White"thorn` (?), n. (Bot.) The hawthorn.
White"throat` (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of Old World
warblers, esp. the common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called
also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden
whitethroat, or golden warbler (S. hortensis), and the lesser
whitethroat (S. curruca).
White"top` (?), n. (Bot.) Fiorin.
White"wall` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The spotted flycatcher; — so called from
the white color of the under parts. [Prov. Eng.]
White"wash` (&?;), n.
1. Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash
for making the skin fair. Addison.
2. A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or
the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of lime.
White"wash`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whitewashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Whitewashing.]