Whisker

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whisker \Whisk"er\, n.
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     1. One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick,
        sweeping motion.
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     2. Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; --
        usually in the plural.
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              Hoary whiskers and a forky beard.     --Pope.
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     3. pl. 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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     4. A hair of the beard.
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     5. One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of
        the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
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     6. pl. (Naut.) Iron rods extending on either side of the
        bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  whisker
       n 1: a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a
            hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"
            [syn: {hair's-breadth}, {hairsbreadth}, {hair}]
       2: a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most
          mammals as e.g. a cat [syn: {vibrissa}, {sensory hair}]
       v : furnish with whiskers; "a whiskered jersey" [syn: {bewhisker}]