With speed from thence he whipped. --Sackville.
Two friends, traveling, met a bear upon the way; the
one whips up a tree, and the other throws himself flat
upon the ground. --L'Estrange.
In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is
supposed to drive the horses of the sun. --Addison.
2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip.
--Beaconsfield.
3. (Mach.)
(a) One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the
sails are spread.
(b) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
4. (Naut.)
(a) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light
bodies.
(b) The long pennant. See {Pennant}
(a)
5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.
6. (Eng. Politics)
(a) A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to
enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of
the members of a Parliament party at any important
session, especially when their votes are needed.
(b) A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be
in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to
be taken.
{Whip and spur}, with the utmost haste.
{Whip crane}, or {Whip purchase}, a simple form of crane
having a small drum from which the load is suspended,
turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger drum on
the same axle.
{Whip gin}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.
{Whip grafting}. See under {Grafting}.
{Whip hand}, the hand with which the whip is used; hence,
advantage; mastery; as, to have or get the whip hand of a
person. --Dryden.
{Whip ray} (Zo["o]l.), the European eagle ray. See under
{Ray}.
{Whip roll} (Weaving), a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a
loom, on which the warp threads rest.
{Whip scorpion} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
arachnids belonging to {Thelyphonus} and allied genera.
They somewhat resemble true scorpions, but have a long,
slender bristle, or lashlike organ, at the end of the
body, instead of a sting.
{Whip snake} (Zo["o]l.), any one of various species of
slender snakes. Specifically:
(a) A bright green South American tree snake ({Philodryas
viridissimus}) having a long and slender body. It is
not venomous. Called also {emerald whip snake}.
(b) The coachwhip snake.
2. To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to
rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.
3. To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat;
as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine
lashes; to whip a perverse boy.
Who, for false quantities, was whipped at school.
--Dryden.
4. To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with
sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.
They would whip me with their fine wits. --Shak.
5. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip
wheat.
6. To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a
whisk, fork, or the like.
7. To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat;
to surpass. [Slang, U. S.]
8. To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords
going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a
seam; to wrap; -- often with about, around, or over.
Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut.
--Moxon.
9. To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into
gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing
up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle.
In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie. --Gay.
10. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch;
-- with into, out, up, off, and the like.
She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her
arm. --L'Estrange.
He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and
writes descriptions of everything he sees.
--Walpole.
11. (Naut.)
(a) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
(b) To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from
untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.
12. To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly,
the motion being that employed in using a whip.
Whipping their rough surface for a trout.
--Emerson.
{To whip in}, to drive in, or keep from scattering, as hounds
in a hurt; hence, to collect, or to keep together, as
member of a party, or the like.
{To whip the cat}.
(a) To practice extreme parsimony. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby.
(b) To go from house to house working by the day, as
itinerant tailors and carpenters do. [Prov. & U. S.]
2. (Mech.) Any of various pieces that operate with a quick
vibratory motion, as a spring in certain electrical
devices for making a circuit, or a rocking certain piano
actions.