Whittling

2 definitions found

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

  Whittle \Whit"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whittled}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Whittling}.]
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     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.


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     2. To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to
        excite with liquor; to inebriate. [Obs.]
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              "In vino veritas." When men are well whittled, their
              tongues run at random.                --Withals.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "whittling":
     CYSP sculpture, anaglyptics, anaglyptography,
     architectural sculpture, bone-carving, casting, ceroplastics,
     chasing, clay sculpture, decorative sculpture, earth art,
     embossing, engraving, founding, garden sculpture, gem-cutting,
     glass sculpture, glyptic, ivory-carving, lost-wax process,
     metal sculpture, modeling, molding, monumental sculpture,
     paper sculpture, plaster casting, plastic art, portrait sculpture,
     relief, relief-carving, relievo, sculptor, sculpture, sculpturing,
     shell-carving, statuary, stone sculpture, stonecutting,
     wire sculpture, wood carving, xyloglyphy