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or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively. Whence hath this man this wisdom Matt. xiii. 54. Whence and what art thou Milton.

Whencesoever. [R.]

From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. [Obs.] Spenser.

From what place soever; from what cause or source soever. Any idea, whencesoever we have it. Locke.

The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.

A meteor appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Andromeda, -- whence the name.

ssive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).

quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name).

To proceed; to issue; to spring. Whence haply mention may arise Of something not unseasonable to ask. Milton.

Prospect; outlook. [Obs.] This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended. Evelyn.

s by another, as next in dignity, or as an assistant and adviser; an associate in office. Whence to his Son, The assessor of his throne, he thus began. Milton. With his ignorance, his inclinations, and his fancy, as his assessors in judgment. I. Taylor.

the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name.

Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold. Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays. Thomson. ~= pyrites, iron pyrites (iron disulphide), containing some gold disseminated through it.

where lack of wood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country, whence the name, first given by the Canadian French, Mauvaises Terres (bad lands).

rnament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.

The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.

ptain, named Caldwell, that no cock could be truly game unless the mother was a blue hen, whence Blue Hen's Chickens came to be a nickname for the people of Delaware.

even inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat resembles bread, and is eaten as food, whence the name.

bulb of the aorta. Bulb of the eye, the eyeball. -- Bulb of a hair, the "root," or part whence the hair originates. -- Bulb of the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, often called simply bulb. -- Bulb of a tooth, the vascular and nervous papilla contained in the cavity of the tooth.

nalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name.