Some words there grew 'twixt Somerset and me.
Shak.
8. A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or
short sentence.
All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself.
Gal. v. 14.
She said; but at the happy word "he lives," My father stooped,
re-fathered, o'er my wound.
Tennyson.
There is only one other point on which I offer a word of remark.
Dickens.
By word of mouth, orally; by actual speaking. Boyle. — Compound word.
See under Compound, a. — Good word, commendation; favorable account.
"And gave the harmless fellow a good word." Pope. — In a word, briefly;
to sum up. — In word, in declaration; in profession. "Let us not love
in word, . . . but in deed and in truth." 1 John iii. 8. — Nuns of the
Word Incarnate (R. C. Ch.), an order of nuns founded in France in 1625,
and approved in 1638. The order, which also exists in the United
States, was instituted for the purpose of doing honor to the "Mystery
of the Incarnation of the Son of God." — The word, or The Word.
(Theol.) (a) The gospel message; esp., the Scriptures, as a revelation
of God. "Bold to speak the word without fear." Phil. i. 14. (b) The
second person in the Trinity before his manifestation in time by the
incarnation; among those who reject a Trinity of persons, some one or
all of the divine attributes personified. John i. 1. — To eat one's
words, to retract what has been said. — To have the words for, to speak
for; to act as spokesman. [Obs.] "Our host hadde the wordes for us
all." Chaucer. — Word blindness (Physiol.), inability to understand
printed or written words or symbols, although the person affected may
be able to see quite well, speak fluently, and write correctly. Landois
& Stirling. — Word deafness (Physiol.), inability to understand spoken
words, though the person affected may hear them and other sounds, and
hence is not deaf. — Word dumbness (Physiol.), inability to express
ideas in verbal language, though the power of speech is unimpaired. —
Word for word, in the exact words; verbatim; literally; exactly; as, to
repeat anything word for word. — Word painting, the act of describing
an object fully and vividly by words only, so as to present it clearly
to the mind, as if in a picture. — Word picture, an accurate and vivid
description, which presents an object clearly to the mind, as if in a
picture. — Word square, a series of words so arranged that they can be
read vertically and horizontally with like results.