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  • English Word Wherewith Definition With which; -- used relatively.
  • English Word Wherewith Definition With what; -- used interrogatively.
  • English Word Wherewith Definition The necessary means or instrument.
  • English Word Wherewithal Definition Wherewith.
  • English Word Wherret Definition A box on the ear.
  • English Word Wherries Definition of Wherry
  • English Word Wherry Definition A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing.
  • English Word Wherry Definition A long, narrow, light boat, sharp at both ends, for fast rowing or sailing; esp., a racing boat rowed by one person with sculls.
  • English Word Wherry Definition A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed; -- sometimes called crab wherry.
  • English Word Wherso Definition Wheresoever.
  • English Word Whet Definition To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife.
  • English Word Whet Definition To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate; as, to whet the appetite or the courage.
  • English Word Whet Definition The act of whetting.
  • English Word Whet Definition That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer.
  • English Word Whether Definition Which (of two); which one (of two); -- used interrogatively and relatively.
  • English Word Whether Definition In case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first.
  • English Word Whethering Definition The retention of the afterbirth in cows.
  • English Word Whetile Definition The green woodpecker, or yaffle. See Yaffle.
  • English Word Whetstone Definition A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools.
  • English Word Whetted Definition of Whet
  • English Word Whetter Definition One who, or that which, whets, sharpens, or stimulates.
  • English Word Whetter Definition A tippler; one who drinks whets.
  • English Word Whetting Definition of Whet
  • English Word Whettlebones Definition The vertebrae of the back.
  • English Word Whew Definition A sound like a half-formed whistle, expressing astonishment, scorn, or dislike.
  • English Word Whew Definition To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover.
  • English Word Whewellite Definition Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals.
  • English Word Whewer Definition The European widgeon.
  • English Word Whey Definition The serum, or watery part, of milk, separated from the more thick or coagulable part, esp. in the process of making cheese.
  • English Word Whey-faced Definition Having a pale or white face, as from fright.