Whittle definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary WHITTLE, n. 1. A small pocket knife. [In this sense, I ... shoulders, like a cloke. [Not used in the United States.] WHITTLE, v.t. 1. To pare or cut off the surface ... engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996) [syn: Whittle, Frank Whittle, Sir Frank Whittle] v 1: cut small bits or pare shavings from; " ...
whittle away definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: cut away in small pieces [syn: whittle away, whittle down, wear away] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary To whittle away something or whittle away at it means to gradually make it smaller, weaker ... I believe that the Government's general aim is to whittle away the Welfare State... Their approach is to whittle ...
whittle down definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: cut away in small pieces [syn: whittle away, whittle down, wear away] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary To whittle down a group or thing means to gradually make it ... eight interviewees down to two... The president has agreed to whittle down his proposal. PHRASAL VERB: V n P to/from ...
Sir Frank Whittle definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: English aeronautical ... engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996) [syn: Whittle, Frank Whittle, Sir Frank Whittle]
Whittle shawl definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Whittle Whit"tle, n. [AS. hw[=i]tel, from hwit white ... like a cloak or shawl. --C. Kingsley. (b) Same as Whittle shawl, below. Whittle shawl, a kind of fine woolen shawl, originally and especially ...
Frank Whittle definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: English aeronautical ... engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996) [syn: Whittle, Frank Whittle, Sir Frank Whittle]
Whittle, Frank definitions Britannica Concise British aviation engineer and pilot who ... of World War II spurred the British government to support Whittle's work, and the first jet-powered aircraft took off ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary THWIT'TLE, v.t. To whittle. [See Whittle.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Thwittle Thwit"tle, v. t. [See Thwite, and Whittle.] To cut or whittle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Palsgrave. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Thwittle Thwit"tle, n. A small knife; a whittle. [Written also thwitel.] [Obs.] ``A Sheffield thwittle.'' --Chaucer.
... pare down] 2: cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood" [syn: whittle, pare] 3: strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: skin ... from, take off, take out, tear, trim, truncate, tune down, whittle, wipe out
... Thwite Thwite, v. t. [AS. [thorn]w[=i]tan. See Whittle, and cf. Thwaite a piece of land.] To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer.