Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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, n. [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 or 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, a 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.

WHOO-BUB, n.

for Hubbub. [Not use.] – Shak.

WHOOP, n. [hoop; This is the same as hoop, but aspirated; Goth. wopyan, to whoop, to call; Sax. hweopan, 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.]

WHOP, n. [the vulgar pronunciation of whap, or chap.]

A sudden fall, or the suddenness of striking in a fall.

WHORE, n. [hore; W. huran, from huriaw, to hire; hur, that which is fixed or set, hire, wages; Sax. hor-cwen, hore-woman; Sw. hora, hor-kåna; Dan. hore, hore-kone; G. hure; D. hoer. The correct orthography is hore.]

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

WHORE, v.i. [supra.]

To have unlawful sexual commerce; to practice lewdness.

WHORE, v.t.

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

WHORE'DOM, n. [ho'redom.]

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.

WHOR'ISH-LY, adv.

In a lewd manner.

WHOR'ISH-NESS, n.

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

WHORL, or WHORLE, v. [or n. See WHIRL.]