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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
whittle/ˈwɪtl/

▶verb

1 carve (wood) by repeatedly cutting small slices from it.
■ make by whittling.

2 (whittle something away/down) reduce something by degrees.

– origin C16: from dial. whittle ‘knife’.

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