Whinberry: Definition and part of speech

Whinberry

  1. n. The English bilberry; — so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze.

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.

Whinchat: Definition and part of speech

Whinchat

  1. n. A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; — called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.

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.

Whimsical: Definition and part of speech

Whimsical

  1. a. Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic.
  2. a. Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish.

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.