whimsies

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Whimsey \Whim"sey\, Whimsy \Whimsy\, n.; pl. Whimseysor Whimsies. [See Whim.] [1913 Webster]

1.A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. "The whimsies of poets and painters." --Ray. [1913 Webster]

Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy.— Swift.[1913 Webster]

Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth.— Bancroft.[1913 Webster]

2.(Mining) A whim. [1913 Webster]