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and conj. [ What sholde he studie, and make himselven wood, Upon a book in cloistre alwey to poure? Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 184. What is the shepe to blame in youre syght Whane he is shorne of his flees & maade alle bare, Thoughe folke of malyce for her wollis fyght? Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 20. Ahlas what should she fight? Fewe women win by fight. Gas coigne, Philomene (Steele Glas, etc., ed. Arber), p. 97. What should I don this [imperial] robe, and trouble you? Shak., Tit. And., i. 1. 189. But what do we suffer mi haped and enormous prelatism, as we do, thus to blanch and varnish her deformities with the fair colours, as before of martyrdom, so now of episcopacy? Milton, Reformation in Eng., i. 2. To what degree? in what respect? He strikes whate'er is in his way. Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 623. whaten, whatten (hwot'n), a. [Sc. also what an, and (with the indef. article) whatna ; what1 + -en , orig. adj. inflection.] What; what kind of. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] Lord safe us! only look at him sitting asleep. What an a face! Noctes Ambrosianæ , Oct., 1828. whatever (hwot-ev'er), pron . and a. [ what1 + ever.] I. pron. A. indef. rel. Anything which; no matter what; all that. To effect Whatever I shall happen to devise. Shak., Rich. II., iv. 1. 330. The very best will variously incline, And what rewards your virtue, punish mine. Whatever is, is right. Pope , E ay on Man, iv. 145. The board was expected to make itself thoroughly acquainted with whatever concerned the colonies. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 9. B. interrog. What? as, whatever shall I do? [Vulgar, but common in recent British colloquial use.] Chaucer , Parliament of Fowls, 1. 664. whatsoe'er (hwot-so-ar'), pron . A contracted whatsoever (hwot-so-ev'er), a . and pron . [ whatsoever ; what1 + sol + ever . Cf. what so and whatsomever.] I. a . Of whatever nature, kind, or sort; whatever: an intensive form of whatever , still separable and used as a correlative phrase. I have learned in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content. Phil. iv. 11. Goodne guide thy actions whatsoever ! Beau, and Fl . (?), Faithful Friends, iii. 3. The Meridians, which are Circles pa ing ouer our heads, in what part of the World soeuer we be. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 50. Marauding thieves, to be destroyed by whatsoever method The Academy , March 28, 1891, p. 298. po ible. II. pron. What thing or things soever; no matter what thing or things; whatever or who ever. I will knowe the soth [truth], what - so - euer it coste. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 37. Youth, whatsoever thou art, thou art but a scurvy fellow. Shak., T. N., iii. 4. 163. For, 'tis not Courage ( whatsoe'r men say), But Cowardize, to make ones Self away. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Trophies. whatsomt, a. and pron. Same as whatsom whatsomever ever. whatsomever (hwot"sum-ev'er), a. and pron. [ Whatsomever woo they fele, They wol not pleyne, but concele. Rom. of the Rose, 1. 5041. Doughtir, loke that thou be waare, whatsumeuere thee bitide, Make not thin husbonde poore with spendinge ne with pride. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 45. whatten, a. See whaten . whattie (hwot'i), n. Same as whisky . whault, n. See wall3 . whaup (hwap), n. [Sc. also whaap , quhaup , quhaip , awp ; said to be so called from its cry.] A curlew. [Scotch.] - Great whaup, the curlew, Numenius arquata . Also called stock - whaup. Little whaup, May whaup, the whimbrel, Numenius phæopus : so called from its relative size and the time of its appearance. Also called tang - whaup . whave (hwav), v. t.; pret. and pp. whaved, ppr. whaving. [Prob. a dial. var. of quave.] 1. Το turn (pottery) when drying. [Prov. Eng.] — 2. To cover, or hang over. [Prov. Eng.] whawl, v. i. [A var. of wawl, waul.] To cry as a cat: same as waul. The cats whawled . Annals of Phila. and Penn., I. 269. whaylet, a . A corrupt Middle English spelling of hail2 , hale2 . whay-worm (hwā'werm), n. [Also whey-worm; perhaps a dial. reduction of wheal worm.] 1. A pimple. Carr, Craven Glo ., ii. 252. ( Halli well.)-2. A whim. Compare maggot. And so marched toward London, where the E ex men, havinge wylde whay - wormes in their heddes, joined them with him. Hall , Edward IV., f. 33. ( Hall i well .) IMG:content-2261.png:[blocks in formation] 1, the complete plant of the variety æstivum ; 2, the spike of the same; 3, the spike of the variety hibernum ; 4, a grain germinating. a , part of the rachis; &, the floret of the variety æstivum , c, the flow er, showing two lodicules, the stamens, and the stigmas. wheat is equally valued. The varieties are further cla ified as white and red or amber, referring to the color of the grain; among winter wheats, at least, the white are more esteemed. The grain is highly nutritious, contain [Prov. Eng.]