Whitening stone, a sharpening and polishing stone used by cutlers; also, a finishing grindstone of fine texture.

White-pot
(White"-pot`) n. A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, etc., baked in a pot. King.

Whiterump
(White"rump`) n. (Zoöl.) The American black-tailed godwit.

Whites
(Whites) n. pl.

1. (Med.) Leucorrha.

2. The finest flour made from white wheat.

3. Cloth or garments of a plain white color.

Whiteside
(White"side`) n. (Zoöl.) The golden-eye.

Whitesmith
(White"smith`) n.

1. One who works in tinned or galvanized iron, or white iron; a tinsmith.

2. A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it.

Whitester
(White"ster) n. [White + - ster.] A bleacher of linen; a whitener; a whitster. [Prov. Eng.]

Whitetail
(White"tail`) n.

1. (Zoöl.) The Virginia deer.

2. (Zoöl.) The wheatear. [Prov. Eng.]

Whitethorn
(White"thorn`) n. (Bot.) The hawthorn.

Whitethroat
(White"throat`) n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler and the lesser whitethroat

Whitetop
(White"top`) n. (Bot.) Fiorin.

Whitewall
(White"wall`) n. (Zoöl.) The spotted flycatcher; — so called from the white color of the under parts. [Prov. Eng.]

Whitewash
(White"wash`) n.

1. Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair. Addison.

2. A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of lime.

Whitewash
(White"wash`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whitewashed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Whitewashing.]

1. To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.

2. That which is used to render white; whiting. [R.]


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