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WHELPO INDIANS, of North America, on Clark’s 
river, above the Lastaw. Number 2500. 
WHEN, adv. [whan, Goth.; hpsenne, Sax.; wanneer, 
Dutch.] At the time that.—One who died several ages ago, 
raises a secret fondness and benevolence for him in our minds, 
■when we read his story. Addison. —At what time ? inter, 
rogatively. 
When was it she last walk’d ? — 
— Since his majesty went into the field. Shakspeare. 
Which time. 
I was adopted heir by his consent. 
Since when , his oath is broke. Shakspeare. 
After the time that.— When I have once handed a report 
to another, how know I how he may improve it? Gov. of 
the Tongue. —At what time. 
Kings may 
Take their advantage when and how they list. Daniel. 
At what particular time.—His seed, when is not set, shall 
bruise my head. Milton. 
When as. At the time when ; what time. Obsolete. 
When as sacred light began to dawn 
In Eden, on the humid flowers, that breath’d 
Their morning incense, came the human pair. Milton. 
WHENBY, a township of England, North Riding of 
Yorkshire; 8 miles east of Easingwold. 
WHENCE, adv. [formed from where by the same ana- 
logy with hence from here. Johnson. Serenius adduces the 
M. Goth, hwana, and Su.Goth. hwaden,n n de.] From what 
place ?— Whence, and what art thou, execrable shape ? Mil- 
ton. —From what person ? 
Whence, feeble nature! shall we summon aid, 
If by our pity and our pride betray’d ? Prior. 
From what cause? 
Whence comes this unsought honour unto me ? 
Whence does this mighty condescension flow ? Fenton. 
From which premises.—Their practice was to look no 
farther before them than the next line; whence it will follow, 
that they can drive to no certain point. Dryden. —From 
what place or person: indefinitely.—Grateful to acknow¬ 
ledge whence his good descends. Milton. —For which cause. 
—Recent urine, distilled with a fixed alkali, is turned into 
an alkaline nature; whence alkaline salts, taken into a hu¬ 
man body, have the power of turning its benign salts into 
fiery and volatile. Arbuthnot. —From what source : inde¬ 
finitely.—I have shewn whence the understanding may get 
all the ideas it has. Locke .—From which cause.—Ulcers, 
which corrode, and make the wind-pipe dry and less flexible, 
whence that suffering proceeds. Blackmore. 
From Whence. A vicious inode of speech. 
To leave his wife, to leave his babes, 
His mansion, and his titles, in a place. 
From whence himself does fly. Shakspeare. 
O/Whence. Another barbarism. 
He ask’d his guide, 
What and of whence was he who press’d the hero’s side ? 
Dryden. 
WHE'NSOEVER, adv. From what place soever; from 
what cause soever.—Any idea, whencesoever we have it, 
contains in it all the properties it has. Locke. 
WHE'NEVER, or Whensoever, adv. At whatsoever 
time. 
O welcome hour whenever ! why delays 
His hand to execute ? Milton. 
WHENNOOA-OORA. See Scilly Islands. 
WHENNUIA, a small island among those called the So¬ 
ciety Islands, near Otaha. 
WHEPSTEAD, a parish of England, in Suffolk ; 4 miles 
south-west of St. Edmund’s Bury. Population 635. 
WHERE, adv. [hpaep, Saxon; waer, Dutch; whar, M. 
and Su. Goth.] At which place or places. 
Vol. XXIV. No. 1661. 
In every land we have a larger space. 
Where we with green adorn our fairy bowers. Dryden. 
At what place ? 
Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep 
Clos’d o’er the head of your lov’d Lycidas ? Milton. 
At the place in which. 
Where I thought the remnant of mine age 
Should have been cherish’d by her child-like duty, 
I now am full resolv’d to take a wife. Shakspeare. 
Any Where. At any place.—Those subterraneous waters 
were universal, as a dissolution of the exterior earth could not 
be made any where but it would fall into waters. Burnet. 
Where, like here and there, has in composition a kind 
of pronominal signification: as, whereof, of which.—It has 
the nature of a noun. Not now in use. 
Bid them farewell, Cordelia, though unkind. 
Thou losest here, a better where to find. Shakspeare. 
WHE'REABOUT, adv. Near what place ? as, where¬ 
about did you lose what you are seeking ?—Near which 
place. 
Thou firm-set earth, 
Hear not my steps, which way they walk for fear. 
Thy very stones prate of my whereabout. Shakspeare. 
Concerning which.—The greatness of all actions is mea¬ 
sured by the worthiness of the subject from which they pro¬ 
ceed, and the object whereabout they are conversant: we 
must of necessity, in both respects, acknowledge that this 
present world affordeth not any thing comparable unto the 
duties of religion. Hooker. 
WHERE A'S, adv. When on the contrary.—Are not those 
found to be the greatest zealots who are most notoriously 
ignorant; whereas true zeal should always begin with true 
knowledge. Sprat. —'At which place. Obsolete. 
They came to fiery flood of Phlegeton, 
Whereas the damned ghosts in torments fry. Spenser. 
The thing being so that.—Always referred to something 
different.— Whereas at first we had only three of these prin¬ 
ciples, their number is already swoln to five. Baker. —But 
on the contrary.—One imagines that the terrestrial matter 
which is showered down with rain, enlarges the bulk of 
the earth; another fancies that the earth will ere long 
all be washed away by rains, and the waters of the ocean 
turned forth to overwhelm the dry land ; whereas by this 
distribution of matter, continual provision is every where 
made for the supply of bodies. Woodward. 
WHERE A'T, adv. At which.—When we have done any 
thing whereat they are displeased, if they have no reason for 
it, we should seek to rectify their mistakes about it, and in¬ 
form them better. Kett/ewe/l. —At what ? as, whereat are 
you offended ? 
WHEREB'Y, adv. By which.—But even that, you must 
confess, you have received of her, and so are rather gratefully 
to thank her, than to press any further, till you bring some¬ 
thing of your own, whereby to claim it. Sidney. —By 
what ? as, whereby wilt thou accomplish thy design ? 
WHERE'VER, adv. At whatsoever place. 
Which to avenge on him they dearly vow’d. 
Wherever that on ground they mought him find. Spenser. 
WHE'REFORE, adv. For which reason. 
Shall I tell you why ? 
-Ay, sir; and wherefore; for, they say, every why hath 
a wherefore. Shakspeare. —For what reason ? 
Wherefore gaze this goodly company, 
As if they saw some wond’rous monument? Shakspeare. 
WHEREI'N, adv. In which. 
Whenever yet was your appeal denied ? 
Wherein have you been galled by the king ? Shakspeare. 
In what?—They say, wherein have we wearied him? 
Malachi. 
WHEREINTO, adv. Into which. 
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