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Wild camomile.

Whitlow. [Obs.] "The nails fallen off by whitflaws." Herrick.

To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou "Whider may I flee" Chaucer. Sir Valentine, whither away so fast Shak.

To whatever place; to what place soever; wheresoever; as, I will go whithersoever you lead.

In what direction; toward what or which place. R. of Brunne. Whitherward to turn for a good course of life was by no means too apparent. Carlyle.

The yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]

ryland to Brazil, and M. littoralis, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called also silver whiting, and surf whiting.

A young whiting. [Prov. Eng.]

Somewhat white; approaching white; white in a moderate degree.

The quality or state of being whitish or somewhat white.

ther dressed or tawed with alum, salt, etc., remarkable for its pliability and toughness; white leather.

A young full trout during its second season. [Prov. Eng.]

matory disease of the feet. It occurs round the hoof, where an acrid matter is collected. Whitlow grass (Bot.), name given to several inconspicuous herbs, which were thought to be a cure for the whitlow, as Saxifraga tridactylites, Draba verna, and several species of Paronychia.

Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.

The day following Whitsunday; -- called also Whitsun Monday.

an arsenide of copper from Lake Superior.

See Whitsun. [Obs.]

A sort of apple.

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

Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals.