TO WHISTLE OFF

Definition: TO WHISTLE OFF

TO WHISTLE OFF

1. (a) To dismiss by a whistle; -- a term in hawking. ``AS a long-winged hawk when he is first whistled off the fist, mounts aloft.'' --Burton. (b) Hence, in general, to turn loose; to abandon; to dismiss. I 'ld whistle her off, and let her down the wind To prey at fortune. --Shak. Note: ``A hawk seems to have been usually sent off in this way, against the wind when sent in search of prey; with or down the wind, when turned loose, and abandoned.'' --Nares.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anagrams: TO WHISTLE OFF

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-f-f-h-i-l-o-o-s-t-t-w"
	-4 letters: foolfish, footiest, hootiest, loftiest, otoliths, swiftlet, twelfths, whiffets, whiffles, whittles, witloofs, wolffish, wooliest.
	-5 letters: eoliths, floosie, foliose, foolish, footies, footles, footsie, holiest, hostile, howlets, leftish, leftist, lithest, litotes, oolites, ooliths, ostiole, otolith, showoff, stoolie, thistle, toffies, toilets, tootles, tootsie, twelfth, wettish, whiffet, whiffle, whistle, whitest, whittle, witloof, wittols, wolfish, woolies.
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