\Whig\, n. [See {Whey}.]
Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet
herbs, used as a cooling beverage. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

\Whig\, n. [Said to be from whiggam, a term used in
Scotland in driving horses, whiggamore one who drives horses
(a term applied to some western Scotchmen), contracted to
whig. In 1648, a party of these people marched to Edinburgh
to oppose the king and the duke of Hamilton (the Whiggamore
raid), and hence the name of Whig was given to the party
opposed to the court. Cf. Scot. whig to go quickly.]
1. (Eng. Politics) One of a political party which grew up in
   England in the seventeenth century, in the reigns of
   Charles I. and II., when great contests existed respecting
   the royal prerogatives and the rights of the people. Those
   who supported the king in his high claims were called
   Tories, and the advocates of popular rights, of
   parliamentary power over the crown, and of toleration to
   Dissenters, were, after 1679, called Whigs. The terms
   Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in
   English politics. See the note under {Tory}.
2. (Amer. Hist.)
   (a) A friend and supporter of the American Revolution; --
       opposed to {Tory}, and {Royalist}.
   (b) One of the political party in the United States from
       about 1829 to 1856, opposed in politics to the
       Democratic party.

\Whig\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Whigs.