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fisker, fusker, fuskers, fuskert, whisk, whisker, whiskert, whisket, whiskit, whisquer, whusk, whusker, whuskert, whusket, whuskit, wisk, wisker, wusk, wusker,
whisk [ʍɪsk, ʍʌsk]
n. A blow, swipe. A light, two-wheeled, one-horse carriage.
v. To whisk, beat, whip, lash. To curry or groom a horse. Of the heart: to flutter, palpitate.
pt. pp. whiskit
whisker [ˈʍɪskər, ˈʍʌskər, MN. ˈfʌskər]
n. A (cat's) whisker. A bunch of feathers or short straws etc. whipped at one end to form a kind of handbrush. A bunch of straw used as a sheath for knitting needles at a woman's waist. A breezy wind.
whiskert
adj. Whiskered.
fuskie, fusky, whiskey, whiskie, whisky, whuskey, whuskie, whusk-kay, whusky,
whisky [ˈʍɪski, ˈʍʌski]
n. Whisk(e)y.
Compounds and phrases etc.
whisky pig: A whisky jar.
fusper, fuspert, whisper, whisperin, whispert, whiss, whuskper, whuskpert, whusper, whuspert,
whisper [ˈʍɪspər, ˈʍʌspər]
also I. whiss
n. A whisper.
v. To whisper.
pt. pp. whispert
Compounds and phrases etc.
whisperin: Whispering.
kwiss, kwissed, kwisst, quiss, whiss, whissed, whisst,
whiss [I.Sh. ʍɪs, kwɪs]
n. A morsel, scrap of food.
v. To trim off rough edges, to dress stone. To scold severely. To husk. To pick the bones of an animal. To eat up entirely.
pt. pp. whisst
fisselt, fissle, fissled, fissles, fisslin, fuselt, fusled, fussel, fusselt, fussle, fussled, fussles, fusslin, fustle, fustles, fustlin, kist-o-whussels, kist-o-whussles, whisselt, whissil, whissilin, whissled, whistle, whistled, whistlelt, whistles, whistlin, whuselt, whusle, whusled, whusles, whuslin, whussel, whussellin, whusselt, whusselt, whussil, whussilt, whussle, whussle, whussle, whussled, whussles, whusslin, whustelt, whustle, whustled, whustles, whustlin, whustlin$, wissel, wussle,
whistle [ʍɪsl, ʍʌsl, N. fʌsl]
n. A whistle. A factory hooter or siren. A wallop, swipe, swinging blow.
v. To whistle.
pt. pp. whistelt
Compounds and phrases etc.
kist o whistles: An organ.
weet the whistle: To have a drink.
whistlin: Whistling.
at, faasomivver, faht, fasomiver, fasomivver, fat, fatever, fativer, fativver, fatlike, fatna, fit, fit$n, fit$n_a, fit$s, fit_aboot, fit_wye, fiten, fitfir, fitfur, fitin, fitiver, fitivir, fitivver, fitlike, fit-like, fitna, fit-na, fits, fittabout, fitten, fittiver, fittivver, fitwy, fitwye, furtiver, furtivver, furtivver, fut, fut$n, futfir, futfur, hooaboot, hooaboots, hoot, quhat, quhit, quhitwye, quhit-wye, quit, quwhit, somat, somewhit, summat, summit, sumwhut, ut, utta, wha, wha$, wha$, whaat, whaiten, what$n, what_aboot, whatanever, whateer, whaten, whativer, whativir, whatlike, whatn, whatna, whatsaee$er, whatsiever, whatsomdiver, whatsomever, whatsumever, whattan, whatten, whattna, whi$, whit, whit$s, whit$s_it_cawed, whit_aboot, whitan, whitane$er, whitane$er, white$er, whiteer, whiten, whitever, whitfir, whitfor, whitfur, whitiver, whitivir, whitivver, whitna, whits, whitsaeiver, whitsaeivver, whitsitkid, whitsoevir, whitsomeiver, whitsomiver, whittan, whitten, whitwey, whitwye, whit-wye, whoat, whoot, whotten, whu$, whut, whut_aboot, whutiver, whutivver, whut-wye, wut,
whit [ʍɪt, ʍʌt, ʍat, ʍɔt, N. fɪt, fʌt, fat, NN.a. ət]
pron. What. Relative: that.
adv. As an exclamation followed by adjectives:. how, how very. Interrogative: why, in what way, how?
adj. Which. Interrogative with abstract nouns: how?
conj. After verbs of saying or thinking used negatively, verbs of doubting, wondering etc.: that. To the utmost that, as much, far, hard etc
Compounds and phrases etc.
somewhit: Somewhat, a certain amount, to a certain degree. col. contraction summit meaning something.
the whit: Exclamation requesting the reason for something.
whit aboot: How about ... ? Adopting a certain course of action?
whitten: What kind of, which, what sort of.
whit for: Why? For what reason?
whit for no: Why not?
whitiver contracted white'er: Whatever.
whit like [MN. fɪt-]: How are you
whit's: What is.
whit's it cawed: What's it called?
whitsaeiver: Whatsoever.
whitsomiver: Whatever, whatsoever.
whitna: What kind of a.
whitwey: How? Why?
ye whit: What? Pardon?
fite, fiten, fitent, fite-oot, fyte, fyten, fytent, quhyt, quyht, quyhte, wheite, whit, white, whitelie, whiteling, whitely, whiten, whiteneen, whitenin, whitent, white-oot, whitet, whitit, whitlie, whitlin, whitling, whitnin, whittering, whtly, whyte, whytelie, whytit,
white [ʍəit, N. fəit]
n. The colour white. Linen thread which has been whitened by washing.
adj. Of the colour white. Of a sheep: having an untarred fleece. Of coins: silver. Of arable land: fallow, unploughed, as stubble land or old pasture etc. Flattering, fair-seeming.
v. To make white. To flatter, wheedle.
pt. pp. whitit
whitely [ˈʍəitle, N. ˈfəitle]
adj. Pale, whitish, delicate looking.
Compounds and phrases etc.
whiten: To colour white. pt. whitent.
whitenin: Whitening.
whitlin [ˈʍɪtlɪn]: S. C. An immature brown trout Salmo trutta.
white-oot: A blinding snowstorm.
fait, fate, fite, fittlin, futley, futlie, futly, futtlan, futtle, futtlin, fyte, fytit, quhyt, quyht, quyhte, thwite, twait, twäit, tweet, twit, twite, whait, whate, wheat, wheet, wheit, wheite, whet, whettle, whit, white, whited, whiteens, whitins, whitit, whitlie, whitly, whitter, whittle, whittler, whittlin, whuttle, whuttler, whyte, whyte, whyte, whyted, whytins, whytit,
white [ʍəit, N. fəit]
also thwite [NN.b. θwəit, I.Sh. twəit, twit]
v. To cut with a knife, to pare, whittle.
pt. whate [ʍet, N. fet], whitit
pp. whitit
whittle [ˈʍɪtl, ˈʍʌtl, ˈʍʌtl, N. ˈfʌtl]
n. A knife often a carving-, clasp- or sheath-knife or dirk. A harvest-hook, sickle, scythe. A whetstone.
dim. whitlie
v. To pare, shave or cut with a knife. To sharpen, put an edge on with a whetstone.
Compounds and phrases etc.
whitins: Thin slices or shavings cut off with a knife.
whitter [ˈʍɪtər]: A hearty draught or drink. To whittle, diminish by taking away small portions. To fritter. To tipple, to drink drams.
whittler [ˈʍɪtlər, ˈʍʌtllər, ˈʍʌtllər, N. ˈfʌtllər]: A carver.
whittlin [NN.b. ˈfʌtlən]: Tiresomely incompetent.
Whiteadder, Whitedder, Whiteedder,
Whitedder [ˈʍʌtedər ˈʍʌtetər, ˈʍətədər]
pn. Whiteadder (Berwickshire).
Whitefield,
Whitefield [ˈʍʌtfil(d)]
pn. Whitefield.
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