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Whippletree
n.
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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.
Whippletree
n.
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The cornel tree.
Whip-poor-will
n.
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An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening.
Whipsaw
n.
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A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw.
Whip-shaped
a.
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Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or stem.
Whipstaff
n.
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A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering.
Whipstalk
n.
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A whipstock.
Whipster
n.
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A nimble little fellow; a whippersnapper.
Whipstick
n.
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Whip handle; whipstock.
Whipstitch
n.
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A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
Whipstitch
n.
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Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition.
Whipstitch
n.
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The act or process of whipstitching.
Whipstitch
v. t.
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To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.
Whipstock
n.
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The rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened.
Whipt
imp. & p. p.
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Whipped.
Whip-tom-kelly
n.
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A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.
Whipworm
n.
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A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly.
Whirred
imp. & p. p.
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of Whir
Whirring
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Whir
Whir
v. i.
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To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz.
Whir
v. t.
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To hurry a long with a whizzing sound.
Whir
n.
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A buzzing or whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling motion; as, the whir of a partridge; the whir of a spinning wheel.
Whirled
imp. & p. p.
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Whirling
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Whirl
v. t.
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To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
Whirl
v. t.
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To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.
Whirl
v. i.
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To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.
Whirl
v. i.
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To move hastily or swiftly.
Whirl
v. t.
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A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel.
Whirl
v. t.
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Anything that moves with a whirling motion.