Two cowboys come upon an Indian lying on his stomach with his ear to the ground. One of the cowboys stops and says to the other, "You see that Indian?"
"Yeah," says the other cowboy.
"Look," says the first one, "he’s listening to the ground. He can hear things for miles in any direction."
Just then the Indian looks up. "Covered wagon," he says, "about two miles away. Have two horses, one brown, one white. Man, woman, child, household effects in wagon."
"Incredible!" says the cowboy to his friend. "This Indian knows how far away they are, how many horses, what color they are, who is in the wagon, and what is in the wagon. Amazing!"
The Indian looks up and says, "Ran over me about a half hour ago."
- (foll. By out) get (a thing) out of a person or cheat (a person) out of a thing by wheedling. [origin uncertain]
WHEELER
comb. Form vehicle with a specified number of wheels (three-wheeler).
WHEELIE
n. Slang stunt of riding a bicycle or motor cycle with the front wheel off the ground.
WHEREAS
conj. - in contrast or comparison with the fact that.
- (esp. In legal preambles) taking into consideration the fact that.
WHEREBY
conj. By what or which means.
WHEREIN
conj. Formal in what or which place or respect.
WHEREOF
conj. Formal of what or which.
WHETHER
conj. Introducing the first or both of alternative possibilities (i doubt whether it matters; i do not know whether they have arrived or not). whether or no whether it is so or not. [old english]
WHIMPER
—v. Make feeble, querulous, or frightened sounds. —n. Such a sound. [imitative]
WHIPPET
n. Crossbred dog of the greyhound type used for racing. [probably from obsolete whippet move briskly, from whip it]
