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- 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.