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- English Word White Definition The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
- English Word White Definition Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
- English Word White Definition Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
- English Word White Definition A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
- English Word White Definition A white pigment; as, Venice white.
- English Word White Definition Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
- English Word White Definition To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
- English Word White friar Definition A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.
- English Word White-blaze Definition See White-face.
- English Word White-ear Definition The wheatear.
- English Word White-eye Definition Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. c/rulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-eyed tit.
- English Word White-face Definition A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.
- English Word White-foot Definition A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin.
- English Word White-fronted Definition Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur.
- English Word White-heart Definition A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
- English Word White-hot Definition White with heat; heated to whiteness, or incandescence.
- English Word White-limed Definition Whitewashed or plastered with lime.
- English Word White-livered Definition Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly.
- English Word White-pot Definition A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, etc., baked in a pot.
- English Word White-water Definition A dangerous disease of sheep.