whiskery

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Having whiskers.

   • [T]he old lady is as ugly as any woman in the parish, and as tall and whiskery as a Grenadier.
   • "Don't you my-dear me," she sniffed. "I don't like you." / "Why?" / "Cos …" She ladled the punch carefully into the mugs and meditated. "Cos you chew tobacco. Cos you're whiskery. Wot I take to is smooth-faced young chaps."
   • At a corner table two whiskery ranch hands were playing checkers.
2. 2

   Having protrusions resembling whiskers.

   • Smiling, he gave us a salute, turned his horse and rode down the trail, through the high hairy weeds and whiskery flowers thriving among the rocks and faded ruts of the road.
   • The whiskery batfish (a kind of anglerfish) is covered with outgrowths of skin that resemble bits of seaweed.
3. 3

   Resembling whiskers.

   • […] all the white trees, tall like poles, that went up and up to where, right at the top, among whiskery branches, were bits of blue that were the sky.
   • He nodded his head toward an ancient armchair spewing out its whiskery stuffing.
   • At first, all he sees is a harmless-looking blob, a microscopic single-cell organism sporting a couple of whiskery flagella.
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   1. 4

      Involving or caused by whiskers.

      • He bent his great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very scratchy, whiskery kiss.
      • 2002, Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex, New York: Picador, Book Three, “Flesh and Blood,” p. 373, Despite my lightheadedness, I could feel everything. The shocking wetness of his mouth. The whiskery feel of his lips. His barging tongue.
   2. 5

      Old.

      • I checked it out, and there were some good—if whiskery—stories.
   3. 6

      A whiskey distillery.

      • […]where the house of God was hidden by whiskeries, wineries, and breweries that were built against it.
      • Even today, Devin’s story is told and retold in the local whiskeries and his critics secretly wish he would come swaggering back with another bombastic plan to enhance their wealth.
      • Long synonomous^([sic]) with top-drawer talent, first-rate eateries, top-shelf whiskeries, Our Town has worn the crunchy fruit like a medal.

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