what2+ (hwot)

[ Ther weoren eorles swithe whæte. Layamon , 1. 1187. whatabouts (hwot'a-bouts"), n. The matters which one is about or occupied with. [Colloq.] You might know of all my goings on, and whatabouts and whereabouts, from Henry Taylor. Southey, To G. C. Bedford, March 3, 1830. Shak., Rich. III., iii. 2. 92. what-d'ye-call-it, what-d'ye-call-'em (hwot' I'll tell you what now of the devil. Mas singer and Dekker , Virgin-Martyr, iii. 3. I tell you what - Ellery Davenport lays out to marry a real angel. He's to swear and she's to pray! H. B. Stowe , Oldtown, p. 518. (b) A thing; a portion; an amount; a bit: as, a little what. Thanne she a lytel what smylynge seyde. Chaucer, Boëthius, iv. prose 6. dye-kâl'it, -em). A word substituted for the name of a thing, because of forgetfulne or ignorance, or in slight contempt. [Colloq.] whatsom II. a. rel. Of what kind or sort it may be; no matter what; any or all that: applied to persons and things: th as, whatever person is appointed must be satisfactory to the court. I'll forgive you, Whatever torment you do put me to. Shak., K. John, iv. 1. 84. The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners. Macaulay , Lord Bacon. Whatever side he was on, he could always find excellent reasons for it. Lowell , Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 36. what-like (hwot'lik), indef . rel. a. Of what appearance or character. [Colloq. or provincial.] She knows Mi Abbey of old, remind her, and she knows what- like the home and what - like the friend is likely to turn out. Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, iii. 2. Same as whaten. What man paper. See paper . whatna (hwot'nä), a. [Scotch.] There was a lad was born in Kyle, But whatna day o' whatna style, I doubt it's hardly worth the while To be sae nice wi' Robin. Burns , There was a Lad. whatne (hwot'nes), n. [ what1 +-ne .] In metaph ., a quiddity. [Rare.] what-not (hwot'not), n. [ what not (see what1 ); the stand being so called as used to hold shells, photographs, bric-a-brac, "and what not ”: see under what1 .] 1. A stand or set of shelves on which to keep or display small articles of curiosity or ornament, as well as books, papers, etc.; an étagère. What cheerfulne those works of art will give to the little parlors up in the country, when they are set up with other shells on the what - not in the corner! C. D. Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p. 51. 2. Anything; no matter what; what you please. See what not , under what1 , A. [Colloq.] I profe to be an impartial chronicler of poor Phil's fortunes, misfortunes, friendships, and what - nots . Thackeray, Philip, ix. what reck (hwot'rek), adv. [Short for what reck I? 'what care I?"] Neverthele . [Scotch.] I wot he was na slaw, man;... But yet, what - reck , he, at Quebec, Montgomery-like did fa', man. Burns , The American War. whatsot (hwot'sō), a . and pron . [ what so, whatswa, whatse, hwatse, quat so , what so, What man so vs metes may vs sone knowe. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2565. II. pron. No matter what or who; whatsoever; whosoever. But it were any persone obstinat, Whatso he were, of heigh or lowe est at, Him wolde he snibben sharply for the nones. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. Т., 1. 522. "In exitu Israel de Ægyp to!" Thus sang they all together in one voice, With whatso in that Psalm is after written. Long fellow , tr. of Dante's Purgatorio, ii. Sometimes written as two separate words. Quyt is she From yow this yer, what after so befalle. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, viii. 19. whate'er (hwot-ar'), pron. A contracted form Then the kynge anone called his seruaunt, that hadde of whatever . but one lofe and a lytell whatte of wyne. Fabyan , Chron., clxxii. They prayd him sit, and gave him for to feed Such homely what as serves the simple clowne. Spenser, F. Q., VI. ix. 7. To know what's what. See know1 .