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WHINE, v.t. [L.] TO express murmurs by a plaintive cry; to moan with a puerile noise; to murmur meanly.
WHINE, n. A plaintive tone; the nasal puerile tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.
To utter a
plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain,
or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone;
hence, to complain or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely.
"Whining plovers." Spenser.
The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a whining accent, craving liberty. Sir P. Sidney. Dost thou come here to whine? Shak. To utter or express
plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an
excuse.
A plaintive tone; the nasal,
childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.
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