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WHILERE, adv. [while and ere.] A little while ago.
WHILING, ppr. Loitering; passing time agreeably, without impatience or tediousness.
WHILK, n. A shell. [See Whelk .]
WHILOM, adv. Formerly; once; of old.
WHILST, adv. The same as while, which see. Whiles is not used.
WHIM, n. 1. Properly, a sudden turn or start of the mind; a freak; a fancy; a ca...
WHINBREL, WHIMBREL, n. A bird resembling the curlew.
WHIMPER, v.i. [G.] To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; as, a child whimpers.
WHIMPERING, ppr. Crying with a low broken voice. WHIMPERING , n. [supra.] A low ...
WHIMPLED, a word used by Shakespeare, is perhaps a mistake for whimpered. There ...
WHIMSEY, n. s as z. [from whim.] A whim; a freak; a capricious notion; as the wh...
WHIMSICAL, a. Full of whims; freakish; having odd fancies; capricious. My neighb...
WHIMSICALLY, adv. [supra.] In a whimsical manner; freakishly.
WHIMSICALNESS, n. [supra.] Freakishness; whimsical disposition; odd temper.
WHIN, n. [L.] Gorse; furze; a plant of the genus Ulex.
WHIN-AX, n. [whin and ax.] An instrument used for extirpating whin from land.