1. One who whispers.

2. A tattler; one who tells secrets; a conveyer of intelligence

secretly; hence; a backbiter; one who slanders secretly. Prov. xvi. 28.

Whis"per*ing, a. & n. from Whisper. v. t.

Whispering gallery, or Whispering dome, one of such a form that sounds

produced in certain parts of it are concentrated by reflection from the

walls to another part, so that whispers or feeble sounds are audible at

a much greater distance than under ordinary circumstances.

Whis"per*ing*ly, adv. In a whisper, or low voice; in a whispering

manner; with whispers. Tennyson.

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