Word Meanings - WHINGER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon. The chief acknowledged that he had corrected her with his whinger. Sir W. Scott.

Related words: (words related to WHINGER)

• CHIEFLESS
  Without a chief or leader.
• CORRECTLY
  In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
• SWORDLESS
  Destitute of a sword.
• WEAPONRY
  Weapons, collectively; as, an array of weaponry.
• SWORDSMANSHIP
  The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. Cowper.
• ACKNOWLEDGE
  1. To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay. 2. To own
• SWORD-SHAPED
  Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.
• CORRECTORY
  Containing or making correction; corrective.
• CHIEFEST
  First or foremost; chief; principal. "Our chiefest courtier." Shak. The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10.
• CORRECTIFY
  To correct. When your worship's plassed to correctify a lady. Beau & Fl.
• HANGER
  1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman. 2. That by which a thing is suspended. Especially: A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended. A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust.
• SWORDING
  Slashing with a sword. Tennyson.
• ACKNOWLEDGER
  One who acknowledges.
• SWORDED
  Girded with a sword. Milton.
• CORRECTIBLE; CORRECTABLE
  Capable of being corrected.
• WHINGER
  A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon. The chief acknowledged that he had corrected her with his whinger. Sir W. Scott.
• SWORDSMAN
  1. A soldier; a fighting man. 2. One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer.
• WEAPONLESS
  Having no weapon.
• CORRECTNESS
  The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy. Syn. -- Accuracy; exactness; precision; propriety.
• CHIEF JUSTICE
  The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. -- Chief
• ON-HANGER
  A hanger-on.
• BROADSWORD
  A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.
• KERCHIEF
  couvrechef, F. couvrechef, a head covering, fr. couvrir to cover + 1. A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in
• INCORRECT
  1. Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty. The piece, you think, is incorrect. Pope. 2. Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation. 3. Not
• MISCHIEF
  + chief end, head, F. chef chief. See Minus, and 1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by
• ENKERCHIEFED
  Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton. That soft, enkerchiefed hair. M. Arnold.
• CASE KNIFE
  1. A knife carried in a sheath or case. Addison. 2. A large table knife; -- so called from being formerly kept in a case.
• BOWIE KNIFE
  A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie.