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whiter


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  White  \White\,  a.  [Compar.  {Whiter};  superl.  {Whitest}.]  [OE. 
  whit,  AS  hw?t;  akin  to  OFries  and  OS  hw[=i]t,  D.  wit,  G. 
  weiss,  OHG.  w[=i]z,  hw[=i]z,  Icel.  hv[=i]tr,  Sw  hvit,  Dan. 
  hvid,  Goth.  hweits  Lith.  szveisti  to  make  bright,  Russ. 
  sviet'  light,  Skr.  ?v?ta  white,  ?vit  to  be  bright.  ???.  Cf 
  {Wheat},  {Whitsunday}.] 
  1.  Reflecting  to  the  eye  all  the  rays  of  the  spectrum 
  combined;  not  tinted  with  any  of  the  proper  colors  or 
  their  mixtures;  having  the  color  of  pure  snow;  snowy;  -- 
  the  opposite  of  {black}  or  {dark};  as  white  paper;  a 
  white  skin.  ``Pearls  white.''  --Chaucer. 
 
  White  as  the  whitest  lily  on  a  stream.  --Longfellow. 
 
  2.  Destitute  of  color,  as  in  the  cheeks,  or  of  the  tinge  of 
  blood  color;  pale;  pallid;  as  white  with  fear. 
 
  Or  whispering  with  white  lips,  ``The  foe!  They  come! 
  they  come!''  --Byron. 
 
  3.  Having  the  color  of  purity;  free  from  spot  or  blemish,  or 
  from  guilt  or  pollution;  innocent;  pure. 
 
  White  as  thy  fame,  and  as  thy  honor  clear.  --Dryden. 
 
  No  whiter  page  than  Addison's  remains.  --Pope. 
 
  4.  Gray,  as  from  age;  having  silvery  hair;  hoary. 
 
  Your  high  engendered  battles  'gainst  a  head  So  old 
  and  white  as  this  --Shak. 
 
  5.  Characterized  by  freedom  from  that  which  disturbs,  and  the 
  like  fortunate;  happy;  favorable. 
 
  On  the  whole,  however,  the  dominie  reckoned  this  as 
  one  of  the  white  days  of  his  life.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  6.  Regarded  with  especial  favor;  favorite;  darling. 
 
  Come  forth,  my  white  spouse.  --Chaucer. 
 
  I  am  his  white  boy,  and  will  not  be  gullet.  --Ford. 
 
  Note:  White  is  used  in  many  self-explaining  compounds,  as 
  white-backed,  white-bearded,  white-footed. 
 
  {White  alder}.  (Bot.)  See  {Sweet  pepper  bush},  under 
  {Pepper}. 
 
  {White  ant}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  one  of  numerous  species  of  social 
  pseudoneuropterous  insects  of  the  genus  {Termes}.  These 
  insects  are  very  abundant  in  tropical  countries,  and  form 
  large  and  complex  communities  consisting  of  numerous 
  asexual  workers  of  one  or  more  kinds,  of  large-headed 
  asexual  individuals  called  soldiers,  of  one  or  more  queens 
  (or  fertile  females)  often  having  the  body  enormously 
  distended  by  the  eggs,  and  at  certain  seasons  of  numerous 
  winged  males,  together  with  the  larv[ae]  and  pup[ae]  of 
  each  kind  in  various  stages  of  development.  Many  of  the 
  species  construct  large  and  complicated  nests,  sometimes 
  in  the  form  of  domelike  structures  rising  several  feet 
  above  the  ground  and  connected  with  extensive  subterranean 
  galleries  and  chambers.  In  their  social  habits  they 
  closely  resemble  the  true  ants.  They  feed  upon  animal  and 
  vegetable  substances  of  various  kinds,  including  timber, 
  and  are  often  very  destructive  to  buildings  and  furniture. 
 
 
  {White  arsenic}  (Chem.),  arsenious  oxide,  {As2O3},  a 
  substance  of  a  white  color,  and  vitreous  adamantine 
  luster,  having  an  astringent,  sweetish  taste.  It  is  a 
  deadly  poison. 
 
  {White  bass}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  fresh-water  North  American  bass 
  ({Roccus  chrysops})  found  in  the  Great  Likes. 
 
  {White  bear}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  polar  bear.  See  under  {Polar}. 
 
 
  {White  blood  cell}.  (Physiol.)  See  {Leucocyte}. 
 
  {White  brand}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  snow  goose. 
 
  {White  brass},  a  white  alloy  of  copper;  white  copper. 
 
  {White  campion}.  (Bot.) 
  a  A  kind  of  catchfly  ({Silene  stellata})  with  white 
  flowers. 
  b  A  white-flowered  Lychnis  ({Lychnis  vespertina}). 
 
  {White  canon}  (R.  C.  Ch.),  a  Premonstratensian. 
 
  {White  caps},  the  members  of  a  secret  organization  in  various 
  of  the  United  States,  who  attempt  to  drive  away  or  reform 
  obnoxious  persons  by  lynch-law  methods.  They  appear  masked 
  in  white. 
 
  {White  cedar}  (Bot.),  an  evergreen  tree  of  North  America 
  ({Thuja  occidentalis}),  also  the  related  {Cupressus 
  thyoides},  or  {Cham[ae]cyparis  sph[ae]roidea},  a  slender 
  evergreen  conifer  which  grows  in  the  so-called  cedar 
  swamps  of  the  Northern  and  Atlantic  States.  Both  are  much 
  valued  for  their  durable  timber.  In  California  the  name  is 
  given  to  the  {Libocedrus  decurrens},  the  timber  of  which 
  is  also  useful,  though  often  subject  to  dry  rot. 
  --Goodale.  The  white  cedar  of  Demerara,  Guiana,  etc.,  is  a 
  lofty  tree  ({Icica,  or  Bursera,  altissima})  whose  fragrant 
  wood  is  used  for  canoes  and  cabinetwork,  as  it  is  not 
  attacked  by  insect. 
 
  {White  cell}.  (Physiol.)  See  {Leucocyte}. 
 
  {White  cell-blood}  (Med.),  leucocyth[ae]mia. 
 
  {White  clover}  (Bot.),  a  species  of  small  perennial  clover 
  bearing  white  flowers.  It  furnishes  excellent  food  for 
  cattle  and  horses,  as  well  as  for  the  honeybee.  See  also 
  under  {Clover}. 
 
  {White  copper},  a  whitish  alloy  of  copper.  See  {German 
  silver},  under  {German}. 
 
  {White  copperas}  (Min.),  a  native  hydrous  sulphate  of  iron; 
  coquimbite. 
 
  {White  coral}  (Zo["o]l.),  an  ornamental  branched  coral 
  ({Amphihelia  oculata})  native  of  the  Mediterranean. 
 
  {White  corpuscle}.  (Physiol.)  See  {Leucocyte}. 
 
  {White  cricket}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  tree  cricket. 
 
  {White  crop},  a  crop  of  grain  which  loses  its  green  color,  or 
  becomes  white,  in  ripening,  as  wheat,  rye,  barley,  and 
  oats,  as  distinguished  from  a  green  crop,  or  a  root  crop. 
 
 
  {White  currant}  (Bot.),  a  variety  of  the  common  red  currant, 
  having  white  berries. 
 
  {White  daisy}  (Bot.),  the  oxeye  daisy.  See  under  {Daisy}. 
 
  {White  damp},  a  kind  of  poisonous  gas  encountered  in  coal 
  mines.  --Raymond. 
 
  {White  elephant}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  whitish,  or  albino,  variety  of 
  the  Asiatic  elephant. 




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