Definition of whip

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Whip (v. t.) A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session, especially when their votes are needed..

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Pedipalpi :: Pedipalpi (n pl.) A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions (Thelyphonus) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense to include also the true scorpions..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle..
Biflagellate :: Biflagellate (a.) Having two long, narrow, whiplike appendages..
Cut :: Cut (v. i.) To make a stroke with a whip.
Flagellation :: Flagellation (n.) A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging.
Whipping :: Whipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whi.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip..
Feague :: Feague (v. t.) To beat or whip; to drive.
Whipworm :: Whipworm (n.) A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly..
Whipstitch :: Whipstitch (n.) Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition..
Riding :: Riding (a.) Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat..
Whipstock :: Whipstock (n.) The rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies..
Pennant :: Pennant (n.) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel..
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc..
Yarwhip :: Yarwhip (n.) The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep, and yarwhelp. See Godwit..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session, especially when their votes are needed..
Knout :: Knout (n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh..
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