He that walks in gray, whisking his riding rod.
J. Fletcher.
I beg she would not impale worms, nor whisk carp out of one element
into another.
Walpole.
Whisk, v. i. To move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile
movement.
Whisk"er (?), n.
1. One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping
motion.
2. Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; — usually in the
plural.
Hoary whiskers and a forky beard.
Pope.
3. pl. That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face,
or upon the chin, or upon both; as, side whiskers; chin whiskers.