whit leather
         n 1: a leather that has been treated with alum and/or salt [syn:
               {white leather}, {whit leather}]

English Dictionary: white lettuce	by the DICT Development Group
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white alder n tree of western United States [syn: white alder, mountain alder, Alnus rhombifolia] shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers Synonym(s): sweet pepperbush, pepper bush, summer sweet, white alder, Clethra alnifolia
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white lead n a poisonous white pigment that contains lead [syn: {white lead}, ceruse, lead carbonate]
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white lead ore n a mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead Synonym(s): cerussite, white lead ore
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white leather n a leather that has been treated with alum and/or salt [syn: white leather, whit leather]
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white lettuce n herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes Synonym(s): white lettuce, cankerweed, Nabalus alba, Prenanthes alba
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white lotus n white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians Synonym(s): lotus, white lotus, Egyptian water lily, white lily, Nymphaea lotus
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white-alder family n coextensive with the genus Clethra [syn: Clethraceae, family Clethraceae, white-alder family]
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whittle down v cut away in small pieces [syn: whittle away, {whittle down}, wear away]
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Widal test n a test for detecting typhoid fever and other salmonella infections Synonym(s): Widal test, Widal's test
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widely distributed adj growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution" Synonym(s): cosmopolitan, widely distributed Antonym(s): endemic
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withhold v hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room" Synonym(s): withhold, keep back retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes" Synonym(s): withhold, deduct, recoup
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withholder n a person who refrains from granting; "a withholder of payments" Antonym(s): granter a person who restrains or checks or holds back
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withholding n the act of deducting from an employee's salary income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer Synonym(s): withholding tax, withholding the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control; "I resented his withholding permission"; "there were allegations of the withholding of evidence"
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withholding tax n income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer Synonym(s): withholding tax, withholding
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Witold Gombrowicz n Polish author (1904-1969) [syn: Gombrowicz, {Witold Gombrowicz}]
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woodlet n garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth Synonym(s): grove, woodlet, orchard, plantation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waddle \Wad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Waddling}.] [Freq. of wade; cf. AS. w[91]dlian to beg, from       wadan to go. See {Wade}.]       To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to       the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily       and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child       waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles. --Shak.                   She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace. --Young.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wattle \Wat"tle\, n. [AS. watel, watul, watol, hurdle, covering,       wattle; cf. OE. watel a bag. Cf. {Wallet}.]       1. A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.                         And there he built with wattles from the marsh A                      little lonely church in days of yore. --Tennyson.          2. A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.          3. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly                   colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or                   throat of a bird or reptile.             (b) Barbel of a fish.          4.             (a) The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the                   genus {Acacia}, used in tanning; -- called also                   {wattle bark}.             (b) (Bot.) The trees from which the bark is obtained. See                   {Savanna wattle}, under {Savanna}.          {Wattle turkey}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Brush turkey}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wattled \Wat"tled\, a.       Furnished with wattles, or pendent fleshy processes at the       chin or throat.                   The wattled cocks strut to and fro.         --Longfellow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wattle \Wat"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wattled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Wattling}.]       1. To bind with twigs.          2. To twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to             form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches.          3. To form, by interweaving or platting twigs.                         The folded flocks, penned in their wattled cotes.                                                                               --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wattlebird \Wat"tle*bird`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of honey eaters             belonging to {Anthoch[91]ra} and allied genera of the             family {Meliphagid[91]}. These birds usually have a large             and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging down below             each ear. They are natives of Australia and adjacent             islands.          Note: The best-known species ({Anthoch[91]ra carunculata})                has the upper parts grayish brown, with a white stripe                on each feather, and the wing and tail quills dark                brown or blackish, tipped with withe. Its wattles, in                life, are light blood-red. Called also {wattled crow},                {wattled bee-eater}, {wattled honey eater}. Another                species ({A. inauris}) is streaked with black, gray,                and white, and its long wattles are white, tipped with                orange. The bush wattlebirds, belonging to the genus                {Anellobia}, are closely related, but lack conspicuous                wattles. The most common species ({A. mellivora}) is                dark brown, finely streaked with white. Called also                {goruck creeper}.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The Australian brush turkey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wattlebird \Wat"tle*bird`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of honey eaters             belonging to {Anthoch[91]ra} and allied genera of the             family {Meliphagid[91]}. These birds usually have a large             and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging down below             each ear. They are natives of Australia and adjacent             islands.          Note: The best-known species ({Anthoch[91]ra carunculata})                has the upper parts grayish brown, with a white stripe                on each feather, and the wing and tail quills dark                brown or blackish, tipped with withe. Its wattles, in                life, are light blood-red. Called also {wattled crow},                {wattled bee-eater}, {wattled honey eater}. Another                species ({A. inauris}) is streaked with black, gray,                and white, and its long wattles are white, tipped with                orange. The bush wattlebirds, belonging to the genus                {Anellobia}, are closely related, but lack conspicuous                wattles. The most common species ({A. mellivora}) is                dark brown, finely streaked with white. Called also                {goruck creeper}.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The Australian brush turkey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wattlebird \Wat"tle*bird`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of honey eaters             belonging to {Anthoch[91]ra} and allied genera of the             family {Meliphagid[91]}. These birds usually have a large             and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging down below             each ear. They are natives of Australia and adjacent             islands.          Note: The best-known species ({Anthoch[91]ra carunculata})                has the upper parts grayish brown, with a white stripe                on each feather, and the wing and tail quills dark                brown or blackish, tipped with withe. Its wattles, in                life, are light blood-red. Called also {wattled crow},                {wattled bee-eater}, {wattled honey eater}. Another                species ({A. inauris}) is streaked with black, gray,                and white, and its long wattles are white, tipped with                orange. The bush wattlebirds, belonging to the genus                {Anellobia}, are closely related, but lack conspicuous                wattles. The most common species ({A. mellivora}) is                dark brown, finely streaked with white. Called also                {goruck creeper}.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The Australian brush turkey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wheedle \Whee"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wheedled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Wheedling}.] [Cf. G. wedeln to wag with the tail, as a       dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, OHG. wadal; akin to G. wehen       to blow, and E. wind, n.]       1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.                         The unlucky art of wheedling fools.   --Dryden.                         And wheedle a world that loves him not. --Tennyson.          2. To grain, or get away, by flattery.                         A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate,                      which I wheedled out of her.               --Congreve.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
White \White\, a. [Compar. {Whiter}; superl. {Whitest}.] [OE.       whit, AS. hw[?]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[c6]t, D. wit, G.       weiss, OHG. w[c6]z, hw[c6]z, Icel. hv[c6]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan.       hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make bright, Russ.       sviet' light, Skr. [?]v[?]ta white, [?]vit to be bright.       [?][?][?]. Cf. {Wheat}, {Whitsunday}.]       1. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum             combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or             their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; --             the opposite of {black} or {dark}; as, white paper; a             white skin. [bd]Pearls white.[b8] --Chaucer.                         White as the whitest lily on a stream. --Longfellow.          2. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of             blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.                         Or whispering with white lips, [bd]The foe! They                      come! they come![b8]                           --Byron.          3. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or             from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.                         White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. --Dryden.                         No whiter page than Addison's remains. --Pope.          4. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.                         Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head So old                      and white as this.                              --Shak.          5. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the             like; fortunate; happy; favorable.                         On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as                      one of the white days of his life.      --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          6. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.                         Come forth, my white spouse.               --Chaucer.                         I am his white boy, and will not be gullet. --Ford.          Note: White is used in many self-explaining compounds, as                white-backed, white-bearded, white-footed.          {White alder}. (Bot.) See {Sweet pepper bush}, under             {Pepper}.          {White ant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of social             pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Termes}. These             insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form             large and complex communities consisting of numerous             asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed             asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens             (or fertile females) often having the body enormously             distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous             winged males, together with the larv[91] and pup[91] of             each kind in various stages of development. Many of the             species construct large and complicated nests, sometimes             in the form of domelike structures rising several feet             above the ground and connected with extensive subterranean             galleries and chambers. In their social habits they             closely resemble the true ants. They feed upon animal and             vegetable substances of various kinds, including timber,             and are often very destructive to buildings and furniture.                      {White arsenic} (Chem.), arsenious oxide, {As2O3}, a             substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine             luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a             deadly poison.          {White bass} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water North American bass             ({Roccus chrysops}) found in the Great Likes.          {White bear} (Zo[94]l.), the polar bear. See under {Polar}.                      {White blood cell}. (Physiol.) See {Leucocyte}.          {White brand} (Zo[94]l.), the snow goose.          {White brass}, a white alloy of copper; white copper.          {White campion}. (Bot.)             (a) A kind of catchfly ({Silene stellata}) with white                   flowers.             (b) A white-flowered Lychnis ({Lychnis vespertina}).          {White canon} (R. C. Ch.), a Premonstratensian.          {White caps}, the members of a secret organization in various             of the United States, who attempt to drive away or reform             obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. They appear masked             in white.          {White cedar} (Bot.), an evergreen tree of North America             ({Thuja occidentalis}), also the related {Cupressus             thyoides}, or {Cham[91]cyparis sph[91]roidea}, a slender             evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar             swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much             valued for their durable timber. In California the name is             given to the {Libocedrus decurrens}, the timber of which             is also useful, though often subject to dry rot.             --Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a             lofty tree ({Icica, [or] Bursera, altissima}) whose             fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as it is             not attacked by insect.          {White cell}. (Physiol.) See {Leucocyte}.          {White cell-blood} (Med.), leucocyth[91]mia.          {White clover} (Bot.), a species of small perennial clover             bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for             cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also             under {Clover}.          {White copper}, a whitish alloy of copper. See {German             silver}, under {German}.          {White copperas} (Min.), a native hydrous sulphate of iron;             coquimbite.          {White coral} (Zo[94]l.), an ornamental branched coral             ({Amphihelia oculata}) native of the Mediterranean.          {White corpuscle}. (Physiol.) See {Leucocyte}.          {White cricket} (Zo[94]l.), the tree cricket.          {White crop}, a crop of grain which loses its green color, or             becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and             oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop.                      {White currant} (Bot.), a variety of the common red currant,             having white berries.          {White daisy} (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. See under {Daisy}.          {White damp}, a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal             mines. --Raymond.          {White elephant} (Zo[94]l.), a whitish, or albino, variety of             the Asiatic elephant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr.       [?], [?], akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.]       1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried             berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}.          Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry,                dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from                the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by                maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar                properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper                is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.          2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody             climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous             flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red             when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several             hundred species of the genus {Piper}, widely dispersed             throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the             earth.          3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red             pepper; as, the bell pepper.          Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other                fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the                true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of                {Capsicum}. See {Capsicum}, and the Phrases, below.          {African pepper}, the Guinea pepper. See under {Guinea}.          {Cayenne pepper}. See under {Cayenne}.          {Chinese pepper}, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum             piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and             Japan.          {Guinea pepper}. See under {Guinea}, and {Capsicum}.          {Jamaica pepper}. See {Allspice}.          {Long pepper}.             (a) The spike of berries of {Piper longum}, an East Indian                   shrub.             (b) The root of {Piper, [or] Macropiper, methysticum}. See                   {Kava}.          {Malaguetta}, [or] {Meleguetta}, {pepper}, the aromatic seeds             of the {Amomum Melegueta}, an African plant of the Ginger             family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc.,             under the name of {grains of Paradise}.          {Red pepper}. See {Capsicum}.          {Sweet pepper bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra             alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --             called also {white alder}.          {Pepper box} [or] {caster}, a small box or bottle, with a             perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food,             etc.          {Pepper corn}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Pepper elder} (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants             of the Pepper family, species of {Piper} and {Peperomia}.                      {Pepper moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Biston             betularia}) having white wings covered with small black             specks.          {Pepper pot}, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and             cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.          {Pepper root}. (Bot.). See {Coralwort}.          {pepper sauce}, a condiment for the table, made of small red             peppers steeped in vinegar.          {Pepper tree} (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris})             of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See             {Peruvian mastic tree}, under {Mastic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
White \White\, a. [Compar. {Whiter}; superl. {Whitest}.] [OE.       whit, AS. hw[?]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[c6]t, D. wit, G.       weiss, OHG. w[c6]z, hw[c6]z, Icel. hv[c6]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan.       hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make bright, Russ.       sviet' light, Skr. [?]v[?]ta white, [?]vit to be bright.       [?][?][?]. Cf. {Wheat}, {Whitsunday}.]       1. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum             combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or             their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; --             the opposite of {black} or {dark}; as, white paper; a             white skin. [bd]Pearls white.[b8] --Chaucer.                         White as the whitest lily on a stream. --Longfellow.          2. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of             blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.                         Or whispering with white lips, [bd]The foe! They                      come! they come![b8]                           --Byron.          3. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or             from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.                         White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. --Dryden.                         No whiter page than Addison's remains. --Pope.          4. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.                         Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head So old                      and white as this.                              --Shak.          5. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the             like; fortunate; happy; favorable.                         On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as                      one of the white days of his life.      --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          6. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.                         Come forth, my white spouse.               --Chaucer.                         I am his white boy, and will not be gullet. --Ford.          Note: White is used in many self-explaining compounds, as                white-backed, white-bearded, white-footed.          {White alder}. (Bot.) See {Sweet pepper bush}, under             {Pepper}.          {White ant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of social             pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Termes}. These             insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form             large and complex communities consisting of numerous             asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed             asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens             (or fertile females) often having the body enormously             distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous             winged males, together with the larv[91] and pup[91] of             each kind in various stages of development. Many of the             species construct large and complicated nests, sometimes             in the form of domelike structures rising several feet             above the ground and connected with extensive subterranean             galleries and chambers. In their social habits they             closely resemble the true ants. They feed upon animal and             vegetable substances of various kinds, including timber,             and are often very destructive to buildings and furniture.                      {White arsenic} (Chem.), arsenious oxide, {As2O3}, a             substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine             luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a             deadly poison.          {White bass} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water North American bass             ({Roccus chrysops}) found in the Great Likes.          {White bear} (Zo[94]l.), the polar bear. See under {Polar}.                      {White blood cell}. (Physiol.) See {Leucocyte}.          {White brand} (Zo[94]l.), the snow goose.          {White brass}, a white alloy of copper; white copper.          {White campion}. (Bot.)             (a) A kind of catchfly ({Silene stellata}) with white                   flowers.             (b) A white-flowered Lychnis ({Lychnis vespertina}).          {White canon} (R. C. Ch.), a Premonstratensian.          {White caps}, the members of a secret organization in various             of the United States, who attempt to drive away or reform             obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. They appear masked             in white.          {White cedar} (Bot.), an evergreen tree of North America             ({Thuja occidentalis}), also the related {Cupressus             thyoides}, or {Cham[91]cyparis sph[91]roidea}, a slender             evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar             swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much             valued for their durable timber. In California the name is             given to the {Libocedrus decurrens}, the timber of which             is also useful, though often subject to dry rot.             --Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a             lofty tree ({Icica, [or] Bursera, altissima}) whose             fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as it is             not attacked by insect.          {White cell}. (Physiol.) See {Leucocyte}.          {White cell-blood} (Med.), leucocyth[91]mia.          {White clover} (Bot.), a species of small perennial clover             bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for             cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also             under {Clover}.          {White copper}, a whitish alloy of copper. See {German             silver}, under {German}.          {White copperas} (Min.), a native hydrous sulphate of iron;             coquimbite.          {White coral} (Zo[94]l.), an ornamental branched coral             ({Amphihelia oculata}) native of the Mediterranean.          {White corpuscle}. (Physiol.) See {Leucocyte}.          {White cricket} (Zo[94]l.), the tree cricket.          {White crop}, a crop of grain which loses its green color, or             becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and             oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop.                      {White currant} (Bot.), a variety of the common red currant,             having white berries.          {White daisy} (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. See under {Daisy}.          {White damp}, a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal             mines. --Raymond.          {White elephant} (Zo[94]l.), a whitish, or albino, variety of             the Asiatic elephant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr.       [?], [?], akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.]       1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried             berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}.          Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry,                dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from                the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by                maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar                properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper                is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.          2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody             climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous             flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red             when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several             hundred species of the genus {Piper}, widely dispersed             throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the             earth.          3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red             pepper; as, the bell pepper.          Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other                fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the                true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of                {Capsicum}. See {Capsicum}, and the Phrases, below.          {African pepper}, the Guinea pepper. See under {Guinea}.          {Cayenne pepper}. See under {Cayenne}.          {Chinese pepper}, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum             piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and             Japan.          {Guinea pepper}. See under {Guinea}, and {Capsicum}.          {Jamaica pepper}. See {Allspice}.          {Long pepper}.             (a) The spike of berries of {Piper longum}, an East Indian                   shrub.             (b) The root of {Piper, [or] Macropiper, methysticum}. See                   {Kava}.          {Malaguetta}, [or] {Meleguetta}, {pepper}, the aromatic seeds             of the {Amomum Melegueta}, an African plant of the Ginger             family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc.,             under the name of {grains of Paradise}.          {Red pepper}. See {Capsicum}.          {Sweet pepper bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra             alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --             called also {white alder}.          {Pepper box} [or] {caster}, a small box or bottle, with a             perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food,             etc.          {Pepper corn}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Pepper elder} (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants             of the Pepper family, species of {Piper} and {Peperomia}.                      {Pepper moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Biston             betularia}) having white wings covered with small black             specks.          {Pepper pot}, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and             cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.          {Pepper root}. (Bot.). See {Coralwort}.          {pepper sauce}, a condiment for the table, made of small red             peppers steeped in vinegar.          {Pepper tree} (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris})             of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See             {Peruvian mastic tree}, under {Mastic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus             Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of             wheels, and for other purposes.          {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.                      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show             the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.          {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees             of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.             concolor}.          {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under             {Ruffed}. [Canada]          {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.          {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.          {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})             with greenish-white pale[91].          {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The white ptarmigan.             (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]          {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other             allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and             other plants, and often do much damage.          {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under             {Squirrel}.          {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.          {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become             incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which             they emit.          {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}             ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.          {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as             distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.          {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]          {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.          {The White House}. See under {House}.          {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})             having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the             wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and             the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.                      {White iron}.             (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.             (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large                   proportion of combined carbon.          {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.          {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,             but blackish after rain. [Eng.]          {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.          {White lead}.             (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for                   other purposes; ceruse.             (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.          {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and             salt.          {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.          {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under             {Rattlesnake}.          {White lie}. See under {Lie}.          {White light}.             (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the                   same proportion as in the light coming directly from                   the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing                   through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.             (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white                   illumination for signals, etc.          {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for             whitewashing; whitewash.          {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,             on a printed page; a blank line.          {White meat}.             (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.             (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.                               Driving their cattle continually with them, and                            feeding only upon their milk and white meats.                                                                               --Spenser.          {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White metal}.             (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,                   etc.             (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a                   certain stage in copper smelting.          {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common clothes moth.             (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma                   Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black                   spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin                   moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.          {White money}, silver money.          {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common             mouse.          {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})             ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --             called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.          {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white             crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its             head, which give the appearance of a hood.          {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.          {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The snowy owl.             (b) The barn owl.          {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})                   valued as a food fish.             (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.             (c) Any California surf fish.          {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.          {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often             cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.          {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.                      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to             exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.             [Obs.]                         A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.          {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.          {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.             (b) An albino rabbit.          {White rent},             (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --                   opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.             (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by                   every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of                   Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]          {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros                   Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.             (b) The umhofo.          {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain             organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral             purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.          {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.          {White rot}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and                   butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease                   called rot in sheep.             (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.          {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia             lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter             fat}.          {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.          {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.          {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})             injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under             {Orange}.          {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See             under {Shark}.          {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under             {Softening}.          {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.          {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious             blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach             otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on             the surface of the sea.          {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of             England. --Macaulay.          {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.          {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}             (d) .          {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common sucker.             (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).          {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,             produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial             membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of             the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also             to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.          {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.          {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver             squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United             States.          {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White             vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.          {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.          {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.          {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.          {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,             bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --             distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and             Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.          {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers             are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent             purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.          {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of                   Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and                   {Thibetan wolf}.             (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.          {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called             from the color of the under parts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Latten \Lat"ten\, n. [OE. latoun, laton, OF. laton, F. laiton,       prob. fr. OF. late lath, F. latte; -- because made in thin       plates; cf. It. latta a sheet of tinned iron, tin plate. F.       latte is of German origin. See {Lath} a thin board.]       1. A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much             used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses,             etc.; -- called also {latten brass}.                         He had a cross of latoun full of stones. --Chaucer.          2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal             in thin sheets; as, gold latten.          {Black latten}, brass in milled sheets, composed of copper             and zinc, used by braziers, and for drawing into wire.          {Roll latten}, latten polished on both sides ready for use.                      {Shaven latten}, a thinner kind than black latten.          {White latten}, a mixture of brass and tin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lead \Lead\ (l[ecr]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le[a0]d;       akin to D. lood, MHG. l[omac]t, G. loth plummet, sounding       lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123]       1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic             metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily             tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with             little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets,             etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible,             forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of             solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L.             Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena,             lead sulphide.          2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead; as:             (a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.             (b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate                   lines of type in printing.             (c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs;                   hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne                   plates.                               I would have the tower two stories, and goodly                            leads upon the top.                     --Bacon          3. A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in             pencils.          {Black lead}, graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its             leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.]          {Coasting lead}, a sounding lead intermediate in weight             between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.          {Deep-sea lead}, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in             water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. --Ham. Nav.             Encyc.          {Hand lead}, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.                      {Krems lead}, {Kremnitz lead} [so called from Krems or             Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead,             formed into tablets, and called also {Krems, [or]             Kremnitz, white}, and {Vienna white}.          {Lead arming}, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead.             See {To arm the lead} (below).          {Lead colic}. See under {Colic}.          {Lead color}, a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.                      {Lead glance}. (Min.) Same as {Galena}.          {Lead line}             (a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a                   deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.             (b) (Naut.) A sounding line.          {Lead mill}, a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.          {Lead ocher} (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead.             Same as {Massicot}.          {Lead pencil}, a pencil of which the marking material is             graphite (black lead).          {Lead plant} (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus {Amorpha}             ({A. canescens}), found in the Northwestern United States,             where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore.             --Gray.          {Lead tree}.             (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous                   tree, {Leuc[91]na glauca}; -- probably so called from                   the glaucous color of the foliage.             (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a                   solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip                   of zinc in lead acetate.          {Mock lead}, a miner's term for blende.          {Red lead}, a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder,             consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing             several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or             cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass.          {Red lead ore} (Min.), crocoite.          {Sugar of lead}, acetate of lead.          {To arm the lead}, to fill the hollow in the bottom of a             sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature             of the bottom by the substances adhering. --Ham. Nav.             Encyc.          {To} {cast, [or] heave}, {the lead}, to cast the sounding             lead for ascertaining the depth of water.          {White lead}, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a             white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of             white paint.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus             Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of             wheels, and for other purposes.          {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.                      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show             the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.          {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees             of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.             concolor}.          {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under             {Ruffed}. [Canada]          {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.          {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.          {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})             with greenish-white pale[91].          {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The white ptarmigan.             (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]          {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other             allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and             other plants, and often do much damage.          {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under             {Squirrel}.          {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.          {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become             incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which             they emit.          {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}             ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.          {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as             distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.          {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]          {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.          {The White House}. See under {House}.          {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})             having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the             wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and             the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.                      {White iron}.             (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.             (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large                   proportion of combined carbon.          {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.          {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,             but blackish after rain. [Eng.]          {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.          {White lead}.             (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for                   other purposes; ceruse.             (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.          {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and             salt.          {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.          {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under             {Rattlesnake}.          {White lie}. See under {Lie}.          {White light}.             (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the                   same proportion as in the light coming directly from                   the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing                   through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.             (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white                   illumination for signals, etc.          {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for             whitewashing; whitewash.          {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,             on a printed page; a blank line.          {White meat}.             (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.             (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.                               Driving their cattle continually with them, and                            feeding only upon their milk and white meats.                                                                               --Spenser.          {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White metal}.             (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,                   etc.             (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a                   certain stage in copper smelting.          {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common clothes moth.             (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma                   Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black                   spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin                   moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.          {White money}, silver money.          {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common             mouse.          {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})             ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --             called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.          {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white             crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its             head, which give the appearance of a hood.          {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.          {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The snowy owl.             (b) The barn owl.          {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})                   valued as a food fish.             (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.             (c) Any California surf fish.          {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.          {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often             cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.          {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.                      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to             exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.             [Obs.]                         A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.          {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.          {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.             (b) An albino rabbit.          {White rent},             (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --                   opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.             (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by                   every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of                   Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]          {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros                   Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.             (b) The umhofo.          {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain             organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral             purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.          {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.          {White rot}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and                   butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease                   called rot in sheep.             (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.          {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia             lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter             fat}.          {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.          {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.          {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})             injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under             {Orange}.          {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See             under {Shark}.          {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under             {Softening}.          {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.          {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious             blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach             otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on             the surface of the sea.          {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of             England. --Macaulay.          {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.          {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}             (d) .          {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common sucker.             (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).          {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,             produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial             membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of             the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also             to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.          {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.          {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver             squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United             States.          {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White             vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.          {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.          {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.          {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.          {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,             bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --             distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and             Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.          {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers             are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent             purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.          {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of                   Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and                   {Thibetan wolf}.             (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.          {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called             from the color of the under parts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus             Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of             wheels, and for other purposes.          {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.                      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show             the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.          {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees             of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.             concolor}.          {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under             {Ruffed}. [Canada]          {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.          {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.          {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})             with greenish-white pale[91].          {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The white ptarmigan.             (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]          {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other             allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and             other plants, and often do much damage.          {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under             {Squirrel}.          {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.          {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become             incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which             they emit.          {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}             ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.          {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as             distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.          {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]          {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.          {The White House}. See under {House}.          {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})             having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the             wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and             the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.                      {White iron}.             (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.             (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large                   proportion of combined carbon.          {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.          {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,             but blackish after rain. [Eng.]          {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.          {White lead}.             (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for                   other purposes; ceruse.             (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.          {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and             salt.          {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.          {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under             {Rattlesnake}.          {White lie}. See under {Lie}.          {White light}.             (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the                   same proportion as in the light coming directly from                   the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing                   through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.             (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white                   illumination for signals, etc.          {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for             whitewashing; whitewash.          {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,             on a printed page; a blank line.          {White meat}.             (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.             (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.                               Driving their cattle continually with them, and                            feeding only upon their milk and white meats.                                                                               --Spenser.          {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White metal}.             (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,                   etc.             (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a                   certain stage in copper smelting.          {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common clothes moth.             (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma                   Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black                   spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin                   moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.          {White money}, silver money.          {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common             mouse.          {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})             ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --             called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.          {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white             crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its             head, which give the appearance of a hood.          {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.          {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The snowy owl.             (b) The barn owl.          {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})                   valued as a food fish.             (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.             (c) Any California surf fish.          {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.          {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often             cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.          {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.                      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to             exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.             [Obs.]                         A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.          {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.          {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.             (b) An albino rabbit.          {White rent},             (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --                   opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.             (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by                   every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of                   Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]          {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros                   Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.             (b) The umhofo.          {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain             organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral             purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.          {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.          {White rot}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and                   butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease                   called rot in sheep.             (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.          {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia             lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter             fat}.          {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.          {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.          {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})             injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under             {Orange}.          {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See             under {Shark}.          {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under             {Softening}.          {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.          {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious             blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach             otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on             the surface of the sea.          {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of             England. --Macaulay.          {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.          {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}             (d) .          {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common sucker.             (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).          {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,             produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial             membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of             the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also             to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.          {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.          {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver             squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United             States.          {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White             vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.          {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.          {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.          {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.          {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,             bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --             distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and             Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.          {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers             are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent             purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.          {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of                   Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and                   {Thibetan wolf}.             (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.          {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called             from the color of the under parts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus             Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of             wheels, and for other purposes.          {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.                      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show             the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.          {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees             of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.             concolor}.          {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under             {Ruffed}. [Canada]          {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.          {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.          {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})             with greenish-white pale[91].          {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The white ptarmigan.             (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]          {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other             allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and             other plants, and often do much damage.          {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under             {Squirrel}.          {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.          {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become             incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which             they emit.          {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}             ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.          {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as             distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.          {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]          {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.          {The White House}. See under {House}.          {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})             having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the             wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and             the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.                      {White iron}.             (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.             (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large                   proportion of combined carbon.          {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.          {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,             but blackish after rain. [Eng.]          {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.          {White lead}.             (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for                   other purposes; ceruse.             (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.          {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and             salt.          {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.          {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under             {Rattlesnake}.          {White lie}. See under {Lie}.          {White light}.             (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the                   same proportion as in the light coming directly from                   the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing                   through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.             (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white                   illumination for signals, etc.          {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for             whitewashing; whitewash.          {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,             on a printed page; a blank line.          {White meat}.             (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.             (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.                               Driving their cattle continually with them, and                            feeding only upon their milk and white meats.                                                                               --Spenser.          {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White metal}.             (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,                   etc.             (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a                   certain stage in copper smelting.          {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common clothes moth.             (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma                   Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black                   spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin                   moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.          {White money}, silver money.          {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common             mouse.          {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})             ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --             called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.          {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white             crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its             head, which give the appearance of a hood.          {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.          {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The snowy owl.             (b) The barn owl.          {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})                   valued as a food fish.             (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.             (c) Any California surf fish.          {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.          {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often             cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.          {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.                      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to             exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.             [Obs.]                         A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.          {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.          {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.             (b) An albino rabbit.          {White rent},             (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --                   opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.             (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by                   every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of                   Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]          {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros                   Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.             (b) The umhofo.          {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain             organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral             purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.          {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.          {White rot}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and                   butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease                   called rot in sheep.             (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.          {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia             lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter             fat}.          {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.          {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.          {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})             injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under             {Orange}.          {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See             under {Shark}.          {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under             {Softening}.          {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.          {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious             blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach             otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on             the surface of the sea.          {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of             England. --Macaulay.          {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.          {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}             (d) .          {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common sucker.             (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).          {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,             produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial             membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of             the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also             to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.          {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.          {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver             squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United             States.          {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White             vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.          {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.          {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.          {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.          {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,             bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --             distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and             Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.          {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers             are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent             purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.          {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of                   Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and                   {Thibetan wolf}.             (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.          {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called             from the color of the under parts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Ground rattlesnake} (Zo[94]l.), a small rattlesnake             ({Caudisona, [or] Sistrurus, miliaria}) of the Southern             United States, having a small rattle. It has nine large             scales on its head.          {Rattlesnake fern} (Bot.), a common American fern             ({Botrychium Virginianum}) having a triangular decompound             frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising             from the middle of the frond.          {Rattlesnake grass} (Bot.), a handsome American grass             ({Glyceria Canadensis}) with an ample panicle of rather             large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated             parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the             rattlesnake. Sometimes called {quaking grass}.          {Rattlesnake plantain} (Bot.), See under {Plantain}.          {Rattlesnake root} (Bot.), a name given to certain American             species of the composite genus {Prenanthes} ({P. alba} and             {P. serpentaria}), formerly asserted to cure the bite of             the rattlesnake. Calling also {lion's foot}, {gall of the             earth}, and {white lettuce}.          {Rattlesnake's master} (Bot.)       (a) A species of Agave ({Agave Virginica}) growing in the             Southern United States.       (b) An umbelliferous plant ({Eryngium yucc[91]folium}) with             large bristly-fringed linear leaves.       (c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris             squarrosa}).          {Rattlesnake weed} (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus             {Hieracium} ({H. venosum}); -- probably so named from its             spotted leaves. See also {Snakeroot}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus             Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of             wheels, and for other purposes.          {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.                      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show             the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.          {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees             of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.             concolor}.          {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under             {Ruffed}. [Canada]          {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.          {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.          {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})             with greenish-white pale[91].          {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The white ptarmigan.             (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]          {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other             allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and             other plants, and often do much damage.          {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under             {Squirrel}.          {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.          {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become             incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which             they emit.          {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}             ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.          {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as             distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.          {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]          {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.          {The White House}. See under {House}.          {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})             having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the             wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and             the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.                      {White iron}.             (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.             (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large                   proportion of combined carbon.          {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.          {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,             but blackish after rain. [Eng.]          {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.          {White lead}.             (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for                   other purposes; ceruse.             (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.          {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and             salt.          {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.          {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under             {Rattlesnake}.          {White lie}. See under {Lie}.          {White light}.             (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the                   same proportion as in the light coming directly from                   the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing                   through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.             (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white                   illumination for signals, etc.          {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for             whitewashing; whitewash.          {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,             on a printed page; a blank line.          {White meat}.             (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.             (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.                               Driving their cattle continually with them, and                            feeding only upon their milk and white meats.                                                                               --Spenser.          {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White metal}.             (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,                   etc.             (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a                   certain stage in copper smelting.          {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common clothes moth.             (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma                   Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black                   spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin                   moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.          {White money}, silver money.          {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common             mouse.          {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})             ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --             called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.          {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white             crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its             head, which give the appearance of a hood.          {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.          {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The snowy owl.             (b) The barn owl.          {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})                   valued as a food fish.             (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.             (c) Any California surf fish.          {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.          {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often             cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.          {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.                      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to             exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.             [Obs.]                         A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.          {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.          {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.             (b) An albino rabbit.          {White rent},             (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --                   opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.             (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by                   every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of                   Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]          {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros                   Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.             (b) The umhofo.          {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain             organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral             purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.          {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.          {White rot}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and                   butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease                   called rot in sheep.             (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.          {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia             lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter             fat}.          {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.          {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.          {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})             injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under             {Orange}.          {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See             under {Shark}.          {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under             {Softening}.          {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.          {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious             blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach             otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on             the surface of the sea.          {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of             England. --Macaulay.          {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.          {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}             (d) .          {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common sucker.             (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).          {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,             produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial             membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of             the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also             to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.          {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.          {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver             squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United             States.          {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White             vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.          {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.          {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.          {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.          {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,             bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --             distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and             Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.          {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers             are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent             purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.          {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of                   Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and                   {Thibetan wolf}.             (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.          {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called             from the color of the under parts.
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{Ground rattlesnake} (Zo[94]l.), a small rattlesnake             ({Caudisona, [or] Sistrurus, miliaria}) of the Southern             United States, having a small rattle. It has nine large             scales on its head.          {Rattlesnake fern} (Bot.), a common American fern             ({Botrychium Virginianum}) having a triangular decompound             frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising             from the middle of the frond.          {Rattlesnake grass} (Bot.), a handsome American grass             ({Glyceria Canadensis}) with an ample panicle of rather             large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated             parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the             rattlesnake. Sometimes called {quaking grass}.          {Rattlesnake plantain} (Bot.), See under {Plantain}.          {Rattlesnake root} (Bot.), a name given to certain American             species of the composite genus {Prenanthes} ({P. alba} and             {P. serpentaria}), formerly asserted to cure the bite of             the rattlesnake. Calling also {lion's foot}, {gall of the             earth}, and {white lettuce}.          {Rattlesnake's master} (Bot.)       (a) A species of Agave ({Agave Virginica}) growing in the             Southern United States.       (b) An umbelliferous plant ({Eryngium yucc[91]folium}) with             large bristly-fringed linear leaves.       (c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris             squarrosa}).          {Rattlesnake weed} (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus             {Hieracium} ({H. venosum}); -- probably so named from its             spotted leaves. See also {Snakeroot}.
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Whitleather \Whit"leath`er\, n. [White + leather.]       1. Leather dressed or tawed with alum, salt, etc., remarkable             for its pliability and toughness; white leather.          2. (Anat.) The paxwax. See {Paxwax}.
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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.
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Widal's \Wi*dal's"\, [or] Widal test \Wi*dal", test\ [or]    reaction \reaction\ . [After Fernand Widal (b. 1862), French       physician.] (Med.)       A test for typhoid fever based on the fact that blood serum       of one affected, in a bouillon culture of typhoid bacilli,       causes the bacilli to agglutinate and lose their motility.
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Withhold \With*hold"\, v. t. [imp. {Withheld}; p. p. {Withheld},       Obs. or Archaic {Withholden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Withholding}.]       [With again, against, back + hold.]       1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.                         Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From                      knitting league with him.                  --Spenser.          2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold             assent to a proposition.                         Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold Longer                      thy offered good.                              --Milton.          3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.]                         To withhold it the more easily in heart. --Chaucer.
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Withhold \With*hold"\, v. t. [imp. {Withheld}; p. p. {Withheld},       Obs. or Archaic {Withholden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Withholding}.]       [With again, against, back + hold.]       1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.                         Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From                      knitting league with him.                  --Spenser.          2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold             assent to a proposition.                         Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold Longer                      thy offered good.                              --Milton.          3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.]                         To withhold it the more easily in heart. --Chaucer.
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Withhold \With*hold"\, v. t. [imp. {Withheld}; p. p. {Withheld},       Obs. or Archaic {Withholden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Withholding}.]       [With again, against, back + hold.]       1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.                         Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From                      knitting league with him.                  --Spenser.          2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold             assent to a proposition.                         Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold Longer                      thy offered good.                              --Milton.          3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.]                         To withhold it the more easily in heart. --Chaucer.
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Withholder \With*hold"er\, n.       One who withholds.
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Withhold \With*hold"\, v. t. [imp. {Withheld}; p. p. {Withheld},       Obs. or Archaic {Withholden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Withholding}.]       [With again, against, back + hold.]       1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.                         Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From                      knitting league with him.                  --Spenser.          2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold             assent to a proposition.                         Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold Longer                      thy offered good.                              --Milton.          3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.]                         To withhold it the more easily in heart. --Chaucer.
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Withholdment \With*hold"ment\, n.       The act of withholding.