Word Meanings - WHITEFRIAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.

• White-face
  A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.
• Whiteness
  The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.
• White-water
  A dangerous disease of sheep.
• WHITEFRONTED
  Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White- fronted goose (Zoöl.), the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow.
• Calligraphy
  Fair or elegant penmanship.
• Whitefish
  Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and most important American species (C. clupeiformis) is ab
• White-pot
  A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, etc., baked in a pot.
• Whiteweed
  A perennial composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy.
• WHITEHEADTORPEDOWHITEHEAD
  A form of self-propelling torpedo.
• Calliope
  The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.
• Callous
  Hardened; indurated.
• Whiteflaw
  A whitlow.
• Whiterump
  The American black-tailed godwit.
• Whitewing
  The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing.
• WHITEHEART
  A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
• Calliopsis
  A popular name given to a few species of the genus Coreopsis, especially to C. tinctoria of Arkansas.

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