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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Whips

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Whip

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Whip

WHIP, verb transitive [Latin , a sweeping throw or thrust.]

1. To strike with a lash or sweeping cord; as, to whip a horse.

2. To sew slightly.

3. To drive with lashes; as, to whip a top.

4. To punish with the whip; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy.

Who, for false quantities, was whippd at school.

5. To lash with sarcasm.

They would whip me with their fine wits.

6. To strike; to thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat. [Not in use int he United States.]

To whip about or round, to wrap; to inwrap; as, to whip a line round a rod.

To whip out, to draw nimbly; to snatch; as, to whip out a sword or rapier from its sheath.

To whip from, to take away suddenly.

To whip into, to thrust in with a quick motion. He whipped his hand into his pocket.

To whip us, to seize or take up with a quick motion. She whipped up the child, and ran off. Among seamen, to hoist with a whip or small tackle.

WHIP, verb intransitive To move nimbly; to start suddenly and run; or to turn and run; as, the boy whipped away in an instant; he whipped round the corner; he whipped into the house, and was out of wight in a moment.

WHIP, noun

1. An instrument for driving horses or other teams, or for correction, consisting of a lash tied to a handle or rod.

2. In ships, a small tackle, used to hoist light bodies.

WHIP and spur, with the utmost haste.


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Whip-cord

WHIP-CORD, noun [whip and cord.] Cord of which lashes are made.


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Whip-graft

WHIP-GRAFT, verb transitive [whip and graft.] To graft by cutting the cion and stock in a sloping direction, so as to fit each other, and by inserting a tongue on the cion into a slit in the stock.


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Whip-grafting

WHIP-GRAFTING, noun The at or practice of grafting by cutting the cion and stock with a slope, to fit each other, etc.


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Whip-hand

WHIP-HAND, noun [whip and hand.] Advantage over; as, he has the whip-hand of her.


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Whip-lash

WHIP-LASH, noun [whip and lash.] The lash of a whip.


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Whipped

WHIPPED, participle passive Struck with a whip; punished; enwrapped; sewed slightly.


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Whipper

WHIPPER, noun One who whips; particularly, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping.


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Whipping

WHIPPING, participle present tense Striking with a whip; punishing with a whip; enwrapping.

WHIPPING, noun The act of striking with a whip, or of punishing; the state of being whipped.


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Whipping-post

WHIPPING-POST, noun [whipping and post.] A post to which offenders are tied when whipped.


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Whipple-tree

WHIPPLE-TREE, noun [whip and tree; but qu. Is it no whiffle-tree?] The bar to which the traces or tugs of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, a harrow or other implement is drawn.


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Whippowil

WHIPPOWIL, noun The popular name of an American bird, so called from its note, or the sounds of its voice. [Not whip-poor-will.]


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Whip-saw

WHIP-SAW, noun [whip and saw.] A saw to be used by two persons.


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Whip-staff

WHIP-STAFF, noun [whip and staff.] In ships, a bar by which the rudder is turned. In small vessels this is called the tiller.


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Whipster

WHIPSTER, noun A nimble fellow.


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Whip-stitch

WHIP-STITCH, verb transitive [whip and stitch.] In agriculture, to half-plow or to rafter land. This word, I believe, is not used in America. The practice of whip-stitching resembles what is called in America ridging.


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Whip-stock

WHIP-STOCK, noun [whip and stock.] The rod or staff to which the lash of a whip is fastened.


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Whipt

WHIPT, participle passive of whip; sometimes used for whipped.


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