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White
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(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 black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
(2):
(superl.) Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
(3):
(n.) 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.
(4):
(n.) 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.
(5):
(superl.) Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
(6):
(superl.) Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
(7):
(superl.) 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.
(8):
(n.) Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
(9):
(n.) A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
(10):
(n.) A white pigment; as, Venice white.
(11):
(superl.) Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
(12):
(v. t.) To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
(13):
(superl.) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'White'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/white.html. 1828.
