WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Whit"tle
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. hwitel, from hwit white; akin to Icel. hvitill a white bed cover. See White.] (a) A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl. C. Kingsley. (b) Same as Whittle shawl, below.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Whit"tle
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. thwitel, fr. AS. pwitan to cut. Cf. Thwittle, Thwaite a piece of ground.]
Definition : Defn: A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife. "A butcher's whittle." Dryden. "Rude whittles." Macaulay. He wore a Sheffield whittle in his hose. Betterton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Whit"tle
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife.

2. To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate. [Obs.] "In vino veritas." When men are well whittled, their tongues run at random. Withals.

t. [imp. & p. p. Whittled; p. pr. & vb. n. Whittling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Whit"tle
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife. Dexterity with a pocketknife is a part of a Nantucket education; but I am inclined to think the propensity is national. Americans must and will whittle. Willis.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913