WHIM
WHIM, noun1. Properly, a sudden turn or start of the mind; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion. We say, every man has his whims. [See Freak and Caprice.]All the superfluous wh...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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WHIMBREL
WHINBREL, WHIMBREL noun A bird resembling the curlew.
WHIMPER
WHIMPER, verb intransitive [G.] To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; as, a child whimpers.
WHIMPERING
WHIMPERING, participle present tense Crying with a low broken voice.WHIMPERING, noun [supra.] A low muttering cry.
WHIMPLED
WHIMPLED, a word used by Shakespeare, is perhaps a mistake for whimpered. There is no such word in the English.
WHIMSEY
WHIMSEY, noun s as z. [from whim.] A whim; a freak; a capricious notion; as the whimseys of poets.Mens follies, whimsies, and inconstancy.
WHIMSICAL
WHIMSICAL, adjective Full of whims; freakish; having odd fancies; capricious.My neighbors call me whimsical
WHIMSICALLY
WHIMSICALLY, adverb [supra.] In a whimsical manner; freakishly.
WHIMSICALNESS
WHIMSICALNESS, noun [supra.] Freakishness; whimsical disposition; odd temper.
WHIN
WHIN, noun [Latin] Gorse; furze; a plant of the genus Ulex.
WHIN-AX
WHIN-AX, noun [whin and ax.] An instrument used for extirpating whin from land.
WHIN-CHAT
WHIN-CHAT, noun A bird, a species of warbler, the Motacilla rubetra, Linn.
WHIN-STONE
WHIN-STONE, noun [whin and stone.] whin-stone or whin is a provincial name given to basaltic rocks, and applied by miners to any kind of dark colored and hard unstratified rock ...
WHIN-YARD
WHIN-YARD, noun A sword; in contempt.
WHINBREL
WHINBREL, WHIMBREL, noun A bird resembling the curlew.
WHINE
WHINE, verb transitive [Latin] TO express murmurs by a plaintive cry; to moan with a puerile noise; to murmur meanly.They came--with a whining accent craving liberty.Then, if we...
WHINER
WHINER, noun One who whines.
WHINING
WHINING, participle present tense Expressing murmurs by a mean plaintive tone or cant.
WHINNY
WHINNY, verb intransitive [Latin; from the root of whine.] To utter the sound of a horse; to neigh.
WHINOC
WHINOC, noun [G., small.] The small pig of a litter.
WHIP
WHIP, verb transitive [Latin, a sweeping throw or thrust.]1. To strike with a lash or sweeping cord; as, to whip a horse.2. To sew slightly.3. To drive with lashes; as, to whip ...
WHIP-CORD
WHIP-CORD, noun [whip and cord.] Cord of which lashes are made.
WHIP-GRAFT
WHIP-GRAFT, verb transitive [whip and graft.] To graft by cutting the cion and stock in a sloping direction, so as to fit each other, and by inserting a tongue on the cion into ...
WHIP-GRAFTING
WHIP-GRAFTING, noun The at or practice of grafting by cutting the cion and stock with a slope, to fit each other, etc.
WHIP-HAND
WHIP-HAND, noun [whip and hand.] Advantage over; as, he has the whip-hand of her.
WHIP-LASH
WHIP-LASH, noun [whip and lash.] The lash of a whip.
WHIP-SAW
WHIP-SAW, noun [whip and saw.] A saw to be used by two persons.