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
Whitesmith
(n.)
A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in
distinction from one who forges it.
Whitester
(n.)
A bleacher of linen; a whitener; a whitster.
Whitetail
(n.)
The Virginia deer.
Whitetail
(n.)
The wheatear.
Whitethorn
(n.)
The hawthorn.
Whitethroat
(n.)
Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp.
the common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear,
nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden
warbler (S. hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat (S. curruca).
Whitetop
(n.)
Fiorin.
Whitewall
(n.)
The spotted flycatcher; -- so called from the white
color of the under parts.
Whitewash
(n.)
Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something,
as a wash for making the skin fair.
Whitewash
(n.)
A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and
water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of
lime.
Whitewash
(v. t.)
To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten
with whitewash.
Whitewash
(v. t.)
To make white; to give a fair external appearance to;
to clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear (a bankrupt)
from obligation to pay debts.
Whitewashed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Whitewash
Whitewasher
(n.)
One who whitewashes.
Whitewashing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whitewash
Whiteweed
(n.)
A perennial composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum)
with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass
lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy.
Whitewing
(n.)
The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the
wing.
Whitewing
(n.)
The velvet duck.
Whitewood
(n.)
The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree
(Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.
Whitewort
(n.)
Wild camomile.