whittle
/ˈwɪtəl/ · noun
Meaning
- A knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife.
- To cut or shape wood with a knife.
- To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).
- To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.
- A coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
- A whittle shawl; a kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.
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