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The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the totalityof human knowledge. Buckle. The totality of a sentence or passage. Coleridge.

The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote. [Colloq.]

All together; hence, in costume, the fine arts, etc., the general effect of a work as a whole, without regard to the execution of the separate perts.

which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls. [Obs.] Palsgrave.

he latter, as a compliment, or as an expression of friendship or regard; as, to treat the whole company.

Trembling; -- used as a direction to perform a passage with a general shaking of the whole chord.

The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players. On one nice trick depends the general fate. Pope.

The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.

Whirling in the manner of a top. A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. Bentley.

The quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve equal parts of one whole.

The quotient of a unit divided by twenty; one of twenty equal parts of one whole.

tructure of body maintained within the group. Since the time of Cuvier and Baer . . . the whole animal kingdom has been universally held to be divisible into a small number of main divisions or types. Haeckel.

Not abridged, or shortened; full; complete; entire; whole.

over; as, he stood under a tree; the carriage is under cover; a cellar extends under the whole house. Fruit put in bottles, and the bottles let down into wells under water, will keep long. Bacon. Be gathered now, ye waters under heaven, Into one place. Milton.

sensibility: the power of dealing with the impressions of sense, and composing them into wholes, according to a law of unity; and in its most comprehensive meaning it includes even simple apprehension. Coleridge.

Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains.

hich he scorns to do in his uniform. F. W. Robertson. In full uniform (Mil.), wearing the whole of the prescribed uniform, with ornaments, badges of rank, sash, side arms, etc. -- Uniform sword, an officer's sword of the regulation pattern prescribed for the army or navy.

Similitude between the parts of a whole; as, the uniformity of sides in a regular figure; beauty is said to consist in uniformity with variety.

nal flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the fl…

The least whole number; one. Units are the integral parts of any large number. I. Watts.