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   white dwarf
         n 1: a faint star of enormous density [syn: {white dwarf},
               {white dwarf star}]

English Dictionary: withdrawal	by the DICT Development Group
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white dwarf star n a faint star of enormous density [syn: white dwarf, white dwarf star]
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white heather n heath of mountains of western United States having bell- shaped white flowers Synonym(s): white heather, Cassiope mertensiana
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white trash n (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished Synonym(s): white trash, poor white trash
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white trumpet lily n tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring Synonym(s): Easter lily, Bermuda lily, white trumpet lily, Lilium longiflorum
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white turnip n widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root Synonym(s): turnip, white turnip, Brassica rapa white root of a turnip plant
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white water n frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls [syn: {white water}, whitewater]
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white-throated sparrow n common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown Synonym(s): white- throated sparrow, whitethroat, Zonotrichia albicollis
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whitethorn n thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America Synonym(s): whitethorn, English hawthorn, may, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha
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whitethroat n Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller Synonym(s): lesser whitethroat, whitethroat, Sylvia curruca greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts Synonym(s): greater whitethroat, whitethroat, Sylvia communis common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown Synonym(s): white-throated sparrow, whitethroat, Zonotrichia albicollis
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whitewater n frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls [syn: {white water}, whitewater]
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withdraw v pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" Synonym(s): withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back Antonym(s): advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" Synonym(s): retire, withdraw release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" Synonym(s): disengage, withdraw Antonym(s): engage, lock, mesh, operate cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" Synonym(s): recall, call in, call back, withdraw take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" Synonym(s): swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" Synonym(s): seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" Synonym(s): adjourn, withdraw, retire retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" Synonym(s): bow out, withdraw remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank" Synonym(s): withdraw, draw, take out, draw off Antonym(s): bank, deposit lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died" Synonym(s): retire, withdraw make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns" Synonym(s): retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" Synonym(s): remove, take, take away, withdraw
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withdrawal n a retraction of a previously held position [syn: withdrawal, backdown, climb-down] the act of taking out money or other capital the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam" avoiding emotional involvement Synonym(s): withdrawal, detachment the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.; "the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood" the act of ceasing to participate in an activity a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation Synonym(s): coitus interruptus, withdrawal method, withdrawal, pulling out, onanism formal separation from an alliance or federation Synonym(s): secession, withdrawal the termination of drug taking Synonym(s): withdrawal, drug withdrawal
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withdrawal method n a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation Synonym(s): coitus interruptus, withdrawal method, withdrawal, pulling out, onanism
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withdrawal symptom n any physical or psychological disturbance (as sweating or depression) experienced by a drug addict when deprived of the drug
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withdrawer n an authority who withdraws permission an individualist who withdraws from social interaction a drug addict who is discontinuing the use of narcotics a contestant who withdraws from competition a student who withdraws from the educational institution in which he or she was enrolled a depositor who withdraws funds previously deposited
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withdrawing room n a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained Synonym(s): drawing room, withdrawing room
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withdrawn adj withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" Synonym(s): recluse, reclusive, withdrawn tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man" Synonym(s): indrawn, withdrawn
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withdrawnness n a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner Synonym(s): aloofness, remoteness, standoffishness, withdrawnness
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Witwatersrand n a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese Synonym(s): Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef
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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Whitehead torpedo \White"head` tor*pe"do\, or Whitehead \White"head`\, n. A form of self-propelling torpedo.
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Whitethorn \White"thorn`\, n. (Bot.) The hawthorn.
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Whitethroat \White"throat`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species ({Sylvia cinerea}), called also {strawsmear}, {nettlebird}, {muff}, and {whitecap}, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler ({S. hortensis}), and the lesser whitethroat ({S. curruca}).
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Sparrow \Spar"row\, n. [OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG. sparo, G. sperling, Icel. sp[94]rr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw. sparf, Goth. sparwa; -- originally, probably, the quiverer or flutterer, and akin to E. spurn. See {Spurn}, and cf. {Spavin}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family {Fringillig[91]}, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also {finches}, and {buntings}. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe ({Passer domesticus}) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See {House sparrow}, under {House}. Note: The following American species are well known; the {chipping sparrow}, or {chippy}, the {sage sparrow}, the {savanna sparrow}, the {song sparrow}, the {tree sparrow}, and the {white-throated sparrow} (see {Peabody bird}). See these terms under {Sage}, {Savanna}, etc. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under {Hedge}. He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age! --Shak. {Field sparrow}, {Fox sparrow}, etc. See under {Field}, {Fox}, etc. {Sparrow bill}, a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a sparable. {Sparrow hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European hawk ({Accipiter nisus}) or any of the allied species. (b) A small American falcon ({Falco sparverius}). (c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk ({Accipiter torquatus}). Note: The name is applied to other small hawks, as the European kestrel and the New Zealand quail hawk. {Sparrow owl} (Zo[94]l.), a small owl ({Glaucidium passerinum}) found both in the Old World and the New. The name is also applied to other species of small owls. {Sparrow spear} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peabody bird \Pea"bod*y bird`\ (Zo[94]l.) An American sparrow ({Zonotrichia albicollis}) having a conspicuous white throat. The name is imitative of its note. Called also {White-throated sparrow}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sparrow \Spar"row\, n. [OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG. sparo, G. sperling, Icel. sp[94]rr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw. sparf, Goth. sparwa; -- originally, probably, the quiverer or flutterer, and akin to E. spurn. See {Spurn}, and cf. {Spavin}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family {Fringillig[91]}, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also {finches}, and {buntings}. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe ({Passer domesticus}) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See {House sparrow}, under {House}. Note: The following American species are well known; the {chipping sparrow}, or {chippy}, the {sage sparrow}, the {savanna sparrow}, the {song sparrow}, the {tree sparrow}, and the {white-throated sparrow} (see {Peabody bird}). See these terms under {Sage}, {Savanna}, etc. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under {Hedge}. He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age! --Shak. {Field sparrow}, {Fox sparrow}, etc. See under {Field}, {Fox}, etc. {Sparrow bill}, a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a sparable. {Sparrow hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European hawk ({Accipiter nisus}) or any of the allied species. (b) A small American falcon ({Falco sparverius}). (c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk ({Accipiter torquatus}). Note: The name is applied to other small hawks, as the European kestrel and the New Zealand quail hawk. {Sparrow owl} (Zo[94]l.), a small owl ({Glaucidium passerinum}) found both in the Old World and the New. The name is also applied to other species of small owls. {Sparrow spear} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peabody bird \Pea"bod*y bird`\ (Zo[94]l.) An American sparrow ({Zonotrichia albicollis}) having a conspicuous white throat. The name is imitative of its note. Called also {White-throated sparrow}.
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Thunderbird \Thun"der*bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird ({Pachycephala gutturalis}). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also {white-throated thickhead}, {orange-breasted thrust}, {black-crowned thrush}, {guttural thrush}, and {black-breasted flycatcher}.
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White-water \White"-wa`ter\, n. (Far.) A dangerous disease of sheep.
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Withdraw \Withdraw"\ (w[icr][th]dr[add]"), v. t. [imp. {Withdrew} (-dr[udd]"); p. p. {Withdrawn} (-dr[add]n"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Withdrawing}.] [With against + draw.] 1. To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like. Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything. --Hooker. 2. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Withdraw \With*draw"\, v. i. To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company. [bd]When the sea withdrew.[b8] --King Horn. Syn: To recede; retrograde; go back.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Withdrawal \With*draw"al\, n. The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction. --Fielding.
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Withdrawer \With*draw"er\, n. One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts.
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Withdraw \Withdraw"\ (w[icr][th]dr[add]"), v. t. [imp. {Withdrew} (-dr[udd]"); p. p. {Withdrawn} (-dr[add]n"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Withdrawing}.] [With against + draw.] 1. To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like. Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything. --Hooker. 2. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Withdrawing-room \With*draw"ing-room`\, n. [See {Withdraw}, and cf. {Drawing-room}.] A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room. A door in the middle leading to a parlor and withdrawing-room. --Sir W. Scott.
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Withdrawment \With*draw"ment\, n. The act of withdrawing; withdrawal. --W. Belsham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Withdraw \Withdraw"\ (w[icr][th]dr[add]"), v. t. [imp. {Withdrew} (-dr[udd]"); p. p. {Withdrawn} (-dr[add]n"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Withdrawing}.] [With against + draw.] 1. To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like. Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything. --Hooker. 2. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Withdraw \Withdraw"\ (w[icr][th]dr[add]"), v. t. [imp. {Withdrew} (-dr[udd]"); p. p. {Withdrawn} (-dr[add]n"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Withdrawing}.] [With against + draw.] 1. To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like. Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything. --Hooker. 2. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Door \Door\, n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D. deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. th[81]r, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan. d[94]r, Sw. d[94]rr, Goth. daur, Lith. durys, Russ. dvere, Olr. dorus, L. fores, Gr. [?]; cf. Skr. dur, dv[be]ra. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Foreign}.] 1. An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way. To the same end, men several paths may tread, As many doors into one temple lead. --Denham. 2. The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened. At last he came unto an iron door That fast was locked. --Spenser. 3. Passage; means of approach or access. I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved. --John x. 9. 4. An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads. Martin's office is now the second door in the street. --Arbuthnot. {Blank door}, {Blind door}, etc. (Arch.) See under {Blank}, {Blind}, etc. {In doors}, [or] {Within doors}, within the house. {Next door to}, near to; bordering on. A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult. --L'Estrange. {Out of doors}, [or] {Without doors}, and, colloquially, {Out doors}, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost. His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors. --Locke. {To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door}, to charge one with a fault; to blame for. {To lie at one's door}, to be imputable or chargeable to. If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door. --Dryden. Note: Door is used in an adjectival construction or as the first part of a compound (with or without the hyphen), as, door frame, doorbell or door bell, door knob or doorknob, door latch or doorlatch, door jamb, door handle, door mat, door panel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Without \With*out"\, prep. [OE. withoute, withouten, AS. wi[eb][?]tan; wi[eb] with, against, toward + [?]tan outside, fr. [?]t out. See {With}, prep., {Out}.] 1. On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without doors. Without the gate Some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein. --Dryden. 2. Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond. Eternity, before the world and after, is without our reach. --T. Burnet. 3. Not with; otherwise than with; in absence of, separation from, or destitution of; not with use or employment of; independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as, without labor; without damage. I wolde it do withouten negligence. --Chaucer. Wise men will do it without a law. --Bacon. Without the separation of the two monarchies, the most advantageous terms . . . must end in our destruction. --Addison. There is no living with thee nor without thee. --Tatler. {To do without}. See under {Do}. {Without day} [a translation of L. sine die], without the appointment of a day to appear or assemble again; finally; as, the Fortieth Congress then adjourned without day. {Without recourse}. See under {Recourse}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recourse \Recourse"\ (r?k?rs"), n. [F. recours, L. recursus a running back, return, fr. recurrere, recursum, to run back. See {Recur}.] 1. A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence. [Obs.] [bd]Swift recourse of flushing blood.[b8] --Spenser. Unto my first I will have my recourse. --Chaucer. Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary. --Sir T. Browne. 2. Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort. Thus died this great peer, in a time of great recourse unto him and dependence upon him. --Sir H. Wotton. Our last recourse is therefore to our art. --Dryden. 3. Access; admittance. [Obs.] Give me recourse to him. --Shak. {Without recourse} (Commerce), words sometimes added to the indorsement of a negotiable instrument to protect the indorser from liability to the indorsee and subsequent holders. It is a restricted indorsement.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Without-door \With*out"-door`\, a. Outdoor; exterior. [Obs.] [bd]Her without-door form.[b8] --Shak.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
White Deer, TX (town, FIPS 78316) Location: 35.43245 N, 101.17484 W Population (1990): 1125 (502 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79097
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
White Water, CA Zip code(s): 92282
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Whitethorne, VA Zip code(s): 24060
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Whitewater, CO Zip code(s): 81527 Whitewater, IN (town, FIPS 84086) Location: 39.94434 N, 84.83074 W Population (1990): 111 (37 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Whitewater, KS (city, FIPS 78050) Location: 37.96316 N, 97.14678 W Population (1990): 683 (266 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67154 Whitewater, MO (town, FIPS 79612) Location: 37.23662 N, 89.79768 W Population (1990): 103 (45 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63785 Whitewater, MT Zip code(s): 59544 Whitewater, WI (city, FIPS 86925) Location: 42.83494 N, 88.73601 W Population (1990): 12636 (3831 housing units) Area: 12.5 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53190
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
white trash A pejorative term for {Intel}-based {microcomputers}, used by {NeXT} users at UK law firm Linklaters & Paines to contrast these machines with their black NeXT boxes. (1996-09-04)