WHITE — WHOSOEVER NWAD WHITE.1
WHITE, a. [G.] NWAD WHITE.1
1. Being in the color of pure snow; snowy; not dark; as white paper; a white skin. NWAD WHITE.2
2. Pale; destitute of color in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; as white with fear. NWAD WHITE.3
3. Having the color of purity; pure; clean; free from spot; as white robed innocence. NWAD WHITE.4
4. Gray; as white hair; a venerable man, white with age. NWAD WHITE.5
5. Pure; unblemished. NWAD WHITE.6
No whiter page than Addisons remains. NWAD WHITE.7
6. In a scriptural sense, purified from sin; sanctified. Psalm 51:7. NWAD WHITE.8
WHITE-BAIT, n. [white and bait.] A very small delicate fish, of the genus Clupea. NWAD WHITE-BAIT.1
WHITE-BEAM, n. The white-leaf tree, a species of Crataegus. NWAD WHITE-BEAM.1
WHITE-BEAR, n. [white and bear.] The bear that inhabits the polar regions. NWAD WHITE-BEAR.1
WHITE-BRANT, n. [white and brant.] A species of the duck kind, the Anas hyperborea. NWAD WHITE-BRANT.1
WHITE-BUG, n. [white and bug.] An insect of the bug kind, which injures vines and some other species of fruit. NWAD WHITE-BUG.1
WHITE-CAMPION, n. [white and campion.] A pernicious perennial weed, growing in corn land, pastures and hedges. NWAD WHITE-CAMPION.1
WHITE-CATERPILLAR, n. An insect of a small size, called sometimes the borer, that injures the gooseberry bush. NWAD WHITE-CATERPILLAR.1
WHITE-CENTAURY, n. AN annual weed in woods and other places. It is said to form the basis of the famous Portland powder for the gout. NWAD WHITE-CENTAURY.1
WHITE-CLOVER, n. A small species of perennial clover, bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for cattle and horses, as well as for the honey bee. NWAD WHITE-CLOVER.1
WHITE-CROP, n. White crops, in agriculture, are such as lose their green color or become white in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley and oats. NWAD WHITE-CROP.1
WHITE-DARNEL, n. A prolific and troublesome weed, growing among corm. NWAD WHITE-DARNEL.1
WHITE-EAR, WHITE-TAIL, n. A bird, the fallow finch. NWAD WHITE-EAR.1
WHITE-FACE, WHITE-BLAZE, n. A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose. NWAD WHITE-FACE.1
WHITE-FILM, n. A white film growing over the eyes of sheep and causing blindness. NWAD WHITE-FILM.1
WHITE-FOOT, n. A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin. NWAD WHITE-FOOT.1
WHITE-HONEYSUCKLE, n. A name sometimes given to the white clover. NWAD WHITE-HONEYSUCKLE.1
WHITE-HORSE-FISH, n. In ichthyology, the Raia aspera nostras of Willoughby, and the Raia fullonica of Linne. It has a rough spiny back, and on the tail are three rows of strong spines. It grows to the size of the skate. NWAD WHITE-HORSE-FISH.1
WHITE-LAND, n. A name which the English give to a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry, but blackish after rain. NWAD WHITE-LAND.1
WHITE-LEAD, n. A carbonate of lead, much used in painting. It is prepared by exposing sheets of lead to the fumes of an acid, usually vinegar, and suspending them in the air until the surface becomes incrusted with a white coat, which is the substance in question. NWAD WHITE-LEAD.1
WHITE-LIMED, a. Whitewashed, or plastered with lime. NWAD WHITE-LIMED.1
WHITE-LINE, n. Among printers, a void space, broader than usual, left between lines. NWAD WHITE-LINE.1
WHITE-LIVERED, a. [white and liver.] NWAD WHITE-LIVERED.1
1. Having a pale look; feeble; cowardly. NWAD WHITE-LIVERED.2
2. Envious; malicious. NWAD WHITE-LIVERED.3
WHITE-MANGANESE, n. An ore of manganese; carbonated oxydized manganese. NWAD WHITE-MANGANESE.1
WHITE-MEAT, n. [white and meat.] Meats made of milk, butter, cheese, eggs and the like. NWAD WHITE-MEAT.1
WHITE-POPLAR, n. A tree of the poplar kind, sometimes called the abele tree. NWAD WHITE-POPLAR.1
WHITE-POPPY, n. A species of poppy, sometimes cultivated for the opium which is obtained from its juice by evaporation. NWAD WHITE-POPPY.1
WHITE-POT, n. [white and pot.] A kind of food made of milk, cream, eggs, sugar, etc. baked in a pot. NWAD WHITE-POT.1
WHITE-PRECIPITATE, n. Carbonate of mercury. NWAD WHITE-PRECIPITATE.1
WHITE-PYRITE, WHITE-PYRITES, n. [white and pyrite.] An ore of a tin-white color, passing into a brass-yellow and steel-gray, occurring in octahedral crystals, sometimes stalactitical and botryoidal. It contains 46 parts of iron, and 54 of sulphur. NWAD WHITE-PYRITE.1
WHITE-RENT, n. [white and rent.] In Devon and Cornwall, a rent or duty of eight pence, payable yearly by every tinner to the duke of Cornwall, as lord of the soil. NWAD WHITE-RENT.1
WHITE-SALT, n. Salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt. NWAD WHITE-SALT.1
WHITESTER, n. A bleacher. [Local.] NWAD WHITESTER.1
WHITESTONE, n. 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 minerals. NWAD WHITESTONE.1
WHITE-SWELLING, n. [white and swelling.] A swelling or chronic enlargement of the joints, circumscribed, without any alteration in the color of the skin, sometimes hard, sometimes yielding to pressure, sometimes indolent, but usually painful. NWAD WHITE-SWELLING.1
WHITE-TAIL, n. A bird, the wheat-ear, a species of Motacilla. NWAD WHITE-TAIL.1
WHITE-THORN, n. A species of thorn, called also haw-thorn, of the genus Crataegus. NWAD WHITE-THORN.1
WHITE-THROAT, n. A small bird that frequents gardens and hedges, the Motacila sylvia. NWAD WHITE-THROAT.1
WHITE-VITRIOL, n. In mineralogy, sulphate of zink, a natural salt. NWAD WHITE-VITRIOL.1
WHITEWASH, n. [white and wash.] NWAD WHITEWASH.1
1. A wash or liquid composition for whitening something; a wash for making the skin fair. NWAD WHITEWASH.2
2. A composition of lime and water, used for whitening the plaster of walls, etc. NWAD WHITEWASH.3
WHITEWASH, v.t. NWAD WHITEWASH.4
1. To cover with a white liquid composition, as with lime and water, etc. NWAD WHITEWASH.5
2. To make white; to give a fair external appearance. NWAD WHITEWASH.6
WHITEWASHED, pp. Covered or overspread with a white liquid composition. NWAD WHITEWASHED.1
WHITE-WASHER, n. One who whitewashes the walls or plastering of apartments. NWAD WHITE-WASHER.1
WHITEWASHING, ppr. Overspreading or washing with a white liquid composition. NWAD WHITEWASHING.1
WHITE-WATER, n. A disease of sheep, of the dangerous stomachic kind. NWAD WHITE-WATER.1
WHITE-WAX, n. Bleached wax. NWAD WHITE-WAX.1
WHITE-WINE, n. 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. NWAD WHITE-WINE.1
WHITEWOOD, n. A species of timber tree growing in North America, the Liriodendron, or tulip tree. The name of certain species of Bignonia. NWAD WHITEWOOD.1
WHITE, n. NWAD WHITE.1
1. One of the natural colors of bodies, but not strictly a color, for it is said to be a composition of all the colors; destitution of all stain or obscurity on the surface; whiteness. WE say, bleached cloth is of a good white; attired in a robe of white. NWAD WHITE.2
2. A white spot or thing; the mark at which an arrow is shot. NWAD WHITE.3
White of the eye, that part of the ball of the eye surrounding the iris or colored part. It owes its whiteness to the lunica albuginea or adnata, a partial covering of the forepart of the eye, formed by the expansion of the tendons of the muscles which move the eye-ball. NWAD WHITE.4
White of an egg, the albumen, or pellucid viscous fluid, which surrounds the vitellus or yelk. NWAD WHITE.5
An analogous part, in the seeds of plants, is called the albumen or white. It is a farinaceous fleshy or horny substance, which makes up the chief bulk of some seeds, as in grasses, corn, palms and lilies, never rising out of the ground nor performing the office of leaves, but destined solely to nourish the germinating embryo, till its roots can perform their office. It is the perispermum of Jussieu. NWAD WHITE.6
Spanish white, a substance used in painting, prepared from chalk, by separating from the latter its silicious impurities. NWAD WHITE.7
WHITE, v.t. To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; as whited sepulchers. Mark 9:3; Matthew 23:27. NWAD WHITE.8
WHITED, pp. Made white; whitened. NWAD WHITED.1
WHITELY, adv. Coming near to white. [Not used.] NWAD WHITELY.1
WHITEN, v.t. hwitn. To make white; to bleach; to blanch; as, to whiten cloth. NWAD WHITEN.1
WHITEN, v.i. To grow white; to turn or become white. The hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms. NWAD WHITEN.2
WHITENED, pp. Made white; bleached. NWAD WHITENED.1
WHITENER, n. One who bleaches or makes white. NWAD WHITENER.1
WHITENESS, n. NWAD WHITENESS.1
1. The state of being white; white color, or freedom from any darkness or obscurity on the surface. NWAD WHITENESS.2
2. Paleness; want of a sanguineous tinge in the face. NWAD WHITENESS.3
3. Purity; cleanness; freedom from stain or blemish. NWAD WHITENESS.4
WHITES, n. The fluor albus, a disease of females. NWAD WHITES.1
WHITHER, adv. NWAD WHITHER.1
1. To what place, interrogatively. Whither goest thou? NWAD WHITHER.2
Whither away so fast? NWAD WHITHER.3
2. To what place, absolutely. NWAD WHITHER.4
I strayd, I knew not whither. NWAD WHITHER.5
3. To which place, relatively. NWAD WHITHER.6
Whither when as they came, they fell at words. NWAD WHITHER.7
4. To what point or degree. NWAD WHITHER.8
5. Whithersoever. NWAD WHITHER.9
WHITHERSOEVER, adv. [whither and soever.] To whatever place. I will go whithersoever you lead. NWAD WHITHERSOEVER.1
WHITING, n. [from white.] NWAD WHITING.1
1. A small sea fish, the Asellus mollis or albus, a species of Gadus. NWAD WHITING.2
2. The same as Spanish white, which see. NWAD WHITING.3
WHITISH, a. [from white.] Somewhat white; white in a moderate degree. NWAD WHITISH.1
WHITISHNESS, n. [supra.] The quality of being somewhat white. NWAD WHITISHNESS.1
WHITLEATHER, WHITLETHER, n. [white and leather.] Lether dressed with alum, remarkable for its toughness. NWAD WHITLEATHER.1
In common use, the ligaments of animals, when in food. NWAD WHITLEATHER.2
WHITLOW, n. NWAD WHITLOW.1
1. 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 terminating in an abscess. There are four or five varieties of this swelling. 1. The cutaneous paronychia, which raises the cuticle, forming a kind of vesicle filled with a limpid serum, or bloody fluid. 2. The subcutaneous paronychia, a tumor attended with acute pain. It is seated in the cellular membrane under the skin. 3. The subungual paronychia, which occurs under the nail. It commences with inflammatory symptoms, but is less painful than the former. 4. There is also the paronychia of the periosteum, and the paronychia of the tendons or theca. NWAD WHITLOW.2
2. In sheep, the whitlow is a disease of the feet, of an inflammatory kind. It occurs round the hoof, where an acrid matter is collected, which ought to be discharged. NWAD WHITLOW.3
1. Mountain knotgrass, a species of Illecebrium. NWAD WHITLOW-GRASS.2
2. A name given to certain species of Draba. NWAD WHITLOW-GRASS.3
The rue-leaved whitlow-grass is a species of Saxifraga. NWAD WHITLOW-GRASS.4
WHITSOUR, n. A sort of apple. NWAD WHITSOUR.1
WHITSTER, n. A whitener; a bleacher. NWAD WHITSTER.1
WHITSUL, n. A provincial name of milk, sour milk, cheese curds and butter. NWAD WHITSUL.1
WHITSUNTIDE, n. [white, Sunday, and tide.] The feast or season of Pentecost; so called it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments. NWAD WHITSUNTIDE.1
WHITTEN-TREE, n. A sort of tree. NWAD WHITTEN-TREE.1
WHITTLE, n. NWAD WHITTLE.1
1. A small pocket knife. [In this sense, I believe the word is not used in America.] NWAD WHITTLE.2
2. A white dress for a woman; a double blanket worn by west countrywomen in England, over the shoulders, like a cloke. [Not used in the United States.] NWAD WHITTLE.3
WHITTLE, v.t. NWAD WHITTLE.4
1. To pare or cut off the surface of a thing with a small knife. Some persons have a habit of whittling, and are rarely seen without a penknife in their hands for that purpose. [This is, I believe, the only use of this word in New England.] NWAD WHITTLE.5
2. To edge; to sharpen. [Not in use.] NWAD WHITTLE.6
WHITY-BROWN, a. Of a color between white and brown. [Local in England.] NWAD WHITY-BROWN.1
WHIZ, v.t. [It seems to be allied to hiss.] To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air. NWAD WHIZ.1
It flew, and whizzing cut the liquid way. NWAD WHIZ.2
WHIZ, n. A hissing sound. NWAD WHIZ.3
WHIZZING, ppr. Making a humming or hissing sound. NWAD WHIZZING.1
WHO, pron. relative. pron. hoo. [L. Who is undoubtedly a contracted word in English as in Latin. See What and Wight.] NWAD WHO.1
1. Who is a pronoun relative, always referring to persons. It forms whose in the genitive or possessive case, answering to the L. Cujus, and whom in the objective or accusative case. Who, whose and whom, are in both numbers. Thus we say, the man or woman who was with us; the men or women who were with us; the men or women whom we saw. NWAD WHO.2
2. Which of many. Are you satisfied who did the mischief? NWAD WHO.3
3. It is much used in asking questions; as, who am I? Who art thou? Who is this? Who are these? In this case, the purpose is to obtain the name or designation of the person or character. NWAD WHO.4
4. It has sometimes a disjunctive sense. NWAD WHO.5
There thou tellst of kings, and who aspire; who fall, who rise, who triumph, who do moan. NWAD WHO.6
5. Whose is of all genders. Whose book is this? NWAD WHO.7
This question whose solution I require-- NWAD WHO.8
As who should say, elliptically for as one who should say. NWAD WHO.9
WHOEVER, pron. [who and ever.] Any on without exception; any person whatever. The person who trespasses shall be punished, whoever he may be. NWAD WHOEVER.1
WHOLE, a. Hole. [G., Gr. This seems to be connected with heal, hale. Of this the derivative wholesome, is evidence.] NWAD WHOLE.1
1. All; total; containing the total amount or number, or the entire thing; as the whole earth; the whole world; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation. NWAD WHOLE.2
2. Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; as a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole. NWAD WHOLE.3
3. Unimpaired; unbroken; uninjured. NWAD WHOLE.4
My life is yet whole in me. 2 Samuel 1:9. NWAD WHOLE.5
4. Sound; not hurt or sick. NWAD WHOLE.6
They that are whole need not a physician. Matthew 9:12. NWAD WHOLE.7
5. Restored to health and soundness; sound; well. NWAD WHOLE.8
Thy faith hath made thee whole. Mark 5:34. NWAD WHOLE.9
His hand was restored whole. Mark 3:5. NWAD WHOLE.10
WHOLE, n. NWAD WHOLE.11
1. The entire thing; the entire or total assemblage of parts. The whole of religion is contained in the short precept, Love God with all your heart, and your neighbor as yourself. NWAD WHOLE.12
Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Ecclesiastes 12:13. NWAD WHOLE.13
2. A system; a regular combination of parts. NWAD WHOLE.14
WHOLESALE, n. [whole and sale.] NWAD WHOLESALE.1
1. Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity; as distinguished from retail. Some traders sell either by wholesale or retail. NWAD WHOLESALE.2
2. The whole mass. NWAD WHOLESALE.3
Some from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. NWAD WHOLESALE.4
WHOLESALE, a. [supra.] NWAD WHOLESALE.5
1. Buying and selling by the piece or quantity; as a wholesale merchant or dealer. NWAD WHOLESALE.6
2. Pertaining to the trade by the piece or quantity; as the wholesale price. NWAD WHOLESALE.7
WHOLESOME, a. [G.] NWAD WHOLESOME.1
1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; as wholesome air or diet; a wholesome climate. NWAD WHOLESOME.2
2. Sound; contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion or prosperity; as wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths. NWAD WHOLESOME.3
3. Useful; salutary; conducive to public happiness, virtue or peace; as a wholesome law. NWAD WHOLESOME.4
4. That utters sound words. NWAD WHOLESOME.5
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. Proverbs 15:4. NWAD WHOLESOME.6
5. Kindly; pleasing; as a wholesome answer. NWAD WHOLESOME.7
Wholesome ship, a ship that will try, hull and ride well. NWAD WHOLESOME.8
WHOLESOMELY, adv. In a wholesome or salutary manner; salubriously. NWAD WHOLESOMELY.1
1. The quality of contributing to health; salubrith; as the wholesomeness of air or diet. NWAD WHOLESOMENESS.2
2. Salutariness; conduciveness to the health of the mind or of the body politic; as the wholesomeness of doctrines or laws. NWAD WHOLESOMENESS.3
WHOLLY, adv. NWAD WHOLLY.1
1. Entirely; completely; perfectly. NWAD WHOLLY.2
Nor wholly overcome, nor wholly yield. NWAD WHOLLY.3
2. Totally; in all the parts or kinds. NWAD WHOLLY.4
They employed themselves wholly in domestic life. NWAD WHOLLY.5
WHOM, pron. hoom. The objective of who, coinciding with the L. quem and quam. NWAD WHOM.1
Whom have I in heaven but thee? Psalm 73:25. NWAD WHOM.2
WHOMSOEVER, pron. [whom and soever.] Any person without exception. NWAD WHOMSOEVER.1
With whomsoever thou findest thy goods, let him not live. Genesis 31:32. NWAD WHOMSOEVER.2
WHOOBUB, for hubbub. [Not in use.] NWAD WHOOBUB.1
WHOOP, n. Hoop. [This is the same as hoop, but aspirated. The sense is to drive out the voice.] NWAD WHOOP.1
1. A shout of pursuit. NWAD WHOOP.2
2. A shout of war; a particular cry of troops when they rush to the attack. The Indians of America are remarkable for their war whoop. NWAD WHOOP.3
3. The bird called hoopoe or upupa. NWAD WHOOP.4
WHOOP, v.i. To shout with a particular voice. NWAD WHOOP.5
WHOOP, v.t. To insult with shouts. NWAD WHOOP.6
WHOOT, v.i. hoot. [See Hoot.] NWAD WHOOT.1
WHOP, n. [the vulgar pronunciation of whap, or awhap.] A sudden fall, or the suddenness of striking in a fall. NWAD WHOP.1
WHORE, n. Hore. [G. The correct orthography is hore.] A harlot; a courtesan; a concubine; a prostitute. NWAD WHORE.1
WHORE, v.i. [supra.] To have unlawful sexual commerce; to practice lewdness. NWAD WHORE.2
WHORE, v.t. To corrupt by lewd intercourse. [Little used.] NWAD WHORE.3
WHOREDOM, n. Horedom. NWAD WHOREDOM.1
1. Lewdness; fornication; practice of unlawful commerce with the other sex. It is applied to either sex, and to any kind of illicit commerce. NWAD WHOREDOM.2
2. In Scripture, idolatry; the desertion of the worship of the true God, for the worship of idols. NWAD WHOREDOM.3
WHOREMASTER, n. [supra.] One who practices lewdness. NWAD WHOREMASTER.1
WHOREMONGER, n. The same as whoremaster. NWAD WHOREMONGER.1
WHORESON, n. A bastard; a word used generally in contempt. NWAD WHORESON.1
WHORISH, a. Lewd; unchaste; addicted to unlawful sexual pleasures; incontinent. NWAD WHORISH.1
WHORISHLY, adv. In a lewd manner. NWAD WHORISHLY.1
WHORISHNESS, n. The practice of lewdness; the character of a lewd woman. NWAD WHORISHNESS.1
WHORL, WHORLE. [See Whirl.] NWAD WHORL.1
WHORT, n. The fruit of the whortleberry; or the shrub. NWAD WHORT.1
WHORTLEBERRY, n. A plant or shrub and its fruit, of the genus Vaccinium. NWAD WHORTLEBERRY.1
WHOSE, hooz. The possessive or genitive case of who or which; applied to persons or things. We say, the person whose merits are known; the garment whose color is admired. NWAD WHOSE.1
WHOSESOEVER, pron. [whose and soever.] Of any person whatever. John 20:23. NWAD WHOSESOEVER.1
WHOSO, pron. Hooso. Any person whatever. NWAD WHOSO.1
WHOSOEVER, pron. [who, so, and ever.] Any one; any person whatever. NWAD WHOSOEVER.1
Whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely. Revelation 22:17. NWAD WHOSOEVER.2