Meaning of Whittle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife.
2. A coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
   archaic
3. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
4. A whittle shawl; a kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.
   archaic
5. An unincorporated community in Russell County, Kentucky, United States.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Novv if any man can be ſo unkind to his ovvn Body, for I meddle not vvith your Souls, as to ſtand ſtill like a good Chriſtian, and offer his VVeeſon to a Butcher's VVhittle, I ſay no more but that he may be ſav'd, and that's the beſt can come on him.”

“Rude whittles.”

“The Sheffield whittle was the common knife of the country, which every one carried for general purposes, who was not entitled by rank to wear a sword.”

“Her figure is tall , graceful , and slight ; the severity of its outlines suiting well with the severity of her dress , with the brown stuff gown , and plain gray whittle”

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