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Whitebeam: Definition and part of speech

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Whitebeam

  1. n. The common beam tree of England (Pyrus Aria); — so called from the white, woolly under surface of the leaves.

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.

Whit: Definition and part of speech

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Whit

  1. n. The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; — generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence.

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: Definition and part of speech

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White

  1. n. 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.
  2. superl. 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.
  3. superl. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
  4. superl. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
  5. superl. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
  6. superl. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
  7. superl. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
  8. n. 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.
  9. n. Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
  10. n. 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.
  11. 1n. 1 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.
  12. 1superl. 1 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.

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.

Whistler: Definition and part of speech

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Whistler

  1. n. The whistlefish.
  2. n. One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.
  3. n. The ring ousel.
  4. n. The widgeon.
  5. n. The golden-eye.
  6. n. The golden plover and the gray plover.
  7. n. The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus).

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.

Whistle: Definition and part of speech

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Whistle

  1. v. i. The mouth and throat; — so called as being the organs of whistling.
  2. v. i. To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds.
  3. v. i. To make a shrill sound with a wind or steam instrument, somewhat like that made with the lips; to blow a sharp, shrill tone.
  4. v. i. To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air.
  5. v. t. To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air.
  6. v. t. To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
  7. v. i. A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar sound; the sound used by a sportsman in calling his dogs; the shrill note of a bird; as, the sharp whistle of a boy, or of a boatswain’s pipe; the blackbird’s mellow whistle.
  8. v. i. The shrill sound made by wind passing among trees or through crevices, or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through the air; the shrill noise (much used as a signal, etc.) made by steam or gas escaping through a small orifice, or impinging against the edge of a metallic bell or cup.
  9. v. i. 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).
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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.