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A per se (L. per se by itself), one preëminent; a nonesuch. [Obs.]
A. An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter
A*bac`i*na"tion (*bs`*n"shn), n. The act of abacinating. [R.]
2. Behind; in the rear. Knolles.
Ab*ac"tion (b*k"shn), n. Stealing cattle on a large scale. [Obs.]
2. Hell; the bottomless pit. [Poetic]
2. To estrange; to withdraw. [Obs.]
3. To cause alienation of (mind). Sandys.
A*band" (*bnd"), v. t. [Contracted from abandon.] 1. To abandon. [Obs.]
1. To abandon. [Obs.]
2. To banish; to expel. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.
4. Careless freedom or ease; abandon. [R.] Carlyle.
3. To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
4. To blunt. [Obs.]
5. To reduce in estimation; to deprive. [Obs.]
3. (Her.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
Ab*bat"ic*al (b*bt"*kal), a. Abbatial. [Obs.]
2. The church of a monastery.
1. The superior or head of an abbey.
2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. Encyc. Brit.
2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
2. The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. Tylor.
2. An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.
2. A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading. [Obs.]
3. The simplest rudiments of any subject; as, the A B C of finance.
2. To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.
3. To reject; to cast off. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
2. To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
2. To put up with; to endure. [Prov.] Dickens.
2. One engaged in teaching the alphabet. Wood.
2. (Biol.) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
2. To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense. [Obs.].
A*bet"tal (&?;), n. Abetment. [R.]
2. Suspension; temporary suppression.
2. To fill with horror or disgust. [Obs.]
3. (Canon Law) To protest against; to reject solemnly. [Obs.]
3. Detestable. "Pride, abhorrent as it is." I. Taylor.
Ab*hor"ri*ble (&?;), a. Detestable. [R.]
2. Object of abhorrence. Isa. lxvi. 24.
3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
2. To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
3. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
2. One who dwells; a resident. Speed.
A*bil"i*ment (*bl"*ment), n. Habiliment. [Obs.]
A*bime" or A*byme" (#), n. [F. abîme. See Abysm.] A abyss. [Obs.]
2. The state of being rejected or cast out. [R.]
3. A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
2. A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.
Ab*jure"ment (-ment), n. Renunciation. [R.]
2. (Med.) Extirpation. Dunglison.
3. (Geol.) Wearing away; superficial waste. Tyndall.
2. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
2. To vouch for. "I 'll able them." Shak.
A"ble*ness (&?;), n. Ability of body or mind; force; vigor. [Obs. or R.]
A"blins (&?;), adv. [See Able.] Perhaps. [Scot.]
2. The water used in cleansing. "Cast the ablutions in the main." Pope.
Ab"ne*ga`tor (&?;), n. [L.] One who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything. [R.]
2. Something abnormal.
2. Alongside; as, close aboard.
2. Across; athwart. [Obs.]
A*bod"ance (&?;), n. [See Bode.] An omen; a portending. [Obs.]
2. Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
A*bode", n. [See Bode, v. t.] An omen. [Obs.]
A*bod"ing (&?;), n. A foreboding. [Obs.]
2. To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out. [Archaic]
The application of this word to persons is now unusual or obsolete
2. Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive. [Obs.]
3. A cause of pollution or wickedness.
A*boon" (&?;), prep. and adv. Above. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Ab`o*rig"i*nal (&?;), a. [See Aborigines.]
2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.
2. An animal or a plant native to the region.
2. The original fauna and flora of a geographical area
1. To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
2. An aborted offspring. [Obs.] Holland.
2. The immature product of an untimely birth.
2. Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum. [Obs.]
2. A fruitless effort or issue. [Obs.]
A*bort"ment (*bôrt"ment), n. Abortion. [Obs.]
A*bought" (&?;), imp. & p. p. of Aby. [Obs.]
2. To be copiously supplied; -- followed by in or with.
5. In concern with; engaged in; intent on.
3. Here and there; around; in one place and another.
3. Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.
4. More than; as, above five hundred were present.
A*brade" (&?;), v. t. Same as Abraid. [Obs.]
2. The substance rubbed off. Berkeley.
4. At the same time; simultaneously. [Obs.]
A*breg"ge (&?;), v. t. See Abridge. [Obs.]
A"bri*cock (&?;), n. See Apricot. [Obs.]
2. To put an end to; to do away with. Shak.
3. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
4. (Bot.) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray.
Ab*rupt" (&?;), n. [L. abruptum.] An abrupt place. [Poetic]
2. Precipitously.
2. The state of being cut off. Sir T. Browne.
2. Want; destitution; withdrawal. "In the absence of conventional law." Kent.
2. Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent.
2. A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.
Ab*sist"ence (&?;), n. A standing aloof. [Obs.]
6. Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful. [R.]
7. Authoritative; peremptory. [R.]
8. (Chem.) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
5. The form of words by which a penitent is absolved. Shipley.
6. Delivery, in speech. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. (Theol.) Doctrine of absolute decrees. Ash.
3. To finish; to accomplish. [Obs.]
Ab`sor*bi"tion (&?;), n. Absorption. [Obs.]
5. Promotive of abstemiousness. [R.]
Ab"sti*nen*cy (&?;), n. Abstinence. [R.]
4. Abstracted; absent in mind. "Abstract, as in a trance." Milton.
1. To withdraw; to separate; to take away.
4. To epitomize; to abridge. Franklin.
Ab*stract", v. t. To perform the process of abstraction. [R.]
3. An abstract term.
2. Separated from matter; abstract; ideal. [Obs.]
3. Abstract; abstruse; difficult. [Obs.] Johnson.
5. Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.
7. (Chem.) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation. Nicholson.
2. That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
Ab*surd"ness, n. Absurdity. [R.]
3. To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
4. To dishonor. "Shall flight abuse your name?" Shak.
5. To violate; to ravish. Spenser.
6. To deceive; to impose on. [Obs.]
5. Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child. [Obs.]
5. Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating. [Obs.] "An abusive treaty." Bacon.
2. To endure; to abide. [Obs.]
2. Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.
3. (Her.) The center of an escutcheon.
2. A member of the Abyssinian Church.
Ac`a*de"mi*al (&?;), a. Academic. [R.]
2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
2. A collegian. [R.] Chesterfield.
2. A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
2. An academician. [Obs.] Ray.
3. A place of training; a school. "Academies of fanaticism." Hume.
2. (Zoöl.) A spine or prickly fin.
3. (Anat.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra. Dunglison.
2. (Zoöl.) Acanthopterygious.
A*ca"ter (&?;), n. See Caterer. [Obs.]
A*cates" (&?;), n. pl. See Cates. [Obs.]
1. To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede. [Obs.] T. Gale.
2. To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.
3. To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure.
4. A word; a significant tone; (pl.) expressions in general; speech.
5. (Pros.) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
2. To mark emphatically; to emphasize.
2. To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
3. To mark with the written accent.
2. To receive with favor; to approve.
4. To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]
Ac*cept"an*cy (&?;), n. Acceptance. [R.]
2. A respecter; a viewer with partiality. [Obs.]
3. (Law) An acceptor.
2. Ready to accept. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
3. Admission to sexual intercourse.
5. An onset, attack, or fit of disease.
2. Open to the influence of; -- with to. "Minds accessible to reason." Macaulay.
3. Obtainable; to be got at.
2. (Law) Same as Accessary, n.
2. The rudiments of any subject. Lowell.
3. (Her.) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
6. Unusual appearance or effect. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. (Surg.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
2. To declare by acclamations.
3. To shout; as, to acclaim my joy.
Ac*cli"mate*ment (-ment), n. Acclimation. [R.]
Ac*clive" (&?;), a. Acclivous. [Obs.]
2. (Naut.) To coil together. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
2. (Mus.) A brace used to join two or more staves.
Ac*com*bi*na"tion (&?;), n. [L. ad + E. combination.] A combining together. [R.]
Ac*com"mo*date*ly, adv. Suitably; fitly. [R.]
Ac*com"mo*date*ness, n. Fitness. [R.]
2. Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
6. (Com.) (a) A loan of money. (b) An accommodation bill or note.
2. To cohabit with. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
2. To cohabit (with). [Obs.] Milton.
3. (Mus.) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
1. A cooperator. [R.]
Ac`com*plic"i*ty (&?;), n. The act or state of being an accomplice. [R.]
4. To gain; to obtain. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To agree in pitch and tone.
2. Reconcilable; in accordance.
Ac*cord"er (&?;), n. One who accords, assents, or concedes. [R.]
2. In natural sequence; consequently; so.
2. To approach; to make up to. [Archaic] Shak.
3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. "Him, Satan thus accosts." Milton.
1. To reckon; to compute; to count. [Obs.]
3. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.
4. To recount; to relate. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Capable of being accounted for; explicable. [R.]
2. A reckoner.
2. That which couples, as a tie or brace. [R.]
2. To subdue; to tame; to daunt. [Obs.]
3. To believe; to credit; to put trust in.
Ac*cresce" (&?;), v. i. [L. accrescere. See Accrue.] 1. To accrue. [R.]
2. To increase; to grow. [Obs.] Gillespie.
1. Growing; increasing. Shuckford.
2. (Bot.) Growing larger after flowering. Gray.
2. To adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to.
2. (Bot.) Grown together. Gray.
4. A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes. Dana.
2. To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.
Ac*cru"al (&?;), n. Accrument. [R.]
Ac*cum"ben*cy (k*km"ben*s), n. The state of being accumbent or reclining. [R.]
2. (Law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
2. Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful. [Obs.]
1. The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.
2. In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
2. To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.
3. To betray; to show. [L.] Sir P. Sidney.
2. To cohabit. [Obs.]
Ac*cus"tom*a*ri*ly (&?;), adv. Customarily. [Obs.]
2. Frequented by customers. [Obs.] "A well accustomed shop." Smollett.
2. Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
3. A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.
2. (Zoöl.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
4. Without a leader or chief.
5. Wanting the beginning.
6. (Pros.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry. Brande.
Ac"e*tize (&?;), v. i. To acetify. [R.]
2. Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation.
2. pl. Provisions. Same as Cates. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
3. To finish; to kill. [Obs.] Shak.
2. (Biol.) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue.
2. Of or pertaining to an acid; as, acid reaction.
2. To sour; to imbitter.
2. Full of small kernels like a grape.
2. To acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] Chaucer.
To be acknown (often with of or on), to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.]
4. Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc. Smollett.
2. (Med.) The crisis or height of a disease.
3. Mature age; full bloom of life. B. Jonson.
A*col"y*thist (&?;), n. An acolyte. [Obs.]
3. (Zoöl.) See Acorn- shell.
2. Fed or filled with acorns. [R.] Shak.
Ac*quaint" (&?;), a. [OF. acoint. See Acquaint, v. t.] Acquainted. [Obs.]
3. To familiarize; to accustom. [Obs.] Evelyn.
2. A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
1. Acquisition; the thing gained. [R.] Bacon.
Ac*quis"i*tive (&?;), a. 1. Acquired. [Obs.]
2. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] Shak.
1. To craze. [Obs.] Grafton.
2. To impair; to destroy. [Obs.] Hacket.
2. Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions.
3. Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing.
2. (Med.) Undecided character of a disease. [Obs.]
2. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. [Obs.]
2. To perform; to execute; to do. [Archaic]
3. To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.
5. To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
4. To perform on the stage; to represent a character.
2. Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting superintendent.
2. The measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light. Abney.
4. Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.
5. (Mech.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.
C. J. Smith.
Ac"ti*vate (&?;), v. t. To make active. [Obs.]
7. Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
8. Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
2. (Gram.) In an active signification; as, a word used actively.
Act"less (&?;), a. Without action or spirit. [R.]
2. A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.
2. A female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.
2. In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
Ac"tu*ose` (&?;), a. [L. actuosus.] Very active. [Obs.]
Ac`u*a"tion (&?;), n. Act of sharpening. [R.]
2. (Bot.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles.
3. Severe or stinging; incisive. [R.] Bacon.
2. (Zoöl.) A sting.
A*cus"tum*aunce (&?;), n. See Accustomance. [Obs.]
3. Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.
4. (Med.) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
2. (As a symbol) "Original sin;" human frailty.
2. Lodestone; magnet. [Obs.] "A great adamant of acquaintance." Bacon.
2. (Min.) Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
2. The result of adapting; an adapted form.
2. (Chem.) A connecting tube; an adopter.
A*dapt"ness, n. Adaptedness. [R.]
Ad`ap*to"ri*al (&?;), a. Adaptive. [R.]
3. To append, as a statement; to say further.
2. To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly.
Ad*dict" (&?;), p. p. Addicted; devoted. [Obs.]
2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.]
3. (Math.) That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers.
Ad"dle (&?;), n. [OE. adel, AS. adela, mud.] 1. Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.]
2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To prepare or make ready. [Obs.]
4. To clothe or array; to dress. [Archaic]
8. To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
2. To direct speech. [Obs.]
Ad*dress, n. [Cf. F. adresse. See Address, v. t.]
1. Act of preparing one's self. [Obs.] Jer Taylor.
2. Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.
6. Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady. Addison.
7. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
A*dept"ist, n. A skilled alchemist. [Obs.]
2. To equal. [Obs.]
Ad*fil"i*a`ted (&?;), a. See Affiliated. [Obs.]
Ad*fil`i*a"tion (&?;), n. See Affiliation. [Obs.]
Syn. -- To attach; stick; cleave; cling; hold
2. That which adheres. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
2. Attached as an attribute or circumstance.
2. That which adheres; an appendage. [R.] Milton.
3. Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.
2. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. Thomson.
2. To use or apply; to administer. Camden.
3. To attach; to affix. Alison.
2. (Med.) Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines. Dunglison.
Ad`i*aph"o*ry, n. [Gr. &?;.] Indifference. [Obs.]
Ad"i*pous (&?;), a. Fatty; adipose. [R.]
2. Admission; approach; access. [R.]
2. That which is adjacent. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Ad"jec*tive (d"jk*tv), a. [See Adjective, n.]
2. Not standing by itself; dependent.
2. A dependent; an accessory. Fuller.
2. To join one's self. [Obs.]
Ad"joint (&?;), n. An adjunct; a helper. [Obs.]
3. To sentence; to condemn.
4. To regard or hold; to judge; to deem.
2. The form of oath or appeal.
2. To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.
Ad*just"age (&?;), n. [Cf. Ajutage.] Adjustment. [R.]
Ad*just"ive (&?;), a. Tending to adjust. [R.]
2. Skillful arrangement in aid; assistance.
Ad*jute" (&?;), v. t. [F. ajouter; confused with L. adjutare.] To add. [Obs.]
Ad*ju"trix (&?;), n. [L. See Adjutor.] A female helper or assistant. [R.]
Ad`lo*cu"tion (&?;), n. See Allocution. [Obs.]
2. The measure of a thing; dimensions; size.
2. (Law) Corroborative or explanatory proof.
4. To tender, as an oath.
2. The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
3. The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
4. The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
2. To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse.
4. Admissibility. [Obs.] Shak.
5. (Eng. Law) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. Bouvier.
2. The compound formed by mixing different substances together.
3. That which is mixed with anything.
3. To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify.
Ad`mo*ni"tion*er (&?;), n. Admonisher. [Obs.]
2. (Bot.) Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts.
2. A preëminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
A*dop"tious (&?;), a. Adopted. [Obs.]
2. Worthy of the utmost love or respect.
A*dore", v. t. To adorn. [Obs.]
Ad`or*na"tion (&?;), n. Adornment. [Obs.]
A*down", prep. Down. [Archaic & Poetic]
1. To defile by adultery. [Obs.] Milton.
A*dul"ter*ate, v. i. To commit adultery. [Obs.]
2. Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.
2. An adulterated state or product.
2. (Script.) A man who violates his religious covenant. Jer. ix. 2.
2. (Script.) A woman who violates her religious engagements. James iv. 4.
A*dul"ter*ine, n. An illegitimate child. [R.]
2. Adulteration; corruption. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
4. (Old Law) The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.
6. Injury; degradation; ruin. [Obs.]
2. To overshadow; to shade.
3. (Her.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
2. Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt.
A*dust"i*ble (&?;), a. That may be burnt. [Obs.]
2. (Surg.) Cauterization. Buchanan.
2. To raise; to elevate. [Archaic]
3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
6. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
9. To extol; to laud. [Obs.]
3. To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted.
3. Far on in life or time.
2. An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5.
4. Settlement on a wife, or jointure. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. A second branch of a buck's antler. Howell.
Ad*van"cive (&?;), a. Tending to advance. [R.]
2. Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.
To advantage one's self of, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]
Ad*van"tage*a*ble (&?;), a. Advantageous. [Obs.]
2. The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
3. Coming; any important arrival; approach.
4. (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; accidental.
2. (Bot.) Adventitious. Gray.
2. Risk; danger; peril. [Obs.]
2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
Ad*ven"tur*er (&?;), n. [Cf. F. aventurier.]
2. A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
2. (Law) Having an opposing party; not unopposed; as, an adversary suit.
2. Opposite. "Calpe's adverse height." Byron.
2. Admonition; advice; warning. [Obs.]
2. Deliberate consideration; knowledge. [Obs.]
4. (Crim. Law) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. Wharton.
2. Ready to receive advice. [R.] South.
Ad*vise", v. t. 1. To consider; to deliberate. [Obs.]
2. To take counsel; to consult; -- followed by with; as, to advise with friends.
2. Consideration; deliberation; consultation.
Ad*vis"er*ship, n. The office of an adviser. [R.]
3. Christ, considered as an intercessor.
2. Advowson. [Obs.]
Ad"vo*ca*to*ry (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to an advocate. [R.]
Ad*voke" (&?;), v. t. [L. advocare. See Advocate.] To summon; to call. [Obs.]
Ad*voy"er (&?;), n. See Avoyer. [Obs.]
2. (Physics) Characterized by the absence of power or force.
2. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aërate soil; to aërate water.
3. The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.
3. Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aërial spires.
5. Light as air; ethereal.
2. To change into an aëriform state.
2. A balloonist; an aëronaut.
2. Aëronautic; as, an aërostatic voyage.
2. The science of weighing air; aërostatics. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor.
Æ"thi*ops min"er*al (&?;). (Chem.) Same as Ethiops mineral. [Obs.]
2. The assignment of a cause.
2. Gracious; mild; benign.
4. Action; endeavor. [Obs.]
5. A material object (vaguely designated).
2. To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.
3. To love; to regard with affection. [Obs.]
5. To dispose or incline.
6. To aim at; to aspire; to covet. [Obs.]
7. To tend to by affinity or disposition.
9. To assign; to appoint. [R.]
2. A striving after. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
3. Fondness; affection. [Obs.] Hooker.
Af*fect"ed (f*fkt"d), p. p. & a. 1. Regarded with affection; beloved. [Obs.]
2. Inclined; disposed; attached.
4. Assumed artificially; not natural.
2. Lovingly; with tender care. [Obs.] Shak.
Af*fect`i*bil"i*ty (&?;), n. The quality or state of being affectible. [R.]
Af*fect"i*ble (&?;), a. That may be affected. [R.]
2. Affected; given to false show. [Obs.]
5. Prejudice; bias. [Obs.] Bp. Aylmer.
6. (Med.) Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. Dunglison.
7. The lively representation of any emotion. Wotton.
8. Affectation. [Obs.] "Spruce affection." Shak.
9. Passion; violent emotion. [Obs.]
2. Kindly inclined; zealous. [Obs.] Johson.
4. Strongly inclined; -- with to. [Obs.] Bacon.
Af*fec"tion*a`ted, a. Disposed; inclined. [Obs.]
Af*fec"tioned (&?;), a. 1. Disposed. [Archaic]
2. Affected; conceited. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Pertaining to or exciting emotion; affectional; emotional. Rogers.
2. Trust; reliance; faith; confidence.
2. To assure by promise. [Obs.] Pope.
3. To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
3. Connection in the way of descent. H. Spencer.
2. Companionship; acquaintance. [Obs.]
2. A strong declaration; affirmation. Cowper.
2. (Law) One who affirms, instead of taking an oath.
3. Positive; dogmatic. [Obs.] J. Taylor.
4. (logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
2. A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.
2. To fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically.
2. A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration.
3. To make low or humble. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.
2. Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches.
Af*flu*ent*ness, n. Great plenty. [R.]
Af"fo*dill (&?;), n. Asphodel. [Obs.]
2. A reënforcement; a strengthening. Hallam.
Af*for"ci*a*ment (&?;), n. See Afforcement. [Obs.]
Af*ford"ment (&?;), n. Anything given as a help; bestowal. [Obs.]
2. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
2. Alarm; terror; fright. [Obs.] Spenser.
Af*fright"er (&?;), n. One who frightens. [Archaic]
3. An offense to one's self-respect; shame. Arbuthnot.
2. To betroth or espouse; to affiance. [Obs.] Shak.
3. To bind in faith. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu.
2. A kind of worsted blanket or wrap.
2. Out of the way; astray.
2. Fig.: In motion; in action; astir; in progress.
2. (Naut.) In the fore part of a vessel.
A*fore", prep. 1. Before (in all its senses). [Archaic]
2. (Naut.) Before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass.
A*fore"hand` (&?;) adv. Beforehand; in anticipation. [Archaic or Dial.]
Af"ric (&?;), a. African. -- n. Africa. [Poetic]
2. Below in rank; next to in order. Shak.
6. Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.
2. (Naut.) Nearest the stern; most aft.
2. (Naut.) The heel of a rudder.
2. Another time; once more; anew.
3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.
4. In any other place. [Archaic] Bacon.
6. Moreover; besides; further.
A*gain"stand` (&?;), v. t. To withstand. [Obs.]
A*gain"ward (&?;), adv. Back again. [Obs.]
4. One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc. Shak.
8. A great period in the history of the Earth.
9. A century; the period of one hundred years.
11. A long time. [Colloq.] "He made minutes an age." Tennyson.
2. Belonging to old age. "Aged cramps." Shak.
A*gen" (&?;), adv. & prep. See Again. [Obs.]
3. The place of business of am agent.
A"gend (&?;), n. See Agendum. [Obs.]
2. A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually Agenda.]
2. (Bot.) Collected into a rounded head of flowers.
2. State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
3. To make appear great or greater; to exalt. Lamb.
Ag"gran*dize, v. i. To increase or become great. [Obs.]
4. To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. [Colloq.]
2. Exasperating; provoking; irritating. [Colloq.]
2. Exaggerated representation.
4. Provocation; irritation. [Colloq.] Dickens.
2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.
2. (Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.
2. Gregarious; social. [R.] Carlyle.
Ag*gress", v. t. To set upon; to attack. [R.]
Ag*gress", n. [L. aggressus.] Aggression. [Obs.]
Ag*grieve", v. i. To grieve; to lament. [Obs.]
A*ghast" (&?;), v. t. See Agast, v. t. [Obs.]
Ag"ile*ness, n. Agility; nimbleness. [R.]
2. Activity; powerful agency. [Obs.]
2. To move or actuate. [R.] Thomson.
3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
3. An implement for shaking or mixing.
2. (Haberdashery) A round white staylace. Beck.
2. An inflammation or sore under or around the nail; also, a hangnail.
2. Allied; akin. "Agnate words." Pownall.
2. An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just.
Ag*nom"i*nate (g*nm"*nt), v. t. To name. [Obs.]
2. Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination.
A*gone" (&?;), a. & adv. Ago. [Archaic> & Poet.]
2. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
3. Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
4. The last struggle of life; death struggle.
A*grace" (&?;), n. & v. See Aggrace. [Obs.]
2. (Bot.) Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.
2. An agrarian law. [R.]
6. (Gram.) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.
2. Willing; ready to agree or consent. [Colloq.]
3. Resemblance; concordance; harmony; -- with to or between. [Obs.]
3. Alike; similarly. [Obs.]
A*gres"tic*al (&?;), a. Agrestic. [Obs.]
Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ist, n. An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)
Ag`ri*cul"tur*ism (&?;), n. Agriculture. [R.]
2. To terrify; to affright. [Obs.]
2. A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque. [Mexico and Spanish America.]
2. (Med.) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
3. The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.
4. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. Dryden.
A*guise", v. t. [Pref a- + guise.] To dress; to attire; to adorn. [Obs.]
2. Headlong; without restraint. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
5. An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid.
Aid"ance (&?;), n. [Cf. OF. aidance.] Aid. [R.]
Ai"el (&?;), n. See Ayle. [Obs.]
2. A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc. Prescott.
2. An instrument for boring holes, used in blasting.
3. To guess or conjecture. [Obs.] Shak.
2. The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
3. Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
4. Conjecture; guess. [Obs.]
4. Any aëriform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly called vital air. [Obs.]
5. Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.
6. Odoriferous or contaminated air.
7. That which surrounds and influences.
8. Utterance abroad; publicity; vent.
9. Intelligence; information. [Obs.] Bacon.
12. Peculiar appearance; apparent character; semblance; manner; style.
15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
2. A frame on which clothes are aired or dried.
2. (Founding) A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole.
2. Lightness of spirits; gayety; levity; as, the airiness of young persons.
5. Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.
9. (Paint.) Having the light and aërial tints true to nature. Elmes.
Ak*now" (&?;). Earlier form of Acknow. [Obs.]
To be aknow, to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.]
2. (Bot.) Axillary; in the fork or axil. Gray.
3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] "These home alarms." Shak.
2. To keep in excitement; to disturb.
A*late" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + late.] Lately; of late. [Archaic]
2. A register for visitors' names; a visitors' book.
3. (Chem.) Same as Albumin.
2. The warden, or keeper of a jail.
Al"che*mis*try (&?;), n. Alchemy. [Obs.]
3. Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious.
2. The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation. [Obs.] Boyle.
2. pl. Alcoholic liquors.
2. The act rectifying spirit.
2. To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol.
3. Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.
2. The state of being an alderman. [Jocular]
2. The office or rank of an alderman. [R.] B. Jonson.
Ale"-knight` (&?;), n. A pot companion. [Obs.]
Ale"pole` (&?;), n. A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse. [Obs.]
2. Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
Ale"tast`er (&?;), n. See Aleconner. [Eng.]
2. Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n.
Still used in the north of England in the sense of "everywhere."
2. By any or means; at all events. [Obs.] Fairfax.
3. Notwithstanding; yet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. A treatise on this science.
Al"gid*ness (&?;), n. Algidity. [Obs.]
2. The state of being alienated or transferred to another. Brougham.
Al"ien*ate (&?;), n. A stranger; an alien. [Obs.]
2. (Law) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.
3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections.
2. The study or treatment of diseases of the mind.
3. To come or chance (upon). [R.]
A*like"-mind`ed (&?;), a. Like- minded. [Obs.]
2. An allowance for maintenance. [Scot.]
2. To provide for the maintenance of. [Scot.]
2. State or mode of being nourished. Bacon.
3. Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.
4. Sprightly; lively; brisk. Richardson.
6. Of all living (by way of emphasis).
Al*ka"li*ous (&?;), a. Alkaline. [Obs.]
2. Any. [Obs.] "Without all remedy." Shak.
3. Only; alone; nothing but.
2. Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) [Obs. or Poet.]
Al*lay", n. Alleviation; abatement; check. [Obs.]
Al*lay"ment (&?;), n. An allaying; that which allays; mitigation. [Obs.]
Al*lec"tive (&?;), a. [LL. allectivus.] Alluring. [Obs.]
Al*ledge" (&?;), v. t. See Allege. [Obs.]
2. To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge. [Archaic]
Al*lege"ance (&?;), n. Allegation. [Obs.]
Al*lege"ment (&?;), n. Allegation. [Obs.]
Al*legge" (&?;), v. t. See Alegge and Allay. [Obs.]
2. Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science.
2. Anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.
2. A figure in dancing.
3. To extenuate; to palliate. [R.]
2. That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable.
2. A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street. Gay.
3. A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
5. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
All`-hail", v. t. To salute; to greet. [Poet.]
2. All Saints' Day, November 1st. [Archaic]
3. The persons or parties allied. Udall.
Al*li"ance, v. t. To connect by alliance; to ally. [Obs.]
All"ness (&?;), n. Totality; completeness. [R.]
2. To localize. [R.]
2. An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.
Al`lo*ge"ne*ous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;.] Different in nature or kind. [R.]
2. A work published under the name of some one other than the author.
2. To like; to be suited or pleased with. [Obs.]
3. To sanction; to invest; to intrust. [Obs.]
3. Acknowledgment.
4. License; indulgence. [Obs.] Locke.
Al*low"er (&?;), n. 1. An approver or abettor. [Obs.]
2. One who allows or permits.
2. The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
3. A baser metal mixed with a finer.
2. To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
Al*lur"ance (&?;), n. Allurement. [R.]
2. Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.
2. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood. Lyell.
3. Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.
All"where` (&?;), adv. Everywhere. [Archaic]
3. Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.
4. Anything akin to another by structure, etc.
2. The German language. J. Foxe.
3. A kind of dance. See Allemande.
Al"mer*y (&?;), n. See Ambry. [Obs.]
Alm"esse (&?;), n. See Alms. [Obs.]
2. Great; extreme; terrible. [Slang]
2. The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
3. Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: (Anat.) One of the tonsils.
Al"mon*dine (&?;), n. See Almandine
Alm"ry (&?;), n. See Almonry. [Obs.]
2. A giver of alms. [R.] Halliwell.
A*loft", prep. Above; on top of. [Obs.]
3. Sole; only; exclusive. [R.]
4. Hence; Unique; rare; matchless. Shak.
A*lone"ly, adv. Only; merely; singly. [Obs.]
2. In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
3. In company; together.
A*long". [AS. gelang owing to.] (Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.)
2. Without sympathy; unfavorably.
A*loof" (&?;), prep. Away from; clear from. [Obs.]
A*lose" (&?;), v. t. [OE. aloser.] To praise. [Obs.]
2. Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.
2. Wool of the alpaca.
2. The simplest rudiments; elements.
2. Literal. [Obs.] "Alphabetical servility." Milton.
2. To furnish with an alphabet.
2. Like the Alps; lofty. "Gazing up an Alpine height." Tennyson.
2. As. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
3. Even as; as; so. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To agitate; to affect mentally. [Obs.] Milton.
3. To geld. [Colloq.]
2. (Math.) Permutation.
2. Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
3. Alternate; reciprocal. [Obs.] Holland.
3. The course of action or the thing offered in place of another.
Al*tho" (&?;), conj. Although. [Reformed spelling]
4. Height of degree; highest point or degree.
5. Height of rank or excellence; superiority. Swift.
6. pl. Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs. [Colloq.] Richardson.
2. An alto singer.
2. Without exception; wholly; completely.
2. Of a pale brown color; leather-yellow. Brande.
2. (Anat.) The hollow of the external ear. Quincy.
Al"ve*o*la*ry (&?;), a. Alveolar. [R.]
2. (Zoöl.) A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil
Al"way (&?;), adv. Always. [Archaic or Poetic]
2. At full speed; in great haste; also, at once. "They fled amain." Holinshed.
2. A mixture or compound of different things.
3. (Min.) A native compound of mercury and silver.
A*mal"ga*mize (&?;), v. t. To amalgamate. [R.]
2. A kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc.
2. A color inclining to purple.
2. Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying.
3. Of a purplish color. Buchanan.
A*maze"ful (&?;), a. Full of amazement. [R.]
2. Frenzy; madness. [Obs.] Webster (1661).
2. A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago.
2. Of or pertaining to the river Amazon in South America, or to its valley.
Am*bag"i*nous (&?;), a. Ambagious. [R.]
Am*ba"gious (&?;), a. [L. ambagiosus.] Circumlocutory; circuitous. [R.]
Am*bag"i*to*ry (&?;), a. Ambagious. [R.]
2. An embassy. [Obs.] Strype.
2. An official messenger and representative.
3. Ambergris. [Obs.]
4. The balsam, liquidambar.
2. To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
2. Practicing or siding with both parties.
Am*bi"tion*ist, n. One excessively ambitious. [R.]
2. (Rom. Antiq.) A canvassing for votes.
2. To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks.
2. A movement like the amble of a horse.
2. Divinely excellent or beautiful. "Shakes his ambrosial curls." Pope.
2. A store closet, as a pantry, cupboard, etc.
3. Almonry. [Improperly so used]
Am"bu*la*tive (&?;), a. Walking. [R.]
3. An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator. Knight.
3. Pertaining to a walk. [R.]
3. (Mil.) The body of troops lying in ambush.
2. To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
Am`bus*ca"doed (&?;), p. p. Posted in ambush; ambuscaded. [Obs.]
2. To attack by ambush; to waylay.
A*meer", A*mir" (&?;), n. [See Emir.] 1. Emir. [Obs.]
2. One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.
3. Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.
4. Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
A*mend"ful (&?;), a. Much improving. [Obs.]
3. (Law) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
2. To punish, in general; to mulct.
3. A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.
2. (Her.) A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.
2. Composed of, or containing, amethyst.
4. Done out of love. [Obs.]
Am"i*anth (&?;), n. See Amianthus. [Poetic]
A*miss", n. A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.]
3. Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.
A*mon"este (&?;), v. t. To admonish. [Obs.]
3. A petty love affair or amour. [Obs.]
2. Affected with love; in love; enamored; -- usually with of; formerly with on.
3. Of no particular kind or character; anomalous.
3. To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund.
2. On the following morning. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Deprivation of possession.
A*mount", v. t. To signify; to amount to. [Obs.]
A*mour" (&?;), n. [F., fr. L. amor love.] 1. Love; affection. [Obs.]
In amours with, in love with. [Obs.]
2. (Law) To dismiss from an office or station.
Am*phib"i*al (-al), a. & n. Amphibian. [R.]
2. Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water.
3. Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures.
2. Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.
1. Ambiguous; doubtful. [Obs.]
2. (Logic) Capable of two meanings.
Am*phig"o*ny (&?;), n. Sexual propagation. [R.]
Am`plex*a"tion (&?;), n. [L. amplexari to embrace.] An embrace. [Obs.]
Am"pli*fy (&?;), v. i. 1. To become larger. [Obs.]
2. (Surg.) To cut off (a limb or projecting part of the body). Wiseman.
3. To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
A*muse", v. i. To muse; to mediate. [Obs.]
2. Expressing amusement; as, an amused look.
A*muse"ment (&?;), n. [Cf. F. amusement.] 1. Deep thought; muse. [Obs.]
2. (Chem.) A salt amygdalic acid.
2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock amygdaloid.
2. (Med.) The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.
2. (Med.) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation. [Obs.]
2. The science of reflected sounds.
2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
2. Having analogy; analogous. Sir M. Hale.
2. Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other. Crabb.
3. (Geom.) Proportion; equality of ratios.
2. (Biol.) Same as Anamorphism, 2.
3. (Bot.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.
An*an"gu*lar (&?;), a. [Gr. 'an priv. + E. angular.] Containing no angle. [R.]
2. A verse composed of such feet.
A*nar"chal (&?;), a. Lawless; anarchical. [R.]
2. Hence, confusion or disorder, in general.
2. (Zoöl.) Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects.
2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.
2. To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze.
3. A treatise or book on anatomy.
2. Glass gall or sandiver.
3. Saltpeter. Coxe. Johnson.
2. A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes.
3. (Law) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
4. (Her.) An emblem of hope.
2. To stop; to fix or rest.
2. A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
3. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
5. Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
6. A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. Johnson.
2. Hence: Firm hold: security.
An"cho*ri`tess (&?;), n. An anchoress. [R.]
4. Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable. [Archaic]
5. Experienced; versed. [Obs.]
6. Former; sometime. [Obs.]
2. An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.
3. A senior; an elder; a predecessor. [Obs.]
4. pl. (Eng. Law) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
An"cient, n. [Corrupted from ensign.] 1. An ensign or flag. [Obs.]
2. The bearer of a flag; an ensign. [Obs.]
2. In an ancient manner. [R.]
2. Old age; also, old people. [R.]
3. Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth.
2. Seniority. [Obs.]
3. It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.
4. If; though. See An, conj. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. (Bot.) An androgynous plant. Whewell.
2. (Zoöl.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.
A*near", v. t. & i. To near; to approach. [Archaic]
A*neath" (&?;), prep. & adv. [Pref. a- + neath for beneath.] Beneath. [Scot.]
2. To give extreme unction to. [Obs.] R. of Brunne.
2. (Zoöl.) The sea anemone. See Actinia, and Sea anemone.
2. About; concerning; in respect; as, he said nothing anent this particular.
4. A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches. [Archaic]
5. Attendant spirit; genius; demon. Shak.
2. The candied leaf stalks of angelica.
2. An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. Johnson. R. Browning.
3. A sort of small, rich cheese, made in Normandy.
2. To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke.
An"ger*ly, adv. Angrily. [Obs. or Poetic]
3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
3. Attachment to England or English institutions.
An*glic"i*fy (&?;), v. t. [NL. Anglicus English + -fly.] To anglicize. [R.]
2. The quality of being English; an English characteristic, custom, or method.
2. Inflamed and painful, as a sore.
5. Red. [R.]
6. Sharp; keen; stimulated. [R.]
Rarely used in the plural: -
2. Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
An"gu*lose` (&?;), a. Angulous. [R.]
An`gu*los"i*ty (&?;), n. A state of being angulous or angular. [Obs.]
An*gust" (&?;), a. [L. angustus. See Anguish.] Narrow; strait. [Obs.]
An"he*lose (&?;), a. Anhelous; panting. [R.]
An*hun"gered (&?;), a. Ahungered; longing. [Archaic]
A*nigh" (&?;), prep. & adv. [Pref. a- + nigh.] Nigh. [Archaic]
An"ile*ness (&?;), n. Anility. [R.]
2. Monition; warning. [Obs.] Clarendon.
3. To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment. [Archaic] Grew.
3. Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.
2. (Zoöl.) An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria.
2. A believer in the theory of animalculism.
2. Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation. Owen.
2. To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.
An"i*mal*ness, n. Animality. [R.]
An`i*mas"tic, n. Psychology. [Obs.]
An`i*mose"ness (&?;), n. Vehemence of temper. [Obs.]
2. The fruit or seeds of this plant.
2. Historical records; chronicles; history.
3. sing. The record of a single event or item. "In deathless annal." Young.
2. The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc.
2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
An*nex"ion*ist, n. An annexationist. [R.]
2. The state of being annihilated. Hooker.
3. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. Dryden.
An*nom"i*nate (&?;), v. t. To name. [R.]
2. Alliteration. [Obs.] Tyrwhitt.
An`no*ta"tion*ist, n. An annotator. [R.]
2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
2. That which annoys.
An"nu*al*ist, n. One who writes for, or who edits, an annual. [R.]
2. Banded or marked with circles.
2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Annulata.
3. (Her.) A little circle borne as a charge.
An*nul"ler (&?;), n. One who annuls. [R.]
2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Annulosa.
An*nun"ci*a*ble (&?;), a. That may be announced or declared; declarable. [R.]
A*nom"al (&?;), n. Anything anomalous. [R.]
2. Soon; in a little while.
3. At another time; then; again.
2. Not the same; different.
3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.
2. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Anseres.
2. Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
3. Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.
5. Equal; equivalent; adequate. [Archaic]
An 't (&?;). An it, that is, and it or if it. See An, conj. [Obs.]
2. Antisyphilitic. [R.]
Ant*ar"chist (&?;), n. One who opposes all government. [R.]
2. (Astron.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
2. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.
2. One who precedes or goes in front. [Obs.]
2. An ancestor; a progenitor. [Obs.]
2. A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.
2. Anticipation. [Obs.] Donne.
2. To precede in time.
3. To anticipate; to make before the true time.
An"te*fact` (&?;), n. Something done before another act. [Obs.]
2. (Med.) To displace by anteversion.
2. A song or hymn of praise. Milton.
An"them, v. t. To celebrate with anthems. [Poet.]
2. A collection of flowers; a garland. [R.]
2. The ascription of human characteristics to things not human.
2. Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.
2. An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure.
3. A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.
4. (Arch.) A grotesque representation. [Obs.]
5. An antimask. [Obs. or R.]
2. pl. Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres. Whewell.
3. Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
2. To fortify or preserve by an antidote.
An*til"o*quist (&?;), n. A contradicter. [Obs.]
An*til"o*quy (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + L. loqui to speak.] Contradiction. [Obs.]
2. (Min.) Stibnite.
2. An opposing law or rule of any kind.
2. Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.
An*tip"a*thize (&?;), v. i. To feel or show antipathy. [R.]
2. (Med.) Counteracting inflammation.
2. A verse said before and after the psalms. Shipley.
2. (Med.) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.
2. Diametrically opposite. "His antipodal shadow." Lowell.
2. The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe. Latham.
3. Anything exactly opposite or contrary.
2. A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
An`ti*qua"ri*an*ize (&?;), v. i. To act the part of an antiquary. [Colloq.]
An"ti*quate*ness (&?;), n. Antiquatedness. [Obs.]
4. Odd; fantastic. [In this sense, written antic.]
2. Old age. [Obs.]
4. The ancients; the people of ancient times.
5. An old gentleman. [Obs.]
2. The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.
3. Opposition; contrast.
An"ti*ty`pal (&?;), a. Antitypical. [R.]
An`ti*viv`i*sec"tion*ist, n. One opposed to vivisection
Anx*i"e*tude (&?;), n. [L. anxietudo.] The state of being anxious; anxiety. [R.]
2. Eager desire. J. D. Forbes
3. Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please.
2. A person of consideration or standing. [Colloq.]
2. Expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like. [Colloq. or Lowx]
2. A set or suite of rooms. De Quincey.
3. A compartment. [Obs.] Pope.
Ap`a*this"tic*al (&?;), a. Apathetic; une motional. [R.]
3. A dupe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
A*pert"ly, adv. Openly; clearly. [Archaic]
A*pert"ness, n. Openness; frankness. [Archaic]
2. The practice of aping; an apish action. Coleridge.
2. (Mining) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface. [U.S.]
3. (Zoöl.) A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.
A*pik"ed (&?;), a. Trimmed. [Obs.]
2. Anything viewed as a revelation; a disclosure.
2. (Med.) A cutting off; abscission.
A*poc"ry*phal*ist, n. One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha. [R.]
2. (Zoöl.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.
2. Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.
A*pol"o*ger (&?;), n. A teller of apologues. [Obs.]
A*pol"o*gize, v. t. To defend. [Obs.]
3. Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
A*pol"o*gy (&?;), v. i. To offer an apology. [Obs.]
2. An apophlegmatic. [Obs.] Bacon.
Ap`o*phleg*mat"i*zant (&?;), n. (Med.) An apophlegmatic. [Obs.]
A*pos"tate, v. i. [L. apostatare.] To apostatize. [Obs.]
Ap`o*stat"ic (&?;), a. [L. apostaticus, Gr. &?;.] Apostatical. [R.]
2. The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.
3. Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
Ap"os*tume (&?;), n. See Aposteme. [Obs.]
A*pot"e*lesm (&?;), n. [See Apotelesmatic.] 1. The result or issue. [Obs.]
2. (Astrol.) The calculation and explanation of a nativity. [Obs.] Bailey.
2. Relating to an issue of fulfillment.
2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To lose flavor or become stale. [Obs.]
2. A dependency; a dependent territory.
2. To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
3. To dress or clothe; to attire.
Ap*par"en*cy (&?;), n. 1. Appearance. [Obs.]
2. Apparentness; state of being apparent. Coleridge.
3. The position of being heir apparent.
Ap*par"ent, n. An heir apparent. [Obs.]
2. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
Ap*peach"ment (&?;), n. Accusation. [Obs.]
2. To summon; to challenge. [Archaic]
3. To invoke. [Obs.] Milton.
2. A summons to answer to a charge. Dryden.
4. Resort to physical means; recourse.
2. To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.
5. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
3. Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.
6. Probability; likelihood. [Obs.]
2. A challenger. [Obs.] Milton.
4. One who appeals or entreats.
2. The act of calling by a name.
2. (Gram.) Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class.
2. An appellation or title; a descriptive name.
2. (Law) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
Ap*pend"i*cate (&?;), v. t. To append. [Obs.]
Ap*pend`i*ca"tion (&?;), n. An appendage. [Obs.]
Ap`pen*dic"u*lar (&?;), a. Relating to an appendicle; appendiculate. [R.]
Ap*pen"sion (&?;), n. The act of appending. [Obs.]
3. Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.
2. Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
3. Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
4. Tendency; appetency. [Obs.]
5. The thing desired. [Obs.]
2. To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve.
Ap*plaus"a*ble (&?;), a. Worthy of applause; praiseworthy. [Obs.]
4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
Ap"ple-jack` (&?;), n. Apple brandy. [U.S.]
Ap"pli*can*cy (&?;), n. The quality or state of being applicable. [R.]
Ap"pli*cate (&?;), v. i. To apply. [Obs.]
2. The thing applied.
Ap*pli"ed*ly (&?;), adv. By application. [R.]
Ap*pli"ment (&?;), n. Application. [Obs.] Marston
5. To direct or address. [R.]
6. To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.
7. To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.]
8. To visit. [Obs.]
3. To ply; to move. [R.]
4. To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).
3. To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
Ap*point"ive (&?;), a. Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. [R.]
2. To place in juxtaposition or proximity.
2. To estimate; to conjecture.
3. To praise; to commend. [Obs.] R. Browning.
Ap*pre"ci*ant (&?;), a. Appreciative. [R.]
4. To be sensible of; to distinguish.
3. A rise in value; -- opposed to depreciation.
4. To know or learn with certainty. [Obs.]
5. To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
2. To be apprehensive; to fear.
4. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
2. Knowing; conscious; cognizant. [R.]
3. Relating to the faculty of apprehension.
5. Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [R.]
2. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
Ap*pren"tice*age, n. [F. apprentissage.] Apprenticeship. [Obs.]
Ap*pren"tice*hood, n. Apprenticeship. [Obs.]
2. (Scots Law) A creditor for whom an appraisal is made. Sir W. Scott.
3. (Mil.) To take approaches to.
2. A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
3. pl. Movements to gain favor; advances.
6. (Hort.) See Approaching.
3. Probation or novitiate. [Obs.]
2. (Phren.) Love of approbation.
Ap"pro*ba`tor (&?;), n. [L.] One who approves. [R.]
Ap*promt" (?; 215), v. t. [Pref. ad- + promt.] To quicken; to prompt. [Obs.]
2. Approval; commendation. Shak.
3. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic] Paley.
Ap*pro"pri*ate (&?;), n. A property; attribute. [Obs.]
2. Anything, especially money, thus set apart.
2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
5. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
2. An informer; an accuser. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To come near to; to approach.
Ap`ri*ca"tion, n. Basking in the sun. [R.]
2. A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
3. (Arch.) Same as Apse.
2. Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things.
3. Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons.
2. A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.
3. Readiness in learning; docility; aptness.
Apt`i*tu"di*nal (&?;), a. Suitable; fit. [Obs.]
4. Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.
2. pl. Sports or exercises practiced in or on the water.
A*quat"ic*al (&?;), a. Aquatic. [R.]
A*que"i*ty (&?;), n. Wateriness. [Obs.]
2. Made from, or by means of, water.
Ar`a*besque", a. 1. Arabian. [Obs.]
2. Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic.
Ar"a*by (&?;), n. The country of Arabia. [Archaic & Poetic]
2. (Zoöl.) One of the Arachnoidea.
A*ra"tion (&?;), n. [L. aratio, fr. arare to plow.] Plowing; tillage. [R.]
Ar"bi*ter, v. t. To act as arbiter between. [Obs.]
2. The award of arbitrators. Cowell.
2. To decide, or determine generally. South.
Arbor Day, a day appointed for planting trees and shrubs. [U.S.]
2. Pertaining to, or growing on, trees; as, arboreous moss. Quincy.
Ar*bor"ic*al (&?;), a. Relating to trees. [Obs.]
Ar"bor*ous (&?;), a. Formed by trees. [Obs.]
3. An arch. [Obs.]
2. An arched or covered passageway or avenue.
2. Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.
2. (Med.) A secret remedy; an elixir. Dunglison.
2. To form or bend into the shape of an arch.
2. Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.
Arch, n. [See Arch-, pref.] A chief. [Obs.]
2. Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness.
2. One who uses archaisms.
2. Archers, or bowmen, collectively.
2. (Coinage) The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted.
2. The state or dignity of an archbishop.
2. The plant from which the dye is obtained. [Written also orchal and orchil.]
2. A great magician, wizard, or enchanter. Spenser.
2. (Naut.) Hogging; -- opposed to sagging.
2. A contriver, designer, or maker.
2. Relating to the systemizing of knowledge.
2. The act of arranging knowledge into a system.
3. Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
Ar"chi*vist (&?;), n. [F. archiviste.] A keeper of archives or records. [R.]
2. A warm waterproof overshoe. [U.S.]
Ar"cu*bus (&?;), n. See Arquebus. [Obs.]
Ar"dent*ness, n. Ardency. [R.]
3. pl. Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim. [Thus used by Milton.]
Ar"du*rous (&?;), a. Burning; ardent. [R.]
2. The inclosed space on which a building stands.
6. (Biol.) A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.
7. Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.
2. To read. [Obs.] Drayton.
3. To counsel, advise, warn, or direct.
4. To decree; to adjudge. [Archaic] Ld. Lytton.
3. (Med.) "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.
2. (Fig. & Poet.) Whiteness; anything that is white.
2. Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.
2. White metal coated with silver. Simmonds.
4. A citizen of the Argentine Republic.
2. (Zoöl.) A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.
3. To persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion.
4. To blame; to accuse; to charge with. [Obs.]
2. To signify. [Colloq.]
5. Matter for question; business in hand. [Obs.]
2. Debate; discussion.
2. One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful.
2. Sagacious; acute; subtle; shrewd.
2. (Rom. Antiq.) A battering-ram.
2. Act of striking or conflicting. [R.] Glanvill.
3. To proceed; to issue; to spring.
2. (Zoöl.) Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip.
2. A ruling body composed of the best citizens. [Obs.]
2. One who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person.
2. Aristocrats, collectively. [R.]
2. A book containing the principles of this science.
2. To furnish with arms or limbs. [R.]
Ar*ma"do (är*m"d), n. Armada. [Obs.]
3. Any equipment for resistance.
2. Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
3. (Her.) Having horns, beak, talons, etc; - - said of beasts and birds of prey.
Arm"-gret` (&?;), a. Great as a man's arm. [Obs.]
2. A hole for the arm in a garment.
Ar*mig"er*ous (&?;), a. Bearing arms. [R.]
2. An ancient astronomical instrument.
2. (Zoöl.) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.
2. Destitute of arms or weapons.
2. An arm ring; a bracelet for the upper arm.
3. Armor for the arm.
Ar*mo"ni*ac (&?;), a. Ammoniac. [Obs.]
3. One who has the care of arms and armor, cleans or repairs them, etc.
2. Armor; defensive and offensive arms.
3. A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords. [U.S.]
4. Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings. Spenser.
5. That branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor.
5. (Falconry) The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot. Halliwell.
2. A variety of twilled fabric ribbed on the surface.
3. A great number; a vast multitude; a host.
Ar"qua*ted (&?;), a. Shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved. [R.]
2. A calling to an account to faults; accusation.
Ar*rai"ment, Ar*ray"ment (&?;), n. [From Array, v. t.] Clothes; raiment. [Obs.]
2. Thorough or downright, in a good sense. [Obs.]
3. An imposing series of things.
2. Attentive, as a person listening. [Obs.]
Ar*rect", v. t. 1. To direct. [Obs.]
2. [See Aret.] To impute. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
4. To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate. [Obs.]
3. Any seizure by power, physical or moral.
Ar`res*ta"tion (&?;), n. [F. arrestation, LL. arrestatio.] Arrest. [R.]
2. A stoppage or check. Darwin.
Ar"rhyt*my (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;; 'a priv. + &?; rhythm.] Want of rhythm. [R.]
4. An approach. [Obs.]
3. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
4. To happen or occur. [Archaic]
Ar*rive", v. t. 1. To bring to shore. [Obs.]
2. To reach; to come to. [Archaic]
Ar"ro*gant*ness, n. Arrogance. [R.]
2. (Civ. Law) Adoption of a person of full age.
Ar*rose" (&?;), v. t. [F. arroser.] To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten. [Obs.]
2. The dry bed of a small stream. [Western U. S.]
Ar*se"ni*ate, n. See Arsenate. [R.]
6. Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters. [Archaic]
8. Skillful plan; device.
9. Cunning; artifice; craft.
10. The black art; magic. [Obs.] Shak.
2. That part of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries.
2. Artificial; imitative. Addison.
3. Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
2. Of or pertaining to arthritis; gouty. Cowper.
2. See Jerusalem artichoke.
3. Subject; matter; concern; distinct. [Obs.]
6. Precise point of time; moment. [Obs. or Archaic]
8. (Zoöl.) One of the segments of an articulated appendage.
2. To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.
3. A subdivision of the Crinoidea.
2. To treat or make terms. [Obs.] Shak.
3. To join or be connected by articulation.
4. To express distinctly; to give utterance to.
2. Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely. Paley.
3. With distinct utterance of the separate sounds.
4. The state of being jointed; connection of parts. [R.]
2. Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
3. Artful or skillful contrivance.
3. A cunning or artful fellow. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
3. Artful; cunning; crafty. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Ingeniously; skillfully. [Obs.]
3. Craftily; artfully. [Obs.]
Art"i*lize (&?;), v. t. To make resemble. [Obs.]
4. The science of artillery or gunnery. Campbell.
4. An artful person; a schemer. [Obs.]
2. Artistic effect or quality. Southey.
3. Artistic pursuits; artistic ability. The Academy.
2. Contrived without skill or art; inartistic. [R.]
Art"ly, adv. With art or skill. [Obs.]
2. The language of the original Aryans. [Written also Arian.]
3. While; during or at the same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke.
4. Because; since; it being the case that.
5. Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning).
So as, so that. [Obs.]
7. As if; as though. [Obs. or Poetic]
9. Than. [Obs. & R.]
10. Expressing a wish. [Obs.] "As have," i. e., may he have. Chaucer.
2. Rising; ascending. Ruskin.
3. Superior; surpassing; ruling.
2. (Gram.) Augmentative; intensive. Ellicott.
2. The way or means by which one ascends.
3. An eminence, hill, or high place. Addison.
As*ces"san*cy (&?;), n. As*ces"sant (&?;), a. See Acescency, Acescent. [Obs.]
As"cript (&?;), a. See Adscript. [Obs.]
2. Added; additional. [Obs.]
2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
A*sham"ed*ly (&?;), adv. Bashfully. [R.]
2. A place where potash is made.
3. The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.
2. Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale. Shak.
3. So as to be heard by others; privately.
4. To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
2. To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after.
Ask (&?;), n. [See 2d Asker.] (Zoöl.) A water newt. [Scot. & North of Eng.]
A*skance", v. t. To turn aside. [Poet.]
2. The publishing of banns.
2. In the sleep of the grave; dead.
3. Numbed, and, usually, tingling. Udall.
5. Prospect; outlook. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.) See Wateringpot shell.
3. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
5. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
2. Bespattered; slandered; calumniated. Motley.
2. A brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
2. A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot. [Obs.]
2. The act of breathing; a breath; an inspiration.
2. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
As*pire", v. t. To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to. [Obs.]
As*pire"ment (&?;), n. Aspiration. [Obs.]
2. A dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt. Shak.
As*sail"ment (&?;), n. The act or power of assailing; attack; assault. [R.]
2. An assassin. [Obs.] Dryden.
2. Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine. [Obs.]
4. Tested purity or value. [Obs.]
6. The alloy or metal to be assayed. Ure.
2. To affect. [Obs.]
3. To try tasting, as food or drink. [Obs.]
2. An assembling; assemblage. [Obs.]
As*sem"ble, v. i. To liken; to compare. [Obs.]
2. A collection of inanimate objects. [Obs.] Howell.
As*sent"ment, n. Assent; agreement. [Obs.]
2. To maintain; to defend. [Obs. or Archaic]
2. Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
4. To fix or determine the rate or amount of.
3. The specific sum levied or assessed.
2. Studied and persevering attention to a person; - - usually in the plural.
3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment.
2. To liken; to compa&?;e. [R.]
As*sim"i*late, v. i. 1. To become similar or like something else. [R.]
2. To assimilate. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. [Obs.]
3. Persons present. [Obs. or a Gallicism]
2. An attendant; one who is present. Dryden.
As*sist"ant*ly, adv. In a manner to give aid. [R.]
As*sith"ment (&?;), n. See Assythment. [Obs.]
3. Measure; dimension; size. [In this sense now corrupted into size.]
2. Sociable; companionable. [Obs.]
3. To connect or place together in thought.
4. To accompany; to keep company with. [Obs.]
2. A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in a league.
4. Anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant.
2. Pertaining to the theory held by the associationists.
2. To solve; to clear up. [Obs.]
3. To set free from guilt; to absolve. [Archaic]
4. To expiate; to atone for. [Archaic] Spenser.
5. To remove; to put off. [Obs.]
3. Incomplete correspondence.
As*sot", a. Dazed; foolish; infatuated. [Obs.]
3. To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.
4. To receive or adopt.
2. (Law) To undertake, as by a promise. Burrill.
2. Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character.
3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
4. (Logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
4. Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable.
5. Betrothal; affiance. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
3. To confirm; to make certain or secure.
4. To affiance; to betroth. [Obs.] Shak.
2. One who takes out a life assurance policy.
A*start" (&?;), v. t. & i. Same as Astert. [Obs.]
As*ton"ied (&?;), p. p. Stunned; astonished. See Astony. [Archaic]
2. Dismay; consternation. [Archaic] Spenser.
4. The object causing such an emotion.
2. (Gun.) A round molding encircling a cannon near the mouth.
3. (Arch.) See Astragal, 1.
2. To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit. [R.]
3. Astringency. [Obs.] Bacon.
As*tric"to*ry (&?;), a. Astrictive. [R.]
2. To bind by moral or legal obligation. Wolsey.
2. Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
As`tro*lo"gi*an (&?;), n. [OF. astrologien.] An astrologer. [Obs.]
As*tron"o*mize, v. i. [Gr. &?;.] To study or to talk astronomy. [R.]
3. A treatise on, or text-book of, the science.
As"tro*phel (&?;), n. See Astrofel. [Obs.]
As*tros"co*py (&?;), n. Observation of the stars. [Obs.]
2. In a strutting manner; with a strutting gait.
2. Any place of retreat and security.
2. (Math.) Incommensurability. [Obs.] Barrow.
Ath"a*maunt (&?;), n. Adamant. [Obs.]
2. Godlessness.
2. A godless person. [Obs.]
A"the*ize (&?;), v. t. To render atheistic or godless. [R.]
2. A school founded at Rome by Hadrian.
3. A literary or scientific association or club.
2. Without God, neither accepting nor denying him.
3. One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.
2. Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
2. Pertaining to, or resembling, Atlas; strong.
2. Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.
3. Descended from Atlas.
4. A volume of plates illustrating any subject.
7. A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
4. Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition.
2. Existing in the atmosphere.
4. Dependent on the atmosphere. [R.]
3. Anything extremely small; a particle; a whit.
2. Extremely minute; tiny.
At`o*mi"cian (&?;), n. An atomist. [R.]
A*tom"i*cism (&?;), n. Atomism. [Obs.]
At`om*is"tic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism. [R.]
2. (Med.) The reduction of fluids into fine spray.
2. Of the same opinion; agreed; as, on these points we are at one.
3. Together. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To unite in making. [Obs. & R.]
3. To make satisfaction for; to expiate.
At*ones (&?;), adv. [See At one.] [Obs.]
2. (Gram.) Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable.
3. Destitute of tone vocality; surd. Rush.
At*rede (&?;), v. t. [OE. at (AS. æt) out + rede.] To surpass in council. [Obs.]
2. Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity.
3. Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers. [Obs.] Cheyne.
2. An atrocious or extremely cruel deed.
5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.] Shak.
2. An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words.
3. A setting to work upon some task, etc.
4. An access of disease; a fit of sickness.
3. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. [Obs.]
5. To overtake. [Obs.] Bacon.
6. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
2. To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
At*tain", n. Attainment. [Obs.]
2. Obtainable. [Obs.]
2. A stain or staining; state of being in dishonor or condemnation. [Obs.]
4. To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act. [Archaic]
6. To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.
2. (Far.) A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching. White.
4. A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint. Shak.
5. An infecting influence. [R.] Shak.
2. To broach; to begin.
4. To accommodate; to make suitable; to adapt.
At*tem"per*ate (&?;), v. t. To attemper. [Archaic]
2. An assailant; also, a temper. [Obs.]
2. To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over.
6. To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for. [Obs.]
4. To wait; to stay; to delay. [Obs.]
3. Waiting for; expectation. [Obs.]
4. The persons attending; a retinue; attendants.
3. That which accompanies; a concomitant.
4. (Law) One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another. Cowell.
At*tend"ment (&?;), n. [Cf. OF. atendement.] An attendant circumstance. [Obs.]
2. Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
3. To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.
2. Made thin or less viscid; rarefied. Bacon.
2. A peevish, ill-natured person. [North of Eng.]
3. To call to witness; to invoke. [Archaic]
At*test", n. Witness; testimony; attestation. [R.]
2. An Athenian; an Athenian author.
2. The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.
At*tone" (&?;), adv. See At one. [Obs.]
Under attraction at insensible distances, there are, --
4. That which attracts; an attractive object or feature.
At*tract"or (t*trkt"r), n. One who, or that which, attracts. Sir T. Browne
The motion of the steel to its attrahent
2. Reputation. [Poetic] Shak.
2. That which is ascribed or attributed.
2. The state of being worn. Johnson.
2. To arrange fitly; to make accordant.
2. Reddish brown.
2. The things sold by auction or put up to auction.
Au"di*ble, n. That which may be heard. [Obs.]
2. An examination in general; a judicial examination.
4. A general receptacle or receiver. [Obs.]
3. One who hears judicially, as in an audience court.
Au`di*to"ri*al (&?;), a. Auditory. [R.]
2. An auditorium. Udall.
2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.
2. (Gram.) To add an augment to.
2. The state of being augmented; enlargement.
3. The thing added by way of enlargement.
2. One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.
Au"gu*rist (&?;), n. An augur. [R.]
2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage.
3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.
2. Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg.
Auk"ward (&?;), a. See Awkward. [Obs.]
2. An old woman; and old gossip. [Obs.] Shak.
3. A bawd, or a prostitute. [Obs.] Shak.
Aun"ter (&?;), n. Adventure; hap. [Obs.]
2. (Chem.) Combined with auric acid.
3. A halo, actual or figurative.
4. (Anat.) See Areola, 2.
2. (Zoöl.) An angular or ear-shaped lobe.
4. Received by the ear; known by report. "Auricular traditions." Bacon.
5. (Anat.) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.
Au*ri"gal (&?;), a. [L. aurigalis.] Of or pertaining to a chariot. [R.]
Au`ri*pig"ment (`r*pg"ment), n. See Orpiment. [Obs.]
2. The rise, dawn, or beginning. Hawthorne.
4. (Bot.) A species of crowfoot. Johnson.
5. The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights).
2. Protection; patronage and care; guidance.
Aus*pi"cial (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to auspices; auspicious. [R.]
2. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. "Auspicious chief." Dryden.
3. Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
2. Severity; strictness; austerity. Shak.
2. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
3. Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.
2. Authoritative. [Obs.] Milton.
4. (Law) Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.
Au*then"tic*al (&?;), a. Authentic. [Archaic]
2. Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.
3. The editor of a periodical. [Obs.]
4. An informant. [Archaic] Chaucer.
Au"thor ("thr), v. t. 1. To occasion; to originate. [Obs.]
2. To tell; to say; to declare. [Obs.]
Au"thor*ism ("thr*z'm), n. Authorship. [R.]
5. To justify; to furnish a ground for. Locke.
To authorize one's self, to rely for authority. [Obs.]
2. Sanctioned by authority.
2. One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.
Au*toc"ra*tor (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;.] An autocrat. [Archaic]
3. A session of the court of Inquisition.
2. (Anat.) Developed from an independent center of ossification. Owen.
Au*tog"ra*phal (&?;), a. Autographic. [Obs.]
2. (Biol.) Having independent existence or laws.
2. Deification of one's self; self-worship. [R.]
Au"to*the`ist, n. One given to self- worship. [R.]
2. The harvest or fruits of autumn. Milton.
3. The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage.
2. Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
Aux*il"ia*to*ry (&?;), a. Auxiliary; helping. [Obs.]
2. To promote; to assist. [Obs.] Pope.
2. pl. Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.
2. That which is available.
A*vail"ment (&?;), n. Profit; advantage. [Obs.]
2. A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
3. A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.
2. To bring low; to abase. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
3. (v. i.) To descend; to fall; to dismount. [Obs.]
2. An inordinate desire for some supposed good.
Av"a*rous (&?;), a. [L. avarus.] Avaricious. [Obs.]
2. Incarnation; manifestation as an object of worship or admiration.
2. To depart; to move away. [Obs.] Coverdale.
2. A reverential salutation.
A*vel (&?;), v. t. [L. avellere.] To pull away. [Obs.]
2. To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on. [Obs.]
A*venge"ance (&?;), n. Vengeance. [Obs.]
2. One who takes vengeance. [Obs.] Milton.
Av"e*nor (&?;), n. See Avener. [Obs.]
Av"en*tine, n. A post of security or defense. [Poetic]
3. A broad street; as, the Fifth Avenue in New York.
3. To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.
2. Verification; establishment by evidence. Bacon.
2. To root up. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. Eradication. [R.] De Quincey.
2. With repugnance or aversion; unwillingly.
3. The object of dislike or repugnance.
A*vert", v. i. To turn away. [Archaic]
A*ver"ti*ment (&?;), n. Advertisement. [Obs.]
A*vie" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + vie.] Emulously. [Obs.]
2. To advise; to counsel. [Obs.] Shak.
A*vise", v. i. To consider; to reflect. [Obs.]
A*vise"ful (&?;), a. Watchful; circumspect. [Obs.]
A*vise"ment (&?;), n. Advisement; observation; deliberation. [Obs.]
2. An advice boat, or dispatch boat.
2. That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
A*vo"ca*tive (*v"k*tv), a. Calling off. [Obs.]
2. To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
3. To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from. [Obs.]
4. To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
6. To get rid of. [Obs.] Shak.
A*void", v. i. 1. To retire; to withdraw. [Obs.]
2. (Law) To become void or vacant. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
2. Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
3. A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
5. The courts by which anything is carried off.
2. One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
2. Avoirdupois weight.
3. Weight; heaviness; as, a woman of much avoirdupois. [Colloq.]
2. To maintain a just or true; to vouch for.
3. To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly.
4. To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
A*vouch" (&?;), n. Evidence; declaration. [Obs.]
A*vou"trer (&?;), n. See Advoutrer. [Obs.]
2. (Law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry. Blackstone.
A*vow", n. A vow or determination. [Archaic]
2. Upholding; defense; vindication. [Obs.]
2. A fragment torn off. J. Barlow.
2. To wait on, serve, or attend. [Obs.]
3. To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.
2. To wait (on or upon). [Obs.]
3. To wait; to stay in waiting. Darwin.
A*wak"en*ment (&?;), n. An awakening. [R.]
2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.
3. Aside; off; in another direction.
4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away. [Colloq.]
A*wea"ried (&?;), p. p. Wearied. [Poetic]
2. Expressive of awe or terror.
3. Struck or filled with awe; terror- stricken. [Obs.]
4. Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding. [Obs.]
2. Very; excessively. [Slang]
2. Awkwardly. [Obs.] Fuller.
2. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
2. Inspiring no awe. [Obs.] "The awless throne." Shak. [Written also aweless]
2. (Nat. Hist.) Subulate. See Subulate. Gray.
Ax"al (&?;), a. [See Axial.] [R.]
2. (Bot.) An axil.
6. (Fine Arts) The primary or secondary central line of any design.
3. An axis; as, the sun's axle.
2. The journal box of a rotating axle, especially a railway axle.
2. A spindle or axle of a wheel. [Obs.]
A*yond" (&?;), prep. & adv. Beyond. [North of Eng.]
A*yont" (&?;), prep. & adv. Beyond. [Scot.]
A*zo"tous (&?;), a. Nitrous; as, azotous acid. [R.]
Az"ure, n. 1. The lapis lazuli. [Obs.]
3. The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.
4. (Her.) A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
B.
2. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
3. To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
4. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
2. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
2. A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.
Babe (bb), n. [Cf. Ir. bab, baban, W. baban, maban.]
1. An infant; a young child of either sex; a baby.
2. A doll for children. Spenser.
The grinding babel of the street
2. A small image of an infant; a doll.
2. A babyish manner of acting or speaking.
2. Tumultuous; disorderly. [Obs.] Sir J. Harrington.
2. Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8.
3. Pertaining to Rome and papal power. [Obs.]
4. Confused; Babel-like.
2. A vat or cistern. See 1st Back.
2. A baccalaureate sermon. [U.S.]
2. Set or adorned with pearls. [Obs.]
2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
2. pl. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
3. Drunken revelry; an orgy.
4. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
1. (Myth.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
2. Hence: A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.
2. A bacchanal; a reveler. Croly.
2. A female bacchanal.
2. An unmarried woman. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.
2. An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.
7. A support or resource in reserve.
8. (Naut.) The keel and keelson of a ship.
10. A garment for the back; hence, clothing. [Obs.]
2. Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.
3. Moving or operating backward; as, back action.
Back (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Backed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Backing.]
1. To get upon the back of; to mount.
2. To place or seat upon the back. [R.]
3. To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.
4. To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.
5. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
8. To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse.
4. (Of time) In times past; ago. "Sixty or seventy years back." Gladstone.
5. Away from contact; by reverse movement.
7. In a state of restraint or hindrance.
8. In return, repayment, or requital.
10. In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent. [Colloq.]
Back"board` (&?;), n. [2d back, n. + board.]
1. A board which supports the back when one is sitting;
2. A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.
3. A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc.
5. A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure. Thackeray.
Back"bone" (-bn`), n. [2d back, n. + bone.]
2. Anything like, or serving the purpose of, a backbone.
3. Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.
Back"down` (&?;), n. A receding or giving up; a complete surrender. [Colloq.]
Back"ground` (&?;), n. [Back, a. + ground.]
4. A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.
2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.]
2. Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment.
3. Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, backhanded letters.
3. Support or aid given to a person or cause.
2. Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water.
2. A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.
Back"ster (&?;), n. [See Baxter.] A baker. [Obs.]
Back"stress (&?;), n. A female baker. [Obs.]
2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
3. On the back, or with the back downward.
4. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
5. By way of reflection; reflexively. Sir J. Davies.
6. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
2. Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
4. Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
6. Already past or gone; bygone. [R.]
Back"ward, n. The state behind or past. [Obs.]
Back"ward, v. t. To keep back; to hinder. [Obs.]
2. Perversely; ill. [Obs.]
2. An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.
2. Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.
2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
2. A kind of dog used in badger baiting.
2. A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.
1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight. [Obs.]
2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
2. To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds. [R.]
4. The quantity of game bagged.
2. To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game.
3. To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag.
2. To swell with arrogance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. To become pregnant. [Obs.] Warner. (Alb. Eng.).
3. Purulent matter. [Obs.] Barrough.
4. Trashy talk. [Obs.] Ascham.
5. A man of bad character. [Obs.] Holland.
6. A woman of loose morals; a prostitute.
7. A romping, saucy girl. [Playful] Goldsmith.
2. The act of putting anything into, or as into, a bag.
3. The act of swelling; swelling.
2. A brothel; a stew; a house of prostitution.
3. A certain limit within a forest. [Eng.]
4. A division for the stalls of an open stable.
2. Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense.
3. That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods.
2. The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress. [Obs.]
Bail"iff*wick (&?;), n. See Bailiwick. [Obs.]
Bail"lie (&?;), n. 1. Bailiff. [Obs.]
2. Same as Bailie. [Scot.]
2. Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation. Fairfax.
4. A light or hasty luncheon.
3. To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.
3. To harden by cold.
Bak"en (&?;), p. p. of Bake. [Obs. or Archaic]
2. A portable oven in which baking is done. [U.S.]
Bak"er*y (&?;), n. 1. The trade of a baker. [R.]
2. A place for baking bread; a bakehouse.
2. The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread.
2. Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate.
3. Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.
4. The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.
8. A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. t., 8.
4. To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
3. (Dancing) To move toward a person or couple, and then back.
2. (Zoöl.) In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing.
2. A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.
2. Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
3. Undisguised. " Bald egotism." Lowell.
4. Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. [Obs.]
5. (Bot.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
3. A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession.
2. Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
2. (Zoöl.) A white-headed variety of pigeon.
2. (Zoöl.) The American widgeon (Anas Americana).
2. Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad. [Archaic]
4. A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
5. A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
6. (Baseball) A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball.
1. To leave or make balks in. [Obs.] Gower.
2. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles. [Obs.]
3. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. [Obs.]
Balk, v. i. 1. To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition. [Obs.]
9. The globe or earth. Pope.
2. To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.
Bal"lad, v. i. To make or sing ballads. [Obs.]
Bal"lad, v. t. To make mention of in ballads. [Obs.]
2. Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
4. The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.
3. To keep steady; to steady, morally.
2. The company of persons who perform the ballet.
2. Pertaining to projection, or to a projectile.
4. (Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [Obs.]
5. A game played with a large inflated ball. [Obs.]
2. To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.
Bal"lot (bl"lt), n. [F. ballotte, fr. It. ballotta. See Ball round body.]
1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus Melissa.
2. The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs. Dryden.
3. Any fragrant ointment. Shak.
4. Anything that heals or that mitigates pain. "Balm for each ill." Mrs. Hemans.
2. A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front.
2. Producing balm. "The balmy tree." Pope.
Bal"ne*a*to*ry (&?;), a. [L. balneatorius.] Belonging to a bath. [Obs.]
3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.
2. The art or process of embalming.
4. An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription. "Under ban to touch." Milton.
5. A curse or anathema. "Hecate's ban." Shak.
2. To forbid; to interdict. Byron.
4. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
10. (Zoöl.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.
11. (Mech.) A belt or strap.
12. A bond. [Obs.] "Thy oath and band." Shak.
13. Pledge; security. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To mark with a band.
Band, v. t. To bandy; to drive away. [Obs.]
Band"er (&?;), n. One banded with others. [R.]
2. The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball.
2. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. "To bandy hasty words." Shak.
3. To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate.
2. Destruction; death. [Obs.]
3. Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.
4. A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.
2. The sound produced by a sudden concussion.
2. A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians.
3. (Bot.) The Indian fig. See Banyan.
2. To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used with from and out of.
3. To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel. "Banish all offense." Shak.
2. A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.
2. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
3. To pass by the banks of. [Obs.] Shak.
3. (Printing) A sort of table used by printers.
2. The building or office used for banking purposes.
2. To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.
2. A money changer. [Obs.]
3. The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
5. A ditcher; a drain digger. [Prov. Eng.]
6. The stone bench on which masons cut or square their work. Weale.
3. A promissory note payable at a bank.
3. Relating to bankrupts and bankruptcy.
2. The act or process of becoming a bankrupt.
3. Complete loss; -- followed by of.
3. Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.
3. A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
4. A small banner. Shak.
Bannock fluke, the turbot. [Scot.]
2. A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats. [Obs.]
2. To partake of a dessert after a feast. [Obs.]
3. To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest. [Obs.]
4. To challenge or defy to a match. [Colloq. Southern and Western U.S.]
Bap"tist (&?;), n. [L. baptista, G. &?;]
Bap*tis"tic*al (&?;), a. Baptistic. [R.]
Bap`ti*za"tion (&?;), n. Baptism. [Obs.]
3. To sanctify; to consecrate.
Bap*tize"ment (&?;), n. The act of baptizing. [R.]
3. Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
7. Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.
10. A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.
13. (Mining) (a) A drilling or tamping rod. (b) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
3. To except; to exclude by exception.
4. To cross with one or more stripes or lines.
2. A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners. [Obs.]
5. A bit for a horse. [Obs.] Spenser.
8. (Bot.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
2. To clip; to mow. [Obs.] Marston.
Bar*ba"ri*an (&?;), n. [See Barbarous.] 1. A foreigner. [Historical]
2. A man in a rude, savage, or uncivilized state.
3. A person destitute of culture. M. Arnold.
2. A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage.
2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
3. A barbarous or cruel act.
4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.] Swift.
1. To become barbarous.
2. To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech.
2. Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste. [Obs.]
3. Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless.
4. Contrary to the pure idioms of a language.
3. A floor, on which coffee beans are sun- dried.
2. To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog.
1. (Zoöl.) A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fishes.
3. pl. Barbs or paps under the tongues of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3.
Bar"ber*mon`ger (&?;), n. A fop. [Obs.]
Bar"bule (&?;), n. [L. barbula, fr. barba beard.]
1. A very minute barb or beard. Booth.
2. Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
2. pl. Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
3. (Cookery) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
2. (Her.) Wearing rich caparisons.
2. With head uncovered; bareheaded.
6. Threadbare; much worn.
Bare, n. 1. Surface; body; substance. [R.]
2. Without concealment or disguise.
3. Merely; only.
2. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
4. The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.
3. A large boat used by flag officers.
4. A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat. [U.S.]
5. A large omnibus used for excursions. [Local, U.S.]
Bar*gee" (&?;), n. A bargeman. [Eng.]
Bar"ger (&?;), n. The manager of a barge. [Obs.]
2. Specifically, Peruvian bark.
2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
3. To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.
2. To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
3. A pistol. [Slang] Dickens.
4. (Zoöl.) The spotted redshank.
2. A pair of pistols. [Slang]
2. (Old Law) A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife. [R.] Cowell.
2. The dignity or rank of a baron.
3. The land which gives title to a baron. [Obs.]
2. The collective body of baronets.
2. A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc. [Local, U.S.]
4. A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged. Knight.
5. A jar. [Obs.] 1 Kings xvii. 12.
6. (Zoöl.) The hollow basal part of a feather.
3. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
4. Mentally dull; stupid. Shak.
2. Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense.
5. Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.
2. (Salt Works) A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain.
2. (Mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, etc.
2. The thing given in exchange.
2. A farmyard. [Eng.] Southey.
Ba*ry"tum (&?;), n. [NL.] (Chem.) The metal barium. See Barium. [R.]
2. An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain.
2. Low in place or position. [Obs.] Shak.
4. Illegitimate by birth; bastard. [Archaic]
6. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion.
8. Not classical or correct. "Base Latin." Fuller.
6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound.
7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. Ure.
13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.]
15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal.
16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline.
17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon.
18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.]
20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.]
21. An apron. [Obs.] "Bakers in their linen bases." Marston.
25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield.
2. To reduce the value of; to debase. [Obs.]
2. The ball used in this game.
2. Born of low parentage.
3. Vile; mean. "Thy baseborn heart." Shak.
2. (Law) An inferior court of law, not of record.
2. Illegitimately; in bastardy. [Archaic] Knolles.
Bas"e*net (&?;), n. See Bascinet. [Obs.]
2. Fig.: A magnate or grandee.
Bash"ful (bsh"fl), a. [See Bash.] 1. Abashed; daunted; dismayed. [Obs.]
Ba*sil"i*cok (&?;), n. [OF. basilicoc.] The basilisk. [Obs.] Chaucer
2. (Zoöl.) A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family Iguanidæ.
2. The quantity contained in a basin.
2. The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue. [Obs.]
3. The groundwork; the first or fundamental principle; that which supports.
4. The principal component part of a thing.
Bas"ket, v. t. To put into a basket. [R.]
Ba"son (b"s'n), n. A basin. [Obs. or Special form]
2. The language spoken by the Basque people.
3. Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.
4. The southern, red, or channel bass (Sciæna ocellata). See Redfish.
2. (Pron. &?;) A hassock or thick mat.
Bass (&?;), n. [F. basse, fr. bas low. See Base, a.]
1. A bass, or deep, sound or tone.
2. See Bascinet. Lord Lytton.
2. A thick mat or hassock. See 2d Bass, 2.
3. A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor.
4. A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.
2. To beget out of wedlock. [R.] Shak.
2. The procreation of a bastard child. Wharton.
3. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.]
Bas`ti*nade", v. t. To bastinado. [Archaic]
1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
1. A staff or cudgel. [Obs.] "To fight with blunt bastons." Holland.
2. (Her.) See Baton.
2. (Mining) Shale or bituminous shale. Kirwan.
3. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
4. A part of a brick with one whole end.
Bat"a*ble (&?;), a. [Abbrev. from debatable.] Disputable. [Obs.]
1. The quantity of bread baked at one time.
2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.]
4. To remove. [Obs.]
5. To deprive of. [Obs.]
2. To waste away. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Water or other liquid for bathing.
3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
3. To bask in the sun. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ba*thet"ic (&?;), a. Having the character of bathos. [R.]
2. An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body. [Obs.] Shak.
Bat*tal"ion (&?;), v. t. To form into battalions. [R.]
Bat"tel, a. Fertile; fruitful; productive. [Obs.]
2. To fertilize or enrich, as land.
2. Paste of clay or loam. Holland.
3. (Printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
2. A blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally.
7. The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down.
8. (Baseball) The pitcher and catcher together.
Bat"tle (&?;), a. Fertile. See Battel, a. [Obs.]
2. A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.
3. A division of an army; a battalion. [Obs.]
4. The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia. [Obs.] Hayward.
2. [OE. battleder.] A child's hornbook. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Bau"bling (&?;), a. See Bawbling. [Obs.]
2. Impure limestone. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Baw"bling, a. Insignificant; contemptible. [Obs.]
2. Illicit intercourse; fornication. Shak.
Bawd"y, a. 1. Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes. [Obs.]
2. Obscene; filthy; unchaste. "A bawdy story." Burke.
2. To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.
2. A large house. [Obs.] Swift.
2. A large, unwieldy person. [Obs.] Nares.
3. A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
5. A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
6. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
3. A tract covered with bay trees. [Local, U. S.]
2. To compel or drive by the bayonet.
2. A spacious hall or suite of rooms for the sale of goods, as at a fair.
2. A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa.
3. To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday.
4. To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to.
2. Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as, the ship is beached.
3. A high hill near the shore. [Prov. Eng.]
4. That which gives notice of danger.
2. To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
2. Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads.
3. Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor.
2. Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.
7. (Far.) A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.).
8. A magistrate or policeman. [Slang, Eng.]
2. (Biol.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate.
2. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.
3. The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another.
4. The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
6. The pole of a carriage. [Poetic] Dryden.
8. The straight part or shank of an anchor.
12. Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.
13. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.
2. Not emitting light.
2. Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.
3. Having horns, or antlers.
2. To support and remove or carry; to convey.
3. To conduct; to bring; -- said of persons. [Obs.]
4. To possess and use, as power; to exercise.
8. To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.
9. To gain or win. [Obs.]
10. To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.
11. To render or give; to bring forward. "Your testimony bear" Dryden.
15. To afford; to be to; to supply with.
2. To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
3. To endure with patience; to be patient.
4. To press; -- with on or upon, or against.
5. To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear.
7. To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
4. Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.
6. (Mach.) A portable punching machine.
7. (Naut.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.
3. (Bot.) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain.
7. An imposition; a trick. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To oppose to the face; to set at defiance.
3. To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.
2. Destitute of an awn; as, beardless wheat.
3. A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant. [India]
4. A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer.
2. Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.
4. Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.
Bearn (&?;), n. See Bairn. [Obs.]
2. A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats.
3. A cap made of bearskin, esp. one worn by soldiers.
3. As opposed to man: Any irrational animal.
4. Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow.
5. A game at cards similar to loo. [Obs.] Wright.
3. Abominable; as, beastly weather. [Colloq. Eng.]
2. To punish by blows; to thrash.
4. To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.
5. To tread, as a path.
7. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out. [Colloq.]
8. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
2. To move with pulsation or throbbing.
4. To be in agitation or doubt. [Poetic]
6. To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.
5. A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat.
6. A place of habitual or frequent resort.
Beat, a. Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted. [Colloq.]
2. Vanquished; conquered; baffled.
3. Exhausted; tired out.
4. Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase. [Obs.]
5. Tried; practiced. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
2. A person who beats up game for the hunters. Black.
2. Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.
3. (Acoustics & Mus.) Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n.
4. (Naut.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.
3. (R. C. Ch.) Beatification. Milman.
2. A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an escort; a lover.
2. A companion. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.]
1. (Zoöl.) An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor.
2. The fur of the beaver.
3. A hat, formerly made of the fur of the beaver, but now usually of silk.
4. Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
2. In order that; that. [Obs.]
Because of, by reason of, on account of. [Prep. phrase.]
Beck"et (&?;), n. [Cf. D. bek beak, and E. beak.]
2. A spade for digging turf. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
2. To come; to get. [Obs.]
Be*com"ed (&?;), a. Proper; decorous. [Obs.]
Be*com"ing, n. That which is becoming or appropriate. [Obs.]
2. (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.
4. A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals.
5. The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river.
7. (Gun.) See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.
10. The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
11. (Printing) The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.
2. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
3. To furnish with a bed or bedding.
6. (Masonry) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.
2. (Geol.) The state or position of beds and layers.
Bedes"man (&?;), n. Same as Beadsman. [Obs.]
2. To spoil; to corrupt. Wright.
Be*dew"y (&?;), a. Moist with dew; dewy. [Obs.]
2. An insane person; a lunatic; a madman. [Obs.]
3. Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.
2. Room in a bed. [In this sense preferably bed room.]
Bed"spread` (&?;), n. A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet. [U. S.]
3. Applied colloquially to human flesh.
2. One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.
Beem (bm), n. [AS. bme, bme.] A trumpet. [Obs.]
Beer"e*gar (&?;), n. [Beer + eager.] Sour beer. [Obs.]
2. To renew or enkindle (a fire). [Obs.] Chaucer.
The earlier meaning was, "Having bushy or overhanging eyebrows."
2. Hence: To confuse; to mystify.
3. An advance of; farther onward, in place or time.
4. Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than.
5. In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing.
6. Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of.
7. Open for; free of access to; in the power of.
2. In advance. "I come before to tell you." Shak.
3. In time past; previously; already.
4. Earlier; sooner than; until then.
2. By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime.
Be*for"tune (&?;), v. t. To befall. [Poetic]
2. To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
Be*friend"ment (&?;), n. Act of befriending. [R.]
2. To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house.
3. To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor.
4. To take for granted; to assume without proof.
2. To get (with child.) [Obs.] Shak.
3. To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.
2. One who makes it his business to ask alms.
4. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. Abp. Tillotson.
2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
Beg"gar*ism (&?;), n. Beggary. [R.]
2. Produced or occasioned by beggary. [Obs.]
2. Beggarly appearance. [R.]
2. To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.
2. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
3. That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
4. Enterprise. "To hinder our beginnings." Shak.
2. To surround as with a band; to encompass.
2. To elude, or evade by craft; to foil. [Obs.]
Be*hap"pen (&?;), v. t. To happen to. [Obs.]
2. To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.
Be*head"al (&?;), n. Beheading. [Modern]
2. A vow; a promise. [Obs.]
2. To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.
3. To adjudge; to assign by authority.
4. To mean, or intend.
5. To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
6. To call; to name; to address.
7. To command; to order.
2. Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.
4. Backward in time or order of succession; past.
5. After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.
Be*hind", n. The backside; the rump. [Low]
Be*hind"hand` (&?;), adv. & a. [Behind + hand.]
Be*hith"er (&?;), prep. On this side of. [Obs.]
Be*hold"ing, a. Obliged; beholden. [Obs.]
Be*hoove", n. Advantage; behoof. [Obs.]
Be*hove"ly, a. & adv. Useful, or usefully. [Obs.]
Be*howl" (&?;), v. t. To howl at. [Obs.]
3. Lifetime; mortal existence. [Obs.]
4. An abode; a cottage. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Be"ing, adv. Since; inasmuch as. [Obs. or Colloq.]
2. To beat soundly; to cudgel.
Be*lace" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belaced (&?;).]
1. To fasten, as with a lace or cord. [Obs.]
2. To cover or adorn with lace. [Obs.] Beaumont.
3. To beat with a strap. See Lace. [Obs.] Wright.
2. A flower, but of what kind is unknown. [Obs.]
2. To issue with spasmodic force or noise. Dryden.
2. Malt liquor; -- vulgarly so called as causing eructation. [Obs.] Dennis.
1. Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire.
2. An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag.
4. (Naut.) The framing on which a bell is suspended.
2. Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.
2. To give a false representation or account of.
3. To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander.
4. To mimic; to counterfeit. [Obs.] Dryden.
2. (Theol.) A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith.
3. The thing believed; the object of belief.
2. To think; to suppose.
Belk (&?;), v. t. [See Belch.] To vomit. [Obs.]
2. To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.
Bell, v. t. [AS. bellan. See Bellow.] To utter by bellowing. [Obs.]
Bel"li*cous (&?;), a. Bellicose. [Obs.]
2. To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor. Dryden.
2. Hence: A leader. [Contemptuous] Swift.
2. The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly.
3. The womb. [Obs.]
2. A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.
3. (Naut.) A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail.
Bel"ly*cheer`, v. i. To revel; to feast. [Obs.]
4. To be suitable for; to be due to.
Be*long" (&?;), v. t. To be deserved by. [Obs.]
3. Family; relations; household. [Colloq.]
2. To address by the title of "lord".
3. Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath.
2. On the earth, as opposed to the heavens.
3. In hell, or the regions of the dead.
5. In some part or page following.
2. That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
7. (Her.) A token or badge of knightly rank.
2. To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk.
3. Worn in, or suspended from, the belt.
Be*mist" (&?;), v. t. To envelop in mist. [Obs.]
Ben. An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be. [Obs.]
Be*name" (&?;), v. t. [p. p. Benamed, Benempt.] To promise; to name. [Obs.]
2. A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.
3. The seat where judges sit in court.
2. To place on a bench or seat of honor.
2. An alderman of a corporation. [Eng.] Ashmole.
3. A member of a court or council. [Obs.] Shak.
4. One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler. [Obs.]
3. To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
2. To jut over; to overhang.
3. To be inclined; to be directed.
4. To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
2. Turn; purpose; inclination; ends. [Obs.]
4. (Leather Trade) The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.
5. (Mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
6. pl. (Med.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
2. An instrument used for bending.
3. A drunken spree. [Low, U. S.] Bartlett.
4. A sixpence. [Slang, Eng.]
Be"ne (&?;), n. [AS. bn.] A prayer; boon. [Archaic]
2. A benefit conferred; esp. a charitable donation.
1. A favor or benefit. [Obs.] Baxter.
2. (Feudal Law) An estate in lands; a fief.
3. King. [Obs.] "A beneficial foe." B. Jonson.
2. Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts.
Ben`e*fi"cient (&?;), a. Beneficent. [Obs.]
4. Beneficence; liberality. [Obs.] Webster (1623).
2. Named; styled. [Archaic] Sir W. Scott.
2. (Mus.) At pleasure; ad libitum.
2. An act of kindness; good done; charity given.
2. A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal.
3. Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes.
3. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light.
3. Of a mild type or character; as, a benign disease.
2. Mildness; gentleness.
3. Salubrity; wholesome quality. Wiseman.
Ben"ja*min, n. A kind of upper coat for men. [Colloq. Eng.]
2. A declivity or slope, as of a hill. [R.] Dryden.
4. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
5. (Carp.) A transverse frame of a framed structure.
6. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus. [Archaic]
3. Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor. [Obs.] Wright.
2. Resembling bent. Holland.
2. Same as Benzene. [R.]
3. (Bot.) The spicebush (Lindera benzoin).
2. To hand down; to transmit.
3. To give; to offer; to commit. [Obs.]
2. That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift.
Ber"dash (&?;), n. A kind of neckcloth. [Obs.]
Bere, n. See Bear, barley. [Scot.]
2. To take away from. [Obs.]
3. To take away. [Obs.]
2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
3. A variety of pear. Johnson.
4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
Bergh (&?;), n. [AS. beorg.] A hill. [Obs.]
2. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called also Berlin wool.
Be*rob" (&?;), v. t. To rob; to plunder. [Obs.]
3. The coffee bean.
4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish. Travis.
2. One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.
Be*seem"ing, n. 1. Appearance; look; garb. [Obs.]
2. Comeliness. Baret.
Be*seem"ly, a. Fit; suitable; becoming. [Archaic]
Be*seen" (&?;), a. [Properly the p. p. of besee.]
1. Seen; appearing. [Obs. or Archaic]
2. Decked or adorned; clad. [Archaic] Chaucer.
3. Accomplished; versed. [Archaic] Spenser.
4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Be*shut" (&?;), v. t. To shut up or out. [Obs.]
Be*sit" (&?;), v. t. [Pref. be- + sit.] To suit; to fit; to become. [Obs.]
2. To harden or dry in smoke. Johnson.
2. To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow.
Be*sogne" (&?;), n. [F. bisogne.] A worthless fellow; a bezonian. [Obs.]
Be"som*er (&?;), n. One who uses a besom. [Archaic]
Be*sort" (&?;), v. t. To assort or be congruous with; to fit, or become. [Obs.]
Be*sort", n. Befitting associates or attendants. [Obs.]
2. To asperse with calumny or reproach.
2. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.
3. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances.
4. To speak to; to address. [Poetic]
3. Most; largest; as, the best part of a week.
Best, v. t. To get the better of. [Colloq.]
2. To put in peril; to beset. [Only in p. p.] Chaucer.
3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. Milton.
2. Unnatural connection with a beast.
2. To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation.
3. To expend, as money. [Obs.]
4. To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.
5. To give in marriage.
6. To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a reflexive pronoun. [Obs.]
2. That which is given or bestowed.
2. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.
Bet, imp. & p. p. of Beat. [Obs.]
Bet, a. & adv. An early form of Better. [Obs.]
2. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
3. To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [Obs.]
2. To allow; to permit; to suffer. [Obs.]
2. A chapel for dissenters. [Eng.]
3. A house of worship for seamen.
2. An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite.
3. One of an extinct English order of monks.
Shakespeare has used it with of. "What would betide of me ?"
2. In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with.
2. To put trappings on; to clothe; to deck.
2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.
3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. Ayliffe.
Be*trust" (&?;), v. t. To trust or intrust. [Obs.]
3. Greater in amount; larger; more.
4. Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better.
2. More correctly or thoroughly.
3. In a higher or greater degree; more; as, to love one better than another.
3. To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
4. To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of. [Obs.]
2. The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard.
3. Belonging in common to two; shared by both.
2. From one to another of; mutually affecting.
2. Hence: Morally distorted; not upright. [Poetic]
2. Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink.
3. A treat, or drink money. [Slang]
2. A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.
2. To have a special regard; to heed. [Obs.]
2. To pronounce or characterize as a whore. Shak.
Be*wil"dered*ness (&?;), n. The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. [R.]
2. A bewildering tangle or confusion.
Be*win"ter (&?;), v. t. To make wintry. [Obs.]
2. The power of bewitching or charming. Shak.
2. To wonder at; to admire. [Obs.]
Be*wray"ment (-ment), n. Betrayal. [R.]
Be*wreck" (&?;), v. t. To wreck. [Obs.]
2. At a place or time not yet reached; before.
Bez"zle, v. i. To drink to excess; to revel. [Obs.]
Bi*an"gu*lous (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + angulous.] Biangular. [R.]
4. A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.
2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
2. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Having two earlike projections at its base, as a leaf.
3. A bibcock.
Bib`li*ol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; book + -logy.]
1. An account of books; book lore; bibliography.
2. The literature or doctrine of the Bible.
Bib`li*op"e*gy (&?;), n. [See Bibliopegic.] The art of binding books. [R.]
Bib`li*o*pho"bi*a (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; book + &?; to fear.] A dread of books. [R.]
2. A biblical scholar; a biblicist. I. Taylor.
2. Inclined to drink; addicted to tippling.
2. Occurring every two hundred years.
2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.
Bick"er, n. 1. A skirmish; an encounter. [Obs.]
2. A fight with stones between two parties of boys. [Scot.] Jamieson.
3. A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention.
2. Altercation; wrangling.
4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
5. To invite; to call in; to request to come.
2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.
Bid"da*ble (&?;), a. Obedient; docile. [Scot.]
2. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.
2. A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.
Bield (&?;), n. A shelter. Same as Beild. [Scot.]
Bield, v. t. To shelter. [Scot.]
2. (Bot.) A plant which exists or lasts for two years.
2. A baked apple pressed down into a flat, round cake; a dried apple. Dickens.
Bi*forn" (&?;), prep. & adv. Before. [Obs.]
2. (Geog.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin.
1. A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite. [Obs.]
Big"ot, a. Bigoted. [Obs.]
2. The practice or tenets of a bigot.
Big"-wigged` (&?;), a. characterized by pomposity of manner. [Eng.]
3. Bilge water.
2. To bulge.
2. To cause to bulge.
Bil"i*ment (&?;), n. A woman's ornament; habiliment. [Obs.]
3. Choleric; passionate; ill tempered. "A bilious old nabob." Macaulay.
2. A cheat; a trick; a hoax. Hudibras.
3. Nonsense; vain words. B. Jonson.
4. A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person. Marryat.
2. To join bills, as doves; to caress in fondness. "As pigeons bill." Shak.
Bill, n. The bell, or boom, of the bittern
3. One who wields a bill; a billman. Strype.
4. A pickax, or mattock. [Obs.]
2. To charge or enter in a bill; as, to bill goods.
2. (Metal.) A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron.
5. (Her.) A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle.
2. A device by means of which bills, etc., are held.
2. Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry.
2. A great wave or flood of anything. Milton.
2. (Wool Manuf.) A slubbing or roving machine.
Bil"ly*boy` (&?;), n. A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel. [Eng.]
Bil"ly goat` (&?;). A male goat. [Colloq.]
Bi*men"sal (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + mensal.] See Bimonthly, a. [Obs. or R.]
Bin. An old form of Be and Been. [Obs.]
7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.
4. To exert a binding or restraining influence. Locke.
2. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.
3. (Metal.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. Kirwan.
4. (Mus.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
2. (Zoöl.) Having only two nerves, as the wings of some insects.
Bink (&?;), n. A bench. [North of Eng. & Scot.]
2. Pertaining to both eyes; employing both eyes at once; as, binocular vision.
Bi*nom"i*nous (&?;), a. Binominal. [Obs.]
2. Biographical writings in general.
2. Pertaining to a biped.
2. The wood or timber of the birch.
3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging.
4. A birch-bark canoe.
2. (Zoöl.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.
3. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
4. Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
2. Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve. [R.] B. Jonson.
2. One who has for sale the various kinds of birds which are kept in cages.
Birk"en (&?;), v. t. [From 1st Birk.] To whip with a birch or rod. [Obs.]
2. A rush or impetus; force.
Birse (&?;), n. A bristle or bristles. [Scot.]
2. Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.
5. That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.
6. Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.
2. (Geom.) To divide into two equal parts.
2. (Zoöl.) Serrate on both sides, as some antennæ.
Evil biseye, ill looking. [Obs.]
1. A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.
5. A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar. Swift.
6. An old name for a woman's bustle. [U. S.]
Bish"op*ly, a. Bishoplike; episcopal. [Obs.]
Bish"op*ly, adv. In the manner of a bishop. [Obs.]
Bis"ie (&?;), v. t. To busy; to employ. [Obs.]
Bis"mer (&?;), n. 1. A rule steelyard. [Scot.]
2. (Zoöl.) The fifteen-spined (Gasterosteus spinachia).
2. (Zoöl.) Cloven; said of a foot or hoof.
2. Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.
2. Somewhat; something, but not very great.
5. The cutting iron of a plane. Knight.
2. An opprobrious name for a woman, especially a lewd woman. Pope.
4. To cheat; to trick; to take in. [Colloq.] Pope.
5. To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground.
5. To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites.
4. A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.
6. A cheat; a trick; a fraud. [Colloq.]
7. A sharper; one who cheats. [Slang] Johnson.
2. One who cheats; a sharper. [Colloq.] Spectator.
Bit"ta*cle (&?;), n. A binnacle. [Obs.]
5. Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.
Bit"ter*ful (&?;), a. Full of bitterness. [Obs.]
2. A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.
3. Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy.
2. A kind of apple so called. Gower.
Bi*wreye" (&?;), v. t. To bewray; to reveal. [Obs.]
2. A black pigment or dye.
5. The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.
6. A stain; a spot; a smooch.
1. To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
2. To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.
2. The sea bass. See Blackfish, 3.
6. Any book which treats of necromancy.
3. The black raspberry.
2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole heavens." South.
2. (Zoöl.) The tautog of New England (Tautoga).
5. (Zoöl.) The female salmon in the spawning season.
4. A vagrant; a bootblack; a gamin. [Obs.]
2. The act or process of making black.
2. Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc.
3. A large leather vessel for beer, etc. [Obs.]
4. (Bot.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak.
5. The ensign of a pirate.
Black"leg` (&?;), n. 1. A notorious gambler. [Colloq.]
2. Soot flying in the air. [Eng.]
3. Black garments, etc. See Black, n., 4.
2. Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean; -- so called by sailors.
2. A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny.
3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
2. To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard.
2. The cutting part of an instrument; as, the blade of a knife or a sword.
4. The scapula or shoulder blade.
5. pl. (Arch.) The principal rafters of a roof. Weale.
2. Divested of blades; as, bladed corn.
3. (Min.) Composed of long and narrow plates, shaped like the blade of a knife.
Blade"smith` (&?;), n. A sword cutler. [Obs.]
Blæ (&?;), a. [See Blue.] Dark blue or bluish gray; lead-colored. [Scot.]
1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.
2. To bring reproach upon; to blemish. [Obs.]
3. Hurt; injury. [Obs.] Spenser.
5. To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
2. To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.
Blanch, v. i. To use evasion. [Obs.]
Blanch"er, n. One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside. [Obs.]
Bland (&?;), a. [L. blandus, of unknown origin.]
2. To make agreeable and enticing.
1. Of a white or pale color; without color.
3. Utterly confounded or discomfited.
4. Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day.
7. Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror.
6. Aim; shot; range. [Obs.]
3. A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
2. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
2. The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
2. Directly; flatly; point blank. De Quincey.
2. Figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification.
7. A flatulent disease of sheep.
3. To confound by a loud blast or din.
2. To blow; to blow on a trumpet. [Obs.]
2. Confounded; accursed; detestable.
3. Rent open by an explosive.
2. Causing blast or injury. [Obs.] Boyle.
Blat, v. t. To utter inconsiderately. [Low]
2. To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to show a blaze.
3. To be resplendent. Macaulay.
2. (Her.) To blazon. [Obs.] Peacham.
2. To deck; to embellish; to adorn.
Bla"zon, v. i. To shine; to be conspicuous. [R.]
2. A coat of arms; an armorial bearing or bearings.
3. Artistic representation or display.
2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
3. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast.
2. Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim.
2. Lacking in perception or penetration; short- sighted; as, a blear-eyed bigot.
2. To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers.
4. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision.
2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap.
2. To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame.
2. To fly off; to turn aside. [Obs.]
2. To draw back from; to deny from fear. [Obs.]
Blench, n. A looking aside or askance. [Obs.]
2. One who blenches, flinches, or shrinks back.
Blenk, v. i. To blink; to shine; to look. [Obs.]
6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]
7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]
2. Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored.
5. (R. C. Ch.) Beatified.
6. Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively.
4. (Bib.) A gift. [A Hebraism] Gen. xxxiii. 11.
5. Grateful praise or worship.
5. pl. A rashlike eruption on the human skin. [U. S.]
Blin, n. [AS. blinn.] Cessation; end. [Obs.]
3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.
5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.
3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive.
4. A halting place. [Obs.] Dryden.
1. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
4. To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.
2. To trick; to deceive. [Scot.] Jamieson.
2. Gleam; glimmer; sparkle. Sir W. Scott.
3. pl. A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes form glare, etc.
2. To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.
2. To inflate; to puff up; to make vain. Dryden.
Bloat, n. A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow. [Slang]
2. (Zoöl.) A small fresh-water fish (Uranidea Richardsoni); the miller's thumb.
7. (Falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
9. A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.
11. A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt. [Obs.]
3. To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
2. An obstruction to passage.
2. Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.
3. To obstruct entrance to or egress from.
2. (Naut.) A vessel employed in blockading.
2. A house of squared logs. [West. & South. U. S.]
2. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship.
3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage.
5. The fleshy nature of man.
6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction.
7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.]
9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake.
10. The juice of anything, especially if red.
2. To stain, smear or wet, with blood. [Archaic]
4. To heat the blood of; to exasperate. [Obs.]
2. Disposition to shed blood; bloodthirstiness.
3. Without spirit or activity.
Blood"-shot`ten (&?;), a. Bloodshot. [Obs.]
3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner.
2. Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief.
Bloom, v. t. 1. To cause to blossom; to make flourish. [R.]
2. To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. [R.] Milton.
2. A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.
2. Covered with bloom, as fruit. Dryden.
Blooth (&?;), n. Bloom; a blossoming. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To flourish and prosper.
1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
2. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
3. To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
5. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
6. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.
2. An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure. Dryden.
3. A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.
2. A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.
2. (Med.) A large pustule, or a coarse eruption.
2. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
3. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
4. To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.
5. To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.
6. To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.
7. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.]
2. To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.
6. To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
8. To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
10. To deposit eggs or larvæ upon, or in (meat, etc.).
3. The spouting of a whale.
4. (Metal.) A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter. Raymond.
3. A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine.
5. (Zoöl.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer.
6. A braggart, or loud talker. [Slang] Bartlett.
2. A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean.
3. A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to breathe.
4. (Founding) An air hole in a casting.
2. Stale; worthless.
3. Out of breath; tired; exhausted. "Their horses much blown." Sir W. Scott.
4. Covered with the eggs and larvæ of flies; fly blown.
2. An outburst of temper or excitement. [Colloq.]
2. A blowgun; a blowtube.
Blow"point` (&?;), n. A child's game. [Obs.]
Blub"ber (&?;), n. [See Blobber, Blob, Bleb.]
1. A bubble.
3. (Zoöl.) A large sea nettle or medusa.
2. Like blubber; gelatinous and quivering; as, a blubbery mass.
3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking. [Colloq.]
2. A pedantic woman; a bluestocking. [Colloq.]
2. (Bot.) A plant. Same as Bluebottle.
3. (Zoöl.) The European blue titmouse (Parus cœruleus); the bluecap.
2. The United States official "Biennial Register."
2. A Scot; a Scotchman; -- so named from wearing a blue bonnet. [Poetic] Shak.
2. A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labridæ.
Blue"stock`ing (&?;), n. 1. A literary lady; a female pedant. [Colloq.]
2. (Zoöl.) The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana).
3. Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
3. A game at cards; poker. [U.S.] Bartlett.
2. Inclined to bo bluff; brusque.
2. To move in an awkward, clumsy manner; to flounder and stumble.
2. To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
Blun"der, n. 1. Confusion; disturbance. [Obs.]
2. A stupid, blundering fellow.
2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.
4. Hard to impress or penetrate. [R.]
Blunt, n. 1. A fencer's foil. [Obs.]
2. A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
3. Money. [Cant] Beaconsfield.
2. Abruptness of address; rude plainness. "Bluntness of speech." Boyle.
2. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
3. To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
3. A moral stain or blot.
2. To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.
3. To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers.
Blush, v. t. 1. To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate. [Obs.]
2. To express or make known by blushing.
2. A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.
2. A table to put food upon.
3. To enter, as a railway car. [Colloq. U. S.]
2. (Naut.) One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship. Totten.
2. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
2. To display vaingloriously.
3. To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
Boast"ive (&?;), a. Presumptuous. [R.]
2. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
2. Navigable for boats, or small river craft.
2. A perching bird of India, of the genus Eurylaimus.
2. (Zoöl.) A boat bug. See Boat bug.
Boats"man (&?;), n. A boatman. [Archaic]
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The jager gull. (b) The tropic bird.
6. A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.
7. (Steam Engine) A working beam.
8. A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
9. A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
10. The refrain of a song.
11. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
12. A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
13. A shilling. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.
2. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
3. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
4. To mock or delude; to cheat.
5. To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
2. To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3.
4. (Haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.
Bode, n. 1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [Obs.]
2. A bid; an offer. [Obs. or Dial.] Sir W. Scott
Bode, n. [See Abide.] A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.]
Bode"ment (&?;), n. An omen; a prognostic. [Obs.]
2. Without material form; incorporeal.
3. Real; actual; put in execution. [Obs.]
5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.
Bod"rage (&?;), n. [Prob. of Celtic origin: cf. Bordrage.] A raid. [Obs.]
4. A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody.
8. Amount; quantity; extent.
12. (Geom.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure.
2. Retinue; attendance; following. Bp. Porteus.
Bog"gard (&?;), n. A bogey. [Local, Eng.]
2. To do anything awkwardly or unskillfully.
3. To play fast and loose; to dissemble. Howell.
Bog"glish (&?;), a. Doubtful; skittish. [Obs.]
2. Fig.: The region or community of social Bohemians. See Bohemian, n., 3.
5. To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.
2. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.
4. To steep or soak in warm water. [Obs.]
Boil, n. Act or state of boiling. [Colloq.]
2. A vessel in which any thing is boiled.
2. Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.
3. Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior.
4. Vehement; excessive. [R.]
Boke, v. t. & i. To poke; to thrust. [Obs. or Dial.]
6. Steep; abrupt; prominent.
Bold, v. i. To be or become bold. [Obs.]
2. (Print.) Having a conspicuous or heavy face.
2. A bolus; a dose. Coleridge.
2. A Bologna sausage.
3. Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.
4. (Saddlery) A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.
7. A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.
2. Swelled out.
2. Lightning; a thunderbolt.
5. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter. [Obs.]
7. A bundle, as of oziers.
2. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
3. To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.
2. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
3. To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.
2. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
2. To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out.
2. The head of a bolt.
1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.]
3. A bomb ketch.
Bom"bace (&?;), n. [OF.] Cotton; padding. [Obs.]
2. A bombardment. [Poetic & R.] J. Barlow.
4. pl. Padded breeches. [Obs.]
Bom"bard (&?;), n. [OE. bombarde, fr. F. bombarde.] (Mus.) See Bombardo. [Obs.]
Bon-ac*cord" (&?;), n. Good will; good fellowship; agreement. [Scot.]
4. Moral or political duty or obligation.
Bond"age (&?;), n. [LL. bondagium. See Bond, a.]
2. Obligation; tie of duty.
2. (Masonry) A bonding stone or brick; a bondstone.
2. (Old Eng. Law) A villain, or tenant in villenage.
2. (Law) A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another.
3. Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
5. pl. Dice.
6. Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset.
7. Fig.: The framework of anything.
2. To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays. Ash.
3. To fertilize with bone.
4. To steal; to take possession of. [Slang]
2. Deprived of bones; as, boned turkey or codfish.
3. Manured with bone; as, boned land.
Bone"shaw (&?;), n. (Med.) Sciatica. [Obs.]
2. The manuring of land with bones.
6. The second stomach of a ruminating animal.
2. (Fort.) Protected by a bonnet. See Bonnet, 4 (a).
Bon"ni*ness, n. The quality of being bonny; gayety; handsomeness. [R.]
2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe.
3. Money paid in addition to a stated compensation.
2. Having large or prominent bones.
1. A dunce; a stupid fellow.
2. A composition, written or printed; a treatise.
2. On the way; destined. [Colloq.]
2. A support for a book, holding it open, while one reads or copies from it.
2. An office where passage tickets are sold. [Eng.]
2. A kind of thin white muslin for ladies' dresses.
Book"shop` (&?;), n. A bookseller's shop. [Eng.]
2. A stand to hold books for reading or reference.
2. Study; application to books.
2. To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.
3. (Zoöl.) A large male kangaroo.
4. One who works up a "boom". [Slang, U. S.]
Boon, a. [F. bon. See Boon, n.] 1. Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage. [Obs.]
2. Kind; bountiful; benign.
3. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
3. A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners.
3. Profit; gain; advantage; use. [Obs.]
2. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. [Obs.]
4. A place for baggage at either end of an old- fashioned stagecoach.
2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.]
2. Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback. Sir W. Scott.
2. A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout. H. Walpole.
2. A kicking, as with a booted foot. [U. S.]
2. (Naut.) Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.
Bor"a*ble (&?;), a. Capable of being bored. [R.]
2. (Mining) The face of coal parallel to the natural fissures.
4. A narrow flower bed.
2. To approach; to come near to; to verge.
3. To confine within bounds; to limit. [Obs.]
5. To befool; to trick. [Obs.]
3. To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
4. A tool for making a hole by boring, as an auger.
5. Caliber; importance. [Obs.]
2. The realm of bores; bores, collectively.
2. A hole made by boring.
3. pl. The chips or fragments made by boring.
Bor"ough*head` (&?;), n. See Headborough. [Obs.]
Bor*rach"o (&?;), n. See Borachio. [Obs.]
2. A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool.
4. To feign or counterfeit. "Borrowed hair." Spenser.
5. To receive; to take; to derive.
2. The act of borrowing. [Obs.]
Bo"ru*ret (&?;), n. (Chem.) A boride. [Obs.]
Bosh, n. [Turk.] Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug. [Colloq.]
Bosh, n.; pl. Boshes (&?;). [Cf. G. böschung a slope.]
3. In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.
2. Caused by boscage.
3. Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.
6. Inclination; desire. [Obs.] Shak.
7. A depression round the eye of a millstone. Knight.
2. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
6. A head or reservoir of water. [Obs.]
Bot`a*nol"o*ger (&?;), n. A botanist. [Obs.]
2. A book which treats of the science of botany.
2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
2. A clumsy or careless workman; a bungler.
3. (Zoöl.) A young salmon; a grilse.
Botch"er*ly, a. Bungling; awkward. [R.]
Both"-hands` (&?;), n. A factotum. [R.]
Both"ie (&?;), n. Same as Bothy. [Scot.]
Bot*tine" (&?;), n. [F. See Boot (for the foot.).]
1. A small boot; a lady's boot.
3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in the bottle.
2. Having the shape of a bottle; protuberant. Shak.
2. The puffin.
4. The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.
5. The fundament; the buttocks.
6. An abyss. [Obs.] Dryden.
9. Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.
10. Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment. Johnson.
Bot"tom, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bottomed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bottoming.]
1. To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; -- followed by on or upon.
2. To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair.
3. To reach or get to the bottom of. Smiles.
Bot"tom, v. t. To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread. [Obs.]
1. A mouth. [Obs.]
Bouge (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bouged (&?;)] [Variant of bulge. Cf. Bowge.]
1. To swell out. [Obs.]
2. To bilge. [Obs.] "Their ship bouged." Hakluyt.
1. An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main branch.
2. A gallows. [Archaic] Spenser.
2. The part of a sling that contains the stone. [Obs.]
1. (Surg.) A long, flexible instrument, that is
2. (Far.) An excrescence on a horse's frush or frog.
Bouk (bk), n. [AS. bc belly; akin to G. bauch, Icel. bkr body.]
1. The body. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Bulk; volume. [Scot.]
1. Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or fortified town.
3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.]
2. To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
4. To bully; to scold. [Collog.] J. Fletcher.
1. A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
2. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
3. An explosion, or the noise of one. [Obs.]
5. (Zoöl.) A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
2. A boaster; a bully. [Collog.] Johnson.
3. A bold lie; also, a liar. [Collog.] Marryat.
4. Something big; a good stout example of the kind.
2. Excessive; big. "A bouncing reckoning." B. & Fl.
Bound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bounding.]
2. To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.
2. To rebound, as an elastic ball.
2. Rebound; as, the bound of a ball. Johnson.
3. (Dancing) Spring from one foot to the other.
2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
5. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. [Collog. U. S.]
6. Constipated; costive.
Bound"en (&?;), p. p & a. [Old. p. p. of bind.]
1. Bound; fastened by bonds. [Obs.]
2. Under obligation; bound by some favor rendered; obliged; beholden.
3. Made obligatory; imposed as a duty; binding.
1. Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors.
2. Plentiful; abundant; as, a bountiful supply of food.
1. Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth. [Obs.]
3. That which is given generously or liberally. "Thy morning bounties." Cowper.
1. A nosegay; a bunch of flowers.
2. A perfume; an aroma; as, the bouquet of wine.
Bour"bon (&?;), n. [From the castle and seigniory of Bourbon in central France.]
Bourd"er (&?;), n. A jester. [Obs.]
4. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;&?; to crush; to subdue.
5. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.
Bow (bou), v. i. 1. To bend; to curve. [Obs.]
2. To stop. [Archaic]
4. To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow.
1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.
6. An arcograph.
Bow (b), n. [Icel. bgr shoulder, bow of a ship. See Bough.]
1. (Naut.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.
2. (Naut.) One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.
1. An arcograph.
4. pl. Offspring. [Obs.] Shak.
Bo"wer (&?;), n. [From Bow, v. & n.]
1. One who bows or bends.
2. (Naut.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.
3. A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm. [Obs.]
1. Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's private apartment.
Bow"ess (&?;), n. (Falconry) Same as Bower. [Obs.]
Bowge (&?;), v. i. To swell out. See Bouge. [Obs.]
2. (Mus.) The hand that draws the bow, i. e., the right hand.
3. The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
4. The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.
3. pl. The game of tenpins or bowling. [U.S.]
3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
2. To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.
3. To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.
1. A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble.
Bowne (&?;), v. t. [See Boun.] To make ready; to prepare; to dress. [Obs.]
2. A net for catching birds. J. H. Walsh.
2. One who rows at the bow of a boat.
Bowse (&?;), v. i. [See Booze, and Bouse.]
1. To carouse; to bouse; to booze. De Quincey.
2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
2. Put to death with a bowstring; strangled.
Bow"yer (&?;), n. [From Bow, like lawyer from law.]
1. An archer; one who uses bow.
2. One who makes or sells bows.
2. The quantity that a box contain.
5. A small country house. "A shooting box." Wilson.
6. A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box.
8. The driver's seat on a carriage or coach.
10. (Baseball) The square in which the pitcher stands.
11. (Zoöl.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.
Box, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boxed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Boxing.]
1. To inclose in a box.
2. To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.
2. Material used in making boxes or casings.
3. Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing.
Boy"de*kin (&?;), n. A dagger; a bodkin. [Obs.]
2. The nature of a boy; childishness. Dryden.
3. The state of being braced or tight; tension.
9. pl. Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
10. Harness; warlike preparation. [Obs.]
11. Armor for the arm; vantbrace.
12. (Mining) The mouth of a shaft. [Cornwall]
3. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
5. (Naut.) To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards.
2. A piece of defensive armor for the arm. Johnson.
2. Of the nature of an arm; resembling an arm.
Brach"man (&?;), n. [L. Brachmanae, pl., Gr. &?;.] See Brahman. [Obs.]
3. (Naut.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
4. (Mil.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
2. The thing which is boasted of.
3. A game at cards similar to bluff. Chesterfield.
2. Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.
Brah"ma (&?;), n. [See Brahman.]
3. To reproach. [Obs.] See Upbraid. Shak.
Braid, n. [Cf.Icel. breg&?;a to move quickly.]
1. A quick motion; a start. [Obs.] Sackville.
2. A fancy; freak; caprice. [Obs.] R. Hyrde.
2. Braids, collectively; trimming.
1. (Falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
3. A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
2. (Zoöl.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates.
4. The affections; fancy; imagination. [R.] Shak.
Brain (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brained (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Braining.]
2. To conceive; to understand. [Obs.]
Brain"y (&?;), a. Having an active or vigorous mind. [Colloq.]
2. (Cookery) Braised meat.
3. A baker's kneading though. Johnson.
4. A sharp bit or snaffle.
7. (Mil.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
8. (Agric.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag.
11. A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.
12. An ancient instrument of torture. Holinshed.
1. (Railroads) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.
2. (Mining) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.
2. (Zoöl.) The brambling or bramble finch.
Brame (&?;), n. [Cf. Breme.] Sharp passion; vexation. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.) The European carrion crow.
2. To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
2. To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.
5. An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.
3. Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon.
4. To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.
2. A gridiron. [Scot.]
2. A trivet to set a pot on. Huloet.
3. The horizontal bar of an andiron.
2. To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms.
Bran"dle (&?;), v. t. & i. [F. brandiller.] To shake; to totter. [Obs.]
Bran"gle*ment (&?;), n. Wrangle; brangle. [Obs.]
2. To prance; to caper. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Brant, a. [See Brent.] Steep. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
4. Broken fragments of ice. Kane.
3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.]
4. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.]
5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
2. Impudent; impudently bold. [Colloq.]
Brast (&?;), v. t. & i. [See Burst.] To burst. [Obs.]
4. The young of an animal. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
2. (Arch.) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.
3. Making a fine show or display. [Archaic]
2. Specifically, an Indian warrior.
3. A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
4. A challenge; a defiance; bravado. [Obs.]
2. To adorn; to make fine or showy. [Obs.]
2. Finely; gaudily; gayly; showily.
3. Well; thrivingly; prosperously. [Colloq.]
2. The act of braving; defiance; bravado. [Obs.]
3. Splendor; magnificence; showy appearance; ostentation; fine dress.
4. A showy person; a fine gentleman; a beau. [Obs.]
2. To complain loudly; to scold.
2. Making a loud confused noise. See Brawl, v. i., 3.
3. The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar.
4. A boar. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
2. A diseased sheep, or its mutton.
1. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.
2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.
2. To harden. "Now I am brazes to it." Shak.
2. Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.
4. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf.
5. A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.
6. A bruise; a wound.
7. (Med.) A hernia; a rupture.
8. A breaking out upon; an assault.
2. Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
Bread"en (&?;), a. Made of bread. [R.]
2. To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods.
3. To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
4. To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise.
6. To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set.
8. To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments.
10. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax.
11. To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind.
12. To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow.
15. To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin.
16. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
With prepositions or adverbs: --
With an immediate object: --
3. To burst forth; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn.
4. To burst forth violently, as a storm.
5. To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking.
6. To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
7. To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking.
8. To fall in business; to become bankrupt.
11. To fall out; to terminate friendship.
With prepositions or adverbs: -
8. (Teleg.) See Commutator.
3. (Naut.) A small water cask. Totten.
2. A meal after fasting, or food in general.
2. A steep place endangering the neck.
4. (Mining) (a) The face of a coal working. (b) The front of a furnace.
3. A strap that runs across a horse's breast. Ash.
2. (Naut.) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
3. The power of respiration, and hence, life. Hood.
4. Time to breathe; respite; pause.
5. A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant.
6. Fig.: That which gives or strengthens life.
7. A single word; the slightest effort; a trifle.
8. A very slight breeze; air in gentle motion.
9. Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume. Tennison.
10. Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.
2. To take breath; to rest from action.
2. To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into.
4. To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.
5. To express; to manifest; to give forth.
7. To promote free respiration in; to exercise.
9. To put out of breath; to exhaust.
10. (Phonetics) To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.
2. That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise. [Colloq.]
Breath"ful (&?;), a. Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant. [Obs.]
2. Air in gentle motion.
5. Exercising; promotion of respiration.
6. Utterance; communication or publicity by words.
7. Breathing place; vent. Dryden.
8. Stop; pause; delay.
3. Dead; as, a breathless body.
Brede (&?;), n. [See Braid woven cord.] A braid. [R.]
2. Breeches. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To cover as with breeches. [Poetic]
3. To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
4. To whip on the breech. [Obs.]
5. To fasten with breeching.
2. Trousers; pantaloons. [Colloq.]
6. To raise, as any kind of stock.
7. To produce or obtain by any natural process. [Obs.]
3. To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.
4. To raise a breed; to get progeny.
2. Class; sort; kind; -- of men, things, or qualities.
3. A number produced at once; a brood. [Obs.]
2. A cause. "The breeder of my sorrow." Shak.
3. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
5. Descent; pedigree; extraction. [Obs.]
2. Fresh; brisk; full of life. [Colloq.]
2. Famous; renowned; well known. Wright.
Bren"ning*ly, adv. Burningly; ardently. [Obs.]
2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.]
Brent, imp. & p. p. of Bren. Burnt. [Obs.]
Brest (&?;), 3d sing.pr. for Bursteth. [Obs.]
2. (Law) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
2. A lawyer's brief. [R.] Hudibras.
Bre"vi*ate (&?;), v. t. To abbreviate. [Obs.]
2. Contraction into few words; conciseness.
3. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
2. The quantity brewed at once.
3. A mixing together.
2. Bread soaked in broth, drippings of roast meat, milk, or water and butter.
3. That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
3. To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
Bribe, v. i. 1. To commit robbery or theft. [Obs.]
2. One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices.
3. That which bribes; a bribe.
To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
Bric"kle*ness, n. Brittleness. [Obs.]
2. The act of building with or laying bricks.
2. Fig.: An object ardently loved.
Bride, v. t. To make a bride of. [Obs.]
Bride"bed` (&?;), n. The marriage bed. [Poetic]
2. To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.
3. To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over.
2. A board or plank used as a bridge.
2. The principal ward of a key. Knight.
2. A restraint; a curb; a check. I. Watts.
2. Concise; terse; succinct.
3. Rife; common; prevalent. [Prov. Eng.]
Brief, adv. 1. Briefly. [Obs. or Poetic]
2. Soon; quickly. [Obs.] Shak.
2. An epitome.
4. (Law) A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2.
2. A copier of a manuscript.
2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
3. See Brigandine.
2. Transmitting light; clear; transparent.
4. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
6. Illustrious; glorious.
7. Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.
8. Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance.
Bright, n. Splendor; brightness. [Poetic]
2. To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to.
4. To make acute or witty; to enliven. Johnson.
2. With lively intelligence; intelligently.
2. Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit.
2. (Print.) The smallest size of type used in England printing.
3. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.
3. The rim of a hat. Wordsworth.
Brim, a. Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme. [Obs.]
2. Full to, or level with, the brim. Milton.
2. A brindled color; also, that which is brindled.
2. The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.
3. Tears; -- so called from their saltness.
2. To sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay.
3. To convey; to move; to carry or conduct.
4. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
2. (Bot.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair. Gray.
2. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.
3. To show defiance or indignation.
2. (Her.) A mark of cadency or difference.
4. (Masonry) A broad chisel for stonecutting.
5. (Arch.) A spire rising from a tower. [Local, Eng.]
6. A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.
7. A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.
8. The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping. Knight.
9. The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
3. To open for the first time, as stores.
5. To cause to begin or break out. [Obs.] Shak.
7. To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.
2. One who broaches, opens, or utters; a first publisher or promoter.
2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
Hence: -
5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
8. (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. Knight.
2. An ax with a broad edge, for hewing timber.
2. (Zoöl.) The shoveler. See Shoveler.
2. A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker. [Sportive]
2. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time.
3. A volley of abuse or denunciation. [Colloq.]
Broad"wise` (&?;), adv. Breadthwise. [Archaic]
2. Dressed in brocade.
2. A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English.
Broid"er*er (&?;), n. One who embroiders. [Archaic]
Broid"er*y (&?;), n. Embroidery. [Archaic]
2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
2. A gridiron or other utensil used in broiling.
3. A chicken or other bird fit for broiling. [Colloq.]
2. To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp. [Obs.]
2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface.
4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.
5. Subdued; humbled; contrite.
6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.
Bro"ken-bel`lied (&?;), a. Having a ruptured belly. [R.]
2. Contrition; as, brokenness of heart.
3. A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc.
4. A dealer in secondhand goods. [Eng.]
5. A pimp or procurer. [Obs.] Shak.
Bro"ker*y (&?;), n. The business of a broker. [Obs.]
2. A light form of prepared cocoa (or cacao), or the drink made from it.
Brom"u*ret (&?;), n. See Bromide. [Obs.]
Brond (&?;), n. [See Brand.] A sword. [Obs.]
2. A statue, bust, etc., cast in bronze.
4. Boldness; impudence; "brass."
2. To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.
2. A material for bronzing.
Brooch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brooched (brcht).] To adorn as with a brooch. [R.]
3. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
4. (Mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
2. To cherish with care. [R.]
3. To think anxiously or moodily upon.
3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] Sir J. Hawkins.
2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity.
4. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind.
Broud"ed (&?;), p.a. Braided; broidered. [Obs.]
2. The hair that covers the brow (ridge over the eyes); the eyebrow.
3. The forehead; as, a feverish brow.
4. The general air of the countenance.
Brow, v. t. To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of. [R.]
Browd"yng (broud"ng/), n. Embroidery. [Obs.]
2. To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.
2. To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
2. To pasture; to feed; to nibble. Shak.
2. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush.
2. A boxer; a pugilist. R. Browning.
Brun (&?;), n. [See Broun a brook.] Same as Brun, a brook. [Scot.]
2. The bushy tail of a fox.
3. (Zoöl.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
4. Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.
9. A short contest, or trial, of speed.
2. To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.
2. Brisk; light; as, a brushing gallop.
2. Small branches of trees cut off.
2. To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle. [Obs.]
2. An inhuman act.
5. Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling. [R.]
2. A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.
Brute, v. t. [For bruit.] To report; to bruit. [Obs.]
2. Insensibility. "The bruteness of nature." Emerson.
5. The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.
3. To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.
2. (Zoöl.) A fish of the Ohio river; -- so called from the noise it makes.
2. The cloth or clothes soaked or washed. [Obs.] Shak.
3. (Mining) To break up or pulverize, as ores.
2. A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy.
3. A male Indian or negro. [Colloq. U.S.]
2. To throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2.
Buck, n. [See Beech, n.] The beech tree. [Scot.]
2. A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
4. The valved piston of a lifting pump.
2. A cant name for a native in Ohio. [U.S.]
Master of the buckhounds, an officer in the royal household. [Eng.]
Deil's buckie, a perverse, refractory youngster. [Slang]
2. A washing.
3. The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
4. A contorted expression, as of the face. [R.]
2. To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted.
4. To join in marriage. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
2. To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall.
3. To yield; to give way; to cease opposing. [Obs.]
Buc"kler, v. t. To shield; to defend. [Obs.]
2. (Bot.) A plant. See Ramson. Dr. Prior.
2. Stiff; precise. "Buckram dames." Brooke.
4. pl. Breeches made of buckskin.
2. The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc.
2. To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
2. Austere or stiff, like scholastics.
Budge"ness (&?;), n. Sternness; severity. [Obs.]
Budg"y, a. [From Budge, n.] Consisting of fur. [Obs.]
2. The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
3. A military coat, made of buff leather. Shak.
6. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff. [Colloq.]
2. Of the color of buff.
3. (Zoöl.) Any species of wild ox.
4. (Zoöl.) The bison of North America.
5. A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below.
6. (Zoöl.) The buffalo fish. See Buffalo fish, below.
2. One who polishes with a buff.
3. A wheel for buffing; a buff.
3. A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
3. [Cf. Buffer.] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
2. To make one's way by blows or struggling.
2. (Zoöl.) The buffel duck. See Buffel duck.
Buf*foon", v. i. To act the part of a buffoon. [R.]
Buf*foon"ly, a. Low; vulgar. [R.]
Bug"fish` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) The menhaden. [U.S.]
2. A wretch; -- sometimes used humorously or in playful disparagement. [Low]
Bug"gy, n.; pl. Buggies. 1. A light one horse two- wheeled vehicle. [Eng.]
2. A drinking vessel made of horn. [Obs.]
2. The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture.
3. (Naut.) The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2.
2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
3. (Naut.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
4. The body. [Obs.] Shak.
Bull, v. i. To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do. [Colloq.]
4. (Zoöl.) A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell.
Bull"do`zer (&?;), n. One who bulldozes. [Slang]
Bulled (&?;), a. [Cf. Boln.] Swollen. [Obs.]
3. A cannon ball. [Obs.]
4. The fetlock of a horse. [See Illust. under Horse.]
2. Any public notice or announcement, especially of news recently received.
Bull"feast` (&?;), n. See Bullfight. [Obs.]
3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.] Jonson.
4. (Zoöl.) A small black water insect. E. Phillips.
2. Base or uncurrent coin. [Obs.]
2. An ox, steer, or stag.
Bul"lock, v. t. To bully. [Obs.]
4. A circular or oval opening for air or light.
6. (Astron.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull.
7. (Archery & Gun.) The center of a target.
9. A small and thick old-fashioned watch. [Colloq.]
2. A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.] Shak.
2. Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]
3. pl. (Naut.) The sides of a ship above the upper deck.
Bum"bard (&?;). See Bombard. [Obs.]
Bum"bast (&?;). See Bombast. [Obs.]
Bum"ble (&?;), n. [See Bump to boom.] (Zoöl.) The bittern. [Local, Eng.]
Bum"me*ry (&?;), n. See Bottomery. [Obs.]
2. A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.
2. Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
Bump"tious*ness, n. Conceitedness. [Colloq.]
2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony.
2. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.
3. A sharper or pickpocket. [Obs. & Low]
2. One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers.
2. A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.
Bunko steerer, a person employed as a decoy in bunko. [Slang, U.S.]
2. To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.
Buoy"ance (&?;), n. Buoyancy. [R.]
2. The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2.
3. A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.
4. The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5.
5. The sweetbread.
6. A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.
4. (Mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
7. A birth. [Obs. & R.] Shak.
2. The drone of a bagpipe. Ruddiman.
2. Government officials, collectively.
2. A borough. [Eng.] See 1st Borough.
2. One who represents a borough in Parliament.
3. A magistrate of a borough.
4. An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.
Bur"glar*er (&?;), n. A burglar. [Obs.]
2. A richly flavored wine, mostly red, made in Burgundy, France.
Burh (&?;), n. See Burg. [Obs.]
3. A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
2. Coarse and rough; boisterous.
6. (Surg.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.
2. To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat.
3. A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6.
Burn, n. [See 1st Bourn.] A small stream. [Scot.]
2. The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is produced.
Bur"nie*bee` (&?;), n. The ladybird. [Prov. Eng.]
5. The lobe or lap of the ear.
7. The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.
Bur"ro (&?;), n. [Sp., an ass.] (Zoöl.) A donkey. [Southern U.S.]
3. (Mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
4. A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.
2. To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide.
3. (Eccl.) An ornamental case of hold the corporal when not in use. Shipley.
5. A kind of bazaar. [Obs.]
2. To break. [Obs.]
3. To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall.
2. Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed.
4. A rupture or hernia; a breach.
Burst"en (&?;), p. p. of Burst, v. i. [Obs.]
Burt (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) See Birt. [Prov. Eng.]
Bur"then (&?;), n. & v. t. See Burden. [Archaic]
2. A manor house; a castle. [Prov. Eng.]
3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife.
Bus (&?;), n. [Abbreviated from omnibus.] An omnibus. [Colloq.]
5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
4. A large indefinite quantity. [Colloq.]
Bush"el*age (&?;), n. A duty payable on commodities by the bushel. [Eng.]
2. (Mech.) A bush or lining; -- sometimes called a thimble. See 4th Bush.
2. An ambuscade. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
2. The crimes or warfare of bushwhackers. [U.S.]
2. Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs.
4. That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.
7. Care; anxiety; diligence. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To go; to direct one's course. [Obs.]
2. A part of a garden devoted to shrubs. [R.]
2. Trodden by buskins; pertaining to tragedy. "The buskined stage." Milton.
2. Constantly at work; diligent; active.
4. Officious; meddling; foolish active.
5. Careful; anxious. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Except; besides; save.
4. Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.
5. Only; solely; merely.
2. The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.
3. A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed. [Obs.]
2. The thicker end of anything. See But.
3. A mark to be shot at; a target. Sir W. Scott.
6. A thrust in fencing.
7. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
9. (Shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
2. To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game. [Cant] Johnson.
3. A cellar in which butts of wine are kept. Weale.
2. (Naut.) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern. Mar. Dict.
3. A bud; a germ of a plant. Shak.
2. To dress or clothe. [Obs.] Shak.
Buz (&?;), v. & n. See Buzz. [Obs.]
3. To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice. [Colloq.]
4. (Phonetics) To sound with a "buzz". H. Sweet.
2. A whisper; a report spread secretly or cautiously.
3. (Phonetics) The audible friction of voice consonants. H. Sweet.
2. A blockhead; a dunce.
2. On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.
4. Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
5. Against. [Obs.] Tyndale [1. Cor. iv. 4].
3. Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
2. An illegitimate child; a bastard.
By"-drink`ing, n. A drinking between meals. [Obs.]
2. (Cricket) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye. T. Hughes.
2. In certain games, a station or place of an individual player. Emerson.
By"land (&?;), n. A peninsula. [Obs.]
By"land*er (&?;), n. See Bilander. [Obs.]
By"-spell`(&?;), n. [AS. bigspell.] A proverb. [Obs.]
3. (Bot.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.
4. Asbestus.
2. The object of a contemptuous saying.