whig

n. Hist. Member of the british reforming and constitutional party succeeded in the 19th c. By the liberal party.  whiggery n. Whiggish adj. Whiggism n. [whiggamer, -more, nickname of 17th-c. Scots rebels]

n. Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.