Vocabulary : Whimwham to Whining
Whimwham : A whimsical thing; an odd device; a trifle; a trinket; a gimcrack. ;; A whim, or whimsey; a freak.Whin : Gorse; furze. See Furze. ;; Woad-waxed. ;; Same as Whinstone.
Whinberry : The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze.
Whinchat : A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.
Whine : To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely. ;; To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse. ;; A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.
