wholth (holth)

[ whole + -th; intended to explain the lit. sense of health.] Wholene ; soundne ; health. [Rare.] That "perfect diapason" which constitutes health, or wholth , and for the use or abuse of which he, as a rational being, is answerable on soul and conscience to himself, to his fellow-men, and to his Maker. Dr. J. Brown , Spare Hours, 3d ser., p. 125. whom (höm), pron. The objective case (original dative) of who. whomever (höm-ev'er), pron. The objective IMG:content-2351.png:[blocks in formation] whomsoever (höm'sō-ev'er), pron. The objective case of whosoever. whoobubt (hö'bub), n. Another spelling of whobub. Had not the old man come in with a whoo - bub against his daughter. Shak., W. T., iv. 4. 629. whoopl (höp), v. [Properly, as formerly, hoop , the initial w being unoriginal, as in whole , etc., and the proper pron. being höp (as given in Walker), and not hwöp, which, so far as it exists, is a perverted pronunciation, prob. due to the spelling; houpen , howpen , whowpen , houper , whoop, shout; cf. houp ! interj., houp - la ! stop! stop there! Cf. hoop2 , hubbub , whoobub . There may have been some connection with AS. wõp , outcry, weeping (mod. E. * wоор ) . Goth. wõpjan , crow as a cock, etc. (see wсер ); but none with Goth. hwopjan, boast.] I. in trans. 1. To shout with a loud voice; cry out loudly, as in excitement, or in calling to some one; halloo; shout; also, to hoot, as an owl. Hit fill that the i mette Merlin with the Dragon in his hande that com hem a-geins; and as soone as he saugh hem comynge he gan to whowpe . Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 353. I whoope , I call... Whooppe a lowde, and thou shalte here hym blow his horne. Palsgrave, p. 781. The Gaules stood upon the banke with di tant hooping , hollaing, yelling, and singing, after their manner. Holland, tr. of Livy, p. 408. Sometimes they whoop , sometimes their Stygian cries Send their black Santos to the blushing skies. Quarles, Emblems, i. 10. 2. In med ., to make a sonorous inspiration, as that following the paroxysm of coughing in whooping-cough. II. trans. 1. To hoot at; insult or deride with shouts or hooting; drive or follow with shouts or outery. Suffer'd me by the voice of slaves to be Whoop'd out of Rome. Shak., Cor., iv. 5. 84. If we complain, We are mad straight, and whoop'd, and tied in fetters. Fletcher and Rowley, Maid in the Mill, iii. 2. I should be hi ed, And whooped in hell for that ingratitude. Dryden, Don Sebastian, ii. 1. 2. To call or signal to by a shout or whoop.To whoop it up, to raise an outcry or disturbance; hence, to hurry or stir matters up; work in a lively, rousing manner. [Slang.] His rival is a prominent politician, with an abundance of party workers to whoop it up for him. The Century, XXXVIII. 156.