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/wˈɪskər/ /hwˈɪskər/ Listen

noun

Whisker n.

One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.

Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; usually in the plural. "Hoary whiskers and a forky beard."

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.

A hair of the beard.

One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.

pl. (Naut.) Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc.

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"Whisker" Quotes from Famous Books

... Those scoundrels, who have never had a sword in Their dirty diplomatic hands, to vent Their spleen in making strife, and safely wording Their lies, yclept despatches, without risk or The singeing of a single inky whisker. ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 6 • Lord Byron

... knife doesn't move in a shuttle like that of the mowing machine—it is stationary, so that you have an arrangement that is a combination of mowing machine and road scraper. I think the safety razors were responsible for most of the blanks in my whisker area. They dug chunks out of some of the most fertile spots, and as nothing would grow there, I covered them by the ivy process adopted by bald men, who train eighteen hairs from back of the left ear ...

— Cupid's Middleman • Edward B. Lent

... head was shattered and the fragments scattered round him as he leaned against the corner of the house and took careful aim at the first assistant, who missed his next shot by a whisker and died in his tracks with two cartridges still ...

— Cappy Ricks Retires • Peter B. Kyne

... away. I had attained my full height, and more than my just share of inches. I already enjoyed a fair modicum of whisker, and had even made some progress in the cultivation of a pair of moustaches, when suddenly the house I was connected with failed. What to do? The governor insisted upon my return to England, where his interest among the mercantile class ...

— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 - Volume 18, New Series, October 30, 1852 • Various

... wizened old face, with its fringe of white whisker, beamed with the joy of a scientist who has made a new and important discovery. He had a long, hooked nose, and was painfully near-sighted, but refused to wear glasses. Just now he sniffed inquiringly at the open bottle of ...

— At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern • Myrtle Reed

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