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Whiffle
(gcide) | Whiffle \Whif"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whiffled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Whiffling.] [Freq. of whiff to puff, perhaps influenced
by D. weifelen to waver.]
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1. To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to
shift, turn, or veer about. --D?mpier.
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2. To change from one opinion or course to another; to use
evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
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A person of whiffing and unsteady turn of mind can
not keep close to a point of controversy. --I.
Watts.
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Whiffle
(gcide) | Whiffle \Whif"fle\, v. t.
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1. To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to
scatter. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
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2. To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
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Whiffle
(gcide) | Whiffle \Whif"fle\, n.
A fife or small flute. [Obs.] --Douce.
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whiffletree
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Whiffled
(gcide) | Whiffle \Whif"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whiffled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Whiffling.] [Freq. of whiff to puff, perhaps influenced
by D. weifelen to waver.]
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1. To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to
shift, turn, or veer about. --D?mpier.
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2. To change from one opinion or course to another; to use
evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
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A person of whiffing and unsteady turn of mind can
not keep close to a point of controversy. --I.
Watts.
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Whiffler
(gcide) | Whiffler \Whif"fler\, n.
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1. One who whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or
course; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument;
hence, a trifler.
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Every whiffler in a laced coat who frequents the
chocolate house shall talk of the constitution.
--Swift.
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2. One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper. [Obs.]
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3. An officer who went before procession to clear the way by
blowing a horn, or otherwise; hence, any person who
marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.
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Which like a mighty whiffler 'fore the king,
Seems to prepare his way. --Shak.
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Note: "Whifflers, or fifers, generally went first in a
procession, from which circumstance the name was
transferred to other persons who succeeded to that
office, and at length was given to those who went
forward merely to clear the way for the procession. . .
. In the city of London, young freemen, who march at
the head of their proper companies on the Lord Mayor's
day, sometimes with flags, were called whifflers, or
bachelor whifflers, not because they cleared the way,
but because they went first, as whifflers did."
--Nares.
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4. (Zool.) The golden-eye. [Local, U. S.]
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Whiffletree
(gcide) | Whiffletree \Whif"fle*tree`\, n.
Same as Whippletree.
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whiffletree
(wn) | whiffletree
n 1: a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse
and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling
[syn: whiffletree, whippletree, swingletree] |
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