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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