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
字典
Whipsaw
(n.)
A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a
frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw.
Whipstaff
(n.)
A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in
steering.
Whipstalk
(n.)
A whipstock.
Whipster
(n.)
A nimble little fellow; a whippersnapper.
Whipstick
(n.)
Whip handle; whipstock.
Whipstitch
(n.)
A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
Whipstitch
(n.)
Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a
hasty composition.
Whipstitch
(n.)
The act or process of whipstitching.
Whipstitch
(v. t.)
To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.
Whipstock
(n.)
The rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is
fastened.
Whipt
(imp. & p. p.)
Whipped.
Whipworm
(n.)
A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found
parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly,
but is very long and threadlike anteriorly.
Whir
(v. i.)
To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly
or more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz.
Whir
(v. t.)
To hurry a long with a whizzing sound.
Whir
(n.)
A buzzing or whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling
motion; as, the whir of a partridge; the whir of a spinning wheel.
Whirl
(v. t.)
To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity;
to make to revolve.
Whirl
(v. t.)
To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving
motion; to snatch; to harry.
Whirl
(v. i.)
To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity;
to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.
Whirl
(v. i.)
To move hastily or swiftly.
Whirl
(v. t.)
A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or
circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the
whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel.