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共 2879 题- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- Version published 1913
- F.
- 4. Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
- M. Arnold.
- 3. The act of constructing; construction. [R.]
- 2. A fabulous or fictitious story. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
- 2. Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price. Macaulay.
- 2. A monotonous refrain. [Obs.] Holland.
- 7. Cast of features; expression of countenance; look; air; appearance.
- 8. (Astrol.) Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac. Chaucer.
- 2. To Confront impudently; to bully.
- I will neither be facednor braved.
- 2. To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left.
- 3. To present a face or front.
- C. Kingsley.
- 3. (Arch.) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.
- 1. The anterior part of the head; the face.
- I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet.
- I. Taylor.
- 4. Easiness of access; complaisance; affability.
- I do not grant the fact.
- 3. Tumult; discord; dissension.
- 2. A steward or bailiff of an estate. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
- Fac"tor*ess (?), n. A factor who is a woman. [R.]
- 2. (Math.) Related to factorials.
- Fac"tu*al (fk*t"al), a. Relating to, or containing, facts. [R.]
- 2. (Mach.) The product. See Facient, 2.
- 2. (Com.) An invoice or bill of parcels.
- 2. Special mental endowment; characteristic knack.
- 3. Power; prerogative or attribute of office. [R.]
- Fac"und (?), a. [L. facundus, fr. fari to speak.] Eloquent. [Archaic]
- 3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
- Addison
- Fag (fg) n. A knot or coarse part in cloth. [Obs.]
- 2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.
- 2. Anything that fatigues. [R.]
- 2. The refuse or meaner part of anything.
- 3. (Mus.) A bassoon. See Fagotto.
- 5. An old shriveled woman. [Slang, Eng.]
- 3. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
- 5. To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.]
- 8. To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
- 1 Kings ii. 4.
- 2. To miss of attaining; to lose. [R.]
- 2. Death; decease. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.
- 2. Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise.
- 3. Want of success; the state of having failed.
- 6. A failing; a slight fault. [Obs.] Johnson.
- 2. Satisfied; contented; also, constrained. Shak.
- Fain, v. t. & i. To be glad ; to wish or desire. [Obs.]
- 3. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
- Fainting fit, a fainting or swoon; syncope. [Colloq.]
- 2. Want of vigor or energy. Spenser.
- 4. Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.
- I will send a faintness into their hearts.
- 2. Pleasing to the eye; handsome; beautiful.
- 3. Without a dark hue; light; clear; as, a fair skin.
- 9. Distinct; legible; as, fair handwriting.
- 2. A fair woman; a sweetheart.
- I have found out a gift for my fair.
- 3. Good fortune; good luck.
- Fair, v. t. 1. To make fair or beautiful. [Obs.]
- 2. (Shipbuilding) To make smooth and flowing, as a vessel's lines.
- After the fair, Too late. [Colloq.]
- 3. Honestly; properly.
- 4. Softly; quietly; gently. [Obs.] Milton.
- Fair"-world` (?) n. State of prosperity. [Obs.]
- 2. The country of the fays; land of illusions. [Obs.]
- 5. An enchantress. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. Dryden.
- 7. Credibility or truth. [R.]
- 2 Tim. ii. 11.
- 3. Not observant of promises or covenants.
- 2. To make; to construct; to do.
- Fake, n. A trick; a swindle. [Slang]
- 2. (Gun.) An ancient form of cannon.
- 2. The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.
- Fald"ing, n. A frieze or rough- napped cloth. [Obs.]
- I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
- I fell at his feet to worship him.
- I am a poor fallen man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master.
- 8. To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.
- I have observed of late thy looks are fallen.
- 15. To come; to occur; to arrive.
- 18. To belong or appertain.
- Fall (?), v. t. 1. To let fall; to drop. [Obs.]
- 2. To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice. [Obs.]
- 3. To diminish; to lessen or lower. [Obs.]
- 4. To bring forth; as, to fall lambs. [R.] Shak.
- 5. To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
- 3. Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
- 8. Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
- 12. The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
- 14. The act of felling or cutting down. "The fall of timber." Johnson.
- I to myself was false, ere thou to me.
- 7. (Mus.) Not in tune.
- 2. To betray; to falsify. [Obs.]
- 3. To mislead by want of truth; to deceive. [Obs.]
- 3. Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness.
- 4. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.
- 1 Tim. vi. 20.
- 2. Willful misstatement or misrepresentation.
- 2. To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin.
- 5. To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow. Butler.
- 6. (Law) To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment. Blackstone.
- 2. That which is false; falsehood; a lie; a false assertion.
- 3. To hesitate in purpose or action.
- I. Taylor.
- Mde me most happy, faltering "I am thine."
- I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.
- 2. To make famous or renowned.
- 5. Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate. Camden.
- 2. An attendant demon or evil spirit. Shak.
- Fa*mil"iar*ness, n. Familiarity. [R.]
- 4. Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.
- 5. Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.
- 4. To force or constrain by famine.
- 3. A quintain; -- from its form. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3. To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.
- 3. Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress.
- Fan"ci*less (?), a. Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination. [R.]
- 6. A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. To love. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. Extravagant; above real value.
- 2. A ball or general dance, as in Mexico. [Colloq.]
- Fane, n. [See Vane.] A weathercock. [Obs.]
- 2. Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
- 6. (Naut.) (a) The valve of a pump box. (b) A bend or loop of a rope.
- Fan"gle, v. t. To fashion. [Obs.]
- Fan"gle*ness (?), n. Quality of being fangled. [Obs.]
- 2. A small flag for marking the stations in surveying.
- 2. A fan wheel; a fan blower. See under Fan.
- 2. Having the nature of a phantom; unreal. Shak.
- Fan*tas`ti*cal"i*ty (?), n. Fantastically. [Obs.]
- Fan*tas"tic*ly (?), adv. Fantastically. [Obs.]
- Fan*tas"tic*ness, n. Fantasticalness. [Obs.]
- 2. Fantastic designs.
- 4. Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.
- 3. In great part; as, the day is far spent.
- 4. In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply; greatly.
- 2. To render fat. [Obs.]
- 3. To swell out; to render pompous. [Obs.]
- Farce"ment (?), n. Stuffing; forcemeat. [Obs.]
- Far"ding*dale (?), n. A farthingale. [Obs.]
- I bid you most heartily well to fare.
- 5. To behave; to conduct one's self. [Obs.]
- 3. Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.]
- 4. Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.
- 7. The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.
- Far"fet` (?), a. [Far + fet, p. p. of Fette.] Farfetched. [Obs.]
- 2. (Bot.) Pollen. [R.] Craig.
- 2. Yielding farina or flour; as, ffarinaceous seeds.
- 3. To take at a certain rent or rate.
- 3. The place where a smith shoes horses.
- 2. Having foresight as regards the future.
- 2. (Med.) Hypermetropic.
- 2. (Med.) Hypermetropia.
- 2. A very small quantity or value. [Obs.]
- 3. A division of land. [Obs.]
- 4. (Zoˆl.) A broad well-defined band of color.
- 2. (Anat.) Relating to a fascia.
- 3. (Zoˆl.) Broadly banded with color.
- 2. A division of a book.
- 2. The state or condition of being fascinated.
- 3. That which fascinates; a charm; a spell.
- Fash, n. Vexation; anxiety; care. [Scot.]
- I do not like the fashion of your garments.
- 2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.
- 3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.
- 4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.] Shak.
- 4. Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society.
- 2 Sam. xii. 21.
- 5. Tenacious; retentive. [Obs.]
- 6. Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.
- 7. Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.
- 2. Records or registers of important events.
- 3. Conciseness of style. [Obs.] Ascham.
- 4. The state of being fast or swift.
- 3. Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
- 5. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. [Obs.]
- 2. Foreboding death or great disaster. [R.]
- 3. Exempted by fate. [Obs. or R.] Dryden.
- 2. Significant of fate; ominous.
- 1 Kings ii. 10.
- I was a father to the poor.
- 4. A respectful mode of address to an old man.
- 2 Kings xiii. 14.
- 5. A senator of ancient Rome.
- 3. To provide with a father. [R.]
- 2. Without a known author. Beau. & Fl.
- 2. Of or pertaining to a father.
- 2. Incomprehensible.
- 2 Sam. vi. 13.
- 2. Hence; Richness; fertility; fruitfulness.
- 3. That which makes fat or fertile.
- I Taylor.
- 2. Without reality; illusory, like the ignis fatuus.
- I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
- 2. (Bot.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.
- Fau"chion (?), n. See Falchion. [Obs.]
- Faule (?), n. A fall or falling band. [Obs.]
- 5. (Hunting) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
- 6. (Tennis) Failure to serve the ball into the proper court.
- Fault, v. i. To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong. [Obs.]
- Fault"er (?), n. One who commits a fault. [Obs.]
- 2 Sam. xiv. 13.
- 2. Chair of a presiding officer.
- 4. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
- I could not discover the lenity and favor of this sentence.
- 5. The object of regard; person or thing favored.
- 7. Appearance; look; countenance; face. [Obs.]
- 8. (Law) Partiality; bias. Bouvier.
- 10. pl. Love locks. [Obs.] Wright.
- 2 Sam. xx. 11.
- 3. Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] Spenser.
- Fa"vored*ness, n. Appearance. [Obs.]
- 2. Unpropitious; unfavorable. [Obs.] "Fortune favorless." Spenser.
- 2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to the disease called favus.
- 2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.]
- 3. A fawn color.
- I. Taylor.
- I will put my fear in their hearts.
- I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
- I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
- I greatly fear my money is not safe.
- I almost fear to quit your hand.
- D. Jerrold.
- 3. To be anxious or solicitous for. [R.]
- 4. To suspect; to doubt. [Obs.]
- I exceedingly fear and quake.
- 2. inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid.
- 3. Indicating, or caused by, fear.
- 2. Fit to be used or tailed, as land. [R.] R. Trumbull.
- 2. To be highly gratified or delighted.
- 2. To delight; to gratify; as, to feast the soul.
- 2. One who entertains magnificently. Johnson.
- Feat, v. t. To form; to fashion. [Obs.]
- 4. A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.
- 5. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
- 2. To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.
- 3. To render light as a feather; to give wings to.[R.]
- 4. To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
- 5. To tread, as a cock. Dryden.
- 3. To turn to a horizontal plane; -- said of oars.
- Feath"er-brained` (?), a. Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed. [Colloq.]
- 2. Any thin, as on a board or a razor.
- 3. A covering of feathers.
- 4. A form; a shape. [R.]
- 2. Having features; formed into features.
- 2. That which is feculent; sediment; lees; dregs.
- 2. The power of germinating; as in seeds.
- 2 Chron. xxviii. 15.
- Fee"ble, v. t. To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.]
- I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
- 2 Sam. v. 2.
- 4. To place cattle to feed; to pasture; to graze.
- 2. A grazing or pasture ground. Shak.
- 4. A meal, or the act of eating. [R.]
- 5. The water supplied to steam boilers.
- 4. One who fattens cattle for slaughter.
- 2. That which is eaten; food.
- 5. To perceive; to observe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. To have the sensibilities moved or affected.
- I then did feel full sick.
- Feel (?), n. 1. Feeling; perception. [R.]
- Feet, n. [See Feat, n.] Fact; performance. [Obs.]
- To feeze up, to work into a passion. [Obs.]
- 3. To dissemble; to conceal. [Obs.] Spenser.
- I am alone felicitate In your dear highness' love.
- I. Watts.
- M. Arnold.
- 2. Eager; earnest; intent. [Obs.]
- I am so fell to my business.
- 2. A wild field; a moor. Dryton.
- 2. (Weaving) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
- Fel"lon (?), n. Variant of Felon. [Obs.]
- 2. A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
- 3. An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
- 5. A person; an individual.
- I. Watts.
- 2. Joint interest. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.
- Fellowship in pain divides not smart
- Fellowship in woe doth woe assuage
- 4. Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company.
- 2. A person guilty or capable of heinous crime.
- 2. A hat made of felt. Thynne.
- 3. A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt. [Obs.]
- 2. The act of splitting timber by the felt grain.
- Fel"try (?), n. [OF. feltre.] See Felt, n. [Obs.]
- Fe"mal*ist (?), n. A gallant. [Obs.]
- Fem"i*nate (?), a. [L. feminatus effeminate.] Feminine. [Obs.]
- Fem"i*nine, n. 1. A woman. [Obs. or Colloq.]
- 2. The female form. [Obs.]
- 3. The materials used for building fences. [U.S.]
- 4. The act of building a fence.
- Fen" crick`et (?). (Zoˆl.) The mole cricket. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a fenestra.
- 2. Same as Fenestrate.
- 2. (Anat.) The state or condition of being fenestrated.
- 2. (Eng. Law) An ancient officer of the court of wards. Burrill.
- Fere, a. [Cf. L. ferus wild.] Fierce. [Obs.]
- Fer"forth` (?), adv. Far forth. [Obs.]
- Fe"ri*er (?), a., compar. of Fere, fierce. [Obs.]
- 2. Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation.
- 2. To be agitated or excited by violent emotions.
- Fer*ment"al (?), a. Fermentative. [Obs.]
- C. Kingsley.
- 1. C2H6O + O = H2O + C2H4O Alcohol. Water. Aldehyde.
- 2. C2H4O + O = C2H4O2 Aldehyde. Acetic acid.
- I did buy a colored silk ferrandine.
- Fer`ru*gin"e*ous (?), a. Ferruginous. [R.]
- 3. produced in abundance; plenteous; ample.
- 2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. A. R. Wallace.
- 2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
- Fer"vence (?), n. Heat; fervency. [Obs.]
- 2 Pet. iii. 10.
- 2. Ardent; vehement; zealous.
- 2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.] Chapman.
- 3. The style of a dial. [Obs.]
- 4. (Bot.) A grass of the genus Festuca.
- 2. A festering or rankling.
- I. Taylor.
- I cannot woo in festival terms.
- 2. A festival; a festive celebration. Sir T. Browne.
- 1 Kings xvii. 11, 12.
- 2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
- 4. To reduce; to throw.
- 7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
- 2. The apparation of a living person; a wraith.
- 2. Any object to which one is excessively devoted.
- 2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
- 2. A feodary. See Feodary.
- 3. Hot; sultry. "The feverish north." Dryden.
- 2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fever; as, a feverous pulse.
- 2. Brevity; conciseness. [Obs.] Shak.
- I am fiar of the lands; she a life renter.
- 3. Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber.
- Fib"ster (?), n. One who tells fibs. [Jocular]
- 3. (Surg.) A needle for sewing up wounds.
- C. Wordsworth.
- 2. A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything.
- 4. (Mil.) A block of wood used in mounting and dismounting heavy guns.
- 2. Holding, held, or founded, in trust. Spelman.
- 3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.
- Field"ed, a. Engaged in the field; encamped. [Obs.]
- Field"en (?), a. Consisting of fields. [Obs.]
- 3. Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent.
- I. Watts.
- 2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.
- 3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.
- 4. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.
- 2. A symbol representing fifteen units, as 15, or xv.
- 2. Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.
- 2. Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.
- 2. Consisting of one of fifty equal parts or divisions.
- 2. A symbol representing fifty units, as 50, or l.
- 3. A small piece of tobacco. [U.S.]
- Fig, n. Figure; dress; array. [Colloq.]
- Fig"ent (?), a. Fidgety; restless. [Obs.]
- I have fought a good fight.
- 2 Tim. iv. 7.
- 2. A struggle or contest of any kind.
- 4. A screen for the combatants in ships. [Obs.]
- 2 Chron. xxvi. 11.
- 2. (Mus.) Figurate. See Figurate.
- 2. Figurative; metaphorical. [Obs.] Bale.
- 2. (Mus.) Mixture of concords and discords.
- I made some figure there.
- 2. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- 3. To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.
- 4. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- 5. To prefigure; to foreshow.
- M. Arnold.
- 2. Not literal; figurative. [Obs.] Locke.
- 2. Course of thought; thread of narration. [Obs.]
- I would have my several courses and my dishes well filed.
- 3. A shrewd or artful person. [Slang] Fielding.
- 2. To smooth or polish as with a file. Shak.
- 2. Bearing the relation of a child.
- Fil"i*graned (?), a. See Filigreed. [Archaic]
- 1 Kings xx. 27.
- 3. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
- 2. To fill a cup or glass for drinking.
- Fill"er, n. [From 1st Fill.] A thill horse. [Prov. Eng.]
- 7. (Mech.) The thread of a screw.
- 8. A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.
- 9. The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.
- 10. Any scantling smaller than a batten.
- 2. The material of which fillets are made; also, fillets, collectively.
- 2. The woof in woven fabrics.
- 3. (Brewing) Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.
- 2. To snap; to project quickly.
- 2. Something serving to rouse or excite.
- I take a glass of grog for a filip.
- 2. A plane for making a rabbet.
- 2. A lively, spirited young girl. [Colloq.] Addison.
- 2. A slender thread, as that of a cobweb.
- 2 Cor. vii. 1.
- 2 Chron. xxix. 5.
- 4. A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats.
- 2. The relation of end or purpose to its means. Janet.
- 2. Completely; beyond recovery.
- Find"fault` (?), n. A censurer or caviler. [Obs.]
- M. Arnold.
- 3. Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.
- 6. (Used ironically.)
- Fine, v. i. To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b). [R.]
- 3. The proportion of pure silver or gold in jewelry, bullion, or coins.
- Fin"er*y (?), n. 1. Fineness; beauty. [Obs.]
- I. Watts.
- 2. (Whist Playing) The act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2.
- Fin"ew (?), n. [See Fenowed.] Moldiness. [R.]
- 2. To touch lightly; to toy with.
- 4. To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin. Shak.
- 5. To execute, as any delicate work.
- 2. (Bot.) Having leaflets like fingers; digitate.
- 4. Delicate work made with the fingers. Spenser.
- Hath so pared and finified them [his feet.]
- 2. To end; to die. [R.] Shak.
- 5. Completion; -- opposed to start, or beginning.
- 2. Abounding in fishes.
- 3. The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
- 4. Anything which destroys or affects like fire.
- 7. Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.
- 8. Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
- 5. To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
- 6. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- 8. To drive by fire. [Obs.]
- 9. (Far.) To cauterize.
- 2. To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
- 3. To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town.
- 2. A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.
- 3. A worker at a furnace or fire. B. Jonson.
- 2. A man who tends the fires, as of a steam engine; a stocker.
- 2. pl. A pyrotechnic exhibition. [Obs. in the sing.]
- 3. The application of fire, or of a cautery. Dunglison.
- 5. Fuel; firewood or coal. [Obs.] Mortimer.
- Firk, v. i. To fly out; to turn out; to go off. [Obs.]
- A wench is a rare bait, with which a man
- 3. Solid; -- opposed to fluid; as, firm land.
- 4. Indicating firmness; as, a firm tread; a firm countenance.
- 2. To fix or direct with firmness. [Obs.]
- 2. The region of the air; the sky or heavens.
- Firm"less, a. 1. Detached from substance. [Obs.]
- 2. Infirm; unstable. "Firmless sands." Sylvester.
- 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
- 1 Tim. ii. 13.
- 2. The thing first thought or done.
- M. Arnold.
- 2. A treasurer. H. Swinburne.
- 4. The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general.
- 3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
- 4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
- 2. To search by raking or sweeping. Swift.
- 2. A place for catching fish.
- 2. A fishery. Spenser.
- Fish"skin` (?), n. 1. The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.)
- 2. (Med.) See Ichthyosis.
- 2. The talons of a bird of prey. [Obs.]
- 2. To gripe with the fist. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. A pipe for convejing water. [Obs.] Knight.
- 2. Hollow, like a pipe or reed; fistulose. Lindley.
- Fit (?), imp. & p. p. of Fight. [Obs. or Colloq.]
- 2. Prepared; ready. [Obs.]
- 5. A darting point; a sudden emission. [R.]
- Fitched (?), a. (her.) FitchÈ. [Also fiched.]
- Fit"ter, n. A little piece; a flitter; a flinder. [Obs.]
- 2. A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens.
- 3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] Sandys.
- 2. (Iron Manuf.) fettling. [U.S.]
- 2. (Chem.) Stable; non- volatile.
- 2. That which is fixed; a fixture.
- 2. Coherence of parts. Sir I. Newton.
- 2. State of being fixed; fixedness.
- 2. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking. [Colloq. or Low]
- Fiz"zle, n. A failure or abortive effort. [Colloq.]
- I. Taylor.
- 2. To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the Flagellata.
- 2. Tasteless; insipid; as, a flaggy apple. [Obs.] Bacon.
- I. Taylor.
- 3. Flaming into notice; notorious; enormous; heinous; glaringly wicked.
- Fla*gra"tion (?), n. A conflagration. [Obs.]
- 3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love. Coleridge.
- 4. A person beloved; a sweetheart. Thackeray.
- Flam"ma*ble (?), a. Inflammable. [Obs.]
- When to right and left the front
- 3. (Arch.) The side of any building. Brands.
- 2. To be posted on the side.
- 2. To attack sideways. [Obs.] Evelyn.
- 2. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
- 4. pl. (Far.) A disease in the lips of horses.
- 2. The thing thus caught and eaten. Johnson.
- C. Kingsley.
- 2. A fried dough cake containing fruit; a turnover. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. See Flipper. "The flapper of a porpoise." Buckley.
- 4. To be exposed to too much light. [Obs.]
- 2. A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.
- 2. Opening or speading outwards.
- M. Arnold.
- 4. To trick up in a showy manner.
- 2. A man of more appearance of wit than reality.
- 2. Fiery; vehement; impetuous.
- 3. Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress.
- 4. Without taste or spirit.
- 3. A bed in a gun carriage. [Obs.] Bailey.
- 2. A small flask.
- 3. A vessel in which viands are served. [Obs.] Pope.
- I feel . . . my hopes all flat.
- 7. Clear; unmistakable; peremptory; absolute; positive; downright.
- 7. A dull fellow; a simpleton; a numskull. [Colloq.]
- 9. (Geom.) A homaloid space or extension.
- 2. To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
- 2. (Mus.) To fall form the pitch.
- 2. Firm-footed; determined. [Slang, U.S.]
- 3. Want of vivacity or spirit; prostration; dejection; depression.
- 4. Want of variety or flavor; dullness; insipidity.
- 3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
- 2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach.
- 3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. Quincy.
- Flaun"drish (? or ?), a. Flemish. [Obs.]
- Flaunt, n. Anything displayed for show. [Obs.]
- Fla"vous (?), a. [L. flavus.] Yellow. [Obs.]
- 4. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.
- 2. To break; to violate; to make of no effect. [Obs.]
- 2. Subject to sudden flaws or gusts of wind.
- Flea (fl), v. t. [See Flay.] To flay. [Obs.]
- 2. A trifling wound or pain, like that of the bite of a flea. Harvey.
- Fleak (flk), n. A flake; a thread or twist. [Obs.]
- Fleam"y (?), a. Bloody; clotted. [Obs. or Prov.]
- Fleck"less, a. Without spot or blame. [R.]
- 2. To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.
- 1 Cor. vi. 18.
- 2. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
- 3. To spread over as with wool. [R.] Thomson.
- 2. Stripped of a fleece; plundered; robbed.
- 2. To grin with an air of civility; to leer. [Obs.]
- 2. A grin of civility; a leer. [Obs.]
- 2. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.
- Fleet"en (?), n. Fleeted or skimmed milk. [Obs.]
- 4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
- 6. Kindred; stock; race.
- 2. Glutted; satiated; initiated.
- 2. Animal; not vegetable. Dryden.
- 4. Carnal; wordly; lascivious.
- 1 Pet. ii. 11.
- 2. Human. [Obs.] "Fleshy tabernacle." Milton.
- Flet (?), p. p. of Fleet. Skimmed. [Obs.]
- 2. A bending; a part bent; a fold. Bacon.
- 3. Wavering; not steady; flickering. Bacon.
- 2. A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
- 3. (Zoˆl.) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
- Flidge, v. i. To become fledged; to fledge. [Obs.]
- 2. (Mach.) A fly. See Fly, n., 9, and 13 (b).
- 3. (Spinning) See Flyer, n., 5.
- 4. (Arch.) See Flyer, n., 4.
- 5. A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another. Parker.
- 7. The husk or glume of oats. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
- 2. (Her.) Feathered; -- said of arrows.
- 2. A bank note. [Slang, Eng.]
- 2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
- 3. A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.
- 4. A trifing matter; an object of contempt. [Obs.]
- I. Taylor.
- 2. (Naut.) The hand. [Slang]
- 3. To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock. [Obs.]
- I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted.
- Flirt, a. Pert; wanton. [Obs.]
- Flirt"i*gig (?), n. A wanton, pert girl. [Obs.]
- Flisk, n. A caper; a spring; a whim. [Scot.]
- 2. To flutter; to rove on the wing. Dryden.
- 5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
- 3. The outside piece of a sawed log; a slab. [Eng.]
- 2. A removal from one habitation to another. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A float board. See Float board (below).
- 4. The act of flowing; flux; flow. [Obs.] Bacon.
- 7. A polishing block used in marble working; a runner. Knight.
- 9. A coal cart. [Eng.] Simmonds.
- 10. The sea; a wave. See Flote, n.
- 2. To flood; to overflow; to cover with water.
- 2. A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface.
- 2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. Knight.
- 2. (Bot.) Having tufts of soft hairs, which are often deciduous.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) Applied to the down of newly hatched or unfledged birds.
- 2 Macc. xiv. 14.
- Flock, v. t. To flock to; to crowd. [Obs.]
- Flock"ly, adv. In flocks; in crowds. [Obs.]
- 4. Menstrual disharge; menses. Harvey.
- 4. A story of a building. See Story.
- 2. Material for the construction of a floor or floors.
- 2. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.] Fielding.
- 2. A kind of cloth. Johnson.
- 2. A kind of silk. Knight.
- 3. A kind of pudding or tart; a kind of meat pie. [Obs.]
- Flo"ri*mer (?), n. (Bot.) See Floramour. [Obs.]
- 2. One who writes a flora, or an account of plants.
- 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering.
- Floss, n. [Cf. G. floss a float.] 1. A small stream of water. [Eng.]
- 2. That which floats on the sea or in rivers. [Written also floatage.]
- 2. The science of floating bodies.
- Flot"er*y (?), a. Wavy; flowing. [Obs.]
- Flot"ten (?), p. p. of Flote, v. t. Skimmed. [Obs.]
- 2. (Bootmaking) A tool used in crimping boot fronts.
- 2. To sprinkle with flour.
- Ps. xcii 7
- 7. To boast; to vaunt; to brag. Pope.
- 4. To develop; to make thrive; to expand. [Obs.]
- 2. Decoration; ornament; beauty.
- 4. A fanciful stroke of the pen or graver; a merely decorative figure.
- 2. To become liquid; to melt.
- 6. To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks.
- 8. To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.
- 2. To cover with varnish.
- 2. A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words.
- 4. Grain pulverized; meal; flour. [Obs.]
- 6. A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
- 8. pl. Menstrual discharges. Lev. xv. 24.
- 2. To come into the finest or fairest condition.
- 3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
- 4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.]
- 2. The act of adorning with flowers.
- Floyte (?), n. & v. A variant of Flute. [Obs.]
- Flu"ate (?), n. [Cf. F. fluate. See Fluor.] (Chem.) A fluoride. [Obs.]
- 2. Floating on the waves. [Obs.] Bacon.
- Fluc"tu*ate, v. t. To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion. [R.]
- Flu"ent, n. 1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.]
- Flue"y (?), a. [2d Flue.] Downy; fluffy. [R.]
- 3. An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.
- Flunk, v. t. To fail in; to shirk, as a task or duty. [Colloq. U.S.]
- 2. One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob.
- 2. Menstrual flux; catamenia; menses. [Obs.]
- 3. (Min.) See Fluorite.
- 2. A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind.
- 3. Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry.
- 4. The violent spasms of a dying whale.
- 2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
- 3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- 4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
- 4. To excite; to animate; to stir.
- 5. To cause to start, as a hunter a bird. Nares.
- 5. A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
- 6. [From F. or Sp. flux. Cf. Flux.] A hand of cards of the same suit.
- 4. (Card Playing) Consisting of cards of one suit.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) The red-backed shrike. See Flasher.
- 2. (Weaving) A surface formed of floating threads.
- 4. A long French breakfast roll. Simonds.
- 5. A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound.
- 2. To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc.
- 2. One who makes grooves or flutings.
- I. Watts.
- 2. To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion.
- The chirp and flutter of some single bird
- 2. Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder. Pope.
- 3. The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
- 2. To cause to become fluid; to fuse. Kirwan.
- 3. (Med.) To cause a discharge from; to purge.
- Flux"ile (?), a. [L. fluxilis, a., fluid.] Fluxible. [R.]
- Flux*il"i*ty (?), n. State of being fluxible.[Obs.]
- 2. The matter that flows. Wiseman.
- 3. Fusion; the running of metals into a fluid state.
- 5. A constantly varying indication.
- 2. Fluid matter. [Obs.] Drayton.
- 3. To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag.
- 2. To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.
- 3. To hunt with a hawk. [Obs.] Bacon.
- 3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.]
- 4. A parasite. [Obs.] Massinger.
- 7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
- 15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.
- 2. A kind of passenger boat formerly used on canals.
- 2. The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.
- 1. To beat; to maul. [Obs.]
- 2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. Shak.
- Foc`il*la"tion (?), n. Comfort; support. [Obs.]
- 3. A central point; a point of concentration.
- Matt. x. 36
- 2. An enemy in war; a hostile army.
- I. Watts
- Sir W. Scott
- 2. A state of mental confusion.
- Fog'ger (?), n. One who fogs; a pettifogger. [Obs.]
- Terence in English(1614)
- 2. Beclouded; dull; obscure; as, foggy ideas.
- Fo"gy*ism (?), n. The principles and conduct of a fogy. [Colloq.]
- Foil, v. t. [See 6th File.] To defile; to soil. [Obs.]
- 3. The track or trail of an animal.
- Foin"ing*ly (?), adv. With a push or thrust. [Obs.]
- 2. A trick or fraud; a swindle. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- Foist"ied (?), a. [See 2d Fust.] Fusty. [Obs.]
- Foist"i*ness (?), n. Fustiness; mustiness. [Obs.]
- 4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
- 3. A boundary; a limit. [Obs.] Creech.
- Fold, v. i. To confine sheep in a fold. [R.]
- Fol"de*rol` (?), n. Nonsense. [Colloq.]
- 2. (Agric.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc.
- 3. (Zoˆl.) Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as, a foliaceous coral.
- 2. (Arch.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch.
- 5. Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver.
- 2. The manner in which the young leaves are dispo&?;ed within the bud.
- 3. The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina.
- 2. The state of being beaten into foil. Johnson.
- 2. A sheet of paper once folded.
- 2. (Bot.) Foliose. [R.]
- 2. (Med.) Affecting the follicles; as, follicular pharyngitis.
- Fol"li*ful (?), a. Full of folly. [Obs.]
- Approve the best, and follow what I approve
- 4. To copy after; to take as an example.
- 5. To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.
- 2. A sweetheart; a beau. [Colloq.] A. Trollope.
- 2. Vocation; business; profession.
- 4. The result of a foolish action or enterprise.
- 2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.]
- 2. Excitation; instigation; encouragement.
- 2. Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent; over-affectionate.
- 5. Doted on; regarded with affection. [R.]
- 6. Trifling; valued by folly; trivial. [Obs.] Shak.
- Fond, v. t. To caress; to fondle. [Obs.]
- 2. A fool; a simpleton; a ninny. [Obs.] Chapman.
- 2. In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly.
- 2. A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing.
- Fool"-has`ty (?), a. Foolishly hasty. [R.]
- I am a very foolish fond old man.
- 3. Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible.
- 2. A foolish practice; an absurdity.
- 1 Cor. i. 18.
- 5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular.
- 10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail.
- 2. To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly. Shak.
- 2. To set on foot; to establish; to land. [Obs.]
- 3. To tread; as, to foot the green. Tickell.
- 5. To seize or strike with the talon. [Poet.] Shak.
- 6. To renew the foot of, as of a stocking. Shak.
- Foot"band` (?), n. A band of foot soldiers. [Obs.]
- 2. A board forming the foot of a bedstead.
- 3. A treadle.
- 2. Having a foothold; established.
- Foot"glove` (?), n. A kind of stocking. [Obs.]
- 3. Relative condition; state.
- 4. Tread; step; especially, measured tread.
- 7. A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
- 2. (Arch.) The plinth or base of a pillar.
- 2. An inclined plane under a hand printing press.
- 2. Poor; mean. [Prov. Eng.] C. Kingsley.
- 2. Folly; foolery.
- 2 Cor. xiii. 8.
- 2. Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as, foraminiferous mud.
- For*bathe", v. t. To bathe. [Obs.]
- 1 Kings xxii. 6.
- 2. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
- 3. To control one's self when provoked.
- 2. To treat with consideration or indulgence.
- 3. To cease from bearing. [Obs.]
- 4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.]
- 5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] L. Andrews.
- I know no spells, use no forbidden arts.
- For*black" (?), a. Very black. [Obs.]
- For*bruise" (?), v. t. To bruise sorely or exceedingly. [Obs.]
- I should have forced thee soon wish other arms.
- 10. To allow the force of; to value; to care for. [Obs.]
- I force not of such fooleries.
- 3. To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter.
- Force"ment (?), n. The act of forcing; compulsion. [Obs.]
- Lowth (Transl. )
- 2. Violent; impetuous.
- 2. A stream; a current.
- 2. To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust. M. Arnold.
- 2. Formerly; previously; afore. [Obs. or Colloq.]
- 3. (Naut.) In or towards the bows of a ship.
- I have a sort of foreboding about him.
- Fore*bode", n. Prognostication; presage. [Obs.]
- 2. To foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for.
- Fore`dis*pose" (?), v. t. To bestow beforehand. [R.]
- Fore`fence" (?), n. Defense in front. [Obs.]
- I. Taylor.
- Fore*flow" (?), v. t. To flow before. [Obs.]
- 2 Sam. xi. 15.
- Fore*guess" (?), v. t. To conjecture. [Obs.]
- 2. The chief or most important part. Shak.
- 3. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
- 3. Formed in the forehand or fore parts.
- 2. The aspect or countenance; assurance.
- 3. The front or fore part of anything.
- Fore*hend" (?), v. t. See Forhend. [Obs.]
- 4. Held at a distance; excluded; exiled. [Obs.]
- 2. To waylay. See Forlay. [Obs.]
- Fore*lend" (?), v. t. See Forlend. [Obs.]
- Fore*lie" (?), v. i. To lie in front of. [Obs.]
- Fore*lift" (?), v. t. To lift up in front. [Obs.]
- Fore"-night` (?), n. The evening between twilight and bedtime. [Scot.]
- Fo*ren"sal (?), a. Forensic. [R.]
- 2. Preoccupied; prepossessed; preÎngaged. [Obs.]
- Fore"right`, adv. Right forward; onward. [Obs.]
- 2. A predecessor; an ancestor. [Obs.] Shak.
- 3. (Naut.) A piece of rag terminating the log line.
- 2. To provide. [Obs.]
- Fore*see", v. i. To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.]
- Fore"ship` (?), n. The fore part of a ship. [Obs.]
- 2. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.
- 2. The outside or external covering. Spenser.
- 4. (Gun.) Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a.
- Fore"sight`ful (?), a. Foresighted. [Obs.]
- Fore*speak", v. t. To foretell; to predict. [Obs.]
- 3. To deprive; -- with of. [R.]
- 2. An inhabitant of a forest. Wordsworth.
- 3. A forest tree. [R.] Evelyn.
- 2. To taste before another. "Foretasted fruit." Milton.
- Fore*teach" (?), v. t. To teach beforehand. [Obs.]
- C. Middleton.
- 2. To contrive (something) beforehend. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
- Fore*think", v. i. To contrive beforehand. [Obs.]
- I. Taylor.
- Fore"thought`ful (?), a. Having forethought. [R.]
- 2. That part of a headdress that is in front; the top of a periwig.
- 3. (Naut.) The platform at the head of the foremast.
- 2. At all times; always.
- Forever and ever, an emphatic "forever."
- Fore"ward` (fr"wrd`), n. The van; the front. [Obs.]
- 2. Foresight; prudence.
- Fore*worn" (?), a. [See Forworn.] Worn out; wasted; used up. [Archaic]
- For"fal*ture (?), n. Forfeiture. [Obs.]
- 2. To fail to keep an obligation. [Obs.]
- I will have the heart of him if he forfeit.
- 2. That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.
- 2. To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent.
- 3. To coin. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3. That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited.
- 2. To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect.
- 2. Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive.
- 2. The act of counterfeiting.
- I as free forgive you, as I would be fforgiven.
- 2. Disposition to pardon; willingness to forgive.
- For*hend" (?), v. t. To seize upon. [Obs.]
- 5. The gibbet. [Obs.] Bp. Butler.
- 2. Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal.
- For*lend" (?), v. t. To give up wholly. [Obs.]
- For*lore" (?), imp. pl. & p. p. of Forlese. [Obs.]
- 2. A forlorn hope; a vanguard. [Obs.]
- For*lye" (?), v. i. Same as Forlie. [Obs.]
- 6. A shape; an image; a phantom.
- 7. That by which shape is given or determined; mold; pattern; model.
- 9. The seat or bed of a hare.
- 4. To provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9.
- 2. To run to a form, as a hare. B. Jonson.
- 6. Dependent in form; conventional.
- 7. Sound; normal. [Obs.]
- 2. Form without substance.
- C. Middleton.
- 6. That which is formal; the formal part.
- 7. The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence.
- 2. To render formal.
- 3. A substance formed or deposited.
- 3. Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned.
- 2. Prescribed form or model; formula.
- 2. (Bot.) Arching over; overarched. Gray.
- 2. (Script.) (a) Adultery. (b) Incest. (c) Idolatry.
- For*old" (?), a. Very old. [Obs.]
- 2. To renounce; to reject; to refuse.
- 2. To bewitch. [Obs.] Drayton.
- I . . . do forswear her.
- 2. To deny upon oath.
- For*sworn"ness, n. State of being forsworn. [R.]
- 3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
- I have no mind of feasting forth to- night.
- 4. Throughly; from beginning to end. [Obs.] Shak.
- Forth, prep. Forth from; out of. [Archaic]
- Forth"right`, n. A straight path. [Archaic]
- Fort"in (?), n. [F. See Fort, n.] A little fort; a fortlet. [Obs.]
- For*tread" (?), v. t. To tread down; to trample upon. [Obs.]
- 2. To provide with a fortune. Richardson.
- 3. To presage; to tell the fortune of. [Obs.] Dryden.
- 2. A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.
- I have known men disagreeably forward from their shyness.
- 3. (Bookbinding) One employed in forwarding.
- 3. Boldness; confidence; assurance; want of due reserve or modesty.
- For*weep" (?), v. i. To weep much. [Obs.]
- For*worn" (?), a. Much worn. [Obs.]
- For*wrap" (?), v. t. To wrap up; to conceal. [Obs.]
- 2. (Anat.) See Fossa.
- 2. (Med.) A small, deep-centered ulcer of the transparent cornea.
- Fos"sil, n. 1. A substance dug from the earth. [Obs.]
- 2. The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions.
- Fos"ter*ment (?), n. Food; nourishment. [Obs.]
- 2. See Fodder, a unit of weight.
- Fought"en (?), p. p. of Fight. [Archaic]
- 4. Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.
- 5. Ugly; homely; poor. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. (Baseball) See Foul ball, under Foul, a.
- I foully wronged him; do forgive me, do.
- I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble, founded as the rock.
- 2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
- 3. To fail; to miscarry. "All his tricks founder." Shak.
- 2. The buildings and works for casting metals.
- 2. A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
- 2 Sam. xii. 6.
- 2. Requiring four "hands" or players; as, a fourhanded game at cards.
- 2. A symbol representing fourteen, as 14 or xiv.
- 2. (Mus.) The octave of the seventh.
- 2. Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided.
- Four"-wheel`er (?), n. A vehicle having four wheels. [Colloq.]
- Fou"tra (?), n. [See Fouter.] A fig; -- a word of contempt. [Obs.]
- 2. (Zoˆl.) The European dragonet.
- 4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.]
- I drank . . . so much wine that I was almost foxed.
- 2. To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
- 2. Repaired by foxing; as, foxed boots.
- 3. A coarse and sour taste in grapes.
- Fox"ish, a. Foxlike. [Obs.]
- 3. (Metal.) The last cinders obtained in the fining process. Raymond.
- 3. Having the odor of a fox; rank; strong smeelling.
- 2. A feast given by one about to leave a place. [Obs.]
- Fo"zy (?), a. Spongy; soft; fat and puffy. [Scot.]
- Fra (fr), adv. & prep. [OE.] Fro. [Old Eng. & Scot.]
- Frab (?), v. i. & t. To scold; to nag. [Prov. Eng.]
- Frab"bit (?), a. Crabbed; peevish. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A portion; a fragment.
- Frac"tion*a*ry (?), a. Fractional. [Obs.]
- 2. (Surg.) The breaking of a bone.
- 2. Weakness; feebleness.
- 3. Liability to error and sin; frailty. [Obs.]
- 2. (Geol.) Composed of the fragments of other rocks.
- 3. A rush for weaving baskets. Johnson.
- 2. Tender. [Obs.]
- 2. A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.
- Frak"en (?), n. A freckle. [Obs.]
- I. Watts.
- I. Taylor.
- 4. To cause; to bring about; to produce. [Obs.]
- 5. To support. [Obs. & R.]
- 6. To provide with a frame, as a picture.
- 2. To proceed; to go. [Obs.]
- 7. Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming. [Obs.]
- 2. Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom.
- 2. (Arch. & Engin.) A framework, or a sy&?; of frames.
- 2. A species of pastry, containing cream and almonds.
- Frank (?), n. [OF. franc.] A pigsty. [Obs.]
- 3. Liberal; generous; profuse. [Obs.]
- 4. Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense. Spenser.
- 3. A French coin. See Franc.
- 2. To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum. Knoght.
- Frap"ler (?), n. A blusterer; a rowdy. [Obs.]
- 3. Men of the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes.
- 3. A trap or snare. [Obs.]
- 3. Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest. Milton.
- I. Taylor.
- 2. Any small spot or discoloration.
- 6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.
- 11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy.
- Free (?), adv. 1. Freely; willingly. [Obs.]
- I as free forgive you As I would be forgiven.
- 2. Without charge; as, children admitted free.
- 3. To frank. [Obs.] Johnson.
- Free"boot`y (?), n. Freebootery. [Obs.]
- Free"-den`i*zen (?), v. t. To make free. [R.]
- 2. Privileges; franchises; immunities.
- 4. Ease; facility; as, he speaks or acts with freedom.
- 5. Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
- I emboldened spake and freedom used.
- 6. Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.
- 7. Generosity; liberality. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- Freeze (?), n. (Arch.) A frieze. [Obs.]
- To freeze up (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor. [Colloq.]
- 3. Freight transportation, or freight line.
- 2. The transportation of freight.
- 3. Freight; cargo; lading. Milton.
- 2. One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
- 3. One for whom freight is transported.
- 4. A vessel used mainly to carry freight.
- 2. Collectively, the people of France.
- 2. (Anat.) Same as FrÊnum.
- Fren"zy, a. Mad; frantic. [R.]
- 2. Frequency; abundance. [R.] Bp. Hall.
- 2. A crowd; a throng. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- 3. Full; crowded; thronged. [Obs.]
- 4. Often or commonly reported. [Obs.]
- 2. To make full; to fill. [Obs.]
- 2. New; original; additional. "Fear of fresh mistakes." Sir W. Scott.
- 4. Youthful; florid; as, these fresh nymphs. Shak.
- 2. A flood; a freshet. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- 2. To refresh; to revive. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2. To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.
- Fresh"ment (?), n. Refreshment. [Obs.]
- 3. Unskilled; raw. [Colloq.] "Fresh- water soldiers." Knolles.
- 3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
- 5. To tease; to irritate; to vex.
- 2. To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
- 3. Herpes; tetter. Dunglison.
- Fret"ted (?), p. p. & a. [From 2d Fret.]
- 1. Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
- 2. Agitated; vexed; worried.
- 2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
- 3. (Zoˆl.) An American fish; the silversides.
- 2. The institution or practices of friars. Fuller.
- 2. To totter. [Obs.]
- 2. An unguent; also, the act of rubbing with the unguent.
- Fric"kle (?), n. A bushel basket. [Obs.]
- 5. A paramour of either sex. [Obs.] Shak.
- Friend"ed, a. 1. Having friends; [Obs.]
- 2. Inclined to love; well-disposed. [Obs.] Shak.
- 3. Not hostile; as, a friendly power or state.
- 2. Kindly aid; help; assistance, [Obs.]
- Fries"ish, a. Friesic. [R.]
- 2. Any small vessel on the water. [Obs.] Spenser.
- Fright"ful (?), a. 1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. [Obs.]
- Fright"less, a. Free from fright; fearless. [Obs.]
- Fright"ment (?), n. Fear; terror. [Obs.]
- 3. Want of heat or vigor; as, the frigidity of old age.
- 2. (Photog.) To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film.
- 3. A place where old clothes are sold. Shak.
- 4. The trade or traffic in old clothes.
- 2. (Ceramics) The material for glaze of pottery.
- 2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [Eng.] Carew.
- 2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
- 2. To break into small pieces or fragments.
- 2. To make a monk of. Cf. Unfrock.
- 5. The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.
- Frol"ic*ful (?), a. Frolicsome. [R.]
- Fron"dous (?), a. (Bot.) Frondose. [R.]
- 5. The most conspicuous part.
- 7. The beginning. "Summer's front." Shak.
- 2. To appear before; to meet.
- 2. (Arch.) A little pediment over a door or window.
- 4. (Med.) A medicament or application for the forehead. [Obs.] Quincy.
- 2. (Fort.) An outwork. [Obs.]
- 2. Of or relating to a frontier. "Frontier experience." W. Irving.
- Fron"tiered (?), p. a. Placed on the frontiers. [R.]
- 2. (Bot.) A grape of many varieties and colors.
- Front"less*ly, adv. Shamelessly; impudently. [Obs.]
- 2. A frown (likened to a frontlet). [R. & Poetic]
- Frore (?), adv. [See Frorn.] Frostily. [Obs.]
- 2. Covered with a froth like hoarfrost. [Archaic]
- 3. Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.
- 4. Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character. [R.]
- 2. Covered with frost; as, the grass is frosty.
- 3. Chill in affection; without warmth of affection or courage. Johnson.
- 3. Light, unsubstantial matter. Tusser.
- 2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
- 3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.
- 2. Not firm or solid; soft; unstable. Bacon.
- 2. A dirty woman; a slattern. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- Frown"y (?), a. Frowning; scowling. [Obs.]
- 3. Cold-hearted; unsympathetic; unyielding. [R.]
- Fruc"tu*a`tion (-"shn), n. Produce; fruit. [R.]
- 2. A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise.
- 2. Product or result of any action; effect, good or ill.
- 1. Fruit, taken collectively; fruitage. J. Philips.
- 2. A repository for fruit. Johnson.
- Fruit"es*tere (?), n. A fruiteress. [Obs.]
- Frump"ish, a. 1. Cross-tempered; scornful. [Obs.]
- 2. Old-fashioned, as a woman's dress.
- I like thine armor well; I'll frush it and unlock the rivets all.
- 2. (Arch.) One of the drums of the shaft of a column.
- 2. A confection of fruit. [Obs.] Nares.
- Fru"ti*cous (?), a. (Bot.) Fruticose. [R.]
- 2. To simmer; to boil. [Obs.]
- Dryden
- 4. To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [Obs.]
- 2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloq.]
- 1. (Zoˆl.) The young of any fish.
- 2. Woolen waste, for mixing with mungo and shoddy.
- I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders.
- Fud"dle, v. i. To drink to excess. [Colloq.]
- 2. To foist; to interpolate.
- 2. Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement.
- Fu"el, v. t. 1. To feed with fuel. [Obs.]
- 2. To store or furnish with fuel or firing. [Obs.]
- Fuff"y, a. Light; puffy. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S.]
- Fu*ga"cious*ness, n. Fugacity. [Obs.]
- 2. Uncertainty; instability. Johnson.
- Richardson
- 2. Something hard to be caught or detained.
- Fu"gle (?), v. i. To maneuver; to move hither and thither. [Colloq.]
- 2. Hence, one who leads the way. [Jocose]
- 2. Furnished with fulcrums.
- 1. A prop or support.
- Ful*fill"ment (?), n. [Written also fulfilment.]
- 2. Execution; performance; as, the fulfillment of a promise.
- Ful"gu*ry (?), n. [L. fulgur.] Lightning. [Obs.]
- 2. Pertaining to smoke; resembling smoke.
- 4. Sated; surfeited.
- I am full of the burnt offerings of rams.
- 7. Filled with emotions.
- 8. Impregnated; made pregnant. [Obs.]
- 2. Of pure blood; thoroughbred; as, a full-blooded horse.
- 2. Fully distended with wind, as a sail. Dryden.
- 2. (Naut.) Of great capacity below the water line.
- Full`-drive" (?), adv. With full speed. [Colloq.]
- 2. Ready for flight; eager. [Archaic] Beau. & Fl.
- 2. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures.
- 2. The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
- Ful*sam"ic (?), a. [See Fulsome.] Fulsome. [Obs.]
- Fum (?), v. i. To play upon a fiddle. [Obs.]
- Fu"ma*to*ry (?), n. See Fumitory. [Obs.]
- 3. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
- I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers.
- 4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
- 2. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
- 3. To pass off in fumes or vapors.
- 4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
- 2. To praise inordinately; to flatter.
- 3. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
- 2. One who makes or uses perfumes. [Obs.]
- Fu"me*tere" (?), n. Fumitory. [Obs.]
- 2. To smoke; to perfume. Dryden.
- Fum`iga"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. fumigation.]
- 2. Vapor raised in the process of fumigating.
- Fu"mi*ter` (?), n. (Bot.) Fumitory. [Obs.]
- 2. Producing fumes; full of fumes.
- 2. Narrow, like the walk of a ropedancer.
- Func"tion*al*ize (?), v. t. To assign to some function or office. [R.]
- 2. To place in a fund, as money.
- 2. Invested in public funds; as, funded money.
- 2. Investing in the public funds.
- Fu*ne"bri*ous (?), a. Funebrial. [Obs.]
- 3. A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural. [Obs.]
- 2. Growing suddenly, but not substantial or durable.
- 2. (Bot.) The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta.
- Fu*nic"u*lar (?), a. [Cf. F. funiculaire.]
- 1. Consisting of a small cord or fiber.
- 2. Dependent on the tension of a cord.
- To funk out, to back out in a cowardly fashion. [Colloq.]
- 2. To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.
- 2 Tim. iii. 17,
- M. Arnold.
- 2. The business of a furrier; trade in furs.
- 2. (Shipbuilding) Double planking of a ship's side.
- 2. To mark with channels or with wrinkles.
- 2. Consisting of fur; as, furry spoils. Dryden.
- 3. Resembling fur.
- M. Arnold.
- I should nothing further the weal public.
- Fu"ry (?), n. [L. fur.] A thief. [Obs.]
- I do oppose my patience to his fury.
- 4. One of the ParcÊ, or Fates, esp. Atropos. [R.]
- 2. To unite or blend, as if melted together.
- 2. To be blended, as if melted together.
- 2. A fuse. See Fuse, n.
- 3. A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar.
- 2. Running or flowing, as a liquid. [R.] "A fusil sea." J. Philips.
- 3. The union or blending together of things, as, melted together.
- C. Kingsley.
- Zealously, assiduously, and with a minimum of fuss or noise
- 2. One who is unduly anxious about trifles. [R.]
- I am a fuss and I don't deny it.
- Fust, v. i. To become moldy; to smell ill. [Obs.]
- 2. Moping. [Archaic]
- 1. Talkative; loquacious; tattling. [Obs.]
- Fu"til*ous (?), a. Futile; trifling. [Obs.]
- Fu"ture (?), n. [Cf. F. futur. See Future, a.]
- 3. (Gram.) A future tense.
- 1. State of being that is yet to come; future state.
- 2. Future time; time to come; the future.
- 3. Event to come; a future event.
- Fytte (?), n. See Fit a song. [Archaic]
- G.
- Gift of gab, facility of expression. [Colloq.]
- 2. To talk idly; to prate; to chatter. Holinshed.
- Gab"ar*age (?), n. A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods. [Obs.]
- Gab"ber (?), n. 1. A liar; a deceiver. [Obs.]
- 2. One addicted to idle talk.
- 2. Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered; as of fowls.
- 3. A sharp-pointed rod; a goad.
- 4. A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling. Fairholt.
- 5. A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel. [Obs.]
- Gad"a*bout` (?), n. A gadder [Colloq.]
- Gad"ling, a. [See Gad, v. i.] Gadding about. [Obs.]
- 3. Same as Gaffle, 1. Wright.
- 2. A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A lever to bend crossbows.
- 2. To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
- 3. To cause to heave with nausea.
- 2. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
- Gag"tooth` (?), n.; pl. Gagteeth (&?;). A projecting tooth. [Obs.]
- Gag"-toothed" (?), a. Having gagteeth. [Obs.]
- 1 Tim. vi. 6.
- Gain"giv`ing (?), n. [See Again, and Give.] A misgiving. [Obs.]
- 2. Prepossessing; well-favored. [Obs.] Massinger.
- 2. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
- 2. A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle.
- 2. Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way.
- 2. A splendid assemblage of persons or things.
- 2. A moderate current of air; a breeze.
- 3. A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity.
- 2. (Surg.) A kind of bandage for the head.
- 3. (Pathol.) Headache extending all over the head.
- 1. (Med.) A remedy or antidote for poison; theriaca. [Obs.] Parr.
- 2. The gall bladder.
- 3. Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor.
- 4. Impudence; brazen assurance. [Slang]
- I am loth to gall a new-healed wound.
- 2. To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm.
- 1. Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well- dressed.
- 2. One fond of paying attention to ladies.
- 2. Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry.
- 4. Gallant persons, collectively. [R.]
- 6. (Mining) A working drift or level.
- Gal"liard, n. A brisk, gay man. [Obs.]
- 2. Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch.
- 2. A similar bordering or binding of rich material, such as gold lace.
- 2. To ride a horse at a gallop.
- 3. Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
- 2. A kind of dance; also, music to the dance; a galop.
- 2. To perform the dance called gallopade.
- 2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] Shak.
- 3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
- 4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.]
- 2. Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather.
- 2. To plate, as with gold, silver, etc., by means of electricity.
- 4. To coat, as iron, with zinc. See Galvanized iron.
- 2. To play at any sport or diversion.
- 3. A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obs.] Shak.
- L. Oliphant.
- 2. An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloq.]
- 2. To impose on; to hoax; to cajole. [Colloq.] Hood.
- 4. (Naut.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.
- Gan"gre*nate (?), v. t. To gangrene. [Obs.]
- Gant"lope` (?), n. See Gantlet. [Obs.]
- 2. To make an opening in; to breach.
- 2. To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus.
- Gapes"ing (? or ?), n. Act of gazing about; sightseeing. [Prov. Eng.]
- I was to be a gapingstock and a scorn to the young volunteers.
- 2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.
- Gar"den*ship, n. Horticulture. [Obs.]
- 4. (Bot.) See Poke.
- 2. To warble; to sing as if gargling [Obs.] Waller.
- 2. Gay to extravagance; flighty.
- 1. The crown of a king. [Obs.] Graffon.
- 3. The top; the thing most prized. Shak.
- 4. A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
- 2. A kind of jig or farce. [Obs.] Taylor (1630).
- 3. To furnish; to supply.
- 4. To fit with fetters. [Cant] Johnson.
- 3. Fetters. [Cant]
- 3. A fee. See Garnish, n., 4.
- Gar"ron (?), n. Same as Garran. [Scot.]
- 3. (Her.) Same as Bendlet.
- 2. To invest with the Order of the Garter. T. Warton.
- 2. A dam or weir for catching fish.
- Garth, n. [Girth.] A hoop or band. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. Packing of hemp. Simmonds.
- 3. A horse's thighs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
- 2. A gas jet or burner.
- 2. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
- Gas"per*eau (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The alewife. [Local, Canada]
- 2. Boasting; insincere or empty talk. [Slang]
- Gast"ness (?), n. See Ghastness. [Obs.]
- Gas*tril"o*quous (?), a. Ventriloquous. [R.]
- Gat (gt), imp. of Get. [Obs.]
- 2. Manner; gait. [O. Eng. & Scot.]
- 2. A post against which a gate closes; -- called also shutting post.
- 6. To gain; to win. [Obs.]
- 8. (Naut.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope.
- 2. To grow larger by accretion; to increase.
- 4. To collect or bring things together.
- 2. (Sewing Machine) An attachment for making gathers in the cloth.
- 2. Deceit; fraud; artifice; device. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- Gaud"ful (?), a. Joyful; showy. [Obs.]
- Gaud"less, a. Destitute of ornament. [R.]
- 2. Gay; merry; festal. Tennyson.
- 1. To measure or determine with a gauge.
- I. Taylor.
- 2. Measure; dimensions; estimate.
- 6. The distance between the rails of a railway.
- 2. A native or inhabitant of Gaul.
- Gaul"ish (?), a. Pertaining to ancient France, or Gaul; Gallic. [R.]
- 2. A long glove, covering the wrist.
- 3. (Naut.) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
- 2. A mason's setting maul. Knight.
- 2. An iron crow or lever. [Scot. & North of Eng.]
- Gaw"by (g"b), n. A baby; a dunce. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A simpleton; a booby; a gawky. Carlyle.
- 2. Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed.
- 3. Loose; dissipated; lewd. [Colloq.]
- 2. Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress.
- Gayne (?), v. i. [See Gain.] To avail. [Obs.]
- Gay"ness (?), n. Gayety; finery. [R.]
- Gaze, v. t. To view with attention; to gaze on. [R.]
- 2. The object gazed on.
- Ga"zel (?), n. The black currant; also, the wild plum. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A newspaper; a gazette. [Obs.] Burke.
- 4. An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.
- 2. Goods; property; household stuff. Chaucer.
- 4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
- 5. Warlike accouterments. [Scot.] Jamieson.
- 6. Manner; custom; behavior. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 7. Business matters; affairs; concern. [Obs.]
- 9. pl. (Naut.) See 1st Jeer (b).
- 2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing.
- 2. An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull. [Obs.]
- Geck, v. t. [Cf. OD. ghecken, G. gecken. See Geck, n.]
- 1. To deride; to scorn; to mock. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. To cheat; trick, or gull. [Obs.] Johnson.
- 2. (Photog.) To coat, or otherwise treat, with gelatin.
- 2. To deprive of anything essential.
- 2. (Med.) The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial fevers, etc.
- Gelt (?), n. [See 1st Geld.] Trubute, tax. [Obs.]
- 2. To adorn with gems or precious stones.
- Gem*ma"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. gemmation.]
- Gem"my (?), a. [From Gem, n.]
- 1. Full of gems; bright; glittering like a gem.
- 2. Spruce; smart. [Colloq. Eng.]
- 2. A suffix meaning produced, generated; as, exogen.
- 2. An armed policeman in France. Thackeray.
- 1. Kind; sort. [Obs.] "One gender of herbs." Shak.
- 2. Sex, male or female. [Obs. or Colloq.]
- 6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.
- 7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or method.
- Gen"er*al (?), n. [F. gÈnÈral. See General., a.]
- 5. The public; the people; the vulgar. [Obs.] Shak.
- Coleridge
- Gen`er*al*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. gÈnÈralisation.]
- 2. A general inference.
- 3. Collectively; as a whole; without omissions. [Obs.]
- I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee.
- 2 Sam. xvii. ll.
- 2. Military skill in a general officer or commander.
- 3. Fig.: Leadership; management.
- 2. (Geom.) A generatrix.
- 2. To cause to be; to bring into life. Milton.
- 3. That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspiring.
- 5. Race; kind; family; breed; stock.
- 2. The quality of being noble; noble- mindedness.
- 3. Liberality in giving; munificence.
- 1. Of honorable birth or origin; highborn. [Obs.]
- 3. (Geom.) Same as Generation.
- 2. One skilled in genethliacs.
- 2. A supported of Genevanism.
- 4. Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature. [R.]
- Gen"ial*ly (?), adv. 1. By genius or nature; naturally. [Obs.]
- 2. Gayly; cheerfully. Johnson.
- Ge*nic`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. geniculatio a kneeling.]
- 1. The act of kneeling. [R.] Bp. Hall.
- 2. The state of being bent abruptly at an angle.
- 2. pl. The genitals. [Obs.] Holland.
- 1. (Anc. Armor) A metal plate covering the knee.
- 1. Gentle; noble; of gentle birth. [Obs.]
- 2. Neat; pretty; fine; elegant. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2. (Gram.) Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective.
- Gen"til*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. gentilisme.]
- 1. Hethenism; paganism; the worship of false gods.
- 2. Tribal feeling; devotion to one's gens.
- 1. Peculiar to a people; national. Sir T. Browne.
- 2. Hereditary; entailed on a family. Arbuthnot.
- 1. Good extraction; dignity of birth. Macaulay.
- 4. Paganism; heathenism. [Obs.] Hooker.
- Gen"til*ize (?), v. i. [See Gentile.]
- 1. To live like a gentile or heathen. [Obs.] Milton.
- 2. To act the gentleman; -- with it (see It, 5). [Obs.]
- Gen"tle, n. 1. One well born; a gentleman. [Obs.]
- 2. A trained falcon. See Falcon- gentil.
- 3. (Zoˆl.) A dipterous larva used as fish bait.
- 2. To make smooth, cozy, or agreeable. [R. or Poet.]
- 3. To make kind and docile, as a horse. [Colloq.]
- 2. One of gentle or refined manners; a well- bred man.
- 3. (Her.) One who bears arms, but has no title.
- 4. The servant of a man of rank.
- Gent"lesse (?), n. Gentilesse; gentleness. [Obs.]
- 2. A woman who attends a lady of high rank. Shak.
- 3. Courtesy; civility; complaisance. [Obs.]
- 2. Circling the earth periodically.
- 2. A treatise on this science.
- 2. A treatise on the science.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) Any species of geometrid moth; a geometrid.
- Ge*om"e*tral (?), a. [Cf. F. gÈomÈtral.] Pertaining to geometry. [Obs.]
- 2. A treatise on this science.
- 2. A kind of brown loaf. [Obs.] Dryden.
- 2. (Floriculture) A cultivated pelargonium.
- Ger"land (?), Ger"lond, n. A garland. [Obs.]
- 2. The German language.
- 2. Teutonic. [A loose sense]
- Ges"ling (?), n. A gosling. [Prov. Eng.]
- Gest (?), n. [OF. geste exploit. See Jest.]
- 4. Gesture; bearing; deportment. [Archaic]
- Gest (?), n. [Cf. Gist a resting place.]
- 1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). [Obs.]
- 1. Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy.
- 2. Capable of being carried or worn. [Obs. or R.]
- Geste (?), v. i. To tell stories or gests. [Obs.]
- Ges"tic (?), a. [See Gest a deed, Gesture.]
- 1. Pertaining to deeds or feats of arms; legendary.
- 3. Antic tricks or motions. B. Jonson.
- 2. Artifice; contrivance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3. To beget; to procreate; to generate.
- I had rather to adopt a child than get it.
- 5. To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.
- 7. To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.
- Get"ta*ble (?), a. That may be obtained. [R.]
- 2. That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.
- 2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
- 1. A pass through a mountain. [India] J. D. Hooker.
- 2. A range of mountains. Balfour (Cyc. of Ind. ).
- 1. (Bot.) A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) See Sea gherkin.
- Ghess (?), v. t. & i. See Guess. [Obs.]
- I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell.
- 1. The spirit; the soul of man. [Obs.]
- I thought that I had died in sleep, And was a blessed ghost.
- Jacob . . . yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people
- Ghost"less, a. Without life or spirit. [R.]
- Book of Common Prayer [Ch. of Eng. ]
- 2. Of or pertaining to apparitions. Akenside.
- Ghost*ol"o*gy (?), n. Ghost lore. [R.]
- 1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.
- 3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power.
- His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen
- Gib"bet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbeted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbeting.]
- 1. To hang and expose on a gibbet.
- 2. To expose to infamy; to blacken.
- Gib"bous (?), a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See Gibbose.]
- 2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
- Gid"dy, v. t. To make dizzy or unsteady. [Obs.]
- Gif (?), conj. [AS. See If.] If. [Obs.]
- 3. A bribe; anything given to corrupt.
- I. Taylor.
- Gig (jg or gg), n. [Cf. OF. gigue. See Jig, n.] A fiddle. [Obs.]
- 1. A leg of mutton.
- 2. A small piece of flesh; a slice. [Obs.]
- 2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.
- 4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.]
- 2. Gold in leaf, powder, or liquid, for application to any surface.
- 4. The flesh under or about the chin. Swift.
- 3. Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
- Gil"our (?), n. [OF.] A guiler; deceiver. [Obs.]
- 2. Money. [Obs.] "The gilt of France." Shak.
- Gim (?), a. [Cf. Gimp, a.] Neat; spruce. [Prov.]
- 2. A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer. [Obs.]
- Gin (?), n. [A contraction of engine.]
- 1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. Chaucer. Spenser.
- 3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.
- 2. To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.
- Ging (?), n. Same as Gang, n., 2. [Obs.]
- Gir"an*dole (?), n. [F. See Gyrate.]
- 1. An ornamental branched candlestick.
- 2. A flower stand, fountain, or the like, of branching form.
- 3. (Pyrotechny) A kind of revolving firework.
- 4. (Fort.) A series of chambers in defensive mines. Farrow.
- 1. (Bot.) See Heliotrope. [Obs.]
- Gird (grd), n. [See Yard a measure.]
- 1. A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
- 2. A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
- I thank thee for that gird, good Tranio.
- Gird, v. t. [See Gird, n., and cf. Girde, v.]
- 1. To strike; to smite. [Obs.]
- 2. To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
- 3. To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
- 4. To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
- I girded thee about with fine linen.
- 1 Kings xx. 11.
- 1 Kings xviii. 46.
- 1 Pet. i. 13.
- Gird"er, n. [From Gird to encircle.]
- 1. One who, or that which, girds.
- Gir"dle (?), n. A griddle. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
- 2. The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] Bacon.
- 4. (Mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone. Raymond.
- 5. (Zoˆl.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
- 2. To inclose; to environ; to shut in.
- 2. A maker of girdles.
- Gir"dle*stead (?), n. [Girdle + stead place.]
- 1. That part of the body where the girdle is worn. [Obs.]
- 2. The lap. [R.]
- 1. A young person of either sex; a child. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden.
- 3. A female servant; a maidservant. [U. S.]
- 4. (Zoˆl.) A roebuck two years old. [Prov. Eng.]
- Girn (?), v. i. [See Grin, n.] To grin. [Obs.]
- 3. A small horizontal brace or girder.
- Gise (?), v. t. [See Agist.] To feed or pasture. [Obs.]
- Gite (?), n. A gown. [Obs.]
- 9. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
- I give not heaven for lost.
- 10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
- I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover.
- 12. To pledge; as, to give one's word.
- I fear our ears have given us the bag.
- 3. To become soft or moist. [Obs.] Bacon .
- 4. To move; to recede.
- 5. To shed tears; to weep. [Obs.]
- 6. To have a misgiving. [Obs.]
- 7. To open; to lead. [A Gallicism]
- 3. Stated; fixed; as, in a given time.
- 2. A gift; a benefaction. [R.] Pope.
- Glab"ri*ty (?), n. [L. glabritas.] Smoothness; baldness. [R.]
- 2. That which is formed by freezing; ice.
- 2. An everglade. [Local, U. S.]
- 2. One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy.
- Glad"i*a*to*ry (?), a. [L. gladiatorius.] Gladiatorial. [R.]
- Glad"ly (?), adv. [From Glad, a.]
- 1. Preferably; by choice. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly.
- 2. Any viscous, transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg.
- 3. A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.
- 2. A sword; -- used poetically and loosely.
- 2. Witchcraft; magic; a spell. Tennyson.
- Glam"ou*rie (?), n. Glamour. [Scot.]
- 1. A sudden flash of light or splendor.
- 3. An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
- 2. To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly. [Obs.]
- 4. (Mach.) The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.
- 2. (Bot.) The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits. Gray.
- 3. (Med.) (a) Goiter. (b) A pessary. [Obs.]
- 1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
- 2. A fierce, piercing look or stare.
- 3. A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.
- 4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U. S. ]
- 2. To case in glass. [R.] Shak.
- 3. To cover or furnish with glass; to glaze. Boyle.
- Glass"en (?), a. Glassy; glazed. [Obs.]
- Glas"ynge (?), n. Glazing or glass. [Obs.]
- 2. To flatter; to wheedle. [Obs.]
- 1. To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a case, etc.) with glass.
- 3. A glazing oven. See Glost oven.
- 2. The glass set, or to be set, in a sash, frame. etc.
- Glead (?), n. A live coal. See Gleed. [Archaic]
- 1. A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.
- 2. Brightness; splendor.
- 2. To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
- 2. To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
- 3. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.
- 2. To pick up or gather anything by degrees.
- 2. One who gathers slowly with labor. Locke.
- 2. Turf; soil; ground; sod.
- Gle*bos"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being glebous. [R.]
- Glede, n. [See Gleed.] A live coal. [Archaic]
- 1. A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. [Obs.]
- 2. [Cf. Glicke] An enticing look or glance. [Obs.]
- Gleek, n. [OF. glic, G. gl¸ck, fortune. See Luck.]
- 2. To flow slowly, as water. Cheyne.
- Glew (?), n. See Glue. [Obs.]
- 1. Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib. [Obs.]
- I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not.
- Glib"ber*y (?), a. 1. Slippery; changeable. [Obs.]
- 2. Moving easily; nimble; voluble. [Obs.]
- 2. (Phon.) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
- 2. A moment: as, for a gliff. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
- Glike (?), n. [See Gleek a jest.] A sneer; a flout. [Obs.]
- Glim (?), n. 1. Brightness; splendor. [Obs.]
- 2. A light or candle. [Slang] Dickens.
- Douse the glim, put out the light. [Slang]
- 2. Mica. See Mica. Woodsward.
- 2. A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.
- Glimpse (?), n. [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]
- 1. A sudden flash; transient luster.
- 3. A faint idea; an inkling.
- Gloam (?), v. i. [See Gloom, Glum.]
- 1. To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.
- 2. To be sullen or morose. [Obs.]
- 2. Sullenness; melancholy. [Obs.] J. Still.
- 3. A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.
- Glome (?), n. Gloom. [Obs.]
- Glom`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. glomeratio.]
- 2. That which is formed into a ball; a ball. Bacon.
- Glom"er*ule (?), n. [Dim. fr. L. glomus ball.]
- 2. (Anat.) A glomerulus.
- 1. Same as Nitroglycerin; -- called also oil of glonoin. [Obs.]
- 2. (Med.) A dilute solution of nitroglycerin used as a neurotic.
- 2. A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.
- 4. In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.
- 2. To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
- 3. Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink. [Colloq.]
- I speak it not gloriously, nor out of affectation.
- 3. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
- 1. To exult with joy; to rejoice.
- 2. To boast; to be proud.
- Gal. vi. 14
- 2. A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.
- 3. A false or specious explanation. Dryden.
- 2. To make sly remarks, or insinuations. Prior.
- 2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.
- 2. A boxing glove.
- Glow, v. t. To make hot; to flush. [Poetic]
- Glow"bard (?), n. [See Globard.] The glowworm. [Obs.]
- 2. (Elect.) An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent, a.
- 1. To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly. Chaucer.
- 2. To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret. Shak.
- I. Taylor.
- 2. Specious show; gloss. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
- Glu`co*gen"e*sis (?), n. Glycogenesis. [R.]
- Glu"cose` (?), n. [Gr. &?; sweet. Cf. Glycerin.]
- I frighten people by my glun face.
- Glum"my (?), a. [See Gloom.] Dark; gloomy; dismal. [Obs.]
- C. Kingsley.
- Glut, n. 1. That which is swallowed. Milton
- 3. Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
- Glu"tin (?), n. [See Gluten.] (Chem.)
- 1. Same as Gliadin.
- 2. Sometimes synonymous with Gelatin. [R.]
- 1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
- 2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
- Glut"ton, v. t. & i. To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.]
- Glyp"tic (?), a. [See Glyph.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to gem engraving.
- 2. (Min.) Figured; marked as with figures.
- 2. To bite in agony or rage.
- 3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
- I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) A rodent.
- 3. (Zoˆl.) A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States.
- 4. [Gr. &?;.] A brief reflection or maxim. Peacham.
- 4. The index of the hour circle of a globe.
- Gnos"tic (?), a. 1. Knowing; wise; shrewd. [Old Slang]
- I said you were a gnostic fellow.
- 1 Sa. xvii. 12.
- I think, as the world goes, he was a good sort of man enough.
- I Watts.
- 6. To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake.
- 8. To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.
- 12. To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.
- I must not go over Jordan.
- 2. To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling. [Colloq.]
- Go, n. 1. Act; working; operation. [Obs.]
- 2. A circumstance or occurrence; an incident. [Slang]
- 3. The fashion or mode; as, quite the go. [Colloq.]
- 4. Noisy merriment; as, a high go. [Colloq.]
- 5. A glass of spirits. [Slang]
- 2. The mouth. [Prov. Eng.or Low] Wright.
- 1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
- 2. To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.
- 2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. Prior.
- 2. A woman of superior charms or excellence.
- 2. The Deity; God; the Supreme Being.
- 3. A god or goddess; a divinity. [Obs.]
- 1 Tim. iv. 8.
- 2 Cor. vii. 10.
- 2. Tim. iii. 12.
- 2 John 10.
- Go"en (?), p. p. of Go. [Obs.]
- Gog"gle, n. [See Goggle, v. i.]
- 1. A strained or affected rolling of the eye.
- 2. Departure. Milton.
- 3. Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing. Crew.
- 4. pl. Course of life; behavior; doings; ways.
- 2. Money; riches; wealth.
- 4. Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold. Shak.
- Gold"-beat`en (?), a. Gilded. [Obs.]
- 1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
- 2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
- 2. A banker. [Obs.]
- Golf"er (?), n. One who plays golf. [Scot.]
- 2. A silver ingot, used in Japan as money.
- 2. A flat-bottomed boat for freight. [U. S.]
- Gong farmer, Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.]
- Goo"ber (?), n. A peanut. [Southern U. S.]
- 1 Sam. xxv. 15.
- 9. Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.
- A good name is better than precious ointment
- I . . . would by combat make her good.
- Good, v. t. 1. To make good; to turn to good. [Obs.]
- 2. To manure; to improve. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
- 1. Pleasant; agreeable; desirable.
- 3. Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number.
- Good"man (?), n. [Good + man]
- 2. (Zoˆl.) An American fish; the lafayette or spot.
- 4. A silly creature; a simpleton.
- 2. A silly person; a goose cap. Goldsmith.
- 2. The characteristics or actions of a goose; silliness.
- Gor"-bel`lied (?), a. Bog- bellied. [Obs.]
- 2. (Zoˆl.) Pertaining to the Gordiacea.
- 2. A small traingular piece of land. Cowell.
- Gore"bill` (?), n. [2d gore + bill.] (Zoˆl.) The garfish. [Prov. Eng.]
- 5. (Arch.) A concave molding; a cavetto. Gwilt.
- 6. (Naut.) The groove of a pulley.
- 2. To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.
- 2. (Her.) Bearing a coronet or ring about the neck.
- 3. Glutted; fed to the full.
- 4. A ruff worn by women. [Obs.]
- 2. Anything very ugly or horrid. Milton.
- 3. (Zoˆl.) The brindled gnu. See Gnu.
- 2. Any slender branched gorgonian.
- Gor*go"ni*an (?), a. [L. Gorgoneus.]
- 2. (Zoˆl.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral.
- Gorm (?), n. Axle grease. See Gome. [Prov. Eng.]
- Gor"mand*er (?), n. See Gormand, n. [Obs.]
- Gor"y (?), a. [From Gore.]
- 1. Covered with gore or clotted blood.
- 2. Bloody; murderous. "Gory emulation." Shak.
- Gos"ling (?), n. [AS. g&?;s goose + -ling.]
- 1. A young or unfledged goose.
- 2. A catkin on nut trees and pines. Bailey.
- 2. Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof stuff.
- 3. An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer.
- 1. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
- 4. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
- 2. To prate; to chat; to talk much. Shak.
- 3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
- 2. Idle talk; gossip. Mrs. Browning.
- Goth (?), n. [L. Gothi, pl.; cf. Gr. &?;]
- 2. An inhabitant of New York city. [Jocular] Irving.
- Goth"ic (?), a. [L. Gothicus: cf. F. gothique.]
- 1. Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous.
- 2. A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines.
- 3. (Arch.) The style described in Gothic, a., 2.
- 2. Conformity to the Gothic style of architecture.
- 3. Rudeness of manners; barbarousness.
- 3. To cheat in a bargain; to chouse. [Slang, U. S.]
- 2. (Zoˆl.) See Koulan.
- That great gourmand, fat Apicius
- 1. A drop; a clot or coagulation.
- 3. A disease of cornstalks. See Corn fly, under Corn.
- 2. Pertaining to the gout. "Gouty matter." Blackmore.
- 3. Swollen, as if from gout. Derham.
- 4. Boggy; as, gouty land. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2. (Gram.) Requiring a particular case.
- 3. The right or power of governing; authority.
- I here resign my government to thee.
- 6. Management of the limbs or body. Shak.
- 3. (Naut.) A pilot; a steersman. [R.]
- 2. (Min.) Decomposed granite.
- Gow"an*y (?), a. Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies. [Scot.]
- Gowd (?), n. [Cf. Gold.] Gold; wealth. [Scot.]
- Gowd"en (?), a. Golden. [Scot.]
- Gow"die (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Dragont. [Scot.]
- 2. A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.
- 2. Any sort of dress or garb.
- Goz"zard (?), n. See Gosherd. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2 Cor. xii. 9.
- Rom. v.2
- 9. (Commonly pl.) Thanks. [Obs.]
- I. Watts.
- 2. To dignify or raise by an act of favor; to honor.
- 3. To supply with heavenly grace. Bp. Hall.
- 4. (Mus.) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.
- 2. Unfortunate. Cf. Grace, n., 4. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent.
- 2. Fortunately; luckily. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.
- 3. Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
- I. Taylor.
- 6. (Mus.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.
- Gra*da"tion, v. t. To form with gradations. [R.]
- 3. Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
- 2. A series of steps. [Obs.] Dryden.
- 2. In degree. [Obs.]
- M. Arnold.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) To taper, as the tail of certain birds.
- 2. An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.
- 4. (Carp.) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
- Grain, v. & n. See Groan. [Obs.]
- I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
- 12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
- 13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
- 2. To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.
- Grain (grn), n. [See Groin a part of the body.]
- 1. A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant. [Obs.] G. Douglas.
- 3. A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
- 4. (Founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.
- 2. Dyed in grain; ingrained.
- 3. Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
- 2. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
- 3. Painting or staining, in imitation of the grain of wood, stone, etc.
- 2. Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1.
- 2. Sorrow; grief; misery. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. One who writes on, or teaches, grammar.
- 2. A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. [U.S.]
- M. Arnold.
- M. Arnold.
- C. Kingsley.
- Grand" mer"cy (?). See Gramercy. [Obs.]
- Grane (?), v. & n. See Groan. [Obs.]
- 4. A farm; generally, a farm with a house at a distance from neighbors.
- Gran"ger (?), n. 1. A farm steward. [Obs.]
- 2. A member of a grange. [U. S.]
- 2. Consisting of granite; as, granitic mountains.
- Gran"nam (?), n. A grandam. [Colloq.]
- 1 Chrcn. xxi. 22.
- 2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
- 3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
- 2. Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen.
- 2. The state of being granulated.
- 2. (Bot.) The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine.
- 3. (Man.) A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse.
- 4. (Mil.) Grapeshot.
- 2. Of or pertaining to the art of writing.
- 3. Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.
- 4. Well delineated; clearly and vividly described.
- 2. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.
- 3. Forcible possession; hold.
- 5. The handle of a sword or of an oar.
- 3. The season of fresh grass; spring. [Colloq.]
- 4. Metaphorically used for what is transitory.
- 2. To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.
- 2. Of the color of grass; clear and vivid green.
- 2. Resembling grass; green.
- 3. To fret; to irritate; to offend.
- 3. A reward; a recompense; a gratuity. Bp. Morton.
- 2. To requite; to recompense. [Obs.]
- Grat"u*late (?), a. Worthy of gratulation. [Obs.]
- I shall turn my wishes into gratulations.
- 1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
- 5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) See Burying beetle, under Bury, v. t.
- 1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
- 3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.]
- 2. A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.).
- 2. An ergraving or cutting tool; a burin.
- Grav"i*da"tion (?), n. Gravidity. [Obs.]
- 2. That which is graved or carved. [R.]
- 2 Chron. ii. 14.
- 3. Impression, as upon the mind or heart.
- Eikon Basilike
- 5. (Mus.) Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.
- 2. Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc.
- 2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
- 3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.
- 3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
- 2. To yield grass for grazing.
- 3. To touch something lightly in passing.
- Graze, n. 1. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [Colloq.]
- 2. A light touch; a slight scratch.
- 2. A pasture; growing grass.
- Gre (?), n. See Gree, a step. [Obs.]
- Gre, n. See Gree, good will. [Obs.]
- 2. To bribe; to corrupt with presents.
- 3. To cheat or cozen; to overreach. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
- 4. (Far.) To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
- 2. In a gross or indelicate manner. [Obs.]
- 2. Smeared or defiled with grease.
- 4. Fat of body; bulky. [R.] Shak.
- 5. Gross; indelicate; indecent. [Obs.] Marston.
- 8. Pregnant; big (with young).
- Great"en, v. i. To become large; to dilate. [R.]
- 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
- I will greatly multiply thy sorrow.
- 2. Nobly; illustriously; magnanimously.
- 2. Pride; haughtiness. [Obs.]
- 2. A jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist. Acts vi. 1.
- 2. To translate into Greek.
- 2. Rank; degree; position. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.
- Greece (?), n. pl. See Gree a step. [Obs.]
- 2. A swindler; a knave; a cheat. [Slang]
- 3. Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me. [Colloq.]
- Greek"ess (?), n. A female Greek. [R.]
- 2. Having a sickly color; wan.
- 5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
- L. Watts.
- 5. Any substance or pigment of a green color.
- 2. Freshness; vigor; newness.
- 2. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
- 3. To accost; to address. Pope.
- Greet"er, n. One who weeps or mourns. [Obs.]
- Greeze (?), n. A step. See Gree, a step. [Obs.]
- C. Kingsley.
- 2. A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners.
- 3. Physical pain, or a cause of it; malady. [R.]
- Griev"a*ble (?), a. Lamentable. [Obs.]
- 2. Grieving; grief; affliction.
- 2. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [R.]
- Griff (?), n. [Cf. Gripe.] 1. Grasp; reach. [Obs.]
- 2. (Her.) A representation of this creature as an heraldic charge.
- 4. An English early apple.
- 2. Heath. [Prov. Eng.] Audrey.
- 2. That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.
- 1. To broil on a grill or gridiron. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To torment, as if by broiling. Dickens.
- L. Oliphant.
- Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Grim"ly (?), a. Grim; hideous; stern. [R.]
- D. Mallet.
- Grin (grn), n. [AS. grin.] A snare; a gin. [Obs.]
- 3. To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
- 4. To study hard for examination. [College Slang]
- 4. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- 3. A hard student; a dig. [College Slang]
- Grind"er*y (?), n. Leather workers' materials. [Eng.]
- Grind"ing*ly, adv. In a grinding manner. [Colloq.]
- Grin"dle stone" (?). A grindstone. [Obs.]
- 4. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
- Gripe (?), n. [See Grype.] (Zoˆl.) A vulture; the griffin. [Obs.]
- 2. To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
- 2. To suffer griping pains. Jocke.
- 2. pl. In printing presses, the fingers or nippers.
- Grip"ple*ness, n. The quality of being gripple. [Obs.]
- Grip"sack` (?), n. A traveler's handbag. [Colloq.]
- 2. A kind of French fancy dress goods. Knight.
- Grise (grs), n. See Grice, a pig. [Prov. Eng.]
- Gris"kin (?), n. [Grise a pig + - kin.] The spine of a hog. [Obs.]
- Grist (?), n. [AS. grist, fr. grindan. See Grind.]
- 2. Supply; provision. Swift.
- 2. The coarse part of meal.
- 5. Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
- 2. Spirited; resolute; unyielding. [Colloq., U. S.]
- Grize (grz or grz), n. Same as 2d Grise. [Obs.]
- 2 Cor. v. 4.
- 2. To strive after earnestly, as with groans.
- 2. Any small sum of money.
- 2. A retail grocer's shop or store. [U. S.]
- Grog"ger*y (?), n.; pl. Groggeries (#). A grogshop. [Slang, U. S.]
- 3. (Math.) The surface formed by two such vaults.
- 2. (Mil.) A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place.
- 2. Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs; fixed routine.
- 3. [See Grove.] (Mining) A shaft or excavation. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A miner. [Prov. Eng.] Holloway.
- 2. To examine; to test; to sound. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
- 5. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
- 2. Artificial grotto-work.
- 11. The pit of a theater. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- Sir W. Hamilton
- 3. To instruct in elements or first principles.
- Ground"ly, adv. Solidly; deeply; thoroughly. [Obs.]
- 2. Formerly, a kind of beer or ale. [Eng.]
- 3. pl. Lees; dregs; grounds. [Eng.] "Grouts of tea." Dickens.
- Grout"y (?), a. Cross; sulky; sullen. [Colloq.]
- 5. To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) The large-mouthed black bass. [Local]
- 3. A four-wheeled cab. [Slang, Eng.]
- 2. To drudge; to do menial work. Richardson.
- 2. To supply with food. [Slang] Dickens.
- 2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] Carew.
- 3. Victuals; food. [Slang] Halliwell.
- I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
- Grub"by, a. [From Grub.] Dirty; unclean. [Colloq.]
- Grub"by, n. (Zoˆl.) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin. [Local, U. S.]
- C. Smart.
- Grucche (grch), v. i. [See Grudge.] To murmur; to grumble. [Obs.]
- 2. To feel compunction or grief. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.
- I. Taylor.
- 2. Slight symptom of disease. [Obs.]
- Grue"some (?), a. Same as Grewsome. [Scot.]
- 2. Low; deep in the throat; guttural; rumbling; as, a grum voice.
- 2. A grumbling, discontented disposition.
- 2. (Bot.) See Grumose.
- Grump"i*ly (?), adv. In a surly manner; sullenly. [Colloq.]
- Grundsel (?), n. Groundsel. [Obs.]
- 3. (Brass Founding) A hook used in lifting a crucible.
- 2. Anything very small, or of little value. [R.]
- 2. An Indian who serves as a messenger.
- 4. To fasten by binding; to gird. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- 5. A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise.
- 7. Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard.
- 2. (Her.) Same as Gardant.
- Guard"i*an*age (?), n. Guardianship. [Obs.]
- Guard"i*ance (?), n. Guardianship. [Obs.]
- I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess.
- Gu"ber*nance (?), n. Government. [Obs.]
- Gu"ber*na*tive (?), a. Governing. [Obs.]
- 2. What may be got without skill or merit.
- 3. A person easily duped or cheated. Swift.
- 4. To hit upon or reproduce by memory. [Obs.]
- Guest, v. i. To be, or act the part of, a guest. [Obs.]
- 2. Guidance; lead; direction. [R.] Southey.
- I wish . . . you 'ld guide me to your sovereign's court.
- 2. One who carries a flag. Johnson.
- 2. A guildhall. [Obs.] Spenser.
- Guild"a*ble (?), a. Liable to a tax. [Obs.]
- 2. Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture.
- 2. Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).
- 3. Conscious; cognizant. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- 4. Condemned to payment. [Obs. & R.] Dryden.
- 3. Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.
- 2. (Arch.) A capping molding. Same as Cymatium.
- Gulch (?), n. 1. Act of gulching or gulping. [Obs.]
- 2. A glutton. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- 3. A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a gully.
- Gule (?), n. The throat; the gullet. [Obs.]
- 2. That which swallows; the gullet. [Obs.] Shak.
- 5. (Mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.
- Gu"list (?), n. [L. gulo.] A glutton. [Obs.]
- 2. One easily cheated; a dupe. Shak.
- Gull"age (?), n. Act of being gulled. [Obs.]
- B. Jonson
- Gull"ish (?), a. Foolish; stupid. [Obs.]
- Gull"ish*ness, n. [Obs.]
- 2. A grooved iron rail or tram plate. [Eng.]
- 2. A disgorging. [Colloq.]
- 2. (Bot.) See Gum tree, below.
- 4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.]
- 2. The okra plant or its pods.
- 2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to a gumma.
- 1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.]
- 2. (Paint.) (a) The art of preparing colors. Sir W. Scott.
- 2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon.
- 3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind.
- Gurge (g˚rj), n. [L. gurges.] A whirlpool. [Obs.]
- Gurge, v. t. [See Gorge.] To swallow up. [Obs.]
- Gur"ry`, n. [Hind. garh.] A small fort. [India]
- Gurts (g˚rts), n. pl. [Cf. Grout.] Groats. [Obs.]
- Gush"er (?), n. One who gushes. [Colloq.]
- 2. Weakly; sentimentally; effusively. [Colloq.]
- 2. A sudden violent burst of passion. Bacon.
- Gust, n. [L. gustus; cf. It. & Sp. gusto. √46.]
- 1. The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto.
- 3. Intellectual taste; fancy.
- 2. Pleasant to the taste; toothsome; savory.
- Gust"a*ble, n. Anything that can be tasted. [Obs.]
- Gust"ful, a. Gusty. [R.]
- Gust"less, a. Tasteless; insipid. [R.]
- 1. A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.
- 2. To supply with a gutter or gutters. [R.] Dryden.
- Gut"tler (?), n. A greedy eater; a glutton. [Obs.]
- 2. A person of queer looks or dress. Dickens.
- Gyb (jb), Gybe (jb), n. (Naut.) See Jib. [Obs.]
- Gym*nas"tic, n. A gymnast. [Obs.]
- Gyn"ne (gn"ne), v. i. To begin. See Gin. [Obs.]
- 2. The language used by the gypsies.
- 3. A dark-complexioned person. Shak.
- 4. A cunning or crafty person [Colloq.] Prior.
- 2. The state of a gypsy.
- 2. (Anat.) Pertaining to a gyrus, or convolution.
- Gy"rant (-rant), a. Gyrating. [R.]
- 2. (Zoˆl.) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.
- Gyre"ful (-fl), a. Abounding in gyres. [Obs.]
- Gyr"land (gr"land), v. t. [See Garland.] To garland. [Obs.]
- I will gyve thee in thine own courtship.
- H.
- 2. pl. Dress, in general. Shak.
- 2. To dress; to clothe; to array.
- 3. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] Chapman.
- Hab"it*ant (-ant), n. [F. habitant. See Habit, v. t.]
- 1. An inhabitant; a dweller. Milton. Pope.
- 2. Place where anything is commonly found.
- 2. Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
- 2. Fixed by habit; accustomed. [Obs.]
- 3. Inhabited. [Archaic]
- 2. To settle as an inhabitant. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
- 2. Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity.
- 3. Habit of body or of action. Shak.
- Hab"i*ture (hb"*tr; 135), n. Habitude. [Obs.]
- Hab"nab (hb"nb), adv. [Hobnob.] By chance. [Obs.]
- 2. Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
- 2. Fig.: To mangle in speaking. Shak.
- 3. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough. Dr. H. More.
- 4. (Football) A kick on the shins. T. Hughes.
- Hack (hk), n. [Shortened fr. hackney. See Hackney.]
- 4. A procuress.
- 2. To live the life of a drudge or hack. Goldsmith.
- Hac"kle (hk"k'l), n. [See Heckle, and cf. Hatchel.]
- 1. A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.
- 2. Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.
- 4. An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
- 2. To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
- 2. A horse or pony kept for hire.
- 3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
- 4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
- 2. To carry in a hackney coach. Cowper.
- Hac"que*ton (hk"k*tn), n. Same as Acton. [Obs.]
- C. Mundi (Trans.).
- I had rather be a dog and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
- Had"die (-d), n. (Zoˆl.) The haddock. [Scot.]
- HÊm`a*to"sin (hm`*t"sn or h*mt"*sn), n. (Physiol. Chem.) Hematin. [R.]
- 2. A dwelling. [Scot.] Jamieson.
- 2. An ugly old woman.Dryden.
- 3. A fury; a she-monster. Crashaw.
- 5. (Zoˆl.) The hagdon or shearwater.
- 2. A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut. Dugdale.
- 2. A fierce, intractable creature.
- I have loved this proud disdainful haggard.
- 3. [See Haggard, a., 2.] A hag. [Obs.] Garth.
- Hag"ged (-gd), a. Like a hag; lean; ugly. [R.]
- 2. (R. C. Ch.) The lives of the saints. Brande & C.
- 2. To name; to designate; to call.
- 6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
- 7. A haircloth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
- 2. In composition: Having (such) hair; as, red-haired.
- Hai"ren (h‚r"en), a. [AS. hren.] Hairy. [Obs.]
- Hake (hk), v. i. To loiter; to sneak. [Prov. Eng.]
- Hak"e*ton (hk"*tn), n. Same as Acton. [Obs.]
- Hale, n. Welfare. [Obs.]
- 2. A person so related to another.
- 2. Degenerate; mean. Shak.
- Half"-bred` (-brd`), a. 1. Half-blooded. [Obs.]
- Half"-clammed` (-klmd`), a. Half-filled. [Obs.]
- Half"-cracked` (-krkt`), a. Half-demented; half-witted. [Colloq.]
- 2. See Half deck, under Deck.
- 2. A male fallow deer gelded. Pegge (1814).
- 2. Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm. H. James.
- 2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
- Half"ness (h‰f"ns), n. The quality of being half; incompleteness. [R.]
- 2. Holy doom; the Last Day. [R.] Shipley.
- 2. To chase with shouts or outcries.
- 3. To call or shout to; to hail. Shak.
- 4. A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.
- C. BrontÈ.
- Halp (h‰lp), imp. of Help. Helped. [Obs.]
- 2. To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [Obs.]
- 1 Kings xviii. 21.
- Halt, v. i. [OE. halten, AS. healtian. See Halt, a.]
- 1. To walk lamely; to limp.
- 2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.
- M. Arnold.
- I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or I have it not.
- Hame (hm), n. Home. [Scot. & O. Eng.]
- 2. To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) A hooked barbicel of a feather.
- 4. Side; part; direction, either right or left.
- 5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile.
- 3. To manage; as, I hand my oar. [Obs.] Prior.
- 4. To seize; to lay hands on. [Obs.] Shak.
- 5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast. [R.]
- 6. (Naut.) To furl; -- said of a sail. Totten.
- 2. A pruning hook. [Usually written hand bill.]
- 2. Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
- 2. Contract; specifically, espousal. [Obs.]
- 2. A hand's breadth; four inches. [Obs.]
- 3. A small quantity or number.
- 3. An old game at cards. [Obs.] Pepys.
- Hand"i`ron (-`rn), n. See Andiron. [Obs.]
- 5. To deal with; to make a business of.
- 6. To treat; to use, well or ill.
- 7. To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
- To handle without gloves. See under Glove. [Colloq.]
- 2. Price; payment. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 5. Ample; moderately large.
- V. Knox.
- To do the handsome thing, to act liberally. [Colloq.]
- Hand"some, v. t. To render handsome. [Obs.] Donne
- 2. (Naut.) Carefully; in shipshape style.
- 2. That which is written by hand; manuscript.
- 4. (Naut.) Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel.
- 6. To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room.
- 5. To be, or be like, a suspended weight.
- 7. To lean or incline; to incline downward.
- 8. To slope down; as, hanging grounds.
- 3. A sharp or steep declivity or slope. [Colloq.]
- 4. A steep, wooded declivity. [Eng.] Gilbert White.
- 2. Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
- 2. Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
- 2. A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.
- 2. A rope or withe for fastening a gate. [Prov. Eng.]
- 3. Hold; influence.
- 2. To form into hanks.
- 2. To linger in expectation or with desire. Thackeray.
- Hap, n. [Cf. Hap to clothe.] A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]
- Happed (hpt), p. a. [From 1st Hap.] Wrapped; covered; cloaked. [Scot.]
- 2. To take place; to occur.
- 2. By good fortune; fortunately; luckily.
- 3. Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
- 2. Worry; harassment. [R.] Byron.
- Har"ber*ous (hr"br*s), a. Harborous. [Obs.]
- 2. A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.
- I knew by these harbingers who were coming.
- 2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3. (Astrol.) The mansion of a heavenly body. [Obs.]
- 5. (Glass Works) A mixing box for materials.
- Har"bor*age (-j), n. Shelter; entertainment.[R.]
- Har"bor*ous (-br*s), a. Hospitable. [Obs.]
- 2 Peter iii. 16.
- 4. Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
- I never could drive a hard bargain.
- 8. Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.
- 2. With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.
- 3. Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. Shak.
- 6. Close or near.
- I would harden myself in sorrow.
- 2. Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly. Bp. Hall.
- Har"di*head (h‰r"d*hd), n. Hardihood. [Obs.]
- 2. Boldly; stoutly; resolutely. Wyclif.
- 2. Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance. Spenser.
- 3. Hardship; fatigue. [Obs.] Spenser.
- Hard"ly (h‰rd"l), adv. [AS. heardlice. See Hard.]
- 1. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.
- 2. Unwillingly; grudgingly.
- 3. Scarcely; barely; not quite; not wholly.
- 4. Severely; harshly; roughly.
- 5. Confidently; hardily. [Obs.] Holland.
- 6. Certainly; surely; indeed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3. Strong; firm; compact.
- 5. Able to withstand the cold of winter.
- M. Green.
- 3. Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art.
- 4. A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage. [Obs.]
- 2. That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
- 3. (Math.) In harmonical progression.
- 3. Vocally or musically concordant; agreeably consonant; symphonious.
- 5. (Anat.) See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.
- 2. Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense. Dr. H. More.
- 2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.
- 3. A grain sieve. [Scot.]
- I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps.
- Harp"si*chon (h‰rp"s*kn), n. A harpsichord. [Obs.]
- 2. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
- Bacon
- Har"row*er, n. One who harries. [Obs.]
- 2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. Shak.
- 2. Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.
- 3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) A harvesting ant.
- 4. The opportunity of gathering treasure. Shak.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) See Daddy longlegs, 1.
- 2. A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or exhibition.
- 2. A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
- 3. An instrument for cutting the surface of grass land; a scarifier.
- Hast (hst), 2d pers. sing. pres. of Have, contr. of havest. [Archaic]
- 1 Sam. xxi. 8.
- I said in my haste, All men are liars.
- I 'll haste the writer.
- I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.
- I hastened to the spot whence the noise came.
- 2. Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
- 3. Passionately; impatiently. Shak.
- 5. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.
- 2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.]
- 2. Development; disclosure; discovery. Shak.
- 3. The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
- 2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
- 3. A flood gate; a sluice gate. Ainsworth.
- 4. A bedstead. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
- 6. (Mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
- 2. To tease; to worry; to torment. [Colloq.]
- 2. One who contrives or originates; a plotter.
- 2. Specifically, a tomahawk.
- Hatch"ment (-ment), n. [Corrupt. fr. achievement.]
- 1 John iii. 15.
- I hate that he should linger here.
- 3. (Script.) To love less, relatively. Luke xiv. 26.
- 2. Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious.
- Hat"el (ht"l), a. Hateful; detestable. [Obs.]
- 1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic]
- 2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.
- 3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.
- I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an island.
- 2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
- 2. A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.
- 3. That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net.
- 5. (Rope Making) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.
- 2. Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of venison.
- 3. To practice; to devote one's self to. [Obs.]
- 4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.]
- 2. The habit of resorting to a place. [Obs.]
- 3. Practice; skill. [Obs.]
- 2. (Bot.) A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior).
- 2. High; -- said of the voice or flight of birds. [Obs.]
- 3. To accept possession of; to take or accept.
- 4. To get possession of; to obtain; to get. Shak.
- I had the church accurately described to me.
- 6. To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.
- 7. To hold, regard, or esteem.
- 2 Sam. vi. 22.
- M. Arnold.
- 11. To understand.
- 2. A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum. Shak.
- Ha"ven*er (h"v'n*r), n. A harbor master. [Obs.]
- 1. A bag for oats or oatmeal. [Prov. Eng.]
- I 'll lend you something; my having is not much.
- 1. A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.
- 2. The fruit of the hawthorn. Bacon.
- C. L. Flint.
- 2. A machine for curing hay in rainy weather.
- 2. The place in a barn where hay is deposited.
- I will stand the hazard of the die.
- 2. To venture to incur, or bring on.
- I hazarded the loss of whom I loved.
- 2. Such as can be hazarded or risked.
- 2. One who hazards or ventures.
- Haz"ard*ize (-z), n. A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. [Obs.]
- 2. Rashness; temerity. [R.] Spenser.
- 2. A miner's name for freestone. Raymond.
- I sit me down beside the hazel grove.
- Ha"zle (h"z'l), v. t. To make dry; to dry. [Obs.]
- I stand to answer thee, Or any he, the proudest of thy sort.
- 9. A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head. Shak.
- 11. Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height.
- 12. Power; armed force.
- 14. An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals.
- 16. The antlers of a deer.
- 18. pl. Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. Knight.
- 3. To behead; to decapitate. [Obs.] Shak.
- 4. To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.
- 6. To set on the head; as, to head a cask.
- 3. To form a head; as, this kind of cabbage heads early.
- Head"ach`y, a. Afflicted with headache. [Colloq.]
- 2. The band at each end of the back of a book.
- 2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]
- 2. Formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage.
- 4. A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only.
- 2. Apparatus above ground at the mouth of a mine or deep well.
- 2. That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.
- 3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
- 5. (Sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
- 2. Destitute of a chief or leader. Sir W. Raleigh.
- 2. (Naut.) See Headrope.
- 1. With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong. Acts i. 18.
- 2. Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
- 3. Hastily; without delay or respite.
- 2. Steep; precipitous. [Poetic]
- Head"pan` (-pn`), n. [AS. he·fodpanne.] The brainpan. [Obs.]
- 3. Understanding; mental faculty.
- 4. An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.
- 2. The stone at the head of a grave.
- 2. The manner of dressing the head, as at a particular time and place.
- 2. Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong.
- 3. Violent; impetuous. "A heady currance." Shak.
- I will heal their backsliding.
- 3. To restore to original purity or integrity.
- 2 Kings ii. 21.
- 4. Well-disposed; favorable. [R.]
- 2. Not conducive to health; unwholesome. [R.]
- 2. Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion.
- I have noticed a heap of things in my life.
- 4. To give attention to as a teacher or judge.
- 2 Sam. xv. 3.
- I beseech your honor to hear me one single word.
- I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice.
- I have heard, sir, of such a man.
- I must hear from thee every day in the hour.
- To hear ill, to be blamed. [Obs.]
- I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear.
- Heark"en, v. t. 1. To hear by listening. [Archaic]
- 2. To give heed to; to hear attentively. [Archaic]
- To hearken out, to search out. [Obs.]
- Fairfax
- 3. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave. [Obs.]
- 4. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
- 8. Vital part; secret meaning; real intention.
- 1 Sam. xiii. 14.
- 2. Discontent; secret enmity. Swift.
- 2. Shaped like a heart; cordate. [R.] Landor.
- 3. Seated or laid up in the heart.
- I hate the Moor: my cause is hearted.
- 2. To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.
- I heartily forgive them.
- 2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent.
- 2. Stealing the heart or affections; winning.
- 2. (Bot.) A species of violet (Viola tricolor); -- called also pansy.
- Heart"some (-sm), a. Merry; cheerful; lively. [Scot.]
- Heart"-spoon` (-spn`), n. A part of the breastbone. [Obs.]
- 2. With unbroken courage; undismayed.
- 3. Of a single and sincere heart.
- Heart"y*hale` (-hl`), a. Good for the heart. [Obs.]
- 9. Animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency.
- 10. Sexual excitement in animals.
- 11. Fermentation.
- 2. To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
- Milton
- 2. An irreligious person.
- V. Knox.
- 2. Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.
- 3. Irreligious; scoffing.
- 2. Heathenism. C. Kingsley.
- 2. Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel. South.
- 3. Irreligious; as, a heathenish way of living.
- C. Kingsley.
- 2. Heathendom; heathen nations.
- 5. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.
- 4. To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit.
- I never saw the heavens so dim by day.
- D. Webster.
- 1 Cor. xv. 48.
- 2. By the influence or agency of heaven.
- 2. (Naut.) A bar used as a lever. Totten.
- Heav"i*some (?), a. Heavy; dull. [Prov.]
- 1 Sam. v. 6.
- 6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
- 7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.
- 9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
- 11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.
- 12. With child; pregnant. [R.]
- He"be (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. "h`bh youth, "H`bh Hebe.]
- 2. (Zoˆl.) An African ape; the hamadryas.
- 2. (Bot.) Having a dull or blunt and soft point. Gray.
- 2. The state of being blunted or dulled.
- He"bra*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. hÈbraÔsme.]
- 2. The type of character of the Hebrews.
- M. Arnold.
- He*bri"cian (?), n. A Hebraist. [R.]
- 2. A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.]
- 4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
- 6. A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2. A hectic flush.
- I will hedge up thy way with thorns.
- 4. To surround so as to prevent escape.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S]
- 4. A form of dredging machine. Knight.
- 2. Of or relating to Hedonism or the Hedonic sect.
- 2 Sam. xx. 10.
- 2. Careful consideration; obedient regard.
- 3. A look or expression of heading. [R.]
- I cannot sing, Nor heel the high lavolt.
- 2. To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.
- 3. To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
- 2. A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe.
- 3. The end. "The heelpiece of his book." Lloyd.
- 2. (Carp.) The post to which a gate or door is hinged.
- 3. (Engineering) The quoin post of a lock gate.
- Heep (?), n. The hip of the dog- rose. [Obs.]
- 2. Weight; ponderousness. [Colloq.]
- 2. To prove or try the weight of by raising. [Colloq.]
- Heft"y, a. Moderately heavy. [Colloq. U. S.]
- 1 Sam. xvii. 4.
- 3. Degree of latitude either north or south. [Obs.]
- 6. Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
- On height, aloud. [Obs.]
- I am my father's heir and only son.
- Heir (?), v. t. To inherit; to succeed to. [R.]
- 1. Spiral; curved, like the spire of a univalve shell.
- He"li*o*graph (?), n. [Helio- + -graph.]ets>
- 1. A picture taken by heliography; a photograph.
- 2. An instrument for taking photographs of the sun.
- 4. (Min.) See Bloodstone (a).
- Helispherical line (Math.). the rhomb line in navigation. [R.]
- 4. (Zoˆl.) A genus of land snails, including a large number of species.
- 4. [Cf. Helve.] A helve. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
- Helm, n. [AS. See Helmet.] 1. A helmet. [Poetic]
- Helm"age (?), n. Guidance; direction. [R.]
- 2. Without a helm or rudder. Carlyle.
- I. Taylor.
- 4. To change for the better; to remedy.
- 6. To forbear; to avoid.
- 7. To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food.
- 2. Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.
- 4. Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman. [Local, U. S.]
- 2. Beyond help; irremediable.
- 3. Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.]
- 4. Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [R.]
- 2. Border; edge; margin. "Hem of the sea." Shak.
- 2. To border; to edge
- Hem`a*ther"mal (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Warm-blooded; hematothermal. [R]
- Hem`a*to"sin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) The hematin of blood. [R.]
- 2. (Med.) A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.
- 3. The people who inhabit a hemisphere.
- 3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.
- 2. Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic.
- 2. Like hemp. "Beat into a hempen state." Cook.
- He"muse (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The roebuck in its third year. [Prov. Eng.]
- I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
- 3. From this reason; as an inference or deduction.
- 4. From this source or origin.
- I never from thy side henceforth to stray.
- Hench"boy` (hnch"boi`), n. A page; a servant. [Obs.]
- 2. Friendly; civil; gentle; kind. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- Hen"ner*y (?), n. An inclosed place for keeping hens. [U. S.]
- Henx"man (?), n. Henchman. [Obs.]
- 2. Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar.
- He*pat"ic*al, a. Hepatic. [R.]
- 2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
- 4. A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.
- 5. Any messenger. "My herald is returned." Shak.
- 2. Grass; herbage.
- Herb"age (?; 48), n. [F. See Herb.]
- Herb"a*rist (?), n. A herbalist. [Obs.]
- 2. A book or case for preserving dried plants.
- 2. The figure of plants in minerals or fossils.
- Fourcroy (Trans.)
- 2. (Astron.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.
- 2. A crowd of low people; a rabble.
- 3. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. [Scot.]
- Herd"er (?), n. A herdsman. [R.]
- Herd"groom` (?), n. A herdsman. [Obs.]
- 2. Her; hers. See Her. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 2. In the present life or state.
- 3. To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See Thither.
- 4. At this point of time, or of an argument; now.
- 2. Concerning this. [Obs.]
- Here*aft"er*ward (?), adv. Hereafter. [Obs.]
- 1 John ii. 3.
- 2. Close by; very near. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.
- Here"hence` (?), adv. From hence. [Obs.]
- Her"e*si*arch`y (?), n. A chief or great heresy. [R.]
- 2. Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance.
- Her"it*ance (?), n. [OF. heritance.] Heritage; inheritance. [R.]
- Robbing their children of the heritance Their fathers handed down
- 2. By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure.
- Herne (?), n. [AS. hyrne.] A corner. [Obs.]
- 2. See Hearse, a carriage for the dead.
- 3. A funeral ceremonial. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2. A stammering; a faltering in speech.
- 2. Unready in speech. Baxter.
- 2. To stammer; to falter in speaking.
- 2. A faltering in speech; stammering. Swift.
- 2. The garden producing the golden apples.
- 2. Evening. [Poetic]
- 2. A mercenary or venal person. [U. S.]
- 3. pl. See Hessian boots and cloth, under Hessian, a.
- Het`er*oc"li*tous (?), a. Heteroclitic. [Obs.]
- Het`er*og"a*my (?), n. [See Heterogamous.]
- Het"er*o*gene (?), a. Heterogenous. [Obs.]
- 2. (Bot.) With the parts not corresponding in number.
- 2. A shaft in a coal pit; a hollow in a quarry. [Scot.]
- Heuk (?), n. Variant of Huke. [Obs.]
- 3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
- Hew, n. Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.]
- 2. Shape; form. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2. Roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone.
- 1. A term of six days. Good.
- 2. A cry to set dogs on. Shak.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) A little case in which certain insects pass the winter.
- 3. Winter home or abiding place. J. Burroughs.
- 1 Cor. iv. 5.
- 3. To remove from danger; to shelter.
- 2. The human skin; -- so called in contempt.
- 4. Niggardly; penurious. [Obs.] Quarles.
- 4. A rank or order of holy beings.
- High (?), v. i. [See Hie.] To hie. [Obs.]
- 5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.
- 2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low.
- 3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn.
- High (?), v. i. To rise; as, the sun higheth. [Obs.]
- High"-go` (?), n. A spree; a revel. [Low]
- High"-mind"ed (?), a. 1. Proud; arrogant. [Obs.]
- 2. Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high- pressure business or social life.
- 2. So as to stand any test. "We are high-proof melancholy." Shak.
- 2. Elated with great ideas or hopes. Milton.
- 2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.]
- 3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.]
- 4. To promise. [Obs.]
- Highth (hth or htth), n. Variant of Height. [Obs.]
- 2. Elevated; high-principled; honorable.
- 2. Lofty; as, hilly empire. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
- 1 Sam. xx. 24.
- Him*selve" (?), pron. See 1st Himself. [Obs.]
- 2. A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. [Eng.]
- I hinder you too long.
- 2. To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
- 2. That which hinders; an impediment.
- 3. One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south. [R.]
- 2. To bend. [Obs.] Shak.
- 3. To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
- Hip, or Hipps (&?;), n. See Hyp, n. [Colloq.]
- 2. An arena for equestrian performances; a circus.
- 2. Of a strong goatish smell.
- 1 Sam. ii. 5.
- 2. Rough and coarse; boorish. [R.]
- 3. (Bot.) Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs. Gray.
- His"pid (?), a. [L. hispidus: cf. F. hispide.]
- 1. Rough with bristles or minute spines.
- 2. (Bot. & Zoˆl.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
- 2. To utter with a hissing sound.
- I will make this city desolate, and a hissing.
- 2. One versed or well informed in history.
- His*to"ri*er (?), n. An historian. [Obs.]
- I think you have hit the mark.
- 3. To guess; to light upon or discover. "Thou hast hit it." Shak.
- 2. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
- 2. The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
- 6. (Geol.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
- 2. Up to this time; as yet; until now.
- 2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. Shak.
- 3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
- The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried "Hoo!"
- 2. Gray or white with age; hoary.
- 3. Musty; moldy; stale. [Obs.] Shak.
- Hoar, n. Hoariness; antiquity. [R.]
- 2. Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.
- I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice.
- 2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.
- 3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.
- 4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.] Knolles.
- 5. (Zoˆl.) Of a pale silvery gray.
- 6. (Bot.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.
- Hob (?), n. [Prob. akin to hump. Cf. Hub. ]
- 1. The hub of a wheel. See Hub. Washington.
- 2. A countryman; a rustic; a clown. [Obs.] Nares.
- 2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing. Prior.
- 2. To perplex; to embarrass.
- 2. Same as Hopple.
- 3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. Waterton.
- 2. A clownish person; a rustic. Milton.
- 2. At random; hit or miss. (Obs.) Holinshed.
- 2. To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms.
- Ho"boy (?), n. A hautboy or oboe. [Obs.]
- 2. The popliteal space; the ham.
- 2. The stick used by the players. [Written also hookey and hawkey.]
- 2. To mow, as stubble. Mason.
- 3. To stupefy with drugged liquor. Thackeray.
- 2. Drugged liquor.
- 2. A juggler or trickster. Sir T. Herbert.
- 3. A juggler's trick; a cheat; nonsense. Hudibras.
- 2. A utensil for holding coal; a coal scuttle.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.
- To hoe one's row, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.]
- 2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.]
- 3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.]
- 2. (Naut.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
- 2. (Naut.) See Hogframe.
- 2. A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.
- 2. A rude, bold girl; a romp. H. Kingsley.
- Hoise (?), v. t. [See Hoist.] To hoist. [Obs.]
- 2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [Collog.]
- Hoist, p. p. Hoisted. [Obs.]
- I would hold more talk with thee.
- 2 Thes. ii.15.
- 9. To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.
- I hold him but a fool.
- I shall never hold that man my friend.
- 1. Not to move; to halt; to stop; -- mostly in the imperative.
- And damned be him that first cries, "Hold, enough!"
- Matt. vi. 24
- 5. To restrain one's self; to refrain.
- 6. To derive right or title; -- generally with of.
- 2. The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
- 3. Binding power and influence.
- 4. Something that may be grasped; means of support.
- 5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
- New comers in an ancient hold
- 2. One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant.
- 2. A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
- 3. That which holds, binds, or influences. Burke.
- 4. The burden or chorus of a song. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2 Kings xii. 9.
- 2. To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball.
- 2. Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion.
- 2. Sacredly; inviolably. [R.] Shak.
- 2. pl. See Holland.
- 2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
- I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood.
- 2. Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery. South.
- 2. (Bot.) The holm oak. See 1st Holm.
- 1. An islet in a river. J. Brand.
- 2. Low, flat land. Wordsworth.
- 2. A secular festival; a holiday.
- I sought no homage from the race that write.
- 2. To cause to pay homage. [Obs.] Cowley.
- 6. (Baseball) The home base; he started for home.
- 2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
- 2. Close; closely.
- 2. Of or pertaining to the home or family.
- 2. Not polished; rude; uncultivated.
- Home"li*ly (?), adv. Plainly; inelegantly. [R.]
- 2. Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
- 3. Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; -- contrary to handsome.
- 2. An unpolished, rustic person. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin.
- 2. One who kills another; a manslayer. Chaucer. Shak.
- 2. Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory.
- 2. (Geom.) Possessing the property of homography.
- 2. Equivocally; ambiguously.
- 2. (Bot.) Having the radicle of the seed directed towards the hilum.
- 3. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.
- 4. Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
- 1 Tim. ii. 2.
- 3. Chastity; modesty. Chaucer.
- 2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
- 3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. Chaucer.
- 2. A kind of tobacco moistened with molasses.
- 2. Sweet, as, honeyed words. Milton.
- I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more.
- I have given thee . . . both riches, and honor.
- 1 Kings iii. 13.
- 5. Fame; reputation; credit.
- 3. (Com.) To accept and pay when due; as, to honora bill of exchange.
- 4. Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.
- 7. Of reputable association or use; respectable.
- 2. Decently; becomingly. [Obs.] "Do this message honorably." Shak.
- 2. Hurrah! -- an exclamation of triumphant joy. Shak.
- 2. To cover; to hide; to blind.
- 2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
- Hood"lum (?), n. A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow. [Colloq. U.S.]
- 2. To cover; to hide. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. A hoofed animal; a beast.
- 3. (Geom.) See Ungula.
- 2. To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.]
- 4. (Steam Engin.) See Eccentric, and V-hook.
- 5. A snare; a trap. [R.] Shak.
- 6. A field sown two years in succession. [Prov. Eng.]
- 3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.]
- 2. Provided with a hook or hooks. "The hooked chariot." Milton.
- 2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. Shak.
- 2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.
- 2. To call by a shout or peculiar cry.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.
- 2. To make the peculiar cry of an owl.
- 2. The cry of an owl.
- 2. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. Dryden.
- 3. To dance. Smollett.
- 2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.]
- 3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.
- Hop, v. i. To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]
- 2. A small bay; an inlet; a haven. [Scot.] Jamieson.
- 3. That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
- 1 Cor. xiii. 7.
- 2. To expect; to fear. [Obs.] "I hope he will be dead." Chaucer.
- I am a woman, friendless, hopeless.
- 3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [Obs.] Marston.
- 3. (Mus.) See Grasshopper, 2.
- 4. pl. A game. See Hopscotch. Johnson.
- 2. An infant in arms. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
- 2. Fig.: To entangle; to hamper. Dr. H. More.
- Ho"ra*ly (?), adv. Hourly. [Obs.]
- 2. Occurring once an hour; continuing an hour; hourly; ephemeral.
- 3. (Geol.) The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
- 9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride.
- 2. To cause to wear horns; to cuckold. [Obs.] Shak.
- Horn"el (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The European sand eel. [Scot.]
- 2. One who winds or blows the horn. [Obs.] Sherwood.
- 3. One who horns or cuckolds. [Obs.] Massinger.
- 4. (Zoˆl.) The British sand lance or sand eel (Ammodytes lanceolatus).
- Horn"pike` (?), n. The garfish. [Prov. Eng.]
- 3. Hard; callous. "His horny fist." Dryden.
- 2. The art of constructing clocks or dials; horography.
- 2. The planisphere invented by Jean Paduanus.
- 2. Aspect of the stars at the time of a person's birth.
- I. Taylor.
- Hor*ris"o*nant (?), a. Horrisonous. [Obs.]
- The horrors, delirium tremens. [Colloq.]
- C. Kingsley.
- 2. To sit astride of; to bestride. Shak.
- 3. To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male.
- 2. The appliance by which the dose is administered.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca).
- 2. (Zoˆl.) The Limulus or horseshoe crab.
- 2. Leather made of the hide of a horse.
- 2. A trainer and dealer in horses.
- 2. A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.
- 2. (Mil.) A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.
- 2. Anything shaped like a horsehoe.
- 3. (Zoˆl.) The Limulus or horsehoe crab.
- 2. A Turkish standard, denoting rank.
- 2. Fondness for, or interest in, horses.
- Hor"ta*tive (?), n. An exhortation. [Obs.]
- Hort"yard (?), n. An orchard. [Obs.]
- Ho"sen (?), n. pl. See Hose. [Archaic]
- 2. Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose.
- 2. (Law) An inn of court.
- 2. Any great number or multitude; a throng.
- 2. A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.] Holinshed.
- 2. A muster or review. Spenser.
- 2. A stable for horses. [Obs.] Johnson.
- 3. Lustful; lewd; lecherous. Shak.
- 4. Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard.
- 2. To promise. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3. To be called; to be named. [Obs.]
- Hot"foot` (?), adv. In haste; foothot. [Colloq.]
- 2. A bagnio, or bathing house. [Obs.] Shak.
- 3. A brothel; a bagnio. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- 4. (Pottery) A heated room for drying green ware.
- 2. In a lustful manner; lustfully. Dryden.
- 2. A despicable person. "Boy! false hound!" Shak.
- 3. (Zoˆl.) A houndfish.
- 2. To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds. L'Estrange.
- 2. (Naut.) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
- Houp (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Hoopoe. [Obs.]
- 5. A measure of distance traveled.
- 3. Those who dwell in the same house; a household.
- 6. (Com.) A firm, or commercial establishment.
- 7. A public house; an inn; a hotel.
- 9. A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
- 11. The body, as the habitation of the soul.
- 2. To drive to a shelter. Shak.
- 3. To admit to residence; to harbor.
- 4. To deposit and cover, as in the grave. Sandys.
- 2. A line of ancestory; a race or house. [Obs.] Shak.
- 4. One who keeps or stays much at home. [R.]
- 5. A house dog. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. Care of domestic concerns; management of a house and home affairs.
- 3. A hussy. [R.] [Usually written huswife.] Shak.
- 2. That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively. Fabyan.
- 2. An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.
- 2. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
- 3. For what reason; from what cause.
- 4. In what state, condition, or plight.
- 5. By what name, designation, or title.
- 6. At what price; how dear. [Obs.]
- Let me beg you -- don't say "How?" for "What?"
- 2. At all events; at least; in any case.
- How"itz (?), n. A howitzer. [Obs.]
- 3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
- 2. A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
- How"so (?), adv. Howsoever. [Obs.]
- I am glad he's come, howsoever he comes.
- 2. Although; though; however. [Obs.] Shak.
- Howve (?), n. A hood. See Houve. [Obs.]
- 2. The hilt of a weapon. Halliwell.
- 4. A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.
- 6. A screw hob. See Hob, 3.
- 7. A block for scotching a wheel.
- 2. A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
- 2. A mean, trickish fellow. Bp. Hall.
- Huff"ing*ly, adv. Blusteringly; arrogantly. [R.]
- 2. Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.
- 2. To crowd together; to cuddle. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2. To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
- 3. (Naut.) To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind.
- 2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.
- Hug"gle (?), v. t. [Freq. of hug.] To hug. [Obs.]
- Hulch (?), n. [Cf. Hunch.] A hunch. [Obs.]
- Hulch"y (?), a. Swollen; gibbous. [Obs.]
- 2. A heavy ship of clumsy build. Skeat.
- 3. Anything bulky or unwieldly. Shak.
- 2. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
- 4. To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
- 2. To express satisfaction with by humming.
- 3. An imposition or hoax.
- Hu"man, n. A human being. [Colloq.]
- 3. Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine.
- 2. The study of the humanities; polite learning.
- 2. One who pursues the study of the humanities, or polite literature.
- 3. One versed in knowledge of human nature.
- 2. Pertaining to polite literature. M. Arnold.
- 3. Benevolent; philanthropic. [Recent]
- 2. Mankind collectively; the human race.
- 2. Kindly; humanely. [Obs.] Pope.
- Hum"ble (?), a. Hornless. See Hummel. [Scot.]
- 1 Pet. v. 6.
- 2. A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
- 2. Monotonous and tedious routine.
- 3. A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse.
- Hu*mec"tive (?), a. Tending to moisten. [Obs.]
- M. Arnold.
- 2. An act of submission or courtesy.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) A humming bird.
- 2. A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field.
- 3. Timbered land. See Hammock. [Southern U.S.]
- I like not the humor of lying.
- 2. The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness. Coleridge.
- 2. Facetiously; wittily.
- 2. Facetiousness; jocularity.
- 2. Jocose; witty; humorous. Swift.
- 2. A humpbacked person; a hunchback.
- 2. A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.
- 3. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
- 2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back. Dryden.
- 2. Any strong eager desire.
- 2. To have an eager desire; to long.
- Hun"gred (?), a. Hungered; hungry. [Archaic]
- 2. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
- C. Kingsley.
- 4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
- 2. To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.
- 2. The game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] Shak.
- 3. A pack of hounds. [Obs.]
- 4. An association of huntsmen.
- 5. A district of country hunted over.
- 5. (Zoˆl.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.
- Hurl, v. i. 1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [R.]
- 3. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.
- 2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [Obs.] Knolles.
- 2. (Far.) A bone near the middle of the buttock of a horse. Crabb.
- 2. A kind of game at ball, formerly played.
- Hurr (?), v. i. [See Hurry.] To make a rolling or burring sound. [Obs.]
- Hurrah's nest, state of utmost confusion. [Colloq. U.S.]
- 3. To cause to be done quickly.
- To hurry up, to make haste. [Colloq.]
- 3. Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief.
- I shall not be a hurter, if no helper.
- 2. To push; to jostle; to hurl.
- 2. A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman. [Obs.] Shak.
- 4. A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.
- 5. The male of a pair of animals. [R.] Dryden.
- 2. To cultivate, as land; to till. [R.]
- 3. To furnish with a husband. [R.] Shak.
- 2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.
- 2. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
- 2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
- 2. Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.
- 2. A worthless woman; a hussy. [Obs.] Shak.
- Death comes on with equal footsteps To the hall and hut
- 2. A measure of two Winchester bushels.
- 3. (Mining) The case of a flour bolt.
- 2. (Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
- 2. (Min.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. See Zircon.
- Hy`a*cin"thi*an (?), a. Hyacinthine. [R.]
- Hy*drog"u*ret (?), n. [From Hydrogen.] (Chem.) A hydride. [Obs.]
- 3. Made by means of an hydrometer; as, hydrometric observations.
- Hy`dro*sul"phu*ret (?), n. (Chem.) A hydrosulphide. [Archaic]
- 2. (Chem.) Containing water of hydration or crystallization.
- Hy`dro*xan"thane (?), n. (Chem.) A persulphocyanate. [Obs.]
- 2. The act of affording shelter in winter. [Obs.]
- 2. Marriage; union as if by marriage.
- 2. A writer or composed of hymns.
- 2. A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.
- Hynd"reste (?), a. See Hinderest. [Obs.]
- C. Butler (1633).
- 2. An inhabitant of the most northern regions.
- 2. Excessively nice or exact. Evelyn.
- Hy"per*du`ly (?), n. Hyperdulia. [Obs.]
- 2. Hence, anything exceeding the ordinary standard.
- Hy`per*ox`y*mu"ri*ate (?), n. (Chem.) A perchlorate. [Obs.]
- 2. (Biol.) Tending to excess of formative action.
- 2. A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.
- Hy"po (?), n. Hypochondria. [Colloq.]
- 2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis.
- Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cism (?), n. (Med.) Hypochondriasis. [R.]
- Hy`po*chon"dri*asm (?), n. (Med.) Hypochondriasis. [R.]
- I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his heart.
- 2. (Zoˆl.) Same as Hypoderma, 2.
- 2. (Med.) Cataract.
- 4. (Med.) That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment.
- 2. To attribute actual or personal existence to. Sir W. Hamilton.
- Hy*poth`e*nu"sal (?), a. Of or pertaining to hypothenuse. [R.]
- Hy*poth"e*tist (?), n. One who proposes or supports an hypothesis. [R.]
- Hythe (?), n. A small haven. See Hithe. [Obs.]