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- English Word Whiteboy Definition One of an association of poor Roman catholics which arose in Ireland about 1760, ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes, the members of which were so called from the white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids.
- English Word Whiteboyism Definition The conduct or principle of the Whiteboys.
- English Word Whitecap Definition The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead.
- English Word Whitecap Definition The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head.
- English Word Whitecap Definition The European tree sparrow.
- English Word Whitecap Definition A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening.
- English Word Whitecoat Definition The skin of a newborn seal; also, the seal itself.
- English Word Whited Definition of White
- English Word Whitefish Definition Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and most important American species (C. clupeiformis) is abundant in the Great Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also lake whitefish, and Oswego bass.
- English Word Whitefish Definition The menhaden.
- English Word Whitefish Definition The beluga, or white whale.
- English Word Whiteflaw Definition A whitlow.
- English Word Whitehead Definition The blue-winged snow goose.
- English Word Whitehead Definition The surf scoter.
- English Word Whitely Definition Like, or coming near to, white.
- English Word Whiten Definition To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.
- English Word Whiten Definition To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth.
- English Word Whitened Definition of Whiten
- English Word Whitener Definition One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher.
- English Word Whiteness Definition The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.
- English Word Whiteness Definition Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc.
- English Word Whiteness Definition Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.
- English Word Whiteness Definition Nakedness.
- English Word Whiteness Definition A flock of swans.
- English Word Whitening Definition of Whiten
- English Word Whitening Definition The act or process of making or becoming white.
- English Word Whitening Definition That which is used to render white; whiting.
- English Word Whiterump Definition The American black-tailed godwit.
- English Word Whites Definition Leucorrh/a.
- English Word Whites Definition The finest flour made from white wheat.