whishey, whishie (hwishi)

The whitethroat, Sylvia cinerea. Macgillivray. Also what tie. whishtt (hwisht), interj. and v. [Var. of husht.] Same as husht, whist1. When they perceived that Solomon, by the advise of his father, was annoynted king, by and by there was all Latimer, 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1549. whisk1 (hwisk), n. [Prop. * wisk ; visk , a wisp of hay, something to wipe with, a rub- ber, Sw. viska , a whisk, small broom, = Dan. visk , a wisp, rubber, = D. wisch = OHG. wisc, MHG. G. wisch , a whisk, clout; prob. con- nected with wash . The verb is from the orig. noun; the noun in the later senses ('act of whisking, etc.) is from the verb.] 1. A wisp or small bunch, as of gra , hair, or straw; specifically, such a wisp used as a brush, broom, or besom, and especially in modern usage one made of the ripened panicle of broom-corn (see broom -corn and Sorghum ), used for brush- ing the dust off clothes, etc. If you happen to break any china with the top of the whisk on mantle-tree or up whiskered 4. To flourish about. Who? he that walks in grey, whisking his riding-rod? Fletcher (and another ), Noble Gentleman, ii. 1. 5. To carry suddenly and rapidly; whirl. The outsiders [in open railway-carriages], who experienced the inconvenience of the smoke as well as the cold atmosphere through which they were whisked. Quoted in First Year of a Silken Reign, p. 150. II. in trans. To move with a quick, sweeping motion; move nimbly and swiftly: as, to whisk away. Then, ill bested of counsel, rageth she [the Queen], And whisketh through the town. Surrey, Eneid, iv. I wish you would one day whisk over and look at Harley House. Walpole, Letters, II. 44. whisk2t (hwisk), n. [ swabbers," to the rapid action and the whisking or sweeping of the cards from the table as the tricks were won. There are various other card terms having reference to quick, sweeping action: e. g., ' sweep the stakes,' slams, etc. The name whisk, having no very obvious significance after its first application, came to be called whist. See whist2.] The game of whist. He plays at whisk and smokes his pipe eight-and-forty hours together sometimes. Farquhar, Beaux' Stratagem, i. 1. He played at whisk till one in the morning. Walpole, Letters, II. 417. Whisk and swabbers. See swabber . whisker (hwis'ker), n. [Formerly also (Sc.) whisquer, whiscar; A whip is a whisker that will wrest out blood Of back and of body, beaten right well. Harman , Caveat for Cursetors, p. 122. 3. A bunch of feathers for sweeping anything. Jamie son.-4. In zoöl.: (a) One of the long, stiff, bristly hairs which grow on the upper lip of the cat and many other animals; a vibri a; a feeler; also, the set of such hairs on either side of the mouth. See vibri a, and cuts under Platyrhynchus and tiger. (b) pl. Any similar formation of hairs, hairs, feathers, etc., about an animal's mouth; also, color-marks suggestive of whiskers, as mystacial or maxillary stripes. See whiskered. (c) In entom., a long fringe of IMG:content-2324.png:[blocks in formation] What a whirlwind is her head! The deer was flying through the park, followed by the whirlwind of hounds and hunters. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., xxi. To sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. See wind2. whirl-worm (hwėrl'werm), n. A turbellarian; any member of the Turbellaria . whirly-batt (hwer'li-bat), n. Same as whirl- bat . whirrick. And in a fume gave Furius A whirret on the eare. T. Ellwood , Life (ed. Howells), p. 222. Then there's your souse, your wherrit , and your dowst, Tugs on the hair, your bob o' the lips, - a whelp on 't! I ne'er could find much difference. My wife in her new lace whiske , which indeed is very noble, and I am much pleased with it. Pepys , Diary, II. 217. With whisks of lawn. by grannums wore, In base contempt of bishops sleeves. Hudibras Redivivus (1706). ( Nares .) 5. A brief, rapid sweeping motion as of some- thing light; a sudden stroke, whiff, puff, or gale. Takes off thy dukedom; thou art but an earl. Fletcher (and another ), Noble Gentleman, v. He turned with an angry whisk on his heel, and swag- gered with long strides out of the gate. J. S. Le Fanu , Dragon Volant, iv. If a whisk of Fate's broom snap your cobweb asunder. Lowell, Blondel, ii. This is the proud braches whiske. Brome , Novella. 7. An impertinent fellow. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.]-Mexican or French whisk. Same as broom- whisk1 (hwisk), v . [Prop. wisk (as in dial. use); viska , wipe, sponge, also wag the tail, = Dan. viske , wipe, rub, sponge, = OHG. wisken , MHG. G. wischen, wipe, rub; from the noun.] I. trans. 1. To sweep or brush with a light, rapid motion: as, to whisk the dust from a table. She advanced to the fire, rearranged the wood, picked up stray brands, and whisked up the coals with a brush. H. B. Stowe , Oldtown, xxiv. 2. To agitate or mix with a light, rapid mo- tion; beat: as, to whisk eggs.-3. To move with a quick, sweeping motion or flourish; move briskly. His papers light fly diverse, to 'd in air; Songs, sonnets, epigrams the winds uplift, And whisk 'em back to Evans, Young, and Swift. Pope , Dunciad, ii. 116. as in flies of the genus Asilus.-5. The hair of the face, especially that on the sides of the face or cheeks of a man, as distinguished from that which grows on the upper lip lip (called the mus tache ) and that on the chin (called the beard ), but the word was formerly also used for the hair on the upper lip: commonly in the plural. Compare side - whiskers. His face not very great, ample forehead, yellowish reddish whiskers , which naturally turned up; belowe he was shaved close, except a little tip under his lip. Aubrey, Lives (Thomas Hobbes). His whiskers curled, and shoe-strings tied, A new Toledo by his side. Add is on , Rosamond, ii. 2. He had a beard too, and whiskers turned upwards on his upper-lip, as lang as Baudron's. Scott , Antiquary, ix. The Czar's look, I own, was much brighter and brisker, But then he is sadly deficient in whisker . Byron, Fragment of Epistle to Thomas Moore. 6. In ships, an outrigger of wood or iron extending laterally from each side of the bowsprit-cap, serving to support the jib and flying-jib guys.7. Something great or extraordinary; a whopper; a big lie. Plautus made English (1694), p. 9. ( Davies .)-8. A blusterer. [Scotch.] March whisquer was never a good fisher. Scotch proverb (Ray, Proverbs (1678), p. 385). whiskerando (hwis-ke-ran'dō), n. [So called in allusion to Don Ferolo Whiskerandos , a burlesque character in Sheridan's play, "The Critic": a name formed, with a Spanish-looking termination, whisker .] A whiskered or bearded person. [Burlesque.] The dumpy, elderly, square-shouldered, squinting, carroty whiskerando of a warrior who was laying about him Thackeray , Philip, xiii. so savagely.