whittle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: whittle	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Whittle n English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996) Synonym(s): Whittle, Frank Whittle, Sir Frank Whittle v cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood" Synonym(s): whittle, pare
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whittle \Whit"tle\, n. [OE. thwitel, fr. AS. pw[c6]tan to cut. Cf. {Thwittle}, {Thwaite} a piece of ground.] A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife. [bd]A butcher's whittle.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]Rude whittles.[b8] -- Macaulay. He wore a Sheffield whittle in his hose. --Betterton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whittle \Whit"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whittled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whittling}.] 1. To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife. 2. To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate. [Obs.] [bd]In vino veritas.[b8] When men are well whittled, their tongues run at random. --Withals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whittle \Whit"tle\, v. i. To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife. Dexterity with a pocketknife is a part of a Nantucket education; but I am inclined to think the propensity is national. Americans must and will whittle. --Willis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whittle \Whit"tle\, n. [AS. hw[c6]tel, from hwit white; akin to Icel. hv[c6]till a white bed cover. See {White}.] (a) A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl. --C. Kingsley. (b) Same as {Whittle shawl}, below. {Whittle shawl}, a kind of fine woolen shawl, originally and especially a white one.