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An old spelling wezandt, n. An obsolete spelling of weasand. w. f. In printing, an abbreviation of wrong font: a mark on the margin of a proof, calling attention to the fact that the letter or letters, etc., opposite differ from the rest in size or face. W. G. An abbreviation of Worthy Grand, prefixed to various titles of office among Free-masons and similar orders: as, W. G. C. (Worthy Grand Chaplain or Conductor ). wh-. See W, 6883 used adverbially: as, a whacking big fish. [Colloq.] Same as wahoo , but ap whahoo (hwa-hö′), n. plied specifically to the winged elm. whaintt, whaintiset. Middle English forms of quaint, quaintise. whaisle, whaizle (hwāʻzl), v. i. [A dial. freq. of wheeze.] To breathe hard, as in asthma; wheeze. [Scotch.] But sax Scotch miles thou try't their mettle, An' gart them whaizle . Burns , Farmer's Salutation to his Auld Mare. whake, whaker. Dialectal forms of quake , quaker . whale in immense areas, to which the whales resort as feeding grounds. Some whales attack large animals, even of their own kind (see killer, Orcal ), but nearly all are timid and inoffensive, seeking only to avoid their enemies, though capable of formidable resistance to attack. Whales bring forth their young alive, like all mammals above the mono tremes, and suckle them; the teats are a pair, beside the vulva. They breathe only air, for which purpose they must regularly seek the surface, though capable of remaining long under water without respiring. The spouting of the whale is the act of expiration, during which the air in the lungs, loaded with watery vapor, is forcibly expelled like spray in a single stream, or in two streams, according as the blowholes are single or there are a pair of these spiracles. Some sea-water may be mixed with the breath, if the whale spouts beneath the surface, but the visible stream is chiefly condensed vapor, like that of human breath on a cold day. Whales have a naked skin, sav = qual, largest size, the small ones being distinctively named dolphins, porpoises, etc.: in popular use applied to any large marine animal. (a) Whale is not le strictly applicable than universally applied to the toothle or whalebone whales, all of which are of great size, and some of which are by far the largest of animals. They consist of the right whales, finner-whales, and humpbacks, composing the family Balænidæ alone, and represent five well-marked genera, namely: (1) Balæna proper, the right whales, without any dorsal fin and with smooth throat; (2) Neobalæna, based on N. margin at a, a whalebone whale said to combine a smooth throat with presence of a dorsal fin; (3) Rachianectes, with one species, R. glaucus, the gray whale; (4) Megaptera, the humpbacked whales, with a dorsal fin, furrowed throat, and long flippers, of several nominal species of all seas; and (5) (Scotch) form of who.