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By nioBt English-speaking people in various parts of 
the world the prevalent species of Zosterops is commonly 
called "WhiU-eye" or "Silver-eye' from the feature be- 
fore mentioned. 
A. Keicton, Encyc. Brit., XXIV. 824, note. 
white-eyed (hwit'id), a. Having white eyes — 
that is, eyes in whieli tlie iris is wliite or color- 
less. Whlte-eyed pochard. See cut under Xi/roca 
White-eyed shad. .*;ini ... — . 
tOWhee, a variety of tlic i( 
in Florida — I'ipito eriifhri'phlhalm us nlleni. Compare cut 
under Pipiio-— White-eyed vlreo or greenlet. See 
Fireo (with cut).— White-eyed warblert. See warbler. 
white-faced (hwit'fast), a. l. Having a white 
or pale face, as from fear or illness. — 2. Hav- 
ing a white front or surface. 
That pale, that white-faaii shore, 
Shak., K. John, ii. 1. 23. 
On a rickety chair, tilted against the white-faced wall, 
sat a young man. wearing a suit of exceedingly cheap and 
shabby store-clothes. The Atlantic, L.VI. 676. 
upon the roots of grass and other vegetation, and at times 
are serious pests. See Allorhiim (with cut), cockchafer, 
dor-bifj (with cut), June-bug (with cut), Lachnosterna, 
May-beetle, and Melolontha. 
white-gum (hwit'gum), n. In med., an emption 
of whitish spots surrounded by a red areola, 
occurring about the neck and arras of infants ; 
strophulus albidus. 
as mud-shad.-WMie-eyed white-handed (hwit'lian"ded), n. 
mmon towhee bunting, found white hands 
whitening 
[<wliit(;'l- + -lyl.2 White; 
White-handed mistress, one sweet word with thee. 
Shak., L. L. L., v. 2. 230. 
2. Having pure, unstained hands ; not tainted 
with guilt. 
O, welcome, pure-eyed Faith ; white-handed Hope, 
Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings ! 
Milton, Comus, 1. 213. 
3. In zooL, having the fore paws white: as 
the white-handed gibbon, Hylobates lar. 
See 
cut under gibbon. 
3. Marked with white on the front of the head, white-hass (hwit'has), «. A white-pudding, 
as a bird or other animal White-faced hlack stuffed with oatmeal and suet. [Scotch.] 
SpanlBh fowl. See Spanish /nicl, under .S;w/ii«A,— ~' 
White-faced duck, (a) The female scaup-duck, Fuli- 
(fula inarUa, which has a white band aliout the base of 
the bill. See cut under Kcaiip. (6) The blue-winged teal. 
.•See cut under teaii.— White-faced goose. See <jorm.-~ 
White-faced hornet. See re«pa.— whlte-faced Ibis, 
/6w guarauna, related to the glossy ibis, but having the 
whitehause (hwit'haz), «. [< %chite + hiiuse, 
var. of hdhe^.'] The shagreen ray, Raia ful- 
hnicii, a batoid fish common in British waters. 
partsabout the bill white: found iii western parts o? the ^T,i4,„vl,„ J /i, ;*'i, a\ i mu i -i t j i 
United states.-Whlte-faced type SeeJj/pis " whitehead (hwit hed), «. 1. The white-headed 
white-favored (hwit'fa"vord), «. Wearing scoter or surf-seoter, ad 
white favors, as in connection with a wedding. 
But they must go, the time draws on. 
And those white-favour'd horses wait, 
Tennyson, In Meraoriam, Conclusion. 
Whitefieldian(hwit-fel'di-an), «. [< Whitefieia 
(seedef.) + -«(«.] A follower of George White- 
field, after his separation from the Weslcys: 
same as Uuntini/donian. 
whiteflsh (hwit'fish), «. a general name of white-headed (hwit'hed"ed), 
fishes and other aquatic animals which are 
white, or nearly so : variously applied, (n) a fish 
of such kind as the whiting, haddock, or menhaden, (b) 
Anyflshof thegcnusCiwe^oniM. These are important food- 
fishes of both American and European waters, represent- 
ing a division (Coregiminx) of the family Salmiinid/e. 
f 
Whhcfish of th« Great L.akes {(Scr'^niis clupei/ormts^. 
Most of the species have their distinctive names, for 
which see Ctjregonintr and Coregoniui. See also cuts under 
Cisco and thadteaiter. {c) Any llsh of the genus Leuei»eti». 
(rf) Any white whale, or beluga. See lietuga. i, and cut 
under I)rlphinapteru*. («) Same as Uaiujuillo. 2. — Whlte- 
flsh-muUet. See mulleti. 
whiteflawt (Lwit'fla). «. [A var. of ichickflaw, 
simulating ir/ii'fcl.] A whitlow. 
A cock is offered (at least was wont to lie) to St, Chris- 
topher In Touraine for a certalne sore, which usetli to be 
in the end of men's fingers, the u-hite-jUtw. 
World nf Wonders, p. 308. (tjnoted in .V. and ()., 7th ser., 
IX, 511.) 
The nails fain off by Whit-ftaires. 
llerrick, Oberon's Palace, 
White-flesher (hwjt'tlesh'fr), «. The ruffed 
grouse, Uonti.ia umhcUii. 
tion from grouse wltl: 
Riehardsnn, 1831. [Canada.] 
white-flowered (hwit'flou'crd), n. Noting nu- 
merous plants with white flowers: as, irhilr- 
floicerril azalea, broom, cinquefoil, etc. 
white-footed (h»it'fut"ed), a. Having white 
so called in distiiic- white-leg (hwit'leg), 
lark meat. -Sir John sjadolens; milk-leg. 
feet: as. tXw white-fooled hapalote, HaiHtlotin white-line (hwit'lin), rt. Wliite-lined. 
New South Wales. — White-footed line dart, a British noctuid moth, >4.<m)(M ( 
'esperimnn americantis, the commoTK-st \fsper- 
North America, with snowy paws and under 
alhipex, of Aew South VSales White-footed 
mouae, V'« 
mouse of 
Parts- features shared t»y most of the mice of tlic genus 
esperimiis. See I'esperimtts. and cut under deer-infnuie. 
white-fronted (hwit'fnuited),*/. Having the 
front or forehead white, as a bird. The white- 
fronted dove is Kngyptiia nlijifrons. found in I'cxas and 
Mexico. The white-fronted goose is Anser albifrons of 
Europe, a variety of which, A. alh\frons gamheli, 'iribal>its 
North America, and is known in some parts as the K/teckle. 
belly. The white-fronted lennir of .Madagascar is a spe- 
cies or variety which has been named Lemur albi^frons. 
The white-fronted capuchin is Ci'btix albi/rons, a South 
Ameriran monkey. 
white-grass (hwit'gras), «. See Leer.iia. 
white-grub (hwit'griib), n. The large white 
earth-inhabiting larva of any one of a number 
duck, Qidemia perspicit- 
latd. See cut under /'cHo«e«rt. [Long Island.] 
— 2. A breed of domestic pigeons with the 
head and tail white; a white-tailed monk. — 
3. The blue wavey. or blue-winged snow-goose, 
Chen eserulescens. See ijoose.^4:. The broom- 
bush, Parthcnium Hysterophorus. Also called 
bastard feverfetc and West Indian mnowort. 
[West Indies.] 
a. Having the 
head more or less entirely white: specifying 
many animals.- 'Whlte-headed duck, Erismatura 
leucncephala, a rudder-taileil oi stitf-tailcd duck of Europe 
and Africa,— 'White-headed eagle, tlie common bald 
eagleorseaeagleof Xorth America, Ilalla'itmleueocepha- 
lus. See eoyte.— White-headed goose, gull, shrike. 
See the nouns.— White-headed harpy. See harpu, 
3 (()),— White-headed tern, -Sterna trudeaui, a South 
American species of tern. — White-headed titmouse, 
a variety of the long-tailed titmouse, Acredvla caudata 
(or rw^«), whose head is whiter than usual. It inhabits 
iiorthcily continental Europe. — White-headed wood- 
pecker. Pictfs or Xenopicus albolarmtus, a woodpecker 
with a Iilack IxMiy, white head, scarlet nuchal band in the 
male, ami white wing-patcli, found in the forest.^ chiefly 
of conifers, of the Pacific slope of the Vnited States. See 
cut under Xenopicus. 
Whitehead's operations. See operation. 
white-horse (hwit'hdrs), «. 1. An extremely 
tough and sinewy substance resembling blub- 
ber, but destitute of oil, which lies between 
the upper jaw and the junk of a sperm-whale. 
('. M. Scaminon, Marine Mammals, p. 312. — 2. 
A West Indian rubiaeeous shrub, Portlandia 
(jraniliflora, having wliitish flowers 3 to 8 inches 
long. 
white-hot (hwit'hot), a. Heated to full incan- 
descence so as to emit all the rays of the visible 
spectrum, and hence appear a dazzling white 
to the eye. See radiation and npeetrum, and 
red heat, white heat (under heat). 
Whitf-hfit iron we are familiar with, but uhite-fiot silver 
is what we do not often look upon. 
O. W. Holmes, Emerson, Ix. 
. The disease phlegma- 
i^eo jihleiinia.'<ia. 
white-limed (hwit'iimd), a. [< ME. u-hitlymed; 
< tchitrl -j- limed.'] Whitewashed. 
Viwcrisie . . . isylikned in Latyn to alothlichc dounghep, 
That were by-snywe al with snow and snakes withynne. 
Or to a wal tchit-lymed and were blak withinne. 
Piers Ploicman (t'), xvli. 267. 
Whlte- 
llne dart, a British noctuid moth, Agrotis tritici 
For Bardolph, lie is white-Ucered and red-faced ; by tlie 
means whereof a' faces it out, but tights not. 
Shak., Hen. v., iii, 2, 34, 
As I live, they stay not here, white-liver' d wretches ! 
Fletcher (and another), El ler Brother, iv, 3. 
When they come in swaggering company, and will 
pocket up anything, may they not properly lie said to be 
white-Ucered r B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, iv, 1. 
1. Having whitelyt (hwit'li),rt. 
pale. 
A whitly wanton, with a vclnet brow. 
Shak., E. L. L., iii. 1. l»s (folio ie2;t). 
Could I those whitely Stars go nigh 
Which make the Milky- Way in Sky. 
Howell, Letters, ii. 22 (song). 
white-marked (hwit'miirkt), a. Marked with 
white, as various animals White-marked moth, 
Txniocampa leucographa, a British noctuid.— 'White- 
marked tussock-moth, a common Korth American 
vaporer, Orgyia leucnstigma. See tussock-moth, and cut 
under Orgyia, 2. 
white-meat (hwit'met), n. [< ME. ifhitmete ; 
< irhite^ + meat.'] See white meat, under tc/iifcl. 
'a. In coneh., 
white-lipped. 
whiten (hwi'tu), r. [< ME. hwitnen = Icel. 
hiitna = Sw. hvitnii = Dan. hridne, whiten, 
become white; as whitel- + -e«l.] I. intrans. 
To become white ; turn white ; bleach : as, the 
sea whitens with foam. 
There is black-pudding and jMitc-Aass — try whilk ye whitf>-mmitbpH^(liwit'innutbt1 
bkebest. .^oft. Bride of Lammermoor, xii. WUpe-moUinea (liwit moutnt) 
white-lined (hwit'lind), a. Having a white 
line or lines — 'White-lined momlng-sphlnx, a com- 
mon North American spliingid moth, Deih^pltila lineata. 
See sjthinx (with cut). 
white-lipped (hwit'lijit), a. Having white 
lips; li.iviiig a whiti* lip or aperture, as a shell. 
—White-lipped peccary, Dicotyles labiatns.—Vfbite- 
llpped snail, the common garden-snail, ginilcd snail, or 
brown snail, Helix nemoraliji (Including H. hortensis and 
//. hybnda). Also called white-mmithed snail. 
white-listed (hwit'lis'ted), a. Having white 
stripes or lists on a darker ground (the tree in 
the (luotation having been torn with lightning). 
He raised his eyes and saw 
The tree that shone white-listed thro' the gloom. 
Tennysoil, Merlin and Vivien. 
of 8caraba;id beetles. Th5 common white gruli of Whlte-li'Vered (hwit'liv'erd), a. Having (ac- 
Europe is the larva of the cockchafer, Melolontha vulgaris; cording to an old notion) a liglit-colored liver. 
that <)f the more northern Inite.l States is the larva of supposed to lie due to lack of bile or gall, and 
the May-beetle, Ijitrhnosterun A'urff, and congeneric ilor- , *' i i i ■ i- .• ^. ,- 
bogs; and that of the s<mlhcm Inited States Is usually heiiee a pale look — an indication ol cowardice; 
the larva o/ the June bug, AUorhinn nitida. All feed hence, cowardly. 
Whiten gaii the orisounte sheene 
Al esterward, as it Is wont to done, 
Chaucer, Troilus, v, 276. 
Willows whiten, aspens quiver. 
Tamyson, Lady of Shalott. 
Fields like prairies, snow-patched, as far as you could 
see, with things laid out to whiten ! 
Mrs. Whitney, Leslie Goldthwaite, vi. 
II. trans. To make -white ; bleach ; blanch ; 
whitewash: as, to whiten cloth; to whiten a 
wall. 
Drooping lilies widtened all the ground. 
Addison, tr. of Virgil's Georgics, iv. 
It [the mastic] is chewed only by the Turks, especially 
the ladies, who use it both as an amusement and also to 
whiten their teeth and sweeten the breath. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. ii. 4, 
The walls of Chnrches and rich Jleiis Houses are whit- 
ened with Lime, tiotb within and without. 
Dttwjncr, Voyages, I. 14(1, 
= S3m. Whiten, Bleach, BlaiKh, Etiolate. Whiten mny he 
a general word for making white, but is chiefly used for 
the putting of a white coating upon a surface : as, a wall 
w/titened by the application of lime ; the sea whitened by 
the wind. White for ichiten is old-fashioned or Biblical, 
Bleach and blanch express the act of mal\iiig white by re- 
moval, change, or destruction of color. Bleaching is done 
chemically or by exposure to light and air: as, to bleach 
linen or bones, Blanctdng is a natural jirocess : celery 
and other plants are blanched or etiolated by excluding 
light from them ; cheeks are blanched by fear, when the 
blood retires from their capillaries and leaves them pale. 
See also defs. b and 6 under blanch. 
white-necked (hwit'nekt), a. Having a white 
neck: specifying various animals: as. tlietfAf^c- 
wccA'f graven, Corrus eryptoteueiis. a sinall raven 
found in western parts of the United States, 
having the concealed bases of the feathers 
of the neck fleecy-white ; the while-necked or 
chaplain crow, Corvus .n'apulattts; the tchite- 
nirkeil otary, an Australian eared seal. 
whitener (hwit'ni''r), n. [< whiten -¥ -eel.] 
OiK^ who or that which bleaches, or makes 
white ; especially, some chemical or other agent 
used for bleaching or cleaning very perfectly. 
whiteness (hwit'nes), w. [< MIO. wliytnesse, 
whitnes.ie; < irhitc^ + -ness.] 1. The state of be- 
ing white; white color, or fi-eedom from any 
darkness or obscurity on the surface. 
Says Al Kittib, they [the Moors] displayed teeth of daz- 
zling whiteness, and their lireath was as the perfume of 
flowers. Irvi^ig, Granada, i. 
2. Lack of color in the face ; paleness, as from 
sickness, terror, or grief ; pallor. 
Thou treniblest ; and the whiteness in thy cheek 
Is apter than tliy tongue to tell thy errand. 
Shak.,-> Hen. IV,, i. 1,6S. 
3. Purity; cleanness; freedom from stain or 
blemish. 
I am she. 
And so will ticar myself, whose triltli and wtdtencss 
Shall ever stand as far from these detections 
As yon from duty. 
Beau, and Fl., Thierry and Theodoiel. i. I, 
He had kept 
The wliUemss of his soul, and thus men o'er him wejit. 
Byron, Childe Harold, iii, f)?. 
whitening (hwit'ning), n. [Verbal ii, of whilrii. 
r.] 1. 'the act or iirocess of making wliite, 
— 2. In leafhcr-manitf., the ojicratiiin of clean- 
ing and preparing the flesh siile of a hide on 
a beam, preparatory to waxing, — 3, Tin-plat- 
ing. See ehemieal jilalin;/, under iilal( , v. t. — 
4. Same as whitimj^. 
