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whip-
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1. Combinations of the n.a. General attrib., as whip-crack, whip-flick, whip-leather, whip-mark, whip-stroke, whip-thong.
b. Instrumental, objective, similative, etc., as whip-cracking (n. and adj.), whip-maker, whip-making, whip-minder, whip-smacking; whip-corrected, whip-like, whip-scarred, whip-shaped, whip-wielding adjs.c. Special combs.: whip aerial, antenna, an aerial in the form of a flexible wire or rod with a connection at one end; whip-beam, the white-beam (cf. whip-crop below); whip-bird, an Australian bird (Psodophes crepitans) with a note resembling the crack of a whip; also called coach-whip bird; † whip-broth (obs. humorous nonce-wd.), a ‘taste of the whip’, a flogging; † whip-cart (see quot.; cf. LG. ? wipkarre); whip-club, a driving-club (also attrib.); hence whip-clubbist, a member of a whip-club; whip-craft, the art of, or skill in, driving; whip-crane, a crane with a ‘whip’ (whip n. 15) for hoisting; whip-crop, a local name for several shrubs or trees whose stems are used for whipstocks, as the white-beam (Pyrus Aria) and the wayfaring tree (Viburnum Lantana); whip-fish, a chætodont fish, Heniochus macrolepidotus, having a dorsal spine elongated into a filament like a whip-lash; whip gin = whip n. 15; whip-grass, a species of Scleria (see quot. 1858); whip-handle, the handle of a whip, a whipstock; also fig. (see quot. 1653; with quot. 1861 cf. whip-hand 2); whip-hanger = whip-rack; whip-hem, Needlework, a hem formed by ‘whipping’ or overcasting (see whip n. 16, v. 18 b); whip-hold, control (cf. whip-hand 2); whip-horse, a horse employed in hoisting by means of a ‘whip’ (whip n. 15); † whip-lade [? lade n.3] = whip-cart; whip-land (local): see quot.; whip line, (a) = whipcord 1; (b) the line or rope of a ‘whip’ (whip n. 15); whip-net, technical name of a simple kind of network; whip-rack, a rack with notches for hanging whips upon; whip-ray, a fish of the family Trygonidæ, having a long slender flexible tail resembling the lash of a whip, and armed with a serrated spine; a sting-ray; whip-roll, Weaving (see quot. 1875); whip-scorpion, an arachnid of the order Pedipalpida, having a flattened abdomen and long flagella attached to the first pair of legs; whip-shaft = whipstock 1; † whip-sloven, ? a sloven who deserves whipping; whip-socket, a socket fixed to the dash-board of a horse-drawn vehicle to hold the butt-end of the whip; whip-stall Aeronaut., a stall in which an aircraft changes suddenly from a nose-up attitude to a nose-down one; whip-stick, (a) a whipstock, or a pliant stick used as a whip; (b) applied in Australia to a dwarf species of Eucalyptus; whip tail, a (dog's or horse's) tail resembling a whip (see also whiptail); whip-thread, † whip-wood (see quots.); whip-worm, a parasitic nematoid worm of the genus Trichocephalus, consisting of a stout posterior and slender anterior part, like a whipstock with a lash.
1941Electronics Jan. 60/2 It was necessary to vary the height of the *whip aerial which was mounted on the top of the solenoid. 1979A. Jute Reverse Negative (1980) 42 The car had a prominent whip aerial of the kind police mobile patrols use mounted on its rear fender.
1943F. E. Terman Radio Engineers' Handbk. 1019/2 (Index), *Whip antennas. 1974R. B. Parker Godwulf Manuscript xviii. 141 An aggressively nondescript car made noticeable by the big whip antenna folded forward over the roof and clipped down.
1733W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farm. 180 A Sallow Hedge has the Advantage of most..others,..because it may be thickned at Pleasure..; Beech and Hornbean [sic] will grow after this manner;..Ash worse, Maple and *Whip-bean [sic] not at all.
1845R. Howitt Australia 177 The *whip-bird, which surprised I hear. 1893Mrs. C. Praed Outlaw & Lawmaker xxx, The bell-bird rang its silvery peal, and the whip-bird gave its coachman's click.
1615J. Taylor (Water P.) Taylors Rev. Wks. 1630 ii. 143 Where I was ill thought of..and..in a greater puzzell then the blinde Beare in the midst of all her *whip-broth.
1677Plot Oxfordsh. 257 A sort of Cart they call a Whip-lade, or *Whip-cart, whose hinder part is made up with boards after the manner of a Dung-cart, having also a head of boards..; which head being made so as to be taken out or left in, the Cart may be indifferently used to carry..dung, when the head is in, and Corn, etc. when taken out.
1808Monthly Pantheon I. 416/1 A new *Whip-club is now about to be established. 1815Sporting Mag. XLVI. 94 The ‘Whip-club-blade’ with four in hand ‘handles the ribbons gay’. 1908Blackw. Mag. Oct. 433 They belonged to a Spanish whip-club.
1809E. S. Barrett Setting Sun III. 39 If the nobility of France had not degenerated into *whip-clubbists, and opera-house committee-men.
1859Dickens T. Two Cities ii. xxi, As an unruly charger *whip-corrected.
1893F. Adams New Egypt 130 With..a cascade of *whip-cracks, the two light-footed Arab horses are at once en route.
1775J. Jekyll Corr. (1894) 62 An Englishman at Tours who took a lesson of *whip-cracking every day from a postillion. 1875W. S. Hayward Love agst. World ii, The whip-crackings, and shouts of the whips as they encouraged..the hounds. 1934Webster, Whip-cracking, adj. 1939R. Campbell Flowering Rifle i. 17 For whom I sent the gay whip-cracking words To round them up in flabbergasted herds. 1976A. Murray Stomping Blues ix. 166 He also behaves for all the world like a whip-cracking trail driver.
1865Athenæum 4 Feb. 171/3 Divers turnings and *whipcraft feats.
188319th Cent. July 151 Half a dozen *whip-cranes..would..pull up these boxes with great rapidity.
a1850W. A. Bromfield Flora Vectensis (1856) 167 P[yrus] Aria,..White Beam-tree. Vect. *Whipcrop,..The long, straight and very tough shoots are cut for whip-handles by waggoners. Ibid. 235 The slender stems [of Viburnum Lantana] are used..for whip-handles,..as might be inferred from the vernacular name of Whipcrop.
1960C. Day Lewis Buried Day vi. 126 Our instructor..was a..man with..a word of command like a *whip-flick. 1976Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 23 May 115/1 The whip flick. Done in a tight finish. You flick your whip across the other horse's nose, up goes his head and you have the advantage in the photo.
1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl., *Whip Gin, a simple tackle-block, over which a hoisting-rope runs.
1814O. Rich Synopsis Genera Amer. Plants 106 Scleria... *Whip-Grass. 1818T. Nuttall Genera N. Amer. Plants II. 205 Scleria, Gærtner (Whip-grass). [Cf.1858Hogg Veg. Kingd. 808 The long, straight leaves of S[cleria] flagellum are armed with fine sharp-cutting teeth, and are made into whips for flogging negro slaves in the West Indies. ]
1653Urquhart Rabelais ii. xxvii. 176 These little ends of men and dandiprats, whom in Scotland they call *whiphandles [orig. manches d'estrilles]. 1861in Century Mag. (1889) Oct. 932/2 They know that we shall keep the whip-handle. 1911Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling xxxv, Joe Fagan..had taught him to make whip-handles.
1875Knight Dict. Mech., *Whip-hanger, an annular rim or bracket provided with notches, into which the ends of the suspended whips fit.
1866Mrs. Whitney Leslie Goldthwaite i, The bits of ruffling..with their edges in almost invisible *whip-hems.
1895A. M. Stoddart J. S. Blackie I. 211 He had recourse to..fines sternly imposed, and so kept moderate *whip-hold of the team.
1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right viii, We..bought a ‘*whip horse’..which staunch and well-trained animal drew up the precious gravel. 1677*Whip-lade [see whip-cart].
1811T. Davis Agric. Wilts 259 *Whip Land, land..measured out (when ploughed) by the whip's length.
1829Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) I. 138 They could not pay for their *whip-leather.
1847–9Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. 8/2 A *whip-like moveable proboscis. 1883W. Saville-Kent in Fisheries Bahamas 40 The whiplike appendages or flagella of the cells.
1582in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 353 For *whip lyne. 1894Times (weekly ed.) 2 Feb. 91/3 The whip line of the apparatus [sc. breeches buoy]..got round the neck of the seaman.
1690Lond. Gaz. No. 2579/4 Mr. Richard Weller, *Whip-maker. 1859H. Kingsley G. Hamlyn xxxix, The most accomplished whipmaker.
1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 947/2 The main items of expense in *whip making material are rattan and whalebone.
1898H. G. Wells War of Worlds i. xvi, With the cabman's *whip-marks red across his face and hands.
1928R. Nevill Romantic London vii. 143 A quaint old-world calling..was that of ‘*whip-minder’; a number of people formerly making a living by looking after the whips of drivers of vehicles, while the latter were engaged on pleasure or business. 1961Times 23 Mar. 17/3 When Covent Garden boasted ‘whip minders’.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 1235 The mail-net..is..a combination of common gauze and the *whip-net in the same fabric.
1875Knight Dict. Mech., *Whip-rack.
1699W. Dampier Voy. II. ii. 73 The *Whipray differs from the other two sorts, having a..longer Tail and ending with a Knob, shaped like a Harpoon. 1873T. Gill Catal. Fishes E. Coast N. Amer. 34 Trygon centrura... Sting-ray; whip-ray; stingaree.
1863J. Watson Weaving vi. 219 Below the yarn beam, on each side of the loom, the brackets are fixed for the gudgeons of the *whip rolls to run in. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Whip-roll (Weaving), a roller or bar over which the yarn passes from the yarn-beam to the reed.
1849J. R. Lowell King Retro in Nat. Anti-Slavery Standard 10 May 199/2 From *whip-scarred flesh the soul can soar To him who made and sees us. 1966R. Hayden in S. Henderson Understanding New Black Poetry (1973) 158 Harriet Tubman, Woman of earth, whipscarred, A summoning, a shining.
1912J. H. Comstock Spider Book i. 16 The common name *whip-scorpions was doubtless suggested by the slender caudal appendages of the Thelyphonidæ. 1981Sci. Amer. Dec. 32/1 Watch out for the fungus-ridden whip scorpion and the vampire bats.
1849Cupples Green Hand xiv, The masts trembled, and the spars aloft bent like *whip-shafts.
1866Treas. Bot., *Whip-shaped, flagelliform.
a1529Skelton Agst. Garnesche ii. 38 Thes twayne *whyp⁓slouens.
1845Poe in Broadway Jrnl. 2 Aug. 60/2 The ‘Katherine and Petruchio’ of Niblo's, is absolutely beneath contempt—a mere jumble of unmeaning rant, fuss, *whip-smacking, crockery-cracking, and other Tom-Foolery. 1879R. J. Atcherley Trip Boërland 259 He..set up an infernal whip-smacking.
1875Knight Dict. Mech., *Whip-socket. 1900‘H. S. Merriman’ Isle Unrest xvii, He twisted the reins round the whip-socket.
1927C. A. Lindbergh We ii. 33 For an instant we hung motionless in the perfect position for a *whipstall. 1936Aircraft Engin. Apr. 111/1 The mechanics of the whip⁓stall or uncontrollable nose dive are simple. 1953C. A. Lindbergh Spirit of St. Louis ii. vi. 326 A whipstall at 1500 feet, with nothing but needles by which to orient myself!
1782J. Adams Diary 26 July, Wks. 1851 III. 297 One of the grooms ran up to us with three *whip-sticks. 1850R. G. Cumming Hunter's Life S. Afr. xxx. II. 278, I resolved to have some fishing;..and sallied forth with one of the waggon whip-sticks for a rod, and some string for a line. 1874M. C. Explorers 123 (Morris) A patch of whip-stick scrub.
1889‘Mark Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxvii. 354 A precaution which had been suggested by the *whip⁓stroke that had fallen to my share. 1958L. Durrell Mountolive xii. 229 Nessun felt the heat of the whip⁓stroke on his hand though the lash had not touched him.
1709Lond. Gaz. No. 4523/4 When taken away he had a *whip Tail. 1885Bazaar 30 Mar. 1258/2 Black and tan toy terrier dog..whip tail.
1827Hallowell (Maine) Gaz. 20 June 4/5 They have also received a large supply of..Whips and *Whipthongs. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXX. 252/2 If your whip thong gets caught in the harness.
1883C. P. Brown Cotton Manuf. 168 *Whip-thread, the crossing thread in gauze.
1838W. Tennant Anster F. i. xxxvi, An ass, With stout *whip-wielding [ed. 1812 whip-cracking] rider on his back.
1696Plukenet Almagestum Opera 1769 II. 395 Xylomastix arbor Americana *Whip-wood.
1875T. S. Cobbold Tapeworms (ed. 3) 70 My treatment not only expelled an ordinary tapeworm but also a solitary *whipworm.
2. Combinations of the vb.a. with second element in objective relation: † whip-arse, a schoolmaster (1611 s.v. arse 1 b); whip-belly (-vengeance), slang, weak thin beer or other liquor; † whip-can [see whip v. 2 b], a toper, tippler, ‘toss-pot’; whip-cat, † adj. drunken [see whip v. 16 a (a)]; n. (also whip-the-cat), a tailor or other workman who ‘whips the cat’ [see whip v. 16 a (c)]; † whip-king, one who drives or controls kings (as one does horses with a whip), a ‘king-maker’.
b. in attributive relation to second element: (a) = whipping-: whip-boy (rare—1) = whipping-boy; whip-gig = whip-top; whip-post = whipping-post; whip-top = whipping-top (also fig.); (b) = whipped: whip-pan Cinemat. and Television, a panning movement fast enough to give a blurred picture; also as v. intr.; whip-rod, a fishing-rod ‘whipped’ or wound round with twine [whip v. 17]; whip-sillabub, whipped sillabub [whipped ppl. a. 3]; also fig.
1731–8Swift Pol. Conversat. ii. 166 Faith, it is mere *Whip-Belly-Vengeance. 1847Halliwell, Whip-belly, thin weak liquor.
1845Jane Robinson Whitehall iii, He had been..‘*whip-boy’ to the young heir.
1611Cotgr., Bourrachon, a tipler, quaffer, tossepot, *whip-canne. 1653Urquhart Rabelais i. viii. 40 He would prove an especial good fellow, and singular whip-can [orig. fesse-pinthe]. 1694Motteux Rabelais v. Prognost. v. 236 Topers, Quaffers, Whipcans, Tosspots.
1582Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 81 With *whip cat bowling they kept a myrry carousing. 1611Florio, Parláre brianzésco, to speake tipple, drunken or whip-cat language.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour (1861) II. 366 A tailor who ‘whipped the cat’,..the ‘*whip cat's’ meals. 1912R. M. Fergusson Ochil Fairy T. 34 He plied his trade as a ‘whup-the-cat’ for fivepence a day and ‘his meat’.
1781Cowper Hope 190 The puny tyrant burns to subjugate The free republic of the *whip-gig state.
1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 570 Richard Nevil, that *whip-king (as some tearmed him).
1960D. Davis Grammar of Television Production 33 The ‘*whip pan’, a device..whereby the camera sees one object, then pans very quickly and sees another, is..legitimate because it does what the eye does and blurs the intervening detail. 1965P. Jones Technique of Television Cameraman x. 136 Some television directors..instruct the cameraman to whip pan across a scene, but cut to the next static shot on another camera before the pan has ceased. 1979Observer 26 Aug. 20/8 The cameras..zooming in and out, whip-panning, busying about the place looking for new angles. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Oct. 1098/3 Unlike Brian De Palma in his movie version of King's earlier novel, Carrie, Kubrick doesn't use whip⁓pans, sudden zooms on neck-wrenching shocks: the horrors are revealed discreetly, almost lovingly.
1740Richardson Pamela (1824) I. 6 Or rather Frenchify our English solidity into froth and *whip-syllabub. 1843P. Parley's Ann. IV. 2 His snowy beard foaming on his bosom like whip syllabub.
1801Strutt Sports & Past. iv. iv. §6. 288 We have hitherto been speaking of the *whip-top [under the name of ‘top’]; for the peg-top..must be ranked among the modern inventions. 1887Stevenson Misadvent. J. Nicholson iv, A man who was a mere whiptop for calamity. |