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a. & n. from Whistle, v.
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adv.
In a whistling manner; shrilly.
n.
A gossat, or rockling; -- called also whistler, three-bearded rockling, sea loach, and sorghe.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Whistle
imp. & p. p.
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v. i.
An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a sound more or less like that made by one who whistles through the compressed lips; as, a child's whistle; a boatswain's whistle; a steam whistle (see Steam whistle, under Steam).
adv.
In a whist manner; silently.
n.
In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist.
n.
A call by the boatswain's whistle.
n.
An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also ruff.
n.
One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.
v. t.
To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
n.
A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; -- called also tinnitus aurium.
n.
A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it.
v. i.
A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar sound; the sound used by a sportsman in calling his dogs; the shrill note of a bird; as, the sharp whistle of a boy, or of a boatswain's pipe; the blackbird's mellow whistle.
v. i.
To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound.
n.
The whistlefish.
v. i.
The mouth and throat; -- so called as being the organs of whistling.
v. i.
To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air.
v. t.
To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air.
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