Definition of "whittle" in English

noun

1. A knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife.

verb

1. (transitive or intransitive) To cut or shape wood with a knife.

2. (transitive) To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).

3. (transitive, figurative) To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.

noun

1. (archaic) A coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.

2. (archaic) A whittle shawl; a kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.