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WHISKING
Verb
whisking
present participle of whisk
Noun
whisking (plural whiskings)
The motion of something that is whisked.
the whiskings of a horse's tail
Source: Wiktionary
Whisk"ing, a.
1. Sweeping along lightly.
2. Large; great. [Prov. Eng.]
WHISK
Whisk, n. Etym: [See Whist, n.]
Definition: A game at cards; whist. [Obs.] Taylor (1630).
Whisk, n. Etym: [Probably for wisk, and of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. visk a wisp; akin to Dan. visk, Sw. viska, D. wisch, OHG. wisc, G. wisch. See Wisp.]
1. The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff. This first sad whisk Takes off thy dukedom; thou art but an earl. J. Fletcher.
2. A small bunch of grass, straw, twigs, hair, or the like, used for a brush; hence, a brush or small besom, as of broom corn.
3. A small culinary instrument made of wire, or the like, for whisking or beating eggs, cream, etc. Boyle.
4. A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress. My wife in her new lace whisk. Pepys.
5. An impertinent fellow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
6. A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
Whisk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whisked; p. pr. & vb. n. Whisking.] Etym: [Cf. Dan. viske, Sw. viska, G. wischen, D. wisschen. See Whisk, n.]
1. To sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as, to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs into a froth.
2. To move with a quick, sweeping motion. He that walks in gray, whisking his riding rod. J. Fletcher. I beg she would not impale worms, nor whisk carp out of one element into another. Walpole.
Whisk, v. i.
Definition: To move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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