Word Meanings - WHIPPING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

a & n. from Whip, v. Whipping post, a post to which offenders are tied, to be legally whipped.

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• WHIPPING
  a & n. from Whip, v. Whipping post, a post to which offenders are tied, to be legally whipped.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• WHIPPLETREE
  The cornel tree. Chaucer. (more info) 1. The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• LEGALLY
  In a legal manner.
• WHIPPER
  A kind of simple willow. (more info) 1. One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping. 2. One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold.
• WHIPPERIN
  1. A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase. 2. Hence, one who enforces the discipline of a party, and urges the attendance and support of the members on all necessary occasions.
• WHIPPAREE
  A large sting ray native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail. A large sting ray of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be four- lobed when viewed in front, whence it
• WHIPPERSNAPPER
  A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person. "Little whippersnappers like you." T. Hughes.
• COAL-WHIPPER
  One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship. Dickens.
• ILLEGALLY
  In a illegal manner; unlawfully.