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WHINE, v.t. [L.] TO express murmurs by a plaintive cry; to moan with a puerile n...
WHINBREL, WHIMBREL, n. A bird resembling the curlew.
WHIN-YARD, n. A sword; in contempt.
WHIN-STONE, n. [whin and stone.] Whin-stone or whin is a provincial name given t...
WHIN-CHAT, n. A bird, a species of warbler, the Motacilla rubetra, Linn.
WHIN-AX, n. [whin and ax.] An instrument used for extirpating whin from land.
WHIN, n. [L.] Gorse; furze; a plant of the genus Ulex.
WHIMSICALNESS, n. [supra.] Freakishness; whimsical disposition; odd temper.
WHIMSICALLY, adv. [supra.] In a whimsical manner; freakishly.
WHIMSICAL, a. Full of whims; freakish; having odd fancies; capricious. My neighb...
WHIMSEY, n. s as z. [from whim.] A whim; a freak; a capricious notion; as the wh...
WHIMPLED, a word used by Shakespeare, is perhaps a mistake for whimpered. There ...
WHIMPERING, ppr. Crying with a low broken voice. WHIMPERING , n. [supra.] A low ...
WHIMPER, v.i. [G.] To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; as, a child whimpers.
WHINBREL, WHIMBREL, n. A bird resembling the curlew.
WHIM, n. 1. Properly, a sudden turn or start of the mind; a freak; a fancy; a ca...