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    Whip \Whip\, n. [OE. whippe. See {Whip}, v. t.]
    1. An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for
    correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a
    handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a
    flexible rod. ``[A] whip's lash.'' --Chaucer.

    In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is
    supposed to drive the horses of the sun. --Addison.

    2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip.
    --Beaconsfield.

    3. (Mach.)
    (a) One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the
    sails are spread.
    (b) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.

    4. (Naut.)
    (a) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light
    bodies.
    (b) The long pennant. See {Pennant}
    (a)

    5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.

    6. (Eng. Politics)
    (a) A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to
    enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of
    the members of a Parliament party at any important
    session, especially when their votes are needed.
    (b) A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be
    in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to
    be taken.

    7. A whipping motion; a thrashing about; as, the whip of a
    tense rope or wire which has suddenly parted; also, the
    quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibility;
    suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

    8. (Mech.) Any of various pieces that operate with a quick
    vibratory motion, as a spring in certain electrical
    devices for making a circuit, or a rocking certain piano
    actions.
    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

    {Whip and spur}, with the utmost haste.

    {Whip crane}, or {Whip purchase}, a simple form of crane
    having a small drum from which the load is suspended,
    turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger drum on
    the same axle.

    {Whip gin}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.

    {Whip grafting}. See under {Grafting}.

    {Whip hand}, the hand with which the whip is used; hence,
    advantage; mastery; as, to have or get the whip hand of a
    person. --Dryden.

    {Whip ray} (Zo["o]l.), the European eagle ray. See under
    {Ray}.

    {Whip roll} (Weaving), a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a
    loom, on which the warp threads rest.

    {Whip scorpion} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
    arachnids belonging to {Thelyphonus} and allied genera.
    They somewhat resemble true scorpions, but have a long,
    slender bristle, or lashlike organ, at the end of the
    body, instead of a sting.

    {Whip snake} (Zo["o]l.), any one of various species of
    slender snakes. Specifically:
    (a) A bright green South American tree snake ({Philodryas
    viridissimus}) having a long and slender body. It is
    not venomous. Called also {emerald whip snake}.
    (b) The coachwhip snake.

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