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| • | One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion. |
| • | Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; -- usually in the plural. |
| • | That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, or upon the chin, or upon both; as, side whiskers; chin whiskers. |
| • | A hair of the beard. |
| • | One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal. |
| • | Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc. |