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- Whim - n. - The European widgeon.
- Whim - n. - A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice.
- Whim - n. - A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes; -- called also whim gin, and whimsey.
- Whim - v. i. - To be subject to, or indulge in, whims; to be whimsical, giddy, or freakish.
- Whimbrel - n. - Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius phaeopus), called also Jack curlew, half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix.
- Whimling - n. - One given to whims; hence, a weak, childish person; a child.
- Whimmy - a. - Full of whims; whimsical.
- Whimper - v. i. - To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain; as, a child whimpers.
- Whimper - v. t. - To utter in alow, whining tone.
- Whimper - n. - A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.
- Whimpered - imp. & p. p. - of Whimper
- Whimperer - n. - One who whimpers.
- Whimpering - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Whimper
- Whimple - v. t. - See Wimple.
- Whimple - v. i. - To whiffle; to veer.
- Whimsey - n. - Alt. of Whimsy
- Whimsey - v. t. - To fill with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.
- Whimseys - pl. - of Whimsy
- Whimsical - a. - Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish.
- Whimsical - a. - Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic.
- Whimsicality - n. - The quality or state of being whimsical; whimsicalness.
- Whimsically - adv. - In a whimsical manner; freakishly.
- Whimsicalness - n. - The quality or state of being whimsical; freakishness; whimsical disposition.
- Whimsies - pl. - of Whimsy
- Whimsy - n. - A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit.
- Crotchet - n. - A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.
- Caprice - v. i. - An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.
- Whim - n. - A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes; -- called also whim gin, and whimsey.
- Bluegown - n. - One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were distributed certain alms, including a blue gown; a beadsman.
- Freak - n. - A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice.