White"ness (?), n. [AS. hwītness.]
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.
(Zoöl.) A flock of swans.
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