英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Wheen
(n.)
A quantity; a goodly number.
Wheeze
(v. i.)
To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling
sound, as persons affected with asthma.
Wheeze
(n.)
A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult
respiration.
Wheeze
(n.)
An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse
sound known as the "stage whisper." It is a forcible whisper with some
admixture of tone.
Wheezed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Wheeze
Wheezing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wheeze
Wheezy
(a.)
Breathing with difficulty and with a wheeze; wheezing. Used
also figuratively.
Wheft
(n.)
See Waft, n., 4.
Whelk
(n.)
Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods
belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially, Buccinum undatum,
common on the coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as
food in Europe.
Whelk
(n.)
A papule; a pustule; acne.
Whelk
(n.)
A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.
Whelked
(a.)
Having whelks; whelky; as, whelked horns.
Whelky
(a.)
Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances; hence, streaked;
striated.
Whelky
(a.)
Shelly.
Whelm
(v. t.)
To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion
in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.
Whelm
(v. t.)
Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse;
to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows.
Whelm
(v. t.)
To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
Whelmed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Whelm
Whelming
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whelm
Whelp
(n.)
One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a
cub; as, a lion's whelps.