whetstone, n. [oilstone]. Associated word: coticular.

whey cure. serumtherapy, serotherapy.

whim, n. [vagary], [caprice], [fancy], [crotchet], [freak], [humor], maggot, [notion], [quirk].

whimsey, n. [whim].

whimsical, a. [capricious], vagarious, [notional], [crotchety], [fantastic].

whine, n. whimper, puling, [complaint].--v. whimper, pule, [complain].

whiningly, a. plaintively, querulously.

whinny, n. and v. [neigh].

whip, v. [lash], [beat], [thrash], [flog], drub, [punish], [chastise], [trounce], flagellate, [castigate], [scourge], [switch], spank, [maul], fustigate; (Slang) [conquer], [defeat]; [jerk], [snatch], whisk.

whip, n. horsewhip, [crop], [scourge], [lash], [switch], rattan, thong, knout, cat-o-nine-tails, quirt (rawhide); koorbash (Africa).