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- T.
- 2. A tag. See Tag, 2.
- 3. A loop for pulling or lifting something.
- 3. A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.
- 4. An old maid or gossip. [Colloq.] Byron.
- 2. Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
- 4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul.
- 2 Pet. i. 14.
- 2. Formed in latticework; latticed. T. Warton.
- 7. The company assembled round a table.
- I drink the general joy of the whole table.
- 11. (Glass Manuf.) A circular plate of crown glass.
- 2. To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a picture. [Obs.]
- 3. To supply with food; to feed. [Obs.] Milton.
- 5. To lay or place on a table, as money. Carlyle.
- 7. To enter upon the docket; as, to table charges against some one.
- Ta"ble*ment (?), n. (Arch.) A table. [Obs.]
- Ta"bler (?), n. 1. One who boards. [Obs.]
- 2. One who boards others for hire. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- 3. Hence, a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.]
- 4. pl. A kind of pocket memorandum book.
- 3. (Naut.) A broad hem on the edge of a sail. Totten.
- 4. Board; support. [Obs.] Trence in English (1614).
- 5. Act of playing at tables. See Table, n., 10. [Obs.]
- 2. To strike lightly and frequently.
- 3. An embroidery frame. Knight.
- I. Taylor.
- 2. To shape with a flat surface.
- V. Knox.
- 5. Confidence; reliance. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- 2. Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling. Walton.
- 2. (Mus.) The stroke in beating time.
- 2. Hence, any system or method of procedure.
- 2. (Zoöl.) The hooded merganser. [Local, U. S.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to Tænia.
- 2. Flattery; soft phrases. [Slang]
- 3. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
- 4. Something mean and paltry; the rabble. [Obs.]
- 5. A sheep of the first year. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- 2. To join; to fasten; to attach. Bolingbroke.
- Tag"belt` (?), n. (Far.) Same as Tagsore. [Obs.]
- 2. That which is pointed like a tag.
- 3. pl. Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge. Knight.
- 4. A device for removing taglocks from sheep. Knight.
- 4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
- 6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle.
- 11. pl. Same as Tailing, 4.
- 13. pl. (Mining) See Tailing, n., 5.
- 2. To pull or draw by the tail. [R.] Hudibras.
- 2. The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
- 2. (Surg.) Same as Tail, n., 8 (a).
- 3. Sexual intercourse. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3. (Zoöl.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.]
- M. Green.
- 2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting. [Obs.]
- 2. Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
- I can not taint with fear.
- Taint, n. 1. Tincture; hue; color; tinge. [Obs.]
- 2. Infection; corruption; deprivation.
- 3. A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
- 1 Sam. xiv. 42.
- I. Watts.
- 1 Tim. v. 10.
- I take thee at thy word.
- 2. To please; to gain reception; to succeed.
- 2. (Print.) The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time.
- Take"-in` (?), n. Imposition; fraud. [Colloq.]
- 2. Infectious; contageous. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
- 2. Agitation; excitement; distress of mind. [Colloq.]
- 3. Malign influence; infection. [Obs.] Shak.
- 3. (Law) A count or declaration. [Obs.]
- To tell tale of, to make account of. [Obs.]
- 3. Inclination; will; disposition; desire. [Obs.]
- Tal`i*a"tion (?), n. Retaliation. [Obs.]
- 2. To confer; to reason; to consult.
- 3. To prate; to speak impertinently. [Colloq.]
- 2. Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.
- I hear a talk up and down of raising our money.
- 3. Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town.
- 2. Given to talk; loquacious.
- 2. Brave; bold; courageous. [Obs.]
- 3. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
- 5. A tally shop. See Tally shop, below.
- I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel.
- 2. To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game.
- 2. A tallyho coach.
- 2. One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his business as tally trade.
- Tam"bac (?), n. (Metal.) See Tombac. [Obs.]
- 3. (Arch.) Same as Drum, n., 2(d).
- Tam`bou`rin" (?), n. [F. See Tambourine.] 1. A tambourine. [Obs.]
- 2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
- 2. The cloth itself; tammy.
- 2. A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis.
- 2. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
- 2. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
- 3. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
- 2. The material used in tamping. See Tamp, v. t., 1.
- 2. (Mus.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
- 2. A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
- Tang sparrow (Zoöl.), the rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang.
- Tan"gence (?), n. Tangency. [R.]
- Tang"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The common harbor seal. [Prov. Eng.]
- C. Kingsley.
- 2. Covered with tangle, or seaweed.
- Tang"whaup (?), n. (Zoöl.) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
- M. A. Lower.
- Tank"ling (?), n. A tinkling. [Obs.]
- Tan"ling (?), n. One tanned by the sun. [R.]
- 2. The art or process of tanning. [R.] Carlyle.
- 2. (Zoöl.) A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises.
- Tan*tiv"y, v. i. To go away in haste. [Colloq.]
- 2. To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
- 3. To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing. Shak.
- 2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada.
- Tar`di*ta"tion (?), n. Tardiness. [Obs.]
- 3. Unwary; unready. [Obs.] Hudibras.
- 4. Criminal; guilty. [Obs.] Collier.
- 3. (Surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
- Tar"in (?), n. [F.] (Zoöl.) The siskin. [Prov.]
- 3. Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.
- Tar"race (?), n. See Trass. [Obs.]
- Tar"ras (?), n. See Trass. [Obs.]
- Tar"ri*er, n. (Zoöl.) A kind of dig; a terrier. [Obs.]
- 2. To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.
- 3. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
- Tar"ry, v. t. 1. To delay; to defer; to put off. [Obs.]
- 2. To wait for; to stay or stop for. [Archaic]
- Tar"sal (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Tercel. [Obs.]
- Tar"sel (?), n. A male hawk. See Tercel. [Obs.]
- 2. A person of a keen, irritable temper.
- 2. Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
- 2. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
- 3. To charge; to tax, as with a fault.
- 2. One who performs a task, as a day-laborer. [R.]
- 3. A laborer who receives his wages in kind. [Scot.]
- 2. The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.
- 3. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
- I tasted a little of this honey.
- 1 Sam. xiv. 29.
- 3. To take sparingly.
- I have no taste Of popular applause.
- 7. Essay; trial; experience; experiment. Shak.
- 9. A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
- Tat, n. [Hind. tatt&?;.] (Zoöl.) A pony. [India]
- 2. Snug; close; firm; secure.
- 4. Charge; censure. [Obs.] Clarendon.
- 5. A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] Johnson.
- Tax cart, a spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.]
- I tax you, you elements, with unkindness.
- M. Arnold.
- 2. (Law) The act of taxing, or assessing a bill of cost.
- 3. Tax; sum imposed. [R.] Daniel.
- 4. Charge; accusation. [Obs.] Shak.
- Ta"zel (?), n. (Bot.) The teasel. [Obs.]
- 4. The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper.
- Tea, v. i. To take or drink tea. [Colloq.]
- 3. To accustom; to guide; to show; to admonish.
- I shall myself to herbs teach you.
- I. Watts.
- 2. Hence, a number of animals moving together.
- 5. (Zoöl.) A flock of wild ducks.
- Teamed (?), a. Yoked in, or as in, a team. [Obs.]
- 2. (Manuf.) Contract work. [R.] Knight.
- 4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
- 2. Consisting of tears, or drops like tears.
- 2. To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.
- Tease (?), n. One who teases or plagues. [Colloq.]
- 2. A bur of this plant.
- 2. (Zoöl.) A jager gull. [Prov. Eng.]
- Teathe (?), n. & v. See Tath. [Prov. Eng.]
- Tech`ni*col"o*gy (?), n. Technology. [R.]
- Te`di*os"i*ty (?), n. Tediousness. [Obs.]
- I see a man's life is a tedious one.
- I would not be tedious to the court.
- Teek (?), n. (Bot.) See Teak. [Obs.]
- Teel (?), n. Sesame. [Sometimes written til.]
- Teem, v. t. To produce; to bring forth. [R.]
- Teem"ful (?), a. 1. Pregnant; prolific. [Obs.]
- 2. Brimful. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
- M. Arnold.
- Tee"ny (?), a. Very small; tiny. [Colloq.]
- Tee"tan (?), n. (Zoöl.) A pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) A diving petrel of Australia (Halodroma wrinatrix).
- Tee*to"tal (?), a. Entire; total. [Colloq.]
- Tee*to"tal*ly (?), adv. Entirely; totally. [Colloq.]
- Tee"tuck (?), n. The rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
- Tee"uck (?), n. The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]
- Tee"wit (?), n. (Zoöl.) The pewit. [Prov. Eng.]
- 4. pl. (Zoöl.) Same as Tectrices.
- 2. Of or pertaining to the telephone; by the telephone.
- 2. Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic stars.
- 2. To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.
- 3. To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
- 5. To order; to request; to command.
- I ne told no dainity of her love.
- 1 Sam. xxvii. 11.
- Tell, n. That which is told; tale; account. [R.]
- I am at the end of my tell.
- 5. (Zoöl.) The tattler. See Tattler.
- Tel"lu*ret (?), n. (Chem.) A telluride. [Obsoles.]
- 2. One of the people speaking the Telugu language.
- I spake against temerarious judgment.
- Tem"er*ous (?), a. Temerarious. [Obs.]
- 2. To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.
- 4. To govern; to manage. [A Latinism & Obs.]
- 7. Middle state or course; mean; medium. [R.]
- 4. Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature. [Obs.]
- 4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.]
- I. Watts.
- 2. Freedom from passion; moderation. [Obs.]
- 4. Mixture; compound. [Obs.]
- Tem"plar, a. Of or pertaining to a temple. [R.]
- 1 Cor. iii. 16.
- I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills.
- 2 Cor. iv. 18.
- 2. The laity; temporality. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
- 2. A secular possession; a temporality.
- Tem"po*rist (?), n. A temporizer. [Obs.]
- 2. To delay; to procrastinate. [R.] Bacon.
- 3. To comply; to agree. [Obs.] Shak.
- Tempse (?), n. See Temse. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
- 4. To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.
- 2. The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
- Temp*ta"tious (?), a. Tempting. [Prov. Eng.]
- Tem"u*lent (?), a. [L. temulentus.] Intoxicated; drunken. [R.]
- I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
- 2. A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X.
- 2. Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
- 5. Niggardly; closefisted; miserly. Ainsworth.
- 6. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
- 2. Tenancy. [Obs.] Ridley.
- 2. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
- 2. [F. attendre.] To await; to expect. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. Persons in attendance; attendants. [Obs.] Shak.
- Tend"ence (?), n. Tendency. [Obs.]
- 2. To offer in words; to present for acceptance.
- 2. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- I am choleric by my nature, and tender by my temper.
- 5. Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
- I love Valentine, Whose life's as tender to me as my soul!
- 7. Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild.
- 2 Chron. xiii. 7.
- 2. (Zoöl.) One of the first antlers of a deer.
- Tend"ment (?), n. Attendance; care. [Obs.]
- Tene (?), n. & v. See 1st and 2d Teen. [Obs.]
- 4. Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation.
- 3. Stamp; character; nature.
- 2. Capable of extension; ductile; tensible. Bacon.
- Ten"siled (?), a. Made tensile. [R.]
- 2. Any quick, decisive stroke or act. [Colloq. U. S.]
- 2. Intention; design. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- 2. (Her.) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
- 2. (Mach.) A kind of governor.
- 2. Lustful, or pertaining to lust. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- 3. Poverty; indigence. [Obs.] Eikon Basilike.
- 4. Refinement; delicacy.
- 2. Rare; subtile; not dense; — said of fluids.
- 2. (Eng. Law) The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.
- 2. Affectation of sublimity; bombast. [Obs.] Bailey.
- 2. (Poetry) A triplet; a group of three lines.
- Ter"e*tous (?), a. Terete. [Obs.]
- 2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
- 10. pl. (Med.) The menses.
- 12. (Law) In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.
- In term, in set terms; in formal phrase. [Obs.]
- I can not speak in term.
- Men term what is beyond the limits of the universe "imaginary space."
- 2. (Law) One who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- 2. To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
- 4. End; conclusion; result. Hallam.
- 5. Last purpose of design. [R.]
- 6. A word; a term. [R. & Obs.] Shak.
- 3. Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8.
- 2. Inexpressible; indescribable. [R.] Shak.
- 2. A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.
- 2. Earthy; terrestrial.
- 2. (Surv.) The surface of the ground.
- 2. Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.]
- Ter*rif"ic*al (?), a. Terrific. [R.]
- 2. To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.
- 2. To reduce to the condition of a territory.
- Ter"ri*to*ried (?), a. Possessed of territory. [R.]
- 2. That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.
- 3. (Geol.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary.
- 2. (Geol.) The Tertiary era, period, or formation.
- 2. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf.
- 2. (Crystallog.) Isometric.
- 3. Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.
- 6. Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
- Test (?), n. [L. testis. Cf. Testament, Testify.] A witness. [Obs.]
- 2. (Bot.) The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm.
- 2. Capable of being devised, or given by will.
- 2. Bequeathed by will; given by testament.
- 2. A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb. Oxf. Gross.
- 3. A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts.
- Tes"tern (?), n. A sixpence; a tester. [Obs.]
- I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
- 3. Open attestation; profession.
- 4. Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.
- 5. (Jewish Antiq.) The two tables of the law.
- 6. Hence, the whole divine revelation; the sacre&?; Scriptures.
- I was displeased with myself; I was testy.
- Te*taug" (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Tautog. [R.]
- C. Kingsley.
- 2. (Bot.) Having four prominent longitudinal angles.
- Tet`ra*phe"nol (?), n. [Tetra- + phenol.] (Chem.) Furfuran. [Obs.]
- Tet"ric*ous (?), a. Tetric. [Obs.]
- Tetrol phenol, furfuran. [Obs.]
- Teuk (?), n. (Zoöl.) The redshank. [Prov. Eng.]
- Tew, v. i. To work hard; to strive; to fuse. [Local]
- 2. The tuyère of a furnace.
- 2. Serving for, or depending on, texts. Bp. Hall.
- Tex"tu*a*rist (?), n. A textuary. [R.]
- 2. Serving as a text; authoritative. Glanvill.
- 2. One who adheres strictly or rigidly to the text.
- Tex"tu*ist, n. A textualist; a textman. [Obs.]
- 2. That which woven; a woven fabric; a web. Milton.
- 5. (Biol.) A tissue. See Tissue.
- I thank thee for thine honest care.
- 1 Tim. iv. 4.
- 1 Pet. ii. 19.
- I will know your business, Harry, that I will.
- Thatch sparrow, the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. The materials used for this purpose; thatch.
- Thave (?), n. Same as Theave. [Prov. Eng.]
- 3. Fig.: To grow gentle or genial.
- 4. A sphere or scheme of operation. [Obs.]
- I. Disraeli.
- 2. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.
- 2. The thing stolen. [R.]
- 2. (Mus.) Of or pertaining to a theme, or subject.
- 2. Discourse on a certain subject.
- 3. A composition or essay required of a pupil. Locke.
- 6. (Mus.) The leading subject of a composition or a movement.
- 1 Cor. xiii. 12.
- 2. Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.
- 3. At another time; later; again.
- By then. (a) By that time. (b) By the time that. [Obs.]
- 2. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.
- 3. For that reason; therefore.
- 4. Not there; elsewhere; absent. [Poetic] Shak.
- Thence`from" (?), adv. From that place. [Obs.]
- The*og"o*nism (?), n. Theogony. [R.]
- I. Taylor.
- 2. A battle or strife among the gods. Gladstone.
- 3. Opposition to God or the divine will. Bacon.
- The`op*neus"ted (?), a. Divinely inspired; theopneustic. [R.]
- 2. (Math.) A statement of a principle to be demonstrated.
- The*or"ic*al*ly, adv. In a theoretic manner. [Obs.]
- I. Watts.
- 3. To or into that place; thither.
- 3. Concerning that; about that. [R.]
- 2. According to that; accordingly.
- 3. Of that sort. [Obs.] "My audience is not thereafter." Latimer.
- There"a*gain` (?), adv. In opposition; against one's course. [Obs.]
- There"-a*nent` (?), adv. Concerning that. [Scot.]
- 2. At that occurrence or event; on that account.
- 2. Annexed to that. "Thereby hangs a tale." Shak.
- 3. Thereabout; — said of place, number, etc. Chaucer.
- I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come.
- 2. Consequently; by consequence.
- 2. On the outside; out of doors. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. Besides; moreover. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2. On account, or in consequence, of that; therefore.
- 3. Immediately; at once; without delay.
- 2. In addition; besides; moreover.
- 3. At the same time; forthwith. [Obs.] Johnson.
- 2. With that or this; therewith; at the same time.
- 2. Treacle; molasses. British Pharm.
- 2. Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew. Shak.
- 2. Accustomed; mannered. [Obs.] John Skelton.
- 1 Kings xii. 10.
- 7. Deep; profound; as, thick sleep. [R.] Shak.
- 8. Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing. Shak.
- 9. Intimate; very friendly; familiar. [Colloq.]
- 2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] Drayton.
- 2. Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
- Thick, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS. þiccian.] To thicken. [R.]
- Thick"bill` (?), n. The bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]
- Thick"head` (?), n. 1. A thick-headed or stupid person. [Colloq.]
- 2. Having a short, thick body; stout.
- Thid"er*ward (?), adv. Thitherward. [Obs.]
- 2. A waster in the snuff of a candle. Bp. Hall.
- 2. That which is stolen. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.
- 2. (Zoöl.) The coxa, or femur, of an insect.
- 2. (Mining) The floor of a coal mine. Raymond.
- 4. Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
- 6. Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- 3. A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.
- 4. A portion or part; something.
- I have a thing in prose.
- I thought to promote thee unto great honor.
- 1 Cor. xiii. 4,5.
- 2. To plan or design; to plot; to compass. [Obs.]
- 3. To believe; to consider; to esteem.
- I heard a bird so sing, Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king.
- 2. The sixtieth part of a second of time.
- 3. (Mus.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
- 2. To have a vehement desire.
- Thirst, v. t. To have a thirst for. [R.]
- Thirs"tle (?), n. The throstle. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.
- 2. A symbol representing thirteen units, as 13 or xiii.
- 2. The next in order after the twelfth.
- 3. (Mus.) The interval comprising an octave and a sixth.
- 2. A symbol expressing thirty, as 30, or XXX.
- 2. Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.
- 2. To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended thither.
- Thith"er*to` (?), adv. To that point; so far. [Obs.]
- 2. A black varnish obtained from the tree.
- Tho, pron. pl. Those. [Obs.]
- Tho, conj. Though. [Reformed spelling.]
- 2. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.
- Thole, v. i. To wait. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
- 2 Cor. xii. 7.
- Thorn, v. t. To prick, as with a thorn. [Poetic]
- I am the only rose of all the stock That never thorn'd him.
- 2. (Zoöl.) The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado).
- Thor"o (?), a. Thorough. [Reformed spelling.]
- 2. Through. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. A passing or going through; passage. [R.]
- I would not be as sick though for his place.
- 2. Meditation; serious consideration.
- 4. Solicitude; anxious care; concern.
- 3. Anxious; solicitous; concerned.
- 2. Giddy; gay; dissipated. [R.] Johnson.
- 3. Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull.
- 2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number.
- 3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI.
- Thrack"scat (?), n. Metal still in the mine. [Obs.]
- 2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. Tennyson.
- 3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.
- 2. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently.
- Cæsar's thrasonical brag of 'I came, saw, and overcame.'
- 5. Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. [Obs.]
- 2. A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.
- 2. Containing, or consisting of, thread.
- 3. To beat, or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- 4. To cozen, or cheat. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- Threave (?), n. Same as Thrave. [Obs.]
- 2. A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
- I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three- pile.
- Thresh"wold` (?), n. Threshold. [Obs.]
- Thret"teen` (?), a. Thirteen. [Obs. or Scot.]
- 2. In a threefold manner or degree; repeatedly; very.
- Thrice"cock` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
- I began To thrid the musky-circled mazes.
- Thrid, n. Thread; continuous line. [Archaic]
- I resume the thrid of my discourse.
- I have a mind presages me such thrift.
- 3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
- 2. Carefully; properly; becomingly. [Obs.]
- 4. Secured by thrift; well husbanded. [R.]
- I have five hundred crowns, The thrifty hire I saved under your father.
- 5. Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming. [Obs.]
- I sit at home, I have no thrifty cloth.
- M. Arnold.
- 3. To hurl; to throw; to cast. [Obs.]
- I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins.
- I. Watts.
- I can vent clamor from my throat.
- 5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.
- 2. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
- 2. A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.
- I have seen the dumb men throng to see him.
- Throng"ly, adv. In throngs or crowds. [Obs.]
- Throp"ple, v. t. To throttle. [Prov. Eng.]
- Throstle cock, the missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. (Steam Engine) The throttle valve.
- 3. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
- 2. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
- 2. (Zoöl.) See Flasher, 3 (b). [Prov. Eng.]
- 3. By means of; by the agency of.
- 2. From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through.
- I will with Thomas speak a little throw.
- 6. To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.
- 7. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- 8. To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.
- 10. To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.
- I have thrown A brave defiance in King Henry's teeth.
- To throw about, to cast about; to try expedients. [R.]
- 2. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.]
- 5. An effort; a violent sally. [Obs.]
- 7. (Pottery) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).
- 8. A turner's lathe; a throwe. [Prov. Eng.]
- Throwe (?), n. A turning lathe. [Prov. Eng.]
- Throw"-off` (?), n. A start in a hunt or a race. [Eng.]
- Thru (?), prep., adv. & a. Through. [Ref. spelling.]
- 2. Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
- 3. (Bot.) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
- 5. (Naut.) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
- 2. Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table.
- Thru*out" (?). Throughout. [Ref. spelling.]
- Thrush"el (?), n. The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
- Thrush"er (?), n. The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. To stab; to pierce; — usually with through.
- 2. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
- To thrust to, to rush upon. [Obs.]
- 2. An attack; an assault.
- C. Mackay.
- Thumb"bird` (?), n. The goldcrest. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. Soiled by handling.
- Thum"mie (?), n. The chiff-chaff. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall.
- Thump"ing, a. Heavy; large. [Colloq.]
- 2. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. [Obs.]
- 3. Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
- 4. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
- 2. Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance.
- 3. To utter violent denunciation.
- 2. Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness.
- 4. (Paleon.) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
- 2. Very great; — often adverbially. [Slang]
- 2. Making a noise like thunder; sounding loud and deep; sonorous.
- 2. (Paleon.) A belemnite. See Belemnite.
- Thun"ny (?), n. (Zoöl.) The tunny. [R.]
- Thurgh"fare` (?), n. Thoroughfare. [Obs.]
- Thus"sock (?), n. See Tussock. [Obs.]
- 2. To fill to overflow. [Obs.] Stanyhurst.
- 2. Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained. [Obs.] Shak.
- Thwart, v. i. 1. To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. [R.]
- 2. Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. [R.]
- I know a bank where the wild thyme blows.
- 2. Of or pertaining to a pipe or flute.
- Tib"rie (?), n. (Zoöl.) The pollack. [Prov. Eng.]
- Tice"ment (?), n. Enticement. [Obs.]
- 2. To give tick; to trust.
- 2. Ticking. See Ticking, n.
- 2. To strike gently; to pat.
- 3. (Zoöl.) The whinchat; — so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. To please; to gratify; to make joyous.
- 2. To excite the sensation of titillation. Shak.
- Tic"kle, a. 1. Ticklish; easily tickled. [Obs.]
- 2. Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant. [Obs.]
- Tic"kle*ness (?), n. Unsteadiness. [Obs.]
- 2. Something puzzling or difficult.
- 4. A prong used by coopers to extract bungs from casks. [Eng.]
- 3. Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business.
- 2. A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.
- 5. Violent confluence. [Obs.] Bacon.
- 6. (Mining) The period of twelve hours.
- 2. To pour a tide or flood.
- Tid"ife (?), n. The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
- I shall make my master glad with these tidings.
- Tid"ley (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The wren. (b) The goldcrest. [Prov. Eng.]
- Ti"dy (?), n. (Zoöl.) The wren; — called also tiddy. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A child's pinafore. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
- Ti"dy, v. i. To make things tidy. [Colloq.]
- I have tidied and tidied over and over again.
- 3. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. Young.
- 7. pl. Low shoes fastened with lacings.
- 3. To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
- 6. To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.
- 3. (Mus.) The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.
- 2. Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
- 3. A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress. Dickens.
- 5. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
- Ti"ger*ine (?), a. Tigerish; tigrine. [R.]
- 4. Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
- 7. Handy; adroit; brisk. [Obs.] Shak.
- 8. Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang]
- Tight, v. t. To tighten. [Obs.]
- Tight"er (?), n. A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer. [Obs.]
- Tike (?), n. (Zoöl.) A tick. See 2d Tick. [Obs.]
- 2. A countryman or clown; a boorish person.
- 4. A draintile.
- 5. A stiff hat. [Colloq.] Dickens.
- 2. Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles.
- 2. A tile of stone.
- 2. Tiles, collectively.
- Till (?), n. [Abbrev. from lentil.] A vetch; a tare. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A kind of coarse, obdurate land. Loudon.
- 2. To prepare; to get. [Obs.] W. Browne.
- 2. A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.
- 2. A young timber tree. [Prov. Eng.] Evelyn.
- 3. The handle of anything. [Prov. Eng.]
- 4. A small drawer; a till. Dryden.
- 2. The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
- 2. To point or thrust, as a lance.
- 3. To point or thrust a weapon at. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
- 2. To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.
- 3. See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.
- 4. Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.
- 2. One who operates a tilt hammer.
- 2. That which is tilled; tillage ground. [R.]
- Ti"mal (?), n. (Zoöl.) The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
- Tim"ber, v. t. To surmount as a timber does. [Obs.]
- 2. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
- 3. Fig.: Material for any structure.
- 1 Kings v. 18.
- 5. Woods or forest; wooden land. [Western U. S.]
- Tim"ber, v. i. 1. To light on a tree. [Obs.]
- 2. (Falconry) To make a nest.
- 2. Built; formed; contrived. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
- 3. Massive, like timber. [Obs.]
- 4. Covered with growth timber; wooden; as, well- timbered land.
- Tim"ber*ling (?), n. [Timber + - ling.] A small tree. [Eng.]
- Tim`bu*rine" (?), n. A tambourine. [Obs.]
- 5. A proper time; a season; an opportunity.
- 6. Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.
- 9. (Gram.) Tense.
- 4. To measure, as in music or harmony.
- 2. To pass time; to delay. [Obs.]
- Time"less, a. 1. Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely. [R.]
- Time"ling (?), n. A timeserver. [Obs.]
- 2. Keeping time or measure. Spenser.
- 2. A timeserver. [Obs.] Overbury.
- Tim"mer (?), n. Same as 1st Timber. [Scot.]
- 2. Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.
- 3. Money. [Cant] Beaconsfield.
- 2. (Her.) One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory.
- I. Watts.
- 2. An attendant on an army. [India] Simmonds.
- 1 Sam. iii. 11.
- 2. To feel a sharp, thrilling pain.
- 2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.
- 3. (Ordnance) A small mortar on the end of a staff.
- 5. (Zoöl.) The razor-billed auk.
- Tink"er*ly, a. After the manner of a tinker. [R.]
- 1 Cor. xiii. 1.
- 2. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
- Tin"kler (?), n. A tinker. [Prov. Eng.]
- Tin"mouth` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The crappie. [U. S.]
- Tin"nen (?), a. Made or consisting of tin. [Obs.]
- 2. One who makes, or works in, tinware; a tinman.
- 2. The covering or lining of tin thus put on.
- Tin"tie (tn"t), n. (Zoöl.) The wren. [Prov. Eng.]
- 5. Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- 2. A gift; a douceur; a fee. [Colloq.]
- 2. A length of twisted hair or gut in a fish line. [Scot.]
- 2. To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
- 2. Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling.
- 2. Noiseless; stealthy. "With tiptoe step." Cowper.
- 2. A covering for the head; a headdress.
- 4. Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [Obs.] "The tire of war." Philips.
- Tire, v. t. To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obs.]
- 2 Kings ix. 30.
- Tire"ling (?), a. Tired; fatigued. [Obs.]
- 2. A dresser in a theater. Simmonds.
- Tir"ma (?), n. The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.]
- Tir"wit (?), n. [Cf. Pewit.] (Zoöl.) The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A woman; — used in contempt. Burton.
- 3. A morsel; a bit. Halliwell.
- I. Taylor.
- Tith (?), a. [See Tight, a.] Tight; nimble. [Obs.]
- 2. Hence, a small part or proportion. Bacon.
- Tithe, a. Tenth. [Obs.]
- 2. One who pays tithes. [R.] Chaucer.
- 2. (Law) A peace officer; an under constable.
- 2. Any pleasurable sensation.
- 6. A name; an appellation; a designation.
- 2. Stockfish; — formerly so called in customhouses.
- Tit"mal (?), n. The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
- Tit"ter*el (?), n. The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
- Tit"ti*mouse` (?), n. (Zoöl.) Titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
- Tit"tle*bat (?), n. (Zoöl.) The three-spined stickleback. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. An idle, trifling talker; a gossip. [R.] Tatler.
- Tit"ty (?), n. A little teat; a nipple. [Familiar]
- 2. To rock or roll, as a curved body on a plane.
- Tit"u*lar, n. A titulary. [R.]
- 2. Of or pertaining to a title.
- Tiv"er, v. t. To mark with tiver. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2 Pet. i. 5,6,7.
- I have a king's oath to the contrary.
- 1 Cor. xiii. 12.
- Toad"head` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The golden plover. [Local, U. S.]
- 2. A coarse, rustic woman. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
- 2. To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.
- 2. A kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc.
- 2. A smoker of tobacco. [Obs.] Sylvester.
- 3. A fox; — probably so named from its bushy tail.
- Tod, v. t. & i. To weigh; to yield in tods. [Obs.]
- 2. A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened.
- 2. (Zoöl.) The fore part of the hoof or foot of an animal.
- 2. A grove of trees; also, a plain. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. (Mach.) Two rods or plates connected by a toggle joint.
- 2. To labor; to work; — often with out. [R.]
- 2. A dressing table. Pope.
- 2. A rich Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes.
- 4. To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.
- 3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
- 2. To take toll; to raise a tax. [R.]
- Toll"booth`, v. t. To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.]
- Tol`u*e"nyl (?), n. [Toluene + - yl.] (Chem.) Tolyl. [Obs.]
- Tom (?), n. The knave of trumps at gleek. [Obs.]
- I tombed my brother that I might be blessed.
- Tome"let (?), n. All small tome, or volume. [R.]
- 2. A fool; a dunce; a noddy.
- 3. The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.
- 6. (Physiol.) Tonicity; as, arterial tone.
- 7. State of mind; temper; mood.
- 2. To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t.
- C. Kingsley.
- 2. The power of articulate utterance; speech.
- 3. Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
- L. Estrange.
- 4. Honorable discourse; eulogy. [Obs.]
- 1 John iii. 18.
- 7. A people having a distinct language.
- 9. (Zoöl.) Any small sole.
- 2. To chide; to scold.
- 4. To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.
- Tongue"bird` (?), n. The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
- 3. Unnamed; not spoken of. [Obs.]
- Tongue"-pad` (?), n. A great talker. [Obs.]
- 2. Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause.
- 2. (Mus.) The key tone, or first tone of any scale.
- 2. On the last night past. [Obs.] Shak.
- Ton"nage (?; 48), n. [From Ton a measure.]
- 1. The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship.
- Ton`sil*it"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Tonsilar. [Written also tonsillitic.]
- Too (?), adv. [The same word as to, prep. See To.]
- 2. Likewise; also; in addition.
- 3. Hence, any instrument of use or service.
- 4. A weapon. [Obs.]
- I was not made for a minion or a tool.
- 2. To drive, as a coach. [Slang, Eng.]
- Toom, v. t. To empty. [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.]
- 2. To peep; to look narrowly. [Obs.] Latimer.
- 2. Fig.: Taste; palate.
- 2. To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw.
- 3. To lock into each other. See Tooth, n., 4. Moxon.
- 2. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Having marginal projecting points; dentate.
- Tooth"ful (?), a. Toothsome. [Obs.]
- Too*zoo" (?), n. The ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- 4. The chief person; the most prominent one.
- 6. The head, or upper part, of a plant.
- I. Watts.
- 11. pl. Top-boots. [Slang] Dickens.
- 3. To excel; to rise above others.
- 2. To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.
- 3. To rise to the top of; to go over the top of.
- 4. To take off the or upper part of; to crop.
- 5. To perform eminently, or better than before.
- 2. (Zoöl.) The wren. [Prov. Eng.]
- I. Watts.
- 2. Fig.: Anything elevated or splendid. Bacon.
- 2 Kings xxiii. 10.
- 2. (Min.) Calcareous tufa.
- C. Kingsley.
- 2. An argument or reason. [Obs.]
- 2. (Naut.) A man stationed in the top.
- 2. Hence, assuming superiority; proud.
- 3. Fine; gallant. [Slang] Johnson.
- 3. pl. That which comes from hemp in the process of hatcheling.
- 2. The uppermost sawyer in a saw pit; a topman. Simmonds.
- 2. (Zoöl.) A variety of the bonnet monkey.
- Tor (?), n. [AS. torr; cf. Gael. torr. Cf. Tower.]
- 1. A tower; a turret. [R.] Ray.
- 2. High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle. [Prov. Eng.]
- C. Kingsley.
- Tor"et (?), n. [Probably dim. fr. tore, torus.] A Turret. [Obs.]
- Tor"goch (?), n. The saibling. [Prov. Eng.]
- 3. That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
- 2. To pain; to distress; to afflict.
- 2. An executioner. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. Sir M. Hale.
- Tor"por (?), n. [L., from torpere, to be torpid.]
- Tor*rid"i*ty (?), n. Torridness. [R.]
- Tor"rock (?), n. (Zoöl.) A gull. [Prov. Eng.]
- 1. (Her.) A wreath.
- 2. (Rom. Antiq.) Same as Testudo, 2.
- Tor"tu*ose` (?), a. [See Tortuous.] Wreathed; twisted; winding. Loudon
- 2. Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
- 3. Injurious: tortious. [Obs.]
- 3. The act or process of torturing.
- 3. To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort. Jar. Taylor.
- 4. To keep on the stretch, as a bow. [Obs.]
- 4. (Geom.) See 3d Tore, 2.
- Torved (?), a. Stern; grim. See Torvous. [Obs.]
- 4. To agitate; to make restless.
- 5. Hence, to try; to harass.
- 2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. Shak.
- Toss"i*ly (?), adv. In a tossy manner. [R.]
- 3. A foolish fellow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- Wyclif(John xix. 32)
- 2. To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.
- Tot"y (?), a. Totty. [Obs.]
- 2. (Astronom.) A modern constellation of the southern hemisphere.
- 2. To perceive by the sense of feeling.
- 3. To come to; to reach; to attain to.
- 4. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone. [Obs.]
- 5. To relate to; to concern; to affect.
- 6. To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.
- 7. To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books. Pope.
- 10. To infect; to affect slightly. Bacon.
- 11. To make an impression on; to have effect upon.
- 13. To perform, as a tune; to play.
- 15. To harm, afflict, or distress.
- 17. (Geom.) To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.
- 18. To lay a hand upon for curing disease.
- 2. To fasten; to take effect; to make impression. [R.]
- 3. Act or power of exciting emotion.
- 4. An emotion or affection.
- 5. Personal reference or application. [Obs.]
- I never bare any touch of conscience with greater regret.
- 7. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- 8. Feature; lineament; trait.
- 10. A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.
- 11. A hint; a suggestion; slight notice.
- 12. A slight and brief essay. [Colloq.]
- 18. A boys' game; tag.
- 1 Cor. viii. 1.
- 1. Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.
- 2. Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius.
- 3. Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.
- 4. Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
- Tough"-head` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The ruddy duck. [ Local U. S. ]
- Tou"ite (?), n. The wood warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
- 1. A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
- 2. A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
- Tourn (?), n. [See Turn] 1. A spinning wheel. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. (O.Eng.Law) The sheriff's turn, or court.
- Tous"el (?), v. t. Same as Tousle. [Colloq.]
- Tous"er (?), n. One who touses. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. To ply or seek for customers. [Prov. Eng.]
- Touze (?), v.t & i. See Touse. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. The price paid for towing.
- 3. Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.
- 4. Near; about; approaching to.
- I am toward nine years older since I left you.
- 3. Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant.
- 2. A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.
- Tow"el, v. t. To beat with a stick. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
- 4. High flight; elevation. [Obs.] Johnson.
- 2. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.
- Tow"-head` (?), n. 1. An urchin who has soft, whitish hair. [Colloq.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) The hooded merganser. [ Local, U. S. ]
- 6. The court end of London;— commonly with the.
- 8. A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
- 3. In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.
- 1. An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another. Pope.
- 2. A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.
- 1. A plaything for children; a bawble. Cowper.
- 3. A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion.
- 4. Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. Milton.
- 5. An old story; a silly tale. Shak.
- 2. Resembling a toy.
- Toze (?), v. t. To pull violently; to touse. [Obs.]
- 5. (Fort.) The ground plan of a work or works.
- I feel thy power . . . to trace the ways Of highest agents.
- 3. Hence, to follow the trace or track of.
- 4. To copy; to imitate.
- 5. To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
- Trace, v. i. To walk; to go; to travel. [Obs.]
- 1. (Anat.) The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.
- 2. (Zoöl.) One of the respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids.
- 2. A regular path or track; a course.
- 3. (Zoöl.) The entire lower surface of the foot; — said of birds, etc.
- 4. A road; a beaten path.
- 5. Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
- 6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
- 7. (Railroad) The permanent way; the rails.
- 3. Traits; features; lineaments. [Obs.]
- 4. The footprint of a wild beast. [Obs.] Dryden.
- 5. Track; trace. [Obs.]
- 6. Treatment; exposition. [Obs.] Shak.
- I shall find them tractable enough.
- 3. Attraction; a drawing toward. [R.]
- Trac*ti"tious (?), a. [See Tractate.] Treating of; handling. [R.]
- I will instruct thee in my trade.
- 6. Instruments of any occupation. [Obs.]
- 8. pl. The trade winds.
- 9. Refuse or rubbish from a mine. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. To buy and sell or exchange property in a single instance.
- 2. A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade.
- 2. Frequented by traders. [R.] "They on the trading flood." Milton.
- 3. Venal; corrupt; jobbing; as, a trading politician.
- 2 Thess. ii. 15.
- 3. To increase or distribute by propagation. [Obs.]
- 4. To draw away; to seduce. [Obs.]
- I can forget the weakness Of the traduced soldiers.
- 2. One who derives or deduces. [Obs.] Fuller.
- 2. Capable of being traduced or calumniated. [R.]
- 2. Translation from one language to another. [Obs.]
- 3. Derivation by descent; propagation. [R.]
- 5. Transition. [Obs.] Bacon.
- 2. To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
- 2. Commodities of the market. [R.]
- Tra*ge"di*an (?), n. [Cf. F. tragédien.]
- 1. A writer of tragedy.
- 2. An actor or player in tragedy. Shak.
- 3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.
- Trag"ic (?), n. 1. A writer of tragedy. [Obs.]
- 2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. [Obs.]
- The noble tragi-comedy of "Measure for Measure."
- 1. To hunt by the track; to track. Halliwell.
- 2. To draw or drag, as along the ground.
- 5. To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon. [Prov. Eng.]
- C. Bronte.
- 5. Anything drawn along, as a vehicle. [Obs.]
- 6. A frame for trailing plants; a trellis. [Obs.]
- 1. To draw along; to trail; to drag.
- 4. To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.
- 6. (Mining) To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.
- 4. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.
- 7. The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.
- 9. A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.
- 11. (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12- inch train.
- 1. A stroke; a touch.
- 2. The act of trajecting; trajection.
- 3. A trajectory. [R.] I. Taylor.
- 2. Transposition. [R.] Knatchbull.
- 2. Metaphorical; figurative; not literal. Stackhouse.
- 2. The shaft of a cart. [Prov. Eng.] De Quincey.
- 3. One of the rails of a tramway.
- 4. A car on a horse railroad. [Eng.]
- 2. A net for confining a woman's hair. Spenser.
- 2. To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
- Tram"mel*er (?), n. [Written also trammeller.]
- 1. One who uses a trammel net. Nares.
- 2. One who, or that which, trammels or restrains.
- 2. To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country. [Colloq.]
- 4. A tool for trimming hedges.
- 2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. Cowper.
- 2. To tread in contempt; — with on or upon.
- 1. A tedious journey. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- 2. To pass over or across; to traverse. [Poetic]
- Trance (?), v. i. To pass; to travel. [Obs.]
- 2. That which is done; an affair; as, the transactions on the exchange.
- 2. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
- 2. To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed.
- 8. To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed.
- Tran*scend" (trn*snd"), v. i. 1. To climb; to mount. [Obs.]
- 2. To be transcendent; to excel. [R.]
- 2. Elevation above truth; exaggeration. [Obs.]
- Tran`scen*den"tal, n. A transcendentalist. [Obs.]
- 2. Ambitious and imaginative vagueness in thought, imagery, or diction.
- 2. A copy of any kind; an imitation.
- 2. A copy; a transcript. Walton.
- Transe (?), n. See Trance. [Obs.]
- Tran"senne (?), n. A transom. [Obs.]
- I shall here only consider it as a transfer of property.
- 3. That which is transferred. Specifically: - -
- Trans*fig"u*rate (?), v. t. To transfigure; to transform. [R.]
- 2. (Her.) Passing or flowing through a bridge; — said of water. Wright.
- Trans*form", v. i. To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. [R.]
- 3. To offend against; to vex. [Obs.]
- I Chron. ii. 7.
- I Kings viii. 50.
- Pope
- 3. (Rhet.) A passing from one subject to another.
- 4. (Biol.) Change from one form to another.
- 2. Effected by transference of signification.
- 3. To remove to heaven without a natural death.
- 6. To change into another form; to transform.
- 2. (Teleg.) A repeating instrument. [Eng.]
- 2. To pass from one body or condition into another.
- 4. (Surg.) The vane of a cross-staff. Chambers.
- Trans*pass", v. i. To pass by; to pass away. [Obs.]
- 2. (Bot.) To evaporate from living cells.
- 4. To happen or come to pass; to occur.
- 2. (Bot.) To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.
- 3. Vehement emotion; passion; ecstasy; rapture.
- 4. A convict transported, or sentenced to exile.
- 2. Transport; ecstasy. [R.] South.
- 2. To change; to transform; to invert. [R.]
- 4. (Gram.) To change the natural order of, as words.
- 5. (Mus.) To change the key of.
- 2. (Physics) Same as Exosmose.
- 2. (Geom.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
- 4. The game of trapball.
- 7. A wagon, or other vehicle. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
- 8. A kind of movable stepladder. Knight.
- Trap (?), v. t. [AS. treppan. See Trap a snare.]
- 1. To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.
- Trap`e*zoid"al (?), a. [Cf. F. trapézoïdal.]
- 1. Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoid.
- 2. (Min.) Trapezohedral.
- 2. Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses.
- 3. A worthless person. [R.] Shak.
- Traunce (?), n. & v. See Trance. [Obs.]
- Traunt (?), v. i. Same as Trant. [Obs.]
- Traunt"er (?), n. Same as Tranter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
- 2. Parturition; labor; as, an easy travail.
- 2. To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.
- Trav"ail, v. t. To harass; to tire. [Obs.]
- 2. A wooden frame to confine an unruly horse or ox while shoeing.
- 4. To pass; to go; to move.
- 2. To force to journey. [R.]
- 4. Labor; parturition; travail. [Obs.]
- 3. (Mach.) A traveling crane. See under Crane.
- 2. A turning; a trick; a subterfuge. [Obs.]
- 4. To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
- 2. (Law) One who traverses, or denies.
- 3. (Railroad) A traverse table. See under Traverse, n.
- 2. A fishing vessel which trails a net behind it.
- 2. A sovereign remedy; a cure. [Obs.]
- 3. To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males. Shak.
- 3. Way; track; path. [R.] Shak.
- 4. The act of copulation in birds.
- 8. (Biol.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
- 2. (Biol.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread.
- 3. That which is very much valued.
- Treas"ur*ess, n. A woman who is a treasurer. [R.]
- 2. That department of a government which has charge of the finances.
- 3. A repository of abundance; a storehouse.
- 5. A treasure. [Obs.] Marston.
- 4. To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for. [Obs.]
- 7. To entreat; to beseech. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.
- Treat, n. 1. A parley; a conference. [Obs.]
- 2. An entertainment given as an expression of regard.
- Treat"a*bly, adv. In a treatable manner. [Obs.]
- 2. Story; discourse. [R.] Shak.
- Trea"tis*er (?), n. One who writes a treatise. [Obs.]
- 2. Entertainment; treat. [Obs.]
- 3. A proposal tending to an agreement. [Obs.] Shak.
- 4. A treatise; a tract. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
- 2. To utter in a treble key; to whine. [Obs.]
- 3. A kind of balance for weighing. [Obs.]
- 2. A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obs.] Ford.
- 3. pl. The dung of sheep or hares. Holland.
- 4. A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree.
- 5. Wood; timber. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. Relating to, or drawn from, trees. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 3. (Her.) A charge representing the clover leaf.
- I shall plant the roses against my treillage to- morrow.
- I tremble still with fear.
- 2. To totter; to shake; — said of a thing.
- I am all of a tremble when I think of it.
- 2. Affected with fear or timidity; trembling.
- I. Taylor.
- 2. To have direction; to aim or tend. [R.] Bacon.
- 2. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
- 2. A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use.
- 3. The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food.
- 1. A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer. Shak.
- 2. A cook. [Obs.]
- 3. A table companion; a trencher mate. Thackeray.
- Trend, v. t. To cause to turn; to bend. [R.]
- Trend, n. Clean wool. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. Hence, a dirge; an elegy.
- 2. (Mining) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.
- 2. a deceiver; a cheat.
- Trep"e*get (?), n. (Mil.) A trebuchet. [Obs.]
- Tre*pid"i*ty, n. Trepidation. [R.]
- 2 Chron. xxviii. 22.
- I you forgive all wholly this trespass.
- 2. Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers. Keats.
- 2. Formed into ringlets or braided; braided; curled. Spenser. Drayton.
- 2. The frame of a table.
- Tret"a*ble (?), a. [See Treatable.] Tractable; moderate. [Obs.]
- 3. (Chem.) An element or radical whose valence is three.
- 3. A draughtsman's square in the form of a right- angled triangle.
- 2. To make triangular, or three-cornered.
- Tribe, v. t. To distribute into tribes or classes. [R.]
- 3. (Blacksmithing) A tapering mandrel.
- 2. Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.
- 3. Paid in tribute. "Tributary tears." Shak.
- C. C. Pinckney.
- 2. (Naut.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.
- Trich"ite (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, hair.]
- I know a trick worth two of that.
- 5. A knot, braid, or plait of hair. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- 8. A toy; a trifle; a plaything. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. Hence, any three-colored flag.
- Trid"dler (?), n. (Zoöl.) The jacksnipe. [Local, U. S.]
- 3. A three-pronged fish spear.
- 2. One who tries judicially.
- 4. That which tries or approves; a test. Shak.
- 2. Containing three sets of characters or sculptures.
- 1. A figure having three angles; a triangle.
- 2. A treatise in this science.
- I. Taylor.
- Trill, n. [It. trillo, fr. trillare. See Trill to shake.]
- Tril"la*chan (?), n. (Zoöl.) The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. (Crystallog.) A compound crystal, consisting of three individuals.
- I was trimmed in Julia's gown.
- 4. (Carp.) To dress, as timber; to make smooth.
- 6. To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat. [Colloq.]
- I found her trimming up the diadem On her dead mistress.
- 3. An instrument with which trimming is done.
- 2. A triad; trinity. [R.]
- Trine, v. t. To put in the aspect of a trine. [R.]
- 2. A small ornament, as a jewel, ring, or the like.
- 3. A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.
- Trin"ket*er (?), n. One who trinkets. [Obs.]
- 2. (Geom.) Having three nodal points.
- 3. To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict. [R.]
- 2. A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
- I took a trip to London on the death of the queen.
- 4. A small piece; a morsel; a bit. [Obs.] "A trip of cheese." Chaucer.
- 6. (Naut.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
- 7. A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc. [Prov. Eng. & Scott.]
- 8. A troop of men; a host. [Obs.] Robert of Brunne.
- 9. (Zoöl.) A flock of widgeons.
- Tri"part`ed (?), a. [Pref. tri- + parted.]
- 2. (Bot.) Divided nearly to the base into three segments or lobes.
- 3. Made between three parties; as, a tripartite treaty.
- 2. Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.
- 3. One of three; third. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. (Poetry) Three verses rhyming together.
- 3. (Mus.) A group of three notes sung or played in the tree of two.
- 4. pl. Three children or offspring born at one birth.
- 2. (Civil Law) Same as Surrejoinder.
- 2. Of or pertaining to tripoli, the mineral.
- 2. An excursionist.
- 2. A light dance.
- 2. (Geom.) To cut or divide into three equal parts.
- Trist, n. [See Tryst.] 1. Trust. [Obs.]
- 2. A post, or station, in hunting. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- Triste (?), n. A cattle fair. [Prov. Eng.]
- Tri"tyl (?), n. [Gr. &?; third + -yl.] (Chem.) Propyl. [R.]
- Tri"tyl*ene (?), n. (Chem.) Propylene. [R.]
- 3. A state of joy or exultation for success.
- 5. A trump card; also, an old game at cards. [Obs.]
- 2. To obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail.
- 3. To be prosperous; to flourish.
- 4. To play a trump card. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- Tri*um"phal, n. A token of victory. [Obs.]
- 1. Rejoicing for victory; triumphing; exultant.
- 3. Graced with conquest; victorious.
- 4. Of or pertaining to triumph; triumphal. [Obs.]
- 2. One who triumphs or rejoices for victory.
- 2. A weaver's knife. See Trevat. Knight.
- 2. Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar.
- 4. Of or pertaining to the trivium.
- 2. That which is trivial; a trifle.
- 2. (Zoöl.) The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively.
- Troad (?), n. See Trode. [Obs.]
- 3. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the genus Trochus or family Trochidæ.
- 2. (Anat. & Zoöl.) See Trochoid, a.
- 2. (Zoöl.) An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.
- 3. (Zoöl.) The wren.
- 2. To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking.
- 5. To fish in; to seek to catch fish from.
- 2. To move rapidly; to wag. F. Beaumont.
- 3. To take part in trolling a song.
- 2. A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch; a round.
- 3. A trolley.
- 2. (Zoöl.) The common European bittern.
- Tron (?), n. See 3d Trone, 2. [Obs. or Scott.]
- 2. Soldiers, collectively; an army; — now generally used in the plural.
- 4. A company of stageplayers; a troupe. W. Coxe.
- 5. (Mil.) A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
- 2. To march on; to go forward in haste.
- Troop"fowl` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The American scaup duck. [Local, U. S.]
- 2. Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.
- 2. Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying.
- 3. One who trots; a child; a woman.
- 2. Truth; verity; veracity; as, by my troth. Shak.
- 3. Betrothal.
- Troth"plight` (?), v. t. To betroth. [Obs.]
- 3. (Mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
- 3. (Founding) A tool used for smoothing a mold.
- Trowsed (?), a. Wearing trousers. [Obs.]
- 2. A tax or impost; tribute. [Obs.] R. of Gloucester.
- Tru"and (-and), n. & a. See Truant. [Obs.]
- I have a truant been to chivalry.
- Tru"ant, v. t. To idle away; to waste. [R.]
- I dare not be the author Of truanting the time.
- Trub (?), n. [Cf. Truffle.] A truffle. [Obs.]
- 5. A freight car. [Eng.]
- 2. Cruel; destructive; ruthless.
- Trudge"man (?), n. A truchman. [Obs.]
- 2. Being of real breeding or education; as, a true-bred gentleman.
- 2. (Bot.) A plant. See Paris.
- 2. A concubine; a harlot. [Obs.] Taylor (1630).
- 2. A girl; a wench; a lass. [Obs.]
- I can not truly say how I came here.
- 4. Conformably to law; legally; legitimately.
- 5. In fact; in deed; in reality; in truth.
- 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52.
- 3. A good fellow; an excellent person. [Slang]
- 2. To impose unfairly; to palm off.
- C. Leslie.
- 2. (Mil.) A trumpeter. Clarendon.
- 2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
- 2. The state of being truncated.
- Trunch (?), n. [See Truncheon.] A stake; a small post. [Obs.]
- 2. A baton, or military staff of command.
- 2. A lind of low-wheeled cart; a truck.
- 2. To roll, or go by revolving, as a hoop.
- 2. The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.
- Trun"nel (?), n. A trundle. [R.]
- 6. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
- I will never trust his word after.
- 2. To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
- I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face.
- 2 John 12.
- 4. to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something.
- 5. To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.
- 7. To risk; to venture confidently.
- 2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
- I will trust and not be afraid.
- 2. (Scots Law) One who makes a trust; — the correlative of trustee.
- 2. Worthy of trust; faithful; trusty; trustworthy.
- 2. Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm.
- 3. Involving trust; as, a trusty business. [R.] Shak.
- I long to know the truth here of at large.
- 2 Cor. vii. 14.
- 4. Righteousness; true religion.
- Truth, v. t. To assert as true; to declare. [R.]
- 9. To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience. Milton.
- 10. To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.
- 2. To do; to fare; as, how do you try! [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.
- Tryst, v. t. [OE. tristen, trysten. See Tryst, n.]
- 1. To trust. [Obs.]
- Tryst, v. i. To mutually agree to meet at a certain place. [Scot.]
- 4. A sweating in a tub; a tub fast. [Obs.] Shak.
- 5. A small cask; as, a tub of gin.
- 2. A telescope. "Glazed optic tube." Milton.
- 4. (Bot.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.
- 2. (Anat.) A tuberosity; a tubercle.
- 2. Like a tubercle; as, a tubercular excrescence.
- 2. An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance.
- 1. Covered with knobby or wartlike prominences; knobbed.
- 2. (Bot.) Consisting of, or bearing, tubers; resembling a tuber.
- Tu"cet (?), n. See Tucket, a steak. [Obs.]
- 2. To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
- Tuck, v. i. To contract; to draw together. [Obs.]
- 3. A pull; a lugging. [Obs.] See Tug. Life of A. Wood.
- 5. Food; pastry; sweetmeats. [Slang] T. Hughes.
- 3. [See Tuck, v. t., 4.] A fuller. [Prov. Eng.]
- Tuck"er, v. t. To tire; to weary; — usually with out. [Colloq. U. S.]
- Tucket sonance, the sound of the tucket. [Obs.]
- Tue"fall (?), n. (Arch.) See To-fall. [Eng.]
- Tu"et (?), n. (Zoöl.) The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]
- Tuf*foon" (?), n. See Typhoon. [R.]
- 2. A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants.
- 2. To adorn with tufts or with a tuft. Thomson.
- 2. Growing in tufts or clusters; tufty.
- Tufted duck (Zoöl.), the ring-necked duck. [Local, U. S.]
- 2. Growing in tufts or clusters.
- 2. To pull; to pluck. [Obs.]
- 2. To labor; to strive; to struggle.
- 4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
- Tull (?), v. t. [OE. tullen. See Tole.] To allure; to tole. [Obs.]
- 2. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
- 7. A kind of cart; a tumbrel. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
- 2. A rough cart. Tusser. Tatler.
- 2. Rising above the level; protuberant.
- Tu"mor*ous (?), a. [L. tumorosus inflated.]
- 1. Swelling; protuberant. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
- 2. Inflated; bombastic. [R.] B. Jonson.
- 1 Sam. iv. 14.
- Tu"mult (?), v. i. To make a tumult; to be in great commotion. [Obs.]
- Tu"mult*er (?), n. A maker of tumults. [Obs.]
- 2. Restless; agitated; unquiet.
- 3. Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed.
- 4. Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech.
- 2. (Brewing) A fermenting vat.
- 4. (Com.) A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton. [R.]
- 5. An indefinite large quantity. Shak.
- 6. A drunkard; — so called humorously, or in contempt.
- 3. To sing with melody or harmony.
- 4. To put into a proper state or disposition. Shak.
- 2. Not employed in making music; as, tuneless harps.
- 3. Not expressed in music or poetry; unsung. [R.]
- 2. (Min.) Scheelite, or calcium tungstate. [Obs.]
- Tu"nic (?), n. [L. tunica: cf. F. tunique.]
- 3. (R. C. Ch.) Same as Tunicle.
- 5. (Bot.) A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed.
- 6. (Zoöl.) See Mantle, n., 3 (a).
- Tunk (?), n. A sharp blow; a thump. [Prov. Eng. or Colloq. U. S.]
- 2. The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue; a funnel.
- 2. To catch in a tunnel net.
- 2. To cover; — said of a ram. Shak.
- 2. A kind of headdress worn by women.
- 3. (Zoöl.) The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.
- I see the Turk nodding with his turbant.
- 2. Proudly; haughtily. [A Latinism. R.]
- Tur"bi*nate (?), v. i. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]
- 3. (Anat.) Turbinal.
- Tur"bit (?), n. [Cf. Turbot.]
- 1. (Zoöl.) The turbot.
- 3. Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting.
- 2. A Turcoman carpet.
- 2. Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat.
- 2. Having the nature or appearance of turf.
- 3. Of or pertaining to the turf, or horse racing.
- 2. Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
- 2. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
- 3. A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey.
- 4. (Zoöl.) The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum.
- Tur"kis (?), n. (Min.) Turquois. [Obs.]
- Tur"kle (?), n. A turtle. [Obs. or Illiterate]
- Turm (?), n. [L. turma.] A troop; a company. [Obs. or Poetic]
- 1 Chron. x. 14.
- 2 Sam. xv. 31.
- I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned.
- 8. Specifically: —
- 3. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue.
- I hope you have no intent to turn husband.
- 6. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well.
- 7. Specifically: —
- I will take a turn in your garden.
- I have enough to serve mine own turn.
- 12. (Mining) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
- 14. pl. (Med.) Monthly courses; menses. [Colloq.]
- Tur"nep (?), n. (Bot.) See Turnip. [Obs.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
- 2. Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe.
- 2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
- 3. Deviation from the way or proper course. Harmar.
- 6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned.
- 5. Net quantity of produce yielded.
- I move upon my axle like a turnpike.
- 3. A turnpike road. De Foe.
- 4. A winding stairway. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
- Tur"pin (?), n. (Zoöl.) A land tortoise. [Obs.]
- 2. Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp. Bacon.
- Tur"ri*bant (?), n. [See Turban.] A turban. [Obs.]
- Tur"tle*dove` (?), n. [See 1ts Turtle.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; — called also tusk-shell.
- Tusk (?), v. i. To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.]
- Tus"sle, n. A struggle; a scuffle. [Colloq.]
- 2. (Bot.) Same as Tussock grass, below.
- 2. A hassock. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
- Tut"-nose` (?), n. A snub nose. [Prov. Eng.]
- Tu"tor*ism (?), n. Tutorship. [R.]
- I . . . shall tutorize him some day.
- Twag"ger (?), n. A lamb. [Prov. Eng.]
- Twang (?), n. A tang. See Tang a state. [R.]
- 2. An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound.
- Tweag (?), v. t. To tweak. [Obs.]
- 2. Trouble; distress; tweag. [Obs.]
- 3. A prostitute. [Obs.] Brathwait.
- 2. To twist. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- 2. The next in order after the eleventh.
- 3. (Mus.) An interval comprising an octave and a fifth.
- 2. A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.
- I shall laugh at this a twelvemonth hence.
- 2. An indefinite number more or less that twenty. Shak.
- 2. A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx.
- 2. A tool for making mortises. [Obs.]
- 3. A reaping hook.
- 1. Two times; once and again.
- 2. A pimple. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- Twig, v. t. [Gael. tuig, or Ir. tuigim I understand.]
- Twig"gen (?), a. Made of twigs; wicker. [Obs.]
- 2. Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.
- 2. A fabric women with a twill.
- 3. [Perhaps fr. guill.] A quill, or spool, for yarn.
- Twilt (?), n. [See Quilt.] A quilt. [Prov. Eng.]
- 3. (Bot.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.
- 3. A person or thing that closely resembles another.
- 2. To be born at the same birth. Shak.
- 3. The act of twining or winding round. J. Philips.
- 3. To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
- 4. To change the direction of. [Obs.] Fairfax.
- 5. To mingle; to mix. [Obs.] Crashaw.
- 2. To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
- 3. To turn round; to revolve. [Obs.] Chapman.
- Twink (?), v. i. [OE. twinken. See Twinkle.] To twinkle. [Obs.]
- Twink (?), n. 1. A wink; a twinkling. [Obs.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
- 3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. Dryden.
- 3. The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
- 1 Cor. xv. 52.
- I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee.
- 2. To twinkle; to glance; to gleam. [Obs.]
- Twire"-pipe` (?), n. A vagabond musician. [Obs.]
- 2. A twist; a convolution. Woodward.
- 2. To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.
- 2. The form given in twisting.
- 2. The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
- 3. (Carp.) A girder. Craig.
- Twit"lark` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The meadow pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
- 3. A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.
- 2. A symbol representing two units, as 2, II., or ii.
- 2. Used with both hands; as, a two-handed sword.
- 3. Using either hand equally well; ambidextrous.
- 2. (Biol.) Symmetrical.
- 3. (Mining) A trough for washing ores. Knight.
- Ty"er (?), n. One who ties, or unites. [R.]
- Ty"ger (?), n. (Zoöl.) A tiger. [Obs.]
- 2. (Arch.) A panel; a tympanum.
- 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum.
- Ty"ny (?), a. [See Tiny.] Small; tiny. [Obs.]
- 1. The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.
- 2. Form or character impressed; style; semblance.
- 2. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify. [R.]
- Type"write` (?), v. t. & i. To write with a typewriter. [Recent]
- 2. One who uses such an instrument.
- 2. A violent whirlwind; a typhoon. [Obs.]
- Ty"po (?), n. [An abbreviation of typographer.] A compositor. [Colloq.]
- 2. Of or pertaining to typography or printing; as, the typographic art.
- 2. (Theol.) The doctrine of types.
- 2. One who kills a tyrant.
- 2. Cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster.
- 3. Severity; rigor; inclemency.
- Tyre (?), [Tamil tayir.] Curdled milk. [India]
- Tyre, n. & v. Attire. See 2d and 3d Tire. [Obs.]
- Tyre, v. i. To prey. See 4th Tire. [Obs.]
- 2. Being of the color called Tyrian purple.
- U.
- U`bi*qua"ri*an (?), a. Ubiquitous. [R.]
- 2. (Eccl. Hist.) A ubiquist. Bp. Hall.
- C. Merivale.
- 2. One of the breasts of a woman. [R.]
- 2. Affected with an ulcer or ulcers; ulcerated.
- 2. To come or bring into use or practice. [R.]
- Ul"trage (?), n. Outrage. [Obs.]
- 2. An umbrere. [Obs.]
- 3. [F. ombre, umbre, L. umbra.] (Zoöl.) See Grayling, 1.
- 2. (Geom.) An umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5 (b).
- 2. Pertaining to the center; central. [R.] De Foe.
- 3. (Bot.) The hilum.
- 2. Shadowy resemblance; shadow. [Obs.]
- Um*brel" (?), n. An umbrella. [Obs. or Colloq.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish.
- Um"bril (?), n. A umbrere. [Obs.]
- 2. The act of umpiring; arbitrament. Bp. Hall.
- Unabolishable
- Unabsolvable
- Unabsurd
- Unabundant
- Unaccordant
- Unadoptable
- Unadventurous
- Unaffable
- Unaffectionate
- Unafraid
- Unalliable
- Unallowablew
- Unalterable
- Unambiguous
- Unambitious
- Unamendable
- Un-American
- Unamusive
- Unangular
- Unanxious
- Unapocryphal
- Unapostolic
- Unapparent
- Unappeasable
- Unapplausive
- Unappreciable
- Unapprehensible
- Unapprehensive
- Unapproachable
- Unartificial
- Unartistic
- Unassailable
- Unattainable
- Unattentive
- Unauthentic
- Unavailable
- Unbailable
- Unbearable
- Unbeautiful
- Unbeliefful
- Unbelievable
- Unbeneficial
- Unbenevolent
- Unblamable
- Unblemishable
- Unblissful
- Unboastful
- Unbold
- Unbookish
- Unbounteous
- Unbribable
- Unbrotherly
- Unburdensome
- Unbusinesslike
- Unbusy
- Uncandid
- Uncanonical
- Uncaptious
- Uncareful
- Uncelestial
- Unceremonious
- Unchallengeable
- Unchangeable
- Unchary
- Unchastisable
- Uncheerful
- Uncheery
- Unchildish
- Unchivalrous
- Uncholeri
- Unchristianlike
- Uncircumspect
- Uncivic
- Unclassible
- Unclassic
- Unclassical
- Uncleanly
- Unclear
- Unclerical
- Unclerklike
- Unclose
- Uncloudy
- Unclubbable
- Uncoagulable
- Uncogitable
- Uncollectible
- Uncomic
- Uncommendable
- Uncommercial
- Uncommunicable
- Uncommunicative
- Uncompact
- Uncompanionable
- Uncompassionate
- Uncompellable
- Uncompetitive
- Uncomplaisant
- Uncompliant Uncomplimentary
- Unconcealable
- Unconcurrent
- Unconditionate
- Unconfinable
- Unconfutable
- Uncongealable
- Uncongenial
- Unconjugal
- Unconjunctive
- Unconquerable
- Unconsecrate
- Uncontainable
- Uncontaminate
- Uncontradictable
- Uncontrite
- Unconvenable
- Unconventional
- Unconversable
- Unconversant
- Unconvertible
- Uncoquettish
- Uncordial
- Uncorpulent
- Uncorrespondent
- Uncorruptible
- Uncorruptive
- Uncostly
- Uncounselable
- Uncountable
- Uncounterfeit
- Uncourteous
- Uncourtierlike
- Uncourtly
- Uncrafty
- Uncreatable
- Uncritical
- Uncrystalline
- Uncultivable
- Uncurious
- Uncustomary
- Undangerous
- Undaughterly
- Undead
- Unddeceivable
- Undecidable
- Undecipherable
- Undeclinable
- Undecomposable
- Undefinable
- Undelectable
- Undeliberate
- Undelightful
- Undeliverable
- Undemocratic
- Undemonstrable
- Undemonstrative
- Undeniable
- Underogatory
- Undescendible
- Undescribable
- Undesirable
- Undesirous
- Undescribable
- Undevout
- Undiaphonous
- Undiligent
- Undiminishable
- Undiscernible
- Undisciplinable
- Undiscordant
- Undiscoverable
- Undissolvable
- Undistinguishable
- Undividable
- Undivine
- Undomestic
- Undoubtful Undrainable
- Undramatic
- Undrinkable
- Undurable
- Unduteous
- Undutiful
- Unearnest
- Uneatable
- Unecclesiastical
- Unedible
- Unelaborate
- Unelective
- Unelusive
- Unemotional
- Unemphatic
- Unemployable
- Unendurable
- Un-English
- Unentire
- Unenviable
- Unenvious
- Unepiscopal
- Unequible
- Unerrable
- Unescapable
- Unevangelical
- Uneventful
- Unevident
- Unexact
- Unexaminable
- Unexceptionable
- Unexclusive
- Unexemplary
- Unexempt
- Unexhaustible
- Unexistent
- Unexpectable
- Unexpectant
- Unexplainable
- Unexpress
- Unexpressible
- Unexpugnable
- Unextinct
- Unfactious
- Unfadable
- Unfain
- Unfamiliar
- Unfamous
- Unfashionable
- Unfast
- Unfatherly
- Unfathomable
- Unfaulty
- Unfearful
- Unfeasible
- Unf
- Unfelicitous
- Unfelt
- Unfeminine
- Unfermentable
- Unfestival
- Unfine
- Unfleshy
- Unfluent
- Unforcible
- Unfordable
- Unforeknowable
- Unforeseeable
- Unforgetful
- Unforgivable
- Unformal
- Unframable
- Unfraternal
- Unfriable
- Unfrightful
- Unfrustrable
- Unfull
- Ungainable
- Ungainful
- Ungallant
- Ungenial
- Ungenteel
- Ungentle
- Ungentlemanlike
- Ungentlemanly
- Ungeometrical
- Unghostly
- Unglad
- Ungodlike
- Ungood
- Ungoodly
- Ungorgeous
- Ungrammatical
- Ungrave
- Unguidable
- Unguilty
- Unhabile
- Unhabitable
- Unhale
- Unhandy
- Unhardy
- Unharmful
- Unhasty
- Unhazardous
- Unhealable
- Unhealthful
- Unhealthy
- Unheavenly
- Unheedful
- Unhelpful
- Unheritable
- Un`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Inability. [Obs.]
- 2. Not usual; uncommon; strange; new.
- 2. Not usual; unfamiliar; strange. [Obs.]
- Un*ac"tive, a. Inactive; listless. [R.]
- 2. Not agreeing or consistent; unsuitable. Shak.
- I enjoyed unalloyed satisfaction in his company.
- U*nan"i*mate (?), a. [See Unanimous.] Unanimous. [Obs.]
- 2. Not refuted; as, an unanswered argument.
- 3. Not responded to in kind; unrequited; as, unanswered affection.
- 2. Not appropriated. Bp. Warburton.
- 2. Not proved. [Obs.]
- 2. Unsuitable; unfit; inappropriate. Macaulay.
- 3. Not accustomed and not likely; not disposed.
- I am a soldier and unapt to weep.
- 2. Not argued against; undisputed. [Obs.] Milton.
- 3. Not censured. [A Latinism. Obs.] B. Jonson.
- Un*armed" (?), a. [Pref. un- not + armed.]
- 1. Not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons.
- 2. Not artificial; plain; simple. [Obs.] Feltham.
- Un`a*scried" (?), a. Not descried. [Obs.]
- Un`a*served" (?), a. Not served. [Obs.]
- 2. Not to be trusted. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 3. Not insured against loss; as, unassured goods.
- 2. Incapable of being atoned for; inexpiable.
- 2. (Mil.) Not assigned to any company or regiment.
- 3. (Law) Not taken or arrested. R. Junius.
- 2. Unavoidable; inevitable. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- 2. Not supported or encouraged; not countenanced; unaided. Daniel.
- Un*barbed" (?), a. 1. Not shaven. [Obs.]
- I ought . . . to unbay the current of my passion.
- Un`be*known" (?), a. Not known; unknown. [Colloq.]
- 4. Devoted to relaxation or amusement. [R.]
- Un`be*reav"en (?), a. Unbereft. [R.]
- 2. Uninvited; as, unbidden guests. Shak.
- 3. Being without a prayer. [Obs.] Spenser.
- Un*bone" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + bone.]
- 1. To deprive of bones, as meat; to bone.
- 2. To twist about, as if boneless. [R.] Milton.
- 2. [Pref. un- not + bottomed.] Having no bottom; bottomless. Milton.
- Un*bound"a*bly (?), adv. Infinitely. [Obs.]
- I am . . . unboundably beholding to you.
- 2. Not taught or trained; — with to. Dryden.
- 3. Not well-bred; ill-bred. [Obs.] Locke.
- 2. To throw off, as a burden; to unload.
- Un*bus"ied (?), a. Not required to work; unemployed; not busy. [R.]
- Bp. Rainbow
- 2. To reduce from the rank of a canonized saint.
- Un*case" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + case.]
- 2. To strip; to flay. [Obs.]
- Un*cau"te*lous (?), a. Incautious. [Obs.]
- Unce (?), n. [L. uncus hook.] A claw. [Obs.]
- Un*ceas"a*ble (?), a. Not capable of being ended; unceasing. [R.]
- 4. Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible.
- 1. The quality or state of being uncertain.
- 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown.
- 2. Ill-fated; unlucky. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
- 3. Unsafe to meddle with; dangerous. [Scot.]
- Un*charge" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + charge.]
- 1. To free from a charge or load; to unload. Wyclif.
- Un*check"a*ble (?), a. Not capable of being checked or stopped. [R.]
- Un*child" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + child.]
- 1. To bereave of children; to make childless. Shak.
- 2. (Script.) People not circumcised; the Gentiles.
- 2. Not important; not pertinent; trivial. [Obs.]
- Un`ci*vil"i*ty (?), n. Incivility. [Obs.]
- 2. Not civil; coarse; clownish. [R.] Addison.
- 2. A pawnbroker. [Slang] Thackeray.
- 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing.
- 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
- Un*closed" (?), a. [Pref. un- not + closed.]
- 1. Not separated by inclosures; open. Clarendon.
- 2. Not finished; not concluded. [R.] Madison.
- 3. Not closed; not sealed; open. Byron.
- 2 Cor. v. 4.
- 2. [Pref. un- not + clothed.] Not yet clothed; wanting clothes; naked.
- Un*clutch" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + clutch.]
- 2. (Mech.) To disengage, as a clutch.
- Un"co, n. A strange thing or person. [Scot.]
- 2. To deprive of its cocked shape, as a hat, etc.
- 3. To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay.
- 2. Incomprehensible. [Obs.] Shak.
- Un`con*clu"sive (?), a. Inconclusive. [Obs.]
- Un`con*form" (?), a. Unlike. [Obs.]
- I. Watts.
- Un`con*form"ist, n. A nonconformist. [Obs.]
- 2. (Geol.) Want of parallelism between strata in contact.
- 2. Not guided by, or conformed to, conscience. [Obs.]
- 2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obs.]
- I am surprised with an uncouth fear.
- 2. To remove the covers from dishes, or the like.
- 1. Deprived of existence; annihilated. Beau. & Fl.
- 2. Not yet created; as, misery uncreated. Milton.
- Un*cred"it*a*ble (?), a. Discreditable. [Obs.]
- 3. Divine or sanctifying grace. [R.]
- Unc"tious (?), a. Unctuous. [Obs.]
- 2. Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals.
- Un*cun"ning (?), a. Ignorant. [Obs.]
- I am young and uncunning, as thou wost [knowest].
- Un*cun"ning*ly, adv. Ignorantly. [Obs.]
- Un*cun"ning*ness, n. Ignorance. [Obs.]
- Un*cuth" (?), a. Unknown; strange. [Obs.] — n. A stranger. [Obs.]
- Un*de"cent (?), a. Indecent. [Obs.]
- 2. Not having a deck; as, an undecked vessel.
- 2. Not made famous by any great action. [Obs.] Shak.
- Un`de*fea"si*ble (?), a. Indefeasible. [Obs.]
- 2. Hence, in many figurative uses which may be classified as follows; —
- C. Leslie.
- I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection.
- 1 Cor. ix. 27.
- Un`der*aid" (?), v. t. To aid clandestinely. [Obs.]
- 2. A twig or branchlet. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2. To put too small a charge into; as, to undercharge a gun.
- Un`der*delve" (?), v. t. To delve under. [Obs.]
- 2. To insnare; to circumvent. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 3. To sustain; to support; to guard. Nash.
- 3. To be the bearer of; to possess. [Obs.]
- 4. To undertake; to engage in; to hazard. [Obs.]
- 5. To be subject or amenable to; to underlie. [Obs.]
- Un`der*groan (?), v. t. To groan beneath. [Obs.]
- 2. Done or occurring out of sight; secret. [Colloq.]
- 2. Having the lower jaw projecting. T. Hughes.
- 3. To put a tap on (a shoe). [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. To let or lease at second hand; to sublet.
- 3. To be subject or amenable to. [R.]
- 2. To influence secretly. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
- 2. To reprove; to reprehend. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
- Un`der*peer" (?), v. t. To peer under. [R.]
- 2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. Addison.
- Un"der*pull`er (?), n. One who underpulls. [Obs.]
- Un`der*put" (?), v. t. To put or send under. [Obs.]
- Un`der*sail" (?), v. i. To sail alongshore. [Obs.]
- Un"der*sailed` (?), a. Inadequately equipped with sails. [Obs.]
- Un"der*sher`iff*ry (?), n. Undershrievalty. [Obs.]
- Un"der*skink`er (?), n. Undertapster. [Obs.]
- 2. An inferior sphere, or field of action.
- I understand not what you mean by this.
- 5. To stand under; to support. [Jocose & R.] Shak.
- 2. To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
- I 'll undertake to land them on our coast.
- 3. Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.
- I dare undertake they will not lose their labor.
- 4. To assume, as a character. [Obs.] Shak.
- 5. To engage with; to attack. [Obs.]
- 6. To have knowledge of; to hear. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2. To venture; to hazard. [Obs.]
- 3. To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.
- 3. Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of funerals.
- 4. A promise or pledge; a guarantee. A. Trollope.
- Un"der*verse` (?), n. The lower or second verse. [Obs.]
- Un`der*ween" (?), v. t. To undervalue. [Obs.]
- 2. To expend too little work upon; as, to underwork a painting. Dryden.
- 2. To do less work than is proper or suitable.
- 3. To do work for a less price than current rates.
- 2. An inferior or subordinate workman. Waterland.
- 2. The mythological place of departed souls; Hades.
- 4. The inferior part of mankind. [R.] Atterbury.
- 2. Not addressed; not superscribed, as a letter.
- 3. Misdirected; misled; led astray. [R.]
- 2. Unavoidable; inevitable. [Obs.] Fuller.
- 3. Not to be freed by dispensation. [Obs.]
- 2. Not freed by dispensation. [R.] Tooker.
- 4. (Bot.) Not lobed, cleft, or branched; entire.
- Un`di*vid"u*al (?), a. Indivisible. [Obs.]
- 2. Ruin. "The utter undoing of some." Hooker.
- Un*dress" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + dress.]
- 1. To divest of clothes; to strip.
- 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
- Un"du*lant (?), a. Undulating. [R.]
- 2. A wavy appearance or outline; waviness. Evelyn.
- Un*dust" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + dust.] To free from dust. [Obs.]
- Un*ease" (?), n. Want of ease; uneasiness. [Obs.]
- Un*eas"y (?), a. 1. Not easy; difficult. [R.]
- Un*eath", adv. Not easily; hardly; scarcely. [Obs.]
- Un`em*bar"rassed (?), a. Not embarrassed. Specifically: —
- 2. Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.
- 5. (Bot.) Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical.
- 2. Void of essence, or real being. [R.] Milton.
- 2. Not equal; not of equal length.
- Un*ev"i*ta*ble (?), a. Inevitable. [Obs.]
- Un`ex*pe"di*ent (?), a. Inexpedient. [Obs.]
- Un`ex*pe"ri*ence (?), n. Inexperience. [Obs.]
- 2. Untried; — applied to things. Cheyne.
- Un`ex*pe"ri*ent (?), a. Inexperienced. [Obs.]
- 2. Not possessing faith; infidel. [R.] Milton.
- 2. Without kind feelings; cruel; hard- hearted.
- Un*firm"ness, n. Infirmness. [R.]
- 2. To make fluid; to dissolve. [R.]
- 3. To release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep.
- C. Morris.
- 1. Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form destroyed.
- J. R. Green
- Un*freeze" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + freeze.] To thaw. [Obs.]
- Un*fu"si*ble (?), a. Infusible. [R.]
- 2. Unsuitable; unprofitable. [Obs.] Hammond.
- I 'll disown you, I 'll disinherit you, I 'll unget you.
- 2. Polluted by sin or wickedness.
- 2. [Pref. un- not + gowned.] Not having, or not wearing, a gown.
- 2. Having no grace; graceless; wicked. [Obs.] Shak.
- 3. Not well received; offensive; unpleasing; unacceptable; not favored.
- Un"gual (?), a. [L. unguis a nail, claw, hoof.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to a nail, claw, talon, or hoof, or resembling one.
- 3. (Bot.) Same as Unguis, 3.
- 2. (Zoöl.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1.
- I 'll unhair thy head.
- 3. Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient. [Obs.]
- Un*hang" (?), v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hang.]
- 1. To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room.
- 4. Mischievous; wanton; wicked. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. Affording no harbor or shelter. "Unharbored heaths." [Obs.] Milton.
- 2. To disarm; to divest of armor. Holinshed.
- Un*head" (?), v. t. [1 st pref. un- + head.]
- 1. To take out the head of; as, to unhead a cask.
- 2. To decapitate; to behead. [Obs.] T. Brown.
- Un*heal", v. t. To uncover. See Unhele. [Obs.]
- 3. Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure.
- Un*hele" (?), n. Same as Unheal, n. [Obs.]
- Un*hinge" (?), v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hinge.]
- 1. To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.
- 2. To displace; to unfix by violence. Blackmore.
- Un*hive" (?), v. t. v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hive.]
- 1. To drive or remove from a hive.
- 2. To deprive of habitation or shelter, as a crowd.
- 4. (Zoöl.) The kamichi; — called also unicorn bird.
- 5. (Mil.) A howitzer. [Obs.]
- 2. Unideaed. [R.] Johnson.
- 2. To make conformable. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
- 2. Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man's opinions.
- 4. Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness.
- Un*im"i*ta*ble (?), a. Inimitable. [Obs.]
- 5. A large, fine pearl. [Obs.]
- 2. A member or supporter of a trades union.
- U"ni*per"son*al (?), a. [Uni- + personal.]
- 1. Existing as one, and only one, person; as, a unipersonal God.
- 3. A single, unvaried. [R.] Pope.
- 2. (Arith.) The least whole number; one.
- I. Watts.
- 2. One who rejects the principle of dualism.
- 3. A monotheist. [R.] Fleming.
- 2. Of the nature of a unit; not divided; united.
- U`ni*ver"sal*ist (?), n. [Cf. F. universaliste.]
- 2. Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2.
- 4. Unequivocal; indubitable. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
- 2. A word having but one meaning.
- Un"kard (?), a. See Unked. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. Lonely; dreary; unkard. [Prov. Eng.]
- Un*kemmed" (?), a. Unkempt. [Obs.]
- 2. Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough.
- Un*ken"nel (?), v. t. [1st un- + kennel.]
- 1. To drive from a kennel or hole; as, to unkennel a fox.
- 2. Fig.: To discover; to disclose. Shak.
- Un*keth" (?), a. Uncouth. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
- 2. Unnatural; contrary to nature. [Obs.] "Unkindly crime." Spenser.
- 3. Unfavorable; annoying; malignant. Milton.
- Un"kle (?), n. See Uncle. [Obs.]
- Un*know" (?), v. t. [1st un- + know.]
- 1. To cease to know; to lose the knowledge of. [Obs.]
- 2. To fail of knowing; to be ignorant of. [Obs.]
- Un*knowl"edged (?), a. Not acknowledged or recognized. [Obs.]
- 2. Not cultivated; untitled; as, an unlabored field.
- Un*lace" (?), v. t. [1st un- + lace.]
- 1. To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.
- 2. To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace.
- 3. Not laid out, as a corpse. [R.] B. Jonson.
- 2. To put beyond protection of law; to outlaw. [Obs.]
- 3. (Scots Law) To impose a fine upon; to fine.
- Un*learn" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + learn.]
- I had learned nothing right; I had to unlearn everything.
- 2. To fail to learn. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
- 2. Not gained by study; not known.
- 3. Not exhibiting learning; as, unlearned verses.
- 2. Not likely; improbable; unlikely. [Obsoles.]
- 3. Unconfined; not restrained; unrestricted.
- 2. Not in liquor; not intoxicated; sober.
- 2. Hence, to relieve from anything onerous.
- 4. To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun.
- 2. To open, in general; to lay open; to undo.
- 2. [Pref. un- + lorded.] Not raised to the rank of a lord. Milton.
- 2. Bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious.
- 3. Mischievous; as, an unlucky wag. [Colloq.]
- Un*man" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + man.]
- 2. To emasculate; to deprive of virility.
- 4. To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship.
- Un*mech"an*ize (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + mechanize.]
- Un*men"tion*a*bles (?), n. pl. The breeches; trousers. [Jocose]
- Un*muf"fle (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + muffle.]
- 1. To take a covering from, as the face; to uncover.
- 2. To remove the muffling of, as a drum.
- Un*mu"ta*ble (?), a. Immutable. [Obs.]
- Un*nerv"ate (?), a. Enervate. [Obs.]
- Un*nes"tle (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + nestle.] Same as Unnest. [R.]
- Un*of"ten (?; 115), adv. Not often. [Obs.]
- 2. Not owed; as, to pay money unowed.
- 1. Not owned; having no owner. Milton.
- 2. Not acknowledged; not avowed. Gay.
- Un*pack" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + pack.]
- 2. To relieve of a pack or burden. [R.] Shak.
- Un*par"ent*ed (?), a. Having no parent, or no acknowledged parent. [R.]
- Un*pa"tience (?), n. Impatience. [Obs.]
- 2. Castrated. [Obs.] "Unpaved eunuch." Shak.
- 2. [Pref. un- not + peeled.] Not peeled.
- 2. [Pref. un- not + picked.] Not picked. Milton.
- 2. Pitiless; merciless. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. Destitute of pity; pitiless. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- Un*pit"y (?), n. Want of piety. [Obs.]
- Un*pla"ca*ble (?), a. Implacable. [Obs.]
- 2. Not supported by pleas; undefended; as, an unpleaded suit.
- 1. Want of pleasantry. [R.]
- 2. A state of disagreement; a falling out. Thackeray.
- 2. Impolitic; imprudent. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. To deprive of a pope. [Obs.]
- Un*pos"si*ble (?), a. Impossible. [R.]
- I like him none the less for being unpractical.
- 2. Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced judgment.
- 2. Not preceded by anything. [Obs.] Milton.
- 2. Invaluable; being beyond estimation. [Obs.]
- Un*pru"dence (?), n. Imprudence. [Obs.]
- Un*pru"dent (?), a. Imprudent. [Obs.]
- Un*pursed" (?), a. [1st pref. un- + purse + -ed.]
- 1. Robbed of a purse, or of money. [R.] Pollock.
- 2. Taken from the purse; expended. [Obs.] Gower.
- 2. Not inviting questions or conversation. [R.] Shak.
- 3. Indisputable; not to be opposed or impugned.
- Un*rav"el (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- (intensive) + ravel.]
- 2. Not versed in literature; illiterate. Dryden.
- 2. Not dressed; undressed. [Obs.]
- Un`re*pent"ance (?), n. Impenitence. [R.]
- 2. Not having incurred reproof, blameless. [Obs.]
- 2. Resistless; as, unresisted fate. [R.] Pope.
- 2. Disrespectful; irreverent. [Obs.] Shak.
- Un*right", n. A wrong. [Obs.]
- 1. Not righteous; evil; wicked; sinful; as, an unrighteous man.
- 2. Developing too early; premature. Sir P. Sidney.
- Un*roll" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + roll.] [Written also unrol.]
- 2. To display; to reveal. Dryden.
- 3. To remove from a roll or register, as a name.
- 2. [Pref. un- not + roofed.] Not yet roofed.
- Un*rude" (?), a. [Pref. un- + rude. In sense 2 un- is intensive.]
- 1. Not rude; polished. Herrick.
- 2. Not ruled or marked with lines; as, unruled paper.
- Un*sad"dle (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + saddle.]
- 1. To strip of a saddle; to take the saddle from, as a horse.
- 2. To throw from the saddle; to unhorse.
- 2. [1st pref. un- + scepter.] Deprived of a scepter.
- Un*sci"ence (?), n. Want of science or knowledge; ignorance. [Obs.]
- Un*scru"ta*ble (?), a. Inscrutable. [R.]
- 2. To disclose, as a secret. [Obs.] The Coronation.
- Un*sea"son (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + season.]
- 1. To make unseasoned; to deprive of seasoning.
- 2. Untimely; ill-timed. [Obs.] Shak.
- Un*seat" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + seat.]
- 1. To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat. Cowper.
- 2. Unskilled; inexperienced. [Obs.] Clarendon.
- Un*sel"dom (?), adv. Not seldom; frequently. [R.]
- Un*sen"si*ble (?), a. Insensible. [Obs.]
- I will not unshale the jest before it be ripe.
- 2. Not spilt, or made to flow, as blood or tears. Milton.
- 2. Shiftless; helpless. [Obs.]
- Un*ship" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + ship.]
- 1. To take out of a ship or vessel; as, to unship goods.
- Un*sight"a*ble (?), a. Invisible. [Obs.]
- Un*sil"ly (?), a. See Unsely. [Obs.]
- Un*skill"ful (?), a. [Spelt also unskilful.]
- 2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant.
- 2. Not well selected; ill-chosen.
- Un*spar"ing (?), a. [Pref. un- not + sparing, p. pr. of spare.]
- 1. Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse. Burke.
- 2. Not merciful or forgiving. [R.] Milton.
- 1 Pet. i. 8.
- Un*stock" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + stock.]
- 2. To remove from the stocks, as a ship.
- 2. [1st pref. un- + stocking.] Deprived of stockings.
- Un*stop" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + stop.]
- 2. To free from any obstruction; to open.
- Un*string" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + string.]
- 2. To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow.
- 2. Not skilled; unversed; — followed by in.
- Un`suf*fi"cient (?), a. Insufficient. [Obs.]
- Un*sured" (?), a. Not made sure. [Obs.]
- Un*tan"gi*ble (?), a. Intangible. [R.]
- Un*tan"gi*bly, adv. Intangibly. [R.]
- Un*teach" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + teach.]
- Un*tem"per*ate (?), a. Intemperate. [Obs.]
- Un*tem"per*ate*ly, adv. Intemperately. [Obs.]
- 2. Not indicating thought or reflection; thoughtless.
- Un*thread" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + thread.]
- 1. To draw or take out a thread from; as, to unthread a needle.
- 2. To deprive of ligaments; to loose the ligaments of.
- 2. An unthrifty person. [Obs.] Dryden.
- Un*thrift" (?), a. Unthrifty. [Obs.]
- 2. Improperly; unbecomingly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. Not tidy or neat; slovenly.
- Un*tie" (?), v. t. [AS. untgan. See 1st Un-, and Tie, v. t.]
- 2. To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
- 3. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
- 1. To; unto; towards; — used of material objects. Chaucer.
- Un*time" (?), n. An unseasonable time. [Obs.]
- Un*time"ous*ly, adv. Untimely; unseasonably. [R.]
- 2. Being without title or right; not entitled. Shak.
- 2. Not numbered or counted; as, untold money.
- Un*tol"er*a*ble (?), a. Intolerable. [Obs.]
- Un*to"ward (?), a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]
- 2. Unpracticed; inexperienced. [Obs.] Udall.
- 2. Not trainable; indocile. [Obs.] Herbert.
- Un*trav"eled (?), a. [Written also untravelled.]
- 1. Not traveled; not trodden by passengers; as, an untraveled forest.
- 2. [Pref. un- not + treasured.] Not treasured; not kept as treasure.
- Un*trenched" (?), a. Being without trenches; whole; intact. [Obs.]
- 2. Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal. Chaucer.
- 2. Not to be trusted; not trusty. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
- Un*twist" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + twist.]
- 2. To untie; to open; to disentangle. Milton.
- 2. Not habituated; unaccustomed.
- 2. Not valuable; having little value. [R.] T. Adams.
- 2. Having inestimable value; invaluable. [Obs.]
- Un*vis"i*bly, adv. Invisibly. [Obs.]
- Un*vul"ner*a*ble (?), a. Invulnerable. [Obs.]
- Un*ware" (?), a. [AS. unwær unwary. See Un- not, and Wary.]
- 2. Happening unexpectedly; unforeseen. [Obs.]
- Un*wa"ry (?), a. [Cf. Unware.]
- 2. Unexpected; unforeseen; unware. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2. Having no ways or roads; pathless. [Obs.] Wyclif.
- Un*wind" (?), v. t. [AS. unwindan. See 1st Un-, and Wind to coil.]
- 2. To disentangle. [Obs.] Hooker.
- 2. Not knowing; unwitting. [Obs.] Wyclif.
- Un*wray" (?), v. t. See Unwrie. [Obs.]
- 2. Containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper.
- Un*yoke" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + yoke.]
- 2. To part; to disjoin; to disconnect. Shak.
- 1. Not yet yoked; not having worn the yoke.
- 2. Freed or loosed from a yoke.
- 3. Licentious; unrestrained. [R.] Shak.
- 2. Hence, in many derived uses, specifically: —
- I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up.
- 3. Upon. [Obs.] "Up pain of death." Chaucer.
- U"pas ("ps), n. [Malay phn-pas; phn a tree + pas poison.]
- Up*bar" (?), v. t. 1. To fasten with a bar. [R.]
- 2. To remove the bar or bards of, as a gate; to under. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
- Matt. xi. 20
- 3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 3. An upset, as from a carriage. [Scot.]
- 4. A taunt; a reproach. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
- 2. To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. [Scot.]
- Up*fill" (?), v. t. To fill up. [Obs.]
- Up*give" (?), v. t. To give up or out. [Obs.]
- 2. Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.
- Up*hold"er (?), n. [Up + holder. Cf. Upholsterer.]
- 1. A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman. [Obs.]
- 2. An undertaker, or provider for funerals. [Obs.]
- 3. An upholsterer. [Obs.]
- 2. An upholsterer. [Obs.] Strype.
- 2. The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns. [Obs.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) The upland sandpiper. [Local, U. S.]
- 2. Rude; rustic; unpolished; uncivilized. [Obs.]
- Up*lead" (?), v. t. To lead upward. [Obs.]
- Up*look" (?), v. i. To look or gaze up. [Obs.]
- Up*pent` (?), a. A Pent up; confined. [Obs.]
- Up*pluck" (?), v. t. To pull or pluck up. [Obs.]
- 3. Conformable to moral rectitude.
- 2. To have an upward direction or inclination.
- 2. An insurrection; a popular revolt. J. P. Peters.
- I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the upshot.
- Up*snatch" (?), v. t. To snatch up. [R.]
- 2. A spring or leap into the air. [R.] Chapman.
- 2. (Bot.) The meadow saffron. Dr. Prior.
- Up"tails` all" (?). 1. An old game at cards. [Obs.]
- 2. Revelers; roysterers. [Obs.] Decker.
- 3. Revelry; confusion; frolic. [Obs.] Herrick.
- Up"take` (?), n. (Steam Boilers)
- 2. Understanding; apprehension. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
- Up*till" (?), prep. To; against. [Obs. & R.]
- 2. A train going in the direction conventionally called up. [U. S.]
- 2. In the upper parts; above.
- 3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
- I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of twenty years.
- Up"ward, n. The upper part; the top. [Obs.]
- U*ran"-u*tan` (?), (Zoöl.) The orang- utang
- 1. Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.
- Ur*ban"i*ty (?), n. [L. urbanitas; cf. F. urbanité.]
- 2. Polite wit; facetiousness. [Obs.] Dryden.
- 1. (Zoöl.) A hedgehog.
- 2. (Zoöl.) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.
- 4. A pert or roguish child; — now commonly used only of a boy.
- 2. (Med.) Nettle rash. See Urticaria.
- 1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- 3. To provoke; to exasperate. [R.]
- 4. To press hard upon; to follow closely
- Urge (?), v. i. 1. To press onward or forward. [R.]
- 2. To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
- Ur"gence (?), n. Urgency. [Obs.]
- 1 Sam. xxviii. 6.
- U"ri*nal (?), n. [L. urinal, fr. urina urine: cf. F. urinal.]
- 2. A place or convenience for urinating purposes.
- U"ri*na*ry (?), a. [L. urina urine: cf. F. urinaire.]
- 2. Resembling, or being of the nature of, urine.
- 2. Fig.: Any place of burial; the grave.
- 5. A tea urn. See under Tea.
- U`ro*po*et"ic (?), a. [1st uro- + Gr. &?; to make.]
- 1. (Med.) Producing, or favoring the production of, urine.
- Us"age (?), n. [F. usage, LL. usaticum. See Use.]
- 2. Manners; conduct; behavior. [Obs.]
- 5. Experience. [Obs.]
- Us"ance (?), n. [F. See Use, v. t.]
- 1. Use; usage; employment. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2. Custom; practice; usage. [Obs.] Gower. Chaucer.
- 3. Interest paid for money; usury. [Obs.] Shak.
- 5. Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.]
- 1 Pet. iv. 9.
- I am so used in the fire to blow.
- Ex. xxxiii. 7 (Rev. Ver.)
- 2. (Law) Enjoyment of property; use. Mozley & W.
- 2. An under teacher, or assistant master, in a school.
- 1. A compound distilled spirit made in Ireland and Scotland; whisky.
- Us`tu*la"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. ustulation.]
- 1. The act of burning or searing. [R.] Sir W. Petty.
- 4. Lascivious passion; concupiscence. [Obs.]
- I usured not ne to me usured any man.
- U*su"ri*ous (?; 277), a. [From Usury.]
- D. Webster.
- 2. Use; usage; custom. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
- 2. The practice of taking interest. [Obs.]
- 2. Hence, festivity; merriment. [Obs.] Shak.
- 1. Of or instrument to the uterus, or womb.
- 2. Born of the same mother, but by a different father.
- U*til`i*ta"ri*an (?), a. [See Utility.]
- U"tis (?), n. See Utas. [Obs.]
- U*to"pi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. not + &?; a place.]
- 2. Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.
- 1. A little sac or vesicle, as the air cell of fucus, or seaweed.
- 4. (Anat.) A utriculus.
- U*tric"u*lar (?), a. [Cf. F. utriculaire.]
- 1. To put forth or out; to reach out. [Obs.]
- 2. To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend. [Obs.]
- Ut"ter*ance (?), n. 1. The act of uttering. Specifically: —
- 2. Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance.
- Ut"ter*less, a. Incapable of being uttered. [Obs.]
- Ux*or"i*cide (?), n. [L. uxor wife + caedere to kill.]
- 1. The murder of a wife by her husband.
- 2. One who murders his wife.
- 2. As a numeral, V stands for five, in English and Latin.
- Va"can*cy (?), n.; pl. Vacancies (#). [Cf. F. vacance.]
- 2. That which is vacant. Specifically: —
- 1. Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room.
- 3. To defeat; to put an end to. [R.]
- Hence, specifically: -
- 1. An inclosure for cows.
- 2. A dairy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Prompt. Parv.
- 1. To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.
- Vac`il*la"tion (?), n. [L. vacillatio: cf. F. vacillation.]
- 1. The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering.
- Vac`u*a"tion (?), n. The act of emptying; evacuation. [R.]
- Va*cu"i*ty (?), n. [L. vacuitas. See Vacuous.]
- 3. Want of reality; inanity; nihility. [R.]
- Vae (?), n. See Voe. [Scot.]
- 2. Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
- 3. Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious.
- 1. A wandering or strolling. [Obs.]
- Va*gi"na (?), n.; pl. Vaginæ (#). [L. vagina a scabbard or sheath.]
- Vag"i*nal (?), a. [Cf. F. vaginal.]
- 1. Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.
- I. Taylor.
- Vague, n. [Cf. F. vague.] An indefinite expanse. [R.]
- Vail, n. [Aphetic form of avail, n.]
- 1. Avails; profit; return; proceeds. [Obs.]
- Vail, n. Submission; decline; descent. [Obs.]
- 4. Showy; ostentatious.
- 2. (Man.) A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron.
- 2. Intrepid in danger; courageous; brave.
- 1 Sam. xviii. 17.
- I. Taylor.
- Va*lid"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. validité, L. validitas strength.]
- 3. Value. [Obs.] "Rich validity." Shak.
- 1. Value; worth. [Obs.] "The valor of a penny." Sir T. More.
- 3. A brave man; a man of valor. [R.] Ld. Lytton.
- 4. Esteem; regard. Dryden.
- My relation to the person was so near, and my value for him so great
- 7. Valor. [Written also valew.] [Obs.] Spenser.
- Val"ue (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Valued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Valuing.]
- 4. To be worth; to be equal to in value. [Obs.]
- Valv"ule (?), n. [Cf. F. valvule.]
- 1. A little valve; a valvelet.
- 2. (Zoöl.) A small valvelike process.
- Vamp (?), v. i. To advance; to travel. [Obs.]
- I had never much hopes of your vamped play.
- Vam"pir*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. vampirisme.]
- 1. Belief in the existence of vampires.
- 2. The actions of a vampire; the practice of bloodsucking.
- 3. Fig.: The practice of extortion. Carlyle.
- Va"mure (?), n. See Vauntmure. [Obs.]
- Van, n. [Abbreviated from caravan.]
- 3. A close railway car for baggage. See the Note under Car, 2. [Eng.]
- 1. A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
- 3. (Zoöl.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
- 4. One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
- Van"ish*ment (?), n. A vanishing. [Obs.]
- Van"ner hawk` (?). The kestrel. [Prov. Eng.]
- 1. To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy. Hakluyt.
- Vant (?), v. i. See Vaunt. [Obs.]
- 2. (Lawn Tennis) The first point after deuce.
- I. Taylor.
- 3. Wind; flatulence. [Obs.] Bacon.
- 2. To emit vapor or fumes. [R.]
- 3. To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.
- 2. Affected with the vapors. See Vapor, n., 5.
- Va"por*ous (?), a. [L. vaporosus: cf. vaporeux.]
- 1. Having the form or nature of vapor. Holland.
- 2. Full of vapors or exhalations. Shak.
- 3. Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent. Bacon.
- 4. Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.
- 2. Hypochondriacal; splenetic; peevish.
- Vare, n. (Zoöl.) A weasel. [Prov. Eng.]
- 1. The quality or state of being variable; variableness.
- Va"ri*a*ble (?), a. [L. variabilis: cf. F. variable.]
- Va"ri*ance (?), n. [L. variantia.]
- 2. Changeable; changing; fickle. [Obs.]
- Var"i*cous (?), a. Varicose. [Obs.]
- 2. That which is various. Specifically: —
- Va`ri*o*lit"ic (?), a. [From Variola.]
- 1. Thickly marked with small, round specks; spotted.
- 2. (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, variolite.
- 2. Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable.
- 3. Variegated; diversified; not monotonous.
- 2. Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet.
- 3. (Bot.) The calyx of a plant.
- Vas"sal*age (?), n. [OE. vassalage, F. vasselage, LL. vassallaticum.]
- 1. The state of being a vassal, or feudatory.
- 4. Vassals, collectively; vassalry. [R.] Shak.
- Vas"sal*ry (?), n. The body of vassals. [R.]
- 1. Waste; desert; desolate; lonely. [Obs.]
- 4. Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.
- Vas"ti*tude (?), n. [L. vastitudo.] 1. Vastness; immense extent. [R.]
- 2. Destruction; vastation. [Obs.] Joye.
- Vast"i*ty (?), n. [L. vastitas.] Vastness. [Obs.]
- Vas"ty (?), a. [From Vast.] Vast; immense. [R.]
- I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
- 4. (R. C. Ch.) A vessel for holding holy water.
- I. Taylor.
- 1. (Arch.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
- 3. The canopy of heaven; the sky.
- I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures.
- 1. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
- 2. To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
- 2. Covered with an arch, or vault.
- 2. Act of one who vaults or leaps.
- 1 Cor. xiii. 4.
- 2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom.
- Veg"e*tal (?), a. [F. végétal. See Vegetable.]
- Veg"e*ta*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. végétatif.]
- Veg"e*tive, n. A vegetable. [Obs.]
- Ve"he*mence (?), n. [L. vehementia: cf. F. véhémence.]
- I . . . tremble at his vehemence of temper.
- Ve"he*men*cy (?), n. Vehemence. [R.]
- 3. (Pharm.) A substance in which medicine is taken.
- 2. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- 5. (Zoöl.) Same as Velum, 3.
- 1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
- 2. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
- Vein (?), n. [OE. veine, F. veine, L. vena.]
- 2. (Bot.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.
- Vein"al (?), a. Pertaining to veins; venous. [R.]
- Ve"lar (?), a. [See Velum.]
- Velt"fare (?), n. [See Fieldfare.] (Zoöl.) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
- Vel"verd (?), n. The veltfare. [Prov. Eng.]
- Vel"vet, v. t. To make like, or cover with, velvet. [R.]
- Vel"vet*breast` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The goosander. [Local, U. S.]
- 2. The total sales of coal from a colliery. [Eng.]
- 2. Thin wood or other material used as a veneer.
- Ven"e*mous (?), a. Venomous. [Obs.]
- 2. Poison; venom. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
- Ve*nene" (?), a. Poisonous; venomous. [Obs.]
- D. Webster.
- Ven"er*a`tor (?), n. [L.] One who venerates. Jer. Taylor
- 3. Adapted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac.
- 2. Lustful; lascivious; libidinous. [R.] Derham.
- I love hunting and venery.
- 2. Harm; mischief. [Obs.] Shak.
- 3. Marked with veins; veined; as, a venous leaf.
- Vent, v. t. To sell; to vend. [Obs.]
- 2. Specifically: —
- 3. To utter; to report; to publish. [Obs.]
- 4. To scent, as a hound. [Obs.] Turbervile.
- 5. To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold.
- 3. To change or renew, as the air of a room. Harvey.
- 4. To winnow; to fan; as, to ventilate wheat.
- 6. To give vent; to utter; to make public.
- 2. The stomach. [Obs.]
- 1 Kings xxii. 34.
- 2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.
- I am afraid; and yet I'll venture it.
- 3. To confide in; to rely on; to trust. [R.]
- 2. A strumpet; a prostitute. [R.] J. Webster (1607).
- Ven"tuse (?), v. t. & i. See Ventouse. [Obs.]
- 2. A bout; a hit; a turn. See Venew. [R.]
- 4. Abounding with words; verbose. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. Word for word; verbatim. Dryden.
- Ver*ba"ri*an, n. One who coins words. [R.]
- 2. The impulse of a body; which causes sound. [R.]
- 2. Greenness; freshness. [Obs.] Nares.
- 2. The green rust formed on copper. [Colloq.]
- Ver"din*gale (?), n. See Farthingale. [Spelled also verdingall.] [Obs.]
- 4. A virgate; a yardland. [Obs.]
- M. Arnold.
- 6. A circumference; a circle; a ring.
- 10. The penis.
- 2. To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north.
- Ver"ger, n. A garden or orchard. [Obs.]
- 3. To maintain; to affirm; to support. [Obs.] Shak.
- Ver`i*si*mil"i*ty (?), n. Verisimilitude. [Obs.]
- Ver`i*sim"i*lous (?), a. Verisimilar. [Obs.]
- 2. That which is true; a true assertion or tenet; a truth; a reality.
- 2. Tartness; sourness, as of disposition.
- 2. Silver gilt or gilt bronze.
- 3. Penetration by worms; the state of being wormeaten.
- 3. Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings.
- 2. A griping of the bowels.
- Ver"na*cle (?), n. See Veronica, 1. [Obs.]
- 2. Fig.: Belonging to youth, the spring of life.
- Ver"nate (?), v. i. [See Vernant.] To become young again. [Obs.]
- Ver"rel (?), n. See Ferrule. [Obs.]
- Ver"sa*ble*ness, n. Versability. [R.]
- 3. A short division of any composition. Specifically: —
- 4. A piece of poetry. "This verse be thine." Pope.
- Verse, v. i. To make verses; to versify. [Obs.]
- Ver"sion*ist, n. One who makes or favors a version; a translator. [R.]
- Ver"te*ber (?), n. A vertebra. [Obs.]
- 2. Vertebrate.
- Ver"te*bral, n. (Zoöl.) A vertebrate. [R.]
- Ver"te*bre (?), n. (Anat.) A vertebra. [Obs.]
- Ver"ti*cal (?), a. [Cf. F. vertical. See Vertex.]
- Ver"ti*cal, n. 1. Vertical position; zenith. [R.]
- 2. (Math.) A vertical line, plane, or circle.
- 2. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
- 2. See Virtu.
- 3. Having the form or structure of a vesicle; as, a vesicular body.
- Ves"per*al (?), a. Vesper; evening. [R.]
- 2. (Bot.) Blossoming in the evening.
- 2. Any outer covering; array; garb.
- 4. To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses. [R.]
- 3. A wax friction match. Simmonds.
- 2. A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun.
- Ves"ti*ture (?; 135), n. [See Vesture.] In vestiture. [R.]
- 2 Kings x. 22.
- 2. Abounding with vetches.
- Ve"to (?), n.; pl. Vetoes (&?;). [L. veto I forbid.]
- 2. Specifically: —
- 3. To twist; to weave. [R.]
- 2. The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction.
- 2. Full or vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed.
- 2. Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question.
- 1. Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.
- 3. (Bot.) The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the standard.
- 4. (Zoöl.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.
- 2. Provisions for a journey. Davies (Wit's Pilgr.).
- 3. To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
- 2. An instrument resembling the phenakistoscope.
- 2. (Eng. Eccl. Law) The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.
- 2. The house or residence of a vicar.
- 2. Delegated; vicarious; as, vicarial power.
- 2. Acting of suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer.
- I. Taylor.
- Vic"ar*y (?), n. [L. vicarius.] A vicar. [Obs.]
- I do confess the vices of my blood.
- 3. A gripe or grasp. [Obs.] Shak.
- C. A. Young.
- 2. Happening once in twenty years; as, a vicennial celebration.
- Vi"ci*ate (?), v. t. See Vitiate. [R.]
- Vi`ci*os"i*ty (?), n. Vitiosity. [R.]
- 4. Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms.
- 6. Bitter; spiteful; malignant. [Colloq.]
- 2. Irregular change; revolution; mutation.
- Vic"tim (?), n. [L. victima: cf. F. victime.]
- 4. Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull. [Colloq.]
- 2. A destroyer. [R. & Poetic]
- 1 Cor. xv. 54.
- 2. Grain of any kind. [Scot.] Jamieson.
- I must go victual Orleans forthwith.
- 4. One who deals in grain; a corn factor. [Scot.]
- I have with exact view perused thee, Hector.
- 8. Appearance; show; aspect. [Obs.]
- 3. The superintendent of a coal mine. [Eng.]
- 2. Spectacular; pleasing to the eye or the imagination.
- 3. Strength; efficacy; potency.
- 1. Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable.
- 3. To treat as vile; to despise. [Obs.]
- I do vilify your censure.
- 2. A baseborn or clownish person; a boor. [R.]
- Vil"lain*ous (?), a. [Written also villanous.]
- 1. Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch.
- 3. The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity; a crime.
- Vil"lan (?), n. A villain. [R.]
- 2. Baseness; infamy; villainy. [Obs.] Dryden.
- Vil"lan*i`zer (?), n. One who villanizes. [R.]
- 2. (Bot.) A coating of long, slender hairs.
- 3. (Anat.) A villus.
- 2. (Anat.) Furnished or clothed with villi.
- 2. (Bot.) Producing long, slender twigs or shoots.
- 2. Of the color of wine, especially of red wine.
- 2. Fig.: Unamiable; morose. Carlyle.
- 3. (Anat.) A band or bundle of fibers; a frænum.
- I. Watts.
- 4. To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies. Milton.
- 5. To liberate; to set free; to deliver. [Obs.]
- 2. Revengeful; vindictive. [Obs.]
- 2. Inflicting punishment; avenging; punitory.
- I am vindictive enough to repel force by force.
- 2. Punitive. [Obs.]
- 2 Kings iv. 89.
- 2. Hence, anything sour; — used also metaphorically.
- Vin"er (?), n. A vinedresser. [Obs.]
- Vin"ny (?), a. Vinnewed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
- Vin"o*len*cy (?), n. [L. vinolentina. See Vinolent.] Drunkennes. [Obs.]
- Vi`o*las"cent (?), a. Violescent. [R.]
- 4. To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.
- 3. Ravishment; rape; constupration.
- 3. Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.
- Vi"o*lent, v. i. To be violent; to act violently. [Obs.]
- 2. A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
- Virge (?), n. A wand. See Verge. [Obs.]
- Vir"ger (?), n. See Verger. [Obs.]
- 3. (Astron.) See Virgo.
- 3. Not yet pregnant; impregnant. Milton.
- 2. The unmarried life; celibacy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- Vir"id (?), a. [L. viridis green. See Verdant.] Green. [Obs.]
- 2. Freshness; soundness. [Obs.] Evelyn.
- Vir*mil"ion (?), n. See Vermilion. [R.]
- 2. Potentiality; efficacy; potential existence. [Obs.]
- 4. Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.
- I made virtue of necessity.
- 8. pl. One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.
- C. Kingsley.
- 2. Virtuosos, collectively. Carlyle.
- 3. An art or study affected by virtuosos.
- 2. Chaste; pure; — applied especially to women.
- I. Taylor.
- Vir"u*lent*ed, a. Made virulent; poisoned. [Obs.]
- 2. Fig.: Having deep sensibility. [R.] Bp. Reynolds.
- 2. Noticeable; apparent; open; conspicuous. Shak.
- 3. That which is seen; an object of sight. Shak.
- 5. Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy. Locke.
- 3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
- 2. That can be seen; visible. [R.]
- 4. Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal.
- 5. Very necessary; highly important; essential.
- 6. Capable of living; in a state to live; viable. [R.]
- Vi"tal, n. A vital part; one of the vitals. [R.]
- Vi*tal"ic (?), a. Pertaining to life; vital. [R.]
- 2. (Bot.) Perisperm in an early condition.
- Vi*trif"i*ca*ble (?), a. Vitrifiable. [Obs.]
- Vit"ri*o*late (?), a. Vitriolated. [R.]
- Vi*tri"o*lous (?), a. See Vitriolic. [Obs.]
- 2. Striped longitudinally.
- I. Taylor.
- Vive"ly, adv. In a lively manner. [Obs.]
- I 'll join you at three, if the vivers can tarry so long.
- 3. (Chem.) The act or process of vivificating. [Obs.]
- 2. A sum or stock of words employed.
- Vo"cal (?), n. [Cf. F. vocal, LL. vocalis.]
- 2. (R. C. Ch.) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.
- 2. A vocalic sound. [R.]
- 2. The quality of being a vowel; vocalic character.
- 2. The formation and utterance of vocal sounds.
- 2. To practice singing on the vowel sounds.
- 2. In words; verbally; as, to express desires vocally.
- 3. (Theol.) A calling by the will of God. Specifically: —
- V. Knox.
- Vo*cif"er*a`tor (?), n. One who vociferates, or is clamorous. [R.]
- 2. Influence; power; sway. [Obs.] Strype.
- 3. The tone or sound emitted by anything.
- 1 Kings xix. 12.
- 4. The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice.
- 6. Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.
- 7. Command; precept; — now chiefly used in scriptural language.
- 8. One who speaks; a speaker. "A potent voice of Parliament." Tennyson.
- 4. To vote; to elect; to appoint. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. (Phon.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd.
- I 'll get me to a place more void.
- 2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; — said of offices and the like.
- 4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
- I will make void the counsel of Judah.
- 2. (Eccl.) A ejection from a benefice.
- 4. Evasion; subterfuge. [Obs.] Bacon.
- 2. Annulled; invalidated.
- Vo*la"cious (?), a. [L. volare to fly.] Apt or fit to fly. [R.]
- 2. Nimble; light and quick; active; rapid. "His volant touch." Milton.
- Vol"a*ry (?), n. See Volery. [Obs.]
- 3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
- 1. A flight of birds. [R.] Locke.
- 2. A large bird cage; an aviary.
- Vol"i*ta*ble (?), a. Volatilizable. [Obs.]
- 3. The power of willing or determining; will.
- Volt (?), n. [F. volte; cf. It. volta. See Vault.]
- 2. (Fencing) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
- Vol*ta"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. voltaïque, It. voltaico.]
- Vol"ta*type (?), n. [Voltaic + type.] An electrotype. [R.]
- 3. Changeable; unstable; fickle. [Obs.]
- 5. (Mus.) Amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or tone.
- 2. Having volume, or bulk; massive; great.
- 5. Endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a voluntary agent.
- 3. (Eccl.) One who advocates voluntaryism.
- Vol`un*teer" (?), n. [F. volontaire. See Voluntary, a.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) A spiral turn, as in certain shells.
- 3. (Zoöl.) Any voluta.
- Vo*lu"tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. volutio an arch, vault.]
- 1. A spiral turn or wreath.
- 2. (Zoöl.) A whorl of a spiral shell.
- 2. (Med.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic.
- 2. One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer.
- 1. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. [Obs.] Massinger.
- 5. Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.
- L. Beecher.
- 4. To condemn; to devote; to doom. [Obs.] Glanvill.
- 1. To call; to summon. [Obs.]
- 2. To call upon to witness; to obtest.
- 4. To back; to support; to confirm; to establish.
- 2. To assert; to aver; to declare. Shak.
- Vouch, n. Warrant; attestation. [Obs.]
- Vouch"ment (?), n. A solemn assertion. [R.]
- 1. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.
- 2. To receive or accept in condescension. [Obs.] Shak.
- I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow.
- 2 Sam. xv. 7.
- I am combined by a sacred vow.
- 2. To assert solemnly; to asseverate.
- Vow"el*ism (?), n. The use of vowels. [R.]
- I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest.
- 2. The act or practice of traveling. [Obs.]
- 3. Course; way. [Obs.] Shak.
- Vul*ca"ni*an (?), a. [L. Vulcanius.]
- 2. (Geol.) Volcanic.
- Vul*ca"no (?), n. A volcano. [Obs.]
- Vul"gar, n. [Cf. F. vulgaire.]
- 1. One of the common people; a vulgar person. [Obs.]
- 2. The vernacular, or common language. [Obs.]
- Vul"gar*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. vulgarisme.]
- 1. Grossness; rudeness; vulgarity.
- 2. A vulgar phrase or expression.
- Vul*gar"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. vulgarité, L. vulgaritas the multitude.]
- V. Knox.
- Vul*nose" (?), a. Having wounds; vulnerose. [R.]
- C. Kingsley.
- Vul"va (?), n. [L. vulva, volva, from volvere to roll.]
- W.
- Wad (?), n. [See Woad.] Woad. [Obs.]
- 1. A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow. Holland.
- Wad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wadding.]
- Wad"ding (?), n. [See Wad a little mass.]
- 1. To go; to move forward. [Obs.]
- Wade (?), n. The act of wading. [Colloq.]
- Waeg (?), n. (Zoöl.) The kittiwake. [Scot.]
- 1. (Cookery) A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.
- A woman's oaths are wafers — break with making
- 2. A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.
- 2. A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.
- 3. An unpleasant flavor. [Obs.]
- 2. A boat for passage. Ainsworth.
- 3. To go; to depart; to pack oft. [R.]
- I will provoke him to 't, or let him wag.
- Wag, n. [From Wag, v.]
- 1. The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head. [Colloq.]
- I. Taylor.
- 5. To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to. [Obs.]
- I would have them waged for their labor.
- 6. (O. Eng. Law) To give security for the performance of. Burrill.
- Wage, v. i. To bind one's self; to engage. [Obs.]
- Wage, n. [OF. wage, gage, guarantee, engagement. See Wage, v. t. ]
- 3. That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
- Wag"gie (-g), n. The pied wagtail. [Prov. Eng.]
- I can tell you, I am a mad wag-halter.
- Wag"on (?), n. [D. wagen. √136. See Wain.]
- 2. A freight car on a railway. [Eng.]
- 3. A chariot [Obs.] Spenser.
- 4. (Astron.) The Dipper, or Charles's Wain.
- 2. A collection of wagons; wagons, collectively.
- 3. A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
- Wail"er*ess (?), n. A woman who wails. [Obs.]
- Wai"ment (?). v. & n. See Wayment. [Obs.]
- 2. A chariot. [Obs.]
- 1. Oaken timber or boarding. [Obs.]
- I am in the waist two yards about.
- 4. A girdle or belt for the waist. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. A sash worn by women around the waist. [R.]
- 1. To watch; to observe; to take notice. [Obs.]
- 1. The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.
- 2. Ambush. "An enemy in wait." Milton.
- 3. One who watches; a watchman. [Obs.]
- 2. To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.
- Waive, v. i. To turn aside; to recede. [Obs.]
- Waiv"ure (?), n. See Waiver. [R.]
- 1. To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.
- 2. To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
- 4. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
- 2. To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.
- 2. (Scots Law) The revival of an action. Burrill.
- Wa"la*way (?), interj. See Welaway. [Obs.]
- I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the dead May walk again.
- I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the cloth.
- 5. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self.
- 6. To move off; to depart. [Obs. or Colloq.]
- 6. Conduct; course of action; behavior.
- 2. That with which one walks; a foot. [Obs.]
- 5. (Zoöl.) Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.
- 2. To defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify.
- 3. To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.
- Wall"bird` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The spotted flycatcher. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.
- 3. Anything protuberant and swagging. "Wallets of flesh." Shak.
- Wall"-eye` (?), n. [See Wall- eyed.]
- 2. Walls, in general; material for walls.
- Wal"lop, n. A quick, rolling movement; a gallop. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
- 3. To be slatternly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- 2. To wrap up temporarily. [Prov. Eng.]
- 3. To throw or tumble over. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A blow. [Prov. Eng., Scot., & Colloq. U. S.]
- I may wallow in the lily beds.
- 3. To wither; to fade. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
- 2. (Mach.) A lantern wheel; a trundle.
- 2. To move irregularly to and fro; to roll.
- Wan, n. The quality of being wan; wanness. [R.]
- 2. Specifically: (a) A staff of authority.
- 2. To decline; to fail; to sink.
- 2. Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
- 3. An inequality in a board. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- 1. The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A slap; a blow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- Wang (?), n. See Whang. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
- Want, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wanting.]
- I want to speak to you about something.
- Want, v. i. [Icel. vanta to be wanting. See Want to lack.]
- 2. To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
- 4. Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.
- I am afeard you make a wanton of me.
- 2. One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.
- 3. A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.
- Wan"ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wantoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wantoning.]
- 2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.
- 2. Unintentionally; accidentally. [Obs.] J. Dee.
- 2. Spoiled by wet; — said of timber. Halliwell.
- Wanze, v. i. To wane; to wither. [Obs.]
- Wap, n. A blow or beating; a whap. [Prov. Eng.]
- This [gold] is it
- Wap"per (?), n. (Zoöl.) A gudgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
- Wap"pet (?), n. A small yelping cur. [Prov. Eng.]
- 3. Instruments of war. [Poetic]
- 4. Forces; army. [Poetic]
- 5. The profession of arms; the art of war.
- 1 Sam. xvii. 33.
- War (?), v. t. 1. To make war upon; to fight. [R.]
- 2. To carry on, as a contest; to wage. [R.]
- War"ble (?), n. [Cf. Wormil.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) See Wormil.
- 2. To utter musically; to modulate; to carol.
- 3. To sing with sudden changes from chest to head tones; to yodel.
- I must attend his majesty's command, to whom I am now in ward.
- 5. One who, or that which, is guarded. Specifically: —
- 2. To defend; to protect.
- 3. To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. [Obs.]
- I. Watts.
- 2. To act on the defensive with a weapon.
- 1. A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
- I would have had him roasted like a warden.
- 3. A privy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage.
- Ware, n. [AS. wr.] (Bot.) Seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
- 2. Tim. iv. 15.
- Ware"ful (?), a. Wary; watchful; cautious. [Obs.]
- 1. To deposit or secure in a warehouse.
- Ware"ly, adv. Cautiously; warily. [Obs.]
- I Sam. xxviii. 1.
- 2. Contest; struggle.
- 2 Cor. x. 4.
- War"ish, v. i. To be cured; to recover. [Obs.]
- 1. Preparation; protection; provision; supply. [Obs.]
- 2. Reward; requital; guerdon. [Obs. or Scot.]
- Wark"loom (?), n. A tool; an implement. [Scot.]
- 2. Belonging or relating to war; military; martial.
- War"lock, a. Of or pertaining to a warlock or warlock; impish. [R.]
- 2. Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.
- I had been none of the warmest of partisans.
- Isa. xliv 15
- I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings.
- Warm (?), v. i. [AS. wearmian.]
- 3. To ward off. [Obs.] Spenser.
- I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy.
- 4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.] Nares.
- 8. (Rope Making) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.
- 9. (Weaving) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
- 2. That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security.
- I give thee warrant of thy place.
- 3. That which attests or proves; a voucher.
- 4. Right; legality; allowance. [Obs.] Shak.
- 4. Justificatory mandate or precept; authority; warrant. [R.] Shak.
- 5. Security; warrant; guaranty.
- Warre (?), a. [OE. werre; of Scand. origin. See Worse.] Worse. [Obs.]
- 2. A piece of ground for the breeding of rabbits.
- 3. A place for keeping flash, in a river.
- War`ri*an"gle (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Wariangle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
- War"rie (?), v. t. See Warye. [Obs.]
- War"ry (?), v. t. See Warye. [Obs.]
- 2. Of the nature of warts; as, a warty excrescence.
- 2. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
- 6. To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed with silver.
- 2 Kings v. 10.
- 9. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters. [Prov. Eng.]
- Wash, a. 1. Washy; weak. [Obs.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) Same as Washerwoman, 2. [Prov. Eng.]
- Wash"er (?), n. [AS. wæscere.]
- 1. One who, or that which, washes.
- 4. (Zoöl.) The common raccoon.
- 5. (Zoöl.) Same as Washerwoman, 2. [Prov. Eng.]
- 1. A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others.
- 2. The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash.
- 4. A festive or drinking song or glee. [Obs.]
- 3. Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous.
- 1. To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy.
- 1 Kings xvii. 14.
- L. Beecher.
- 3. Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled. [Obs.]
- 2. That which is waste; a desert; a waste. [R.]
- Wast"er (?), n. [OE. wastour, OF. wasteor, gasteor. See Waste, v. t.]
- 3. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
- Waste"thrift` (?), n. A spendthrift. [Obs.]
- Wast"o*rel (?), n. See Wastrel. [Obs.]
- I did stand my watch upon the hill.
- I have two nights watched with you.
- Watch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Watched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Watching.]
- 1 Sam. xix. 11
- I must cool a little, and watch my opportunity.
- 2. To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.
- 1. One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
- 2. To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water.
- 2. (Mil.) A battery nearly on a level with the water.
- 2. A vessel or boat. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.
- 2. A picture painted with such colors.
- 2. A hydropathic institution.
- 2. (Zoöl.) The menobranchus.
- 3. A small floating cloud, supposed to indicate rain.
- 4. A sailor, esp. an old sailor; an old salt. [Colloq.]
- Wa"ter el"e*phant (?). (Zoöl.) The hippopotamus. [R.]
- 3. A certain kind of neck scarf. T. Hughes.
- Wa"ter gauge` (?). [Written also water gage.]
- 1. A wall or bank to hold water back. Craig.
- 2. (Zoöl.) The common American coot.
- 2. Somewhat watery; moist; as, waterish land.
- 2. A kind of leveling instrument. See under Level, n.
- 3. A water demon. Tylor.
- 3. (Naut.) See Water line, 2. [R.]
- 2. (Bot.) A water lily (Nymphæa).
- Wa"ter par"tridge (?). (Zoöl.) The ruddy duck. [Local, U. S.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) The gourami.
- Wa"ter pil"lar (?). A waterspout. [Obs.]
- 2. Same as Waterproof, n., 1.
- 2. A thief on the water; a pirate.
- 2. A kind of firework to be discharged in the water.
- 3. A trough for discharging water.
- 2. (Mech.) The Archimedean screw. [R.]
- 2. The paddle wheel of a steam vessel.
- 3. A wheel for raising water; a noria, or the like.
- Wa"ter*y (?), a. [AS. wæterig.]
- 2. Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.
- 1. A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.
- 2. A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
- 1. To bind with twigs.
- 3. To form, by interweaving or platting twigs.
- 2. (Zoöl.) The Australian brush turkey.
- Waur (?), a. [See Worse.] Worse. [Scot.]
- 2. To be moved to and fro as a signal. B. Jonson.
- 3. To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
- 4. Unevenness; inequality of surface. Sir I. Newton.
- Wa"vey (?), n. (Zoöl.) The snow goose. [Canadian, & Local U. S.]
- Wav"ure (?), n. See Waivure. [R.]
- 2. Playing to and fro; undulating; as, wavy flames.
- 3. (Bot.) Undulating on the border or surface; waved.
- 2. Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.
- 3. Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding.
- 2. A bee that makes or produces wax.
- I shall him seek by way and eke by street.
- 2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
- 3. A moving; passage; procession; journey.
- I prythee, now, lead the way.
- 8. Sphere or scope of observation. Jer. Taylor.
- 12. (Law) Right of way. See below.
- Way, v. i. To move; to progress; to go. [R.]
- Wayed (?), a. Used to the way; broken. [R.]
- Way"-goose` (?), n. See Wayz- goose, n., 2. [Eng.]
- Way"le*way (?), interj. See Welaway. [Obs.]
- Wayz"-goose` (?), n. [Wase stubble + goose.]
- 1. A stubble goose. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
- 1. Wanting physical strength. Specifically: —
- 2. The body politic; the state; common wealth. [Obs.]
- I have little wealth to lose.
- I come to wive it wealthily in Padua.
- Wealth"y (?), a. [Compar. Wealthier (?); superl. Wealthiest.]
- 2. Hence, ample; full; satisfactory; abundant. [R.]
- 2 Cor. x. 4.
- 6. To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.
- 2. The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion.
- 2. That which wastes or diminishes.
- 2. That which is worn; clothes; garments. [Obs.]
- Wear"ish (?), a. [Etymol. uncertain, but perhaps akin to weary.]
- 1. Weak; withered; shrunk. [Obs.] "A wearish hand." Ford.
- 2. Insipid; tasteless; unsavory. [Obs.]
- I care not for my spirits if my legs were not weary.
- Wea"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wearied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wearying.]
- I stay too long by thee; I weary thee.
- 3. To harass by anything irksome.
- I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries.
- 3. Storm; tempest.
- 4. A light rain; a shower. [Obs.] Wyclif.
- 1. To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.
- 4. (Falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. Encyc. Brit.
- 2. To become woven or interwoven.
- 2. (Zoöl.) A weaver bird.
- 3. (Zoöl.) An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See Whirling.
- Wea"zand (?), n. See Weasand. [Obs.]
- 2. A whole piece of linen cloth as woven.
- 4. Fig.: Tissue; texture; complicated fabrication.
- 6. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
- Specifically: -
- 8. (Med.) Pterygium; — called also webeye. Shak.
- Web"ber (?), n. One who forms webs; a weaver; a webster. [Obs.]
- 1. A foot the toes of which are connected by a membrane.
- 2. (Zoöl.) Any web-footed bird.
- I saw thee first, and wedded thee.
- 2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.
- 4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obs.]
- 2. Of or pertaining to wedlock, or marriage. "Wedded love." Milton.
- Wedge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wedged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wedging.]
- 2. To force or drive as a wedge is driven.
- 2. A wife; a married woman. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- Wee, a. Very small; little. [Colloq. & Scot.]
- 1. Underbrush; low shrubs. [Obs. or Archaic]
- 3. Fig.: Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
- 4. (Stock Breeding) An animal unfit to breed from.
- 5. Tobacco, or a cigar. [Slang]
- 3. To free from anything hurtful or offensive.
- 4. (Stock Breeding) To reject as unfit for breeding purposes.
- Weed"y (?), a. [Compar. Weedier (?); superl. Weediest.]
- 2. Abounding with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn.
- Weed"y, a. Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments. [R. or Colloq.]
- I fast twice in the week.
- Week"wam (?), n. See Wigwam. [R.]
- Weel (?), a. & adv. Well. [Obs. or Scot.]
- Weel, n. [AS. wl. √147.] A whirlpool. [Obs.]
- I have lost more than thou wenest.
- 3. To flow in drops; to run in drops.
- 4. To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.
- 3. (Zoöl.) The capuchin. See Capuchin, 3 (a).
- 4. Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep.
- Weer"ish (?), a. See Wearish. [Obs.]
- Wee"vil*y (?), a. Having weevils; weeviled. [Written also weevilly.]
- Weft, n. [AS. weft, wefta, fr. wefan, to weave. See Weave.]
- 2. A web; a thing woven.
- 4. To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.
- 3. To bear heavily; to press hard.
- 4. To judge; to estimate. [R.]
- Weight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Weighting.]
- Weight"y (?), a. [Compar. Weightier (?); superl. Weightiest.]
- 1. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.
- 2. A spell or charm. [Obs. or Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
- 1. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.
- We*keen" (?), n. (Zoöl.) The meadow pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
- Welch (?), a. See Welsh. [R.]
- Welch"man (?), n. See Welshman. [R.]
- 1. Salutation to a newcomer. "Welcome ever smiles." Shak.
- 2. Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
- 2. Fig.: To unite closely or intimately.
- 1. One who welds, or wields. [Obs.]
- We"lew (?), v. t. To welk, or wither. [Obs.]
- 1. To cause to wither; to wilt. [Obs.]
- 2. To contract; to shorten. [Obs.]
- 3. To soak; also, to beat severely. [Prov. Eng.]
- Welk, n. (Zoöl.) A whelk. [R.]
- 1. An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.
- 3. A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.
- 8. (Metal.) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
- 1. In a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or wickedly.
- 5. Considerably; not a little; far.
- 3. Being in favor; favored; fortunate.
- I am as well-bred as the earl's granddaughter.
- Well"fare` (?), n. See Welfare. [Obs.]
- M. Arnold.
- Well"-lik`ing (?), a. Being in good condition. [Obs. or Archaic]
- 1. Properly or firmly set.
- 2. Well put together; having symmetry of parts.
- Well"-spo`ken (?), a. [Well + speak.]
- 2. Spoken with propriety; as, well-spoken words.
- 1. The language of Wales, or of the Welsh people.
- 2. pl. The natives or inhabitants of Wales.
- 1. A native or inhabitant of Wales; one of the Welsh.
- Welt, v. t. To wilt. [R.]
- Wel"ter, v. t. [Cf. Wilt, v. i.] To wither; to wilt. [R.]
- I. Taylor.
- 1. A young woman; a girl; a maiden. Shak.
- 2. A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet.
- 3. A colored woman; a negress. [U. S.]
- 2. To turn round. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
- Wep"en (?), n. Weapon. [Obs.]
- 1. A man. [Obs.]
- Wern (?), v. t. [See 1st Warn.] To refuse. [Obs.]
- We"sand (?), n. See Weasand. [Obs.]
- We"sil (?), n. See Weasand. [Obs.]
- West"ling (?), n. A westerner. [R.]
- West"y (?), a. Dizzy; giddy. [Prov. Eng.]
- 4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] Prior.
- Wet (?), n. [AS. wta. See Wet, a.]
- 1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.
- 2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
- 3. A dram; a drink. [Slang]
- Wey"le*way (?), interj. See Welaway. [Obs.]
- We"zand (?), n. See Weasand. [Obs.]
- Whack, n. A smart resounding blow. [Colloq.]
- 1. One who whacks. [Colloq.]
- Whack"ing, a. Very large; whapping. [Colloq.]
- Wham"mel (?), v. t. [Cf. Whelm.] To turn over. [Prov. Eng.]
- Whang, v. t. To beat. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
- Wharf (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wharfed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wharfing.]
- 2. To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.
- 2. A wharf or wharfs, collectively; wharfing.
- 1. Wharfs, collectively.
- 3. As a relative pronoun: —
- What (?), n. Something; thing; stuff. [Obs.]
- What, interrog. adv. Why? For what purpose? On what account? [Obs.]
- Whaup (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Whaap. [Prov. Eng.]
- Wheal, n. [Cf. Wale.]
- Wheat"sel bird` (?). (Zoöl.) The male of the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
- Whed"er (?), pron. & conj. Whether. [Obs.]
- 1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
- 2. To grain, or get away, by flattery.
- 3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
- 5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass.
- Wheel (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wheeled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wheeling.]
- 3. To go round in a circuit; to fetch a compass.
- 4. To roll forward.
- Wheel"bird` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
- 1. One who wheels, or turns.
- 2. A maker of wheels; a wheelwright. [Obs.]
- 3. A wheel horse. See under Wheel.
- 5. A worker on sewed muslin. [Eng.]
- 6. (Zoöl.) The European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. The act or practice of using a cycle; cycling.
- 4. A turning, or circular movement.
- 1. Shaped like a wheel.
- Whelk, n. [OE. whelke, dim. of whele. See Wheal a pustule.]
- 1. A papule; a pustule; acne. "His whelks white." Chaucer.
- 2. A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.
- 1. Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances; hence, streaked; striated.
- 2. Shelly. "Whelky pearls." Spenser.
- 2. A child; a youth; — jocosely or in contempt.
- 4. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.
- 1. At what time; — used interrogatively.
- 4. Which time; then; — used elliptically as a noun.
- I was adopted heir by his consent; Since when, his oath is broke.
- When as, When that, at the time that; when. [Obs.]
- When"as` (?), conj. Whereas; while [Obs.]
- Whence*ev"er (?), adv. & conj. Whencesoever. [R.]
- Where, n. Place; situation. [Obs. or Colloq.]
- 1. At which; upon which; whereupon; — used relatively.
- 2. At what; — used interrogatively; as, whereat are you offended?
- 2. By what; how; — used interrogatively.
- Where"fore (?), adv. & conj. [Where + for.]
- 1. For which reason; so; — used relatively.
- 2. For what reason; why; — used interrogatively.
- Where"fore, n. the reason why. [Colloq.]
- 2. In what; — used interrogatively.
- 1. Into which; — used relatively.
- 2. Into what; — used interrogatively.
- 1. Of which; of whom; formerly, also, with which; - - used relatively.
- I do not find the certain numbers whereof their armies did consist.
- 2. Of what; — used interrogatively.
- 1. On which; — used relatively; as, the earth whereon we live.
- 2. On what; — used interrogatively; as, whereon do we stand?
- Where*out" (?), adv. Out of which. [R.]
- Where"so (?), adv. Wheresoever. [Obs.]
- 2. To what; to what end; — used interrogatively.
- 1. With which; — used relatively.
- 2. With what; — used interrogatively.
- Wher"ret (?), v. t. [From Whir.]
- 1. To hurry; to trouble; to tease. [Obs.] Bickerstaff.
- 1. The act of whetting.
- 1. One who, or that which, whets, sharpens, or stimulates.
- 2. A tippler; one who drinks whets. [Obs.] Steele.
- Whew duck, the European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
- 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. [Obs.]
- 1 Cor. iii. 17.
- 2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.]
- 3. (Zoöl.) The marysole, or sail fluke.
- Whiff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whiffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffing.]
- 1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
- 1. The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.
- I. Watts.
- 2. To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
- 2. One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper. [Obs.]
- 4. (Zoöl) The golden-eye. [Local, U. S.]
- I will go forth and breathe the air a while.
- 2. That which requires time; labor; pains. [Obs.]
- I. Watts.
- 2. Hence, under which circumstances; in which case; though; whereas.
- While as, While that, during or at the time that. [Obs.]
- While, prep. Until; till. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
- 2. sometimes; at times. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
- Whilk (?), n. [See Whelk a mollusk.]
- 1. (Zoöl.) A kind of mollusk, a whelk. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) The scoter. [Prov. Eng.]
- Whilk, pron. Which. [Obs. or Scot.]
- Whilst (?), adv. [From Whiles; cf. Amongst.] While. [Archaic]
- Whim (?), n. [Cf. Whimbrel.] (Zoöl.) The European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. (Mining) A whim.
- Whim"si*cal (?), a. [From Whimsey.]
- Whim"wham (?), n. [Formed from whim by reduplication.]
- 2. A whim, or whimsey; a freak.
- Whin (?), n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.]
- 1. (Bot.) (a) Gorse; furze. See Furze.
- 2. Same as Whinstone. [Prov. Eng.]
- Whin"ner (?), v. i. To whinny. [Colloq.]
- 5. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat.
- Whip, n. [OE. whippe. See Whip, v. t.]
- 2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip. Beaconsfield.
- 5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper- in.
- 3. (Spinning) A kind of simple willow.
- Whip"ple*tree` (?), n. [See Whip, and cf. Whiffletree.]
- 2. (Bot.) The cornel tree. Chaucer.
- 1. A tailor; — so called in contempt.
- 3. (Agric.) The act or process of whipstitching.
- 2. To move hastily or swiftly.
- 2. Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
- 4. (Bot. & Zoöl.) A whorl. See Whorl.
- Whirl"i*cote (?), n. An open car or chariot. [Obs.]
- Whirl"i*gig (?), n. [Whirl + gig.]
- 2. A sea monster of the whale kind. [Obs.] Spenser.
- Whir"ry (?), v. i. To whir. [Obs.]
- 4. A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.
- 5. An impertinent fellow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- 6. A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
- 2. To move with a quick, sweeping motion.
- 4. A hair of the beard.
- 2. (Zoöl.) Having elongated hairs, feathers, or bristles on the cheeks.
- Whis"ket (?), n. [Cf. Wisket.]
- 1. A basket; esp., a straw provender basket. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- 2. (Mach.) A small lathe for turning wooden pins.
- 1. Sweeping along lightly.
- 2. Large; great. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. To make a low, sibilant sound or noise.
- 2. To address in a whisper, or low voice. [Archaic]
- 2. A cautious or timorous speech. South.
- 4. A low, sibilant sound. "The whispers of the leaves." Tennyson.
- 1. One who whispers.
- Whis"per*ous*ly (?), adv. Whisperingly. [R.]
- 2. To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
- I 'ld whistle her off, and let her down the wind To prey at fortune.
- Whis"tle, n. [AS. hwistle a pipe, flute, whistle. See Whistle, v. i.]
- Whis"tler (?), n. [AS. hwistlere.]
- 1. One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.
- 3. (Zoöl.) The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus).
- 4. (Zoöl.) The whistlefish.
- Whist"ly (?), adv. In a whist manner; silently. [Obs.]
- Or whispering with white lips, "The foe! They come! they come!"
- 4. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
- 6. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
- I am his white boy, and will not be gullet.
- 5. A white pigment; as, Venice white.
- White"ly, a. Like, or coming near to, white. [Obs.]
- White"ness (?), n. [AS. hwtness.]
- 3. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.
- 4. Nakedness. [Obs.] Chapman.
- 5. (Zoöl.) A flock of swans.
- 1. The act or process of making or becoming white.
- 2. That which is used to render white; whiting. [R.]
- 1. (Med.) Leucorrh&?;a.
- 2. The finest flour made from white wheat.
- 3. Cloth or garments of a plain white color.
- 2. (Zoöl.) The wheatear. [Prov. Eng.]
- 1. To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.
- 2. To what or which place; — used relatively.
- Whit"ing (?), n. [From White.]
- Whit"ing-mop` (?), n. [Obs.]
- 1. (Zoöl.) A young whiting. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A fair lass. "This pretty whiting- mop." Massinger.
- Whit"ish, a. [From White.]
- 1. Somewhat white; approaching white; white in a moderate degree.
- 2. (Bot.) Covered with an opaque white powder.
- Whit"leath`er (?), n. [White + leather.]
- 2. (Anat.) The paxwax. See Paxwax.
- Whit"son (?), a. See Whitsun. [Obs.]
- 2. (Scots Law) See the Note under Term, n., 12.
- Whit"ter*ick (?), n. The curlew. [Prov. Eng.]
- Whit"tret (?), n. (Zoöl.) A weasel. [Scot.]
- 2 Sam. i. 9.
- 2. A regular combination of parts; a system.
- I. Watts.
- 1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary.
- I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased.
- 3. Sound; healthy. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. To the exclusion of other things; totally; fully.
- Whoot (?), v. i. [See Hoot.] To hoot. [Obs.]
- Whop"per (?), n. [Cf. Whapper.]
- 1. One who, or that which, whops.
- 2. Same as Whapper.
- 1. To have unlawful sexual intercourse; to practice lewdness.
- 2. (Script.) To worship false and impure gods.
- Whore"dom (?), n. [OE. hordom; cf. Icel. h&?;rd&?;mr.]
- 2. (Script.) The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry.
- 2. One keeps or procures whores for others; a pimp; a procurer.
- 2. (Zoöl.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
- 3. (Spinning) The fly of a spindle.
- Whur (?), v. i. [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. Hurr, Hurry, Whir.]
- 2. To snarl or growl, as a dog. Halliwell.
- Whur"ry (?), v. t. [See Hurry.] To whisk along quickly; to hurry. [R.]
- 2. For which; on account of which; — used relatively.
- For why, because; why. See Forwhy. [Obs. or Colloq.]
- I have sinned, and I have done wickedly.
- 2 Sam. xxiv. 17.
- 2. A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity.
- 2. Wickerwork; a piece of wickerwork, esp. a basket.
- 3. Same as 1st Wike. [Prov. Eng.]
- M. Arnold.
- 5. Remote; distant; far.
- I was but two bows wide.
- 2. That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.
- Wid"ow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Widowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Widowing.]
- 3. To endow with a widow's right. [R.] Shak.
- 4. To become, or survive as, the widow of. [Obs.]
- Wyclif (Matt. x. 9.)
- Wield"ing, n. Power; authority; rule. [Obs.]
- Wier`an"gle (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Wariangle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
- Wier"y (?), a. [Cf. Wearish.] Wet; moist; marshy. [Obs.]
- Wife"hood (?), n. [AS. wifhd.]
- 1. Womanhood. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. The state of being a wife; the character of a wife.
- Wig (?), n. [Abbreviation from periwig.]
- 2. An old seal; — so called by fishermen.
- Wi"geon (?), n. (Zoöl.) A widgeon. [R.]
- 2. Any cover or screen, as red-tapism. [R.]
- Fire peels the wiggeries away from them [facts.]
- Wig"gle, n. Act of wiggling; a wriggle. [Colloq.]
- Wight (?), n. Weight. [Obs.]
- 1. A whit; a bit; a jot. [Obs.]
- 2. A supernatural being. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- Wight"ly, adv. Swiftly; nimbly; quickly. [Obs.]
- 6. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.
- 8. (Naut.) Hard to steer; — said of a vessel.
- Wild"ed (?), a. Become wild. [R.]
- 2. A disorderly or neglected place. Cowper.
- 3. Quality or state of being wild; wildness. [Obs.]
- 3. A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder. [R.]
- Wilk (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Whelk. [Obs.]
- 4. Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.
- 5. That which is strongly wished or desired.
- 6. Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine.
- 1. To wish; to desire; to incline to have.
- Will"ful (?), a. [Will + full.] [Written also wilful.]
- Will"ing (?), a. [From Will, v. t.]
- 3. Spontaneous; self-moved. [R.]
- 2. Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.
- Will"some (?), a. [Written also wilsome.] 1. Willful; obstinate. [Obs.]
- 2. Fat; indolent. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- 3. Doubtful; uncertain. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- Wil"ly (?), n. [Cf. Willow.]
- 1. A large wicker basket. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- 2. (Textile Manuf.) Same as 1st Willow, 2.
- M. Arnold.
- 2. A flag or streamer. Weale.
- 2. To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil.
- 4. To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake. [Archaic]
- 5. (Mining) To extract, as ore or coal. Raymond.
- 1. To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.
- I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word.
- 2. An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly.
- 4. A wince.
- 2. To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
- 4. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
- 4. Power of respiration; breath.
- 6. Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
- 9. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
- 10. (Zoöl.) The dotterel. [Prov. Eng.]
- Wind (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Winded; p. pr. & vb. n. Winding.]
- 1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
- Wind"age (?), n. [From Wind air in motion.]
- Wind"er (?), n. [From Wind to turn.]
- 1. One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.
- Wind"er, n. A blow taking away the breath. [Slang]
- 2. An unexpected legacy, or other gain.
- 2. Fullness of wind; flatulence.
- 4. Tumor; puffiness.
- Wind"lace (?), n. & v. See Windlass. [Obs.]
- Win"dle (?), n. [From Wind to turn.]
- 1. A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.
- 2. (Zoöl.) The redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. Wanting wind; out of breath.
- I leaped from the window of the citadel.
- 3. A figure formed of lines crossing each other. [R.]
- 1. To furnish with windows.
- 2. To place at or in a window. [R.]
- Wind"row` (?), n. [Wind + row.]
- 2. (Zoöl.) The kestrel. B. Jonson.
- Wind"y (?), a. [Compar. Windier (?); superl. Windiest.] [AS. windig.]
- 2. Next the wind; windward.
- 3. Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather.
- 6. Fig.: Empty; airy. "Windy joy." Milton.
- 3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.
- 3. Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
- 4. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
- 6. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
- 2. To supply with wings or sidepieces.
- 3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly.
- 4. To move through in flight; to fly through.
- 4. Wounded or hurt in the wing.
- 2. (Zoöl.) A bastard wing, or alula.
- 2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; volatile airy. [Obs. or R.]
- 1. To nod; to sleep; to nap. [Obs.] "Although I wake or wink." Chaucer.
- 2. To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion.
- 3. To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink.
- 6. To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.
- Wink, v. t. To cause (the eyes) to wink.[Colloq.]
- I have not slept one wink.
- I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink.
- 2. A horse's blinder; a blinker.
- Win"nard 2, n. The redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
- 3. To beat with wings, or as with wings.[Poetic]
- 1. Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.
- 2. Causing joy or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant.
- 2. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
- 2 Kings xxi. 13.
- Robynson (More's Utopia)
- 2. A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe. [Low]
- 3. A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm. Swift.
- 4. A handkerchief. [Thieves' Cant or Slang]
- 5. Stain; brand. [Obs.] "Slavish wipe." Shak.
- 2. Something used for wiping, as a towel or rag.
- 2. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
- 3. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
- 4. To send (a message) by telegraph. [Colloq.]
- 2. To send a telegraphic message. [Colloq.]
- 2. Hence, to draw by art or violence.
- Wir"y (?), a. [Written also wiery.]
- 1. Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
- Wis"dom (-dm), n. [AS. wsdm. See Wise, a., and - dom.]
- 2 Tim. iii. 15.
- 1. A learned or wise man. [Obs.]
- 1. To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.
- I would not wish Any companion in the world but you.
- I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper.
- 3. John 2.
- I would not wish them to a fairer death.
- 3. To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of. [Obs.] Shak.
- 3. A thing desired; an object of desire.
- 2. Showing desire; as, wishful eyes.
- 3. Desirable; exciting wishes. [R.] Chapman.
- 1. A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance.
- 2. A whisk, or small broom.
- 3. A Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus.
- Wisp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wisped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wisping.]
- 1. To brush or dress, an with a wisp.
- 2. To rumple. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- 1. Longing; wishful; desirous.
- 2 Cor. viii. 1.
- 1. Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.
- I will stare him out of his wits.
- 2. An ugly old woman; a hag. Shak.
- 5. (Zoöl.) The stormy petrel.
- Witch"craft` (?), n. [AS. wiccecræft.]
- 2. Power more than natural; irresistible influence.
- 2. Fascination; irresistible influence; enchantment.
- 2. The art of reasoning; logic. [R.]
- 1 Sam. xvii. 32.
- 5. To denote association in thought, as for comparison or contrast.
- With*al" (?), adv. [With + all.]
- 1. With this; with that. [Obs.]
- 2. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.
- 2. A band consisting of a twig twisted.
- 4. (Arch.) A partition between flues in a chimney.
- 1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
- 3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.]
- 2. In the house; in doors; as, the master is within.
- 1. On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without doors.
- 2. Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.
- I wolde it do withouten negligence.
- 2 Cor. vii. 5.
- 2. Outside of the house; out of doors.
- I withstood him to the face.
- 1. (Bot.) The osier willow (Salix viminalis). See Osier, n. (a).
- 2. A withe. See Withe, 1.
- 1. Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.
- 2. That which furnishes evidence or proof.
- 1. To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of.
- 2. To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest.
- 1 Kings xxi. 13.
- 1. (Zoöl.) The wheatear. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. To take for a wife; to marry.
- I have wived his sister.
- 2. (Zoöl.) The weever.
- 2. Haunted by wizards.
- Wiz"en, n. The weasand. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
- 1. Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
- 2. A curse; a malediction.
- Woe, a. Woeful; sorrowful. [Obs.]
- 3. Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor.
- 1. A wood; a forest.
- 2. A plain, or low hill; a country without wood, whether hilly or not.
- 4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
- 5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus. [Obs.]
- 7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. Knight.
- Woll (?), v. t. & i. See 2d Will. [Obs.]
- 1. (Zoöl.) The glutton.
- 2. A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. [U. S.]
- 2. The female part of the human race; womankind.
- 2. To make effeminate or womanish. [R.] Shak.
- 2. Women, collectively; womankind.
- 2. (Anat.) The uterus. See Uterus.
- 3. The place where anything is generated or produced.
- 4. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.
- I am as a wonder unto many.
- I wonder, in my soul, What you would ask me, that I should deny.
- Won"ders (?), adv. See Wondrous. [Obs.]
- Wone, n. [OE. See Wone, v. i., Wont, a.]
- 1. Dwelling; habitation; abode. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. Custom; habit; wont; use; usage. [Obs.]
- 1. To solicit in love; to court.
- 2. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
- I woo the wind That still delays his coming.
- 4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
- Wood"bur*y-type` (?), n. [After the name of the inventor, W. Woodbury.]
- 2. A print from such a plate.
- 2. (Zoöl.) The yaffle, or green woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.]
- Wood"cock` (?), n. [AS. wuducoc.]
- 2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.]
- Wood"crack`er (?), n. (Zoöl.) The nuthatch. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. An engraver on wood. [R.]
- 2. The act or art of engraving on wood. [R.]
- 2. Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.
- Wood"man (?), n.; pl. Woodmen (&?;). [Written also woodsman.]
- 2. A sportsman; a hunter.
- 3. One who cuts down trees; a woodcutter.
- 4. One who dwells in the woods or forest; a bushman.
- Wood"mon`ger (?), n. A wood seller. [Obs.]
- Wood"peck` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A woodpecker. [Obs.]
- 2. Texture; cloth; as, a pall of softest woof. Pope.
- 2. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
- 1. Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods.
- Wool"-hall` (?), n. A trade market in the woolen districts. [Eng.]
- 3. Clothed with wool. "Woolly breeders." Shak.
- 4. (Bot.) Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool.
- Wool"ly-head` (?), n. A negro. [Low]
- Woon (?), n. Dwelling. See Wone. [Obs.]
- 3. pl. Talk; discourse; speech; language.
- I pray you . . . bring me word thither How the world goes.
- 5. Signal; order; command; direction.
- I know you brave, and take you at your word.
- I desire not the reader should take my word.
- 7. pl. Verbal contention; dispute.
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- Word, v. i. To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute. [R.]
- Word, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wording.]
- 1. To express in words; to phrase.
- 3. To flatter with words; to cajole. [Obs.] Shak.
- Word"y (?), a. [Compar. Wordier (?); superl. Wordiest.]
- 2. Using many words; verbose; as, a wordy speaker.
- 3. Containing many words; full of words.
- 2 Chron. xxxi. 21.
- 7. (Mining) Ore before it is dressed. Raymond.
- 8. pl. (Script.) Performance of moral duties; righteous conduct.
- 7. To ferment, as a liquid.
- 8. To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic.
- 7. To cause to ferment, as liquor.
- Work"ful (?), a. Full of work; diligent. [R.]
- Work"house` (?), n.; pl. Workhouses (#). [AS. weorch&?;s.]
- 1. A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
- 2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
- Work"man (?), n.; pl. Workmen (#). [AS. weorcmann.]
- 2. Hence, especially, a skillful artificer or laborer.
- Work"ship, n. Workmanship. [R.]
- 1 John ii. 15, 16.
- World"ly, a. [AS. woroldlic.]
- 3. Lay, as opposed to clerical. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 4. A being debased and despised.
- I am a worm, and no man.
- 2. Worn-out; old; worthless. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.
- Wor"mil (?), n. [Cf. 1st Warble.]
- 2. (Far.) See 1st Warble, 1 (b).
- 2. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
- Worm"y (?), a. [Compar. Wormier (?); superl. Wormiest.]
- 1. Containing a worm; abounding with worms. "Wormy beds." Shak.
- 2. Like or pertaining to a worm; earthy; groveling.
- Wor"rit (?), v. t. To worry; to annoy. [Illiterate]
- Wor"rit, n. Worry; anxiety. [Illiterate]
- 3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.]
- 2 Tim. iii. 13.
- 2. To get the better of; to worst. [R.]
- Wors"er (?), a. Worse. [R.]
- 1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.]
- 5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration.
- 6. An object of worship.
- I have a wife, the worst that may be.
- 1. (Bot.) A plant of any kind.
- 2. pl. Cabbages.
- I counsel . . . to let the cat worthe.
- 1. Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while. [Obs.]
- 3. Deserving of; — in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense.
- 3. Of high station; of high social position. [Obs.]
- Would"ing*ness, n. Willingness; desire. [Obs.]
- 1 Sam. xxxi. 3.
- 1 Cor. viii. 12.
- Wound"i*ly (?), adv. In a woundy manner; excessively; woundy. [Obs.]
- Wound"y (?), a. Excessive. [Obs.]
- Wound"y, adv. Excessively; extremely. [Obs.]
- Wrack, v. t. To rack; to torment. [R.]
- Wrack, n. [OE. wrak wreck. See Wreck.]
- 3. (Bot.) Coarse seaweed of any kind.
- Wrack"ful (?), a. Ruinous; destructive. [Obs.]
- 1. To argue; to debate; to dispute. [Obs.]
- 1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.
- I . . . wrapt in mist Of midnight vapor, glide obscure.
- 2. That which wraps; envelope; covering.
- 2. That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering.
- 1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire.
- Wrath, a. See Wroth. [Obs.]
- Wrath"y (?), a. Very angry. [Colloq.]
- 1. To revenge; to avenge. [Archaic]
- Wreak"er (?), n. [See Wreak.] Avenger. [Obs.]
- Wreak"less, a. Unrevengeful; weak. [Obs.]
- 2. A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor.
- 1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. [Obs.]
- 2. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine.
- 4. To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle.
- Wrec"che (?), n. A wretch. [Obs.]
- 4. The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.
- Wreck (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrecked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wrecking.]
- 2. That which has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.
- 3. A vessel employed by wreckers.
- 1. Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem. [Obs.]
- 2. A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.
- 3. A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.
- 4. Means; contrivance. [Obs.] Bacon.
- 1. To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.
- 2. To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.
- 3. To tune with a wrest, or key. [Obs.]
- 2. Active or moving power. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 3. A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.
- 2. Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
- M. Arnold.
- 2. A wretched object; anything despicably. [Obs.]
- 2. Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
- 3. To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
- 6. (Naut.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.
- Wrin"kle (?), n. A winkle. [Local, U. S.]
- 2. hence, any roughness; unevenness.
- 2. Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way.
- Writ, n. [AS. writ, gewrit. See Write.]
- I chose to write the thing I durst not speak To her I loved.
- 3. Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
- 4. To compose or send letters.
- 1 Esdras iv. 49.
- Writ"er (?), n. [AS. wrtere.]
- 1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.
- 2. To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
- 3. To extort; to wring; to wrest. [R.]
- 3. Handwriting; chirography.
- 1. Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose. [Obs.] Wyclif (Lev. xxi. 19).
- I have deceived you both; I have directed you to wrong places.
- Wron"gous (?), a. [Cf. OE. wrongwis. See Wrong, and cf. Righteous.]
- 1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful. [R.]
- 2. (Scots Law) Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig.
- Wry (?), v. t. [AS. wreón.] To cover. [Obs.]
- 1. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
- 3. Wrested; perverted.
- Wry"neck (?), n. (Med.)
- 1. The letter Y.
- 2. A kind of crotch. See Y, n. (a).
- Wyn"ker*nel (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]
- Wype (?), n. The wipe, or lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]