To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach. [1913 Webster]
"Whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of . . . uncleanness." [1913 Webster]
"So as no fuller on earth can white them." [1913 Webster]

white, adj., n., & v.
--adj.
1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the colour of milk or fresh snow.
2 approaching such a colour; pale esp. in the face (turned as white as a sheet).
3 less dark than other things of the same kind.
4 (White) a of the human group having light-coloured skin. b of or relating to White people.
5 albino (white mouse).
6 a (of hair) having lost its colour esp. in old age. b (of a person) white-haired.
7 colloq. innocent, untainted.
8 (in comb.) (of esp. animals) having some white on the body (white-throated).
9 a (of a plant) having white flowers or pale-coloured fruit etc. (white hyacinth; white cauliflower). b (of a tree) having light-coloured bark etc. (white ash; white poplar).
10 (of wine) made from white grapes or dark grapes with the skins removed.
11 (of coffee) with milk or cream added.
12 transparent, colourless (white glass).
13 hist. counter-revolutionary or reactionary (white guard; white army).
--n.
1 a white colour or pigment.
2 a white clothes or material (dressed in white). b (in pl.) white garments as worn in cricket, tennis, etc.
3 a (in a game or sport) a white piece, ball, etc. b the player using such pieces.
4 the white part or albumen round the yolk of an egg.
5 the visible part of the eyeball round the iris.
6 (White) a member of a light-skinned race.
7 a white butterfly.
8 a blank space in printing.
--v.tr. archaic make white.

Idiom:
bleed white drain (a person, country, etc.) of wealth etc. white admiral a butterfly, Limenitis camilla, with a white band across its wings. white ant a termite. white cell (or corpuscle) a leucocyte. white Christmas Christmas with snow on the ground. white coal water as a source of power. white-collar (of a worker) engaged in clerical or administrative rather than manual work. white currant a cultivar of redcurrant with pale edible berries. whited sepulchre see SEPULCHRE. white dwarf a small very dense star. white elephant a useless and troublesome possession or thing. white ensign see ENSIGN. white feather a symbol of cowardice (a white feather in the tail of a game-bird being a mark of bad breeding). white fish fish with pale flesh, e.g. plaice, cod, etc. white flag a symbol of surrender or a period of truce. White Friar a Carmelite. white frost see FROST. white goods
1 domestic linen.
2 large domestic electrical equipment.
white heat
1 the temperature at which metal emits white light.
2 a state of intense passion or activity. white hope a person expected to achieve much for a group, organization, etc. white horses white-crested waves at sea. white-hot at white heat. White House the official residence of the US President in Washington. white lead a mixture of lead carbonate and hydrated lead oxide used as pigment. white lie a harmless or trivial untruth. white light colourless light, e.g. ordinary daylight. white lime lime mixed with water as a coating for walls; whitewash. white magic magic used only for beneficent purposes. white matter the part of the brain and spinal cord consisting mainly of nerve fibres (see also grey matter). white meat poultry, veal, rabbit, and pork. white metal a white or silvery alloy. white monk a Cistercian. white night a sleepless night. white noise noise containing many frequencies with equal intensities. white-out a dense blizzard esp. in polar regions. white ox-eye = ox-eye daisy. White Paper (in the UK) a Government report giving information or proposals on an issue. white pepper see PEPPER. white poplar = ABELE. white rose the emblem of Yorkshire or the House of York. White Russian a Belorussian. white sale a sale of household linen. white sauce a sauce of flour, melted butter, and milk or cream. White slave a woman tricked or forced into prostitution, usu. abroad. White slavery traffic in White slaves. white sock = STOCKING 3. white spirit light petroleum as a solvent. white sugar purified sugar. white tie a man's white bow-tie as part of full evening dress. white vitriol Chem. zinc sulphate. white water a shallow or foamy stretch of water. white wedding a wedding at which the bride wears a formal white wedding dress. white whale a northern cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, white when adult: also called BELUGA.

Derivative:
whitely adv. whiteness n. whitish adj.

Etymology:
OE hwit f. Gmc

N  probity, integrity, rectitude, uprightness, honesty, faith, honor, bonne foi, good faith, bona fides, purity, clean hands, fairness, fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle, even-handedness, grace, constancy, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, incorruption, incorruptibility, trustworthiness, truth, candor, singleness of heart, veracity, tender conscience, punctilio, delicacy, nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, scruple, point, point of honor, punctuality, dignity, (repute), respectability, respectableness, gentilhomme, gentleman, man of honor, man of his word, fidus Achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo, truepenny, trump, brick, true Briton, white man, court of honor, a fair field and no favor, argumentum ad verecundiam, upright, honest, honest as daylight, veracious, virtuous, honorable, fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square, fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard, white, constant, constant as the northern star, faithful, loyal, staunch, true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole, marble-constant, true- hearted, trusty, trustworthy, as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible, straightforward, frank, candid, open-hearted, conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded, high-principled, high-minded, scrupulous, religious, strict, nice, punctilious, correct, punctual, respectable, reputable, gentlemanlike, inviolable, inviolate, unviolated, unbroken, unbetrayed, unbought, unbribed, innocent, pure, stainless, unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, undepraved, undebauched, integer vitae scelerisque purus, justus et tenax propositi, chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche, high-spirited, supramundane, unworldly, other-worldly, overscrupulous, honorable, bona fide, on the square, in good faith, honor bright, foro conscientiae, with clean hands, a face untaught to feign, bene qui latuit bene vixit, mens sibi conscia recti, probitas laudatur et alget, fidelis ad urnam, his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth, loyaute m'oblige, loyaute n'a honte, what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?.

N  achromatism, decoloration, discoloration, pallor, pallidness, pallidity, paleness, etiolation, neutral tint, monochrome, black and white, uncolored &c (color), colorless, achromatic, aplanatic, etiolate, etiolated, hueless, pale, pallid, palefaced, tallow-faced, faint, dull, cold, muddy, leaden, dun, wan, sallow, dead, dingy, ashy, ashen, ghastly, cadaverous, glassy, lackluster, discolored, light-colored, fair, blond, white, pale as death, pale as ashes, pale as a witch, pale as a ghost, pale as a corpse, white as a corpse.

N  whiteness, argent, albification, etiolation, lactescence, snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster, albata, eburin, German silver, white metal, barium sulphate, titanium oxide, blanc fixe, ceruse, pearl white, white lead, carbonate of lead, white, milk-white, snow-white, snowy, niveous, candid, chalky, hoar, hoary, silvery, argent, argentine, canescent, cretaceous, lactescent, whitish, creamy, pearly, fair, blond, blanched, high in tone, light, white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver, like ivory.

N  vision, sight, optics, eyesight, view, look, espial, glance, ken, coup d'oeil, glimpse, glint, peep, gaze, stare, leer, perlustration, contemplation, conspection, conspectuity, regard, survey, introspection, reconnaissance, speculation, watch, espionage, espionnage, autopsy, ocular inspection, ocular demonstration, sight-seeing, point of view, gazebo, loophole, belvedere, watchtower, field of view, theater, amphitheater, arena, vista, horizon, commanding view, bird's eye view, periscope, visual organ, organ of vision, eye, naked eye, unassisted eye, retina, pupil, iris, cornea, white, optics, orbs, saucer eyes, goggle eyes, gooseberry eyes, short sight, clear sight, sharp sight, quick sight, eagle sight, piercing sight, penetrating sight, clear glance, sharp glance, quick glance, eagle glance, piercing glance, penetrating glance, clear eye, sharp eye, quick eye, eagle eye, piercing eye, penetrating eye, perspicacity, discernment, catopsis, eagle, hawk, cat, lynx, Argus, evil eye, basilisk, cockatrice, seeing, visual, ocular, optic, optical, ophthalmic, clear-eyesighted, eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, lynx-eyed, keen- eyed, Argus-eyed, visible, visibly, in sight of, with one's eyes open at sight, at first sight, at a glance, at the first blush, prima facie, Int, look!, the scales falling from one's eyes, an eye like Mars to threaten or command, her eyes are homes of silent prayer, looking before and after, thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes.

american white birch, american white oak, american white pine, andrew d. white, andrew dickson white, arizona white oak, atlantic white cedar, bacillary white diarrhea, bacillary white diarrhoea, black and white, bleed white, box white oak, california white fir, california white oak, chinese white cabbage, coast white cedar, common white dogwood, e. b. white, eastern white pine, edward d. white, edward douglas white jr., edward white, egg white, elwyn brooks white, european white birch, european white lily, flat-topped white aster, great white heron, great white hope, great white shark, great white way, large white, large white petunia, lowland white fir, new zealand white pine, northern white cedar, old world white pelican, oregon white oak, paper white, patrick victor martindale white, patrick white, poor white, poor white trash, schwann's white substance, small white, small white aster, southern white cedar, southwestern white pine, stanford white, swamp white oak, sweet white violet, t. h. white, tall white violet, theodore harold white, upland white aster, valley white oak, west highland white terrier, western white pine, white admiral, white alder, white anglo-saxon protestant, white ant, white arsenic, white ash, white aspen, white avens, white backlash, white baneberry, white basswood, white bead, white bean, white bedstraw, white beech, white beer, white birch, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white book, white bread, white broom, white bryony, white burgundy, white cake, white camas, white campion, white cedar, white cell, white chocolate, white cinnamon, white cinnamon tree, white clover, white cockle, white cohosh, white corpuscle, white crappie, white croaker, white currant, white cypress, white cypress pine, white daisy, white dead nettle, white dipladenia, white dog's-tooth violet, white dogtooth violet, white dwarf, white dwarf star, white elephant, white elm, white fairy lantern, white false indigo, white feather, white feldspar, white fir, white flag, white fly, white fox, white friar, white fringed orchid, white fringed orchis, white fritillary, white fungus, white globe lily, white gold, white goods, white heat, white heather, white hellebore, white honeysuckle, white hope, white horehound, white horse, white horse nettle, white hot, white house, white knight, white lead, white lead ore, white leather, white leg, white lettuce, white lie, white lily, white line, white list, white lotus, white lung, white lupine, white madder, white magic, white maire, white mallee, white mallow, white man, white man's burden, white mangrove, white marlin, white matsutake, white matter, white meat, white melilot, white metal, white milkweed, white mountain ash, white mulberry, white mullein, white mullet, white mustard, white nile, white noise, white oak, white onion sauce, white out, white pages, white paper, white pelican, white people, white pepper, white perch, white person, white pine, white pine blister rust, white plague, white popinac, white poplar, white potato, white potato vine, white pox, white prairie aster, white race, white rhinoceros, white rice, white river, white rocket, white room, white russia, white russian, white rust, white sage, white sale, white sanicle, white sauce, white sea, white separatism, white separatist, white shark, white sheep, white silk-cotton tree, white slave, white slaver, white slavery, white slaving, white slime mushroom, white snakeroot, white snapdragon, white spanish broom, white spruce, white squire, white stork, white stringybark, white sturgeon, white supremacist, white supremacy, white sweet clover, white tai, white tail, white thistle, white tie, white tie and tails, white titi, white trash, white trumpet lily, white turnip, white violet, white vitriol, white walnut, white water, white wax tree, white whale, white willow, white wine, white wolf, white woman, white wood aster, white yam, white zinnia, woodland white violet, yukon white birch, zinc white