whither

Interrogative senses.; To what place; where.not-comparable

• Whither wilt thou wander, wayfarer?

Interrogative senses.; To what (future) cause, condition or state, reason, etc.; where, where next; also (obsolete) to what extent; how far.alsofigurativelyhumorous

• VVhither at length vvilt thou abuſe our patience?
• Alas, / Whither has wandered now my partial tongue / When all remains untold which ye would hear?

Relative senses.; To which place; also (after a noun denoting a place) to which.not-comparable

• [W]e beſche thee, leaue vs not comfortles, but ſende to vs thine holy ghoſt to comfort vs, and exalte vs vnto thy ſame place, whither our ſauiour Chriſte is gone before: […]
• [T]hou ſhalt diuide the vvhole prouince of thy Land equally into three partes: that he vvhich for murder is a fugitiue, may haue neere at hand, vvhither to eſcape.

Relative senses.; To the place in or to which.not-comparable

• And with the same grave countenance he hurried through his breakfast and drove to the police station, whither the body had been carried.

Relative senses.; In or to any place to which; to whatever place; wherever.not-comparable

• Ah foole, goe vvith thy ſoule vvhither it goes, / A borrovved title haſt thou bought too deare.
• VVhether as He mounted up, the Nevvs He tells / To every Orb and Star; but chiefly to / Th' inquiſitive Spirits, vvhoſe ears and hearts he fils / VVith all the VVonders He had ſeen belovv, […]

A place to which someone or something goes; also, a condition to which someone or something moves.formal

• To knovv the local beginnings of vvinds, is a thing vvhich requires a deep ſearch and Inquiſition, ſeeing that the VVhence and VVhither of vvinds, are things noted even in Scripture to be abſtruſe and hidden.
• The whence and whither of their comings and goings made no impression on the community, and when they disappeared no one asked how or why.

To cause (someone) to hurry; to hasten, to hurry.ScotlandUKdialectal

To throw (something) forcefully; to hurl; also, to beat, to thrash.ScotlandUKdialectal

To shake (vigorously); to tremble.ScotlandUKdialectal

To move quickly, to rush, to whiz; also, to make a rushing sound; to whizz.ScotlandUKdialectal

Of the wind: to blow loudly and vigorously; to bluster; also, of an animal, etc.: to make a loud noise; to bellow, to roar.ScotlandUKdialectal

A state of rushed action; a haste, a hurry; also, a state of anger or excitement.ScotlandUKdialectal

A forceful blow or hit.ScotlandUKdialectal

An act of shaking (vigorously); a shiver, a tremble; also, a slight bout of discomfort or illness.ScotlandUKdialectal

The sound of something moving quickly; a rush, a whiz.ScotlandUKdialectal

A gust of wind; a bluster.ScotlandUKdialectal

• I felt sure now that I was in the pensionnat—sure by the beating rain on the easement; sure by the ‘wuther’ of wind amongst trees, denoting a garden outside; sure by the chill, the whiteness, the solitude, amidst which I lay.