Definition of "what-like" [what-like]

• Of what appearance or character.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "She knows Miss Abbey of old, remind her, and she knows what-like the home, and what-like the friend, is likely to turn out."
• ""Such as what-like?" asked Slim, willing to let Bud take the lead, as the search for the rustlers was distinctly an affair of the boy ranchers."
• ""And what-like nature o 'a nag may this Tod be?" he asked, speaking with so easy a familiarity, and holding the pewter so invitingly that Ned"