They employed themselves wholly in domestic life.
Addison.
Whom (?), pron. [OE. wham, AS. dative hwm, hw&?;m. See Who.] The
objective case of who. See Who.
In Old English, whom was also commonly used as a dative. Cf. Him.
And every grass that groweth upon root She shall eke know, and whom it
will do boot.
Chaucer.
Whom`so*ev"er (?), pron. The objective of whosoever. See Whosoever.
The Most High ruleth in the kingdow of men, and giveth it to whomsoever
he will.
Dan. iv. 17.
Whoo"bub (?), n. Hubbub. [Obs.] Shak.
Whoop (&?;), n. [See Hoopoe.] (Zoöl.) The hoopoe.
Whoop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Whooping.] [OE.
houpen. See Hoop, v. i.]
1. To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm, or
enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to
hoot, as an owl.
Each whooping with a merry shout.
Wordsworth.
When naught was heard but now and then the howl Of some vile cur, or
whooping of the owl.
W. Browne.
2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping
cough.
Whoop, v. t. To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be Whooped out of Rome.
Shak.
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Whoop (?), n. 1. A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness,
enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an halloo; a
hoot, or cry, as of an owl.
A fox, crossing the road, drew off a considerable detachment, who
clapped spurs to their horses, and pursued him with whoops and halloos.
Addison.
The whoop of the crane.
Longfellow.
2. A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in
whooping cough.
Whoop"er (?), n. One who, or that which, whooops.
Woopher swan. (Zoöl.) See the Note under Swan.
Whoop"ing, a. & n. from Whoop, v. t.
Whooping cough (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer
or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed
by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough.
Dunglison. — Whooping crane (Zoöl.), a North American crane (Crus
Americana) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters. —
Whooping swan (Zoöl.), the whooper swan. See the Note under Swan.