WHITE-THROAT
WHITE-THROAT, noun A small bird that frequents gardens and hedges, the Motacila sylvia.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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WHITE-VITRIOL
WHITE-VITRIOL, noun In mineralogy, sulphate of zink, a natural salt.
WHITE-WASHER
WHITE-WASHER, noun One who whitewashes the walls or plastering of apartments.
WHITE-WATER
WHITE-WATER, noun A disease of sheep, of the dangerous stomachic kind.
WHITE-WAX
WHITE-WAX, noun Bleached wax.
WHITE-WINE
WHITE-WINE, noun Any wine of a clear transparent color, bordering on white, as Madeira, Sherry, Lisbon, etc.; opposed to wine of a deep red color, as Port and Burgundy.
WHITED
WHITED, participle passive Made white; whitened.
WHITELY
WHITELY, adverb Coming near to white. [Not used.]
WHITEN
WHITEN, verb transitive hwitn. To make white; to bleach; to blanch; as, to whiten cloth.WHITEN, verb intransitive To grow white; to turn or become white. The hair whitens with a...
WHITENED
WHITENED, participle passive Made white; bleached.
WHITENER
WHITENER, noun One who bleaches or makes white.
WHITENESS
WHITENESS, noun1. The state of being white; white color, or freedom from any darkness or obscurity on the surface.2. Paleness; want of a sanguineous tinge in the face.3. Purity;...
WHITES
WHITES, noun The fluor albus, a disease of females.
WHITESTER
WHITESTER, noun A bleacher. [Local.]
WHITESTONE
WHITESTONE, noun IN geology, the weiss stein of Werner, and the eurite of some geologists; a species of rocks, composed essentially of feldspar, but containing mica and other mi...
WHITEWASH
WHITEWASH, noun [white and wash.]1. A wash or liquid composition for whitening something; a wash for making the skin fair.2. A composition of lime and water, used for whitening ...
WHITEWASHED
WHITEWASHED, participle passive Covered or overspread with a white liquid composition.
WHITEWASHING
WHITEWASHING, participle present tense Overspreading or washing with a white liquid composition.
WHITEWOOD
WHITEWOOD, noun A species of timber tree growing in North America, the Liriodendron, or tulip tree. The name of certain species of Bignonia.WHITE, noun1. One of the natural colo...
WHITHER
WHITHER, adverb1. To what place, interrogatively. whither goest thou?WHITHER away so fast?2. To what place, absolutely.I strayd, I knew not whither3. To which place, relatively....
WHITHERSOEVER
WHITHERSOEVER, adverb [whither and soever.] To whatever place. I will go whithersoever you lead.
WHITING
WHITING, noun [from white.]1. A small sea fish, the Asellus mollis or albus, a species of Gadus.2. The same as Spanish white, which see.
WHITISH
WHITISH, adjective [from white.] Somewhat white; white in a moderate degree.
WHITISHNESS
WHITISHNESS, noun [supra.] The quality of being somewhat white.
WHITLEATHER
WHITLEATHER, WHITLETHER, noun [white and leather.] Lether dressed with alum, remarkable for its toughness.
WHITLETHER
WHITLEATHER, WHITLETHER noun [white and leather.] Lether dressed with alum, remarkable for its toughness.In common use, the ligaments of animals, when in food.
WHITLOW
WHITLOW, noun1. In surgery, paronychia, a swelling or inflammation about the nails or ends of the fingers, or affecting one or more of the phalanges of the fingers, generally te...