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Whiskery
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Whiskery
see synonyms of whiskeryadjective -skerier or -skeriest
1.
having whiskers
2.
old; unkempt
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Whiskery
see synonyms of whiskeryn.
1.
a. whiskers The hair on a man's cheeks and chin.
b. A single hair of a beard or mustache.
2. One of the long stiff tactile bristles or hairs that grow near the mouth and elsewhere on the head of most mammals; a vibrissa.
3. Informal A narrow margin; a hairsbreadth: The candidate lost the election by a whisker.
4. Nautical One of two spars or booms projecting from the side of a bowsprit for spreading the jib or flying-jib guys.
5. Chemistry An extremely fine filamentary crystal with extraordinary tensile strength and unusual electrical or surface properties.
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