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A kind of hard-twisted or braided cord, sometimes used for making whiplashes.

To graft by cutting the scion and stock in a certain manner. See Whip grafting, under Grafting.

The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather, or of cords, braided or twisted.

A large sting ray (Dasybatis, or Trygon, Sayi) native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail.

One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping.

A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase.

A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person. [Colloq.] "Little whippersnappers like you." T. Hughes.

a & n. from Whip, v. Whipping post, a post to which offenders are tied, to be legally whipped.

rawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree. [People] cut their own whippletree in the woodlot. Emerson.

A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw.

A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering.

A whipstock.

A nimble little fellow; a whippersnapper. Every puny whipster gets my sword. Shak.

Whip handle; whipstock.

The act or process of whipstitching.

The rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened.

Whipped.

A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly.

Power or skill in flying. [R.] Duke of Argyll.

kman; the execution or manner of making anything. Due reward For her praiseworthy workmanship to yield. Spenser. Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown . . . Where most may wonder at the workmanship. Milton.