Whither

hwitii adv. To what place, — used in- terrogatively to what or which place, — relatively, to what; to what point or degree whereunto; whereto. Whither is now, to a great extent, obsolete, except in poetry, or in compositions of a grave character: where has taken its place.] [AS. hwider, Goth. hwadre; whether (q. v.), hither.} — Whith'ersoev'er, adv. To whatever place.— Whith'erward, adv. In what direction; toward what place. [ME. whiderivard.} Whiting, Whitleather, Whit sunday, etc. See White. Whitlow, hwitlo, {Med.) An inflammation of a finger or toe, terminating usually in suppuration a felon; paronychia. [Lit., quick-flaw, a flaw, or flaking off of skin about the quick of the nail ProvE. whickflaw, a whitlow (ivhick = quick, alive), Ic. kvika, the quick of the nail or of a horse's hoof, and Sw. Wlaga, a crack, breach, Ic. flagrta, to flake off, slough.] hittle, hwiftl, A knife a pocket, sheath, or clasp-knife. — v. [whittled (-tld), -tling.] To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife.—v. To cut or shape a piece of wood with a small knife. [ME. thivitel, a knife, AS. thwitan, to cut, pare.] Whittle, hwirtl, A grayish, coarse, double blanket worn by west countrywomen, in Eng., over the shoulders. [AS. hwitel, Ic. hvitill, a blanket, AS. hwit, Ic. hvvtr = E. white, q. v. cf. E. blanket, fr. F. blanc, white.]