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Whiteness: Definition and part of speech

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Whiteness

  1. n. A flock of swans.
  2. n. The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.
  3. n. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc.
  4. n. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.
  5. n. Nakedness.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

White friar: Definition and part of speech

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White friar

  1. A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.