whitten
/ˈwɪtn/(also witten)
noun
1Either of two shrubby trees of the genus Viburnum, the guelder rose, Viburnum opulus, and the wayfaring tree, V. lantana. Now English regional ( midlands and southern ) or historical.
2The rowan or mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia. Compare whitty. Now English regional ( midlands and southern ) or historical.
Origin
Old English (in an earlier sense). Apparently from white + -ing.
- light out
- light pen
- light pollution
- lightproof
- light railway
- light reaction
- light rum
- lights
- lightsaber
- lightsabre
- light scoop
- light-sensitive
- lightship
- light show
- light-skinned
- lightsome
- lightsomely
- lightsomeness
- lights out
- light speed
- light stick
- light switch
- light table
- light the fuse
- light the (or a) fuse