Webster's Dictionary 1828

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WHISKERED

WHISKERED, adjective Formed into whiskers; furnished with whiskers.

812

WHISKET

WHISKET, noun A basket. [Local.]

813

WHISKING

WHISKING, participle present tense Brushing; sweeping along; moving with velocity along the surface.

814

WHISKY

WHISKY, noun A spirit distilled from grain. In the north of England, the name is given to the spirit drawn from barley. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from ...

815

WHISPER

WHISPER, verb intransitive [Latin The word seems by its sound to be an onomatopy, as it expresses a sibilant sound or breathing.]1. To speak with a low hissing or sibilant voice...

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WHISPERED

WHISPERED, participle passive Uttered in a low voice; uttered with suspicion or caution.

817

WHISPERER

WHISPERER, noun1. One who whispers.2. A tattler; one who tells secrets; a conveyer of intelligence secretly.3. A backbiter; one who slanders secretly. Proverbs 16:28.

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WHISPERING

WHISPERING, participle present tense Speaking in a low voice; telling secretly; backbiting.WHISPERING, noun The act of speaking with a low voice; the telling of tales, and excit...

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WHISPERINGLY

WHISPERINGLY, adverb In a low voice.

820

WHIST

WHIST, adjective Silent; mute; still; not speaking; not making a noise.The winds with wonder whist smoothly the waters kissd.[This adjective, like some others, always follows it...

821

WHISTLE

WHISTLE, verb intransitive hwisl. [Latin, a whistle; allied to whisper.]1. To utter a kind of musical sound, by pressing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting...

822

WHISTLE-FISH

WHISTLE-FISH, noun A local name of a species of Gadus, with only tow fins on the back; the Mustela fluviatilis.

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WHISTLED

WHISTLED, participle passive Sounded with a pipe; uttered in a whistle.

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WHISTLER

WHISTLER, noun One who whistles.

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WHISTLING

WHISTLING, participle present tense Uttering a musical sound through a small orifice of the lips; sounding with a pipe; making a shrill sound, as wind.

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WHISTLY

WHISTLY, adverb Silently.

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WHIT

WHIT, noun [Latin] A point; a jot; the smallest part or particle imaginable. It is used without a preposition. He is not a whit the wiser for experience.It does not me a whit di...

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WHITE

WHITE, adjective [G.]1. Being in the color of pure snow; snowy; not dark; as white paper; a white skin.2. Pale; destitute of color in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color;...

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WHITE-BAIT

WHITE-BAIT, noun [white and bait.] A very small delicate fish, of the genus Clupea.

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WHITE-BEAM

WHITE-BEAM, noun The white-leaf tree, a species of Crataegus.

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WHITE-BEAR

WHITE-BEAR, noun [white and bear.] The bear that inhabits the polar regions.

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WHITE-BLAZE

WHITE-FACE, WHITE-BLAZE noun A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose.

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WHITE-BRANT

WHITE-BRANT, noun [white and brant.] A species of the duck kind, the Anas hyperborea.

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WHITE-BUG

WHITE-BUG, noun [white and bug.] An insect of the bug kind, which injures vines and some other species of fruit.

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WHITE-CAMPION

WHITE-CAMPION, noun [white and campion.] A pernicious perennial weed, growing in corn land, pastures and hedges.

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WHITE-CATERPILLAR

WHITE-CATERPILLAR, noun An insect of a small size, called sometimes the borer, that injures the gooseberry bush.

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WHITE-CENTAURY

WHITE-CENTAURY, noun AN annual weed in woods and other places. It is said to form the basis of the famous Portland powder for the gout.