Whatever
(What*ev"er) pron. Anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being this or that; of
one nature or another; one thing or another; anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all particulars
that; — used both substantively and adjectively.
Whatever fortune stays from his word.
Shak.
Whatever Earth, all-bearing mother, yields.
Milton.
Whatever be its intrinsic value.
J. H. Newman. Whatever often follows a noun, being used elliptically. "There being no room for any physical discovery
whatever" [sc. it may be]. Whately.
Whatnot
(What"not) n. [See the Note under What, pron., 5.] A kind of stand, or piece of furniture,
having shelves for books, ornaments, etc.; an étagère.
Whatso
(What"so) indef. pron. Whatsoever; whosoever; whatever; anything that. [Obs.]
Whatso he were, of high or low estate.
Chaucer.
Whatso the heaven in his wide vault contains.
Spenser. Whatsoe'er
(What`so*e'er") pron. A contraction of whatsoever; — used in poetry. Shak.
Whatsoever
(What`so*ev"er) pron. & a. Whatever. "In whatsoever shape he lurk." Milton.
Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
Gen. xxxi. 16. The word is sometimes divided by tmesis. "What things soever ye desire." Mark xi. 24.
Whaul
(Whaul) n. Same as Whall.
Whaup
(Whaup) n. (Zoöl.) See Whaap. [Prov. Eng.]
Wheal
(Wheal) n. [OE. whele, AS. hwele putrefaction, hwelian to putrefy.] A pustule; a whelk. Wiseman.
Wheal
(Wheal), n. [Cf. Wale.]
1. A more or less elongated mark raised by a stroke; also, a similar mark made by any cause; a weal; a
wale.
2. Specifically (Med.), a flat, burning or itching eminence on the skin, such as is produced by a mosquito
bite, or in urticaria.
Wheal
(Wheal), n. [Cornish hwel.] (Mining) A mine.
