Whit"tues`day (?), n. (Eccl.) The day following Whitmonday; — called
also Whitsun Tuesday.
Whit"wall` (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Whetile.
Whit"worth ball` (?). (Gun.) A prejectile used in the Whitworth gun.
Whit"worth gun` (?). (Gun.) A form of rifled cannon and small arms
invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth, of Manchester, England.
In Mr. Whitworth's system, the bore of the gun has a polygonal section,
and the twist is rapid. The ball, which is pointed in front, is made to
fit the bore accurately, and is very much elongated, its length being
about three and one half times as great as its diameter. H. L. Scott.
Whit"y-brown` (?), a. Of a color between white and brown. Pegge.
Whiz (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whizzed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Whizzing.]
[Of imitative origin. &?;&?;&?;. Cf. Whistle, and Hiss.] To make a
humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air;
to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound.
[Written also whizz.]
It flew, and whizzing, cut the liquid way.
Dryden.
Whiz, n. A hissing and humming sound.
Like the whiz of my crossbow.
Coleridge.
Whiz"zing*ly (?), adv. With a whizzing sound.
Who (?), pron. [Possess. whose (?); object. Whom (?).] [OE. who, wha,
AS. hw, interrogative pron., neut. hwæt; akin to OFries. hwa, neut.
hwet, OS. hw, neut. hwat, D. wie, neut. wat, G. wer, neut. was, OHG.
wer, hwer, neut. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, neut., Dan. hvo, neut. hvad,
Sw. ho, hvem, neut. hvad, Goth. hwas, fem. hw, neut. hwa, Lith. kas,
Ir. & Gael. co, W. pwy, L. quod, neuter of qui, Gr. po`teros whether,
Skr. kas. √182. Cf. How, Quantity, Quorum, Quote, Ubiquity, What, When,
Where, Whether, Which, Whither, Whom, Why.]
1. Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun
also; — used always substantively, and either as singular or plural.
See the Note under What, pron., 1. As interrogative pronouns, who and
whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and whom,
as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of
persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are
sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc.
Who and whom, as compound relatives, are also used especially of
persons, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that;
whosoever. "Let who will be President." Macaulay.
[He] should not tell whose children they were.
Chaucer.
There thou tell'st of kings, and who aspire; Who fall, who rise, who
triumph, who do moan.
Daniel.
Adders who with cloven tongues Do hiss into madness.
Shak.
Whom I could pity thus forlorn.
Milton.
How hard is our fate, who serve in the state.
Addison.
Who cheapens life, abates the fear of death.
Young.
The brace of large greyhounds, who were the companions of his sports.
Sir W. Scott.
2. One; any; one. [Obs., except in the archaic phrase, as who should
say.]
As who should say, it were a very dangerous matter if a man in any
point should be found wiser than his forefathers were.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
Whoa (?), interj. Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2.
Who"bub (?), n. Hubbub. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Who*ev"er (?), pron. Whatever person; any person who; be or she who;
any one who; as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be. "Whoever
envies or repines." Milton. "Whoever the king favors." Shak.
Whole (?), a. [OE. hole, hol, hal, hool, AS. hl well, sound, healthy;
akin to OFries. & OS. h&?;l, D. heel, G. heil, Icel. heill, Sw. hel
whole, Dan. heel, Goth. hails well, sound, OIr. c&?;l augury. Cf. Hale,
Hail to greet, Heal to cure, Health, Holy.]
1. Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts;
free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the
whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation. "On their whole
host I flew unarmed." Milton.
The whole race of mankind.
Shak.
2. Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or
fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg
is whole; the vessel is whole.
My life is yet whole in me.