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Where's the palace, whereinto foul things 
Sometimes intrude not ? Shalcspeare. 
WHE'RENESS, s. Ubiety; imperfect locality.—A 
point hath no dimensions, but only a whereness, and is next 
to nothing. Grew. 
WHEREO'F, adv. Of which.—’Tis not very probable 
that I should succeed in such a project, whereof I have not 
had the least hint from any of my predecessors, the poets. 
Dry den. —Of what? indefinitely.—How this world, when 
and whereof created. Milton. —Of what ? interrogatively; 
as, whereof was the house built? 
WHEREO'N, adv. On which. 
So looks the strand, whereon th’ imperious flood 
Hath left a witness’d usurpation. Shakspeare. 
On what ? as, whereon did he sit? 
WHE'RESO, or Wheresoe'ver, adv. In what place 
soever. Whereso is obsolete. 
That short revenge the man may overtake, 
Whereso he be, and soon upon him light. Spenser. 
Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are. 
That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, 
How shall your houseless heads defend you 
From seasons such as these ? Shakspeare. 
To what place soever. Not proper. 
Can misery no place of safety know ? 
The noise pursues me wheresoe'er I go. Dryden. 
WHERETHROU'GH, adv. Through which.— Where¬ 
through all the people went. Wisd. 
WHERETO', or Whereunto', adv. To which.—What 
Scripture doth plainly deliver, to that the first place both of 
credit and obedience is due; the next whereunto is whatso¬ 
ever any man can necessarily conclude by force of reason: 
after these, the voice of the church succeedeth. Hooker. 
I hold an old accustom’d feast, 
Whereto I have invited many a guest. Shakspeare. 
To what ? to what end ? as, whereto is this expense ? 
WHEREUPO'N, adv. Upon which.—The townsmen 
mutinied, and sent to Essex; whereupon he came thither. 
Clarendon. 
WHEREWl'TH, or Wherewithal, adv. With which. 
Northumberland, thou ladder wherewithal 
The mounting Bolingbroke ascends my throne. Shakspeare. 
In regard of the troubles wherewith this king was dis¬ 
tressed in England, this army was not of sufficient strength 
to make an entire conquest of Ireland. Davies. —With 
what ? interrogatively.—If the salt hath lost its savour where¬ 
with shall it be salted ? St. Matth. —I know not that 
wherewithal is ever used in question. Dr. Johnson. —It is. 
—Wherexoithal shall a young man cleanse his way ? Even 
by ruling himself after Thy word. Psabn. 
WHERNSIDE, a mountain of England, in Ingletin Fells, 
Yorkshire, 2384 feet above the sea. 
WHERNSIDE, another mountain in Kettenwell dale, in 
the above county, 2263 feet in height. 
To WHE'RRET, v. a. [Perhaps corrupted, ferret .— 
Serenius refers it to the Germ, wirren, to throw into con¬ 
fusion, to disturb.] To hurry; to trouble; to tease. A low 
colloquial word.—Don’t keep wherreting me with your 
nonsense. Bickerstaff. —To give a box on the ear. Ains¬ 
worth. 
WHE'RRET, s. A box on the ear. 
How meekly 
This other fellow here receives his wherrit. Beaum. and FI. 
WHE'RRY, s. [Of uncertain derivation.—The name 
wherry is very ancient, and by the Romans was expressed 
horia. Bryant, Obs. on Rowley.] A light boat used on 
rivers. 
Let the vessel split on shelves, 
With the freight enrich themselves: 
Safe within my little wherry. 
All their madness makes me merry. Swift. 
WHERSTEAD, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 2| 
miles south-by-west of Ipswich. 
WHERWELL, a parish of England, in Southampton- 
shire, situated on the river Test; 3§ miles south-south-east of 
Andover. Population 543. 
WHESSOE, a hamlet of England, county of Durham; 
2| miles north-by-west of Darlington. 
To WHET, v. a. [hpeccan, Saxon; wetten, Dutch.]— 
To sharpen by attrition. 
This visitation 
Is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose. Shakspeare. 
To edge; to make angry or acrimonious: it is used with 
on and forward, but improperly. 
Peace, good queen; 
O whet not on these too too furious peers; 
For blessed are the peace-makers. Shakspeare. 
WHET, s. The act of sharpening. Any thing that 
makes hungry, as a dram.—He assisted at four hundred bowls 
of punch, not to mention sips, drams, and whets. Spec¬ 
tator. 
WHET ACRE, a village of England, in Norfolk, in which 
are the parishes of All Saints and St. Peter; 4 miles north¬ 
east of Beccles, in Suffolk. 
WHETHER, adv. [hpae'Sep, Saxon; hwathar, M. 
Goth.] A particle expressing one part of a disjunctive 
question in opposition to the other: answered by or .— 
Perkins’s three counsellors registered themselves sanctuary- 
men;, and whether upon pardon obtained, or continuance 
within the privilege, they were not proceeded with. Bacon. 
WHETHER, pronoun. Which of two. 
Whither when they came, they fell at words 
Whether of them should be the lord of lords. Spenser, 
WHETMORE, a township of England, in Salop, in the 
parish of Burford. 
WHETSTONE, s. Stone on which any thing is whetted, 
or rubbed to make it sharp.—A whetstone is not an instru¬ 
ment to carve with; but it sharpens those that do. Shak¬ 
speare. 
WHETSTONE, a hamlet of England, in Derbyshire, 
near Tideswell.—-2. A parish in Leicestershire; 5 miles 
south-south-west of Leicester. Population 732. 
WHETSTONE, a river of Ohio, which runs south, and 
joins the Scioto, at Columbus. 
WHE'TTER, s. One that whets or sharpens.—Love and 
enmity are notable whetters and quickeners of the spirit of 
life in all animals. More. 
WHEY, s. [hpoeg, Saxon; wey, Dutch.] The thin or 
serous part of milk, from which the oleose or grumous part 
is separated.—I’ll make you feed on curds and whey. Shak¬ 
speare. —It is used of any thing white and thin. 
Those linen cheeks of thine 
Are counsellors to fear. What, soldiers whey face? 
Shakspeare. 
WHEWEY, or Whe'yish, ad). Partaking of whey ; 
resembling whey.—Those medicines, being opening and 
piercing, fortify the operation of the liver, in sending down 
the wlieyey part of the blood to the reins. Bacon. 
He that quaffs 
Such wheyish liquors, oft with cholick pangs 
He’ll roar. Philips. 
WHICH, pron. [hpilc, Saxon; welk, Dutch; hwileiks, 
M. Goth, a hwa, quid, et leiks, similis. Serenius.} The 
pronoun relative; relating to things.—After the several earths, 
consider the parts of the surface of this globe which is barren, 
as sand and rocks. Locke. —It had formerly sometimes the 
before it.—Do they not blaspheme that worthy name, by the 
which ye are called ? Ja. —It formerly was used for who, 
and related likewise to persons; as in the first words of the 
Lord’s prayer. 
Had I been there, which am a silly woman, 
The soldiers should have toss’d me on their pikes. 
Before I would have granted to that act. Shakspeare. 
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