2. To pronounce or characterize as a whore. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are two spiracles or blowholes in the common whales, but only one in sperm whales, porpoises, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to breathe. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Founding) An air hole in a casting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With unbroken courage; undismayed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of a single and sincere heart; with unconditional commitment or unstinting devotion; as, heart-whole friendship. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- wholehearted. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

If he keeps heart-whole towards his Master. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or plural. See the Note under What, pron., 1. As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc. Who and whom, as compound relatives, are also used especially of persons, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that; whosoever. “Let who will be President.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] should not tell whose children they were. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

There thou tell'st of kings, and who aspire;
Who fall, who rise, who triumph, who do moan. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adders who with cloven tongues
Do hiss into madness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whom I could pity thus forlorn. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

How hard is our fate, who serve in the state. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who cheapens life, abates the fear of death. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brace of large greyhounds, who were the companions of his sports. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One; any; one. [ Obs., except in the archaic phrase, as who should say. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As who should say, it were a very dangerous matter if a man in any point should be found wiser than his forefathers were. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation. “On their whole host I flew unarmed.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whole race of mankind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole. [ 1913 Webster ]

My life is yet whole in me. 2 Sam. i. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ She ] findeth there her friends hole and sound. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

They that be whole need not a physician. Matt. ix. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Sir Lancelot's deadly hurt was whole. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whole blood. (Law of Descent) See under Blood, n., 2. --
Whole note (Mus.), the note which represents a note of longest duration in common use; a semibreve. --
Whole number (Math.), a number which is not a fraction or mixed number; an integer. --
Whole snipe (Zool.), the common snipe, as distinguished from the smaller jacksnipe. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- All; total; complete; entire; integral; undivided; uninjured; unimpaired; unbroken; healthy. -- Whole, Total, Entire, Complete. When we use the word whole, we refer to a thing as made up of parts, none of which are wanting; as, a whole week; a whole year; the whole creation. When we use the word total, we have reference to all as taken together, and forming a single totality; as, the total amount; the total income. When we speak of a thing as entire, we have no reference to parts at all, but regard the thing as an integer, i. e., continuous or unbroken; as, an entire year; entire prosperity. When we speak of a thing as complete, there is reference to some progress which results in a filling out to some end or object, or a perfected state with no deficiency; as, complete success; a complete victory. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the whole army stood agazed on him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

One entire and perfect chrysolite. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest total darkness should by night regain
Her old possession, and extinguish life. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

So absolute she seems,
And in herself complete. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

This not the whole of life to live,
Nor all of death to die. J. Montgomery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A regular combination of parts; a system. [ 1913 Webster ]

Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Committee of the whole. See under Committee. --
Upon the whole, considering all things; taking everything into account; in view of all the circumstances or conditions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Totality; total; amount; aggregate; gross. [ 1913 Webster ]

By wholesale, in the mass; in large quantities; without distinction or discrimination. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter. “A time for wholesale trust.” Mrs. Humphry Ward. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wholesome thirst and appetite. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. A Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. Prov. xv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Sound; healthy. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Whole"some*ly, adv. -- Whole"some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor wholly overcome, nor wholly yield. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To the exclusion of other things; totally; fully. [ 1913 Webster ]

They employed themselves wholly in domestic life. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Old English, whom was also commonly used as a dative. Cf. Him. [ 1913 Webster ]

And every grass that groweth upon root
She shall eke know, and whom it will do boot. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Most High ruleth in the kingdow of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. Dan. iv. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to hoot, as an owl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each whooping with a merry shout. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

When naught was heard but now and then the howl
Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. [ 1913 Webster ]

And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be
Whooped out of Rome. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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A fox, crossing the road, drew off a considerable detachment, who clapped spurs to their horses, and pursued him with whoops and halloos. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whoop of the crane. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. [ 1913 Webster ]

Woopher swan. (Zool.) See the Note under Swan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whooping cough (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough. Dunglison. --
Whooping crane (Zool.), a North American crane (Crus Americana) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters. --
Whooping swan (Zool.), the whooper swan. See the Note under Swan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. something very large, especially a big lie. Same as Whapper, but the more common spelling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Harlot; courtesan; prostitute; strumpet. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To have unlawful sexual intercourse; to practice lewdness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Script.) To worship false and impure gods. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex; fornication; lewdness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Script.) The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry. [ 1913 Webster ]

O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled; they will not . . . turn unto their God. Hos. v. 3, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One keeps or procures whores for others; a pimp; a procurer. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Whor"ish*ly, adv. -- Whor"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Spinning) The fly of a spindle. [ 1913 Webster ]