Dictionary

Whip-tom-kelly: Definition and part of speech

by

Whip-tom-kelly

  1. n. A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida; — called also black-whiskered vireo.

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.

Whipworm: Definition and part of speech

by

Whipworm

  1. n. A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly.

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.

Whipstitch: Definition and part of speech

by

Whipstitch

  1. v. t. To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.
  2. n. A tailor; — so called in contempt.
  3. n. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition.
  4. n. The act or process of whipstitching.

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.