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- English Word Whipparee Definition A large sting ray (Dasybatis, / Trygon, Sayi) native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail.
- English Word Whipparee Definition A large sting ray (Rhinoptera bonasus, or R. quadriloba) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be four-lobed when viewed in front, whence it is also called cow-nosed ray.
- English Word Whipped Definition of Whip
- English Word Whipper Definition One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping.
- English Word Whipper Definition One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold.
- English Word Whipper Definition A kind of simple willow.
- English Word Whipperin Definition A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase.
- English Word Whipperin Definition Hence, one who enforces the discipline of a party, and urges the attendance and support of the members on all necessary occasions.
- English Word Whippersnapper Definition A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person.
- English Word Whipping Definition of Whip
- English Word Whipping Definition a & n. from Whip, v.
- English Word Whippletree Definition The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree.
- English Word Whippletree Definition The cornel tree.
- English Word Whipsaw Definition A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw.
- English Word Whipstaff Definition A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering.
- English Word Whipstalk Definition A whipstock.
- English Word Whipster Definition A nimble little fellow; a whippersnapper.
- English Word Whipstick Definition Whip handle; whipstock.
- English Word Whipstitch Definition A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
- English Word Whipstitch Definition Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition.
- English Word Whipstitch Definition The act or process of whipstitching.
- English Word Whipstitch Definition To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.
- English Word Whipstock Definition The rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened.
- English Word Whipt Definition Whipped.
- English Word Whipworm Definition A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly.
- English Word Whir Definition To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz.
- English Word Whir Definition To hurry a long with a whizzing sound.
- English Word Whir Definition A buzzing or whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling motion; as, the whir of a partridge; the whir of a spinning wheel.
- English Word Whirl Definition To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
- English Word Whirl Definition To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.