subs. (old).See quot.
1653. URQUHART, Rabelais, II. xxvii. These little ends of men and dandiprats (whom in Scotland they call WHIPHANDLES (manches destrilles), and knots of a tar-barrel) are commonly very testy and choleric.
2. See WHIPHAND.
subs. (old).See quot.
1653. URQUHART, Rabelais, II. xxvii. These little ends of men and dandiprats (whom in Scotland they call WHIPHANDLES (manches destrilles), and knots of a tar-barrel) are commonly very testy and choleric.
2. See WHIPHAND.