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- I.
- 3. As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, etc.
- I"amb (?), n. [Cf. F. iambe. See Lambus.] An iambus or iambic. [R.]
- I*am"bic*al (?), a. Iambic. [Obs. or R.]
- 2. Concreted sugar. Johnson.
- 4. Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.
- 3. To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.
- 2. Loaded with ice. "Ice-built mountains." Gray.
- 2. One who deals in ice; one who retails or delivers ice.
- 2. A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.
- Ic"kle (?), n. [OE. ikil. See Icicle.] An icicle. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. The study of representative art in general.
- 2. Good against the jaundice. Johnson.
- 2. A general notion, or a conception formed by generalization.
- L. Caroll.
- 5. A plan or purpose of action; intention; design.
- 5. (Math.) Imaginary.
- 2. Conception of the ideal; imagery.
- 2. One who holds the doctrine of idealism.
- 2. The capacity to form ideals of beauty or perfection.
- 3. (Phren.) The conceptive faculty.
- 2. (Fine Arts) To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2.
- I*de"ate (?), v. t. 1. To form in idea; to fancy. [R.]
- D. Ramsay.
- 3. (Math.) An identical equation.
- I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
- 3. A phonetic symbol; a letter.
- Gostwick (Eng. Gram.)
- 3. Dialect; a variant form of a language.
- Id`i*o*pa*thet"ic (?), a. Idiopathic. [R.]
- I. Taylor.
- C. Blount.
- 4. A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach.
- Id"i*ot*cy (?), n. [Cf. Idiocy.] Idiocy. [R.]
- M. Hale.
- 2. Lack of knowledge or mental capacity; idiocy; foolishness.
- Id"i*ot*ize (?), v. i. To become stupid. [R.]
- 5. Light-headed; foolish. [Obs.] Ford.
- 2. Delirious; infatuated. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
- I"dle-pat`ed (?), a. Idle-headed; stupid. [Obs.]
- 3. (Mach.) An idle wheel or pulley. See under Idle.
- 4. A false notion or conception; a fallacy. Bacon.
- 2. An adorer; a great admirer.
- I`do*lat"ric*al (?), a. [Cf. F. idolâtrique.] Idolatrous. [Obs.]
- 2 Kings xxiii. 5.
- I"dol*ism (?), n. The worship of idols. [Obs.]
- I"dol*ize, v. i. To practice idolatry. [R.]
- I. e. Abbreviation of Latin id est, that is.
- 2. Whether; -- in dependent questions.
- Ig*nip"o*tence (?), n. Power over fire. [R.]
- 2. The state of being ignited or kindled. Sir T. Browne.
- I was not ignoble of descent.
- 2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base.
- 2. Deserving ignominy; despicable.
- 2. An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.
- Ig"no*my (?), n. Ignominy. [R. & Obs.]
- I blush to think upon this ignomy.
- 2. Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; -- used with of.
- 3. Unknown; undiscovered. [Obs.]
- 4. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
- 2. See Iliac, 1. [R.]
- 2. See Ileac, 1. [R.]
- I*li"a*cal (?), a. Iliac. [R.]
- 3. Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever.
- I am in health, I breathe, and see thee ill.
- 2. A snare; a trap. Johnson.
- 2. The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy. [Obs.]
- Il*lib"er*al*ism (?), n. Illiberality. [R.]
- 2. A thin crust of some extraneous substance formed on minerals. [R.]
- 2. An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder.
- Ill"-lived` (?), a. Leading a wicked life. [Obs.]
- 3. Wrong moral conduct; wickedness. Shak.
- 2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [Obs.]
- 2. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
- Il*lu"mi*na*tism (?), n. Illuminism. [R.]
- 5. To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify. [Obs.]
- 2. Making illustrious. [Obs.]
- 3. Show; appearance; cast.
- Im"age*a*ble (?), a. That may be imaged. [R.]
- Im"a*ger (?), n. One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor. [Obs.]
- 2. Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
- I wish there may be in this poem any instance of good imagery.
- 2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to an imago.
- I. Taylor.
- C. J. Smith.
- 3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3. To represent to one's self; to think; to believe. Shak.
- 2. To think; to suppose.
- Im*bar" (?), v. t. To bar in; to secure. [Obs.]
- Im*barn" (?), v. t. To store in a barn. [Obs.]
- Im*bra"cer*y (?), n. Embracery. [Obs.]
- 2. Money laid up in stock. [Obs.]
- Im*bu"tion (?), n. An imbuing. [Obs.]
- 2. Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
- Im*man"tle (?), v. t. See Emmantle. [R.]
- Im*mar"tial (?), a. Not martial; unwarlike. [Obs.]
- 2. In an unimportant manner or degree.
- 3. As soon as. Cf. Directly, 8, Note.
- I. Taylor.
- 2. To baptize by immersion.
- 2. Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.
- 3. (Bot.) Growing wholly under water. Gray.
- 3. The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness.
- 2. Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.
- 3. (With upon) Bent upon; attentive to. [R.]
- Im*mix" (?), v. t. [Pref. in- in + mix.] To mix; to mingle. [R.]
- 2. That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
- 2. An immoral act or practice.
- 1 Tim. i. 17.
- 2. Connected with, or pertaining to immortality.
- I have immortal longings in me.
- 4. Great; excessive; grievous. [Obs.] Hayward.
- 1 Cor. xv. 53.
- 2. Exemption from oblivion; perpetuity; as, the immortality of fame.
- 2. To exempt from oblivion; to perpetuate in fame.
- Im*mor"tal*ize, v. i. To become immortal. [R.]
- 2. Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error.
- 2. An offspring; progeny; child; scion. [Obs.]
- Im*pair" (?), n. Diminution; injury. [Obs.]
- Im*pal"a*ta*ble (?), a. Unpalatable. [R.]
- 2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
- 3. That which hedges in; inclosure. [R.] Milton.
- Im*pal"sy (?), v. t. To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden. [R.]
- Im*par"al*leled (?), a. Unparalleled. [Obs.]
- 2. Lack of comparison, correspondence, or suitableness; incongruity.
- I. Taylor.
- 3. Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness. [R.]
- 2. To obtain a share of; to partake of. [R.] Munday.
- 2. To hold a conference or consultation. Blackstone.
- I. Taylor.
- Im*pa"tien*cy (m*p"shen*s), n. Impatience. [Obs.]
- 2. Not to be borne; unendurable. [Obs.] Spenser.
- Im*pa"tient, n. One who is impatient. [R.]
- Im*pave" (?), v. t. To pave. [Poetic]
- Im*peach", n. Hindrance; impeachment. [Obs.]
- C. J. Smith.
- Im*pen"i*tent, n. One who is not penitent. [R.]
- Im*per"a*to*ry (?), a. Imperative. [R.]
- Im`per*ceived" (?), a. Not perceived. [Obs.]
- Im*per"fect, v. t. To make imperfect. [Obs.]
- Im`per*fec"ti*ble (?), a. Incapable of being made perfect. [R.]
- Im*pe"ri*al, n. [F. impériale: cf. Sp. imperial.]
- 2. An outside seat on a diligence. T. Hughes.
- 3. A luggage case on the top of a coach. Simmonds.
- C. H. Pearson.
- 1. Imperial power.
- 2. An imperial right or privilegs. See Royalty.
- 3. Imperative; urgent; compelling.
- Im`per*sev"er*ant (?), a. Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless. [Obs.]
- 2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.
- 3. That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value.
- Im*per"ti*nen*cy (?), n. Impertinence. [R.]
- 3. Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.
- Im*per"ti*nent, n. An impertinent person. [R.]
- Im*pes"ter (?), v. t. See Pester. [Obs.]
- 2. Vehemence, or furiousnes of temper. Shak.
- 2. Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force. Buckle.
- 2. An impious act; an act of wickedness.
- Im*pit"e*ous (?), a. Pitiless; cruel. [Obs.]
- I see thou art implacable.
- 2. Incapable of being relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable. [R.]
- Im"ple*ment, v. t. 1. To accomplish; to fulfill. [R.]
- 3. (Scots Law) To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement.
- 2. That which fills up; filling. Coleridge.
- Im"plo*ra`tor (?), n. One who implores. [Obs.]
- I kneel, and then implore her blessing.
- 3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.]
- 2. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.
- I have a motion much imports your good.
- 3. Importance; weight; consequence.
- 2. Subject; matter. [Obs.]
- 3. Import; meaning; significance. [Obs.]
- 4. Importunity; solicitation. [Obs.]
- 3. Bearing on; forcible; driving. [Obs.]
- 4. Importunate; pressing; urgent. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [R.] Donne.
- 2. To import; to signify. [Obs.] "It importunes death." Spenser.
- Im`por*tune", v. i. To require; to demand. [Obs.]
- Im`por*tune"ly, adv. In an importune manner. [Obs.]
- Im*pose"ment (?), n. Imposition. [Obs.]
- 3. Deceiving; deluding; misleading.
- 3. Inability; helplessness. [R.] Latimer.
- Im*pos"si*ble, n. An impossibility. [Obs.]
- 2. An abscess; an imposthume. Coxe.
- Im*pos"tured (?), a. Done by imposture. [Obs.]
- 2. Want of self-restraint or self- control. [R.] Milton.
- 2. The fee or fine for impounding.
- 2. An impracticable thing.
- 3. Intractableness; stubbornness.
- 2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
- Im`pre*ci"sion (?), n. Want of precision. [R.]
- 3. That with which anything is impregnated. Derham.
- 4. Intimate mixture; infusion; saturation.
- Im*pre"na*ble (?), a. Impregnable. [Obs.]
- Vattel (Trans. )
- I. Watts.
- Im*press", v. i. To be impressed; to rest. [Obs.]
- 3. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. South.
- 4. A device. See Impresa. Cussans.
- 5. An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.
- 6. Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.
- 2. Capable of being impressed. [Obs.] Drayton.
- 2. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.
- 2. Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general; common. [Obs.]
- 3. Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous.
- Im*prop"er, v. t. To appropriate; to limit. [Obs.]
- Sir T. Browne
- Im*prop"er*ty (?), n. Impropriety. [Obs.]
- Im`pro*por"tion*ate (?), a. Not proportionate. [Obs.]
- Im*pro"pri*ate, v. i. To become an impropriator. [R.]
- I have a fine spread of improvable lands.
- I. Watts.
- I look upon your city as the best place of improvement.
- I shall make some improvement of this doctrine.
- 4. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
- Im*prov`i*den"tial*ly (?), adv. Improvidently. [R.]
- 2. That which is improvised; an impromptu.
- Im"pulse (?), n. [L. impulsus, fr. impellere. See Impel.]
- Im*pul"sion (?), n. [L. impulsio: cf. F. impulsion. See Impel.]
- Im*pul"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. impulsif.]
- 2. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
- Im*pune" (?), a. [L. impunis.] Unpunished. [R.]
- 3. (Script.) Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.
- Im*put"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. imputable.]
- 2. Accusable; culpable. [R.]
- 2. Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
- 4. Opinion; intimation; hint.
- 3. To take account of; to consider; to regard. [R.]
- 2. A reëntrant angle; a nook or corner.
- D. Jerrold.
- In (?), v. t. To inclose; to take in; to harvest. [Obs.]
- In*a"ble*ment (?), n. See Enablement. [Obs.]
- 1. The quality of being inaccurate; want of accuracy or exactness.
- In*ac"tive (?), a. [Pref. in- not + active: cf. F. inactif.]
- In`ac*tiv"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. inactivité.]
- In*ac"tu*ate (?), v. t. To put in action. [Obs.]
- In*ac`tu*a"tion (?), n. Operation. [Obs.]
- 2. (Bot.) Free; not connected with the other organs.
- In*am"o*rate (?), a. Enamored. Chapman. -- In*am"o*rate*ly, adv. [R.]
- In*ane", n. That which is void or empty. [R.]
- In*an"gu*lar (?), a. Not angular. [Obs.]
- In`a*ni`ti*a"tion (?), n. Inanition. [R.]
- 1. Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness.
- 2. Want of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity.
- In*ar"a*ble (?), a. Not arable. [R.]
- 3. Incapable of articulating. [R.]
- In*au"gu*ral, n. An inaugural address. [U.S.]
- 4. To begin with good omens. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
- In"blown` (?), a. Blown in or into. [Obs.]
- 1. To produce or generate within. Bp. Reynolds.
- 2. To breed in and in. See under Breed, v. i.
- I. Taylor.
- 2. A formula of words used as above.
- In`ca*pac"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Incapacities (&?;). [Cf. F. incapacité.]
- 1. Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability.
- 1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.
- 2. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.
- In*car`cer*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. incarcération.]
- I fear nothing . . . that devil carnate or incarnate can fairly do.
- 2. Flesh-colored; rosy; red. [Obs.] Holland.
- In*car"nate, v. i. To form flesh; to granulate, as a wound. [R.]
- In`car*na"tion (?), n. [F. incarnation, LL. incarnatio.]
- 4. A rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation. [Obs.]
- In*case"ment (?), n. [Cf. Casement.]
- 2. That which forms a case, covering, or inclosure.
- 1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn. [Obs.]
- 1. To offer incense to. See Incense. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3. Also used figuratively.
- 1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative.
- 2. Serving to kindle or set on fire. [R.]
- 1. Beginning; commencement; initiation. Bacon.
- 2. Reception; a taking in. [R.] Poe.
- I. Taylor.
- Inch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inching.]
- 1. To drive by inches, or small degrees. [R.]
- 2. To deal out by inches; to give sparingly. [R.]
- I. Taylor.
- In"ci*dence (?), n. [Cf. F. incidence.]
- 1. A falling on or upon; an incident; an event. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
- I treat either or incidentally of colors.
- In"ci*dent*ly (?), adv. Incidentally. [Obs.]
- 1. To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
- I on thy grave this epitaph incise.
- 2. To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.
- 2. (Bot.) Having deep and sharp notches, as a leaf or a petal.
- In*ci"sion (?), n. [L. incisio: cf. F. incision. See Incise.]
- 1. The act of incising, or cutting into a substance. Milton.
- 3. Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines. [Obs.]
- In*ci"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. incisif.]
- In`ci*ta"tion (?), n. [L. incitatio: cf. F. incitation.]
- 1. The act of inciting or moving to action.
- In*cite"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. incitement.]
- 1. The act of inciting.
- 2. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
- In*clin"a*ble (?), a. [L. inclinabilis. See Incline.]
- 1. Leaning; tending.
- 3. A tendency towards another body or point.
- 6. A person or thing loved or admired. Sir W. Temple.
- 7. (Pharm.) Decantation, or tipping for pouring.
- 3. To bow; to incline the head. Chaucer.
- 2. Party or side chosen; a following.
- 4. To put into harness; to harness. [Obs.]
- 3. That which incloses; a barrier or fence.
- 3. To conclude; to end; to terminate. [Obs.]
- In*clu"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. inclusif.]
- 1. Inclosing; encircling; surrounding.
- 1. Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.
- In*cog" (?), adv. Incognito. [Colloq.]
- In*cog"ni*ta (?), n. [See Incognito.]
- 1. A woman who is unknown or in disguise.
- 2. The state of being in disguise; -- said of a woman.
- In*cog"ni*tant (?), a. Ignorant. [Obs.]
- In*cog"ni*to, n.; pl. Incognitos (#). [See Incognito, a.]
- 1. One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.
- 3. That which is incoherent.
- In`co*her"ent (?), a. [Pref. in- not + coherent: cf. F. incohérent.]
- I would then make in and steep My income in their blood.
- 2. One who succeeds another, as a tenant of land, houses, etc. [Eng.]
- 2. Income; gain. [R.]
- In*com"i*ty (?), n. Want of comity; incivility; rudeness. [R.]
- C. Buchanan.
- 2. (Bot.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower.
- 2. Refusal or failure to comply. Strype.
- 1. Not capable of being contained within limits.
- In`con*clud"ing, a. Inferring no consequence. [Obs.]
- In`con*form"a*ble (?), a. Unconformable. [Obs.]
- In`con*fused" (?), a. Not confused; distinct. [Obs.]
- 2. Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry or of harmony. [Obs.]
- 3. That which is incongruous; want of congruity.
- C. J. Smith.
- In*con"scious (?), a. Unconscious. [Obs.]
- 2. Inconsiderable. [Obs.] E. Terry.
- In`con*sist"ent*ness, n. Inconsistency. [R.]
- In`con*sist"ing (?), a. Inconsistent. [Obs.]
- 1 Cor. vii. 5.
- 2. (Med.) Unable to restrain natural evacuations.
- 2. Immediately; at once; forthwith. [Archaic]
- 1. Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.
- In`con*vers"a*ble (?), a. Incommunicative; unsocial; reserved. [Obs.]
- In*cor"po*ral*ly (?), adv. Incorporeally. [Obs.]
- In*cor"po*rate (?), a. [L. incorporatus. See In- not, and Corporate.]
- In*cor`po*ra"tion (?), n. [L. incorporatio: cf. F. incorporation.]
- 1. The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
- In`cor*rupt" (?), a. [L. incorruptus. See In- not, and Corrupt.]
- In`cor*rupt"ed (?), a. Uncorrupted. [Obs.]
- 1 Cor. xv. 42.
- 2. Probity; integrity; honesty. Woodward.
- 1. Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.
- 2. (Bot.) Thickened; becoming thicker. Martyn.
- In`cras*sa"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. incrassation.]
- I will increase the famine.
- In"crease (?; 277), n. [OE. encres, encresse. See Increase, v. i.]
- 3. Progeny; issue; offspring.
- 1 Sam. ii. 33.
- 4. Generation. [Obs.] "Organs of increase." Shak.
- In*cred`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. incredibilitas: cf. F. incrédibilité.]
- 1. The quality or state of being incredible; incredibleness. Dryden.
- 2. That which is incredible. Johnson.
- In*cred"it*ed (?), a. Uncredited. [Obs.]
- 3. Incredible; not easy to be believed. [R.] Shak.
- In"cre*ment (?), n. [L. incrementum: cf. F. incrément. See Increase.]
- 1. Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.
- 1. The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
- 4. (Fine Arts) Anything inlaid or imbedded.
- In*crust"ment (?), n. Incrustation. [R.]
- In`cu*ba"tion (?), n. [L. incubatio: cf. F. incubation.]
- 2. (Med.) The nightmare. See Nightmare.
- M. W. Shelley.
- In*cum"ben*cy (?), n.; pl. Incumbencies (#). [From Incumbent.]
- 1. The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something.
- 1. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.
- In*cum"brance (?), n. [See Encumbrance.] [Written also encumbrance.]
- I know not what I shall incur to pass it, Having no warrant.
- 2. To render liable or subject to; to occasion. [Obs.]
- In*cur", v. i. To pass; to enter. [Obs.]
- In*cur"sion (?), n. [L. incursio: cf. F. incursion. See Incur.]
- 2. Attack; occurrence. [Obs.]
- In*cur"tain (?), v. t. To curtain. [Obs.]
- In`cur*va"tion (?), n. [L. incurvatio: cf. F. incurvation.]
- 1. The act of bending, or curving.
- 2. The state of being bent or curved; curvature.
- In*dam"age (?; 48), v. t. See Endamage. [R.]
- 2. The sum owed; debts, collectively.
- 2. (Anat.) Having no decidua; nondeciduate.
- In`de*ci"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. indécisif.]
- 2. (Gram.) Without variation of termination.
- 2. An indecorous or unbecoming action. Young.
- I were a beast indeed to do you wrong.
- In`de*fei"si*ble (?), a. Indefeasible. [Obs.]
- In`de*fen"sive (?), a. Defenseless. [Obs.]
- In*def"i*nite (?), a. [L. indefinitus. See In- not, and Definite.]
- 3. Boundless; infinite. [R.]
- In`de*lib"er*a`ted (?), a. Indeliberate. [Obs.]
- 2. That can not be annulled; indestructible. [R.]
- 2. That which indemnifies.
- 1. To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure.
- In*den"ize (?), v. t. To naturalize. [R.]
- 2. To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
- 3. To contract; to bargain or covenant. Shak.
- 2. A stamp; an impression. [Obs.]
- 3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
- In*dent"ment (?), n. Indenture. [Obs.]
- 1. The act of indenting, or state of being indented.
- C. Leslie.
- 1. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
- In`de*pend"ence (?), n. [Cf. F. indépendance.]
- 2. Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
- 2. (Eccl.) Doctrine and polity of the Independents.
- 2. Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
- 5. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
- In`de*pos"a*ble (?), a. Incapable of being deposed. [R.]
- 2. Want of fixed or stated direction. Abp. Bramhall.
- 4. A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.] Shak.
- In"di*can (?), n. [See Indigo.]
- In`di*ca"tion (?), n. [L. indicatio: cf. F. indication.]
- 1. Act of pointing out or indicating.
- 3. Discovery made; information. Bentley.
- 4. Explanation; display. [Obs.] Bacon.
- In*dic"a*tive (?), a. [L. indicativus: cf. F. indicatif.]
- In"di*ca`tor (n"d*k`tr), n. [L.: cf. F. indicateur.]
- 1. To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite. [Obs.]
- 2. To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce. [Obs.]
- I am told shall have no Lent indicted this year.
- 2. A cycle of fifteen years.
- In*dict"ment (?), n. [Cf. Inditement.]
- 1. The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted.
- 3. An accusation in general; a formal accusation.
- 2. Passableness; mediocrity.
- 3. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias.
- In*dif"fer*ent*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. indifférentisme.]
- 2. (Metaph.) Same as Identism.
- Book of Com. Prayer [Eng. Ed. ]
- 2. Native; inherent; innate.
- I. Taylor.
- 1. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of. [Obs.] Bacon.
- In`di*gest"ed, a. [Pref. in- not + digested.]
- 1. Not digested; undigested. "Indigested food." Dryden.
- 4. Not softened by heat, hot water, or steam.
- In`dig*na"tion (?), n. [F. indignation, L. indignatio. See Indign.]
- 2. The effect of anger; punishment. Shak.
- In*dign"ly (?), adv. Unworthily. [Obs.]
- 1. A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors.
- 1. (Chem.) See Indigo white, under Indigo.
- 2. (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Indican, 2.
- In*dil"a*to*ry (?), a. Not dilatory. [Obs.]
- In`di*rect" (?), a. [Pref. in- not + direct: cf. F. indirect.]
- In`di*rect"ed, a. Not directed; aimless. [Obs.]
- In`dis*cov"er*y (?), n. Want of discovery. [Obs.]
- In`dis*crete" (?), a. [L. indiscretus unseparated. See Indiscreet.]
- 1. Indiscreet. [Obs.] Boyle.
- 2. Not discrete or separated; compact; homogenous.
- 2. An indiscreet act; indiscreet behavior.
- 3. Unavoidable; inevitable. [Obs.] Fuller.
- In`dis*persed" (?), a. Not dispersed. [R.]
- 1. To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.
- 2. To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat. Shak.
- In*dis`po*si"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. indisposition.]
- 2. A slight disorder or illness.
- I. Watts.
- 1. To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt.
- 2. To invite or ask. [Obs.]
- 3. To indict; to accuse; to censure. [Obs.] Spenser.
- In`di*vid"u*al*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. individualisme.]
- 1. The quality of being individual; individuality; personality.
- In`di*vid"u*ate (?), a. [See Individual.] Undivided. [Obs.]
- In`do-Ger*man"ic (?), a. [Indo- + Germanic.]
- 1. Same as Aryan, and Indo- European.
- I have ease, if it may not rather be called indolence.
- 1. Free from toil, pain, or trouble. [Obs.]
- In`dor*sa"tion (?), n. Indorsement. [Obs.]
- 1. To cover the back of; to load or burden. [Obs.]
- 2. A draught of air or flow of water setting inward.
- In*du"bi*ous (?), a. [L. indubius. See In- not, and Dubious.]
- 1. Not dubious or doubtful; certain.
- 2. Not doubting; unsuspecting. "Indubious confidence." Harvey.
- 1. To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.]
- 2. To draw on; to overspread. [A Latinism] Cowper.
- In*duce"ment (?), n. [From Induce.]
- 1. The act of inducing, or the state of being induced.
- 2. Obtainable by induction; derivable; inferable.
- 1. To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.
- In*duc"tion (?), n. [L. inductio: cf. F. induction. See Induct.]
- In*duct"ive (?), a. [LL. inductivus: cf. F. inductif. See Induce.]
- 1. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to.
- 2. Tending to induce or cause. [R.]
- In*duct"or (?), n. [L., one who stirs up or rouses. See Induce.]
- 1. The person who inducts another into an office or benefice.
- 1. To put on, as clothes; to draw on.
- In*dul"gence (?), n. [L. indulgentia: cf. F. indulgence.]
- 2. An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification.
- 2. (Spain) A duty levied on all importations.
- 1. Hardened; not soft; indurated. Tyndale.
- 2. Without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate.
- 2. To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate.
- 1. The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard.
- 2. State of being indurated, or of having become hard.
- M. Arnold.
- 1. To make drunk; to intoxicate.
- In`ef*fec`tu*al"i*ty (?), n. Ineffectualness. [R.]
- 2. Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary composition.
- 1. Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.
- 2. Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.
- In*ept"i*tude (?), n. [L. ineptitudo.]
- 1. The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness.
- 2. Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.
- In`e*qual"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Inequalities (#). [L. inaequalitas.]
- In`er*get"ic*al*ly, adv. Without energy. [R.]
- I. Taylor.
- In*er"ti*a (?), n. [L., idleness, fr. iners idle. See Inert.]
- 2. Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia.
- 1. Having no essence or being. H. Brooke.
- 2. Not essential; unessential.
- 2. Irresistible. "Inevitable charms." Dryden.
- In*ex"e*cra*ble (?), a. That can not be execrated enough. [R.]
- In`ex*pect"ed*ly, adv. Unexpectedly. [Obs.]
- In`ex*pect"ed*ness, n. Unexpectedness. [Obs.]
- 1. Destitute of experience or of much experience. [Obs.] Milton.
- In`ex*press"ive (?), a. 1. Inexpressible. [R.]
- 2. Inevitable. [R.] "Fate inextricable." Milton.
- In*fal"li*ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + fallible: cf. F. infallible.]
- In"fan*cy (?), n. [L. infantia: cf. F. enfance. See Infant.]
- C. Pitt.
- 3. Same as Infante. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2. Intended for young children; as, an infant school.
- 1. A body of children. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- I. Taylor.
- 4. (Law) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.
- In*fec"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. infection, L. infectio a dyeing.]
- 1. The act or process of infecting.
- 6. Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.
- In*fec"tious (?), a. [Cf. F. infectieux.]
- In"felt` (?), a. [Pref. in- in + felt.] Felt inwardly; heartfelt. [R.]
- 1. To bring on; to induce; to occasion. [Obs.] Harvey.
- 2. To offer, as violence. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 5. To show; to manifest; to prove. [Obs.]
- In"fer*ence (?), n. [From Infer.]
- 1. The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
- I. Watts.
- I. Watts.
- 2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
- 5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
- 2. The granting of tithes to laymen. Blackstone.
- 1. The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock.
- V. Knox.
- V. Knox.
- In*field" (?), v. t. To inclose, as a field. [R.]
- 2. (Baseball) The diamond; -- opposed to outfield. See Diamond, n., 5.
- In`fil*tra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. infiltration.]
- I. Watts.
- 2. (Math.) An infinite quantity or magnitude.
- 3. An infinity; an incalculable or very great number.
- 4. The Infinite Being; God; the Almighty.
- 3. Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious.
- In*firm"a*to*ry (?), n. An infirmary. [Obs.]
- 5. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon. [Obs.]
- 2. (Her.) Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame.
- 4. Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc.
- 3. To modulate, as the voice.
- 2. A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
- 6. (Opt.) Same as Diffraction.
- 3. Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.
- I. Watts.
- 2. Inflexible. [R.] "Foes inflexive." Chapman.
- 4. (Elec.) Induction.
- 2. Exerting influence; influential. [Obs.]
- 3. Influence; power. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
- In*flux"ious (?), a. Influential. [Obs.]
- In*flux"ive*ly, adv. By influxion. [R.]
- 2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace.
- I am informed thoroughly of the cause.
- 2. To give intelligence or information; to tell. Shak.
- 2. Deranged in mind; out of one's senses. [Obs.]
- 2. One who imparts information or instruction.
- 2. One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news.
- In*for"tuned (?), a. Unfortunate. [Obs.]
- In*fract"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being broken.[R.]
- 2. Not to be infringed or violated.
- In`fra*pose" (?), v. t. [Infra + pose.] To place under or beneath. [R.]
- 2. (Bot.) Same as Funnelform.
- 2. To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce.
- 3. To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed by with.
- 2. That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration.
- In"gate` (&?;), n. 1. Entrance; ingress. [Obs.]
- 3. Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply.
- 4. Mental; intellectual. [Obs.]
- 3. Openness of heart; ingenuousness. [Obs.]
- 4. Ingenious. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. Ingenuity. [Obs.] Fuller.
- In"gle (?), v. t. To cajole or coax; to wheedle. See Engle. [Obs.]
- 1. That in which metal is cast; a mold. [Obs.]
- In*graff" (?), v. t. See Ingraft. [Obs.]
- 2. The thing ingrafted; a scion.
- 1. Dyed with grain, or kermes. [Obs.]
- 1. To dye with or in grain or kermes.
- 2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
- 1. Ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative. Milton.
- 2. Unpleasing to the sense; distasteful; offensive.
- In"grate`ly (?), adv. Ungratefully. [Obs.]
- 1. Entrance; ingress. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
- In"gress (?), n. [L. ingressus, fr. ingredi. See Ingredient.]
- In"gress (?), v. i. To go in; to enter. [R.]
- 2. To swallow up, as in a gulf. Fotherby.
- In*hab"it*ant (?), n. [L. inhabitans, -antis, p. pr. of inhabitare.]
- In*hab"i*tate (?), v. t. To inhabit. [Obs.]
- In*hab`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. inhabitatio a dwelling.]
- 1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling.
- 2. Abode; place of dwelling; residence. [Obs.] Milton.
- 3. Population; inhabitants. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
- In*hab"it*ress, n. A female inhabitant. [R.]
- 1. Not harmonious; unmusical; discordant; dissonant.
- 2. Conflicting; jarring; not in harmony.
- 4. To put in possession of. [R.] Shak.
- In*her"it*ance (?), n. [Cf. OF. enheritance.]
- 1 Pet. i. 4.
- 5. (Biol.) Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.
- 1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
- 2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
- In`hi*bi"tion (?), n. [L. inhibitio: cf. F. inhibition.]
- I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory.
- In`hu*ma"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. inhumation.]
- 1. The act of inhuming or burying; interment.
- 3. (Med.) Arenation.
- 1. To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter.
- 2. To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes.
- I. Taylor.
- In*i"ti*ate (?), a. [L. initiatus, p. p.]
- In*i`ti*a"tion (?), n. [L. initiatio: cf. F. initiation.]
- In*i"ti*a*tive, n. [Cf. F. initiative.]
- 1. An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.
- I. Taylor.
- In*i"ti*a*to*ry, n. An introductory act or rite. [R.]
- 2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.
- 3. To cast or throw; -- with on. [R.]
- In*jel"ly (?), v. t. To place in jelly. [R.]
- I. Watts.
- 2. An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong.
- 2. A pigment. See India ink, under India.
- In"land*ish, a. Inland. [Obs.] T. Reeve(1657)
- 3. That which is let in or inlaid; an inserted material.
- Inn, v. t. 1. To house; to lodge. [Obs.]
- 2. To get in; to in. See In, v. t.
- Inne (?), adv. & prep. In. [Obs.]
- 2. Of or pertaining to the spirit or its phenomena.
- 3. Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.
- In"ner*most`ly, adv. In the innermost place. [R.]
- 3. pl. Lands recovered from the sea. Ainsworth.
- I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.
- 4. Simple; artless; foolish. Shak.
- 5. Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.
- 2. Free from crime; pure; innocent. Pope.
- 2. To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.
- 2. To communicate disease by inoculation.
- 2. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief. Dryden.
- 2. Not officious; not civil or attentive. [Obs.] Jonhson.
- 2. To intercommunicate; to interjoin.
- 2. To unite intimately; to cause to become as one.
- 1 Sam. xxiii. 4.
- 2. To call or name. [Obs.] Spenser.
- I. Watts.
- 3. (R.C.Ch.) A member of the Court of Inquisition.
- 2. Not tending to safety; productive of evil.
- 2. Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital.
- 3. Causing insanity or madness. [R.]
- I know not which was the insane measure.
- 2. Dissatisfaction. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
- 2. To mark with letters, characters, or words.
- 5. (Geom.) To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries.
- In*sculp"tion (?), n. Inscription. [Obs.]
- In*sculp"ture (?), n. An engraving, carving, or inscription. [Obs.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.
- 4. Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing. Thomson.
- 2. Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
- In`sec*tol"o*ger (?), n. An entomologist. [Obs.]
- 2. The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; want of confidence.
- In*sem`i*na"tion (?), n. A sowing. [Obs.]
- In*sen`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. insensibilité.]
- 4. Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless. [Obs.]
- 1. Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined.
- D. Webster.
- 2. Something inserted or set in, as lace, etc., in garments. [R.]
- In*ser"tion (?), n. [L. insertio: cf. F. insertion. See Insert.]
- 2. That in which one sits, as a bathing tub. [R.]
- 2. Belonging or pertaining to the Insessores.
- 2. Adapted to the interior.
- In`sin*cere" (?), a. [L. insincerus. See In- not, and Sincere.]
- 2. Disappointing; imperfect; unsound. [Obs.]
- 2. To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill.
- In*sin"u*a`tion (?), n. [L. insinuatio: cf. F. insinuation.]
- 3. The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
- I scorn your coarse insinuation.
- In*sin"u*a*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. insinuatif.]
- In*sist"ent (?), a. [L. insistens, -entis, p. pr. of insistere.]
- 2. Insisting; persistent; persevering.
- 3. (Zoöl.) See Incumbent.
- 1. Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected. [Obs.]
- In`so*la"tion (?), n. [L. insolatio: cf. F. insolation.]
- In"so*lence (?), n. [F. insolence, L. insolentia. See Insolent.]
- 1. The quality of being unusual or novel. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 3. Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.
- In*sol`u*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. insolubilitas: cf. F. insolubilité.]
- 2. The quality of being inexplicable or insolvable.
- 3. Strong. "An insoluble wall." [Obs.] Holland
- 2. Incapable of being paid or discharged, as debts.
- In*sooth" (?), adv. In sooth; truly. [Archaic]
- 2. The act of overseeing; official examination or superintendence.
- In*spect"or*ate (?), n. Inspectorship. [R.]
- 2. The district embraced by an inspector's jurisdiction.
- In`spi*ra"tion (?), n. [F. inspiration, L. inspiratio. See Inspire.]
- 2 Tim. iii. 16.
- 1. To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
- 2. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
- 2. To breathe; to blow gently. [Obs.]
- 1. To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.
- In*stall"ment (?), n. [Written also instalment.]
- 1. The act of installing; installation.
- 2. The seat in which one is placed. [Obs.]
- 2. That which is instant or urgent; motive. [Obs.]
- 3. Occasion; order of occurrence.
- 5. A token; a sign; a symptom or indication. Shak.
- I shall not instance an abstruse author.
- In"stance, v. i. To give an example. [Obs.]
- In"stan*cy (?), n. Instance; urgency. [Obs.]
- 1. Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.
- I am beginning to be very instant for some sort of occupation.
- 3. Present; current.
- In"stant, adv. Instantly. [Poetic]
- In`stan*ta"ne*ous (?), a. [Cf. F. instantané.]
- In*stead" (?), adv. [Pref. in- + stead place.]
- 1. In the place or room; -- usually followed by of.
- 2 Sam. xvii. 25.
- 2. Equivalent; equal to; -- usually with of. [R.]
- In"step (?), n. [Formerly also instop, instup.]
- In"stil*la`tor (?), n. An instiller. [R.]
- In*stil"la*to*ry (?), a. Belonging to instillation. [R.]
- 3. To nominate; to appoint. [Obs.]
- In"sti*tu`ter (?), n. An institutor. [R.]
- In`sti*tu"tion (?), n. [L. institutio: cf. F. institution.]
- 2. Instituted by authority.
- 3. Elementary; rudimental.
- In"sti*tu`tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. instituteur.]
- 1. One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes.
- 2. One who educates; an instructor. [Obs.] Walker.
- 2. Instructed; taught; enlightened. [Obs.] Milton.
- 1. To put in order; to form; to prepare. [Obs.]
- In*struc"tion (?), n. [L. instructio: cf. F. instruction.]
- In"stru*ment (?), n. [F. instrument, L. instrumentum. See Instruct.]
- In`stru*men"tal (?), a. [Cf. F. instrumental.]
- In`stru*men"ta*ry (?), a. Instrumental. [R.]
- In`sub*mer"gi*ble (?), a. Not capable of being submerged; buoyant. [R.]
- In`sub*stan`ti*al"i*ty (?), n. Unsubstantiality; unreality. [R.]
- 2. Offensive beyond endurance; detestable.
- In`su*lar"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. insularité.]
- 1. To make an island of. [Obs.] Pennant.
- 1. The act of leaping on; onset; attack. [Obs.] Dryden.
- 1. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. To behave with insolence; to exult. [Archaic]
- 2. Exultation. [Obs.] Is. xiv. (heading).
- I. Taylor.
- In*sur"ance (?), n. [From Insure.]
- 2. The premium paid for insuring property or life.
- 3. The sum for which life or property is insured.
- 4. A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance. [Obs.]
- 1. To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.
- I. Watts.
- 2. A rising in mass to oppose an enemy. [Obs.]
- 2. the beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
- 3. The quantity taken in; as, the intake of air.
- In"te*gral (?), a. [Cf. F. intégral. See Integer.]
- 1. The act or process of making whole or entire.
- In`tel*lec"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. intellectif.]
- In`tel*lec"tu*al (?; 135), a. [L. intellectualis: cf. F. intellectuel.]
- I. Watts.
- I kept her intellectuals in a state of exercise.
- 2. The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.
- 2. One who accepts the doctrine of intellectualism.
- 1. The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.
- 3. Information communicated; news; notice; advice.
- 4. Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity. [Obs.]
- 3. Cognizant; aware; communicative. [Obs.]
- In*tel`li*gen"tial (?), a. [Cf. F. intelligentiel.] [R.]
- 2. Consisting of unembodied mind; incorporeal.
- 2. Specifically: Habitual or excessive indulgence in alcoholic liquors.
- In*tem"per*an*cy (?), n. Intemperance. [Obs.]
- In*tem`per*ate (?), v. t. To disorder. [Obs.]
- 2. Severity of weather; inclemency. Boyle.
- In`tem*pes"tive*ly, adv. Unseasonably. [Obs.]
- 1. To stretch; to extend; to distend. [Obs.]
- 2. To strain; to make tense. [Obs.]
- 3. To intensify; to strengthen. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
- 4. To apply with energy.
- 8. To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold. [Obs.]
- 9. To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate. [Obs.]
- 1. The office or employment of an intendant.
- 2. A territorial district committed to the charge of an intendant.
- In*tend"ant, a. [See Intend.] Attentive. [Obs.]
- 2. Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help.
- 3. Betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband.
- In*tend"ent (?), n. See Intendant, n. [Obs.]
- 1. Charge; oversight. [Obs.] Ford.
- 2. Intention; design; purpose.
- In*ten"er*ate (n*tn"r*t), a. Made tender or soft; softened. [Obs.]
- 2. To an extreme degree; as, weather intensely cold.
- In*ten"si*ty (?), n. [LL. intensitas: cf. F. intensité. See Intense.]
- 4. (Photog.) The degree or depth of shade in a picture.
- In*ten"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. intensif. See Intense.]
- I. Watts.
- In`ten*ta"tion (?), n. Intention. [Obs.]
- 3. The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
- 4. The state of being strained. See Intension. [Obs.]
- 5. (Logic) Any mental apprehension of an object.
- In*ter`ca*la"tion (?), n. [L. intercalatio: cf. F. intercalation.]
- 1. To pass between; to intervene. [Obs.]
- I to the lords will intercede, not doubting Their favorable ear.
- In`ter*ces"sion*ate (?), v. t. To entreat. [Obs.]
- In`ter*ces"sor (?), n. [L., a surety: cf. F. intercesseur.]
- I shall interchange My waned state for Henry's regal crown.
- In`ter*change" (?), n. [Cf. OF. entrechange.]
- 3. Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling.
- In`ter*change"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. entrechangeable.]
- 1. To intercommunicate. [Obs.]
- 2. To have mutual communication or intercourse by conversation. [Scot.]
- 1. To cross each other, as lines.
- 1. Running between or among; intervening. Boyle. Bp. Fell.
- 1. A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.
- In`ter*dig"i*tate (?), v. t. To interweave. [R.]
- 3. To cause or permit to share. [Obs.]
- In"ter*est*ed (n"tr*st*d), a. [See Interest, v. t.]
- 5. (Patent Law) To cover the same ground; to claim the same invention.
- In`ter*fer"ence (?), n. [See Interfere.]
- 1. To pour or spread between or among; to diffuse; to scatter.
- 2. To spread through; to permeate; to pervade. [R.]
- 3. To mix up together; to associate. H. Spencer.
- 3 Kings vii. 28 (Douay version. )
- 1. The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc.
- 2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.
- 2. A middle joist or crossbeam. De Colange.
- In`ter*know" (?), v. t. To know mutually. [Obs.]
- 3. To mark or imprint with lines.
- In`ter*lin`e*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. interlinéation.]
- 1. The act of interlining.
- 1. Interchange of speech; dialogue; conversation; conference.
- 2. (Law) An intermediate act or decree before final decision. Ayliffe.
- 3. Hence, intermediate argument or discussion.
- In`ter*loc"u*tor (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. interlocuteur.]
- 2. (Law) An interlocutory judgment or sentence.
- 1. Consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue; conversational.
- I. Taylor.
- In`ter*med"dle (?), v. t. To intermix; to mingle. [Obs.]
- In`ter*me"di*an (?), a. Intermediate. [Obs.]
- 1. Intermediate space. [R.]
- 2. An intervening agent or instrument. Cowper.
- 4. Intervention; interposition. [Obs.] Heylin.
- 2. Admixture; an additional ingredient.
- In`ter*mun"di*an (?), a. Intermundane. [Obs.]
- In*tern"al (?), a. [L. internus; akin to interior. See Interior.]
- 4. Pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual.
- 5. Intrinsic; inherent; real. [R.]
- 6. (Anat.) Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial.
- 2. Hence: Mentally; spiritually. Jer. Taylor.
- 2. Of or concerning the association called the International.
- In`ter*na"tion*al, n. [Cf. F. internationale.]
- 2. A member of the International Association.
- 2. The doctrines or organization of the International.
- In"ter*node` (?), n. [L. internodium; inter between + nodus knot.]
- In`ter*no"di*al (?), a. Internodal. [R.]
- In`ter*nun"cial (?), a. [See Internuncio.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to an internuncio.
- In`ter*nun"ciess (?), n. A female messenger. [R.]
- 1. A messenger between two parties. Johnson.
- 2. To interweave or interlace. [R.] Brende.
- In`ter*pause` (?), n. An intermission. [R.]
- In`ter*peal" (?), v. t. To interpel. [Obs.]
- I am interpelled by many businesses.
- In`ter*pel*la"tion (?), n. [L. interpellatio: cf. F. interpellation.]
- 2. The act of interposing or interceding; intercession.
- 4. A official summons or citation. Ayliffe.
- In`ter*pledge" (?), v. t. To pledge mutually. [R.]
- 1. To renew; to carry on with intermission. [Obs.]
- 3. To utter a sentiment by way of interruption. Boyle.
- In"ter*pose (?), n. Interposition. [Obs.]
- 2. The thing interposed.
- In`ter*po"sure (?), n. Interposition. [Obs.]
- 3. The power or explaining. [R.] Bacon.
- In*ter"pre*ta*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. interprétatif.]
- 2. According to interpretation; constructive.
- In*ter"pre*tive (?), a. Interpretative. [R.]
- In*ter`ro*ga"tion (?), n. [L. interrogatio: cf. F. interrogation.]
- 2. A question put; an inquiry.
- In`ter*rup"tion (?), n. [L. interruptio: cf. F. interruption.]
- 1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.
- 4. Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.
- In`ter*sec"tion (?), n. [L. intersectio: cf. F. intersection.]
- 1. The act, state, or place of intersecting.
- 2. (Geom.) The point or line in which one line or surface cuts another.
- In`ter*set" (?), v. t. To set between or among. [R.]
- In`ter*shock (?), v. t. To shock mutually. [R.]
- 4. (Mus.) Difference in pitch between any two tones.
- 3. To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.
- In`ter*vene", v. t. To come between. [R.]
- 1. The act of intervening; interposition.
- In`ter*vi"tal (?), a. Between two lives. [R.]
- 1. Internal; inward; -- opposed to external.
- 4. Shut up; inclosed. [R.] Cowper.
- 2. pl. The bowels; entrails; viscera.
- In*thirst" (?), v. t. To make thirsty. [Obs.]
- 2. Near; close; direct; thorough; complete.
- In`ti*ma"tion (?), n. [L. intimatio: cf. F. intimation.]
- 1. The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
- 2. Announcement; declaration. Macaulay.
- 1. The act of tingeing or dyeing. Blount.
- 4. Denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas into other words.
- 4. Enormous.
- 1. Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
- 1. Not enduring; not able to endure.
- In*tol"er*a`ting (?), a. Intolerant. [R.]
- 1. A winding, bending, or twisting.
- 1. Intoxicated.
- 2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
- 1. To poison; to drug. South.
- 1. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
- In*trench"ment (?), n. [From Intrench.]
- 1. The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.
- 3. Any defense or protection.
- 4. An encroachment or infringement.
- In`tri*ca"tion (?), n. Entanglement. [Obs.]
- 2. To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.
- In*trigue", n. [Cf. F. intrique. See Intrigue, v. i.]
- 1. Intricacy; complication. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
- I. Taylor.
- In*trin"sic*al (?), a. [Formerly written intrinsecal.]
- 1. Intrinsic.
- 2. Intimate; closely familiar. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
- 5. To produce; to cause to exist; to induce. [Obs.]
- In`tro*duce"ment (?), n. Introduction. [Obs.]
- In`tro*duct" (?), v. t. To introduce. [Obs.]
- 1. The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.
- In`tro*duc"tor (?), n. [L.] An introducer. [Obs.]
- 1. A going in. Caxton.
- 3. (R. C. Ch.) An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service.
- In`tro*mis"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. intromission. See Intromit.]
- 1. The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion. South.
- 2. The act of letting go in; admission.
- 1. To send in or put in; to insert or introduce. Greenhill.
- 2. To allow to pass in; to admit.
- In`tro*mit"tent (?), a. [L. intromittens, p. pr.]
- 1. Throwing, or allowing to pass, into or within.
- In`tro*pres"sion (?), n. Pressure acting within. [R.]
- I was forced to make an introspection into my own mind.
- In`tro*spec"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. introspectif.]
- 2. (Med.) Same as Intussusception.
- 1. To turn or bend inward. "Introverted toes." Cowper.
- 2. To look within; to introspect. Lew Wallace.
- I. Watts.
- In*trude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Intruding.]
- 2. To enter by force; to invade. [Obs.]
- In*tru"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. intrusion. See Intrude.]
- 1. A looking after; a regard to. [Obs.]
- In*tu"i*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. intuitif.]
- 1. Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision.
- In`tu*mes"cence (?), n. [Cf. F. intumescence.]
- 2. Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.
- 1. The reception of one part within another.
- In`un*da"tion (?), n. [L. inundatio: cf. F. inondation.]
- In*vag`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. pref. in- + vagina sheath.]
- 1. (Biol.) The condition of an invaginated organ or part.
- In*val`e*tu"di*na*ry (?), a. Wanting health; valetudinary. [R.]
- 1. Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak.
- 2. To classify or enroll as an invalid.
- 2. Want of health; infirmity. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
- I. Taylor.
- In*va"sion (?), n. [L. invasio: cf. F. invasion. See Invade.]
- 1. To come or light upon; to meet; to find. [Obs.]
- In*ven"tion (?), n. [L. inventio: cf. F. invention. See Invent.]
- 3. Thought; idea. Shak.
- 4. A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood.
- In*ven"tious (?), a. Inventive. [Obs.]
- In*ver"sion (?), n. [L. inversio: cf. F. inversion. See Invert.]
- 3. To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.] Knolles.
- In*vert"i*ble (?), a. [From Invert.]
- 1. Capable of being inverted or turned.
- 2. (Chem.) Capable of being changed or converted; as, invertible sugar.
- 2. To put on. [Obs.]
- I do invest you jointly with my power.
- 4. To surround, accompany, or attend.
- 5. To confer; to give. [R.]
- In*ves"ti*ture (?; 135), n. [LL. investitura: cf. F. investiture.]
- 2. (Feudal Law) Livery of seizin.
- 2. That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.
- In*vet"er*a*cy (?), n. [From Inveterate.]
- 2. Malignity; spitefulness; virulency.
- 1. Old; long-established. [Obs.]
- 4. Malignant; virulent; spiteful. H. Brooke.
- 1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] Evelyn.
- 2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.]
- In*vig"or (n*vg"r), v. t. To invigorate. [Obs.]
- 2. Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted.
- 1. Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken.
- In`vi*ta"tion (?), n. [L. invitatio: cf. F. invitation. See Invite.]
- 3. Allurement; enticement. [R.]
- I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on this.
- 3. To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.
- In`vo*ca"tion (?), n. [F. invocation, L. invocatio.]
- In*vol"un*ta*ry (?), a. [L. involuntarius. See In- not, and Voluntary.]
- 1. Not having will or the power of choice.
- In`vo*lu"tion (?), n. [L. involutio: cf. F. involution. See Involve.]
- 1. The act of involving or infolding.
- 1. To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
- 1. Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury.
- 2. Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul. "Inward beauty." Shak.
- 3. Intimate; domestic; private. [Obs.]
- 2. The mental faculties; -- usually pl. [Obs.]
- In"ward*ly (?), adv. [AS. inweardlice.]
- 1. In the inner parts; internally.
- 2. Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly.
- 4. Intimately; thoroughly. [Obs.]
- I shall desire to know him more inwardly.
- 2. Intimacy; familiarity. [Obs.] Shak.
- 3. Heartiness; earnestness.
- M. Arnold.
- In*with" (?), prep. Within. [Obs.]
- In*wrap" (?), v. t. [Written also enwrap.]
- I*od"u*ret (?), n. (Chem.) Iodide. [Obs.]
- I*on"ic (?), a. [L. Ionicus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; Ionia.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians.
- 2. The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic.
- 3. (Print.) Ionic type.
- I*o"ta (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. 'iw^ta. See Jot.]
- 2. A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a particle.
- Ire (?), n. [F., fr. L. ira.] Anger; wrath. [Poet.]
- 1. To point or tip with iridium, as a gold pen.
- 2. To make iridescent; as, to iridize glass.
- 2. The rainbow. Sir T. Browne.
- 6. (Her.) See Fleur-de-lis, 2.
- 2. The language of the Irish; the Hiberno- Celtic.
- 3. An old game resembling backgammon.
- M. Arnold.
- 2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.]
- 3. pl. Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles.
- I"ron ("rn), a. [AS. ren, sen. See Iron, n.]
- 1. Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar, dust.
- 2. Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness.
- I"ron, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ironed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ironing.]
- 3. To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.
- 2. Rigid; unyielding; as, ironbound traditions.
- 2. Addicted to the use of irony; given to irony.
- 2. The clothes ironed.
- I"ron*y (?), a. [From Iron.]
- 2. Resembling iron in taste, hardness, or other physical property.
- 1. The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.
- 3. To animate by heat or light. Sir M. Hale.
- 4. To radiate, shed, or diffuse.
- Ir*ra`di*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. irradiation.]
- 1. Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
- 2. Illumination; irradiance; brilliancy. Sir W. Scott.
- 3. Fig.: Mental light or illumination. Sir M. Hale.
- Ir*rad"i*cate (?), v. t. To root deeply. [R.]
- 2. Not according to reason; absurd; foolish.
- I. Taylor.
- Ir`re*cured" (?), a. Incurable. [Obs.]
- Ir`re*gen`er*a"tion (?), n. An unregenerate state. [Obs.]
- Ir`re*li"gious (?), a. [L. irreligiosus: cf. F. irréligieux.]
- Ir`re*nowned" (?), a. Not renowned. [Obs.]
- Ir*rep"u*ta*ble (?), a. Disreputable. [Obs.]
- 2. Incapable of being relieved or assisted. [Obs.]
- 2. Disrespectful. [Obs.] Sir C. Cornwallis.
- 2. Not to be trusted; unreliable.
- 2. Not tractile or ductile. [R.] Sir W. Hamilton.
- Ir*rev"er*end (?), a. Irreverent. [Obs.]
- Ir`re*vok"a*ble (?), a. [Pref. ir- not + revoke.] Irrevocable. [R.]
- Ir*rig"u*ous (?), a. [L. irriguus. See Irrigate.]
- 1. Watered; watery; moist; dewy. [Obs.]
- 2. Gently penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] J. Philips.
- Ir`ri*ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. irritabilitas: cf. F. irritabilité.]
- Ir"ri*ta*ble (?), a. [L. irritabilis: cf. F. irritable. See Irritate.]
- 1. Capable of being irritated.
- Ir"ri*tant, n. [Cf. F. irritant.]
- 1. That which irritates or excites.
- 3. (Toxicology) A poison that produces inflammation.
- Ir"ri*tate (?), a. Excited; heightened. [Obs.]
- Ir`ri*ta"tion (?), n. [L. irritatio: cf. F. irritation.]
- Ir*rup"tion (?), n. [L. irruptio: cf. F. irruption. See Irrupted.]
- 1 Sam. xx. 5.
- 2. (Zoöl.) One of the pleuræ of insects.
- 3. See Ismaelian.
- I"si*cle (?), n. A icicle. [Obs.]
- 2. (Min.) A popular name for mica, especially when in thin sheets.
- I"sis (?), n. [L., the goddess Isis, fr. Gr. &?;.]
- 3. (Astron.) One of the asteroids.
- 2. The whole body of Mohammedans, or the countries which they occupy.
- 2. Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice.
- 3. (Zoöl.) See Isle, n., 2.
- 1. An island. [Poetic]
- I`so*di`a*met"ric (?), a. [Iso- + diametric.]
- 2. (Elec.) To insulate. See Insulate.
- I*som"er*ide (?), n. (Chem.) An isomer. [R.]
- Is"su*a*ble (?), a. [From Issue.]
- 6. A discharge of flux, as of blood. Matt. ix. 20.
- Is"sue, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Issued (sh"d); p. pr. & vb. n. Issuing.]
- 1. To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any inclosed place.
- 4. To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring.
- 2 Kings xx. 18.
- 5. To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the highway.
- 2. To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions.
- 2. The language used in Italy, or by the Italians.
- 2. Attachment to, or sympathy for, Italy.
- 1. To play the Italian; to speak Italian. Cotgrave.
- I*tal"ic (?), a. [L. Italicus: cf. F. italique. Cf. Italian.]
- 1. Relating to Italy or to its people.
- 2. The use of Italics.
- 2. Any itching eruption.
- 4. A constant irritating desire.
- I"tem (?), n. [From Item, adv.]
- 2. A hint; an innuendo. [Obs.]
- I have itemed it in my memory.
- It"er*ance (?), n. Iteration. [Obs.]
- I*tin"er*an*cy (?), n. [See Itinerant.]
- 1. A passing from place to place. Dr. H. More.
- 2. The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.
- 3. Any carving executed in ivory. Mollett.
- 4. pl. Teeth; as, to show one's ivories. [Slang]
- J.
- Jab, n. A thrust or stab. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]
- 1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John.
- 6. The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls. Shak.
- 7. The male of certain animals, as of the ass.
- 11. The knave of a suit of playing cards.
- 1. A monkey; an ape. Shak.
- 2. A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.
- Jack"ass` (?), n. [2d jack + ass.]
- 1. The male ass; a donkey.
- 2. A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.
- Jack"et (?), n. [F. jaquette, dim. of jaque. See 3d Jack, n.]
- 2. To thrash; to beat. [Low]
- 1. One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d Jack, n.
- 2. A cream cheese. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
- Jac"o*bin (?), n. [F. See 2d Jack, Jacobite.]
- Jac"o*bite (?), n. [L. Jacobus James: cf. F. Jacobite. See 2d Jack.]
- Jac"u*la*ble (?), a. Fit for throwing. [Obs.]
- Jac"u*la`tor (?), [L.] 1. One who throws or casts. [R.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) The archer fish (Toxotes jaculator).
- 1. A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag. Chaucer.
- 3. A young woman; -- generally so called in irony or slight contempt.
- Jade, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Jading.]
- 1. To treat like a jade; to spurn. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. To make ridiculous and contemptible. [Obs.]
- I do now fool myself, to let imagination jade me.
- 2. Unchaste; -- applied to a woman. L'Estrange.
- 2. A part broken off; a fragment. Bp. Hacket.
- 3. (Bot.) A cleft or division.
- 2. An injury caused by jamming. [Colloq.]
- 2. A kind of twilled cotton cloth. See Jean.
- 1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
- 3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
- Jan"gle, n. [Cf. OF. jangle.]
- 1. Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble. Chaucer.
- 2. Discordant sound; wrangling.
- Jan"gler (?), n. [Cf. OF. jangleor.]
- 1. An idle talker; a babbler; a prater. Chaucer.
- 2. A wrangling, noisy fellow.
- 1 Tim. i. 6.
- 2. Wrangling; altercation. Lamb.
- 2. To give a glossy black to, as shoes. [R.] Gay.
- 1. A native or inhabitant of Japan; collectively, the people of Japan.
- 2. sing. The language of the people of Japan.
- 2. A bootblack. [R.]
- I have not been putting a jape upon you.
- Jar (jär), n. [See Ajar.] A turn. [Only in phrase.]
- 2. To tick; to beat; to mark or tell off. [Obs.]
- 3. A regular vibration, as of a pendulum.
- I love thee not a jar of the clock.
- 2. A hackney coach. [Slang, Eng.]
- 2. Prejudiced; envious; as, a jaundiced judgment.
- 1. To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
- 2. To ride on a jaunting car.
- Jaunt, n. 1. A wearisome journey. [R.]
- 2. Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java.
- 5. Impudent or abusive talk. [Slang] H. Kingsley.
- Jaw, v. t. To assail or abuse by scolding. [Low]
- Jay"et (?), n. (Min.) See Jet. [Obs.]
- Ja"zel (?), n. A gem of an azure color. [Obs.]
- 1. Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.
- I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts.
- 2. Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful.
- 3. Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry.
- I was jealous for jealousy.
- Jeat (?), n. (Min.) See Jet. [Obs.]
- 1. Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.
- 2. Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune narrative.
- 2. A baked sheep's head. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.
- 1. A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.
- 2. (Zoöl.) A familiar name of the European wren.
- Jeop"ard*er (?), n. One who puts in jeopardy. [R.]
- 1. To beat; to strike. [Obs.] Florio.
- 1. To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts. Milton.
- 2. To flout with contempt.
- 2. A sudden start or spring.
- 1. A beater. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
- 2. One who jerks or moves with a jerk.
- 3. (Zoöl.) A North American river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus).
- Jer"quing (?), n. The searching of a ship for unentered goods. [Eng.]
- 1. A deed; an action; a gest. [Obs.]
- 2. A mask; a pageant; an interlude. [Obs.] Nares.
- I must be sad . . . smile at no man's jests.
- 4. The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.
- Jest, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jested; p. pr. & vb. n. Jesting.]
- Jest"er, n. [Cf. Gestour.]
- 1. A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.
- Jes"u*it (?), n. [F. Jésuite, Sp. Jesuita: cf. It. Gesuita.]
- 2. Fig.: A crafty person; an intriguer.
- 1. Of or pertaining to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.
- Jes"u*it*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. jésuitisme.]
- 1. The principles and practices of the Jesuits.
- 2. Drift; scope; range, as of an argument. [Obs.]
- 2. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. [Obs.] Wiseman.
- 3. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
- 2. Jettison. See Jettison, 1.
- Jet"ti*son (?). n. [See Jetsam.]
- 2. See Jetsam, 1.
- 2. A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
- 2. A precious stone; a gem. Shak.
- M. Arnold.
- Jew"el*ry (?), n. [Cf. F. joaillerie.]
- 1. The art or trade of a jeweler. Cotgrave.
- 2. Jewels, collectively; as, a bride's jewelry.
- Jew"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.)
- 3. The black grouper of Florida and Texas.
- 4. A large herringlike fish; the tarpum.
- 2. (Naut.) The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.
- Jib"ber (?), n. A horse that jibs. [Eng.]
- 2. To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq.] Bartlett.
- 1. (Mus.) A light, brisk musical movement.
- 4. A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. [Obs.]
- 5. A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
- Jig, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jigged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jigging (?).]
- 1. To sing to the tune of a jig.
- 2. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. Ford.
- Jig"ger, n. [See Jig, n. & v.]
- 2. Playful; frisky. [R.]
- 2. A planing machine with a reversing tool, to plane both ways.
- Jim"son weed` (?). See Jamestown weed. [Local, U.S.]
- 2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.
- 1. A word used as a jocular oath. "By the living jingo." Goldsmith.
- 1. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
- 5. A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job. [Colloq.]
- Job (jb), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jobbed (jbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Jobbing.]
- 1. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. L'Estrange.
- 2. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. Moxon.
- 3. To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.
- 2. A dealer in the public stocks or funds; a stockjobber. [Eng.]
- 1. A professional rider of horses in races. Addison.
- 2. A dealer in horses; a horse trader. Macaulay.
- 3. A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
- I. Watts.
- 1. Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person.
- 2. Sportive; merry. "Jocular exploits." Cowper.
- 3. To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See Jog, v. i.
- 2. (Zoöl.) A sculpin. [Local cant]
- 3. To unite in marriage.
- 4. To enjoin upon; to command. [Obs. & R.]
- Join"der (?), n. [F. joindre. See Join, v. t.]
- 1. The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction.
- Joint (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint. See Join.]
- Joint (joint), a. [F., p. p. of joindre. See Join.]
- 1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as, joint action.
- I read this joint effusion twice over.
- Joint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Jointing.]
- 2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
- 3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
- 1. A joining; a joint. [Obs.]
- Joke, n. [L. jocus. Cf Jeopardy, Jocular, Juggler.]
- 2. (Card Playing) See Best bower, under 2d Bower.
- 1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
- 2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.
- Jolt"y (?), a. That jolts; as, a jolty coach. [Colloq.]
- 2. A juggler; a conjuror. See Juggler. Milton.
- 2. A chamber pot. [Obs.] Chaucer. Shak.
- I. Taylor.
- 2. A memorandum book.
- Jour"nal, n. [F. journal. See Journal, a.]
- Jour"nal*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. journalisme.]
- 1. The keeping of a journal or diary. [Obs.]
- Jour"nal*ist, n. [Cf. F. journaliste.]
- 1. One who keeps a journal or diary. [Obs.] Mickle.
- 1. The travel or work of a day. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 1. The chief divinity of the ancient Romans; Jupiter.
- 2. (Astron.) The planet Jupiter. [R.] Pope.
- 3. (Alchemy) The metal tin.
- 1. Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter. [Obs.]
- 2. Sunny; serene. [Obs.] "The heavens always joviall." Spenser.
- Jowl, v. t. To throw, dash, or knock. [Obs.]
- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.
- 1 Thess. ii. 20.
- 3. The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
- I will joy in the God of my salvation.
- 2. To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate. [Obs.]
- 3. To enjoy. [Obs.] See Enjoy.
- Joy"some (&?;), a. Causing joyfulness. [R.]
- Ju`bi*la"te (?), n. [L., imperat. of jubilare to shout for joy.]
- 4. A season of general joy.
- Ju"da*ism (?), n. [L. Judaïsmus: cf. F. judaïsme.]
- 2. Conformity to the Jewish rites and ceremonies.
- 2. To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom.
- 4. To determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon.
- 5. To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern. [Obs.]
- 1 Sam. viii. 5.
- 3. The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
- 7. (Theol.) The final award; the last sentence.
- Ju"di*ca*to*ry (277), n. [L. judicatorium.]
- 1. A court of justice; a tribunal. Milton.
- 2. Administration of justice.
- Ju"di*ca*ture (?; 135), n. [F., fr. LL. judicatura.]
- 2. A court of justice; a judicatory. South.
- 2. Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as, a judicial mind.
- 4. Judicious. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- 2. A pitcher; a ewer. [Eng.]
- 3. A prison; a jail; a lockup. [Slang] Gay.
- Jug (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jugging (?).]
- 2. To commit to jail; to imprison. [Slang]
- Ju"gal (?), a. [L. jugalis, fr. jugum yoke.]
- 1. Relating to a yoke, or to marriage. [Obs.]
- 2. To practice artifice or imposture.
- 2. An imposture; a deception. Tennyson.
- 2. A deceiver; a cheat. Shak.
- Jug"gler*y (?), n. [OE. & OF. joglerie, F. jonglerie.]
- 1. The art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand.
- 2. Trickery; imposture; as, political jugglery.
- Juggs (?), n. pl. See Jougs. [Scot.]
- Ju"gu*lar, n. [Cf. F. jugulaire. See Jugular, a.]
- Juke, n. The neck of a bird. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring- shaped.
- Jum"ble*ment (?), n. Confused mixture. [Low]
- 2. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.
- 3. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. [Obs.]
- 5. (Quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
- 2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.]
- 3. The space traversed by a leap.
- 4. (Mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
- 2. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.
- 4. (Zoöl.) The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
- June"a*ting (?), n. A kind of early apple. [Written also jenneting.]
- 1. Less advanced in age than another; younger.
- 4. Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
- 3. (Naut.) Hard salted beef supplied to ships.
- 1. A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.
- 2. A feast; an entertainment.
- Jun"ket*ries (?), n. pl. Sweetmeats. [Obs.]
- Ju"no (j"n), n.; pl. Junos (-nz). [L.]
- 2. (Astron.) One of the early discovered asteroids.
- Ju"pi*ter (?), n. [L., fr. Jovis pater. See Jove.]
- 2. A petticoat. Halliwell.
- 2. (Geol.) The Jurassic period. See Jurassic.
- Ju"ral (?), a. [L. jus, juris, right.]
- 1. Pertaining to natural or positive right. [R.]
- 2. (Law) Of or pertaining to jurisprudence.
- Jur*dic"ci*on (jr*dk"s*n), n. Jurisdiction. [Obs.]
- 1. (Law) A member of a jury; a juryman.
- I shall both find your lordship judge and juror.
- 2. A member of any jury for awarding prizes, etc.
- 2. Closely; nearly; almost.
- Jus"tice (?), n. [F., fr. L. justitia, fr. justus just. See Just, a.]
- I can not justify whom the law condemns.
- 4. To prove; to ratify; to confirm. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. To butt. [Obs.] "The jutting steer." Mason.
- 2. A shove; a push. [Obs.] Udall.
- 2. Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports.
- 1. Youthfulness; adolescence. Glanvill.
- 2. The manners or character of youth; immaturity. Glanvill.
- K.
- 2. Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables. [OE. or Scot.]
- Kail yard, a kitchen garden. [Scot.]
- 2. See Kail, 2.
- 2. A kind of shaggy cloth, resembling bearskin.
- 3. A coarse, dyed, cotton cloth, made in Prussia.
- Keck, n. An effort to vomit; queasiness. [R.]
- 2. Fig.: The whole ship.
- 2. To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
- To keel over, to upset; to capsize. [Colloq.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) Having a median ridge; carinate; as, a keeled scale.
- Keen, v. t. To sharpen; to make cold. [R.]
- Keen, v. i. To wail as a keener does. [Ireland]
- I kepe not of armes for to yelp [boast].
- 5. To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.
- 7. To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.
- I keep but three men and a boy.
- 12. To have habitually in stock for sale.
- I have kept the faith.
- 2 Tim. iv. 7.
- 2. To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.
- 4. To take care; to be solicitous; to watch. [Obs.]
- 5. To be in session; as, school keeps to-day. [Colloq.]
- I performed some services to the college in return for my keep.
- M. A. Lower.
- 5. That which is kept in charge; a charge. [Obs.]
- 6. (Mach.) A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place.
- 4. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
- Keeping room, a family sitting room. [New Eng. & Prov. Eng.]
- 2. (Bleaching) A bleaching vat; a kier.
- 3. (Mining) A large vat used in dressing ores.
- 2. To heave; to tilt, as a cart. [Prov. Eng.]
- Kell (?), n. A kiln. [Obs.]
- 2. The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect. B. Jonson.
- 2. (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed.
- Kelt, n. A salmon after spawning. [Scot.]
- 2. A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs. Shak.
- 3. The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.
- 2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.
- Ker"cher (?), n. A kerchief. [Obs.]
- 2. A lady who wears a kerchief. Dryden.
- 2. Any kind of boor or low-lived person. [Obs.] Blount.
- 3. (O. Eng. Law) An idler; a vagabond. Wharton.
- Kern, n. [See Churn. ] A churn. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. To take the form of kernels; to granulate. [Obs.]
- 2. A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn.
- Kess (?), v. t. To kiss. [Obs.] Chaucer
- Kest (?), imp. of Cast. [Obs.]
- 2. A stone mason's hammer. [Written also cavil.]
- Kex (?), n. [W. cecys, pl., hollow stalks.]
- 1. (Bot.) A weed; a kecksy. Bp. Gauden.
- 2. A dry husk or covering.
- 11. Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- I should kick, being kicked.
- 2. To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc.
- 4. The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged.
- 2. A fancy dish; a titbit; a delicacy.
- 4. pl. Gloves made of kid. [Colloq. & Low]
- Kid, v. t. See Kiddy, v. t. [Slang]
- Kid"dy, n. A young fellow; formerly, a low thief. [Slang, Eng.]
- Kid"dy*ish, a. Frolicsome; sportive. [Slang]
- 2. Habit; disposition; sort; kind. Shak.
- 3. A waiter. [Old Cant] Tatler.
- 2. A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.
- 2. Plaited after the manner of kilting.
- 3. Tucked or fastened up; -- said of petticoats, etc.
- Kim"nel (?), n. A tub. See Kemelin. [Obs.]
- She knew not what a kimnel was
- 2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
- 5. Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness.
- I Cor. xv. 39.
- I. Taylor.
- 2. pl. Materials, easily lighted, for starting a fire.
- 1. According to the kind or nature; natural. [R.]
- L. Andrews.
- 3. Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent.
- 2. A kind act; an act of good will; as, to do a great kindness.
- I think there's no man is secure But the queen's kindred.
- But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, Rejoicing in the east
- 4. The chief piece in the game of chess.
- 5. A crowned man in the game of draughts.
- 6. pl. The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.
- 2. The king tody. See under King.
- 2 Chron. xxi. 4.
- Kink (?), n. [D. kink a bend or turn, or Sw. kink.]
- 2. Queer; eccentric; crotchety. [Colloq. U.S.]
- 1. A clergyman or officer in a kirk. [Scot.]
- Kirk"yard` (?), n. A churchyard. [Scot.]
- Kir"some, a. [Corrupted from chrisom.] Christian; christened. [Obs.]
- I am a true kirsome woman.
- 2. To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly.
- 2. To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly.
- 2. A small piece of confectionery.
- 2. A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen.
- Kite (kt), n. [OE. kyte, AS. cta; cf. W. cud, cut.]
- 2. Fig. : One who is rapacious.
- 4. (Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
- 7. (Zoöl.) The brill. [Prov. Eng.]
- Kite, n. The belly. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
- Kive (?), n. A mash vat. See Keeve. [Obs.]
- 2. To nab. See Nab, v. t. [Colloq.]
- Knab"ble (?), v. i. [Freq. of knab.] To bite or nibble. [Obs.]
- 2. To speak affectedly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- 2. A wooden peg for hanging things on. Wright.
- 3. The prong of an antler. Holland.
- 4. The rugged top of a hill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- Ps. xlvi. 9 (Book of Common Prayer.)
- 2. To strike smartly; to rap; to snap. Bacon.
- 2. Any male servant; a menial. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. pl. Roguish or mischievous tricks. Shak.
- 2. Mischievous; roguish; waggish.
- 2. Mischievously; waggishly; roguishly. "Knavishly witty." Gayton.
- 2. Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.
- I will knead him : I'll make him supple.
- 4. A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.
- Knee (n), v. t. To supplicate by kneeling. [Obs.]
- Shak
- 2. A cap or protection for the knee.
- 2. Sunk to the knees; as, men knee- deep in water.
- 2. A cushion or stool to kneel on.
- 2. A sword or dagger.
- 2. To cut or stab with a knife. [Low]
- 3. A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.
- 2. The whole body of knights.
- 3. To join; to cause to grow together.
- 5. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
- 2. Union formed by knitting, as of bones.
- 2. pl. (Naut.) See Nettles.
- 3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.] Bartlett.
- 4. (Arch.) See Knop.
- 2. Irregular; stubborn in particulars. [Obs.]
- 3. Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly. [U.S.] Bartlett.
- 2. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
- Knor (?), n. See Knur. [Obs.]
- 2. A bond of union; a connection; a tie. "With nuptial knot." Shak.
- 7. A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
- 8. A protuberant joint in a plant.
- 10. (Mech.) See Node.
- 12. A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot.
- 2. To unite closely; to knit together. Bacon.
- 3. To entangle or perplex; to puzzle. [Obs. or R.]
- 2. To knit knots for fringe or trimming.
- 3. To copulate; -- said of toads. [R.] Shak.
- 2. Interwoven; matted; entangled.
- 3. Having intersecting lines or figures.
- 5. Entangled; puzzling; knotty. [R.]
- 2. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head.[R.] Rewe.
- 3. Difficult; intricate; perplexed.
- A knotty point to which we now proceed
- 2 Cor. v. 21.
- 5. To have sexual commerce with.
- 2. To be assured; to feel confident.
- 2. Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. [Colloq.]
- 2. By experience. [Obs.] Shak.
- 1 Cor. viii. 1.
- 1 Kings ix. 27.
- 3. The joint of a plant. [Obs.] Bacon.
- Knuff (nf), n. [Cf. Gnof a churl.] A lout; a clown. [Obs.]
- 2. One who, or that which, is crossgrained.
- 2. Milled, as the head of a screw, or the edge of a coin.
- Kon (?), v. t. To know. See Can, and Con. [Obs.]
- Koo"koom (?), n. (Zoöl.) The oryx or gemsbok. [Written also kookaam.]
- I have salaamed and kowtowed to him.
- Kurd"ish, a. Of or pertaining to the Kurds. [Written also Koordish.]
- Kyaw (?), n. (Zoöl.) A daw. [Scot.]
- Spenser erroneously uses kydst to mean "knowest."
- Kyr"i*e e*lei"son (?). [Gr. ky`rie 'elei^son .]
- Kythe, v. t. To come into view; to appear. [Scot.]
- L.
- I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
- 4. A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.
- 2. To affix in or on a label. [R.]
- La"bel*er (?), n. One who labels. [Written also labeller.]
- 2. (Mus.) Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe.
- 2. (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.
- 3. pl. (Anat.) The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.
- 4. Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth.
- 5. Any pang or distress. Shak.
- Matt. xi. 28
- 4. To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth.
- 4. To belabor; to beat. [Obs.] Dryden.
- 2. Suffering pain or grief. Pope.
- 2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic.
- 4. An inextricable or bewildering difficulty.
- 5. (Anat.) The internal ear. See Note under Ear.
- 4. Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage. [Old Slang] Addison.
- 3. To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. [Colloq.]
- 4. To add spirits to (a beverage). [Old Slang]
- 2. Decorated with the fabric lace.
- By each other's fury lacerate
- 2. A breach or wound made by lacerating. Arbuthnot.
- 2. (Astron.) The Lizard, a northern constellation.
- 2. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Cut into deep, narrow, irregular lobes; slashed.
- 2. To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
- 2. To be in want.
- 2. An instance of laconic style or expression.
- Lac"ta*ry, n. a dairyhouse. [R.]
- 2. (Anat. & Physiol.) Lacteal; conveying chyle.
- 2. Lacteal; conveying chyle; as, lacteous vessels.
- 2. (Bot.) The latex of certain plants. See Latex.
- 2. (Chem.) See Galactose.
- 2. A companion; a comrade; a mate.
- Lad"die (?), n. A lad; a male sweetheart. [Scot.]
- Lade, v. i. [See Lade, v. t.] 1. To draw water. [Obs.]
- 2. (Naut.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.
- 2. A passage for water; a ditch or drain. [Prov. Eng.]
- 3. The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.
- 6. A wife; -- not now in approved usage. Goldsmith.
- 3. Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.
- 3. A long, slender variety of the potato.
- 4. (Zoöl.) One of the branchiæ of the lobster.
- 2. The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
- 5. (Zoöl.) See Graylag.
- Lag, n. One transported for a crime. [Slang, Eng.]
- Lag, v. t. To transport for crime. [Slang, Eng.]
- Lag"ly (?), adv. Laggingly. [Prov. Eng.]
- Laid"ly, a. Ugly; loathsome. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
- 2. A burying place. [Scot.] Jamieson.
- 3. A pasture; sometimes, food. [Obs.] Spenser.
- La"ism (?), n. See Lamaism. [R.]
- 2. The state of a layman. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
- 2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
- 2. A leather flap hanging from a cuirass. Wilhelm.
- 2. A kind of woolen.
- Lam*doid"al (?), a. Lambdoid. [R.]
- 2 Chron. xxxv. 25.
- 2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.
- 2. To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
- Lam"pad (?), n. [Gr. &?; , &?;. See Lamp.] A lamp or candlestick. [R.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) The calico bass.
- 2. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
- 2. To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
- 3. To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.
- 2. A lancet. [Obs.]
- 2. (Metal.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. Knight.
- Land (lnd), n. Urine. See Lant. [Obs.]
- 4. The inhabitants of a nation or people.
- 5. The mainland, in distinction from islands.
- 6. The ground or floor. [Obs.]
- I 'll undertake to land them on our coast.
- 2. To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish.
- 2. The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.
- 2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea.
- 2. The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave.
- 2. A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.
- 2. The mistress of an inn or lodging house.
- 2. The master of an inn or of a lodging house.
- Land"lord`ry (?), n. The state of a landlord. [Obs.]
- 2. (Eng.) An occupier of land. Cowell.
- 3. The pictorial aspect of a country.
- 2. The land which slips down.
- 2. (Naut.) A sailor on his first voyage.
- Land"streight` (?), n. [See Strait.] A narrow strip of land. [Obs.]
- Lang (?), a. & adv. Long. [Obs. or Scot.]
- Lan"gret (?), n. A kind of loaded die. [Obs.]
- Lan"gridge (?), n. See Langrage. [Sometimes compounded with shot.]
- 2. The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.
- 8. A race, as distinguished by its speech. [R.]
- Language master, a teacher of languages. [Obs.]
- 2. Slow in progress; tardy. " No motion so swift or languid." Bentley.
- 3. Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day.
- 2 Esdras viii. 31.
- Lan"guish, n. See Languishment. [Obs. or Poetic]
- 2. Amorously pensive; as, languishing eyes, or look.
- 2. Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.
- Lan"guish*ness, n. Languishment. [Obs.]
- 2. Any enfeebling disease. [Obs.]
- La"ni*a*ry, n. [L. Laniary, a.]
- 1. The shambles; a place of slaughter. [R.]
- 2. (Anat.) A laniary, or canine, tooth.
- La`ni*a"tion (?), n. [L. laniatio.] A tearing in pieces. [R.]
- 2. Languid; drooping.[Obs.]
- 2. A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet.
- 5. (Founding) A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
- 6. (Zoöl.) See Aristotle's lantern.
- Lan"thorn (?), n. See Lantern. [Obs.]
- 2. An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth. Chaucer.
- 2. To wrap or wind around something.
- 3. To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
- 2. The sound of lapping.
- 2. Of or pertaining to monumental inscriptions; as, lapidary adulation.
- 2. A hardening into a stone substance.
- 3. A stony concretion. Sir T. Browne.
- I. Taylor.
- 4. (Theol.) A fall or apostasy.
- 2. To fatten; to enrich.
- 3. To smear with lard or fat.
- Lard (?), v. i. To grow fat. [Obs.]
- Lard"er*y, n. [Cf. OE. larderie.] A larder. [Obs.]
- Lard"ry (?), n. [See Lardery.] A larder. [Obs.]
- Lare (?), n. [See Lore.] Lore; learning. [Obs.]
- 2. Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.
- 3. Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.
- 5. Free; unembarrassed. [Obs.]
- 7. Prodigal in expending; lavish. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.
- Lar*gil"o*quent (?), a. [Cf. L. largiloquus.] Grandiloquent. [Obs.]
- Lar"gish (?), a. Somewhat large. [Colloq.]
- 2. One who indulges in a lark or frolic. [Colloq.]
- 2. Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.
- I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.
- 2. A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. [Obs.]
- 5. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- 3. To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- 2. A weir in a river. [Eng.] Halliwell.
- Las"sie (?), n. A young girl; a lass. [Scot.]
- 2. Next before the present; as, I saw him last week.
- 3. Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
- 4. Lowest in rank or degree; as, the last prize. Pope.
- 2. In conclusion; finally.
- 3. At a time next preceding the present time.
- 2. The burden of a ship; a cargo.
- 2. A tax on wares sold by the last. [Obs.] Cowell.
- 3. The lading of a ship; also, ballast. Spelman.
- 4. Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.
- 3. The act or process of shaping on a last.
- 2. at last; finally.
- 3. (Naut.) A latching.
- 4. A crossbow. [Obs.] Wright.
- 2. To catch or fasten by means of a latch.
- 2. Not long ago; lately.
- 3. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing.
- 2. Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
- 2. The language of the ancient Romans.
- 4. (Eccl.) A member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- M. Arnold.
- 4. Extent; size; amplitude; scope.
- I pretend not to treat of them in their full latitude.
- 6. (Astron.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
- 3. Lax in moral or religious principles.
- La*tra"tion (?), n. A barking. [Obs.]
- 2. Of or pertaining to latria. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
- 2. Of two things, the one mentioned second.
- I. Watts.
- 3. Recent; modern.
- 4. Last; latest; final. [R.] "My latter gasp." Shak.
- 3. Music or singing in honor of any one.
- I shall laugh myself to death.
- 2. To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out.
- 2. A variety of the domestic pigeon.
- Launce (?), n. A lance. [Obs.]
- Launce"gaye` (?), n. See Lancegaye. [Obs.]
- 2. To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. [Obs.]
- 2. To lave; to wet. [Obs.] Shak.
- Laun"dress, v. i. To act as a laundress.[Obs.]
- 2. A place or room where laundering is done.
- 2. A basin or other vessel for washing in.
- 3. A wash or lotion for a diseased part.
- 4. A place where gold is obtained by washing.
- Lav"a*ture (?; 135), n. A wash or lotion. [Obs.]
- 3. That which washes or cleanses. J. H. Newman.
- Lav"er, n. [From Lave to wash.] One who laves; a washer. [Obs.]
- 2. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
- Law (?), v. t. Same as Lawe, v. t. [Obs.]
- 3. Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled.
- 2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.
- 3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
- 2. Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.[Obs.]
- Lay (?), n. The laity; the common people. [Obs.]
- 2. A law. [Obs.] "Many goodly lays." Spenser.
- 3. An obligation; a vow. [Obs.]
- 2. A melody; any musical utterance.
- 4. To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.
- 6. To cause to lie dead or dying.
- 7. To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.
- I dare lay mine honor He will remain so.
- 8. To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.
- 9. To apply; to put.
- 11. To impute; to charge; to allege.
- 12. To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.
- 14. (Law) To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue. Bouvier.
- 15. (Mil.) To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.
- 3. To lay a wager; to bet.
- 2. A wager. "My fortunes against any lay worth naming."
- 5. A plan; a scheme. [Slang] Dickens.
- 4. An artificial oyster bed.
- 1. The act of one who, or that which, lays.
- 3. The first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work.
- 2. A lay figure. See under Lay, n. (above). Dryden
- Lay"ner (?), n. [See Lanier.] A whiplash. [Obs.]
- 3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] B. Jonson.
- La"zy*bones` (?), n. A lazy person. [Colloq.]
- 2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
- Leach, n. See Leech, a physician. [Obs.]
- I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top.
- Bacon
- 3. A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils.
- Wyclif (Matt. xv. 14.)
- 2 Tim. iii. 6 (Rev. Ver.).
- 1 Tim. ii. 2.
- 4. An open way in an ice field. Kane.
- 5. (Mining) A lode.
- 6. (Naut.) The course of a rope from end to end.
- 2. (Print.) Separated by leads, as the lines of a page.
- 2. Like lead in color, etc.; as, a leaden sky.
- 3. Heavy; dull; sluggish. "Leaden slumber." Shak.
- 2. Suggestion; hint; example. [Archaic] Bacon.
- 2. (Bot.) One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a foliole.
- 2. Consisting of leaves. "A leafy bed." Byron.
- 2. A siege or beleaguering. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
- Lea"guer, v. t. To besiege; to beleaguer. [Obs.]
- 2. Apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not close. [Colloq.]
- 2. (Typog.) Unremunerative copy or work.
- 2. A weel or wicker trap for fish. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
- 3. To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
- 2. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
- 3. (Mining) A fault.
- Leap"ful (?), n. [See 1st Leap.] A basketful. [Obs.]
- Lear (?), v. t. To learn. See Lere, to learn. [Obs.]
- 2. To communicate knowledge to; to teach. [Obs.]
- 2. The contract for such letting.
- Lea"sow (?), n. [AS. lesu, læsu.] A pasture. [Obs.]
- I am the least of the apostles.
- 1 Cor. xv. 9.
- 2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive]
- Leave, v. t. [See Levy.] To raise; to levy. [Obs.]
- 1 Sam. xx. 6.
- 3. To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.
- 4. To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.
- I will leave you now to your gossiplike humor.
- Leave (?), v. i. 1. To depart; to set out. [Colloq.]
- 1 Cor. v. 6.
- 2. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
- 2. That which leavens or makes light. Bacon.
- Leav"i*ness (?), n. [Fr. Leaf.] Leafiness.[Obs.]
- 2. Refuse; offal.
- Lech (?), v. t. [F. lécher. See Lick.] To lick. [Obs.]
- 2. Selfish pleasure; delight. [Obs.] Massinger.
- 2. A reading; a variation in the text.
- 3. A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority.
- 4. (Eng. Universities) A rehearsal of a lesson.
- 2. To reprove formally and with authority.
- 2. A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
- 3. A layer or stratum.
- 4. (Mining) A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
- 2. To bleed by the use of leeches.
- 2. Complexion; aspect; appearance. [Obs.]
- I will leerupon him as a' comes by.
- Leese (lz), v. t. [See Lose.] To lose. [Obs.]
- Leet ale, a feast or merrymaking in time of leet. [Obs.]
- 5. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. [Slang, Eng.]
- 2. (Theol.) A conformity to, and resting upon, the letter of the law.
- 2. (Theol.) To interpret or apply in a legal spirit.
- 4. A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.
- 2. One who relates legends. Bp. Lavington.
- 3. A ledger.
- Legge (lg), v. t. [See Lay, v. t. ] To lay. [Obs.]
- 2. A military force; an army; military bands.
- 3. A great number; a multitude.
- 4. (Taxonomy) A group of orders inferior to a class.
- Leg"is*la*tive (lj"s*l*tv), a. [Cf. F. législatif.]
- 2. Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
- Le*git`i*ma"tion (-m"shn), n. [Cf. F. légitimation.]
- 1. The act of making legitimate.
- 2. Lawful birth. [R.] Shak.
- 2. pl. The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.
- Lei"sur*a*ble (l"zhr**b'l; 135), a. [See Leisure.]
- 1. Leisurely. [Obs.] Hooker.
- Lei"sur*a*bly, adv. At leisure. [Obs.]
- 2. The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.
- 4. To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or gig.
- 2. That which is lent or furnished.
- 6. Distance.[Obs.]
- Lenses
- 2. (Mus.) See Lento.
- 3. (Bot.) A lenticel.
- Lep"id (-d), a. [L. lepidus.] Pleasant; jocose. [R.]
- 2. (Nat. Hist.) Leprose.
- 2. The inferior, younger, or smaller.
- 4. A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
- 1 Cor. x. 12.
- I feared Lest I might anger thee.
- 2. Thess. ii. 7.
- 2. To consider; to think; to esteem. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- Lete (lt), v. t. To let; to leave. [Obs.]
- 2. A state of inaction or indifference.
- 2. Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness.
- 3. A writing; an inscription. [Obs.]
- I broke the letter of it to keep the sense.
- 5. (Print.) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
- 6. pl. Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters.
- 7. pl. A letter; an epistle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3. Inscribed or stamped with letters. Addison.
- 2. The letters made; as, the lettering of a sign.
- 2. Illiterate. [Obs.] E. Waterhouse.
- Leu"cite (l"st), n. [Gr. leyko`s white: cf. F. leucite.]
- 2. (Bot.) A leucoplast.
- 2. A levanter (the wind so called).
- Le"vant (l"vant; 277), a. Eastern. [Obs.]
- Leve, n. & v. Same as 3d & 4th Leave. [Obs.]
- 7. A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine.
- 4. Straightforward; direct; clear; open.
- M. Arnold.
- Lev"en (lv"en), n. [See Levin.] Lightning. [Obs.]
- Lev"er*ock (-k), n. [See Lark.] A lark. [Scot.]
- Le*vi"a*than (l*v"*than), n. [Heb. livythn.]
- 2. The whale, or a great whale. Milton.
- Lev`i*ta"tion (-t"shn), n. [L. levis light in weight.]
- 1. Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light. Paley.
- 2. The act or process of making buoyant.
- 2. A priest; -- so called in contempt or ridicule.
- 2. Priestly. " Levitical questions." Milton.
- 2. A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.
- Lex"i*con*ist, n. A writer of a lexicon. [R.]
- 2. A Chinese copper coin; a cash. See Cash.
- Lib (lb), v. t. [Cf. Glib to geld.] To castrate. [Obs.]
- Lib"bard's bane` (-brdz bn`). Leopard's bane. [Obs.]
- 2. Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
- 4. (Law) The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
- Lib"er*a*to*ry (-*t*r), a. Tending, or serving, to liberate. [R.]
- 2. A destroyer of civil liberty. B. F. Wade.
- 4. A defamatory name for a freethinker. [Obsoles.]
- 2. Licentious conduct; debauchery; lewdness.
- 3. Licentiousness of principle or opinion.
- 10. (Naut.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
- 2. One who copies manuscript books. [Obs.] Broome.
- 2. The document granting such permission. Addison.
- Li"cen*sure (l"sen*shr; 135), n. A licensing. [R.]
- 3. Lecherous; lustful. Robert of Brunne.
- Lick"er*ous (-s), a. Lickerish; eager; lustful. [Obs.]
- 2. A flogging or castigation. [Colloq. or Low]
- Lick"-spig`ot (-spg`t), n. A tapster. [Obs.]
- 2. The cover of the eye; an eyelid. Shak.
- 2. A fiction; a fable; an untruth. Dryden.
- 3. Anything which misleads or disappoints.
- 5. To lodge; to sleep.
- 6. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- 3. Willing; disposed. [Obs.]
- I am not lief to gab.
- I had as lief the town crier spoke my lines.
- Lief"some (lf"sm), a. Pleasing; delightful. [Obs.]
- 3. (Old Law) Full; perfect; complete; pure. Burrill.
- 2. The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
- 2. The body of lieutenants or subordinates. [Obs.]
- Lieu*ten"ant*ry (-r), n. See Lieutenancy. [Obs.]
- Pope
- 6. Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy.
- 11. An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood.
- Pope
- 2. Fig.: That which gives strength and energy.
- 1 Tim. iii. 6.
- 3. To bear; to support. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 4. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- 3. [See Lift, v. t., 5.] To live by theft. Spenser.
- 5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.
- 6. A lift gate. See Lift gate, below. [Prov. Eng.]
- 8. (Mach.) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- 9. (Shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel.
- 2. That which binds; bond; connection.
- 2. Anything that binds; a band or bandage.
- 5. Impotence caused by magic or charms. [Obs.]
- 6. (Mus.) A curve or line connecting notes; a slur.
- Lig"e (lg"e), v. t. & i. To lie; to tell lies. [Obs.]
- 2. See Ledger, 2.
- 4. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
- I Kings vii.4.
- 6. Life; existence.
- 8. The power of perception by vision.
- 10. Prosperity; happiness; joy; felicity.
- 8. Slight; not important; as, a light error. Shak.
- 9. Well leavened; not heavy; as, light bread.
- 11. Not strong or violent; moderate; as, a light wind.
- 16. Easily bestowed; inconsiderately rendered.
- 17. Wanton; unchaste; as, a woman of light character.
- 19. Loose; sandy; easily pulverized; as, a light soil.
- 2. To feel light; to be made happy. [Obs.]
- 4. To come down suddenly and forcibly; to fall; -- with on or upon.
- 4. To free from trouble and fill with joy.
- 3. To cheer; to exhilarate.
- 2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
- 1. A soldier who serves in the light horse. See under 5th Light.
- 2. Swiftly; nimbly; with agility.
- 3. Without deep impression.
- 4. In a small degree; slightly; not severely.
- 5. With little effort or difficulty; easily; readily.
- 6. Without reason, or for reasons of little weight.
- 7. Commonly; usually. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.
- 8. Without dejection; cheerfully. "Seeming to bear it lightly." Shak.
- 9. Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily.
- 10. Not chastely; wantonly. Swift.
- Light"ning (lt"nng), vb. n. Lightening. [R.]
- 2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl.
- 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating.
- 2. A fragrant tree mentioned in the Bible. Num. xxiv. 6.
- 1. (Bot.) Like a bandage, or strap; strap-shaped.
- 2. Composed of ligules.
- 2. Equal, or nearly equal; as, fields of like extent.
- 4. Inclined toward; disposed to; as, to feel like taking a walk.
- Sir W. Raleigh
- 2. In a like or similar manner. Shak.
- 3. Likely; probably. "Like enough it will." Shak.
- 3. To liken; to compare.[Obs.]
- 2. Likeness; resemblance. [Obs.]
- 2. Suitableness; agreeableness. [Obs.]
- 3. Similar; like; alike. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2. To make or cause to be like. [R.] Brougham.
- 2. Appearance or form; guise.
- 3. That which closely resembles; a portrait.
- 4. A comparison; parable; proverb. [Obs.]
- 2. Hence: A person or thing of very small size.
- 2. Hence: Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.
- 2. To sing cheerfully. [Scot.]
- 2. A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.
- 2. That which is filed off; filings. Johnson.
- 2. An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.
- 4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
- 2. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
- 3. (Anat.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.
- 2. To entangle; to insnare.
- 4. To cement. "Who gave his blood to lime the stones together." Shak.
- 2. The space or thing defined by limits.
- 4. A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
- I prithee, give no limits to my tongue.
- 3. Limiting, or tending to limit; restrictive.
- 2. A limiter. See Limiter, 2.
- 4. A limited time within or during which something is to be done.
- 2. (Zoöl.) A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound.
- 3. A low, base fellow; also, a prostitute. [Scot.]
- 4. (Naut.) A man rope at the side of a ladder.
- 2. Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.
- 4. A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella.
- Limp"i*tude (-*td), n. Limpidity. [Obs.]
- 2. Containing lime; as, a limy soil.
- 3. Resembling lime; having the qualities of lime.
- Lin, v. t. To cease from. [Obs. or Scot.]
- 2. A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin.
- 3. A steep ravine.
- 2. The longer and finer fiber of flax.
- 4. To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals. Creech.
- 4. Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
- 6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
- 9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.
- 12. Lineament; feature; figure. "The lines of my boy's face." Shak.
- 18. (Script.) (a) A measuring line or cord.
- 20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
- 25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
- 28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. [U. S.]
- 29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
- 3. To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.
- 4. To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.
- 3. Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs.
- 2. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
- Lin"en*er (-r), n. A dealer in linen; a linen draper. [Obs.]
- 2. (Bot.) Marked longitudinally with fine lines. Gray.
- 2. A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts. Crabb.
- Lin"ger, v. t. 1. To protract; to draw out. [Obs.]
- 2. A person skilled in languages.
- Lin"ing (ln"ng), n. [See Line to cover the inside.]
- 8. pl. Sausages; -- because linked together. [Colloq.]
- Linne (ln), n. Flax. See Linen. [Obs.]
- 2. Jargon. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. (Astron.) A sign and a constellation; Leo.
- 3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
- 5. (Zoöl.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
- 2. To utter; to speak. [R.] Keats.
- 2. (Bot.) Labiate.
- 2. The state of being liquid.
- 1. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.
- 5. Fluid and transparent; as, the liquid air.
- 15 Ga. Rep. 321.
- 3. To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness.
- 4. To make clear and intelligible.
- 5. To make liquid. [Obs.]
- Liq"ui*da`tor (lk"w*d`tr), n. [Cf. F. liquidateur.]
- 1. One who, or that which, liquidates.
- 2. To grease. [Obs.] Bacon.
- 3. A silly person. [Obs.]
- 3. To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid.
- 2. Light; nimble; active. Halliwell.
- 2. (Naut.) To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.
- 2. A limit or boundary; a border.
- 3. The lobe of the ear; the ear itself. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 4. A stripe. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
- 6. (Arch.) A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also listel.
- 3. To enroll; to place or register in a list.
- 4. To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.
- I will list you for my soldier.
- 2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey.
- To listen after, to take an interest in. [Obs.]
- 2. The selvedge of cloth; list.
- 3. (Carp.) The sapwood cut from the edge of a board.
- I was listless, and desponding.
- 2. Following the letter or exact words; not free.
- 3. Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
- 2. With close adherence to words; word by word.
- 2. A literary man.
- 3. A learned person; a literatus. Sir W. Hamilton.
- 2. Of or pertaining to lithology.
- 2. (Med.) A treatise on stones found in the body.
- 2. A picture produced by this process.
- 3. Of or pertaining to legal disputes.
- D. Estrange.
- 2. To produce a litter.
- 2. Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep.
- I Sam. xv. 17.
- 2. A small degree or scale; miniature. " His picture in little." Shak.
- 2. (Bot.) Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface.
- 3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside.
- 5. To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness.
- 2. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.
- 4. Vivid; bright. " The live carnation." Thomson.
- Live"li*hed (?), n. See Livelihood. [Obs.]
- 3. Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors.
- 2. Lasting; durable. [Obs.]
- 2. Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth.
- 3. Gay; airy; animated; spirited.
- 4. Representing life; lifelike. [Obs.]
- I spied the lively picture of my father.
- 5. Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous.
- 2. With strong resemblance of life. [Obs.]
- 2. A resident; a dweller; as, a liver in Brooklyn.
- 2. Release from wardship; deliverance.
- 4. A low grade of wool.
- 3. One who keeps a livery stable.
- 5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
- 3. Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate.
- 4. Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.
- He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a living
- 2. Of the color of lye; resembling lye.
- 3. Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.
- 2. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes. Boyle.
- 5. The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.
- 6. Weight or violence of blows. [Obs.] Milton.
- I strive all in vain to load the cart.
- I have loaden me with many spoils.
- 2. To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine. [Cant]
- 3. To magnetize.[Obs.] Prior.
- 2. A load; cargo; burden. Shak.
- Loan (ln), n. [See Lawn.] A loanin. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate.
- Loathe, v. i. To feel disgust or nausea. [Obs.]
- 2. Causing a feeling of loathing; disgusting.
- Loath"li*ness (?), n. Loathsomeness. [Obs.]
- 2. (l"l) So as to cause loathing. [Obs.]
- 2. Something thick and heavy.
- Lobby member, a lobbyist. [Humorous cant, U. S.]
- Lob"cock` (?), n. A dull, sluggish person; a lubber; a lob. [Low]
- Lo*ca"tion (?), n. [L. locatio, fr. locare.]
- 1. The act or process of locating.
- 2. Situation; place; locality. Locke.
- 3. That which is located; a tract of land designated in place. [U.S.]
- Loch"an (?), n. [Gael. See 1st Loch.] A small lake; a pond. [Scot.]
- 3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. Dryden.
- 4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.
- 7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
- 8. A grapple in wrestling. Milton.
- 2. Toll paid for passing the locks of a canal.
- 3. Amount of elevation and descent made by the locks of a canal.
- Lock"man (?), n. A public executioner. [Scot.]
- 2. Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal.
- C. Kingsley.
- Lode"man*age (?), n. [OE. lodemenage. Chaucer.] Pilotage. [Obs.]
- Lodes"man (?), n. Same as Loadsman. [Obs.]
- 3. A collection of objects lodged together.
- 2. To drive to shelter; to track to covert.
- 4. To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.
- 5. To lay down; to prostrate.
- 3. Abiding place; harbor; cover.
- 2. A lodging place; a room. [Obs.]
- Lofty and sour to them that loved him not
- 2. To move to and fro; to rock. [Obs.]
- 2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar.
- 2. A treatise on logic; as, Mill's Logic.
- 2. One skilled in logography.
- L. Abbott.
- 2. A game of word making.
- C. H. Merriam.
- 2. To wander as an idle vagrant. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2. An idle vagrant; a tramp. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.
- 2. An idle vagabond. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
- 3. A Lollard.
- 3. Same as Lombard-house.
- 4. (Mil.) A form of cannon formerly in use. Prescott.
- Lone (?), n. A lane. See Loanin. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. [Archaic]
- 4. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
- 3. Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.
- I see The mystery of your loneliness.
- 4. A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.
- 2. Alone, or in want of company; forsaken.
- 3. Not frequented by human beings; as, a lonely wood.
- I am very often alone. I don't mean I am lonely.
- 6. Far-reaching; extensive. " Long views." Burke.
- 2. (Phonetics) A long sound, syllable, or vowel.
- 2. To a great extent in time; during a long time.
- 4. Through the whole extent or duration.
- I long to see you.
- I have longed after thy precepts.
- I have longed for thy salvation.
- 2. To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for. [Obs.]
- Longe (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. allonge. See Lunge.]
- 1. A thrust. See Lunge. Smollett.
- 2. The training ground for a horse. Farrow.
- 2. For a long time; hence, wearisomely.
- 2. (Med.) See Hypermetropia.
- 2. Talkative; babbling; loquacious. Shak.
- I. Watts.
- 4. To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to front.
- 7. To await the appearance of anything; to expect; to anticipate.
- I looked on Virgil as a succinct, majestic writer.
- 2. To seek; to search for. [Obs.]
- 3. To expect. [Obs.] Shak.
- 5. To express or manifest by a look.
- 2. The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face. [Obs.]
- 2. The place from which such observation is made.
- 3. A person engaged in watching.
- 4. Object or duty of forethought and care; responsibility. [Colloq.]
- Loom, n. [OE. lome, AS. gelma utensil, implement.]
- 2. A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
- 3. A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.
- 2. Full of holes. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. (Zoöl.) The larva of any species of geometrid moths. See Geometrid.
- Loop"ie (?), a. Deceitful; cunning; sly. [Scot.]
- 3. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
- 4. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
- 7. Unconnected; rambling.
- I. Watts.
- 8. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels. Locke.
- 9. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
- 2. A letting go; discharge. B. Jonson.
- 1 Cor. vii. 27.
- 3. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
- 4. To solve; to interpret. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2. To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
- Loos"ish (ls"sh), a. Somewhat loose. [1913 Webster]
- L. Oliphant.
- 2. To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge.
- Lope (?), imp. of Leap. [Obs.]
- 2. To move with a lope, as a horse. [U.S.]
- Lope, n. 1. A leap; a long step. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps. [U.S.]
- Lope"man (?), n. Leaper; ropedancer. [Obs.]
- 2. Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; full of idiosyncrasies. J. S. Mill.
- 2. Speaking; expressive. [R.] J. Philips.
- 3. Apt to blab and disclose secrets.
- 4. A husband. "My lord being old also." Gen. xviii. 12.
- 6. The Supreme Being; Jehovah.
- 7. The Savior; Jesus Christ.
- 2. To rule or preside over as a lord. [R.]
- I see them lording it in London streets.
- Lord"like`, a. [2d lord + like. Cf. Lordly.]
- 1. Befitting or like a lord; lordly.
- 2. Haughty; proud; insolent; arrogant.
- 2. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
- 3. Dominion; power; authority.
- 3. Workmanship. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2. (Chem.) Lute for protecting vessels from the fire.
- 3. (Zoöl.) The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer.
- 2. Forsaken; abandoned; solitary; bereft; as, a lone, lorn woman.
- Shak
- 5. To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.
- 8. To cause to part with; to deprive of. [R.]
- 9. To prevent from gaining or obtaining.
- 5. Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.
- 6. Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.
- 7. (Mil.) Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property.
- 7. A prize in a lottery. [Obs.] Evelyn.
- 2. Allotment; thing allotted. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. Clamorous; boisterous.
- Louk (louk), n. An accomplice; a "pal." [Obs.]
- 3. Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid.
- 2. Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave. [Vulgar]
- 5. Due gratitude and reverence to God.
- 7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
- 8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] Boyle.
- 9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis (C. Vitalba).
- 2. Not attracting love; unattractive.
- 3. Loving; tender. [Obs.] "A lovely kiss." Shak.
- I slew my best lover for the good of Rome.
- 2. Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love.
- Love"some (?), a. [AS. lufsum.] Lovely. [Obs.]
- 2. Expressing love or kindness; as, loving words.
- 4. Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.
- 6. Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
- 10. Numerically small; as, a low number.
- 15. Submissive; humble. "Low reverence." Milton.
- 18. Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.
- 3. In a low or mean condition; humbly; meanly.
- 4. In time approaching our own.
- 6. With a low musical pitch or tone.
- 2. A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.
- 5. To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
- 2. To frown; to look sullen.
- 2. A frowning; sullenness.
- Low"li*ly, adv. In a lowly place or manner; humbly. [Obs. or R.]
- 2. Low condition, especially as to manner of life.
- 2. Low in rank or social importance.
- 3. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
- 2. In a low condition; meanly.
- I will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught.
- Lown (?), n. [See Loon.] A low fellow. [Obs.]
- 3. Anything in the form of lozenge.
- C. Bronté.
- 2. Lascivious; wanton; lewd. [R.]
- 2. To apply a lubricant to, as oil or tallow.
- Lu*bric"i*ty (?), n. [L. lubricitas: cf. F. lubricité.]
- 2. Slipperiness; instability; as, the lubricity of fortune. L'Estrange.
- Lu"cern (?), n. [Etymology uncertain.] [Obs.]
- 1. A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland.
- 2. Clear; transparent. " Lucid streams." Milton.
- 3. Presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear.
- 2. Hence, Satan.
- 2. Of or pertaining to the Luciferians or their leader.
- 2. Good fortune; favorable issue or event. Locke.
- 2. Greedy of gain. [Obs.]
- 2. Clear; evident; luminous. " Most luculent testimonies." Hooker.
- 3. Bright; shining in beauty. [Obs.]
- 4. (Harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
- 5. (Zoöl.) The lugworm.
- 2. Anything which moves slowly. [Obs.] Ascham.
- I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey.
- 2. A temporary cessation of storm or confusion.
- 2. Hence: Good night; good-by. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.
- 3. A woody valley; also, a deep pool. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.
- 3. To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market. [U.S.]
- Lu`mi*na"tion (?), n. Illumination. [Obs.]
- 2. A mass or aggregation of things.
- 3. (Firearms) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
- 2. To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.
- 2. A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.
- 2. Resembling the moon; orbed. Dryden.
- 3. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month.
- 1. A lump of food. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. (Far.) A half horseshoe, which wants the sponge.
- 4. A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
- 6. An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
- 2. A puff of smoke. [Scotch.] Burns.
- 2. (Chem.) A lune. See Lune.
- 2. (Astron.) The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio.
- Lur*ca"tion (?), n. [See its Lurch.] Gluttony; gormandizing. [Obs.]
- Lurch, v. t. 1. To leave in the lurch; to cheat. [Obs.]
- 2. To steal; to rob. [Obs.]
- 2. To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.
- I . . . am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch.
- Lur"dan (?), a. Stupid; blockish. [Obs.]
- 3. (Hat Making) A velvet smoothing brush. Knight.
- I am not lured with love.
- 3. (Zoöl.) Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.
- 2. To keep out of sight.
- 2. A small fishing boat. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. Cloying; fulsome.
- 3. Gratifying a depraved sense; obscene. [R.] Steele.
- Lush"burg (?), n. See Lussheburgh. [Obs.]
- Lusk (?), a. Lazy; slothful. [Obs.]
- Lusk, v. i. To be idle or unemployed. [Obs.]
- 2. Inclination; desire. [Obs.]
- 4. Licentious craving; sexual appetite. Milton.
- 5. Hence: Virility; vigor; active power. [Obs.] Bacon.
- 1. Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.
- 2. Renown; splendor; distinction; glory.
- 3. Strong; lusty. [Obs.] " Lustful health." Sackville.
- Lus"tic (?), a. Lusty; vigorous. [Obs.]
- 2. Free from sexual lust.
- 2. Of or pertaining to a lustrum.
- 2. Beautiful; handsome; pleasant. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 4. Lustful; lascivious. [Obs.] Milton.
- 2. A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
- Lux`u*ri"e*ty (?), n. Luxuriance. [Obs.]
- 3. Lechery; lust. [Obs.] Shak.
- 4. Luxuriance; exuberance. [Obs.] Bacon.
- Ly"am (?), n. [See Leam.] A leash. [Obs.]
- 2. One affected with lycanthropy.
- 4. An association for debate and literary improvement.
- 2. The act of bearing a child.
- 2. A mad enthusiast; a lunatic. [Obs.]
- Lyn (?), n. A waterfall. See Lin. [Scot.]
- 2. (Astron.) One of the northern constellations.
- 2. (Astron.) One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.
- 2. A composer of lyric poems. [R.] Addison.