Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
- n. buttermilk
- v. transitive Urge forward; drive briskly.
- v. intransitive Jog along; move or work briskly.
Etymologies
- Compare frig, jig (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Grete demanded after giving a lengthy lecture on something called a whig plant.”
“As Herman notes, Duffy overturned the traditional 'whig' interpretation of the Reformation as a chapter in the glorious story of liberty.”
“Abbreviated to "whig," it speedily became, and has in England and Scotland ever since remained, a name for the opponents of royal power.”
“For besides petitioner and abhorrer, appellations which were soon forgotten, this year is remarkable for being the epoch of the well-known epithets of "whig" and "tory", by which, and sometimes without any material difference, this island has been so long divided.”
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.
“Historiann "Feminism and whig history" (via Academic Ecology)”
“Anyway I recall some FOX VP big whig talking about how the disenfranchised market was huge and very profitable.”
““If Gen. Taylor adhere to this resolution,” declared the Richmond Times and Compiler, “we are constrained to express an opinion that the whig party cannot be expected to surrender their organization and their principles for the purpose of elevating him to the presidency.””
“So now, said Frazer, he was going for Polk—“the bosom friend of Old Hickory … the man who stood up in defence of the old hero during the panic session … the man who fought so bravely and so undauntingly the whigs of Tennessee—the pure, whole hog, locofoco democrat, who goes against … the ring-streaked and speckled whig party, with all its odious, abominable measures.””
““Every mail which we receive from the north, brings us new and stronger proof of the breadth and strength of the whig movement towards abolition,” warned the Union on October 10.”
“Nor would he withdraw his name from the canvass, “whoever may be the nominee of the national convention, either of the whig or democratic party.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘whig’.
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henryar's list
marmoleum, menagerie, cyan, ochre, pilfer, discombobulate, loquacious, iridescent, amethyst, derelict, botulism, equilibrium and 240 more...
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Dictionary.com Words of the Days of 1999
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emolument, palindrome, deprecate, bivouac, umbrage, incipient, dapple, pugnacious, capitulate, susurrus, thaumaturgy, capacious and 229 more...
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Life is just a four-letter word
Everyone's got their favorites. Here are some of mine.
snit, hobo, minx, kiln, loll, pelf, yegg, ugly, bumf, brio, biro, haha and 92 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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newspaper names
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times, union, post, dispatch, outlook, star, news, courier, herald, advertiser, daily, eagle and 178 more...
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