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Whistle
v. i.
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An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a sound more or less like that made by one who whistles through the compressed lips; as, a child's whistle; a boatswain's whistle; a steam whistle (see Steam whistle, under Steam).
Whistle
v. i.
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The mouth and throat; -- so called as being the organs of whistling.
Whistlefish
n.
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A gossat, or rockling; -- called also whistler, three-bearded rockling, sea loach, and sorghe.
Whistler
n.
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One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.
Whistler
n.
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The ring ousel.
Whistler
n.
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The widgeon.
Whistler
n.
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The golden-eye.
Whistler
n.
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The golden plover and the gray plover.
Whistler
n.
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The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus).
Whistler
n.
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The whistlefish.
Whistlewing
n.
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The American golden-eye.
Whistlewood
n.
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The moosewood, or striped maple. See Maple.
Whistling
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a. & n. from Whistle, v.
Whistlingly
adv.
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In a whistling manner; shrilly.
Whistly
adv.
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In a whist manner; silently.
Whit
n.
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The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence.
White
superl.
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Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
White
superl.
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Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
White
superl.
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Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
White
superl.
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Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
White
superl.
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Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
White
superl.
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Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
White
n.
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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.
White
n.
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Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
White
n.
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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.
White
n.
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A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
White
n.
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A white pigment; as, Venice white.
White
n.
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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.
Whited
imp. & p. p.
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of White
Whiting
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of White