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You Ain't Just Whistling Dixie
Whistling is frowned upon onboard a ship. Traditionally, the only person allowed to whistle is a ship's cook, for the reason that if they are whistling, then they are not eating the rations.
A naval superstition is that whistling will cause wind to increase.
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n.
The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.
n.
A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; -- called also tinnitus aurium.
v. i.
To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.
v. i.
The mouth and throat; -- so called as being the organs of whistling.
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To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
adv.
In a whistling manner; shrilly.
v. t.
To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air.
n.
The European wild or whistling swan (Cygnus ferus).
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The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); -- called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Whistle
v. i.
To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound.
n.
A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
n.
One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.
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A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal.
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An adventitious whistling or snoring sound heard on auscultation of the chest when the air channels are partially obstructed. By some writers the term rhonchus is used as equivalent to rale in its widest sense. See Rale.
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