Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 26
Whisk (n.) A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.
My wife in her new lace whisk. -- Pepys.
Whisk (n.) An impertinent fellow. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Whisk (n.) A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
Whisked (imp. & p. p.) of Whisk.
Whisking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whisk.
Whisk (v. t.) To sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as, to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs into a froth.
Whisk (v. t.) To move with a quick, sweeping motion.
He that walks in gray, whisking his riding rod. -- J. Fletcher.
I beg she would not impale worms, nor whisk carp out of one element into another. -- Walpole.
Whisk (v. i.) To move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement.
Whisk (n.) A mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream.
Whisk (n.) A small short-handled broom used to brush clothes [syn: whisk, whisk broom].
Whisk (v.) Move somewhere quickly; "The President was whisked away in his limo".
Whisk (v.) Move quickly and nimbly; "He whisked into the house".
Whisk (v.) Brush or wipe off lightly [syn: whisk, whisk off].
Whisk (v.) Whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs" [syn: whisk, whip].
Whisker (n.) 連鬢鬍子，髯 [P]；【古】小鬍子 One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
Whisker (n.) Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; -- usually in the plural.
Hoary whiskers and a forky beard. -- Pope.
Whisker (n.) pl. That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, or upon the chin, or upon both; as, side whiskers; chin whiskers.
Whisker (n.) A hair of the beard.
Whisker (n.) One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
Whisker (n.) pl. (Natu.) Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc.
Whisker (n.) A very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker" [syn: {hair's-breadth}, {hairsbreadth}, {hair}, {whisker}].
Whisker (n.) A long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat [syn: {whisker}, {vibrissa}, {sensory hair}].
Whisker (v.) Furnish with whiskers; "a whiskered jersey" [syn: {bewhisker}, {whisker}].
Whiskered (a.) Formed into whiskers; furnished with whiskers; having or wearing whiskers.
Our forefathers, a grave, whiskered race. -- Cowper.
Whiskered (a.) (Zool.) Having elongated hairs, feathers, or bristles on the cheeks.
The whiskered vermin race. -- Grainger.
Whiskered (a.) Having hair on the cheeks and chin [syn: bearded, barbate, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery]
Whiskerless (a.) Being without whiskers.
Whiskerless (a.) Having no beard [syn: beardless, whiskerless].
Whisket (n.) A basket; esp., a straw provender basket. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Whisket (n.) (Mach.) A small lathe for turning wooden pins.
Whiskey (n.) Same as Whisky, a liquor.
Whiskeys (n. pl. ) of Whisky.
Whiskies (n. pl. ) of Whisky.
Whiskey (n.) Alt. of Whisky.
Whisky (n.) A light carriage built for rapid motion; -- called also tim-whiskey.
Whiskin (n.) A shallow drinking bowl.
Whisking (a.) Sweeping along lightly.
Whisking (a.) Large; great.
Whisky (n.) Alt. of Whiskey.
Whiskey (n.) An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley.
Bourbon whisky, corn whisky made in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Crooked whisky. See under Crooked.
Whisky Jack (Zool.), The Canada jay ({Perisoreus Canadensis). It is noted for its fearless and familiar habits when it frequents the camps of lumbermen in the winter season. Its color is dull grayish blue, lighter beneath. Called also moose bird. Whiskyfied
Whiskey (n.) Same as Whisky, a liquor. Whiskey
Whiskey, Whisky (n.; pl. Whiskeys or Whiskies.) [See Whisk, v. t. & n.] A light carriage built for rapid motion; -- called also tim-whiskey. Whiskey Ring
Whiskey (n.) A liquor made from fermented mash of grain [syn: whiskey, whisky].
Whiskyfied (a.) Alt. of Whiskeyfied.
Whiskeyfied (a.) Drunk with whisky; intoxicated. [Humorous] -- Thackeray.
Whisp (n.) See Wisp.
Whisp (n.) (Zool.) A flock of snipe.
Whispered (imp. & p. p.) of Whisper.
Whispering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whisper.
Whisper (v. i.) 耳語，密談，颯颯地響 To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n.
Whisper (v. i.) To make a low, sibilant sound or noise.
The hollow, whispering breeze. -- Thomson.
Whisper (v. i.) To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
All that hate me whisper together against me. -- Ps. xli. 7.
Whisper (v. t.) 低聲說 To utter in a low and nonvocal tone; to say under the breath; hence, to mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
They might buzz and whisper it one to another. -- Bentley.
Whisper (v. t.) To address in a whisper, or low voice. [Archaic]
And whisper one another in the ear. -- Shak.
Where gentlest breezes whisper souls distressed. -- Keble.
Whisper (v. t.) To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately. [Obs.] "He came to whisper Wolsey." -- Shak.
Whisper (n.) 耳語，密談，謠傳，颯颯的聲音 A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be
heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n., 2, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 5, 153, 154.
The inward voice or whisper can not give a tone. -- Bacon.
Soft whispers through the assembly went. -- Dryden.
Whisper (n.) A cautious or timorous speech. -- South.
Whisper (n.) Something communicated in secret or by whispering; a suggestion or insinuation.
Whisper (n.) A low, sibilant sound. "The whispers of the leaves." -- Tennyson.
Whisper (n.) Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords [syn: whisper, whispering, susurration, voicelessness].
Whisper (n.) A light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind [syn: rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering].
Whisper (v.) Speak softly; in a low voice [ant: shout].
Whisperer (n.) 低語者 One who whispers.
Whisperer (n.) A tattler; one who tells secrets; a conveyer of intelligence secretly; hence; a backbiter; one who slanders secretly. -- Prov. xvi. 28.
Whisperer (n.) One who speaks in a whisper.
Whispering (a. & n. from {Whisper}. v. t.) 低語,私語 {Whispering gallery}, or {Whispering dome}, One of such a form that sounds produced in certain parts of it are concentrated by reflection from the walls to another part, so that whispers or feeble sounds are audible at a much greater distance than under ordinary circumstances. The dome of the U. S. capitol building is one example.
Whispering (a.) Making a low continuous indistinct sound; "like murmuring waves"; "susurrant voices" [syn: murmuring, susurrant, whispering].
Whispering (n.) A light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind [syn: rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering].
Whispering (n.) Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords [syn: whisper, whispering, susurration, voicelessness].
Whisperingly (adv.) In a whisper, or low voice; in a whispering manner; with whispers. -- Tennyson.
Whisperously (adv.) Whisperingly. [R.]
Whist (interj.) 【方】噓！肅靜！ Be silent; be still; hush; silence.
Whist (n.) 惠斯特紙牌戲 A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed.
Note: Points are scored for the tricks taken in excess of six, and for the honors held. In long whist, now seldom played, ten points make the game; in short whist, now usually played in England, five points make the game.
In American whist, so-called, honors are not counted, and seven points by tricks make the game.
Bridge whist. See Bridge, n., above.
Duplicate whist, A form of whist in playing which the hands are preserved as dealt and played again by other players, as when each side holds in the second round the cards played by the opposing side in the first round.
Solo whist. See Solo whist, above.
Whist (v. t.) To hush or silence. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Whist (v. i.) To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute. [R.] -- Surrey.
Whist (a.) 【方】安靜的（地） Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet. "So whist and dead a silence." -- Sir J. Harrington.
The winds, with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kissed. -- Milton.
Note: This adjective generally follows its noun, or is used predicatively.
Whist (n.) A card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six [syn: whist, long whist, short whist].
Whistled (imp. & p. p.) of Whistle.
Whistling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whistle.
Whistle (v. i.) 吹口哨，鳴汽笛，發噓噓聲 To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds.
The weary plowman leaves the task of day, And, trudging homeward, whistles on the way. -- Gay.
Whistle (v. i.) To make a shrill sound with a wind or steam instrument, somewhat like that made with the lips; to blow a sharp, shrill tone.
Whistle (v. i.) To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air.
The wild winds whistle, and the billows roar. -- Pope.
Whistle (v. t.) 用口哨通知 To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air.
Whistle (v. t.) To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
He chanced to miss his dog; we stood still till he had whistled him up. -- Addison.
To whistle off. (a) To dismiss by a whistle; -- a term in hawking. "AS a long-winged hawk when he is first whistled off the fist, mounts aloft." -- Burton.
To whistle off. (b) Hence, in general, to turn loose; to abandon; to dismiss.
I 'ld whistle her off, and let her down the wind To prey at fortune. -- Shak.
Note: "A hawk seems to have been usually sent off in this way, against the wind when sent in search of prey; with or down the wind, when turned loose, and abandoned." -- Nares.
Whistle (n.) 口哨，汽笛，嘯嘯聲，口哨聲 A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar sound; the sound used by a sportsman in calling his dogs; the shrill note of a bird; as, the sharp whistle of a boy, or of a boatswain's pipe; the blackbird's mellow whistle.
Might we but hear The folded flocks, penned in their wattled cotes, . . . Or whistle from the lodge. -- Milton.
The countryman could not forbear smiling, . . . and by that means lost his whistle. -- Spectator.
They fear his whistle, and forsake the seas. -- Dryden.
Whistle (n.) The shrill sound made by wind passing among trees or through crevices, or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through the air; the shrill noise (much used as a signal, etc.) made by steam or gas escaping through a small orifice, or impinging against the edge of a metallic bell or cup.
Whistle (n.) An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a sound more or less like that made by one who whistles through the compressed lips; as, a child's whistle; a boatswain's whistle; a steam whistle (see Steam whistle, under Steam).
The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. -- Pope.
Whistle (n.) The mouth and throat; -- so called as being the organs of whistling. [Colloq.]
So was her jolly whistle well ywet. -- Chaucer.
Let's drink the other cup to wet our whistles. -- Walton.
Whistle duck (Zool.), The American golden-eye.
Whistle (n.) The sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture [syn: whistle, whistling].
Whistle (n.) The act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle; "the whistle signalled the end of the game" [syn: whistle, whistling].
Whistle (n.) A small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it.
Whistle (n.) Acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound.
Whistle (n.) An inexpensive fipple flute [syn: pennywhistle, tin whistle, whistle].
Whistle (v.) Make whistling sounds; "He lay there, snoring and whistling".
Whistle (v.) Move with, or as with, a whistling sound; "The bullets whistled past him".
Whistle (v.) Utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody".
Whistle (v.) Move, send, or bring as if by whistling; "Her optimism whistled away these worries".
Whistle (v.) Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" [syn: whistle, sing].
Whistle (v.) Give a signal by whistling; "She whistled for her maid".
Whistlefish (n.) (Zool.) A gossat, or rockling; -- called also whistler, three-bearded rockling, sea loach, and sorghe.
Gossat (n.) (Zool.) A small British marine fish ({Motella tricirrata); -- called also whistler and three-bearded rockling. [Prov. Eng.]
Golden-eye (n.) (Zool.) A duck ({Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America ({Glaucionetta Islandica) is less common.
Whistlefish (n.) (Zool.) A gossat, or rockling; -- called also whistler, three-bearded rockling, sea loach, and sorghe.
Whistler (n.) One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.
Whistler (n.) (Zool.) The ring ousel.
Whistler (n.) (Zool.) The widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
Whistler (n.) (Zool.) The golden-eye.
Whistler (n.) (Zool.) The golden plover and the gray plover.
Whistler (n.) (Zool.) The hoary, or northern, marmot ({Arctomys pruinosus).
Whistler (n.) (Zool.) The whistlefish.
Whistler (n.) United States painter (1834-1903) [syn: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill Whistler]
Whistler (n.) Someone who makes a loud high sound.
Whistler (n.) Large North American mountain marmot [syn: hoary marmot, whistler, whistling marmot, Marmota caligata].
Whistler (n.) Large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions [syn: goldeneye, whistler, Bucephela clangula].
Whistler (n.) Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call [syn: thickhead, whistler].
Whistlewing (n.) (Zool.) The American golden-eye.
Whistlewood (n.) (Bot.) The moosewood, or striped maple. See Maple.
Whistling () a. & n. from Whistle, v.
Whistling buoy. (Naut.) See under Buoy.
Whistling coot (Zool.), The American black scoter.
Whistling Dick. (Zool.) (a) An Australian shrike thrush ({Colluricincla Selbii).
Whistling Dick. (Zool.) (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
Whistling duck. (Zool.) (a) The golden-eye.
Whistling
duck. (Zool.) (b) A
tree duck.
Whistling eagle (Zool.), A small Australian eagle ({Haliastur
sphenurus); -- called also whistling hawk, and little swamp eagle.
Whistling plover. (Zool.) (a) The golden plover.
Whistling plover. (Zool.) (b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover.
Whistling snipe (Zool.), The American woodcock.
Whistling swan. (Zool.) (a) The European whooper swan; -- called also wild swan, and elk.
Whistling swan. (Zool.) (b) An American swan ({Olor columbianus). See under Swan.
Whistling teal (Zool.), A tree duck, as Dendrocygna awsuree of India.
Whistling thrush. (Zool.) (a) Any one of several species of singing birds of the genus Myiophonus, native of Asia, Australia, and the East Indies. They are generally black, glossed with blue, and have a patch of bright blue on each shoulder. Their note is a loud and clear whistle.
Whistling thrush. (Zool.) (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
Whistling (n.) The sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture [syn: whistle, whistling].
Whistling (n.) The act of whistling a tune; "his cheerful whistling indicated that he enjoyed his work".
Whistling (n.) The act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle; "the whistle signalled the end of the game" [syn: whistle, whistling].
Whistlingly (adv.) In a whistling manner; shrilly.
Whistly (adv.) In a whist manner; silently. [Obs.]
Whit (n.) The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence. "Samuel told him every whit." --1 Sam. iii. 18. "Every whit as great." -- South.
So shall I no whit be behind in duty. -- Shak.
It does not me a whit displease. -- Cowley.
Whit (n.) A tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge].
White (a.) 白色的，純潔的，白種的，蒼白的，空白的 Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin. "Pearls white." -- Chaucer.
White as the whitest lily on a stream. -- Longfellow.
White (a.) Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
Or whispering with white lips, "The foe!
They come! they come!" -- Byron.
White (a.) Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. -- Dryden.
No whiter page than Addison's remains. -- Pope.
White (a.) Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head So old and white as this. -- Shak.
White (a.) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as one of the white days of his life. -- Sir W. Scott.
White (a.) Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
Come forth, my white spouse. -- Chaucer.
I am his white boy, and will not be gullet. -- Ford.
Note: White is used in many self-explaining compounds, as white-backed, white-bearded, white-footed.
White alder. (Bot.) See Sweet pepper bush, under Pepper.
White ant (Zool.), Any one of numerous species of social pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Termes. These insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form large and complex communities consisting of numerous asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens (or fertile females) often having the body enormously distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous winged males, together with the larvae and pupae of each kind in various stages of development. Many of the species construct large and complicated nests, sometimes in the form of domelike structures rising several feet above the ground and connected with extensive subterranean galleries and chambers. In their social habits they closely resemble the true ants. They feed upon animal and vegetable substances of various kinds, including timber, and are often very destructive to buildings and furniture.
White arsenic (Chem.), Arsenious oxide, As2O3, a substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a deadly poison.
White bass (Zool.), A fresh-water North American bass ({Roccus chrysops) found in the Great Likes.
White bear (Zool.), The polar bear. See under Polar.
White blood cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White brand (Zool.), The snow goose.
White brass, A white alloy of copper; white copper.
White campion. (Bot.) (a) A kind of catchfly ({Silene stellata) with white flowers.
White campion. (Bot.) (b) A white-flowered Lychnis ({Lychnis vespertina).
White canon (R. C. Ch.), A Premonstratensian.
White caps, The members of a secret organization in various of the United States, who attempt to drive away or reform obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. They appear masked in white. Their actions resembled those of the Ku Klux Klan in some ways but they were not formally affiliated with the Klan, and their victims were often not black.
White cedar (Bot.), An evergreen tree of North America ({Thuja occidentalis), also the related Cupressus thyoides, or Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea, a slender evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much valued for their durable timber. In California the name is given to the Libocedrus decurrens, the timber of which is also useful, though often subject to dry rot. -- Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a lofty tree ({Icica altissima syn. Bursera altissima) whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as it is not attacked by insect.
White cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cell-blood (Med.), Leucocythaemia.
White clover (Bot.), A species of small perennial clover bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also under Clover.
White copper, A whitish alloy of copper. See German silver, under German.
White copperas (Min.), A native hydrous sulphate of iron; coquimbite.
White coral (Zool.), An ornamental branched coral ({Amphihelia oculata) native of the Mediterranean.
White corpuscle. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cricket (Zool.), The tree cricket.
White crop, A crop of grain which loses its green color, or becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop.
White currant (Bot.), A variety of the common red currant, having white berries.
White daisy (Bot.), The oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.
White damp, A kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal mines. -- Raymond.
White elephant (Zool.), (a) A whitish, or albino, variety of the Asiatic elephant.
White elephant (Zool.), (b) see white elephant in the vocabulary.
White elm (Bot.), A majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus Americana), The timber of which is much used for hubs of wheels, and for other purposes.
White ensign. See Saint George's ensign, under Saint.
White feather, A mark or symbol of cowardice. See To show the white feather, under Feather, n.
White fir (Bot.), A name given to several coniferous trees of the Pacific States, as Abies grandis, and Abies concolor.
White flesher (Zool.), The ruffed grouse. See under Ruffed. [Canada]
White frost. See Hoarfrost.
White game (Zool.), The white ptarmigan.
White garnet (Min.), Leucite.
White+grass+(Bot.),+An+American+grass+({Leersia+Virginica">White grass (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica) with greenish-white paleae.
White grouse. (Zool.) (a) The white ptarmigan.
White grouse. (Zool.) (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
White grub (Zool.), The larva of the June bug and other allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and other plants, and often do much damage.
White hake (Zool.), The squirrel hake. See under Squirrel.
White hawk, or White kite (Zool.), The hen harrier.
White heat, The temperature at which bodies become incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which they emit.
White hellebore (Bot.), A plant of the genus Veratrum ({Veratrum album) See Hellebore, 2.
White herring, A fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] -- Shak.
White hoolet (Zool.), The barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
White horses (Naut.), White-topped waves; whitecaps.
The White House. See under House.
White+ibis+(Zool.),+An+American+ibis+({Guara+alba">White ibis (Zool.), an American ibis ({Guara alba) having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the Southern United States. Called also Spanish curlew.
White iron. (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
White iron. (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large proportion of combined carbon.
White iron pyrites (Min.), Marcasite.
White land, A tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry, but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
White lark (Zool.), The snow bunting.
White lead. (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for other purposes; ceruse.
White lead. (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
White leather, Buff leather; leather tanned with alum and salt.
White leg (Med.), Milk leg. See under Milk.
White lettuce (Bot.), Rattlesnake root. See under Rattlesnake.
White lie. See under Lie.
White light. (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the same proportion as in the light coming directly from the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing through a prism. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
White light. (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white illumination for signals, etc.
White lime, A solution or preparation of lime for whitewashing; whitewash.
White line (Print.), A void space of the breadth of a line, on a printed page; a blank line.
White meat. (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
White meat. (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
Driving their cattle continually with them, and feeding only upon their milk and white meats. -- Spenser.
White merganser (Zool.), The smew.
White metal. (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia, etc.
White metal. (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a certain stage in copper smelting.
White miller. (Zool.) (a) The common clothes moth.
White miller. (Zool.) (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma Virginica) which is pure white with a few small black spots; -- called also ermine moth, and virgin moth. See Woolly bear, under Woolly.
White money, Silver money.
White mouse (Zool.), The albino variety of the common mouse.
White+mullet+(Zool.),+A+silvery+mullet+({Mugil+curema">White mullet (Zool.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema) ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; -- called also blue-back mullet, and liza.
White nun (Zool.), The smew; -- so called from the white crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its head, which give the appearance of a hood.
White oak. (Bot.) See under Oak.
White owl. (Zool.) (a) The snowy owl.
White owl. (Zool.) (b) The barn owl.
White partridge (Zool.), The white ptarmigan.
White perch. (Zool.) (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana) valued as a food fish.
White perch. (Zool.) (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
White perch. (Zool.) (c) Any California surf fish.
White pine. (Bot.) See the Note under Pine.
White+poplar+(Bot.),+A+European+tree+({Populus+alba">White poplar (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba) often cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
White
poppy (Bot.),
The opium-yielding poppy. See Poppy.
White powder, A kind of gunpowder formerly believed to exist, and
to have the power of exploding without noise. [Obs.]
A pistol charged with white powder. -- Beau. & Fl.
White precipitate. (Old Chem.) See under Precipitate.
White rabbit. (Zool.) (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
White rabbit. (Zool.) (b) An albino rabbit.
White rent, (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; -- opposed to black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
White rent, (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
White rhinoceros. (Zool.) (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros Indicus). See Rhinoceros.
White rhinoceros. (Zool.) (b) The umhofo.
White ribbon, The distinctive badge of certain organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
White rope (Naut.), Untarred hemp rope.
White rot. (Bot.) (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease called rot in sheep.
White rot. (Bot.) (b) A disease of grapes. See White rot, under Rot.
White sage (Bot.), A white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia lanata) of Western North America; -- called also winter fat.
White salmon (Zool.), The silver salmon.
White salt, Salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
White+scale+(Zool.),+A+scale+insect+({Aspidiotus+Nerii">White scale (Zool.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii) injurious to the orange tree. See Orange scale, under Orange.
White shark (Zool.), A species of man-eating shark. See under Shark.
White softening. (Med.) See Softening of the brain, under Softening.
White spruce. (Bot.) See Spruce, n., 1.
White squall (Naut.), A sudden gust of wind, or furious blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on the surface of the sea.
White staff, The badge of the lord high treasurer of England. -- Macaulay.
White stork (Zool.), The common European stork.
White sturgeon. (Zool.) See Shovelnose (d) .
White sucker. (Zool.) (a) The common sucker.
White sucker. (Zool.) (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum).
White swelling (Med.), A chronic swelling of the knee, produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
White tombac. See Tombac.
White trout (Zool.), The white weakfish, or silver squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus), of the Southern United
States.
White vitriol (Chem.), Hydrous sulphate of zinc. See White vitriol, under Vitriol.
White wagtail (Zool.), The common, or pied, wagtail.
White wax, Beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
White whale (Zool.), The beluga.
White widgeon (Zool.), The smew.
White wine. Any wine of a clear, transparent color, bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; -- distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and Burgundy. "White wine of Lepe." -- Chaucer.
White
witch, A witch
or wizard whose supernatural powers are supposed to be exercised for
good and beneficent purposes. -- Addison. -- Cotton Mather.
White wolf. (Zool.) (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger)
native of Thibet; -- called also chanco, golden wolf, and Thibetan
wolf.
White wolf. (Zool.) (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
White wren (Zool.), The willow warbler; -- so called from the color of the under parts.
White (n.) 白色，潔白，眼白，白種人，蛋白 The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
Finely attired in a of white. -- Shak.
White (n.) Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
White (n.) Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white. -- Shak.
White (n.) A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
White (n.) A white pigment; as, Venice white.
White (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
Black and white. See under Black.
Flake white, Paris white, etc. See under Flack, Paris, etc.
White of a seed (Bot.), The albumen. See Albumen, 2.
White of egg, The viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar, with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60[deg] C. it coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it contains. -- Parr.
White of the eye (Anat.), The white part of the ball of the eye surrounding the transparent cornea.
Whited (imp. & p. p.) of White.
Whiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of White.
White (v. t.) （書寫，印刷等）留出空白處；使變白色，刷白；漂白 To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
Whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of . . . uncleanness. -- Matt. xxiii.
27.
So as no fuller on earth can white them. -- Mark. ix. 3.
White (a.) Being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress" [ant: black].
White (a.) Of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population" [ant: black].
White (a.) Free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor".
White (a.) Marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter" [syn: white, snowy].
White (a.) Restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization" [syn: white, lily-white].
White (a.) Glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire" [syn: white, white-hot].
White (a.) Benevolent; without malicious intent; "that's white of you".
White (a.) (Of a surface) Not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" [syn: blank, clean, white].
White (a.)
(Of coffee) Having cream or milk added.
White (a.) (Of hair) Having lost its color; "the white
hairs of old age" [syn: white, whitened].
White (a.) Anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" [syn: ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white].
White (a.) Of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights".
White (n.) A member of the Caucasoid race [syn: White, White person, Caucasian].
White (n.) The quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) [syn: white, whiteness] [ant: black, blackness, inkiness].
White (n.) United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921) [syn: White, Edward White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr.].
White (n.) Australian writer (1912-1990) [syn: White, Patrick White, Patrick Victor Martindale White].
White (n.) United States political journalist (1915-1986) [syn: White, T. H. White, Theodore Harold White].
White (n.) United States architect (1853-1906) [syn: White, Stanford White].
White (n.) United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985) [syn: White, E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White].
White (n.) United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918) [syn: White, Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White].
White (n.) A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri [syn: White, White River].
White (n.) The white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs" [syn: egg white, white, albumen, ovalbumin].
White (n.) (Board games) The lighter pieces [ant: black].
White (n.) (Usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth [syn: flannel,
gabardine, tweed, white].
White (v.) Turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" [syn: whiten, white] [ant: black, blacken, melanise, melanize, nigrify].
White, () A symbol of purity (2 Chr. 5:12; Ps. 51:7; Isa. 1:18; Rev. 3:18; 7:14). Our Lord, at his transfiguration, appeared in raiment "white as the light" (Matt. 17:2, etc.).
White, (a. and n.) Black.
White -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 19944
Housing Units (2000): 9454
Land area (2000): 241.578093 sq. miles (625.684363 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.583088 sq. miles (1.510192 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 242.161181 sq. miles (627.194555 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 34.615230 N, 83.742570 W
Headwords:
White
White, GA
White County
White County, GA
White -- U.S. County in Indiana
Population (2000): 25267
Housing Units (2000): 12083
Land area (2000): 505.236488 sq. miles (1308.556440 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.564599 sq. miles (9.232269 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 508.801087 sq. miles (1317.788709 sq. km)
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 40.748174 N, 86.831515 W
Headwords:
White
White, IN
White County
White County, IN
White -- U.S. County in Illinois
Population (2000): 15371
Housing Units (2000): 7393
Land area (2000): 494.870413 sq. miles (1281.708431 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 6.826446 sq. miles (17.680413 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 501.696859 sq. miles (1299.388844 sq. km)
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 38.104078 N, 88.180096 W
Headwords:
White
White, IL
White County
White County, IL
White -- U.S. County in Tennessee
Population (2000): 23102
Housing Units (2000): 10191
Land area (2000): 376.581992 sq. miles (975.342841 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.803816 sq. miles (7.261851 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 379.385808 sq. miles (982.604692 sq. km)
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 35.929676 N, 85.478170 W
Headwords:
White
White, TN
White County
White County, TN
White -- U.S. County in Arkansas
Population (2000): 67165
Housing Units (2000): 27613
Land area (2000): 1034.029450 sq. miles (2678.123867 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 8.329073 sq. miles (21.572200 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1042.358523 sq. miles (2699.696067 sq. km)
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 35.250106 N, 91.730562 W
Headwords:
White
White, AR
White County
White County, AR
White, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
Population (2000): 693
Housing Units (2000): 274
Land area (2000): 0.906110 sq. miles (2.346814 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.906110 sq. miles (2.346814 sq. km)
FIPS code: 82468
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 34.280449 N, 84.746606 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 30184
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
White, GA
White
White, SD -- U.S. city in South Dakota
Population (2000): 530
Housing Units (2000): 212
Land area (2000): 0.714798 sq. miles (1.851318 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.714798 sq. miles (1.851318 sq. km)
FIPS code: 70940
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 44.434353 N, 96.647514 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57276
Note:
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
White, SD
White
Whiteback (n.) (Zool.) The canvasback.
Whitebait (n.) (Zool.) The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England.
Whitebait (n.) (Zool.) A small translucent fish ({Salanx Chinensis) abundant at certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and used in the same manner as the European whitebait.
Whitebait (n.) Minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole.
Whitebait (n.) The edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts.
Whitebeam (n.) (Bot.) The common beam tree of England ({Pyrus Aria); -- so called from the white, woolly under surface of the leaves.
Whitebeard (n.) An old man; a graybeard.