'To whistle off' definitions:
Definition of 'To whistle off'
From: GCIDE
- Whistle \Whis"tle\, v. t. [1913 Webster]
- 1. To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To send, signal, or call by a whistle. [1913 Webster]
- He chanced to miss his dog; we stood still till he had whistled him up. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- To whistle off. (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. [1913 Webster]
- I 'ld whistle her off, and let her down the wind To prey at fortune. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To whistle off'
- Whistle,
- Whistled,
- Whistling,
- Whistlingly,
- whistle for,
- Steam whistle,
- Whistle duck,
- Whistling Dick,
- Whistling buoy,
- Whistling coot,
- Whistling duck,
- Whistling eagle,
- Whistling plover,
- Whistling snipe,
- Whistling swan,
- Whistling teal,
- Whistling thrush,
- blow the whistle,
- boat whistle,
- factory whistle,
- police whistle,
- tin whistle,
- whistle Dixie,
- whistle blower,
- whistle buoy,
- whistle stop,
- whistling hawk,
- whistling marmot,
- To wet one's whistle,
- whistle-blower,
- wolf-whistle,
- whistle-stop tour