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117 words match “WHIP”

WHIPT p.
Whipped.
WHIPWORM n.
A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly.
COACHWHIP SNAKE n.
A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis).
COAL-WHIPPER n.
One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship. [Eng.] Dickens.
HORSEWHIP n. 2 definitions
A whip for horses.
SEA WHIP n.
A gorgonian having a simple stem.
YARWHIP n.
The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep, and yarwhelp. See Godwit. [Prov. Eng.]
ADAM n.
"Original sin;" human frailty. And whipped the offending Adam out of him. Shak. Adam's ale, water. [Coll.] -- Adam's apple.
BIFLAGELLATE a.
Having two long, narrow, whiplike appendages.
BIRCH v.
To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.
BIRKEN v.
To whip with a birch or rod. [Obs.]
BRANDISH n.
A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc. "Brandishes of the fan." Tailer.
BREECH v.
To whip on the breech. [Obs.] Had not a courteous serving man conveyed me away, whilst he went to fetch whips, I think, in my conscience, he would have breeched me. Old Play.
BREECHING n.
A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech. I view the prince with Aristarchus' eyes, Whose looks were as a breeching to a boy. Marlowe.
CHABOUK; CHABUK n.
A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment. Balfour.
CHARLOTTE n.
e à la russe Etym: [F., lit., Russian charlotte] (Cookery), a dish composed of custard or whipped cream, inclosed in sponge cake.
CLACK v.
y striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click. We heard Mr.Hodson's whip clacking on the ahoulders of the poor little wretches. Thackeray.
CONDITION n.
on; stipulation; terms specified. I had as lief take her dowry with this condition, to be whipped at the high cross every morning. Shak. Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance. Jer. Taylor.
CORPORAL a.
hment (law), punishment applied to the body of the offender, including the death penalty, whipping, and imprisonment.
COWHIDE n.
A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
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