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Show WH avkirlpools in the matter of the chaos, whereby th atoms muft be thruft and crowded to the middl ; of thofe zwhir/pools, and there conftipate one anoBentley ther into great folid bodies WaIRLWIND 7. / [werbelwind Ger - man.] A ftormy wind moving circularly In the very totrent and whirlwind of your paf fion, beget a temperance that may give it fmooth nefs Shakefpeare's Hamlet " With whirlewinds from beneath the tofs'd the thip And bare cxpos'd the bofom of the deep Dryden's ZBacid WHI'RRING. adj. A word formed in imitation of the found exprefled by it From the brake the whbirring pheafant fprings And mounts exulting on triumphant wings. Pope e T WHISK. . f2 [awifchen, to wipe, G erman, 1. A imall befom, or brufh "The white of an egg, though in part tranfparent yet being long agitate with a wwbhifk or fpoon Boyle Jofes its tranfparency 1fyou break any china with the top of the whif on theimantletree, gather up the fragments. Savift 2. A part ofa woman's drefs An eafy mean to prevent being one farthin the worfe for the abatement of intereft, is wearin a lawn whifk inflead of a point de Venice Child on Trade o Waisk. v. a. [wifchen, to wipe, German.{ fweep with a fmall befom 1. T 2, Tomove nimbly, as when one fweeps . Cardan believ'd great ftates depen Upon the tip 0> th' bear's tail's end That, as the whift'd it t'wards the fun Strow'd mighty empires up and down Hudib WHI'SKER. 7. /. [from avhi/e.] The hai growing on the cheek unfhaven ; th muftachio A facrifice to fall of ftate Whofe thread of life the fatal fifter Did twift together with its ewbifkers Behold four kings; in majefty rever'd Hudibras With hoary wwhifkers and a forky beard Pope clean.sh data import.tsv out README A painter added a pair of whifkers to the face Addifon - 70 WHI'SPER. @. #. [«wifperen, Dutch. To fpeak with a low voice, fo as not t be heard but by the ear clofe to th fpeaker; to fpeak with {ufpicion or timorous caution. He fometime with fearful countenance woul clean.sh data import.tsv out README defire the king to look to himfelf; for that all th court and city were full of whifperings, and expe@ation of fome fudden change Sidney All that hate me wwbifper together againft me In fpeech of man the whifperin whether louder or fofter is a thergfore you can never mak Pfalm xli. 7 or fufurrus interio ‘but the fpeaking out is an exterio found found an a tone, nor fing, i whifpering, but in fpeech you may Bacen ‘ The king Aceftis calls Then foftly whifper'd in her faithful ear And bade his daughters at the rites appear. Pope It is as offenfive to fpeak wit in a fool's com Pany, as it would be il manners to whifper in it heisdifpleafed at both, becaufe he is ignorant o what is faid Pope The hollow 2wbifp'ring breeze, the pliant rill Purle down amid the twifted roots Thonifon s ToWsi1spER. @, -+ 4 To addrefs in a low voice 2¢2 Sbakefpeare's King Fobn Give forrow words ; the grief that does not fpea Whilpers the o'erfraught beart, and bids it break Shakefpeare He firt whifpers the man in the car, that fuc ‘aman fhould think fuch a card Bacon's Natural Hiffory Yor, II The fteward whifpered the young Templa, that' true to my knowledge Tatler 2, To atter in a low voice You have heard of the news abroad, I mea th whifprered ones3 for they are yet but ear-kif in arguments. Shakefpeare. Sit and eat your bread Nor whifper more a wor 3 or get yc gone And weepe without doors Chaprrian They might buzz and «whifper it one to ano tl)(::", and tacitly withdrawin noife it about the city fro the apofties Bentley 3. To prompt fecretly Charles the emperor I{nder pretence to fee the queen his aunt For >twas indeed his colour, but he cam Lo fwb;//{cr Wolfey, here malkes vifitation Shakgfpeare's Henry VIII Wa1'sper. 2 /. [from the verb.] A lo {oft voice ; cautious and timorous fpeech The extenfion is more in-tones than in fpeech therefore the inward voice or wwbhifper cannot giv a tone Bacon Strictly obferve the firft hints and whifpers o good and evil that pafs in the heart, and this wil keep confeience quick and vigilant South Soft awbifpers through th' affembly went. Dryd He uncall'd, his patron to controul Divulg'd the fecret avbifpers of his foul. Dryden With fuch like falfe whifpers, in former reigns the ears of princes have been poifoned Dawenant WHISPERER. 7 / [from awhifper. 1. One that fpeaks low 2. A private talker ; a teller of fecrets a conveyer of intelligence King truft in eunuchs hat rather been as t good fpials and good wwhifperers than good magiftrates Bacon Warst, {This word is called by Skinner wh feldo mandin errs, an interjetion com filence, and {o it is commonl ufed ; but Shake/peare ufes it as a verb and Milton as an adjective or a participle. I. Are filent Come unto thefe yellow fands And then take hands Curt'fied when you have, and ki The wild waves whift Shakefpeare's Tempefs 2. Still 5 filent; put to filence Smoothly the waters kifs'd Whifpering new joys to the mild ocean Milt The clergyman nfed to play at whiff and fwvob Swiff Whift awhil Walks bis grave round, beneath a cloud of fmok Wreath'd fragrant from the pipe. Thomf. Autumn 7o WHI'STLE @. n. [hpyzlan, Saxon Sfiftulo, Latin, 1. To form a kind of mufical found by a inarticulate modulation of the breath I 've watch'd and travell'd haxd Some time I fhall flcep out, the reft I'll evbifile Shakefpeare hold vour ea fthar ike f e While th Whilkles o'e And trudging homeward wpifles on the way., Guy 2. To make a found with a fmall win inftrument 3. To found fhrill fis big manly voic Changing again toward childifh treble pipes He whiftles 1n his found Shakefprare Soft whifpers run along the leafy woods And mountains whiffle to the murm'ring floods Dryden heetus from the hearth a buraing bran Seleéts, and whirling waves; tiil from his han The fire took flame, then dafh'd it from the righ On fair Charaxus' temples, near the figh Then whiflling palt came on Drydern ‘When winged deaths in whifiling arrows fiy Wilt thou, though wounded, yet undaunted fray Perform thy part, and fhare the dangerous day Prior The wild winds awkiftle, and the billows roar The plitting raft the furious tempeft tore. Pope To Wa1'sTLE. v. a. To call by awhiftle Let him awhifl the backwards and forwards till he is weary South's Sermons He chanced to mifs his dog: we ftood fill til he had ewbiftled him up Addifon When fimple pride for flatt'ry makes demands May dunce by dunce be awhiffled off my hands Pope Wai'stLE. # /. [hpyele, Saxon. 1. Sound made by the modulation of th breath in the mouth My fire in caves conftrains the winds Can with a breath their clam'rous rage appeafe They fear his wwbiftle, and forfake the feas. Dryd 2. A found mad by a {fmali wind inftru ment 3. 'The mouth ; the organ of whiftling Let's drink the other cup to wet our awbhiftles and fo fing away all fad thoughts 4. A {mall wind inftrument Walton's Angler The mafters and pilots were fo aftonithed, tha they knew not how to dire&; and if they knew they could fcarcely, when they dire@ed, hear thei own whiffle Sidrey Behol Upon the hempen tackle fhipboys climbing Hear the thrill evhifile, which doth order giv To founds confus'd Shakefpeare's Henry V Small awhiftles, or fhepherds oaten pipes, -giv by the air is more pent than in a wider pipe 3. Be fill WaisT. 7. /. A game at cards, requirin clofe attention and filence: wvulgarl pronounced wwhi/k The ploughman leaves the tafk of day afound becaufe of their extreme flendernefs, where The winds, with wonder whif Let one wwbiffle at the one-en clean.sh data import.tsv out README When they talk of him, they thake their heads And whifper one another in'the ear WH WH of a trunk, an at the other, and thefound fhal as you can fcarce endure i Bacon's Nataral Hiflory plowman near at han DMilton the furrow'd land Should Bertran found his trumpets And Torrifmond but whifile through his _{‘i'ng.srls He draws his army oft. - Dayden's Spanifp ‘]'rzar He whiftled as be went for want of thought Dryden Her infant grandame's The bells the gingled, and th on's Natural Hiftory 5. The noife of winds 6. A call, fuch as fportfme dogs iftl blew Pope ufe to thei Madam, here comes my lord. ~-I have been worth the wwbipl Shakefpeare's King Lear The knight, purfuing this epiftie Believ'd he *d brought her to his whiffle. Hudib WHISTLER. 2. /. [from avkhifle. who whiftles On The prize a guinea, to be the ableft awliffler, who could whiftle cl go throughthi tune without laughing po an _44difun Wart. # /0 [pihe, a thing ; apihe, an thing, Saxon. A point; a jot W love, an aie no ewbit regarded Sidney Her facred book with blood ywrit That none could read except the did him teach She unto him difclofed every evpir And heavenly documents thereout did preach The motive caufe of doing itis notin o res but carrieth us 2s if the wind thould drive a feathe in the air; we no <whit furthering that \vhercb we are driveil Hogker Although the lord bccaréle the King's tenant hi |