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  • WHTTEFRIARS
    A place in London be-tween the Temple and Blackfrlars, which was formerly a sanctuary, and therefore privileged from arrest Wharton.
  • WHITEHART SILVER
    A mulct on certain lands in or near to the forest of Whitehart paid into the exchequer, imposed by Henry III. upon Thomas de la Linda, for silling a beautiful white hart which that king before had spared in hunting. Camd. Brit 150.
  • WHITSUN FARTHINGS
    Pentecostals, (ff. v.)
  • WHITSUNTIDE
    The feast of Pentecost being the fiftieth day after Easter, and the first of the four cross-quarter days of the year. Wharton.
  • WHTTTANWARII
    In old English law. A class of offenders who whitened stolen ox-hides and horse-hides so that they could not be known and identified.
  • WHOLE BLOOD
    See BLOOD.
  • WHOLESALE
    To sell by wholesale is to sell by large parcels, generally In original packages, and not by retail.
  • WHORE
    A whore is a woman who practices unlawful commerce with men, particularly one who does so for hire; a harlot; a concubine; a prostitute. Sheehey v. Cokley, 43 Iowa, 183, 22 Am. Rep. 230.
  • WIC
    A place on the seashore or the bank of a river.
  • WICA
    A country house or farm. Cowell.
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