v. i.
v. t. To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash;
The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast flocks of wild swans. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ AS. hwītness. ]
He had kept
The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Whitening stone,