These are the meanings of the letters WHING when you unscramble them.
- Nigh (a.)
Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.
- Nigh (a.)
In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near.
- Nigh (prep.)
Near to; not remote or distant from.
- Nigh (superl.)
Not distant or remote in place or time; near.
- Nigh (superl.)
Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
- Nigh (v. t. & i.)
To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.
- Whig (a.)
Of or pertaining to the Whigs.
- Whig (n.)
A friend and supporter of the American Revolution; -- opposed to Tory, and Royalist.
- Whig (n.)
Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
- Whig (n.)
One of a political party which grew up in England in the seventeenth century, in the reigns of Charles I. and II., when great contests existed respecting the royal prerogatives and the rights of the people. Those who supported the king in his high claims were called Tories, and the advocates of popular rights, of parliamentary power over the crown, and of toleration to Dissenters, were, after 1679, called Whigs. The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in English politics. See the note under Tory.
- Whig (n.)
One of the political party in the United States from about 1829 to 1856, opposed in politics to the Democratic party.
- Whin (n.)
Gorse; furze. See Furze.
- Whin (n.)
Same as Whinstone.
- Whin (n.)
Woad-waxed.
- Wing (n.)
A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace.
- Wing (n.)
A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
- Wing (n.)
An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
- Wing (n.)
Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.
- Wing (n.)
Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
- Wing (n.)
Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.
- Wing (n.)
Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
- Wing (n.)
Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
- Wing (n.)
Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
- Wing (n.)
One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
- Wing (n.)
One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.
- Wing (n.)
One of the sides of the stags in a theater.
- Wing (n.)
One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.
- Wing (n.)
One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures.
- Wing (n.)
One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.
- Wing (n.)
Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
- Wing (n.)
That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
- Wing (n.)
The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work.
- Wing (n.)
The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc.
- Wing (v. t.)
To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird.
- Wing (v. t.)
To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.
- Wing (v. t.)
To move through in flight; to fly through.
- Wing (v. t.)
To supply with wings or sidepieces.
- Wing (v. t.)
To transport by flight; to cause to fly.