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What does whittle mean?

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Noun
  1. A knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife.
Verb
  1. (transitive or intransitive) To cut or shape wood with a knife.
  2. (transitive) To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.
Noun
  1. (archaic) A coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
  2. (archaic) A whittle shawl; a kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.
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