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One who, or that which, whops.

A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. Wyclif.

The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry. O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled; they will not . . . turn unto their God. Hos. v. 3, 4.

A man who practices lewdness; a lecher; a whoremonger.

Having the character of a whoremaster; lecherous; libidinous.

A whoremaster; a lecher; a man who frequents the society of whores.

A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; -- used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively. [Archaic] Shak.

Resembling a whore in character or conduct; addicted to unlawful pleasures; incontinent; lewd; unchaste. -- Whor"ish*ly, adv. -- Whor"ish*ness, n.

A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves.

A potter's wheel.

The whortleberry, or bilberry. See Whortleberry (a).

The whortleberry, or bilberry. [He] looked ahead of him from behind a tump of whortles. R. D. Blackmore.

In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1.

The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which. Whose daughter art thou tell me, I pray thee. Gen. xxiv. 23. The question whose solution I require. Dryden.

The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.

Whosoever. Piers Plowman. Whoso shrinks or falters now, . . . Brand the craven on his brow! Whittier.

Whatsoever person; any person whatever that; whoever. Whosoever will, let him take . . . freely. Rev. xxii. 17.

Hot. [Obs.] Spenser.

Same as Bathorse.