White

hwit, a. Having the color of pure snow re- flecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined destitute of color, as in the cheeks pale pure; clean; free from spot or blemish; gray, as the effect of age having colorle hair; free from that which denies, disturbs, etc. innocent fortunate happy favorable. — n. The color of pure snow one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all the colors; something having the color of snow, or reflecting to the eve the rays of light unseparated the center of a mark at which an arrow or other mi ile is shot, — formerly painted white; one of the white race of men. — v. To make white, whiten, whitewash. [AS. hwit, Ic. hvitr, D. wit, Goth, hweits, OHG. hwiz. G. wei , Skr. cveta, white, cvit, to be white, shine.] — White feather. A mark of cowardice.— W. friar. A mendicant monk of the Carmelite Order,—so called from the white cloaks worn by members of the order; any monk dre ed in white. — W. heat. The temperature at which bodies become incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which they emit. — W. lead. A carbonate of lead, used in painting and for other purposes, ceruse. (Min.) A native Carbonate of lead.— W. A comparatively venial falsehood.— W. squall. (Naut.) A sudden gust of wind which comes up without being marked in its approach by the clouds, and attended with white, broken water, on the surface of the sea.— W. sivelling. (Med.) A scrofulous or rheumatic swelling of the knee, or of the ankle, wrist, orelbow, with acute or chronic disease of the synovial membrane, cartilage, and bone a lingering, chronic tumor, of almost any kind. — W. wine. Any wine of a clear, transparent color, bordering on white, as Madeira, Sherry, etc., — opp. to wine of a deep-red color, as Port.— Whites, hwltz, n. pi. {Med.) A discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish mucus, from the vagina; leucorrhea; fluor alb us. —Whifen, hwlfn, v. [-en ED (-nd), -ening.] To make white, bleach, blanch. — v. To grow white, turn or become white, or whiter. [iYIE. hwiten, to become white, ivhitenen, to make white.] — Whit'ener, n. One who bleaches or makes white. — White'ne , n. State or quality of being white palene ; freedom from stain or blemish; purity cleanne . — Whifish, a. Somewhat white white in a moderate degree. (Bot.) Having a color like white somewhat soiled: covered with an opaque white powder. — Whit'ishne , n. — Whit'ing, n. (Ichth.) A seafish, allied to the cod, valued on account of its del- Whiting, icacy and lightne as an article of food. Ground chalk, careiully cleaned from all stony matter, used for polishing metal, etc. — White'wash, -wosh, n. A wash or liquid composition for whitening something, making the skin fair, etc. a composition of lime and water, or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening the plaster of walls, etc. — v. [whitewashed (-wosht), -washing.] To cover with a white liquid composition, as with lime and water, etc. to make white, give a fair external appearance to clear (an insolvent or bankrupt) of debts he owes; to clear an accused person of charges brought against him,— esp. by suppre ion of facts. pve, term In, Ice 8dd, tone, 6r 697 WHITHER 677 — White'washer, n,—White'-bait, n. A very small delicate fish of the herring kind.— -liv'ered, -e rd, a. Having a pale look; feeble; cowardly. meat, n. Food made of milk, butter, White-bait. cheese, eggs, etc. young or delicate flesh or food, as veal, poultry, rabbits, etc. breast, etc., of chickens and turkeys. —smith, n. One who works in tinned iron, or white iron a worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, disting. from one who forges —weed, n. A plant of the genus Chrysanthemum; the ox-eye daisy, — so called from the color of its flowers. — Whit'leather, hwlt'lether, Leather dre ed with alum, salt, etc., remarkable for pliability and toughne ; a broad, tough, white ligament on the neck of quadrupeds, which supports the weight of the head; paxwax. — Whit'- — snn, a. Of, pert, to, or observed at Whit sun tide. Whit's unday, -sn-dr, -suntide, -sn-tld, n. (Eccl.) The 7th Sunday after Easter, a festival commemorative of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, — so called, because, in the primitive church, those newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments.