Etymology : Middle English, from Old English hwIt; akin to Old High German hwIz white and probably to Old Church Slavonic svetu light, Sanskrit sveta white, bright
Pronunciation : hwIt, wIt
Function : adjective
Date : before 12th century
1. family name. color which has no hue, color of milk; something that is white in color (i.e. wine, game piece, etc.); white part of something (i.e of an egg, of a printed page, of the eye); person having pale skin, Caucasian. having a white color; lacking color or pigment (e.g. white wine, white hair, etc.); white-skinned, Caucasian; pure; having no print, blank; dressed in white; covered in or having snow; politically conservative. white\white\ , a. [compar. whiter ; superl. whitest.] [oe. whit, as. hw t; akin to ofries. and os. hwīt, d. wit, g. weiss, ohg. wīz, hwīz, icel. hvītr, sw. hvit, dan. hvid, goth. hweits, lith. szveisti, to make bright, russ. sviet' light, skr. v ta white, vit to be bright. . cf. wheat, whitsunday.].
2. reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin. "pearls white." white as the whitest lily on a stream.
3. destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear. or whispering with white lips, "the foe! they come! they come!".
4. having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure. white as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. no whiter page than addison's remains.
5. gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary. your high engendered battles 'gainst a head so old and white as this.
6. characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable. on the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as one of the white days of his life. w. scott.
7. regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling. come forth, my white spouse. i am his white boy, and will not be gullet.note: white is used in many self-explaining compounds, as white-backed, white-bearded, white-footed.white alder. (bot.) see:
sweet pepper bush, under pepper.white ant (zo?l.), any one of numerous species of social pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus termes. these insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form large and complex communities consisting of numerous asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens (or fertile females) often having the body enormously distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous winged males, together with the larv? and pup? of each kind in various stages of development. many of the species construct large and complicated nests, sometimes in the form of domelike structures rising several feet above the ground and connected with extensive subterranean galleries and chambers. in their social habits they closely resemble the true ants. they feed upon animal and vegetable substances of various kinds, including timber, and are often very destructive to buildings and furniture.white arsenic (chem.), arsenious oxide, as2o3, a substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. it is a deadly poison.white bass (zo?l.), a fresh-water north american bass (roccus chrysops) found in the great likes.white bear (zo?l.), the polar bear. see:
under polar.white blood cell. (physiol.) see:
leucocyte.white brand (zo?l.), the snow goose.white brass, a white alloy of copper; white copper.white campion. (bot.) (a) a kind of catchfly (silene stellata) with white flowers. (b) a white-flowered lychnis (lychnis vespertina).white canon (r. c. ch.), a premonstratensian.white caps, the members of a secret organization in various of the united states, who attempt to drive away or reform obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. they appear masked in white.white cedar (bot.), an evergreen tree of north america (thuja occidentalis), also the related cupressus thyoides, or cham?cyparis sph?roidea, a slender evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar swamps of the northern and atlantic states. both are much valued for their durable timber. in california the name is g.
8. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
9. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
10. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
11. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
12. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
13. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
14. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness.
15. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
16. Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
17. Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
18. A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
19. A white pigment; as, Venice white.
20. Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white.
21. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
22. To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach. the lighter pieces the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri a member of the Caucasoid race United States educator who in 1865 founded Cornell University and served as its first president United States writer noted for his humorous essays United States architect United States political journalist Australian writer of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population" of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights" being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress" having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age" dressed in white; "white nuns" having cream or milk added benevolent; without malicious intent; "white magic"; "a white lie"; "that's white of you" glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire" restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization" marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter" free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor".
23. 1. Something that is white is the colour of snow or milk. He had nice square white teeth He was dressed in white from head to toe. + whiteness white·ness Her scarlet lipstick emphasized the whiteness of her teeth.
24. A white person has a pale skin and belongs to a race which is of European origin. He was white, with brown shoulder-length hair and a moustache. Whites are white people. It's a school that's brought blacks and whites and Hispanics together.
25. If someone goes white, the skin on their face becomes very pale, for example because of fear, shock, anger, or illness. Richard had gone very white, but he stood his ground His face was white with fury. If someone looks white as a sheet or as white as a sheet, they look very frightened, shocked, or ill. He appeared in the doorway, white as a sheet, eyes wide with horror.
26. White wine is pale yellow in colour. Gregory poured another glass of white wine and went back to his bedroom. You can refer to white wine as white. I bought a bottle of Californian white.
27. White coffee has had milk or cream added to it. Wayne has a large white coffee in front of him.
28. White blood cells are the cells in your blood which your body uses to fight infection.
29. The white of an egg is the transparent liquid that surrounds the yellow part called the yolk.
30. The white of someone's eye is the white part that surrounds the coloured part called the iris. American educator and diplomat who founded Cornell University with Ezra Cornell and was its first president (1868-1885). He also served as U.S. ambassador to Germany (1897-1902). American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1962-1993). American jurist who served as an associate justice (1894-1910) and the chief justice (1910-1921) of the U.S. Supreme Court. American writer and humorist who contributed essays, editorials, and parodies to the New Yorker. He also wrote children's books, including Charlotte's Web (1952), and revised a 1918 writing manual, The Elements of Style (1959). Australian writer whose powerfully descriptive and original novels include The Tree of Man (1955) and Voss (1957). He won the 1973 Nobel Prize for literature. American architect. A member of the prominent architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, he was particularly known for his interior designs and his ornate, eclectic buildings. British writer best known for the novel The Once and Future King (1958), a retelling of the Arthurian legend. American political journalist noted for his commentaries on presidential elections, including The Making of the President 1960 (1961). American newspaper editor and writer noted for his politically influential editorials and for his autobiography (1946). white whale White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed mouse great white shark white shark Mary White white butterfly white cedar white dwarf star White Horse Vale of the White House White Lotus White Mountain Battle of White Mountains White River White Sands National Monument White Sea White Volta River White Byron Raymond White Elwyn Brooks White James Springer and Ellen Gould White John White Minor White Patrick Victor Martindale White Stanford White Terence Hanbury White Theodore Harold White William Allen white tailed deer.
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