Webster's practical dictionary A practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . {J^aiit.) To hoist or purchase by meansof a whip; to secure the end of from untwisting byovercasting it with yam. — v. i. To move nimhlj,start suddenly and do anything. — n. An instru-ment (as a thing or lash attached to a handle) fordriving horses or other animals, or for correction; acoachman, or driver of a carriage. {Macli.) Oneof the arms or frames of a windmill, on which thesails are spre
Webster's practical dictionary A practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . {J^aiit.) To hoist or purchase by meansof a whip; to secure the end of from untwisting byovercasting it with yam. — v. i. To move nimhlj,start suddenly and do anything. — n. An instru-ment (as a thing or lash attached to a handle) fordriving horses or other animals, or for correction; acoachman, or driver of a carriage. {Macli.) Oneof the arms or frames of a windmill, on which thesails are spread. {Naut.) A small tackle with a singlerope, used to hoist light bodies. {Eng. politics.) Amember of Parliament who acts as executive secreta-ry for his political party, in effecting the attendanceof its members when their votes are needed; a whip-per-in.—Whipgraft, V. t. To graft by cutting thecion and stock in a sloping direction, so as to fit eachother, and by inserting a tongue on the cion into aslit in the stock. — Whip-per, n. One who whips;esp., an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whip-ping; one who raises coal with a tackle from a ships also a leguminous-Whinny, -nl, Whip-poor-will. hold. —Whipsaw, n. A saw usually set in a frame,for dividing timber lengthwise, and commonlyworked hy 2 persons.—Whipster, n. A nimblelittle fellow. —Whip-cord, n. A kind of hard-twist-ed or braided cord, sometimes used for making lash-es. —lash, n. The lash of a whip. —staff, n.; (Naut.) A bar by which the rudder is turned : a tiller. stock, n. The rod or staff to which the lash of a whip is fastened; sometimes, thewhole whip. — Whip^per-in, n. A huntsman whokeeps the hounds from wandering, and whips themin, if necessary, to the line of chase; one who en-forces the discipline of a party, and urges the attend-ance of the members on all necessary occasions.—-snapper, ?i. A diminutive, insignificant person.—Whipping-post, n. A post to which off
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