Hypertext Webster Gateway: "whittling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whittle \Whit"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whittled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Whittling}.]
1. To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to
cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a
clasp knife or pocketknife.
2. To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to
excite with liquor; to inebriate. [Obs.]
``In vino veritas.'' When men are well whittled,
their tongues run at random. --Withals.
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