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/wˈɪskər/ /hwˈɪskər/ Listen

noun

Whisker n.

One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.

Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; usually in the plural. "Hoary whiskers and a forky beard."

pl. That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, or upon the chin, or upon both; as, side whiskers; chin whiskers.

A hair of the beard.

One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.

pl. (Naut.) Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc.

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"Whisker" Quotes from Famous Books

... of Mr. Elright would have depicted a dull "complected" person of a tousled baldness, whose dispirited expression of countenance was enhanced by a chin whisker. His shirt and collar gave unmistakable evidence that pajamas or other night-gear were regarded as superfluities, and his most conspicuous garment as he appeared behind the counter was a cardigan ...

— David Harum - A Story of American Life • Edward Noyes Westcott

... with head and chin receding; lit withal by small protrusive eyes, so constructed, that the whites all round were generally visible, giving them a strange and staring look; elevated eye-brows; not an inch of whisker, but all shaved sore right up to the large and prominent ear; and lank black, hair, not much of it, scantily thatching all smooth. Then his arms, oscillating as he walked (as if the pendulum by which that rigid man was made to go his regular routine), were much too long ...

— The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper • Martin Farquhar Tupper

... felt no thrill. To me the heroine was but a painted dummy mechanically repeating the lines that some Jew had written for her as he puffed a reeking cigar in his rear office, and the villain but a popinjay with a black whisker stuck on with a bit of pitch. Yet I grinned and clapped to deceive them, and agreed that it was the most inspiriting performance I ...

— The "Goldfish" • Arthur Train

... man, who held his head back so that his face seemed all jowl and mouth and sandy chin-whisker. He smiled broadly upon them with half-closed eyes, and shook ...

— The Damnation of Theron Ware • Harold Frederic

... pins I'd jump you and stomp the gizzard out of you, you low-down, dried-up, whisker-faced, mutton-eatin' butcher, you! I goes to you and makes you a square offer and you come pussy-footin' in and steals me ranch when I ain't there! If Jack Corliss don't run you plumb off the edge afore to-morrow night, I'll sure see if there's any law—" and ...

— Sundown Slim • Henry Hubert Knibbs

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