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Whapper
n.
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Alt. of Whopper
Whopper
n.
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Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie.
Whapping
a.
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Alt. of Whopping
Whopping
a.
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Very large; monstrous; astonishing; as, a whapping story.
Wharfs
pl.
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of Wharf
Wharves
pl.
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of Wharf
Wharf
n.
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A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier.
Wharf
n.
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The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
Wharfed
imp. & p. p.
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of Wharf
Wharfing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Wharf
Wharf
v. t.
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To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs.
Wharf
v. t.
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To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.
Wharfage
n.
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The fee or duty paid for the privilege of using a wharf for loading or unloading goods; pierage, collectively; quayage.
Wharfage
n.
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A wharf or wharfs, collectively; wharfing.
Wharfing
n.
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Wharfs, collectively.
Wharfing
n.
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A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
Wharfinger
n.
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A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf.
Wharl
n.
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Alt. of Wharling
Wharling
n.
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A guttural pronunciation of the letter r; a burr. See Burr, n., 6.
Wharp
n.
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A kind of fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.
What
pron., a., & adv.
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As an interrogative pronoun, used in asking questions regarding either persons or things; as, what is this? what did you say? what poem is this? what child is lost?
What
pron., a., & adv.
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As an exclamatory word: -- (a) Used absolutely or independently; -- often with a question following.
What
pron., a., & adv.
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Used adjectively, meaning how remarkable, or how great; as, what folly! what eloquence! what courage!
What
pron., a., & adv.
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Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as, what happy boys!
What
pron., a., & adv.
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As a relative pronoun
What
pron., a., & adv.
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Used substantively with the antecedent suppressed, equivalent to that which, or those [persons] who, or those [things] which; -- called a compound relative.
What
pron., a., & adv.
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Used adjectively, equivalent to the . . . which; the sort or kind of . . . which; rarely, the . . . on, or at, which.
What
pron., a., & adv.
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Used adverbially in a sense corresponding to the adjectival use; as, he picked what good fruit he saw.
What
pron., a., & adv.
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Whatever; whatsoever; what thing soever; -- used indefinitely.
What
pron., a., & adv.
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Used adverbially, in part; partly; somewhat; -- with a following preposition, especially, with, and commonly with repetition.