whittle¹ /(h)witˈl/

1. To pare or cut with a knife
2. To shape with a knife
3. To diminish gradually (often with down, away)
4. To lessen the force or scope of (with down, away)

1. To cut wood aimlessly
2. To peach, or to confess at the gallows (obs sl)
3. To fret (dialect)

A clasp knife, sheath knife or other large knife

whittˈler noun

whittˈling noun

• spent force
• spent forces
• speos
• speoses
• Spergula
• Spergularia
• sperling
• sperlings
• sperm
• spermaceti
• spermacetis
• spermaduct
• spermaducts
• -spermal
• spermaphyte
• spermaphytes
• spermaphytic
• spermaria
• spermaries
• spermarium
• repentingly
• repents
• repeople
• repeopled
• repeoples