Definition of "whig" []

• Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage. (noun)
• Buttermilk (noun)
• Urge forward; drive briskly. (verb)
• Jog along; move or work briskly. (verb)

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• "Grete demanded after giving a lengthy lecture on something called a whig plant."
• "As Herman notes, Duffy overturned the traditional 'whig' interpretation of the Reformation as a chapter in the glorious story of liberty."
• "Abbreviated to "whig," it speedily became, and has in England and Scotland ever since remained, a name for the opponents of royal power."