6. A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
WHISK
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
Whisk, v. i.
Defn: To move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement.
WHISKER
Whisk"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
2. Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; — usually in the plural. Hoary whiskers and a forky beard. Pope.
3. pl.