird's mellow whistle.
Whistle (v. i.) The shrill sound made by wind passing among trees or through crevices, or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through the air; the shrill noise (much used as a signal, etc.) made by steam or gas escaping through a small orifice, or impinging against the edge of a metallic bell or cup.
Whistle (v. i.) An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a sound more or less like that made by one who whistles through the compressed lips; as, a child's whistle; a boatswain's whistle; a steam whistle (see Steam whistle, under Steam).
Whistle (v. i.) The mouth and throat; -- so called as being the organs of whistling.
Whistlefish (n.) A gossat, or rockling; -- called also whistler, three-bearded rockling, sea loach, and sorghe.
Whistler (n.) One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.
Whistler (n.) The ring ousel.
Whistler (n.) The widgeon.
Whistler (n.) The golden-eye.
Whistler (n.) The golden plover and the gray plover.
Whistler (n.) The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus).
Whistler (n.) The whistlefish.
Whistlewing (n.) The American golden-eye.
Whistlewood (n.) The moosewood, or striped maple. See Maple.
Whistling () a. & n. from Whistle, v.
Whistlingly (adv.) In a whistling manner; shrilly.
Whistly (adv.) In a whist manner; silently.
Whit (n.) The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence.
White (superl.) Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
White (superl.) Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
White (superl.) Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
White (superl.) Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
White (superl.) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
White (superl.) Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
White (n.) The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
White (n.) Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
White (n.) Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
White (n.) A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
White (n.) A white pigment; as, Venice white.
White (n.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
Whited (imp. & p. p.) of White
Whiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of White
White (v. t.) To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
Whiteback (n.) The canvasback.
Whitebait (n.) The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England.
Whitebait (n.) 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.
Whitebeam (n.) The common beam tree of England (Pyrus Aria); -- so called from the white, woolly under surface of the leaves.
Whitebeard (n.) An old man; a graybeard.