White″ness (?), n. [AS. hwītness.]
1. The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface. Chaucer.
2. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc. “The whiteness in thy cheek.” Shak.
3. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.
He had kept
The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept. Byron.
4. Nakedness. Chapman.
5. (Zoöl.) A flock of swans.