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whiskered, a.|ˈhwɪskəd| [f. whisker n.1 + ed2.] 1. Having whiskers. a. Of men: see whisker n.1 4.
1769T. Warton Let. 10 Oct. in D. Garrick Private Corr. (1831) I. 369, I went on board one of the Russian ships, and had the pleasure of being surrounded with a thousand whiskered sailors and soldiers from Archangel. 1784Cowper Task iii. 768 Our forefathers—a grave whisker'd race. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. v. vii, To have seen him..in martial array—booted to the middle—sashed to the chin—collared to the ears—whiskered to the teeth. 1840Thackeray Shabby-Genteel Story vii, A tall whiskered man, who..looked like a field-marshal. b. Of animals: see whisker n.1 5; spec. as a descriptive appellation of particular species, as whiskered auk, whiskered fly-catcher, whiskered shrike, whiskered tern.
1764Grainger Sugar Cane ii. 62 The whisker'd vermin race. 1783Latham Gen. Syn. Birds II. i. 364 Whiskered Fl[ycatcher]. 1788Cowper Death of Mrs. Throckmorton's Bulfinch 35 A beast..Long-back'd, long-tail'd, with whisker'd snout. 1809Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. 298 Whiskered Shrike. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlvi. IV. 309 Whiskered (Mystacinum), when the upper lip is furnished with whiskers (Mystax), or bearded. 1872Coues N. Amer. Birds 342 Whiskered Auk{ddd}two series..of filamentous white feathers on each side of head. 1897R. B. Sharpe Handbk. Birds Gt. Brit. IV. 8 The Whiskered Tern is an accidental visitor to the British Islands. 2. Formed into or constituting whiskers. rare—1.
1737M. Green Spleen 761 Preferring sense, from chin that's bare, To nonsense thron'd in whisker'd hair. |