n. (Zool.) (a) A large sting ray (Dasybatis Sayi, or Trygon Sayi) native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail. (b) A large sting ray (Rhinoptera bonasus, or Rhinoptera quadriloba) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be four-lobed when viewed in front, whence it is also called cow-nosed ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Spinning) A kind of simple willow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, one who enforces the discipline of a party, and urges the attendance and support of the members on all necessary occasions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person. [ Colloq. ] “Little whippersnappers like you.” T. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a & n. from Whip, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whipping post, a post to which offenders are tied, to be legally whipped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Whip, and cf. Whiffletree. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ People ] cut their own whippletree in the woodlot. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The cornel tree. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]