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• whit·tle — …   Useful english dictionary

• whit — whit·en; whit·en·er; whit·field s; whit·ish·ness; whit·leather; whit·ley; whit·ling; whit·lock·ite; whit·low; whit·man·ese; whit·man·esque; whit·ma·ni·ac; whit·mon·day; whit·rack; whit·ster; whit·sun·day; whit·sun·tide; whit·taw·er; whit·ten;… …   English syllables

• tle — abris·tle; abus·tle; apos·tle; apos·tle·hood; apos·tle·ship; bait·tle; bat·tle·dore; bat·tle·ment; bat·tle·ment·ed; bat·tle·some; be·lit·tle; be·lit·tle·ment; bot·tle·ful; bris·tle·less; brus·tle; but·tle; cac·o·mis·tle; cas·tle·ry; cas·tle·ward; …   English syllables

• tit|tle — «TIHT uhl», noun. 1. a very little bit; particle; whit. 2. a small stroke or mark over a letter in writing or printing. The dot over the letter i is a tittle. 3. a very small part, originally of something written: »one jot or one tittle shall in… …   Useful english dictionary

• whittle — whit·tle …   English syllables

• whittle — whit|tle [ˈwıtl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: whittle large knife (15 19 centuries), from thwittle (14 19 centuries), from thwite to whittle (11 19 centuries), from Old English thwitan] 1.) also whittle down [T] to gradually make something smaller …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• whittle — whit|tle [ wıtl, hwıtl ] verb transitive to make an object out of wood by cutting pieces off the wood with a small knife ,whittle a way phrasal verb intransitive or transitive to gradually reduce the amount or importance of something: The team… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Whittle — Whit•tle [[t]ˈ(h)wɪt l, ˈwɪt l[/t]] n. big Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor …   From formal English to slang

• whittle — whit•tle [[t]ˈ(h)wɪt l, ˈwɪt l[/t]] v. tled, tling, n. 1) to cut, trim, or shape (a piece of wood or the like) by carving off bits with a knife 2) to form by whittling 3) to cut off (a bit) 4) to reduce the amount of gradually (usu. fol. by down …   From formal English to slang

• Daniel Webster Whittle — (1840–1901) was an American poet, hymn writer, evangelist, and Bible teacher. Influenced by Dwight L. Moody, he entered full time evangelism and worked with P. P. Bliss and James McGranahan. He wrote (mostly under pseudonym, El Nathan) the words… …   Wikipedia