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WHITNEY, a parish of England, in Herefordshire; 71- 
miles south-south-west of Kington. 
WHITPAINE, a township of the United States, in Mont¬ 
gomery county, Pennsylvania. Population 955. 
WHITREY, a hamlet of England, in the parish of Up- 
loman, Devonshire. 
WHITRIDGE, a township of England, in the parish of 
Hartburn, Northumberland. 
WHITRIGG, a hamlet of England, in Cumberland, near 
Cockermouth. 
WHITSAND BAY, a bay of Wales, in Pembrokeshire, 
near St. David’s, at the entrance of which lie the rocks called 
the Bishop and his Clerks. 
WHITSHED, Cape, a cape on the west coast of North 
America, and north-east point of entrance into Prince Wil¬ 
liam’s sound. Lat. 60. 29. N. long. 214. 29. E. 
WHITSOM and HILTON, a united parish of Scotland, 
in Berwickshire, about 4J miles long, and 2| broad. Popu¬ 
lation 536, 
WHI'TSOUR, s. A kind of apple. 
WHITSTAPLE, a village and parish of England, in the 
county of Kent, and a small seaport. From hence the city 
of Canterbury is supplied with coals; and several vessels 
trade to London. Here is a considerable oyster fishery; 5 
miles north of Canterbury 
WHI'TSTER, or Whi'ter, s. A whitener.—Carry it 
among the whitsters in Datchet mead. Shakspeare. 
WHITSTON, a parish of England, in Monmouthshire ; 
5k miles south-east of Newport. 
WIIITSTONE, a parish of England, in Cornwall; 5 
miles south-south-east of Stratton. 
WHI'TSUL, s. A provincial word.—Their meat was 
whitsul, as they call it, namely, milk, sour milk, cheese, 
curds, butter. Carew. 
WHI'TSUN, adj. Observed at Whitsuntide.—Busied 
with a Whitsun morrice-dance. Shakspeare. 
WHITSUN ISLAND, an island in the South Pacific 
ocean, discovered by captain Wallis, on Whitsun eve, in the 
year 1767 ; about four miles long, and three wide, surround¬ 
ed by a reef. The boat’s crew got some cocoa-nuts, and 
some scurvy-grass. They met with none of the inhabitants, 
but some huts and several canoes building. No anchor¬ 
ing place for the ship could be discovered. Lat. 19. 26. S. 
long. 137. 56. W. 
WHITSUN, or Whitsunday Island, or Pentecost, 
one of the New Hebrides, in the South Pacific ocean, about 
thirty miles in length, and eight in breadth. Lat. 15. 44. S. 
long. 168. 20. E. 
WHITSUNDAY, Cape, a cape on the south side of the 
island of Kodiak, in the North Pacific ocean. Lat. 58. 14. 
N. long. 208. 4. E. 
WHITSUNDAY’S PASSAGE, a-strait so called by cap¬ 
tain Cook, from the day on which he sailed through it, in 
1770 ; between Cumberland island and the coast of New 
Holland. 
WHITSUNTIDE, s. [white and Sunday ; because the 
converts, newly baptized, appeared from Easter to Whitsun¬ 
tide in white. Skinner. ] The feast of Pentecost. 
Strephon, with leafy twigs of laurel tree, 
A garland made on temples for to wear; 
For he then chosen was the dignity 
Of village lord that Whitsontide to bear. Sidney. 
WHITSUNTIDE BAY, the passage which separates 
the islands of Kodiak and St. Hermogenes which lie about 
60 miles from the entrance of Cook’s inlet in the North Pa¬ 
cific ocean. It was so called by Cook who had not ascer¬ 
tained that the land was here divided into two islands, and 
that what he supposed to be a bay was the strait by which 
they were separated 
WIIITTADDER, or White-water, a river of Scotland 
in Berwickshire, which has its rise in the Lammermuir moun¬ 
tains, in the parish of Whittinghame, in East Lothian, and 
taking a course nearly south, is joined by Bothwell water at 
St. Agnes, and by the Blackadder at the village of Allan 
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town. From thence its course is south-east, and it falls into 
the Tweed, about five miles above Berwick. It abounds with 
excellent trout and salmon. The Whittadder is subject to 
frequent inundations, one of which, in October, 1775, was so 
dreadful, that almost every bridge on the river was swept 
away by the torrent. 
WHI'TTENTREE, s. [ samhucus aquatica .] A sort 
of tree. Ainsworth. 
WHITTINGHAM, a township of England, in the county 
of Northumberland; 8| miles west-by-south of Alnwick. 
Population 715.—2. A township in Lancashire; 4J- miles 
north-north-east of Preston. Population 587. 
WHITTINGTON, or Withington, a parish of En¬ 
gland, in Worcestershire ; 2|- miles south-east of Worcester. 
WHITTINGTON, Little, a hamlet of England, in Nor¬ 
thumberland ; 6} miles north-east of Hexham. 
WHITTLE, s. [hpytel, Saxon.] A white dress for a 
woman. Not in use. Dr. Johnson. —Grose mentions the 
•whittle as a double blanket, worn by the west-country wo¬ 
men over their shoulders, like cloaks.—[hpycel.] A knife. 
There’s not a whittle in th’ unruly camp, 
But I do prize it at my love, before 
The reverend’st throat in Athens. Shakspeare. 
To WHITTLE, v. a. To cut with a knife.—To edge; 
to sharpen. Not in use. —When they are come to that 
once, and are thoroughly whittled, then shall you have them 
cast their wanton eyes upon men’s wives. Hakewill. 
WHITTLE, a township of England, in Derbyshire; 6§ 
miles north-west of Chapel-en-le-Frith.—2. A township in 
Northumberland ; 4| miles south of Alnwick.—3. A hamlet 
in the parish of Ovingham, Northumberland. 
WHITTLE, Welsh, a township of England, in Lanca¬ 
shire ; 3 miles south-west of Chorley. 
WHITTLE-LE-WOOD, a township in the above county, 
near the foregoing. 
WHITTLEBURY, a township of England, in the county 
of Northampton; 3| miles south-by-west of Towcester. 
WHITTLESEY, St. Andrew’s and St. Mary’s, two 
united parishes of England, in the Isle of Ely, county of 
Cambridge; 10f miles west-south-west of March. Popula¬ 
tion 4248. 
WHITTLESFORD, a parish of England, in Cambridge¬ 
shire ; 6 miles west of Linton. 
WHITTON, a township of England, county of Durham; 
5 miles north-west of Stockton-upon-Tees.—2. A parish of 
England, in Lincolnshire; 11 miles north-north-west of Bar- 
ton-upon-Humber.—3. A township in Northumberland 12£ 
miles south-west of Alnwick.—4. A township in Salop; 5 
miles east-south-east of Ludlow.—5. A parish in Suffolk ; 1| 
mile north-west of Ipswich.—6. A hamlet in the parish of 
Isleworth, Middlesex.—7. A parish of Wales, in Radnor¬ 
shire ; 3 miles from Presteign. 
WHITTONSTALLS, a township of England, in Nor¬ 
thumberland ; 9| miles south-east of Hexham. 
WHITWELL, a parish of England, in Derbyshire; 11 
miles east-north-east of Chesterfield. Population 707.—2. A 
parish in Norfolk; 1 mile south-west of Reepham.—3. A 
parish in Rutlandshire; 4f miles east of Oakham.—4. A 
parish in the Isle of Wight, Southamptonshire; 7f miles 
south-by-east of Newport. Population 397.—5. A hamlet 
in Westmoreland; 4,4 miles north-by-east of Kendal.—6. A 
township in the North Riding of Yorkshire ; 6 miles south¬ 
west of New Malton.—7. Another township in the above 
Riding; 3 miles east-north-east of Catterick. 
WHITWICK, a township of England, in Leicestershire; 
54 miles east-by-south of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Population 
895. 
WHITWOOD, a township of England, West Riding of 
Yorkshire; 4 miles north-west of Pontefract. 
WHITWORTH, a township of England, county of Dur¬ 
ham ; 4 miles north-east of Bishop Auckland.—2. A hamlet 
in Lancashire, near Rochdale. 
WHITYBROWN, adj. Of a colour between white and 
brown; as, whitybrown paper, whitybrown bread. Pegge. 
WHIXLEY, 
