whisker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: whisker	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for whisker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whisker n a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker" Synonym(s): hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whisker a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat Synonym(s): whisker, vibrissa, sensory hair v furnish with whiskers; "a whiskered jersey" [syn: bewhisker, whisker]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whisker \Whisk"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion. 2. Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; -- usually in the plural. Hoary whiskers and a forky beard. --Pope. 3. pl. That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, or upon the chin, or upon both; as, side whiskers; chin whiskers. 4. A hair of the beard. 5. One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal. 6. pl. (Naut.) Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc.