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

white \white\, n.
   1913 webster
   1. the color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of
      bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all
      colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. see the note
      under color, n., 1.
      1913 webster

            finely attired in a of white.         --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. something having the color of snow; something white, or
      nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
      1913 webster

   3. specifically, the central part of the butt in archery,
      which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at
      which a missile is shot.
      1913 webster

            't was i won the wager, though you hit the white.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. a person with a white skin; a member of the white, or
      caucasian, races of men.
      1913 webster

   5. a white pigment; as, venice white.
      1913 webster

   6. zool. any one of numerous species of butterflies
      belonging to pieris, and allied genera in which the
      color is usually white. see cabbage butterfly, under
      cabbage.
      1913 webster

   black and white. see under black.

   flake white, paris white, etc. see under flack,
      paris, etc.

   white of a seed bot., the albumen. see albumen, 2.

   white of egg, the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds
      the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. in
      a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent
      of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater
      portion of which is egg albumin. it likewise contains a
      small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar,
      with some inorganic matter. heated above 60deg c. it
      coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it
      contains. --parr.

   white of the eye anat., the white part of the ball of the
      eye surrounding the transparent cornea.
      1913 webster
see also:
color pieris cabbage butterfly cabbage black and white black 
flake white paris white flack paris white of a seed 
albumen white of egg white of the eye 

Seed >> S Words
Seed, definition of term: Seed
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Celery Seed >> C Words
Celery Seed, definition of term: Celery Seed
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Pumpkin Seed >> P Words
Pumpkin Seed, definition of term: Pumpkin Seed
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Poppy Seed >> P Words
Poppy Seed, definition of term: Poppy Seed
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Fennel Seed >> F Words
Fennel Seed, definition of term: Fennel Seed
fennel+seed_pag1.html

Egg White >> E Words
Egg White, definition of term: Egg White
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Coriander Seed >> C Words
Coriander Seed, definition of term: Coriander Seed
coriander+seed_pag1.html

Cumin Seed >> C Words
Cumin Seed, definition of term: Cumin Seed
cumin+seed_pag1.html

Poor White Tras >> P Words
Poor White Tras, definition of term: Poor White Tras
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Great White Sha >> G Words
Great White Sha, definition of term: Great White Sha
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