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Entry 5 senses Webster, 1913

Whiteness

/wīt'-nəs/ · White·ness · IPA /ˈwaɪtnəs/
01 n. The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.
  2. 2.
    Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc.
  3. 3.
    Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.
    “He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept.” Byron.
  4. 4.
    Nakedness.[Obs.]
  5. 5.
    A flock of swans.(Zool.)