Forby. (b) To go from house to house working by the day, as itinerant tailors and carpenters do. [Prov.
& U. S.]
Whip
(Whip) v. i. To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped
around the corner.
With speed from thence he whipped.
Sackville.
Two friends, traveling, met a bear upon the way; the one whips up a tree, and the other throws himself
flat upon the ground.
L'Estrange. Whip
(Whip), n. [OE. whippe. See Whip, v. t.]
1. An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached
to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod. "[A] whip's lash." Chaucer.
In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is supposed to drive the horses of the sun.
Addison. 2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip. Beaconsfield.
3. (Mach.) (a) One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread. (b) The length
of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
4. (Naut.) (a) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies. (b) The long pennant.
See Pennant (a)
5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper- in.
6. (Eng. Politics) (a) A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and
secure the attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session, especially when
their votes are needed. (b) A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be in their places at a
given time, as when a vote is to be taken.
Whip and spur, with the utmost haste. — Whip crane, or Whip purchase, a simple form of crane
having a small drum from which the load is suspended, turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger
drum on the same axle. — Whip gin. See Gin block, under 5th Gin. — Whip grafting. See under
Grafting. — Whip hand, the hand with which the whip is used; hence, advantage; mastery; as, to have
or get the whip hand of a person. Dryden. — Whip ray (Zoöl.), the European eagle ray. See under
Ray. — Whip roll (Weaving), a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a loom, on which the warp threads
rest. — Whip scorpion (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of arachnids belonging to Thelyphonus
and allied genera. They somewhat resemble true scorpions, but have a long, slender bristle, or lashlike
organ, at the end of the body, instead of a sting. — Whip snake (Zoöl.), any one of various species
of slender snakes. Specifically: (a) A bright green South American tree snake (Philodryas viridissimus)
having a long and slender body. It is not venomous. Called also emerald whip snake. (b) The coachwhip
snake.
Whipcord
(Whip"cord`) n. A kind of hard- twisted or braided cord, sometimes used for making whiplashes.
Whipgraft
(Whip"graft`) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whipgrafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Whipgrafting.] To graft by
cutting the scion and stock in a certain manner. See Whip grafting, under Grafting.
Whiplash
(Whip"lash`) n. The lash of a whip, - - usually made of thongs of leather, or of cords, braided
or twisted.
Whipparee
(Whip`pa*ree") n. (Zoöl.) (a) A large sting ray (Dasybatis, or Trygon, Sayi) native of the
Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail. (b) A large sting ray (Rhinoptera
