whittle

A knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife.

Novv if any man can be ſo unkind to his ovvn Body, for I meddle not vvith your Souls, as to ſtand ſtill like a good Chriſtian, and offer his VVeeſon to a Butcher's VVhittle, I ſay no more but that he may be ſav'd, and that's the beſt can come on him.

Rude whittles.

To cut or shape wood with a knife.

He was sitting on a bench before the fire, with his feet on the stove hearth, and in one hand was holding close up to his face that little negro idol of his; peering hard into its face, and with a jack-knife gently whittling away at its nose, meanwhile humming to himself in his heathenish way.

To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).

To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.

When men are well whitled, their toungs run at randome

A covering for a bed; sheet.

A coarse greyish double blanket worn over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.

Her figure is tall, graceful, and slight; the severity of its outlines suiting well with the severity of her dress, with the brown stuff gown, and plain gray whittle

A kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.

A baby's flannel; a baby's woollen napkin; a flannel petticoat.