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A whitener; a bleacher; a whitester. [Obs.] The whitsters in Datchet mead. Shak.

ays -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost. R. of Gloucester.

A form of rifled cannon and small arms invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth, of Manchester, England.

To exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree. At Winchester he lies, so himself willed. Robert of Brunne. He that shall turn his thoughts inward upon what passes in his own mind when he wills. Locke. I contend for liberty as it signifies a power in man to do as he wills or pleases. Coll…

In the inner part; inwardly; internally. "The wound festers within." Carew. Ills from within thy reason must prevent. Dryden.

A forest officer appointed to take care of the king's woods; a forester. [Eng.]

little worm. O dusty wormling! dost thou strive and stand With heaven's high monarch Sylvester.

A species of elm (Ulmus montana) found in Northern and Western Europe; Scotch elm.

The grant by the State of Georgia, by Act of Jan. 7, 1795, of 35,000,000 acres of her western territory, for $500,000, to four companies known as the Yazoo Companies from the region granted ; -- commonly so called, the act being known as the Yazoo Frauds Act, because of alleged corruption of the legislature, every memb…

Ere; before. [Obs.] Sylvester.

See Erst. [Obs.] Sylvester.

Yester-evening; yesternight; last night. [R. or Scot.] Yestreen I did not know How largely I could live. Bp. Coxe.

g, or pertaining to, an important linguistic stock of North American Indians of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, nearly all agriculturists and adept potters and basket makers. Their usual dwelling is the brush wikiup, and in their native state they wear little clothing. The Yuma, Maricopa, Mohave…

Full of zeal. [R.] Sylvester.

of the family Zygænidæ, most of which are bright colored. The wood nymph and the vine forester are examples. Also used adjectively.