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

white \white\ hwimact, a. compar. whiter
   hwimact"~er; superl. whitest. oe. whit, as.
   hwimact; akin to ofries. and os. hwimact, d. wit, g.
   weiss, ohg. wimacz, hwimacz, icel. hvimactr, sw. hvit,
   dan. hvid, goth. hweits, lith. szveisti, to make bright,
   russ. sviet' light, skr. ,cv=eta white, ,cvit to be
   bright. root42. cf. wheat, whitsunday.
   1913 webster
   1. reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum
      combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or
      their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; --
      the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a
      white skin. "pearls white." --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            white as the whitest lily on a stream. --longfellow.
      1913 webster

   2. destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of
      blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
      1913 webster

            or whispering with white lips, "the foe
            they come they come"                --byron.
      1913 webster

   3. having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or
      from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
      1913 webster

            white as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. --dryden.
      1913 webster

            no whiter page than addison's remains. --pope.
      1913 webster

   4. gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
      1913 webster

            your high engendered battles 'gainst a head
            so old and white as this.             --shak.
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   5. characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the
      like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
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            on the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as
            one of the white days of his life.    --sir w.
                                                  scott.
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   6. regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
      1913 webster

            come forth, my white spouse.          --chaucer.
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            i am his white boy, and will not be gullet. --ford.
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   note: white is used in many self-explaining compounds, as
         white-backed, white-bearded, white-footed.
         1913 webster

   white alder. bot. see sweet pepper bush, under
      pepper.

   white ant zool., any one of numerous species of social
      pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus termes. these
      insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form
      large and complex communities consisting of numerous
      asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed
      asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens
      or fertile females often having the body enormously
      distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous
      winged males, together with the larvae and pupae of each
      kind in various stages of development. many of the species
      construct large and complicated nests, sometimes in the
      form of domelike structures rising several feet above the
      ground and connected with extensive subterranean galleries
      and chambers. in their social habits they closely resemble
      the true ants. they feed upon animal and vegetable
      substances of various kinds, including timber, and are
      often very destructive to buildings and furniture.

   white arsenic chem., arsenious oxide, as2o3, a
      substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine
      luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. it is a
      deadly poison.

   white bass zool., a fresh-water north american bass
      roccus chrysops found in the great likes.

   white bear zool., the polar bear. see under polar.

   white blood cell. physiol. see leucocyte.

   white brand zool., the snow goose.

   white brass, a white alloy of copper; white copper.

   white campion. bot.
      a a kind of catchfly silene stellata with white
          flowers.
      b a white-flowered lychnis lychnis vespertina.

   white canon r. c. ch., a premonstratensian.

   white caps, the members of a secret organization in various
      of the united states, who attempt to drive away or reform
      obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. they appear masked
      in white. their actions resembled those of the ku klux
      klan in some ways but they were not formally affiliated
      with the klan, and their victims were often not black.

   white cedar bot., an evergreen tree of north america
      thuja occidentalis, also the related cupressus
      thyoides, or chamaecyparis sphaeroidea, a slender
      evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar
      swamps of the northern and atlantic states. both are much
      valued for their durable timber. in california the name is
      given to the libocedrus decurrens, the timber of which
      is also useful, though often subject to dry rot.
      --goodale. the white cedar of demerara, guiana, etc., is a
      lofty tree icica altissima syn. bursera altissima
      whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as
      it is not attacked by insect.

   white cell. physiol. see leucocyte.

   white cell-blood med., leucocythaemia.

   white clover bot., a species of small perennial clover
      bearing white flowers. it furnishes excellent food for
      cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. see also
      under clover.

   white copper, a whitish alloy of copper. see german
      silver, under german.

   white copperas min., a native hydrous sulphate of iron;
      coquimbite.

   white coral zool., an ornamental branched coral
      amphihelia oculata native of the mediterranean.

   white corpuscle. physiol. see leucocyte.

   white cricket zool., the tree cricket.

   white crop, a crop of grain which loses its green color, or
      becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and
      oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop.
      

   white currant bot., a variety of the common red currant,
      having white berries.

   white daisy bot., the oxeye daisy. see under daisy.

   white damp, a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal
      mines. --raymond.

   white elephant zool.,
      a a whitish, or albino, variety of the asiatic elephant.
      b see white elephant in the vocabulary.

   white elm bot., a majestic tree of north america ulmus
      americana, the timber of which is much used for hubs of
      wheels, and for other purposes.

   white ensign. see saint george's ensign, under saint.
      

   white feather, a mark or symbol of cowardice. see to show
      the white feather, under feather, n.

   white fir bot., a name given to several coniferous trees
      of the pacific states, as abies grandis, and abies
      concolor.

   white flesher zool., the ruffed grouse. see under
      ruffed. canada

   white frost. see hoarfrost.

   white game zool., the white ptarmigan.

   white garnet min., leucite.

   white grass bot., an american grass leersia virginica
      with greenish-white paleae.

   white grouse. zool.
      a the white ptarmigan.
      b the prairie chicken. local, u. s.

   white grub zool., the larva of the june bug and other
      allied species. these grubs eat the roots of grasses and
      other plants, and often do much damage.

   white hake zool., the squirrel hake. see under
      squirrel.

   white hawk, or white kite zool., the hen harrier.

   white heat, the temperature at which bodies become
      incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
      they emit.

   white hellebore bot., a plant of the genus veratrum
      veratrum album see hellebore, 2.

   white herring, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
      distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. r. --shak.

   white hoolet zool., the barn owl. prov. eng.

   white horses naut., white-topped waves; whitecaps.

   the white house. see under house.

   white ibis zool., an american ibis guara alba having
      the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings,
      which are black. it inhabits tropical america and the
      southern united states. called also spanish curlew.

   white iron.
      a thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
      b a hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
          proportion of combined carbon.

   white iron pyrites min., marcasite.

   white land, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
      but blackish after rain. eng.

   white lark zool., the snow bunting.

   white lead.
      a a carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
          other purposes; ceruse.
      b min. native lead carbonate; cerusite.

   white leather, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
      salt.

   white leg med., milk leg. see under milk.

   white lettuce bot., rattlesnake root. see under
      rattlesnake.

   white lie. see under lie.

   white light.
      a physics light having the different colors in the
          same proportion as in the light coming directly from
          the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
          through a prism. see the note under color, n., 1.
      b a kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
          illumination for signals, etc.

   white lime, a solution or preparation of lime for
      whitewashing; whitewash.

   white line print., a void space of the breadth of a line,
      on a printed page; a blank line.

   white meat.
      a any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
      b food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
          1913 webster

                driving their cattle continually with them, and
                feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
                                                  --spenser.
          1913 webster

   white merganser zool., the smew.

   white metal.
      a any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
          etc.
      b metal. a fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
          certain stage in copper smelting.

   white miller. zool.
      a the common clothes moth.
      b a common american bombycid moth spilosoma
          virginica which is pure white with a few small black
          spots; -- called also ermine moth, and virgin
          moth. see woolly bear, under woolly.

   white money, silver money.

   white mouse zool., the albino variety of the common
      mouse.

   white mullet zool., a silvery mullet mugil curema
      ranging from the coast of the united states to brazil; --
      called also blue-back mullet, and liza.

   white nun zool., the smew; -- so called from the white
      crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
      head, which give the appearance of a hood.

   white oak. bot. see under oak.

   white owl. zool.
      a the snowy owl.
      b the barn owl.

   white partridge zool., the white ptarmigan.

   white perch. zool.
      a a north american fresh-water bass morone americana
          valued as a food fish.
      b the croaker, or fresh-water drum.
      c any california surf fish.

   white pine. bot. see the note under pine.

   white poplar bot., a european tree populus alba often
      cultivated as a shade tree in america; abele.

   white poppy bot., the opium-yielding poppy. see poppy.
      

   white powder, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
      exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
      obs.
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            a pistol charged with white powder.   --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster

   white precipitate. old chem. see under precipitate.

   white rabbit. zool.
      a the american northern hare in its winter pelage.
      b an albino rabbit.

   white rent,
      a eng. law formerly, rent payable in silver; --
          opposed to black rent. see blackmail, n., 3.
      b a rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
          every tinner in devon and cornwall to the duke of
          cornwall, as lord of the soil. prov. eng.

   white rhinoceros. zool.
      a the one-horned, or indian, rhinoceros rhinoceros
          indicus. see rhinoceros.
      b the umhofo.

   white ribbon, the distinctive badge of certain
      organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
      purity; as, the white-ribbon army.

   white rope naut., untarred hemp rope.

   white rot. bot.
      a either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
          butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
          called rot in sheep.
      b a disease of grapes. see white rot, under rot.

   white sage bot., a white, woolly undershrub eurotia
      lanata of western north america; -- called also winter
      fat.

   white salmon zool., the silver salmon.

   white salt, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.

   white scale zool., a scale insect aspidiotus nerii
      injurious to the orange tree. see orange scale, under
      orange.

   white shark zool., a species of man-eating shark. see
      under shark.

   white softening. med. see softening of the brain, under
      softening.

   white spruce. bot. see spruce, n., 1.

   white squall naut., a sudden gust of wind, or furious
      blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
      otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
      the surface of the sea.

   white staff, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
      england. --macaulay.

   white stork zool., the common european stork.

   white sturgeon. zool. see shovelnose
      d .

   white sucker. zool.
      a the common sucker.
      b the common red horse moxostoma macrolepidotum.

   white swelling med., a chronic swelling of the knee,
      produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
      membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
      the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
      to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.

   white tombac. see tombac.

   white trout zool., the white weakfish, or silver
      squeteague cynoscion nothus, of the southern united
      states.

   white vitriol chem., hydrous sulphate of zinc. see white
      vitriol, under vitriol.

   white wagtail zool., the common, or pied, wagtail.

   white wax, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.

   white whale zool., the beluga.

   white widgeon zool., the smew.

   white wine. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
      bordering on white, as madeira, sherry, lisbon, etc.; --
      distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
      burgundy. "white wine of lepe." --chaucer.

   white witch, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
      are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
      purposes. --addison. --cotton mather.

   white wolf. zool.
      a a light-colored wolf canis laniger native of
          thibet; -- called also chanco, golden wolf, and
          thibetan wolf.
      b the albino variety of the gray wolf.

   white wren zool., the willow warbler; -- so called from
      the color of the under parts.
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see also:
whiter whitest wheat whitsunday black dark 
white alder sweet pepper bush pepper white ant termes 
white arsenic as2o3 white bass roccus chrysops white bear 
polar white blood cell leucocyte white brand white brass 
white campion silene stellata lychnis vespertina white canon white caps 
white cedar thuja occidentalis cupressus thyoides chamaecyparis sphaeroidea libocedrus decurrens 
icica altissima bursera altissima white cell white cell-blood white clover 
clover white copper german silver german white copperas 
white coral amphihelia oculata white corpuscle white cricket white crop 
white currant white daisy daisy white damp white elephant 
white elephant white elm ulmus americana white ensign saint george's ensign 
saint white feather to show the white feather feather white fir 
abies grandis abies concolor white flesher ruffed white frost 
hoarfrost white game white garnet white grass leersia virginica 
white grouse white grub white hake squirrel white hawk 
white kite white heat white hellebore veratrum veratrum album 
hellebore white herring white hoolet white horses the white house 
house white ibis guara alba spanish curlew white iron 
white iron pyrites white land white lark white lead white leather 
white leg milk white lettuce rattlesnake white lie 
lie white light color white lime white line 
white meat white merganser white metal white miller spilosoma virginica 
ermine moth virgin moth woolly bear woolly white money 
white mouse white mullet mugil curema blue-back mullet liza 
white nun white oak oak white owl white partridge 
white perch morone americana white pine pine white poplar 
populus alba white poppy poppy white powder white precipitate 
precipitate white rabbit white rent blackmail white rhinoceros 
rhinoceros indicus rhinoceros white ribbon white rope white rot 
rot white sage eurotia lanata winter fat white salmon 
white salt white scale aspidiotus nerii orange scale orange 
white shark shark white softening softening of the brain softening 
white spruce spruce white squall white staff white stork 
white sturgeon shovelnose white sucker moxostoma macrolepidotum white swelling 
white tombac tombac white trout cynoscion nothus white vitriol 
white vitriol vitriol white wagtail white wax white whale 
white widgeon white wine white witch white wolf canis laniger 
chanco golden wolf thibetan wolf white wren 

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

cypress \cy"press\ s?"pr?s, n.; pl. cypresses -?z. oe.
   cipres, cipresse, of. cipres, f. cypr?s, l. cupressus,
   cyparissus cf. the usual lat. form cupressus, fr. gr. ????,
   perh. of semitic origin; cf. heb. g?pher, gen. vi. 14. bot
   a coniferous tree of the genus cupressus. the species are
   mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its
   durability.
   1913 webster

   note: among the trees called cypress are the common oriental
         cypress, cupressus sempervirens, the evergreen
         american cypress, cupressus thyoides now called
         chamaecyparis sphaeroidea, and the deciduous
         american cypress, taxodium distichum. as having
         anciently been used at funerals, and to adorn tombs,
         the oriental species is an emblem of mourning and
         sadness.
         1913 webster

   cypress vine bot., a climbing plant with red or white
      flowers ipotoea quamoclit, formerly quamoclit
      vulgaris.
      1913 webster
see also:
cypresses cupressus cupressus sempervirens cupressus thyoides chamaecyparis sphaeroidea taxodium distichum 
cypress vine ipotoea quamoclit quamoclit vulgaris 

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

cedar \ce"dar\ s=e"d~er, n. as. ceder, fr. l. cedrus, gr.
   ke`dros. bot.
   the name of several evergreen trees. the wood is remarkable
   for its durability and fragrant odor.
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   note: the cedar of lebanon is the cedrus libani; the white
         cedar cupressus thyoides is now called
         chamoecyparis sphaeroidea; american red cedar is
         the juniperus virginiana; spanish cedar, the west
         indian cedrela odorata. many other trees with
         odoriferous wood are locally called cedar.
         1913 webster
see also:
cedrus libani cupressus thyoides chamoecyparis sphaeroidea juniperus virginiana cedrela odorata 

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