Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WHOO-BUB,

for Hubbub. [Not use.] Shak.

WHOOP, n. hoop. [This is the same as hoop, but aspirated; Goth. trapyan, to whoop, to cafl; Sax. hiceopaa, to weep, and to whip. The sense is to drive out the voice.]

1. A shout of pursuit. Addison.
2. A shout of war; a particular cry of troops when they rush to the attack. The Indians of America are remarkable for their war whoop.
3. The bird called hoopoe or upupa.

WHOOP, v.i.

To insult with shouts. Dryden.

WHOOP, v.t.

To shout with a particular voice. Shak.

WHOOT, v.i. hoot. [See Hoot.]

WHORE, n. hore. [W. huran, from hurtaw, to hire; hur, that which is fixed or set, hire, wages; Sax. horwen, hore. woman; Sw. hors, hor-kana; Dan. hore, hore-kone; hure; D. hoer. The correct orthography is hove.]

A harlot; a courtesan; a concubine; a prostitute.

WHORE, v. [supra.]

To have unlawful sexual commerce; to practice lewdness.

WHORE, v.i.

To corrupt by lewd intercourse. [Little used.]Congreve.

WHORE-DOM, n. ho'reelom.

1. Lewdness; fornication; practice of unlawful commerce with the other sex. It is applied to either sex, and to any kind of illicit commerce.
2. In Scripture, idolatry; the desertion of the worship of the true God, for the worship of idols. Prophets.

WHORE-MAS-TER, n. [supra.]

One who practices lewdness.

WHORE-MON-GER, n.

The same as whoremaster.

WHORE-SON, n.

A bastard; a word used generally in contempt. Shak.

WHOR-ISH, a.

Lewd; unchaste; addicted to unlawful sexual pleasures; incontinent.

WHORISH-LY, adv.

In a lewd manner.

WHOR-ISH-NESS, n.

The practice of lewdness; the character of a lewd woman. Hale.

WHORL, or WHORLE,

see WHIRL

WHORT, n.

The fruit of the whortleberry; or the shrub.

WHOR-TLE-BER-RY, n. [Sax. heort-berg, hart-berry. The Germans call it heidel-bore, heath-berry.]

A plant or shrub and its fruit, of the genus Vacciniuni.

WHOSE, pron. [hooz.]

The possessive or genitive apse of who or which; applied to persons or things. We say, the person whose merits are known; the garment whose color is admired.

WHOSE-SO-EV'ER, pron. [whose and soever.]

Of any person whatever. John xx.

WHOSO, pron. [hooso.]

Any person whatever. [Obs.]

WHO-SO-EV'ER, pron. [who, so, and ever.]

Any one; any person whatever. Whatsoever win, let him take of the water of life freely. Rev. xxii.

WHUR, n.

The sound of a body moving through the air with velocity. [See Whir.]

WHUR, v.i.

To pronounce the letter r with too much force.

WHURT, n.

A whortleberry or bilberry. [See Whort.]