Definition of whim

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Whim (n.) A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes; -- called also whim gin, and whimsey..

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Whimbrel :: Whimbrel (n.) Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius phaeopus), called also Jack curlew, half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix..
Whimper :: Whimper (n.) A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief..
Fantastical :: Fantastical (a.) Fanciful; unreal; whimsical; capricious; fantastic.
Humorous :: Humorous (a.) Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical.
Whimwham :: Whimwham (n.) A whim, or whimsey; a freak..
Fancymonger :: Fancymonger (n.) A lovemonger; a whimsical lover.
Whimperer :: Whimperer (n.) One who whimpers.
Capricious :: Capricious (a.) Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable.
Vaporous :: Vaporous (a.) Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.
Fanciful :: Fanciful (a.) Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects..
Cage :: Cage (n.) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
Grotesgue :: Grotesgue (a.) Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike; wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic.
Freak :: Freak (n.) A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice.
Bluegown :: Bluegown (n.) One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were distributed certain alms, including a blue gown; a beadsman..
Whimsicality :: Whimsicality (n.) The quality or state of being whimsical; whimsicalness.
Figary :: Figary (n.) A frolic; a vagary; a whim.
Hobbyhorsical :: Hobbyhorsical (n.) Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical..
Queer :: Queer (a.) At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act..
Whimsy :: Whimsy (n.) A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit..
Whim :: Whim (v. i.) To be subject to, or indulge in, whims; to be whimsical, giddy, or freakish..
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