[whis.ker] n [sing. of whiskers mustache, fr.
[2]whisk] (ca. 1600) 1 a: a hair of the beard b pl (1) archaic: mustache (2): the part of the beard growing on the sides of the face or on the chin c: hairbreadth "lost the race by a ~"
2: one of the long projecting hairs or bristles growing near the mouth of an animal (as a cat or bird)
3: an outrigger extending on each side of the bowsprit to spread the jib and flying jib guys--usu. used in pl.
4. a: a shred or filament resembling a whisker b: a thin hairlike crystal (as of sapphire or copper) of exceptional mechanical strength used esp. to reinforce composite structural material -- whis.kered adj -- whis.kery adj