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whiteness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whiteness \White"ness\, n. [AS. hw[=i]tness.] 1. The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface. --Chaucer. 2. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc ``The whiteness in thy cheek.'' --Shak. 3. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness. He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept. --Byron. 4. Nakedness. [Obs.] --Chapman. 5. (Zo["o]l.) A flock of swans. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: whiteness n : the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) [syn: {white}] [ant: {black}]
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