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

whisker \whisk"er\, n.
   1913 webster
   1. one who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick,
      sweeping motion.
      1913 webster

   2. formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; --
      usually in the plural.
      1913 webster

            hoary whiskers and a forky beard.     --pope.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   4. a hair of the beard.
      1913 webster

   5. one of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of
      the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
      1913 webster

   6. pl. naut. iron rods extending on either side of the
      bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
hair's-breadth hairsbreadth hair vibrissa sensory hair bewhisker 

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