Vocabulary : White horse to Whitebait

White horse : A large mass of tough sinewy substance in the head of sperm whales, just above the upper jaw and extending in streaks into the junk above it. It resembles blubber, but contains no oil. Also, the part of the head in which it occurs.
White list : A list of business concerns regarded as worthy of patronage by reason of compliance with certain conditions, as in regard to treatment of employees; as, the white list of the Consumers' League. ;; The official list of all transactions, published daily on white paper, divided into sales from 10 to 12, 12 to 2, and 2 to 3.
White mustard : A kind of mustard (Sinapis alba) with rough-hairy foliage, a long-beaked hispid pod, and pale seeds, which yield mustard and mustard oil. The plant is also grown for forage.
White person : A person of the Caucasian race (6 Fed. Rep. 256).
White plague : Tuberculosis, esp. of the lungs.

White slave : A woman held in involuntary confinement for purposes of prostitution; loosely, any woman forced into unwilling prostitution.
White slaver : A person engaged in procuring or holding a woman or women for unwilling prostitution.
White slaving : The action of one who procures or holds a woman or women for unwilling prostitution.
Whiteback : The canvasback.
Whitebait : The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England. ;; A small translucent fish (Salanx Chinensis) abundant at certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and used in the same manner as the European whitebait.

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