Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WHITTEN-TREE, n.

A sort of tree. Ainsworth.

WHITTER, is.

A bleacher. [Local.]

WHIT'TLE, n. [Sax. hwitel, hteitle.]

1. A small pocket knife. [In this sense, I believe the word is not used in America.]
2. A white dress for a woman; a double blanket worn by west countrywomen in England, over the shoulders, like a cloke. Dict. [[Not used in the United States.]

WHITTLE, v.t.

1. To pare or cut off the surface of a thing with a small knife. Some persons have a habit of whittling, and are rarely seen without a penknife in their hands for that purpose. [This is, I believe, the only use of this word in New England.]
2. To edge; to sharpen. [Not in use.] Hakewill.

WHITTLED, pp.

Cut with a small knife.

WHITTLING, ppr.

Cutting with a small knife.

WHI'TY-BROWN, a.

Of a color between white and brown. [Local in England.] Pegge.

WHIZ, n.

A hissing sound.

WHIZ, v. [It seems to be allied to hiss.]

To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air. It flew, and whizzing cut the liquid way. Dryden.

WHIZ'ZING, ppr.

Making a humming or hissing sound.

WHIZ'ZING-LY, adv.

With a whizzing sound.

WHO, pron. [relative pronoun hoo; Sax. hite; D. wie; L. qui; Fr. que; It. chi; Sp. quien; Ir. cia; Russ. koi; Pers. Ai. Who is undoubtedly a contracted word in English as in Latin. See What and Wight.]

1. Who, is a pronoun relative, always referring to persons. It forms whose in the genitive or possessive case, answering to the L. cujus, and wham in the objective or accusative case. Who, whose and whom, are in both numbers. Thus we say, the man or woman who was with us; the men or women who were with us; the men or women whom we saw.
2. Which of many. Are you satisfied who did the mischief?
3. It is much used in asking questions; as, Who am I? Who art thou? Who is this? Who are these? In this case, the purpose is to obtain the name or designation of the person or character.
4. It has sometimes a disjunctive sense. There thou tell'st of kings, and who aspire; Who fall, who who triumph, who do moan. Dryden.
5. Whose is of all genders. Whose book is this? The question whose solution I require. Dryden. As who should say, elliptically for as one who should say. Collier.

WHO-EV'ER,

prim [who and ever.] Any one without exception; any person whatever. The person who trespasses shall be punished, whoever he may be.

WHOLE, a. hole. [In Sax. wag, onwalg, is whole, sound, v entire. In D. het' has a like sense, from the root of heal; G. hell; Sw. lid; Dan. heel; W. oll or holl; Gr. {foreign}, Ir. uile. This seems to be connected with heal, hale. Of this, the derivative wholesome is evidence. See Class GI, No. 19, 31, 35.]

1. All; total; containing the total amount or number, or the entire thing; as, the whole earth; the whole world; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation.
2. Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole.
3. Unimpaired; unbroken; uninjured. My life is yet whole in me. 2 Sam. i.
4. Sound;. not hurt or sick. They that are whole need not a physician. Matth. ix.
5. Restored to health and soundness; sound; well. Thy faith hath made thee whole. Mark v. His hand was restored whole. Mark iii.

WHOLE, n.

1. The entire thing; the entire or total assemblage of parts. The whole of religion is contained in the short precept, Love God with all your heart, and your neighbor as yourself." Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Eccles. xii.
2. A system; a regular combination of parts. Pope.

WHOLE-HOOF-ED, a.

Having an undivided hoof.

WHOLE-NESS, a.

Entireness; totality.

WHOLE-SALE, a. [supra.]

1. Buying and selling by the piece or quantity; as, a wholesale merchant or dealer.
2. Pertaining to the trade by the piece or quantity; as, the wholesale price.

WHOLE-SALE, a. [whole and sale.]

1. Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity; as distinguished from retail. Some traders sell either by wholesale or retail.
2. The whole mass. Some from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt. upon it by wholesale. Watts.

WHOLE-SOME, a. [whole and some; G. heilsam.]

1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; as, wholesome air ov diet; a wholesome climate.
2. Sound; contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion or prosperity; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths.
3. Useful; salutary; conducive to public happiness, virtue or peace; as, a wholesome law.
4. That utters sound words. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. prov. xv.
5. Kindly; pleasing; as, u wholesome answer. Shak. Wholesome ship, a ship that will try, hull and ride well. Dict.

WHOLE-SOME-LY, adv.

In a wholesome or salutary manner; salubriously.

WHOLE-SOME-NESS, n.

1. The quality of contributing to health; salubrity; as, the wholesomeness of air or diet.
2. Salutariness conduciveness to the health of the mind or of the body politic; as, the wholesomeness of doctrines or laws.

WHOL-LY, adv.

1. Entirely; completely; perfectly. Not wholly overcome, nor wholly yield. Dryden.
2. Totally; in all the parts or kinds. They employed themselves wholly In domestic life. Addison.

WHOM, pron. [hoom.]

The objective of who, coinciding with the L. quasi and quern. Whom have I in heaven but thee. Ps. lxxiii.

WHOM-SO-EV-ER, pron. [whom and soever.]

Any person without exception. With whomsoever thou findest thy goods, let him not live. Gen. xxxi.