Category:Whiteness

White"ness, n. Etym: [as. hwitness.]

1. The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from Darkness or obscurity on the surface. Chaucer.

2. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc. "the whiteness in thy cheek." Shak.

3. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness. He had kept the whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept. Byron.

4. Nakedness. [obs.] Chapman.

5. (zoöl.)

Defn: a flock of swans.