w H I W II I 639 
of Wales, in Glamorganshire ; 3 miles from Cardiff. Popu¬ 
lation 397. 
WHITCHURCH, Winterborne, a parish of England, 
in Dorsetshire; 5| miles south-west of Blandford Forum. 
Population 378. 
WHITCLIFFE, a hamlet of England, in the parish of 
Rippon, West Riding of Yorkshire. 
WHITCOMBE, a parish of England, in Dorsetshire; 3 
miles south east of Dorchester.—-2. A parish in Gloucester¬ 
shire ; 5 miles from Gloucester. 
WHITE, adj. [hpifc, Saxon; wit, Dutch; hweits, M. 
Goth, consent, linguis cognatis. Screniusi] Having such 
an appearance as arises from the mixture of all colours; 
snowy.—Why round our coaches crowd the w/foYe-glov’d 
beaus ? Pope .—Having the colour of fear; pale. 
—My hands are of your colour, but I shame 
To wear a heart so white. ShaJcspeare. 
Having the colour appropriated to happiness and inno¬ 
cence. 
Welcome, pure-ey’d faith, white- handed hope: 
Thou hovering angel girt with golden wings, 
And thou unblemish’d form of chastity. Milton. 
Grey with age. 
I call you servile ministers, 
That have with two pernicious daughters join’d. 
Your high-engender’d battles ’gainst a head 
So old and white as this. Shalcspeare. 
Pure; unblemished; unclouded. 
Unhappy Dryden! in all Charles’s days, 
Roscommon only boasts unspotted lays: 
And in our own, excuse some courtly stains. 
No whiter page than Addison’s remains. Pope. 
WHITE, s. Whiteness; any thing white; white colour. 
My Nan shall be the queen of all the fairies, 
Finely attired in a robe of white. Shalcspeare. 
The mark at which an arrow is shot, which used to be 
painted while.—If a mark be set up for an archer at a great 
distance, let him aim as exactly as he can, the least wind 
shall take his arrow, and divert it from the white. Dryden. 
The albugineous part of eggs. 
I’ll fetch some flax and whites of eggs 
T’ apply to’s bleeding face. Shalcspeare. 
The white part of the eye. 
Our general himself 
Sanctifies himself with’s hands, 
And turns up the white o’th’ eye to his discourse. Shalcspeare. 
To WHITE, v. a. To make white; to dealbate; to 
■whitewash. 
Thou-—dost never 
Wear thy own face, but putt’st on his, and gather’st 
Baits for his ears; liv’st wholly at his beck;— 
Whit'st over all his vices. Beaum. and PI. 
WHITE, a parish of England, in Wiltshire; 8 miles from 
Salisbury. Population 872. 
WHITE, a county of the United States, in West Tennessee. 
Population 4028, besides 283 slaves.—2. A county of the 
United States, in Illinois, of which the chief town is Carmi. 
WHITE, CAPE, or Cape Blanco, a cape of North 
America, on the east coast of Nicaragua; 60 miles south of 
Cape Gracias a Dios. Lat. 13. 15. N. long. 83. 4. W. 
WHITE, Point, a cape on the coast of Cape Breton, 
near Louisburg. 
WHITE, Point, a cape on the south coast of Jamaica; 
20 miles east of Port Royal. 
WHITE, Point, a cape on the north coast of the island 
of Cumbava. Lat. 8. 15. S. long. 118. 51. E. 
WHITE, Point, a cape on the coast of Newfoundland ; 
9 miles south-west of Canso. 
WHITEHALL, a hamlet of England, in the parish of 
Samford Arundel, Somersetshire. 
WHITE BAY, a bay on the east coast of Newfoundland. 
Lat. 50. 10. N. long. 56. 25. W. 
WHITE BAY, a bay on the east coast of Kerguelen’s 
Land, south of Point Pringle, so called from some white 
spots of land or rocks. In the bottom are several smaller 
bays or coves. Lat. 47. 53. S. long. 69. 15. E. 
WHITE’S BAY, a bay on the coast of Newfoundland. 
Lat. 50. 17. N. long. 56. 15. W. 
WHITE BEAR LAKE, a lake of North America, out of 
which proceed some of the head waters of the Mississippi. 
Lat. 46. 50. N. long. 95. 30. W. 
WHITE BLUFF, a settlement of the United States, in 
Chatham county, Georgia ; 10 miles south of Savannah. 
WHITEBURN, a parish of Scotland, in West Lothian, in 
the south-west corner of the county. It extends about 6 miles 
in length, and between 2 and 3 in breadth. Population 
1693. 
WHITEBURN, a considerable village of Scotland, in the 
above parish; 21 miles west of Edinburgh, and 23 east of 
Glasgow, on the road from Edinburgh to Hamilton and Glas¬ 
gow, by Kirk of Shotts, 
WHITE CAVE, a cave of the United States, in Kentucky, 
a mile from Mammoth Cave. 
WHITE CHAPEL, a parish of England, in Middlesex, 
being one of the out parishes of the city of London, on the 
Essex road. Population 27,578.—2. A hamlet in Lanca¬ 
shire ; 5k miles from Parstang. 
WHITE CHIMNIES, a post village of the United States, 
in Caroline county, Virginia. 
WHITE CHURCH CANONICORUM, a parish of En- 
gland, in Dorsetshire; 5 miles west-north-west of Bridport. 
Population 1065. 
WHITE CLAY, a hundred of the United States, in New¬ 
castle county, Delaware, south of White Clay Creek. Po¬ 
pulation 1701. 
WHITE CREEK, a township of the United States, in 
Washington county. New York, lately formed out of the east 
part of Cambridge; 36 miles north-east of Albany. Here 
is an academy. 
WHITE’S CREEK, a post village of the United States, in 
Rhea county, Tennessee. 
WHITE DEER, a post village of the United States, in 
Lycoming county, Pennsylvania.—-2. A township of the 
United States, in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, on 
the Susquehannah. Population 1132. 
WHITE-EARTH RIVER, a river which empties itself in¬ 
to the Missouri from the north. This river, before it reaches 
the low grounds near the Missouri, is a fine bold stream, 60 
yards wide, and is deep and navigable; but it is so much 
choaked up at the entrance, by the mud of the Missouri, that 
its mouth is no more than 20 yards wide. It has steep banks, 
about 10 or 12 feet high, and the water is much clearer than 
that of the Missouri. The salts also, which have been men¬ 
tioned as common on the Missouri, are here so abundant, 
that in many places the ground appears perfectly white. It 
is navigable almost to its source, which, from its size and 
course, is supposed nearly to extend to the 50th degree of 
north latitude. 
WHITEFACE, a mountain of the United States, in New 
Hampshire.—2. A mountain in Jay, New York. It com¬ 
mands a very extensive prospect. Montreal, 80 miles dis¬ 
tant, may be seen from its summit. Its height is estimated at 
2600 feet. 
WHITEFIELD, a township of the United States, in Coos 
county. New Hampshire. Population 51. 
WHITEFIELD, or Balltown, a post township of the 
United States, in Lincoln county, Maine ; 220 miles north- 
north-east of Boston, Population 995. 
WHITEFIELD (George), one of the founders of Me¬ 
thodism (see Methodists), was the son of an innkeeper at 
Gloucester, where he was born in 1714, and where he re¬ 
ceived the rudiments of literature, so as to be sufficiently qua¬ 
lified for his father’s business, for which he was designed. 
Accordingly he commenced it as drawer at the Bell-inn. At 
school he is said to have been distinguished by a retentive 
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