reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.-destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.-having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.-gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.-characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.-regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.-the color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness.  see the note under color, n., 1.-something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.-specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.-a person with a white skin; a member of the white, or caucasian, races of men.-a white pigment; as, venice white.-any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white.  see cabbage butterfly, under cabbage.-to make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.