Webster's Dictionary 1913

1513

Whimsy (2)

Whim″sy (?), n. A whimsey.

1514

Whimwham

Whim″wham (?), n. [Formed from whim by reduplication.]1. A whimsical thing; an odd device; a trifle; a trinket; a gimcrack.They'll pull ye all to pieces for your whimwhams. Bear...

1515

Whin

Whin (?), n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.]1. (Bot.) (a) Gorse; furze. See Furze.Through the whins, and by the cairn. Burns.(b) Woad-waxed. Gray.2. Same as Whinstone.Moor whin...

1516

Whinberry

Whin″ber‐ry (?), n.(Bot.) The English bilberry; — so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze. Dr. Prior.

1517

Whinchat

Whin″chat′ (?), n. [So called because it frequents whins.] (Zoöl.) A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; — called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.

1518

Whine

Whine (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Whined (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Whining.] [OE. whinen, AS. hwīnan to make a whistling, whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hvīna, Sw. hvina, Dan. hvine, and p...

1519

Whine (2)

Whine, v. t. To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse.

1520

Whine (3)

Whine, n. A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.

1521

Whiner

Whin″er (?), n. One who, or that which, whines.

1522

Whinge

Whinge (?), v. i. To whine. Burns.

1523

Whinger

Whing″er, n. [See Whinyard.] A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon.The chief acknowledged that he had corrected her with his whinger. Sir W. Scott.

1524

Whiningly

Whin″ing‐ly (?), adv. In a whining manner; in a tone of mean complaint.

1525

Whinner

Whin″ner (?), v. i. To whinny.

1526

Whinny

Whin″ny (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Whinnied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Whinnying.] [From Whine] To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.

1527

Whinny (2)

Whin″ny, n.; pl.Whinnies (�). The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh. “The stately horse... stooped with a low whinny.” Tennyson.

1528

Whinny (3)

Whin″ny, a. Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze.A fine, large, whinny,... unimproved common. Sterne.

1529

Whinock

Whin″ock (hwĭn″ŭk), n. [Cf. Scot. whin, quhene, a few, AS. hwēne, hwǣne, a little, hwōn little, few. Cf. Wheen.] The small pig of a litter.

1530

Whinstone

Whin″stone″ (?), n. [Whin + stone; cf. Scot. quhynstane.] A provincial name given in England to basaltic rocks, and applied by miners to other kind of dark-colored unstratified ...

1531

Whinyard

Whin″yard (?), n. [Cf. Prov. E. & Scot. whingar, whinger; perhaps from AS. winn contention, war + geard, gyrd, a staff, rod, yard; or cf. AS. hwīnan to whistle, E. whine.] 1. A ...

1532

Whip

Whip (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Whipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Whipping.] [OE. whippen to overlay, as a cord, with other cords, probably akin to G. & D. wippen to shake, to move up an...

1533

Whip (2)

Whip (?), v. i. To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.With speed from thence he whipped. Sackville.Two friends, ...

1534

Whip (3)

Whip, n. [OE. whippe. See Whip, v. t.]1. An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle a...

1535

Whip (4)

Whip, n. 1. A whipping motion; a thrashing about; as, the whip of a tense rope or wire which has suddenly parted; also, the quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibility; s...

1536

Whip-poor-will

Whip″–poor–will′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; — so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters i...

1537

Whip-shaped

Whip″–shaped′ (?), a. Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or stem.

1538

Whip-tom-kelly

Whip″–tom′–kel″ly (?), n.(Zoöl.) A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida; — called also black-whiskered vireo.

1539

Whipcord

Whip″cord′ (?), n. A kind of hard-twisted or braided cord, sometimes used for making whiplashes.