The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Whittle \Whit"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whittled; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Whittling.]
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   1. To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to
      cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a
      clasp knife or pocketknife.
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   2. To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to
      excite with liquor; to inebriate. [Obs.]
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            "In vino veritas." When men are well whittled, their
            tongues run at random.                --Withals.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Whittle \Whit"tle\, v. i.
   To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut
   up a piece of wood with a knife.
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         Dexterity with a pocketknife is a part of a Nantucket
         education; but I am inclined to think the propensity is
         national. Americans must and will whittle. --Willis.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Whittle \Whit"tle\, n. [AS. hw[imac]tel, from hwit white; akin
   to Icel. hv[imac]till a white bed cover. See White.]
   (a) A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in
       the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or
       shawl. --C. Kingsley.
   (b) Same as Whittle shawl, below.
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   Whittle shawl, a kind of fine woolen shawl, originally and
      especially a white one.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Whittle \Whit"tle\, n. [OE. thwitel, fr. AS. pw[imac]tan to cut.
   Cf. Thwittle, Thwaite a piece of ground.]
   A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife. "A butcher's
   whittle." --Dryden. "Rude whittles." -- Macaulay.
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         He wore a Sheffield whittle in his hose. --Betterton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Whittle
    n 1: English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft
         engine (1907-1996) [syn: Whittle, Frank Whittle, Sir
         Frank Whittle]
    v 1: cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of
         wood" [syn: whittle, pare]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

51 Moby Thesaurus words for "whittle":
   amputate, ax, bisect, blade, butcher, carve, chop, cleave,
   cold steel, cut, cut away, cut in two, cut off, cutlery, cutter,
   dagger, dichotomize, dissever, edge tools, excise, fissure, gash,
   hack, halve, hew, incise, jigsaw, knife, lance, naked steel, pare,
   pigsticker, point, prune, puncturer, rend, rive, saw, scissor,
   sever, sharpener, slash, slice, slit, snip, split, steel, sunder,
   sword, tear, toad sticker