White — Defs

01 a. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color o…

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Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
“White as the whitest lily on a stream.” — Longfellow.
2.
Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
“Or whispering with white lips, “The foe! They come! they come!”” — Byron.
3.
Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
“White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear.” — Dryden.

“No whiter page than Addison's remains.” — Pope.
4.
Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
“Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head So old and white as this.” — Shak.
5.
Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
“On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as one of the white days of his life.” — Sir W. Scott.
6.
Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
“Come forth, my white spouse.” — Chaucer.

“I am his white boy, and will not be gullet.” — Ford.

“Driving their cattle continually with them, and feeding only upon their milk and white meats.” — Spenser.

“A pistol charged with white powder.” — Beau. & Fl.

02 n. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of bla…

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The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1. See: Color
“Finely attired in a of white.” — Shak.
2.
Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
3.
Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
“'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white.” — Shak.
4.
A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
5.
A white pigment; as, Venice white.
6.
Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.(Zool.) See: Cabbage

Phrases & compounds

Black and white — See under Black.

Flake white — See under Flack, Paris, etc.

White of a seed — the albumen. See Albumen, 2.

White of egg — the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar, with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60° C. it coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it contains.

White of the eye — the white part of the ball of the eye surrounding the transparent cornea.

03 v. t. To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.

imp. & p. p. Whited; p. pr. & vb. n. Whiting

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To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
“Whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of . . . uncleanness.” — Matt. xxiii. 27.

“So as no fuller on earth can white them.” — Mark. ix. 3.