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Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar sound; the sound used by a sportsman in calling his dogs; the shrill note of a bird; as, the sharp whistle of a boy, or of a boatswain's pipe; the blackbird's mellow whistle..

Skua :: Skua (n.) Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain..

Wainscot :: Wainscot (n.) Oaken timber or boarding.

Winding :: Winding (n.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.

Plough :: Plough (n.) Same as Charles's Wain.

Wainage :: Wainage (n.) A finding of carriages, carts, etc., for the transportation of goods, produce, etc..

Wainscot :: Wainscot (v. t.) To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall..

Swaip :: Swainship (n.) The condition of a swain.

Boatswain :: Boatswain (n.) The jager gull.

Wainscot :: Wainscot (n.) Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae.

Boatswain :: Boatswain (n.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties..

Atwain :: Atwain (adv.) In twain; asunder.

Boatswain :: Boatswain (n.) The tropic bird.

Twain :: Twain (a. & n.) Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque..

Swain :: Swain (n.) A servant.

Car :: Car (n.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper..

Cordwainer :: Cordwainer (n.) A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker..

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a sound more or less like that made by one who whistles through the compressed lips; as, a child's whistle; a boatswain's whistle; a steam whistle (see Steam whistle, under Steam)..

Wagon :: Wagon (n.) The Dipper, or Charles's Wain..

Wagoner :: Wagoner (n.) The constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major. See Ursa major, under Ursa..

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