Whip

hwip, v. t. [whipped (hwipt), -ping.] To with a lash, cord, rod, or anything lithe; beat; to drive with lashes; to punish with the flog; to lash (with sarcasm, abuse, etc.); to thrash, beat out (grain) by striking; to beat etc.) into froth; to sew lightly, form into gathers overcasting a rolled edge and drawing up the to overlay (a cord, rope, etc.) with other cords; wrap, inwrap; to take or move by a sudden jerk, snatch. (Navt.) To hoist or purchase by of a whip; to secure the end of from untwisting overcasting it with yarn. — v. i. To move start suddenly and do anything. — n. An ment (as a thing or lash attached to a handle) driving horses or other animals, or for correction coachman, or driver of a carriage. (Mach.) of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which sails are spread. {Naut.) A small tackle with rope, used to hoist light bodies. {Eng. politics.) member of Parliament who acts as executive ry for his political party, in effecting the attendance of its members when their votes are needed; per-in.— Whip'graft, v. 1. To graft by cutting cion and stock in a sloping direction, so as to other, and by inserting a tongue on the cion slit in the stock. — Whip'per, n. One who esp., an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal ping; one who raises coal with a tackle from «. The hold. — Whip's aw, v. A saw usually set in a frame, for dividing timber lengthwise, and commonly: worked by 2 persons. — Whip's ter, n. A nimble as; at the little fellow. — Whip'-cord, n. A kind of hard-twist-; in ed or braided cord, sometimes used for making lash which es. — lash, n. The lash of a whip. — staff, n.; pi. the ex- -staffs. {Naut.) A bar by which the rudder is To cause turned; a tiller. stock, n. The rod or staff to; to which the lash of a whip is fastened; sometimes, the — WWwhole whip. — Whip'por-in', n. A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if nece ary, to the line of chase; one who enmind; forces the discipline of a party, and urges the attendance of the members on all nece ary occasions. — Whim'r- -snap'per, n. A diminutive, insignificant person.— having Whip'ping-post, n. A post to which offenders are fantied to be whipped.— Whip'pletree, hwip'pl-tre, n. The bar to which the traces or tugs of a harne are n. fastened; whir He tree; swingletree. adv.— Whip'-p o o rwill, poor-wil, An A hwip'- m e n. r. nocturnal insectivorous bird of, 4;he sucker go at family, allied to the haw nightk, so called from its note. Whip-poor-will.