White"ness (?), n. [AS. hwitness.]
1.
The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.
Chaucer.
2.
Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc.
"The
whiteness in thy cheek."
Shak.
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.
Nakedness.
[Obs.]
Chapman.
5. Zool.
A flock of swans.
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