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formed of several circular pieces called , WHITE PYRI'TES. A sulphuret of iron 

 felloes. The peripheries again are en- -which sometimes occurs in the form of 



circled by tires of flat bar-iron. 3. stalactites. 



Wheel and axle, one of the mechanical WHITE-STONE. Felspathic granite called 

 powers. =4. In a ship, the wheel and by the French Eurite, and by the Ger- 

 axle by which the tiller is moved. mans weiss-stein. 



WHELPS. Short upright pieces placed j WHITE-SWELL'ISO. In surgery, a chro- 

 round the band of the capstan, to afford nic enlargement of a joint, without alter- 

 resting points for the hawsers. j ation of the colour of the skin. 



WHET'SI.ATE, | A massive mineral, of a WHITE VIT'RIOL. Sulphate of zinc. See 



WHET'STO.NE. I greenish-grey colour, SCLPHATE and VITBIOL. 

 feebly glimmering, fracture slaty or WHI'TING. 1. In ichthyology, the Mer- 

 splintery ; occurs in beds of primitive langus vulgaris, of Cuv. and Yarr., or the 

 slate and transitive slates. The finest va- [ Gadus merlangus of Lin. and Penn. It 

 rieties are brought from Turkey, called grows to about two feet in length, is gre- 

 hunestonts, from their being much ein- garious, and is distinguished from the 

 ployed for sharpening steel instruments. cod, haddock, and brassy, by having no 



WHIMS. In mining, large capstans con- barbule on the chin. It is one of our most 



nected with the shafts of mines, and ' delicate and wholesome fishes. 2. The 



worked usually with several horses. ; name is also given to the Pollack (q. v.;, 



WHIN ST.. NE. A provincial name for j and the name whiting-pout is often con- 

 the fine bluish-black species of trap rock, ferred on the brassy, bib, blinds, or pout 



WHIRL'ING-TABLE. A machine intended , (Horrhua hisca, Yarr., Gadus luscus, Lin. 



to represent the several phenomena in j and Penn. 3. Chalk purified of all 



philosophy and nature ; as the principal stony matter, and made up into cakes. 



i of gravitation, and of the planetary 

 motions. 



WHIRLS (for the spinning of yarn for 

 ropes). Small hooks fastened into cylin- 

 drical pieces of wood, which communi- 

 cate by means of a leather strap with a 



WRIT'LOW. In surgery, an inflammation 

 affecting one or more of the phalanges of 

 the fingers, and generally terminating in 

 an abscess. 



WHIT'SUNTIDE. The feast or season of 

 Pentecost, so named because the con- 



spoke-wheel, whereby three of them are i verts newly baptized appeared from Eas- 

 set in motion at the same time. I ter to Whitsuntide in white garments. 



WHIRL'WIND. In meteorology, a wind ! WHORL. 1. In conchology, each com- 

 which rises suddenly, and is exceedingly plete turn of the spire of a spiral shell is 

 rapid and impetuous when risen, but is termed a whorl: the last, which termi- 

 soon spent. The whirlwind is of various nates with the aperture, is the body or 

 kinds, distinguished by different names, basal whorl i the rest are spiral whorls. 

 as prefer, which breaks forth with flashes , 2. In botany, tee VERTICIL. 

 of lightning ; typJio, a true whirlwind, i WICK'LIFFITES. Followers of Wick- 

 called generally a hurricane ; exhydria, j liffe, the English reformer. 

 bursts forth with a deluging rain ; trarado WILL. A testament. In law, , the legal 

 is sudden and impetuous, and common in | declaration of a man's intentions as 



the Ethiopic sea, and particularly about 



what lie wjiis to be performed after death. 

 WIL'LOW. 1. In botany, see SALIX. 



2. In manufactures, a machine for clean- 



the Cape of Good Hope. It 

 phias of the Greeks. 



WHIS'KY, ) Dilute alcohol, distilled ing cotton- wooi. Several sorts have been 



WHIS'KEY. } from the fermented worts tried, but that in common use is made in 



of malt or grain. The name is a corrup- the form of a cone, inclosed within acon- 



tion of the Irish word usquebaugh (q. v. ; . centric case, with a row of spikes on each 



WHIST. A well-known game at cards, side of the case, and four rows on the 



eo called because it requires silence and cone placed at right angles to each other, 



attention. The cotton is put in with the hand, by 



WHITE-BAIT. In ichthyology, the Clu}>ea an opening right above the smaller end of 



alba, Yarr., found plentifully in the the cone, and carried rapidly round, until 



Thames. It is a small fish, and was long it is thro wn out of the larger by the centri- 

 regarded by naturalists as the young of fugal force. The machine is also called 

 the shad. I the wool-mill, but commonly willy or wil- 



WHITE COPPER. An alloy used by the 

 Chinese under the name of Pakfong.com- 

 posed of copper, zinc, nickel, and iron. 



WHITE LEAD. Ceruse. A carbonate of 



a, probably a corruption of icinnotc. It 

 is also the first machine to which all sorts 

 of clothing wool are subjected. 



WINCH. In mechanics, the crank-handle 



lead, in general used for the painting of by which the axis of machines are turned, 

 wood and plaster white. It is prepared WISCH'ESTER BUSHEL. The original 

 for painting with boiled linseed oil. ! Fuglish standard measure of capacity, 



WSITE PKECIP'ITATE. Carbonate of i given by king Edgar, and kept in th 

 mercury. [ town-hall of Winchester. SwEcsaw. 



