wheyfaced (hwafast)

[ All this You made me quit, to follow That sneaking, Whey-fac'd God Apollo. Prior, To Fleet wood Shephard (1689). wheyish (hwā'ish), a . [ n . The state or quality of being wheyish. Southey. ( Worces ter .) whey-whig (hwa'hwig), n . A pleasant and sharp beverage, made by infusing mint or sage in buttermilk-whey. Hall i well . whey-worm, n. See whay - worm . whf. An abbreviation of wharf . which1 (hwich), pron . [ hwuch (also una ibilated hwic ), a reduced form, with lo of orig. l, of *whilch, whulch, wilche, hwilch , wulch , hwulch , a ibilated forms of whilk , while, whulc, hwule (> Sc. whilk , quhilk ), hwilc , hwylc , hwelc = OS. hwilik =OFries.hwelik, hwelk , hwek = D. welk = MLG. LG. welk = OHG. hwelih , welih , wielih , welich , welch , MHG. welch , welich, G. welche , which, = Icel. hvilikr , of what kind, Sw. Dan. hvilken , m., hvilket , neut., = Goth. hweileiks , which; hwa , the stem of AS. hwā , etc., who, + AS. -lic , etc., a formative seen also in such (which is closely parallel pho- netically to which), each, etc.] A. interrog. What one of a certain implied number or set? indicating a general knowledge of a certain group of individuals, and seeking for a selec- tion of one or more from that number: thus, which do you want? implying a limitation which is absent from the question what do you want? Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? John x. 32. Who is it that says most? which can say more Than this rich praise, that you alone are you? Shak., Sonnets, lxxxiv. Are any of these charges admitted to be true by the friends of the Administration, and, if any, which ? D. Webster , Speech, Senate, June 27, 1834. But which is it to be? Fight or make friends? "Why," says he, "I think it will be the best manner to spin a coin R. L. Stevens on, Master of Ballantrae, ii. IMG:content-2292.png:[blocks in formation] Milton , P. L., iv. 78. In an old exclamatory use, what! "Lo!" seith holy letter ure, " whiche lordes beth this shrewes [are these wretches]!" Thilke that god moste gyueth, leste good the i deleth. Piers Plowman (B), x. 27. Kay the stiward... dide as a noble knyght; ffor the thre Princes seide, "Mercy god, whiche a stiward is this!" Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 661. Which is which? which is the one, which the other? a common phrase implying inability to distinguish between two or more things. Used relatively as well as interrogatively: see the quotation. The whole ma of buildings is jammed together in a manner that from certain points of view makes it far from apparent which feature is which. H. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 159. B. rel . 1. As a simple relative pronoun: (a) Who or whom. [Obsolete or archaic.] Now that I see my lady bright Which I have loved with al my might, Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 478. The yonger sone ser Abell was his name, Whiche of his enmys had but litill drede. Generydes (E. E. T. S.), L. 1922. IMG:content-2293.png:[blocks in formation] which ( b ) Used with reference to things, and to creatures not persons: the antecedent may also be a phrase or a clause: as, the rain washed away the track, which delayed the train. This rede pensell ye shall bere hym also, Whiche I myself enbrowdred. 6897 Which-ever of the Notions be true, the Unity of Milton's Action is preserved according to either of them. Add is on , Spectator, No. 327. Whichever of his children might become the popular choice was to inherit the whole kingdom, under the same superiority of the head of the family. Hallam . Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3253. whichsoever (hwich-so-ev'er), pron . [ which1 I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand. 1 Cor. xv. 1. Next to the Guilt with which you wou'd asperse me, I Congreve, Way of the World, ii. 3. scorn you most. There is one likene without which my gallery of Cus- tom-House portraits would be strangely incomplete. Hawthorne , Scarlet Letter, Int., p. 21. Unto her face She lifts her hand, which rests there, still, a space, Then slowly falls. R. W. Gilder, After the Italian. 2. As a compound relative pronoun, having the value of both antecedent and relative: as, you can determine which is better (that is, you can determine that , or the one , which is better). My nevew shal my bane be, But which I noot [know not), wherefore I wol be siker. Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 2660. Are not you Which is above all joys, my constant friend? Beau . and Fl . , Maid's Tragedy, iii. 2. Even a casual reading of the statistics given above will show, it is believed, which is the more probable. Amer. Jour. Philol ., X. 339. Which is used adjectively: (at) With the sense of 'what sort of.' Had the i wist witterli whiche help god hem sente, Al hire gref in-to game gaynli schold haue turned. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2705. But herkeneth me, and stinteth now a lyte, Which a miracle ther bifel anon. Chaucer , Knight's Tale, 1. 1817. (b) As indicating one of a number of known or specified things: as, be careful which way you turn. Never to unfold to any one Which casket 'twas I chose. Shak., M. of V., ii. 9. 11. + so1 + ever.] Same as whichever. New torments I behold, and new tormented Around me, whichsoever way I move, And whichsoever way I turn, and gaze. Long fellow , tr. of Dante's Inferno, vi. 5. whick (hwik), a. A dialectal variant of quick . whickflaw (hwik'fla), n. [A dial var. of * quick flaw , quick , the living, sensitive flesh, as under the nails (Icel. kvika , kvikva , the flesh under the nails, and in animals under the hoofs), + flaw , a crack, breach: see quick and flaw1 . Hence, by corruption, whitflaw , whitlow : see whitlow .] A swelling or inflammation about the nails or ends of the fingers; paronychia; whitlow. See whitlow. [Prov. Eng.]