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v. t. 1. To corrupt with regard to chastity; to make a whore of. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pronounce or characterize as a whore. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are two spiracles or blowholes in the common whales, but only one in sperm whales, porpoises, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to breathe. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Founding) An air hole in a casting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A house or building appropriated to brewing; a brewery. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ nowhere spelled backwards. ] the fictitious land described in the novel Erewhon by Samuel Butler. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See Whole. ] 1. Having the heart or affections free; not in love. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With unbroken courage; undismayed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of a single and sincere heart; with unconditional commitment or unstinting devotion; as, heart-whole friendship. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- wholehearted. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

If he keeps heart-whole towards his Master. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Hickwall. ] (Zool.) The European green woodpecker. See Yaffle. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. the knowledge and skill required to do something; practical knowledge for a specific task.
Syn. -- knowhow. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To exceed in lewdness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sleuthhound. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. & interj. Words imitative of the notes of the owl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy tu-whits are lulled, I wot,
Thy tu-whoos of yesternight. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. unhāl. See Un- not, and Whole. ] Not whole; unsound. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

See obnoxious.
See observable.
See observant.
See obstructive.
See obvious.
See official.
See officious.
See oppressive.
See ordinary.
See ordinate.
See original.
See ornamental.
See orthodox.
See ostentatious.
See pacifiable.
See pacific.
See painful.
See palatable.
See parallelable.
See pardonable.
See partable.
See participant.
See passionate.
See pastoral.
See pathetic.
See patriotic.
See peaceable.
See peaceful.
See pedantic.
See perceivable.
See perceptible.
See perilous.
See permanent.
See personable.
See perspirable.
See persuadable.
See persuasive.
See philanthropic.
See philosophic.
See philosophical.
See physical.
See picturesque.
See pierceable.
See pitiful.
See plain.
See plausible.
See plausive.
See pleadable.
See pleasurable.
See pliable.
See pliant.
See plumb.
See poetic.
See poetical.
See political.
See popular.
See populous.
See portable.
See potable.
See precarious.
See precise.
See pregnant.
See prejudicate.
See prelatical.
See premeditable.
See presentable.
See preservable.
See presumptuous.
See pretentious.
See pretty.
See prevalent.
See priestly.
See primitive.
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See procurable.
See producible.
See productive.
See professional.
See profitable.
See prolific.
See pronounceable.
See prophetic.
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See proportionable.
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See prosperous.
See provable.
See punctilious.
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See punishable.
See pure.
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See quenchable.
See quiet.
See rational.
See readable.
See reasonable.
See recallable.
See reclaimable.
See recognizable.
See reconcilable.
See recoverable.
See recumbent.
See reformable.
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See regardable.
See regardant.
See relative.
See relievable.
See reluctant.
See remarkable.
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See rememberable.
See remorseful.
See removable.
See remunerative.
See repairable.
See repealable.
See repentant.
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See requisite.
See requitable.
See resolvable.
See respectable.
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See returnable.
See revengeful.
See ridable.
See ridiculous.
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See romantic.
See rough.
See royal.
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See sage.
See sailable.
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See sane.
See sanguine.
See sanitary.
See satisfactory.
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See saturable.
See savory.
See scalable.
See scaly.
See scholarly.
See scholastic.
See scientific.
See scornful.
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See sculptural.
See seaworthy.
See sectarian.
See secular.
See sedentary.
See selfish.
See sentient.
See sentimental.
See serviceable.
See severe.
See shamefaced.
See shamefast.
See shapely.
See shy.
See sick.
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See sightly.
See simple.
See sinewy.
See sizable.
See sleek.
See slumberous.
See sly.
See smooth.
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See smutty.
See sober.
See sociable.
See social.
See solemn.
See soliciutous.
See solvable.
See speakable.
See speedy.
See spiritual.
See spontaneous.
See sportful.
See sportsmanlike.
See statutable.
See steadfast.
See steady.
See stormy.
See stout.
See strong.
See subduable.
See subject.
See submissive.
See subordinate.
See substantial.
See successive.
See succorable.
See suggestive.
See suitable.
See sunny.
See superfluous.
See supple.
See sure.
See surpassable.
See susceptible.
See suspect.
See suspectable.
See suspicious.
See sustainable.
See sweet.
See syllogistical.
See symbolic.
See sympathetic.
See systematic.
See tamable.
See tame.
See teachable.
See technical.
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See tender.
See terrestrial.
See terrific.
See thankful.
See theological.
See thinkable.
See thirsty.
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See thoughtful.
See tidy.
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See toothsome.
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See tractable.
See tragic.
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See transferable.
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See trustworthy.
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See vocal.
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See voluptuous.
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See vulgar.
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See warlike.
See watchful.
See watery.
See wealthy.
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See weary.
See welcome.
See wet.
See wholesome.
See wieldsome.
See willful.
See wily.
See witty.
See womanly.
See workable.
See workmanlike.
See worldly.
See worshipful.
See wrathful.
See writable.
See zealous.
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[ 1913 Webster ]

pron. [ Possess. whose object. Whom ] [ OE. who, wha, AS. hwā, interrogative pron., neut. hwæt; akin to OFries. hwa, neut. hwet, OS. hwē, neut. hwat, D. wie, neut. wat, G. wer, neut. was, OHG. wer, hwer, neut. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, neut., Dan. hvo, neut. hvad, Sw. ho, hvem, neut. hvad, Goth. hwas, fem. hwō, neut. hwa, Lith. kas, Ir. & Gael. co, W. pwy, L. quod, neuter of qui, Gr. po`teros whether, Skr. kas. √182. Cf. How, Quantity, Quorum, Quote, Ubiquity, What, When, Where, Whether, Which, Whither, Whom, Why. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or plural. See the Note under What, pron., 1. As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc. Who and whom, as compound relatives, are also used especially of persons, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that; whosoever. “Let who will be President.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] should not tell whose children they were. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

There thou tell'st of kings, and who aspire;
Who fall, who rise, who triumph, who do moan. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adders who with cloven tongues
Do hiss into madness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whom I could pity thus forlorn. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

How hard is our fate, who serve in the state. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who cheapens life, abates the fear of death. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brace of large greyhounds, who were the companions of his sports. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One; any; one. [ Obs., except in the archaic phrase, as who should say. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As who should say, it were a very dangerous matter if a man in any point should be found wiser than his forefathers were. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hubbub. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who; as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be. “Whoever envies or repines.” Milton. “Whoever the king favors.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. hole, hol, hal, hool, AS. hāl well, sound, healthy; akin to OFries. & OS. h&unr_;l, D. heel, G. heil, Icel. heill, Sw. hel whole, Dan. heel, Goth. hails well, sound, OIr. c&unr_;l augury. Cf. Hale, Hail to greet, Heal to cure, Health, Holy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation. “On their whole host I flew unarmed.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whole race of mankind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole. [ 1913 Webster ]

My life is yet whole in me. 2 Sam. i. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ She ] findeth there her friends hole and sound. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

They that be whole need not a physician. Matt. ix. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Sir Lancelot's deadly hurt was whole. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whole blood. (Law of Descent) See under Blood, n., 2. --
Whole note (Mus.), the note which represents a note of longest duration in common use; a semibreve. --
Whole number (Math.), a number which is not a fraction or mixed number; an integer. --
Whole snipe (Zool.), the common snipe, as distinguished from the smaller jacksnipe. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- All; total; complete; entire; integral; undivided; uninjured; unimpaired; unbroken; healthy. -- Whole, Total, Entire, Complete. When we use the word whole, we refer to a thing as made up of parts, none of which are wanting; as, a whole week; a whole year; the whole creation. When we use the word total, we have reference to all as taken together, and forming a single totality; as, the total amount; the total income. When we speak of a thing as entire, we have no reference to parts at all, but regard the thing as an integer, i. e., continuous or unbroken; as, an entire year; entire prosperity. When we speak of a thing as complete, there is reference to some progress which results in a filling out to some end or object, or a perfected state with no deficiency; as, complete success; a complete victory. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the whole army stood agazed on him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

One entire and perfect chrysolite. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest total darkness should by night regain
Her old possession, and extinguish life. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

So absolute she seems,
And in herself complete. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

This not the whole of life to live,
Nor all of death to die. J. Montgomery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A regular combination of parts; a system. [ 1913 Webster ]

Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Committee of the whole. See under Committee. --
Upon the whole, considering all things; taking everything into account; in view of all the circumstances or conditions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Totality; total; amount; aggregate; gross. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having an undivided hoof, as the horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Representing the whole figure; -- said of a picture or statue. -- n. A portrait or statue representing the whole figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail. [ 1913 Webster ]

By wholesale, in the mass; in large quantities; without distinction or discrimination. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter. “A time for wholesale trust.” Mrs. Humphry Ward. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Wholesomer superl. Wholesomest. ] [ Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wholesome thirst and appetite. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. A Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. Prov. xv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Sound; healthy. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Whole"some*ly, adv. -- Whole"some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Thoroughly imbued with a right spirit; noble-minded; devoted. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor wholly overcome, nor wholly yield. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To the exclusion of other things; totally; fully. [ 1913 Webster ]

They employed themselves wholly in domestic life. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. [ OE. wham, AS. dative hwām, hw&unr_;m. See Who. ] The objective case of who. See Who. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Old English, whom was also commonly used as a dative. Cf. Him. [ 1913 Webster ]

And every grass that groweth upon root
She shall eke know, and whom it will do boot. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. The objective of whosoever. See Whosoever. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Most High ruleth in the kingdow of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. Dan. iv. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hubbub. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To insult with shouts; to chase with derision. [ 1913 Webster ]

And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be
Whooped out of Rome. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ See Hoopoe. ] (Zool.) The hoopoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Whooped p. pr. & vb. n. Whooping. ] [ OE. houpen. See Hoop, v. i. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to hoot, as an owl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each whooping with a merry shout. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

When naught was heard but now and then the howl
Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness, enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fox, crossing the road, drew off a considerable detachment, who clapped spurs to their horses, and pursued him with whoops and halloos. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whoop of the crane. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, whooops. [ 1913 Webster ]

Woopher swan. (Zool.) See the Note under Swan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Whoop, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whooping cough (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough. Dunglison. --
Whooping crane (Zool.), a North American crane (Crus Americana) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters. --
Whooping swan (Zool.), the whooper swan. See the Note under Swan. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Hoot. ] To hoot. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, v. i. [ Cf. OE. quappen to palpitate, E. quob, quaver, wabble, awhape, wap. ] To throw one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; as, she whapped down on the floor; the fish whapped over. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is used adverbially in the north of England, as in the United States, when anything vanishes, or is gone suddenly; as, whap went the cigar out of my mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Whapped p. pr. & vb. n. Whapping. ] To beat or strike. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. A blow, or quick, smart stroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Same as Whap. Forby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Whap. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ See Whap. ] Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie. Now (1998) usually spelled whopper. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Cf. Whapper. ] 1. One who, or that which, whops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. something very large, especially a big lie. Same as Whapper, but the more common spelling. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, a. Very large; monstrous; astonishing; as, a whapping story. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hore, AS. hōre; akin to D. hoer, hoere, G. hure, OHG. huora, huorra, Icel. hōra, Dan. hore, Sw. hora, Goth. hōrs an adulterer, AS. hōr adultery, OHG. huor, and probably to L. carus dear. Cf. Charity. ] A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Harlot; courtesan; prostitute; strumpet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Whored p. pr. & vb. n. Whoring. ] [ Cf. Icel. h&unr_;ra. See Whore, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To have unlawful sexual intercourse; to practice lewdness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Script.) To worship false and impure gods. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To corrupt by lewd intercourse; to make a whore of; to debauch. [ R. ] Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]