Whit"sour` (?), n. [White + sour.] (Bot.) A sort of apple.
Whit"ster (?), n. [Contracted fr. whitester.] A whitener; a bleacher; a
whitester. [Obs.]
The whitsters in Datchet mead.
Shak.
Whit"sun (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as,
Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals.
Whit"sun*day (?), n. [White + Sunday.] 1. (Eccl.) The seventh Sunday,
and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in
commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of
Pentecost; Pentecost; — so called, it is said, because, in the
primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church
between Easter and Pentecost in white garments.