whittle

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife.
2. 2
   A coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
3. 3
   A whittle shawl; a kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.

Verb

1. 1
   To cut or shape wood with a knife.
2. 2
   To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).
3. 3
   To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   An unincorporated community in Russell County, Kentucky, United States.