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- English Word Whiteback Definition The canvasback.
- English Word Whitebait Definition The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England.
- English Word Whitebait Definition A small translucent fish (Salanx Chinensis) abundant at certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and used in the same manner as the European whitebait.
- English Word Whitebeam Definition The common beam tree of England (Pyrus Aria); -- so called from the white, woolly under surface of the leaves.
- English Word Whitebeard Definition An old man; a graybeard.
- English Word Whitebelly Definition The American widgeon, or baldpate.
- English Word Whitebelly Definition The prairie chicken.
- English Word Whitebill Definition The American coot.
- English Word Whiteblow Definition Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.
- English Word Whiteboy Definition A favorite.
- 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.