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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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Whip-shaped
(a.)
Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round,
and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or stem.
Whip-tom-kelly
(n.)
A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West
Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.
Whipcord
(n.)
A kind of hard-twisted or braided cord, sometimes used
for making whiplashes.
Whipgraft
(v. t.)
To graft by cutting the scion and stock in a certain
manner. See Whip grafting, under Grafting.
Whipgrafted
(imp. & p. p.)
of Whipgraft
Whipgrafting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whipgraft
Whiplash
(n.)
The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather,
or of cords, braided or twisted.
Whipparee
(n.)
A large sting ray (Dasybatis, / Trygon, Sayi) native of
the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body
and tail.
Whipparee
(n.)
A large sting ray (Rhinoptera bonasus, or R. 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.
Whipped
(imp. & p. p.)
of Whip
Whipper
(n.)
One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the
penalty of legal whipping.
Whipper
(n.)
One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a
chip's hold.
Whipper
(n.)
A kind of simple willow.
Whipperin
(n.)
A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and
whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase.
Whipperin
(n.)
Hence, one who enforces the discipline of a party, and
urges the attendance and support of the members on all necessary
occasions.
Whippersnapper
(n.)
A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous
person.
Whipping
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whip
a & n. from Whip, v.
Whippletree
(n.)
The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or
tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or
other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a
singletree. See Singletree.
Whippletree
(n.)
The cornel tree.