Fletcher, Spanish Curate

1. Thou look'st that I should whine and beg compa ion. Ford, Broken Heart, iv. 4. I am not for whining at the depravity of the times. whip I might as weel ha'e tried a quarry O' hard whin rock. He never whines , although he is not more deficient in sensibility than many authors who do little else. Whipple , E . and Rev., I. 29. II. trans. To utter in a plaintive, querulous, drawling manner: usually with out . Fool as I was, to sigh, and weep, and whine Out long complaints, and pine myself away. J. Beaumont, Psyche, i. 224. A parson shall whine out God ble me, and give me not a farthing. Farquhar , Love and a Bottle, i. 1. IMG:content-2308.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2309.png:[blocks in formation] 2. In hunting, the noise made by an otter at rutting-time. Hall i well (under hunting ). whiner (hwi'ner), n. [ One pitiful whiner , Melpomene. Gayton, Festivous Notes on Don Quixote, p. 242. ( Latham.) The grumblers are of two sorts-the healthful-toned and the whiners. C. D. Warner, Backlog Studies, p. 141. whinge (hwinj), v. i.; pret. and pp. whinged, ppr. whinging. [Sc. also wheenge, formerly quhynge, whine; cf. OHG. wins on, MHG. winsen, mourn, G. winseln, whine, whimper: with orig. verb-formative -s, from the root of whine.] To whine. IMG:content-2310.png:[blocks in formation] The following names have been applied to the Toadstones in Derby shire: amygdaloid, black clay, basalts, boulder stones, brown stone, cat dirt, channel, chirt, clay, stone, trap, tuft stone, whinstone , secondary traps, and others. R. Hunt , British Mining, p. 243. whintaint (hwin'tān), n. An obsolete form of quintain . whinyardt (hwin'yard), n. [Also whiniard , whinneard , also whingard ; prob. a variant, simulating yard1 , of whinger , q. v.] A sword or hanger. IMG:content-2311.png:[blocks in formation] And how will you encounter St. George on Horseback, in his Cuira iers Arms, his Sword, and his Whin-yard? N. Bailey , tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, II. 6. whip (hwip), v.; pret. and pp. whipped ipped , whipt , ppr. opr. whipping . [ ME. whippen , whyppen , not found in AS. (the alleged AS. * hweop , a whip, * hweopian , whip, scourge, in Somner, being unauthenticated); authenticated); prob. prob. a variant of wippen , wippen , shake, wag, D. wippen , skip, hasten, also give the strappado strappado (cf. wip , a swipe, swipe, the strappado), MLG. wippen , wippen , LG. wippen , wippen , wup pen , move up and down (> G. wippen , (> G. wippen , move up and down, balance, see-saw, rock, rock, draw up on a gibbet and drop suddenly, give the strappado), Sw. vippa , wag, jerk, give ive the strappado, Dan. vippe , see-saw, rock, bob; a secondary verb, connected with OHG. wipph , MHG. wipf , swinging, quick motion, and MHG. G. weifen , cause to swing, move, wind, or turn; causative of MHG. wifen , swing; akin to L. vibrare , vibrate, Skt. vip , tremble: see vibrate . The V Gael. cuip , a whip, and the W. chwip , a quick turn, chwipio , move briskly or nimbly, are prob. quip . tip . In defs. 7, etc., the verb is from the noun. For the change from wip (ME. wip pen) to whip , cf. whap , whap , wap1 .] I. in trans. 1. To move suddenly and nimbly; start (in, out, round the corner and disappear. away, etc.) with sudden quickne : as, to whip Whip to our tents, as roes run o'er land. Shak ., L. L. L., v. 2. 309. You two shall be the chorus behind the arras, and whip out between the acts and speak. B. Jonson , Epicæne, iv. 2. I... saw her hold up her fan to a hackney-coach at a distance, who immediately came up to her, and she whip IMG:content-2312.jpg:[graphic] ny2. ny2. [Prov. Eng. and U. S.] whinnock (hwin'ok), n. [Perhaps [Prov. Eng. in both senses.] whinny1 (hwin'i), a. [ whin1 + -y1.] Abounding in whins or whin-bushes. The Ox-moor... was a fine, large, whinny , undrained, unimproved common. Sterne , Tristram Shandy, iv. 31. whinny2 (hwin'i), a. [ v . i.; pret. and pp. whinnied , ppr. whinnying . [A dim. or freq. of whine . The word hinny, hinnire , neigh, is different; both are felt to be imitative.] To utter the cry of a horse; neigh. Sir Richard's colts came whinnying and staring round the intruders. Kingsley, Westward Ho, v. To whindle or whinnel, 'to cry peevishly, to whimper' (used of a child), is very common in East Tenne ee. Wright has whindle , whingel , and whinnel , all meaning to Trans. Amer . Philol . A ., XVII. 45. whine (hwin), v .; pret. and pp. whined , ppr. whining. [ whinen , hwinen, hwinan , whine, = Icel. hvīna , whizz, whir, Sw. hvina , whistle, = Dan. hvine , whistle, whine; cf. Icel. whinnys, v.] The act of whinnying; a neigh. kveina , wail, Goth. kwainōn , mourn, Skt. ✔ kvan , buzz.] I. in trans. 1. To utter a plaintive pr pro whinny3 (hwin'i), n.; pl. whinnies (-iz). [ With colt-like whinny and with hoggish whine They burst my prayer. Tennyson , St. Simeon Stylites. tracted sound expre ive of distre or comwhinock, n. Same as whinnock. plaint; moan as a dog, or in a childish fashion. whin-rock (hwin'rok), n. Same as whin2. Steele , Spectator, No. 503. In my wakeful mood I was a good deal annoyed by a little rabbit that kept whipping in at our dilapidated door and nibbling at our bread and hard-tack. J. Burroughs, The Century, XXXVI. 614. She.. whipped behind one of the large pillars, gave her dre a little shake at the sides and behind, ran her hands over her hair, and appeared before the caller cool, calm, and collected. The Century , XXXVIII. 776. 2. In angling, to cast the line or the fly by means of the rod with a motion like that of using a whip; make a cast. There is no better sport than whipping for Bleaks in a boat in a summers evening, with a hazle top about five or six foot long, and a line twice the length of the Rod. I. Walton , Complete Angler (ed. 1653), p. 205. II. trans. 1. To move, throw, put, pull, carry, or the like, with a sudden, quick motion; snatch: usually followed by some preposition or adverb, as away , from , in , into , off , on , out , up , etc.: as, to whip out a sword or a revolver. I whipt me behind the arras. Shak ., Much Ado, i. 3. 63. In came Clause, The old lame beggar, and whipt up Master Goswin Under his arm, away with him. Fletcher, Beggars' Bush, v. 1. She then whipped off her domino, and threw it over Mrs. At kins on. Fielding , Amelia, x. 3. IMG:content-2313.png:[blocks in formation] Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut. Moron , Mechanical Exercises. 3. To lay regularly on; serve in regular cir- cles round and round. 4. To sew with an over and over stitch, as two pieces of cloth whose edges are laid or stitched together; overcast: as, to whip a seam.-5. Το gather by a kind of combination running and overhand stitch: as, to whip a ruffle. In half- whipt muslin needles usele lie, And shuttle-cocks acro the counter fly. IMG:content-2314.png:[blocks in formation] Consideration, like an angel, came, And whipp'd the offending Adam out of him. Shak., Hen. V., i. 1. 29. All threat'ningly, out-thund'ring shouts as earth were overthrown. Chapman , Iliad, xv. 319. 11. To lash, in a figurative sense; treat with cutting severity, as with sarcasm or abuse. Wilt thou whip thine own faults in other men? I look'd and read, and saw how finely Wit Had whipp'd itself; and then grew friends with it. J. Beaumont , Psyche, ii. 62. 12. To cause to spin or rotate by lashing with a whip or scourge-stick: said of a top. Since I plucked geese, played truant and whipped top. Shak ., M. W. of W., v. 1. 27. off a scent. The difficult nature of the covert, and the fact that they were running in view, prevented hounds being whipped off at the outset. The Field, April 4, 1885. ( Encyc . Dict .) To whip the cat. (a) To practise the most pinching par- simony. Forby . [Prov. Eng.] (b) To go from house to house to work, as a tailor or other workman. Compare whip - cat . [Scotch and prov. Eng. and U. S.] Mr. Hart... made shoes, a trade he prosecuted in an itinerating manner from house to house, whipping the cat, as it was termed. S. Judd , Margaret, i. 3. (ct) To get tipsy. Hall i well. - To whip the devil around the stump. See devil . whip (hwip), n. [ whippe , quippe = MD. wippe , a whip, D. wip , a swipe, strappado, mo- ment: see whip , v .] 1. An instrument for flagel- lati on, whether in driving animals or in pun- ishing human beings; a scourge. In its typical form it is composed of a lash of some kind fastened upon a handle more or le rigid; the common form of horse- whip has little or no lash, being a long, tapering, and very pliant switch-like rod of wood, whalebone, or other ma- terial, usually wound or braided over with thread. And alle the folk of the Contree ryden comounly with outen Spores: but the i beren alle weys a lytille Whippe in hire Hondes, for to chacen with hire Hors. Struck at him with his whip , and cut his cheek. Tennyson, Geraint. In fayth and for youre long taryng Ye shal lik on the whyp. Comes naked neede? and chance to do ami e? He shal be sure, to drinke vpon the whippe . Came whip and spur , and dash'd through thick and thin. Pope , Dunciad, iv. 197. whip (hwip), adv . (An elliptical use of whip , v. Cf. LG. wips ! quickly, = Sw. Dan. vips ! pop! quick!] With a sudden change; at once; quick. You are no sooner chose in but whip ! you are as proud as the devil. Mrs. Cent livre, Gotham Election, i 4. When I came, whip was the key turned upon the girls. Richardson , Clari a Harlowe, VIII. 267. ( Davies .) whip-and-derry (hwip'and-der'i), n . The sim- plest form of machinery, with the exception of the windla , for hoisting. It consists of a rope pa ing over a pulley, and is worked by a horse or horses. It is rarely used in mining, except in very shallow mines. Sometimes called simply whip , and sometimes whipsey- derry. whipcant (hwip'kan), n. [ whip , v., + obj. can2.] A hard drinker. He would prove an especial good fellow, and singular whip -can. Urquhart , tr. of Rabelais, i. 8. ( Davies .) What the devil do you do with a wig, Thomas? - none of the London whips of any degree of ton wear wigs now. Sheridan, The Rivals, i. 1. That is the famous coaching baronet, than whom no better whip has ever been seen upon the road. W. Besant, Fifty Years Ago, p. 50. 3. A whipper-in. Specifically-(a) In hunting , the person who manages the hounds. After these the body of the pack - the parson of the parish, and a hard-riding cornet at home on leave; then the huntsman, the first whip , nearly a quorum of mag is- trates, etc. Whyte Melville, White Rose, II. xv. (6) In English parliamentary usage, a member who per- forms certain non-official but important duties in looking after the interests of his party, especially the securing of the attendance of as many members as po ible at imp or- tant divisions: as, the Liberal whip ; the Conservative whip . See the quotation. The whip's duties are (1) to inform every member be- longing to the party when an important division may be expected, and, if he sees the member in or about the House, to keep him there until the division is called; (2) to direct the members of his own party how to vote; (3) to obtain pairs for them if they cannot be present to vote; (4) to "tell," i. e., count the members in every party di- vision; (5) to "keep touch" of opinion within the party, and convey to the leader a faithful impre ion of that opinion, from which the latter can judge how far he may count on the support of his whole party in any course he proposes to take. 7. In angling , the leader of an angler's cast with its flies attached. The fly at the end is the drag-fly, tail-fly, or stretcher; those above are the drop-flies, drop- 8. A vibrating spring used as an electric cir- cuit-closer for testing capacity. The spring is per- manently connected to one plate of the condenser or ca- ble, and vibrates between two studs, contact with one of which closes a battery circuit, and with the other a gal vanometer circuit. The condenser is thus in rapid suc- the galvanometer. The indications of the latter are thus ce ion charged from the battery and discharged through proportional to the rate of vibration and the capacity of the condenser. 9. A slender rod or flexible pole used instead of stakes to mark the bounds of oyster-beds.- 10. The common black swift, Cypselus apus. [Prov. Eng.] -11. A preparation of cream, There were " whips " and "floating-islands" and jellies to compound. The Century , XXXVII. 841. Crack-the-whip. Same as snap - the - whip . Six-stringed whip, or the whip with six strings, the Six Articles. See article . Snap-the-whip, a game played in running or skating. A number of persons join hands and move rapidly forward in line; those at one end stop suddenly and swing the rest sharply around; the contest is to see whether any of the outer part of the line can thus be thrown down or made to break their hold. Also called crack- the - whip . To drink or lick on (upon) the whipt, to have a taste of the whip; get a thrashing. Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, II. 414. II. a . Drunken. With whip - cat bowling they kept a myrry carousing. Stan i hurst , Æneid, iii. whip-cord (hwip'kôrd), n. 1. A strong twisted hempen cord, so called because lashes or snap- pers of whips are made from it. IMG:content-2315.png:[blocks in formation] whip-graft (hwip'graft), v. t. To graft by cut- ting the scion and stock in a sloping direction, so as to fit each other, and by inserting a tongue on the scion into a slit in the stock. whip-gra (hwip'gras), n. cies of nut-gra , Scleria trig lome rata . whip-hand (hwip'hand), n. 1. The hand that holds the whip in riding or driving-that is, Much as he had ingratiated himself with his aunt, she had never yet invited him to stay under her roof, and here was a young whipper - snapper who at first sight was made welcome there. Thackeray , Vanity Fair, xxxiv. whippet (hwip'et), n. [Cf. whiffet .] A kind of dog, in breed between a greyhound and a spaniel. Hall i well . In the shapes and formes of dogges; of all which there are but two sorts that are use full for mans profit, which two are the mastiffe, and the little curre, whippet , or house- dogge; all the rest are for pleasure and recreation. whippincrustt, n. A variety of wine (?). I'll give thee white wine, red wine, claret wine, sack, muskadine, malmsey, and whip pin crust . Marlowe , Faustus, ii. 3. whipping (hwip'ing), n . [Verbal n. of whip , v .] 1. A beating; flagellation. Use every man after his desert, and who should 'scape whipping ? Shak ., Hamlet, ii. 2. 556. No nuns, no monks, no fakeers, take whippings more kindly than some devotees of the world. 2. A defeat; a beating: as, the enemy got a good whipping . See whip , v., 9. [Colloq.]-3. The moan of the whip - poor - will from the hillside; the Naut., a piece of twine or small cord wound boding cry of the tree-toad, that harbinger of storm; the dreary hooting of the screech-owl. round the end of a rope to keep it from unlay- ing.-4. In bookbinding , the sewing of the raw Irving , Sketch-Book, p. 424. Same as whipping- edges of single leaves in sections by overcast- ing the thread [Eng.]: known in the United post. States as whip - stitching .-5. In sewing , same as overcasting, 2.-6. The act or method of cast- ing the fly in angling; casting. whipping-boy (hwip'ing-boi), n. merl Your workes of supererrogation, Your idle cro ings, or your wearing haire Next to your skin, or all your whipping -cheer. Shak ., 2 Hen. IV., v. 4. 5. whip-ray (hwip'rā), n. [Also, corruptly, whip- peree ; whip + ray 2.] A sting-ray; any mem- ber of the family Trygonidæ ; any ray with a long, slender, flexible tail like a whip-lash, as a member of the Myliobatidæ . See cuts under sting-ray and Trygon . wh whip-rod (hwip'rod), n. whipping-hoist (hwip'ing-hoist), n. A steam- hoist working with a whip. whipping-post (hwip'ing-post), n. The post to which are tied persons condemned to punish- ment by whipping; hence, the punishment it IMG:content-2316.jpg:[blocks in formation] whipping-snapping (hwip'ing-snap"ing), a . [ whipping + snapping : adapted from whipper- snapper .] Insignificant; diminutive. Thackeray , Roundabout Papers, Ogres. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 295. whipping-top (hwip'ing-top), n . Same as whip- To cut with a whip-saw. top . whippletree (hwip'l-trē), п. Same as whiffle- tree. A brood of mad heretics which arose in the Church; whom they called Flag ell antes, "the whippers "; which lashing themselves to blood. went about. Bp. Hall , Women's Vail, § 1. 3t. Something that surpa es or beats all; a "whopper." Mark well thys, thys relyke here is a whipper ; My freendes unfayned, here is a slipper Of one of the seven slepers, be sure. whippoorwill (hwip'pör-wil'), n . [Formerly also whippowill ( cf.poor - will ); an imitative word, from the sound or cry made by the bird, as if 'whip poor Will.'] An American caprimul- gine bird, Antrostomus vociferus , related to the chuck-will's-widow, A. carol in ens is , and resem- bling the European goatsucker, Caprimulgus eu- ropæus. It is 9 to 10 inches long, and 16 to 18 in ex- tent of wings (being thus much smaller than the chuck- Whippoorwill ( Antrostomus vociferus). whip-snake (hwip'snāk), n . One of various serpents of long, slender form, likened to that of a whip-lash. In the United States it is applied to various species of the genus Mast i cop his , as M. flagelli- form is , more fully called coachwhip - snake , a harmle ser- pent 4 or 5 feet long. The emerald whip-snake is Phi- lodryas virid is sim us , of a lovely green color, inhabiting Brazil. See also Pa er it a (with cut). He wished it had been a whipsnake instead of a magpie. H. Kingsley, Geoffry Hamlyn, xxvii. IMG:content-2317.jpg:[graphic]