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whittle	1. To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife. 2. To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; especially, to excite with liquor; to inebriate. ""In vino veritas." When men are well whittled, their tongues run at random." (Withals) Origin: Whittled; Whittling. To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife. "Dexterity with a pocketknife is a part of a Nantucket education; but I am inclined to think the propensity is national. Americans must and will whittle." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

whittle

1. To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife.
2. To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; especially, to excite with liquor; to inebriate. ""In vino veritas." When men are well whittled, their tongues run at random." (Withals)
Origin: Whittled; Whittling.
To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife. "Dexterity with a pocketknife is a part of a Nantucket education; but I am inclined to think the propensity is national. Americans must and will whittle."
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)