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Noun: whisker  wis-ku(r)
  1. A very small distance or space
    "they lost the election by a whisker";
    - hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, hairbreadth
     
  2. A long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
    - vibrissa, sensory hair
     
  3. Hair growing on the sides of someone's face
Verb: whisker  wis-ku(r)
  1. Furnish with whiskers
    "a whiskered jersey";
    - bewhisker

Derived forms: whiskered, whiskering, whiskers

Type of: furnish, hair, offer, provide, render, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, supply

Encyclopedia: Whisker, Alexander