Whites
['hwaɪts]
Definition
(n. pl.) Leucorrh/a.
(n. pl.) The finest flour made from white wheat.
(n. pl.) Cloth or garments of a plain white color.
Typist: Manfred
Examples
- The whites of the eyes were yellow and it was the jaundice. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The Indians of the United States are now largely gathered into reservations and their former dress, arms and habits are being gradually changed for those of the whites. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They murdered all whom they found, and among others the chief Shaheas, who had been always distinguished for his friendship to the whites. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The whites could not toil without becoming degraded, and those who did were denominated poor white trash. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The evening was fast closing in; and from time to time, he turned the whites of his eyes restlessly and impatiently towards his father. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Mr. Stiggins raised his hands, and turned up his eyes, until the whites- -or rather the yellows--were alone visible; but made no reply in words. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The black hair of many of these dark whites is straight, but never so strong and waveless as the hair of the yellow peoples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On another occasion as Tarzan and D'Arnot sat at dinner with a number of other whites, the talk fell upon lions and lion hunting. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The whites are opaque, the solid blacks are clear glass, the intermediate tones showing the same values in stipples of various sizes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They may be a drifted patch of the whites or they may be a quite distinct people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Barraclough uplifted the palms of his hands and the whites of his eyes, evincing in the gesture a mere burlesque of hypocrisy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The arms of the wilder tribes consist of the bow and arrow, the spear, tomahawk and club, to which have been added the gun and knife of the whites. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The number of negroes, accordingly, is much greater, in proportion to that of whites, in our sugar than in our tobacco colonies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The result was a partial amalgamation of the blacks, whites and yellows, the result of which is shown in the present splendid race of red men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Look at the whites of his eyes, Miss. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Whether they were dark whites of Iberian or Dravidian affinities is less certainly to be denied. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Emperor Dessalines, come to power in 1804, massacred all the whites on the island. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The blacks, the whites, and a race of yellow men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- As he bowed to me in that tight state, I almost believe I saw creases come into the whites of his eyes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Manfred