Whittle

[Whit·tle]

English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907 1996)

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A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.

Verb
cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood"


n.
A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.

n.
Same as Whittle shawl, below.

n.
A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife.

v. t.
To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife.

v. t.
To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate.

v. i.
To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife.


Whittle

Whit"tle , n. [AS. hw'c6tel, from hwit white; akin to Icel. hv'c6till a white bed cover. See White.] (a) A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl. C. Kingsley. (b) Same as Whittle shawl, below. Whittle shawl, a kind of fine woolen shawl, originally and especially a white one.

Whittle

Whit"tle , n. [OE. thwitel, fr. AS. pw'c6tan to cut. Cf. Thwittle, Thwaite a piece of ground.] A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife. "A butcher's whittle." Dryden. "Rude whittles." Macaulay.
He wore a Sheffield whittle in his hose.

Whittle

Whit"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whittled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Whittling .] 1. To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife. 2. To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate. [Obs.]
"In vino veritas." When men are well whittled, their tongues run at random.

Whittle

Whit"tle, v. i. To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife.
Dexterity with a pocketknife is a part of a Nantucket education; but I am inclined to think the propensity is national. Americans must and will whittle.

A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.

A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife.

To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife.

To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife.

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