whitey brown, whity brown

[Eng. white, and brown.] Of a color between white and brown. "The swains are clothed in 'smock frocks of whitey brown drabbet'."- Atheneum , March 4, 1892. *whit'-flaw, *whick-flaw, *whit-flowe, s. [A corrupt. of quick - flaw . A whitlow (q.v.). ( Wise man: Surgery , bk. i., ch. xi.) whith'-er, *whid-er, *whid-ir, *whid-or, adv . [A. S. hwider , hwyder ; cogn. with Goth. hwadre = whither, and closely allied to whether (q. v.).] 1. To what or which place. (Used interrogatively.) "Vile miscreant (said he) whither dost thou flie?" Spenser: F. Q., II. vi. 39. 2. To which place. (Used relatively.) "That lord advanced to Winchester, whither sir John Berkeley brought him two regiments more of foot."Clarendon: Civil War. *3. To what point or degree; how far. " Whither at length wilt thou abuse our patience?" Ben Jonson: Cat i line. This is a literal translation of Cicero's words in his First Oration against Cat i line. "Quousque tandem abutere patient i a nostra?" IMG:content-0865.png:[graphic] 4. Whithersoever. "Thou shalt let her go whither she will."- Deut . xxi. 14. Where is now commonly used in the place of whither: as, Where are you going? Whither is retained for the more serious or elevated style, or where precision is required. *whith'-er-ev-er, *whid-ir-ev-er, adv . [Eng. whither, and ever .] Whithersoever. ( Wycliffe : Mark xiv.) whith-er-sō-ěv-er, adv . [Eng. whither ; so, and ever.] To what place soever; to whatever place. "Whithersoever it turneth, it prosper eth."-Proverbs xvii. 8. whith'-er-ward, *whid-er-ward, *wed-erwarde, adverb. [Eng. whither; -ward.] Toward what or which place. "[He] axeth of hire whiderward she wente." Chaucer: C. Т. , 11,815. whit-ing, *whyt-ynge, s. [Eng. white , with termination of a verbal noun in sense 1, and with dim in. suff. -ing in sense 2.] 1. Ord . Lang .: Fine chalk pulverized and freed from all impurities by elutriation. It is used in whitewashing, distemper, painting, cleaning plate, . "When you clean your plate, leave the whiting plainly to be seen in all the chinks."- Swift : Directions to Serv ants . 2. Ichthy.: Gadus merlangus († Merlangus vul garis ), usually from twelve to sixteen inches long, and from a pound to a pound and a half in weight, though far larger specimens have been taken. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-0866.png:[blocks in formation] Ichthy.: Gadus luscus († Morrhua lusca ), a well known British fish, fairly common on many parts of the coast. Color, light brown, with dark cro bands; weight rarely exceeding five pounds. "From a dark spot at the origin of the pectoral fin, in which it resembles the whiting, one of its most common whiting-pout; and from a singular power inflating a membrane which covers the eyes and other parts about the head, which, when thus distended, have the appearance of bladders, it is called Pout, Bib, Blens, and Blinds."- Yarrell : British Fishes , i. 541. *whiting-time, s. Bleaching time. ( Shakesp .: Merry Wives , iii. 3.) whit'-Ish, adj. [Eng. whit (e), a.; -ish.] Somewhat white; rather white; white in a moderate degree. "I have by contusion obtained whitish powders of granates, ."-Boyle: Works, i. 703.