Whiteness
- Whiteness
- Whiteness White"ness, n. [AS. hw[=i]tness.]
1. The quality or state of being white; white color, or
freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
2. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc. ``The whiteness in thy cheek.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness. [1913 Webster]
He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
4. Nakedness. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
5. (Zo["o]l.) A flock of swans. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.