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{ Whereabout (?), Whereabouts (?), } n. The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts. Shak.
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A puzzling notice of thy whereabout.
Wordsworth.
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Whereas (?), adv. At which place; where. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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At last they came whereas that lady bode.
Spenser.
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Whereas, conj.
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1. Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow.
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2. When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that; although; -- implying opposition to something that precedes; or implying recognition of facts, sometimes followed by a different statement, and sometimes by inferences or something consequent.
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Are not those found to be the greatest zealots who are most notoriously ignorant? whereas true zeal should always begin with true knowledge.
Sprat.
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Whereat (?), adv.
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1. At which; upon which; whereupon; -- used relatively.
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They vote; whereat his speech he thus renews.
Milton.
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Whereat he was no less angry and ashamed than desirous to obey Zelmane.
Sir P. Sidney.
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2. At what; -- used interrogatively; as, whereat are you offended?
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Whereby (?), adv.
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1. By which; -- used relatively. “You take my life when you take the means whereby I life.” Shak.
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2. By what; how; -- used interrogatively.
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Whereby shall I know this?
Luke i. 18.
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Where'er (?), adv. Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form. Cowper.
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Wherefore (?), adv. & conj. [Where + for.]
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1. For which reason; so; -- used relatively.
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Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Matt. vii. 20.
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2. For what reason; why; -- used interrogatively.
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But wherefore that I tell my tale.
Chaucer.
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Wherefore didst thou doubt?
Matt. xiv. 31.
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Wherefore, n. the reason why. [Colloq.]
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Whereform (?), adv. [Where + from.] From which; from which or what place. Tennyson.
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Wherein (?), adv.
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1. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; -- used relatively.
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Her clothes wherein she was clad.
Chaucer.
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There are times wherein a man ought to be cautious as well as innocent.
Swift.
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2. In what; -- used interrogatively.
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Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him!
Mal. ii. 17.
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Whereinto (?), adv.
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1. Into which; -- used relatively.
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Where is that palace whereinto foul things
Sometimes intrude not?
Shak.
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The brook, whereinto he loved to look.
Emerson.
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2. Into what; -- used interrogatively.
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Whereness (?), n. The quality or state of having a place; ubiety; situation; position. [R.]
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A point hath no dimensions, but only a whereness, and is next to nothing.
Grew.
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Whereof (?), adv.
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1. Of which; of whom; formerly, also, with which; -- used relatively.
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I do not find the certain numbers whereof their armies did consist.
Sir J. Davies.
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Let it work like Borgias' wine,
Whereof his sire, the pope, was poisoned.
Marlowe.
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Edward's seven sons, whereof thyself art one.
Shak.
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2. Of what; -- used interrogatively.
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Whereof was the house built?
Johnson.
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Whereon (?), adv.
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1. On which; -- used relatively; as, the earth whereon we live.
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O fair foundation laid whereon to build.
Milton.
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2. On what; -- used interrogatively; as, whereon do we stand?
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Whereout (?), adv. Out of which. [R.]
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The cleft whereout the lightning breaketh.
Holland.
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Whereso (?), adv. Wheresoever. [Obs.]
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Wheresoe'er (?), adv. Wheresoever. [Poetic] “Wheresoe'er they rove.” Milton.
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Wheresoever (?), adv. In what place soever; in whatever place; wherever.
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Wherethrough (?), adv. Through which. [R.] “Wherethrough that I may know.” Chaucer.
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Windows . . . wherethrough the sun
Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee.
Shak.
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Whereto (?), adv.
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1. To which; -- used relatively. “Whereto we have already attained.” Phil. iii. 16.
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Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day.
Shak.
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2. To what; to what end; -- used interrogatively.
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Whereunto (?), adv. Same as .
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Whereupon (?), adv. Upon which; in consequence of which; after which.
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The townsmen mutinied and sent to Essex; whereupon he came thither.
Clarendon.
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Wherever (?), adv. At or in whatever place; wheresoever.
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He can not but love virtue wherever it is.
Atterbury.
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Wherewith (?), adv.
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1. With which; -- used relatively.
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The love wherewith thou hast loved me.
John xvii. 26.
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2. With what; -- used interrogatively.
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Wherewith shall I save Israel?
Judg. vi. 15.
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Wherewith, n. The necessary means or instrument.
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So shall I have wherewith to answer him.
Ps. cxix. 42.
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The wherewith to meet excessive loss by radiation.
H. Spencer.
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Wherewithal (?), adv. & n. Wherewith. “Wherewithal shall we be clothed?” Matt. vi. 31.
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Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
Ps. cxix. 9.
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[The builders of Babel], still with vain design,
New Babels, had they wherewithal, would build.
Milton.
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Wherret (?), v. t. [From .] [Also spelled whirret.] 1. To hurry; to trouble; to tease. [Obs.] Bickerstaff.
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2. To box (one) on the ear; to strike or box (the ear); as, to wherret a child. [Obs.]
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Wherret, n. A box on the ear. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. [Also spelled whirret.]
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Wherry (?), n.; pl. Wherries (#). [Cf. Icel. hverfr shifty, crank, hverfa to turn, E. whirl, wharf.] (Naut.) (a) A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing. [Eng.] (b) A long, narrow, light boat, sharp at both ends, for fast rowing or sailing; esp., a racing boat rowed by one person with sculls.
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Wherry, n. [Cf. W. chwerw bitter.] A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed; -- sometimes called crab wherry. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Wherso (?), adv. Wheresoever. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Whet (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Whetting.] [AS. hwettan; akin to D. wetten, G. wetzen, OHG. wezzen, Icel. hvetja, Sw. vättja, and AS. hwæt vigorous, brave, OS. hwat, OHG. waz, was, sharp, Icel. hvatr, bold, active, Sw. hvass sharp, Dan. hvas, Goth. hwassaba sharply, and probably to Skr. cud to impel, urge on.]
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1. To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife.
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The mower whets his scythe.
Milton.
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Here roams the wolf, the eagle whets his beak.
Byron.
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2. To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate; as, to whet the appetite or the courage.
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Since Cassius first did whet me against Cæsar,
I have not slept.
Shak.
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Coloq. To whet on , Coloq. To whet forward , to urge on or forward; to instigate. Shak.
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Whet, n.
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1. The act of whetting.
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2. That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer. “Sips, drams, and whets.” Spectator.
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Coloq. Whet slate (Min.), a variety of slate used for sharpening cutting instruments; novaculite; -- called also whetstone slate, and oilstone.
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Whether (?), pron. [OE. whether, AS. hwæ�er; akin to OS. hwe�ar, OFries. hweder, OHG. hwedar, wedar, G. weder, conj., neither, Icel. hvārr whether, Goth. hwa�ar, Lith. katras, L. uter, Gr. �, �, Skr. katara, from the interrogatively pronoun, in AS. hwā who. ����. See , and cf. , , , conj.] Which (of two); which one (of two); -- used interrogatively and relatively. [Archaic]
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Now choose yourself whether that you liketh.
Chaucer.
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One day in doubt I cast for to compare
Whether in beauties' glory did exceed.
Spenser.
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Whether of them twain did the will of his father?
Matt. xxi. 31.
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Whether, conj. In case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first.
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And now who knows
But you, Lorenzo, whether I am yours?
Shak.
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You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge.
Shak.
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For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Rom. xiv. 8.
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But whether thus these things, or whether not;
Whether the sun, predominant in heaven,
Rise on the earth, or earth rise on the sun, . . .
Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid.
Milton.
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Coloq. Whether or no , in either case; in any case; as, I will go whether or no. -- Coloq. Whether that , whether. Shak.
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Whethering, n. The retention of the afterbirth in cows. Gardner.
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Whetile (?), n. [Cf. .] (Zoöl.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. See . [Prov. Eng.]
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Whetstone (?), n. [AS. hwetstān.] A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools.
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The dullness of the fools is the whetstone of the wits.
Shak.
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Diligence is to the understanding as the whetstone to the razor.
South.
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☞ Some whetstones are used dry, others are moistened with water, or lubricated with oil.
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Coloq. To give the whetstone , to give a premium for extravagance in falsehood. [Obs.]
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Whetter (?), n.
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1. One who, or that which, whets, sharpens, or stimulates.
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2. A tippler; one who drinks whets. [Obs.] Steele.
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Whettlebones (?), n. pl. The vertebræ of the back. [Prov. Eng.] Dunglison.
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Whew (hwū), n. & interj. A sound like a half-formed whistle, expressing astonishment, scorn, or dislike.
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Coloq. Whew duck , the European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
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Whew, v. i. To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Whewellite (?), n. [So named after Prof. Whewell of Cambridge, England.] (Min.) Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals.
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Whewer (?), n. [Cf. W. chwiwell a widgeon, chwiws widgeons, waterfowls; or cf. E. whew, v. i.] (Zoöl.) The European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
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Whey (?), n. [AS. hwæg; cf. D. wei, hui, Fries. weye, LG. wey, waje. ] The serum, or watery part, of milk, separated from the more thick or coagulable part, esp. in the process of making cheese. In this process, the thick part is called curd, and the thin part whey.
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Whey cure. Treatment with whey as a drink and in baths.
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Wheyey (?), a. Of the nature of, or containing, whey; resembling whey; wheyish. Bacon.
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Wheyface (?), n. One who is pale, as from fear.
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Whey-faced (?), a. Having a pale or white face, as from fright. “Whey-faced cavaliers.” Aytoun.
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Wheyish (?), a. Somewhat like whey; wheyey. J. Philips. -- Wheyishness, n.
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Which (?), pron. [OE. which, whilk, AS. hwilc, hwylc, hwelc, from the root of hwā who + līc body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welīh, hwelīh, Icel. hvīlīkr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, hw�leiks; cf. L. qualis. ����. See , and , a., and cf. .]
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1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. [Obs.]
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And which they weren and of what degree.
Chaucer.
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2. A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer to, an individual person or thing among several of a class; as, which man is it? which woman was it? which is the house? he asked which route he should take; which is best, to live or to die? See the Note under , pron., 1.
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Which of you convinceth me of sin?
John viii. 46.
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3. A relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause (generally involving a reference, however, to something which has preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used of persons.
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And when thou fail'st -- as God forbid the hour! --
Must Edward fall, which peril heaven forfend!
Shak.
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God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen. ii. 2.
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Our Father, which art in heaven.
Matt. vi. 9.
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The temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
1 Cor. iii. 17.
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4. A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the . . . which, and the like; as, take which you will.
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☞ The which was formerly often used for which. The expressions which that, which as, were also sometimes used by way of emphasis.
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Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
James ii. 7.
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☞ Which, referring to a series of preceding sentences, or members of a sentence, may have all joined to it adjectively. “All which, as a method of a proclamation, is very convenient.” Carlyle.
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{ Whichever (?), Whichsoever (?), } pron. & a. Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
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Whidah bird (?), (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and widow finch.
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☞ Some of the species are often kept as cage birds, especially Vidua paradisea, which is dark brownish above, pale buff beneath, with a reddish collar around the neck.
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Whider (?), adv. Whither. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Whiff (?), n. [OE. weffe vapor, whiff, probably of imitative origin; cf. Dan. vift a puff, gust, W. chwiff a whiff, puff.]
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1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.
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But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword
The unnerved father falls.
Shak.
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The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe,
And a scornful laugh laughed he.
Longfellow.
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2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. (Zoöl.) The marysole, or sail fluke.
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Whiff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whiffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffing.]
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1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
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2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.
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Old Empedocles, . . . who, when he leaped into Etna, having a dry, sear body, and light, the smoke took him, and whiffed him up into the moon.
B. Jonson.
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Whiff, v. i. To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.
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Whiffet (?), n. A little whiff or puff.
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Whiffing (?), n.
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1. The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.
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2. A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollack, mackerel, and the like.
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Whiffle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whiffled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffling (?).] [Freq. of whiff to puff, perhaps influenced by D. weifelen to waver.]
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1. To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about. D�mpier.
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2. To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
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A person of whiffing and unsteady turn of mind can not keep close to a point of controversy.
I. Watts.
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Whiffle, v. t.
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1. To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
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2. To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
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Whiffle, n. A fife or small flute. [Obs.] Douce.
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Whiffler (?), n.
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1. One who whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument; hence, a trifler.
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Every whiffler in a laced coat who frequents the chocolate house shall talk of the constitution.
Swift.
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2. One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper. [Obs.]
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3. An officer who went before procession to clear the way by blowing a horn, or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.
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Which like a mighty whiffler 'fore the king,
Seems to prepare his way.
Shak.
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