whitebass (hwitbas)

A fresh-water food fish of the United States, Roccus chrysops, found chiefly in the Mi i ippi basin and the Great Lake region, of the same genus as the striped ba ( R. line at us ), which it much resembles, but quite different from the black-ba es (which are centrarchoids). The color is silvery, tinged with + -ism.] The principles or practices of the White boys. The Catholic bishop of Cloyne, in March, 1762, i ued pastoral urging those of his diocese to use all the spiritual censures at their disposal for the purpose of repre ing Whiteboyism. white-bra (hwit'bras), n. An alloy of copper Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent., xvi. and zinc, in which the proportion of copper is comparatively small. With le than 45 per cent. of copper the color of bra ceases to be yellow, and as the percentage of zinc is increased the color of the alloy pa es from silver-white to gray and bluish-gray. Such alloys are brittle, and have but a limited use. Some of these white bra es are sold under the trade names of "Birmingham platinum" and "platinum lead." These are chiefly used IMG:content-2335.png:[blocks in formation] By most English-speaking people in various parts of the world the prevalent species of Zosterops is commonly called "White-eye" or "Silver-eye" from the feature before mentioned. A. Newton, Encyc. Brit., XXIV. 824, note. white-eyed (hwit'id), a. Having white eyes that is, eyes in which the iris is white or colorle .-White-eyed pochard. See cut under Nyroca.White-eyed shad. Same as mud -shad. - White-eyed towhee, a variety of the common towhee bunting, found in Florida - Pipilo erythrophthalmus allen i . Compare cut under Pipilo . White-eyed vireo or greenlet. See Vireo (with cut). - White-eyed warblert. See warbler . white-faced (hwit'fast), a. 1. Having a white or pale face, as from fear or illne .-2. Having a white front or surface. That pale, that white - faced shore. Shak ., K. John, ii. 1. 23. On a rickety chair, tilted against the white - faced wall, sat a young man, wearing a suit of exceedingly cheap and The Atlantic, LXI. 676. shabby store-clothes. 3. Marked with white on the front of the head, as a bird or other animal. - White-faced black Spanish fowl. See Spanish fowl, under Spanish. White-faced duck. (a) The female scaup-duck, Fuli gula marila, which has a white band about the base of bill. See cut under scaup. (b) The blue-winged teal. See cut under teal1 .-White-faced goose. See goose. White-faced hornet. See Vespa. - White-faced ibis, Ibis guarauna, related to the glo y ibis, but having the parts about the bill white: found in western parts of the United States. - White-faced type. See type, 8. white-favored (hwit'fa" vord), a. Wearing white favors, as in connection with a wedding. But they must go, the time draws on, And those white - favour'd horses wait. Tennyson , In Memoriam, Conclusion. White field i an (hwit-fel'di-an), n . [ White field (see def.) + -ian .] A follower of George White field, after his separation from the Wesleys: same as Hunting don i an .