whiphandle 
These little ends of men and dandiprats (whom in Scot- 
land they caH whipftandlet! [mattches d' estrUles], and knots 
of a tar-barrel) are commonly very testy and choleric. 
Urquhart, tr. of Rabelais, ii. 27. 
To have or to keep the whlpbandle, to have the ad- 
vantage. 
Why, what matter ? They know that we shall keep the 
whip-haiulU. The CeiUury, XXXVIII. 932. 
whip^hanger (hwip'hang'er), H. A device for 
holding carriage-whips in a harness-room ; a 
whip-rack. 
whip-hem (hwip'hem), «. A hem formed by 
whipping an edge, as of a ruffle, etc. See whip, 
V. t., 4. 
Bits of ruffling peeping out from the folds, with their 
edges in almost Invisible whip-hems. 
Mrs. Whitney, Leslie Goldthwaite, i. 
whipjack (hwip'jak), H. A vagabond who begs 
for alms as a distressed seaman: hence a gen- 
eral term of reproach or contempt. 
A mere whip-jack, and that is, in the commonwealth of 
rogues, a slave that can talk of sea-fight, . . . yet indeed 
all his service is by land, and that is to rob a fair, or some 
such venturous exploit. 
Middteton and Dekker, Roaring Girl, v. 1. 
Albeit one Boner (a bare whippe Jacke) for lucre of 
money toke vpon him to be thy father, and than to mary 
thy mother, yet thou wast persone .Savage's bastarde. 
Bp. Ponet (Maitland on Reformation, p. 74). (Davieg.) 
whip-kingt (hwip'king), «. [< ii-hip, v., + obj. 
itiw(/l.] A ruler of king.s ; a king-maker. 
Richard Nevill, that ■whip-king (as some teanned him), 
. . . going about ... to turn and translate scepters at 
his pleasure. Holland, tr. of Camden, p. 571. (Davi^.) 
whip-lash (hwip'lash), n. The lash, or pliant 
part, of a whip. 
If I had not put that snapper on the end of my ivhip- 
lagh, I might have got off without tlie ill-temper which 
my antithesis provoked. 
0. W. Holmes, The Atlantic, LXVI. 067. 
whip-maker (hwip'ma'ker), ». One who makes 
whips. 
Whip-mastert (hwip'mas't^r), n. A flogger. 
Woe to our back-sides ! he 's a greater whip-master than 
Busby himself. Bailey, tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, p. »4. 
whip-net (hwip'net), II. A simple form of net- 
work fabric produced in a loom by a systematic 
crossing of the warps. £. U. Knij/ht. 
whippel-treet, «. [ME., also uiiippil-, whipU-, 
whipjuil-, tvi/p/ii/l-, wijjinl-trc, prop, 'wipjicl-tir, 
< "wijipcl = MLG. *«-y(e/ (in ici pel-bom), also 
icipkcH (iripken-bom), icipekeii (wepekcn-bOiii), 
wepekc, dim. of icepe, also icejien-doni, wcpdarn, 
wipdoni, the cornel-tree; connected with MD. 
wepclen, waver, MD. MLG. xcippen, waver: sec 
whip.'] The cornel-tree. 
3Iapul, thorn, beech, hasel. ew, whippetre. 
Chaueer, Knight's Tale, I. 2065. 
Whipper (hwip'<-r), «. [< wliiji + -rrl.] 1. 
One who whips ; particularly, an officer who in- 
flicts punishment by legal wliippiug. 
They therefore reward the whipper, and estceme the 
whip (which I euuie not to them) sacred. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 295. 
2. A flagellant. 
A brood of mad heretics which arose in the Church ; 
whom they calle<l Klagellantes, "the whippers"; which 
went about . . . lashing themselves to blood. 
Bp. Hall, Women's Vail, § 1. 
3t. Something that surpasses or beats all ; a 
"whopper." 
Mark well thys, thys relyke here is a whi}yper ; 
My freendes unfayned, here is a slipper 
Of one of the seven slepers, be sure. 
Heywooii, Four Ps (l)odsley's Old Plays, I. 75). 
4. One who raises coals with a whip from a 
ship's hold: name a.H rmil-irhippir. — 5. In .s;»h- 
niiig, a simple kind of willow. 
whipperee (hwip-e-re'), n. [A corruption of 
whip-ray, like utimjnrec for istiiif]-ra)j.\ Same 
as whip-ray. 
whipper-in (hwip'er-in'), II.; pi. xchippcrs-in 
(hwip'erz-in')- 1. In hiuitiiiij, one who keeps 
the hounds from wandering, and whips them 
in, if necessary, to the line of chase. 
The master of the hounds and the whippers-in wore the 
traditional pink coats, as did a few of the other riders. 
T. C. Crawford, English Life, p. 179. 
2. In the game of hare and hounds, one who 
leads the hounds, sets the pace, etc. — 3. Hence, 
in British Parliament, same as wliip, '.i {!>). — 4. 
In rarini) slang, a horse that finishes last, or near 
the last, in a raci'. Krik'.i (liiide to the Turf. 
whipper-snapper {hwip'er-snap'cr), «. [Prob. 
a balanced form of irhip-.iniipjier, 'one who has 
nothing to do but snap or <'rack the whip.'] A 
shallow, insignificant person; a whipster: also 
used attributively. 
A parcel of whipper-snapper sjwrka. 
t'teldini/, Joscpli Andrews, iv. 6. 
6903 
Much as he had ingratiated himself with his auiit, she 
had never yet invited him to stay under her roof, and here 
was a young whipper-snapper who at first sight was made 
welcome there. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, xxxiv. 
whippett (hwip'et), II. [Cf. whiffet.'] A kind 
of dog, in breed between a greyhound and a 
spaniel. HaUiicell. 
In the shapes and formes of dogges ; of all which there 
are but two sorts that are usefull for mans profit, which 
two arethe mastitfe, and the little cui're, whippet, or house- 
dogge; all the rest are for pleasure and recreation. 
John Taylor, Works. (Xares.) 
whippincrustt, «. A variety of wine (?). 
I'll give thee white wine, red wine, claret wine, sack, 
muskadine, malmsey, and whippincrust. 
Marlowe, Faustus, ii. 3. 
whipping (hwip'ing), 71. [Verbal n. of whip, v.] 
1. A beating; flagellation. 
Use every man after his desert, and who should 'scape 
whipping? Shak., Hamlet, ii. 2. 556. 
No nuns, no monks, no fakeers, take whippings mure 
kindly than some devotees of the world. 
Thackeray, Philip, iv. 
2. A defeat ; a beating : as, the enemy got a 
good whi2>piii!l. See whip, c, 9. [CoUoq.] — 3. 
yaut., a piece of twine or small cord wound 
round the end of a rope to keep it from unlay- 
ing. — 4. In bookbinding, the sewing of the raw 
edges of single leaves in sections by overcast- 
ing the thread [Eng.] : known in the United 
States as whipstitching. — 5. In 6-eM'(«(7, same as 
overcasting, 2. — 6. The act or method of cast- 
ing the fly in angling; easting. 
whipping-boy (hwip'ing-boi), >.. A boy for- 
merly educated with a prince and punished in 
his stead. Fuller, Ch. Hist., II. 342. 
whipping-cheert (hwip'iug-cher), «. Flogging ; 
chastisement. 
She shall have whipping -clieer enough, I warrant her. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., v. 4. 3. 
Your workes of supcren-ogation, 
Your idle crossings, or your wearing liaire 
Next to your skin, or ail your whipping-cheer. 
Times' Whistle (K E. T. S.), p. 13. 
whipping-hoist (hwip'ing-hoist), H. A steam- 
hoist working with a whip. 
whipping-post (hwip'ing-post), n. The post to 
whicn are tied persons condemned to punish- 
ment by whipping; hence, the punishment it- 
self, frequently employed for certain offenses, 
and still retained in some communities. 
He dares out-dare stocks, whipping-posts, or cage. 
John Taylor, Works. (Xares.) 
The laws of New Ent^land allowed masters to correct 
their apprentices, and teachers their pupils, and even the 
public whi^fping-pfst was an institution of New England 
towns. //. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 122. 
whipping-snapping (hwip'ing-snap'ing), a. [< 
whi]iping + snii/iping: adapted fr(«n whipper- 
xiifipjier.] Insignificant; diminutive. 
.Ml sorts of whi}>jnng-snni>piiig 'Yon\ Thumbs. 
Thackeray, Roundabout Papers, Ogres. 
whipping-top (hwip'ing-top), II. Same a,s whip- 
top. 
whippletree (hwip'l-tre), n. Same as whiffle- 
trie. 
whippoorwill (liwip'piir-wil'), II. [Formerly 
a\so wliipjKiwill (L-f. poor-will); an imitative word, 
from the sound or cry made Ijy tlie bird, as if 
'whip poor Will.'] An American caprimul- 
gine bird, .Introat^yniu.f vociferns, related to the 
chuck-will's-widow, ./. carolincnsis, and resem- 
bling the European goatsucker, Caprimidgii.s eii- 
rojnrii,'!. It is 9 to lo inches long, anil 1(1 to 18 in ex- 
tent of wings (being thus nmch smaller than the chuck- 
JT-i ■■''-■ \^- ■ ' - ■ 
Whi|)I)"orwill {.Ittlri'stt'fuus voci/ertis'i. 
will's-widow), and lacks the lateral filaments of the l-ictal 
bristles. The coloration is infinnitely variegated with gray, 
black, white, and tawny, giving a prevailing gray or neu- 
tral tone, somewhat frosted or hoary in Iiigh-pluniaged 
males, ordinarily nun-e brownish ; there are sliarp black 
streaks on the head and back ; tlie wings and their coverts 
whip-snake 
are barred with rufous spots; tlie lateral tail-feathers are 
black, with a large terniinal area white in the male, tawny 
in the female : and there is a throat-bar white in the male, 
tawny in the female. The bill is extremely small, but the 
mouth is deeply cleft, and as wide from one corner to the 
other as the whole length of the rictus (as figured under 
Jissirostral). There has been some popular confusion iie- 
tween the whippoorwill and the night-hawk; tliey are not 
only distinct species, but belonf; to different genera, and 
their dissimilarity appears at a glance. I'nlike the night- 
hawk, the whippoorwill is entirely nocturnal ; it flies with 
noiseless wings, like the owl, and is oftener heard tlian 
seen. The notes which have given the name are trisyl- 
labic (compare poor-will), and rapidly reiterated, witli a 
strong accent on the last syllable; a click of tlie Iicak 
and some low muffled sounds may also be heard when the 
bird is very near. The eggs, two in number, are laid on 
the ground, or on a fallen log or stump, without any 
nest; they are creamy-white, heavily clouded and marked 
with brown and neutral tints, nearly equal-ended, and 
1.2.') by 0.90 inch in size. The young are covered with 
fluffy down. The whippoorwill inhabits the eastern half 
of the United .States and British provinces; it breeds near- 
ly throughout its range, but winters extralimitally. A 
western variety is sometimes specified as the Arizona 
whippomicill ; hut the place of whippoorwills is mostly 
taken in tlie west by the poor-wills, as Nuttall's. Several 
other species of Antrostonius are found in Mexico and 
Central and South America. 
The moan of the whip-poor-irill from the hillside ; the 
boding ciy of the tree-toad, that hai-binger of storm ; the 
dreary hooting of the screech-owl. 
Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 424. 
whip-postt (hwip'post), «. Same as whipjnng- 
post. 
If the stocks and whip-post cannot stay their extrava- 
gance, there remains only the jail-house. 
Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 18. 
whippO'willt, "• Same as xchippoorwill. 
whippy (hvvip'i), ((. and n. [Also whuppy; < 
whip + -y^.] I. a. Active; nimble; forward; 
pert. Jamieson. 
II. «. ; pi. ichippics (-iz). A girl or young 
woman ; especially, a malapert young woman. 
Eli:. Hamilton. [Scotch in both uses.] 
whip-ray (hwip'ra), «. [Also, corruptly, if/i//)- 
perec; < whi)i + ray".] A sting-ray; any mem- 
ber of the family Trygoiiidfr ; any ray with a 
long, slender, flexible tail like a whip-lash, as 
a member of the Myliohatida: See cuts under 
.itiiig-ray and Trygoii. 
whip-rod (hwip'rod), ;(. A whipped rod; an 
angling-rod wound with small twine from tip 
to butt, like a whip. 
whip-roll (hwip'rol), II. Inweaving, a voWer or 
bar over which the yarn passes from the yarn- 
beam to the reed, the pressure of the yarn on 
the whip-roll serving to control the let-off mech- 
anism. E. II. Knight. 
whip-row (hwip'ro), H. In agri., the row easi- 
est to hoe; hence, the inside track; any advan- 
tage: as, to have the whip-row of a person (to 
have an advantage over him). [Colloq., U. S.] 
whip-saw (hwip'sa), H. A frame-saw with a 
narrow blade, used to cut curved kerfs. See 
cut under .sdir. 
whip-saw (hwip'sa), c. /. [< «;7((j)-,«()c, «.] 1. 
To cut witli a whip-saw. 
The great redwoods that were hewn in tlie Sonoma for- 
ests were whip-sawed by hand for tllc plank required. 
The Century, XLI. 387. 
2. To have or take the advantage of (an adver- 
sary), whatever he does or may be able to do ; 
jiarticularly, in gamblers' slang, to win at faro, 
at one turn (two bets made by the same person, 
one of whicii is played ojien. the other being 
coppered); beat (a iilayer) in two ways at once. 
whip-sawing (hwip'sa'iiig), //. [Verbal n. of 
whip-xaw, i\] The acceptance of fees or bribes 
from two op]iosing persons or jiarties. Hag. of 
Amer. Ili.st., Xlll. 490. [Political slang.] 
whip-scorpion (lnvip'sk6r"pi-on), n. A false 
scorpion of the family Tlielyphoiiida;, having a 
long, slender abdomen like the lash of a whip, 
as Thelyjihoiiiis gigaiiten.i.otthe southern United 
States: also there called grampiix, mule-killer, 
atid rinaigrier. The name is sometimes extended to 
the species of the related family Phrynidie. and tlius to 
the whole of the suborder Pedipalpi. See the technical 
names, and cut under Pedipalpi. 
whipsey-derry (hwip'si-der"i), n. Same as 
iihi/i-iiiid-derry. 
whip-shaped (hwiji'shilpt), a. Shaped like the 
lash of a whip. Specifically- (n) In but., notingroots or 
stems, (b) In zoiil., lash-like ; flagellate or flagelliform : 
said of various long, slender parts or processes. 
whip-snake (hwi])'snak), n. One of various 
serjieiits of long, slender form, likened to that 
of a whiji-lash. In the United states it is applied to 
various species of the genus Masticophis, as M. [lagetli- 
.furmis, more fully called eoachwhipsnake. a harmless ser- 
pent 4 or 5 feet long. 'I'lie emerald whiii-snakc is ]'hi- 
Indnias riridissiinus, of a lovely green color, inhabiting 
Brazil. See also Passerita (with cut). 
He wislied it bad been a wliipsnake instead of a magpie. 
//. Kingxley, (icotfry llainlyn, xxvii. 
