WHIP-STAFF
WHIP-STAFF, noun [whip and staff.] In ships, a bar by which the rudder is turned. In small vessels this is called the tiller.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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WHIP-STITCH
WHIP-STITCH, verb transitive [whip and stitch.] In agriculture, to half-plow or to rafter land. This word, I believe, is not used in America. The practice of whip-stitching rese...
WHIP-STOCK
WHIP-STOCK, noun [whip and stock.] The rod or staff to which the lash of a whip is fastened.
WHIPPED
WHIPPED, participle passive Struck with a whip; punished; enwrapped; sewed slightly.
WHIPPER
WHIPPER, noun One who whips; particularly, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping.
WHIPPING
WHIPPING, participle present tense Striking with a whip; punishing with a whip; enwrapping.WHIPPING, noun The act of striking with a whip, or of punishing; the state of being wh...
WHIPPING-POST
WHIPPING-POST, noun [whipping and post.] A post to which offenders are tied when whipped.
WHIPPLE-TREE
WHIPPLE-TREE, noun [whip and tree; but qu. Is it no whiffle-tree?] The bar to which the traces or tugs of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, a harrow or ot...
WHIPPOWIL
WHIPPOWIL, noun The popular name of an American bird, so called from its note, or the sounds of its voice. [Not whip-poor-will.]
WHIPSTER
WHIPSTER, noun A nimble fellow.
WHIPT
WHIPT, participle passive of whip; sometimes used for whipped.
WHIR
WHIR, verb intransitive hwur. To whirl round with noise; to fly with noise.WHIR, verb transitive To hurry.
WHIRL
WHIRL, verb transitive hwurl. [G., to whirl to warble. Latin] TO turn round rapidly; to turn with velocity.He whirls his sword around without delay.WHIRL, verb intransitive1. To...
WHIRL-BAT
WHIRL-BAT, noun [whirl and bat.] Any thing moved with a whirl as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it. Poets use it for the ancient cestus.The whirl-bat and the...
WHIRL-BLAST
WHIRL-BLAST, noun [whirl and blast.] A whirling blast of wind.
WHIRL-BONE
WHIRL-BONE, noun [whirl and bone.] The patella; the cap of the knee; the knee-pan.
WHIRL-PIT
WHIRL-PIT, noun A whirlpool. [Not used.]
WHIRLED
WHIRLED, participle passive1. Turned round with velocity.2. In botany, growing in whirls; bearing whirls; verticillate.
WHIRLIGIG
WHIRLIGIG, noun [whirl and gig.]1. A toy which children spin or whirl round.2. In military antiquities, an instrument for punishing petty offenders, as sutlers, brawling women, ...
WHIRLING
WHIRLING, participle present tense Turning or moving round with velocity.
WHIRLING-TABLE
WHIRLING-TABLE, noun A machine contrived to exhibit and demonstrate the principal laws of gravitation, and of the planetary motion in curvilinear orbits.
WHIRLPOOL
WHIRLPOOL, noun [whirl and pool.] An eddy of water; a vortex or gulf where the water moves round in a circle. In some cases, a whirlpool draws things to its center and absorbs t...
WHIRLWIND
WHIRLWIND, noun [whirl and wind.] A violent wind moving in a circle, or rather in a spiral form, as if moving round an axis; this axis or the perpendicular column moving horizon...
WHIRRAW
WHIRRAW. [See Hoora.]
WHIRRING
WHIRRING, noun The sound of a partridges or pheasants wings. [Note.--Whir is used by the common people in New England in an adverbial manner, to express the rapid flight or the ...
WHISK
WHISK, noun1. A small bunch of grass, straw, hair or the like, used for a brush; hence, a brush or small besom.2. Part of a womans dress; a kind of tippet.WHISK, verb transitive...
WHISKER
WHISKER, noun [from whisk.[Long hair growing on the human cheek.