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whisker |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whisker \Whisk"er\, n. 1. One who or that which whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion. 2. Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; -- usually in the plural. Hoary whiskers and a forky beard. --Pope. 3. pl That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, or upon the chin, or upon both as side whiskers; chin whiskers. 4. A hair of the beard. 5. One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal. 6. pl (Naut.) Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out the stays, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: whisker n : a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat [syn: {vibrissa}, {sensory hair}] v : furnish with whiskers; "a whiskered jersey" [syn: {bewhisker}]
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