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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whimsey  \Whim"sey\,  Whimsy  \Whimsy\,  n.;  pl  {Whimseys}or 
  {Whimsies}.  [See  {Whim}.] 
  1.  A  whim;  a  freak;  a  capricious  notion,  a  fanciful  or  odd 
  conceit.  ``The  whimsies  of  poets  and  painters.''  --Ray. 
 
  Men's  folly,  whimsies,  and  inconstancy.  --Swift. 
 
  Mistaking  the  whimseys  of  a  feverish  brain  for  the 
  calm  revelation  of  truth.  --Bancroft. 
 
  2.  (Mining)  A  whim. 




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