whig gif i cation (hwigifikashon)

[ [Humorous.] System. We were all along against the whig gif i cation of the Tory Noctes Ambrosianæ , Sept., 1832. whiggish (hwig'ish), a . [ whig3 +-ish1.] Of or pertaining to whigs, in any application of the name; partaking of the principles principles of of whis whigs. To the shame and grief of every whiggish , loyal, and true Swift , Polite Conversation, Int. whiggishly (hwig'ish-li), adv . In a whiggish Protestant heart. manner. Being whiggishly inclined, [Thomas Cox] was deprived of that Office in Oct., 1683. Wood, Fasti Oxon., II. 54. whiggishne (hwig'ish-nes), n. The character of being whiggish; whiggery. Mr. Walpole has himself that trait of Whiggishne which peculiarly fits him to paint the portrait of the chief of the Whigs. The Academy, Nov. 16, 1889, p. 311. whiggism (hwig'izm), n. [ whig3 +-ism.] The principles of the whigs; whiggery. As if whiggism were an admirable cordial in the ma , though the several ingredients are rank poisons. Dryden, Vind. of Duke of Guise. whigling (hwig'ling), n. [ Spec tat or. ( Imp . Dict .) whigmaleerie, whig mel eerie (hwig-ma-, hwigme-lē'ri), n. [Also whigmaleery; origin obscure; appar. a fantastic name.] Any fantastical ornament; a trinket; a knickknack; also, a whim or crotchet. Also used attributively. [Scotch.] Some fewer whigmaleeries in your noddle. Burns , Brigs of Ayr. Ah! it's a brave kirk - nane o' yere whigmaleeries and curliewurlies and open-steek hems about it-a' a' solid, weel-jointed mason-wark. Scott , Rob Roy, xix. I met ane very honest, fair-spoken, weel-put-on gentle that was in the whigmaleery man's [silversmith's] back shop. Scott , Fortunes of Nigel, iii. man,