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Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum
combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures;
having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark;
as, white paper; a white skin. |
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Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge
of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear. |
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Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish,
or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure. |
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Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary. |
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Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and
the like; fortunate; happy; favorable. |
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Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling. |
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The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies,
yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite
of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1. |
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Something having the color of snow; something white, or
nearly so; as, the white of the eye. |
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Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which
was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is
shot. |
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A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or
Caucasian, races of men. |
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A white pigment; as, Venice white. |
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Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to
Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See
Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage. |
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To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach. |