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English : nickname for a bright or inventive person, from Middle English witty ‘clever’, ‘ingenious’. It is possible that some early examples may represent a survival into Middle English of Old English wītega ‘soothsayer’, and there may also have been some confusion with Whitty.
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English : variant of Whitemore.Thomas Whittemore came from England to Charlestown, MA, in or about 1639. Amos Whittemore, born in Cambridge, MA, in 1759 was an inventor and gunsmith, and another Thomas Whittemore was born in Boston in 1800; he was a Universalist clergyman and MA legislator.
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English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : occupational name for a whitewasher, from an agent derivative of Old English hwītian ‘to whiten’.
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English : probably a variant of Whittington.
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English : variant spelling of Whitley.
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English : occupational name for a white-leather dresser, from Middle English whit ‘white’ + taw(i)er ‘tawer’ (from an agent derivative of Middle English taw(en) ‘to prepare’).John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–92), poet and active opponent of slavery, was descended from Thomas Whittier, who came to MA from England in 1638.
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English : variant spelling of Whitaker.
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English
English : variant of Whiting.
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English
English : variant of Whitton.James Whiton of Hingham, Norfolk, England, came to Plymouth, MA, in 1635.
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English : variant spelling of Whittle, found mainly in the Welsh Marches and West Midlands.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from places in Lancashire, Northumberland, and East Lothian, originally named in Old English as HwÄ«tingahÄm ‘homestead (Old English hÄm) of the people of HwÄ«ta’, a byname meaning ‘white’.Richand Whittingham and his son, also called Richard, brass founders from Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, came to New York City in 1791, where they established a successful business.
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English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : habitational name from any of various places named Whittle, especially one in Lancashire, named from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + hyll ‘hill’.English (chiefly Lancashire) : variant of Whitwell.
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English : variant spelling of Whittington.
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English : habitational name from Whittlesey, a place in Cambridgeshire, named from an unattested Old English personal name (Wittel) + Old English ēg ‘island’.
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English : habitational name from any of various places named Whitmore, for example in Staffordshire, from Old English hwÄ«t ‘white’ + mÅr ‘moor’.English : Some bearers of the name are descended from John of Whytenmere, Shropshire, who lived in the 13th century. This form is probably a variant of Whittimere, a place on the Staffordshire–Shropshire border, named in Old English most probably as ‘pool associated with someone called HwÄ«ta’.English : Francis Whitmore settled in Cambridge, MA, before 1648.
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English : variant of Whittenton.
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English or Scottish
English or Scottish : probably a variant of Witham or Whitton.
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English of uncertain origin; possibly
English of uncertain origin; possibly : of uncertain origin; possibly: habitational name from an unidentified place named with Old English hwīt ‘white’ + ēg ‘island’ or (ge)hæg ‘enclosure’.English of uncertain origin; possibly : nickname for someone with unusually pale eyes, from Middle English whit ‘white’ + eye ‘eye’.
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English : habitational name from any of a large number of places called Whittington, for example in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, and Northumberland. The place name could mean ‘Hwīta’s settlement’ (Old English Hwītantūn), ‘settlement associated with Hwīta’ (Old English Hwītingtūn), or ‘(at the) white settlement’ (Old English (æt ðǣm) hwītan tūne).
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English (Nottingham)
English (Nottingham) : variant of White.Possibly also an Americanized spelling of German Witt.
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n.
A weasel.
v. t.
To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife.
n.
A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school, England, of going every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock near the Bath road, and exacting money from all passers-by, to support at the university the senior scholar of the school.
n.
A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
v. t.
To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.
v. i.
To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife.
n.
A small knife; a whittle.
n. pl.
Chips made by one who whittles; shavings cut from a stick with a knife.
imp. & p. p.
of Whittle
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Whittle
v. t.
To cut or whittle.
n.
The curlew.
v. t.
To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate.
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Same as Whittle shawl, below.
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A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife.
n.
The day following Whitmonday; -- called also Whitsun Tuesday.