n. Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail. [ 1913 Webster ]
By wholesale,
Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
a.
Wholesome thirst and appetite. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. A Smith. [ 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 ]
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