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 310 rope coiled round it causes the kibble to ascend or decend in a shaft. It used to be said that the inventor of the ^' whim " was asked what he was doing. He replied that he had a "whim" in his head. This is an improbable tale as in Celtic Cornish wimblen means, whirling, and such is the action of the machine. Whinnard. The redwing. Also called Swellack. Q.V. Whinnard. Used of one who is looking very cold. " Looking like a whinnard." Whipsidery. A machine for raising ore. M.A.C. Whip-and-gO. A near miss, a near chance, all but, " 'Twas whip-and-go to get there in time." Whip-and- while. Every now and then, occasionally. Whip-the-cat. A tailor who works in private houses, and who is paid by the day. Whisky. An old name for a gig. Whistercuff. A box on the ear. Whip-tree. The whipple-tree of a carriage. Whirl. The hip joint. " I've got such a pain in my whirl," Whirl-bone. The round head of the hip-bone. The hip-bone. White-livered. Cowardly. "Lily-livered." "A lily-livered action taking knave." Shakspere. This term, white-livered, was formerly used of a man who had married three or four times.