WHISKER
\wˈɪskə], \wˈɪskə], \w_ˈɪ_s_k_ə]\
Definitions of WHISKER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"
By Princeton University
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That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, or upon the chin, or upon both; as, side whiskers; chin whiskers.
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A hair of the beard.
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One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
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Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; - usually in the plural.
By Oddity Software
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That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, or upon the chin, or upon both; as, side whiskers; chin whiskers.
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A hair of the beard.
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One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
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Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; - usually in the plural.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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He who or that which whisks. the hair on the sides of a man's face (esp. in pl.): the bristle on the face of a cat, etc.
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WHISKERED.
By Daniel Lyons
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