rare. [f. WHISK sb.1 + -FUL 2.] As much as a whisk will carry: see WHISK sb.1 4.
1840. Diary of a Nun, I. xiv. 199–200. As the animals are brought up in succession by their respective owners to be blessed, the priest mutters a few Latin words, and dashes a whiskful of water in their faces, upon which they generally kick and run away.
