Vocabulary : Whipstock to Whirlbone

Whipstock : The rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened.
Whipt : Whipped.
Whip-tom-kelly : A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.
Whipworm : A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly.
Whir : To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz. ;; To hurry a long with a whizzing sound. ;; A buzzing or whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling motion; as, the whir of a partridge; the whir of a spinning wheel.

Whirl : To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve. ;; To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry. ;; To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate. ;; To move hastily or swiftly. ;; A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel. ;; Anything that moves with a whirling motion. ;; A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached. ;; A whorl. See Whorl.
Whirlabout : Something that whirls or turns about in a rapid manner; a whirligig.
Whirlbat : Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of ancient boxers.
Whirl-blast : A whirling blast or wind.
Whirlbone : The huckle bone. ;; The patella, or kneepan.

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