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What is the noun for whittlings?

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whittle
  1. (archaic) A coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
  2. (archaic) A whittle shawl; a kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.
  3. Synonyms:
whittler
  1. One who whittles.
  2. A compact folding knife with two small blades at one end and a single larger blade at the other that folds between them and is sprung by the other ends of both springs.
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the other, Ray Mears, the spear whittler from Surrey who survived a helicopter crash and secretly helped police in the hunt for Raoul Moat.”
      “Without much delay, Rahaena's army of monster hunters and mercenaries charged forward, chipping away at the retreating legion like a whittler at wood.”
      “He is like a whittler, certain that he can shave five-hundredths of a second here or there, even a full tenth of a second, from Greene's best.”
whittle
whittling
  1. (plural) A chip or shaving whittled from some larger substance.
whittlings
  1. plural of whittling
  2. Examples:
    1. “She wanted to see how it would seem, for once, not to have any litter of whittlings, of strings and marbles and tops!”
      “At the name of the owner of the beautiful plantation the man who had not yet spoken rose, covered with whittlings.”
      “Then it got along, after having inspected the whittlings at the feet of the friends to decide whether they were edible.”
whittlers
  1. plural of whittler
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