Vocabulary : Wharfinger to Whatnot

Wharfinger : A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf.
Wharfs : of Wharf
Wharl : Alt. of Wharling
Wharling : A guttural pronunciation of the letter r; a burr. See Burr, n., 6.
Wharp : A kind of fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.

Wharves : of Wharf
What : As an interrogative pronoun, used in asking questions regarding either persons or things; as, what is this? what did you say? what poem is this? what child is lost? ;; As an exclamatory word: -- (a) Used absolutely or independently; -- often with a question following. ;; Used adjectively, meaning how remarkable, or how great; as, what folly! what eloquence! what courage! ;; Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as, what happy boys! ;; As a relative pronoun ;; Used substantively with the antecedent suppressed, equivalent to that which, or those [persons] who, or those [things] which; -- called a compound relative. ;; Used adjectively, equivalent to the . . . which; the sort or kind of . . . which; rarely, the . . . on, or at, which. ;; Used adverbially in a sense corresponding to the adjectival use; as, he picked what good fruit he saw. ;; Whatever; whatsoever; what thing soever; -- used indefinitely. ;; Used adverbially, in part; partly; somewhat; -- with a follo
Whate'er : A contraction of what-ever; -- used in poetry.
Whatever : Anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being this or that; of one nature or another; one thing or another; anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all particulars that; -- used both substantively and adjectively.
Whatnot : A kind of stand, or piece of furniture, having shelves for books, ornaments, etc.; an etagere.

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