Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Whole \Whole\, n.
   1. The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts;
      totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a
      thing complete in itself.

            ``This not the whole of life to live, Nor all of
            death to die.                         --J.
                                                  Montgomery.

   2. A regular combination of parts; a system.

            Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
                                                  --Pope.

   {Committee of the whole}. See under {Committee}.

   {Upon the whole}, considering all things; taking everything
      into account; in view of all the circumstances or
      conditions.

   Syn: Totality; total; amount; aggregate; gross.