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Word Meanings - WHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database
to G. & D. wippen to shake, to move up and down, Sw. vippa, Dan. vippe to swing to and fro, to shake, to toss up, and L. vibrare to 1. To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or
Additional info about word: WHIP
to G. & D. wippen to shake, to move up and down, Sw. vippa, Dan. vippe to swing to and fro, to shake, to toss up, and L. vibrare to 1. To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet. 2. To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top. 3. To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy. Who, for false quantities, was whipped at school. Dryden. 4. To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to. They would whip me with their fine wits. Shak. 5. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat. 6. To beat into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like. 7. To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass. 8. To overlay with other cords going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap; -- often with about, around, or over. Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut. Moxon. 9. To sew lightly; specifically, to form into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle. In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie. Gay. 10. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like. She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her arm. L'Estrange. He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees. Walpole.
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- PUNISHER
One who inflicts punishment. - CORRECTLY
In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error. - CORRUPTIONIST
One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. Sydney Smith. - CORRUPTIBLE
1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. "Our corruptible bodies." Hooker. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. 1 Pet. i. 18. 2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation. - CHASTISER
One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector. Jer. Taylor. The chastiser of the rich. Burke. - CORRECTORY
Containing or making correction; corrective. - PUNISHABLE
Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses. That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor. Milton. -- Pun"ish*a*ble*ness, - CORRECTIFY
To correct. When your worship's plassed to correctify a lady. Beau & Fl. - SPARE
1. To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save. "No cost would he spare." Chaucer. thy Father's dreadful thunder didst not spare. Milton. He that hath knowledge, spareth his words. Prov. - CORRUPTION
1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration. The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject - FLAGELLATE
To whip; to scourge; to flog. (more info) fr. flagellum whip, dim. of flagrum whip, scoure; cf. fligere to - CORRUPTIVE
Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption. It should be endued with some corruptive quality for so speedy a dissolution of the meat. Ray. - CORRECTIBLE; CORRECTABLE
Capable of being corrected. - CORRECTNESS
The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy. Syn. -- Accuracy; exactness; precision; propriety. - CHASTEN
chastise; castus pure + agere to lead, drive. See Chaste, Act, and 1. To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. Heb. xii. 6. - SPARERIB
A piece of pork, consisting or ribs with little flesh on them. - CHASTISEMENT
The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment. Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars, On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak. I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31. - CORRECTIONER
One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction. Shak. - CORRUPTNESS
The quality of being corrupt. - CORRUPTIBILITY
The quality of being corruptible; the possibility or liability of being corrupted; corruptibleness. Burke. - TRANSPARENT
transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent - INCORRECT
1. Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty. The piece, you think, is incorrect. Pope. 2. Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation. 3. Not - UNCORRUPTIBLE
Incorruptible. "The glory of the uncorruptible God." Rom. i. - TRANSPARENCE
The quality or state of being transparent; transparency. - INCORRUPTION
The condition or quality of being incorrupt or incorruptible; absence of, or exemption from, corruption. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. 1 Cor. xv. - INCORRUPTED
Uncorrupted. Breathed into their incorrupted breasts. Sir J. Davies. - INCORRECTLY
Not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as, a writing incorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly stated.