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Whiffle: Definition and part of speech

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Whiffle

  1. n. A fife or small flute.
  2. v. i. To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
  3. v. i. To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
  4. v. t. To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
  5. v. t. To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.

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.

Whiffler: Definition and part of speech

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Whiffler

  1. n. The golden-eye.
  2. n. One who whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument; hence, a trifler.
  3. n. One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
  4. n. An officer who went before procession to clear the way by blowing a horn, or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.

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.

Whidah bird: Definition and part of speech

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Whidah bird

  1. Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and widow finch.

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.

Whiff: Definition and part of speech

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Whiff

  1. n. The marysole, or sail fluke.
  2. n. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.
  3. n. A glimpse; a hasty view.

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.