Vocabulary : Whistlewing to White friar

Whistlewing : The American golden-eye.
Whistlewood : The moosewood, or striped maple. See Maple.
Whistling : of Whistle ;; a. & n. from Whistle, v.
Whistlingly : In a whistling manner; shrilly.
Whistly : In a whist manner; silently.

Whit : The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence.
White : Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin. ;; Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear. ;; Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure. ;; Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary. ;; Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable. ;; Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling. ;; The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1. ;; Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye. ;; Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center o
White elephant : Something requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit; any burdensome possession.
White fly : Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually covered with a white or gray powder.
White friar : A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.

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