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| whittle | |
| 1. n. A knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife. |  |
| 2. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To cut or shape wood with a knife. | |
| 3. v. To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt). | |
| 4. v. (transitive, figurative) To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate. | |
| 5. n. (archaic) A coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl. | |
| 6. n. (archaic) A whittle shawl; a kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one. | |
