English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Whittle
(v. i.)
To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to
cut up a piece of wood with a knife.
Whittled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Whittle
Whittling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whittle
Whittlings
(n. pl.)
Chips made by one who whittles; shavings cut from a
stick with a knife.
Whittret
(n.)
A weasel.
Whittuesday
(n.)
The day following Whitmonday; -- called also Whitsun
Tuesday.
Whitwall
(n.)
Same as Whetile.
A prejectile used in the Whitworth gun.
A form of rifled cannon and small arms invented by Sir
Joseph Whitworth, of Manchester, England.
Whity-brown
(a.)
Of a color between white and brown.
Whiz
(v. i.)
To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball
flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or
whistling sound.
Whiz
(n.)
A hissing and humming sound.
Whizzed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Whiz
Whizzing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whiz
Whizzingly
(adv.)
With a whizzing sound.
Who
(object.)
Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative
pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or
plural. See the Note under What, pron., 1. As interrogative pronouns,
who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and
whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of
persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are
sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc.
Who and whom, as compound relatives, are also used especially of
persons, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that;
whosoever.
Who
(pron.)
One; any; one.
Whoa
(interj.)
Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2.
Whobub
(n.)
Hubbub.
Whoever
(pron.)
Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one
who; as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be.