noun a hair of the beard.
2. whisker ·noun one who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
3. whisker ·noun formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache;
usually in the plural.
4. whisker ·noun iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, ·etc.
5. whisker ·noun one of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
6. whisker ·noun that part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, or upon the chin, or upon both; as, side whiskers; chin whiskers.