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1	a	[.] A is the first letter of the Alphabet in most of the known languages of the earth; in the Ethiopic, however it is the thirteenth, and in the Runic the tenth. It is naturally the first letter, because it represents the first vocal sound naturally formed by the human ...
2	a-posteriori	[.] A-POSTERIORI, [L. posterior, after.] [.] Arguments a posteriori, are drawn from effect, consequences or facts; in opposition to reasoning a priori, or from causes previously known.
3	a-re	[.] A-RE,
4	aam	[.] AAM, n. A measure of liquids among the Dutch equal to 288 English pints.
5	aaronic	[.] AARON'IC, a. Pertaining to Aaron, the Jewish High Priest, or to the priesthood of which he was the head.
6	ab	[.] AB, In English names, is an abbreviation of Abbey or Abbot. [.] AB, a prefix to words of Latin origin, and a Latin preposition, as in abscond, written in ancient Latin af. It denotes from, separating or departure. [.] [.] AB, The Hebrew name of Father. [.] AB, ...
7	abacist	[.] AB'ACIST, n. One that casts accounts; a calculator.
8	aback	[.] ABACK, adv. [At, on or towards the back. See Back] [.] Towards the back; on the back part; backward. In seamen's language it signifies the situation of the sails, when pressed back against the mast by the wind. [.] Taken aback, is when the sails are carried ...
9	abacot	[.] AB'ACOT, n. The cap of State, formerly used by English Kings, wrought into the figure of two crowns.
10	abactor	[.] ABAC'TOR, n. [Latin from abigo, ab and ago, to drive.] [.] In law, one that feloniously drives away or steals a herd or numbers of cattle at once, in distinction from one that steals a sheep or two.
11	abacus	[.] AB'ACUS, n. [L. anything flat, as a cupboard, a bench, a slate, a table or board for games; Gr. Usually deduced from the Oriental, abak, dust, because the ancients used tables covered with dust for making figures and diagrams.] [.] 1. Among the Romans, a cupboard ...
12	abada	[.] AB'ADA, n. A wild animal of Africa, of the size of a steer, or half grown colt, having two horns on its forehead and a third on the nape of the neck. Its head and tail resemble those of an ox, but it has cloven feet, like the stag.
13	abaddon	[.] ABAD'DON, n. [Heb. Ch. Syr. Sam. to be lost, or destroyed, to perish.] [.] 1. The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit. Rev. ix. [.] 2. The bottomless pit.
14	abaft	[.] AB'AFT, adv. or prep. [Sax. eft or aeft, again. Hence efter or aefter, after, subsequent; Sax. aeftan, behind in place; to which word be is prefixed - beaeftan, behind, and this word is corrupted into abaft.] [.] A sea-term signifying in or at the hinder part of a ...
15	abagun	[.] AB'AGUN, n. The name of a fowl in Ethiopia, remarkable for its beauty and for a sort of horn, growing on its head. The word signifies stately Abbot.
16	abaisance	[.] ABAISANCE, [See Obeisance.]
17	abalienation	[.] ABALIENA'TION, n. The transferring of title to property. [See Alienation.]
18	abandon	[.] ABAN'DON, v.t. [Fr. abandonner; Sp. and Port. abandonar; It. abbandonare; said to be from ban, and donner, to give over to the ban or proscription; or from a or ab and bandum, a flag or ensign.] [.] 1. To forsake entirely; as to abandon a hopeless enterprize. [.] Wo ...
19	abandoned	[.] ABAN'DONED, pp. Wholly forsaken or deserted. [.] 2. Given up, as to a vice; hence, extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
20	abandoner	[.] ABAN'DONER, n. One who abandons.
21	abandoning	...
22	abandonment	[.] ABAN'DONMENT, n. [.] 1. A total desertion; a state of being forsaken. [.] 2. In commerce, the relinquishing to underwriters all the property saved from loss by shipwreck, capture or other peril stated in the policy. This abandonment must be made before the insured ...
23	abanga	[.] ABAN'GA, n. The ady; a species of Palmtree. [See Ady.]
24	abannition	[.] ABANNI'TION, n. [Low Lat.] [.] A banishment for one or two years for manslaughter. [Not used.]
25	abaptiston	[.] ABAPTIS'TON, n. The perforating part of the trephine, an instrument used in trepanning.
26	abare	[.] ABA'RE, v.t. [Sax abarian. See Bare.] [.] To make bare; to uncover. [Not in use.]
27	abarticulation	[.] ABARTICULA'TION, n. [See Articulate.] [.] In anatomy, that species of articulation or structure of joints, which admits of manifest or extensive motion; called also diarthrosis and dearticulation
28	abas	[.] ABAS', n. A weight in Persia used in weighing pearls, one eighth less than the European carat.
29	abase	[.] ABA'SE, v.t. [Fr abaisser, from bas, low, or the bottom; W. bais; Latin and Gr. basis; Eng. base; It. Abbassare; Sp. bare, low. See Abash.] [.] 1. The literal sense of abase is to lower or depress, to throw or cast down, as used by Bacon, "to abase the eye." But ...
30	abased	[.] ABA'SED, pp. Reduced to a low state, humbled, degraded. [.] In heraldry, it is used of the wings of eagles, when the tops are turned downwards towards the point of the shield; or when the wings are shut, the natural way of bearing them being spread, with the top ...
31	abasement	[.] ABA'SEMENT, n. The act of humbling or bringing low; also a state of depression, degradation, or humiliation.
32	abash	[.] ABASH', v.t. [Heb. and Ch. bosh, to be confounded, or ashamed.] [.] To make the spirits to fall; to cast down the countenance; to make ashamed; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, error, inferiority, &e. [.] They heard and ...
33	abashed	[.] ABASH'ED, pp. Confused with shame; confounded; put to silence; followed by at.
34	abashing	[.] ABASH'ING, ppr. Putting to shame or confusion.
35	abashment	[.] ABASH'MENT, n. Confusion from shame. [Little used.]
36	abasing	[.] ABA'SING, ppr. Humbling, depressing, bringing low.
37	abassi	[.] ABAS'SI, or ABAS'SIS, n. A silver coin of Persia, of the value of twenty cents, about ten pence sterling.
38	abassis	[.] ABAS'SI, or ABAS'SIS, n. A silver coin of Persia, of the value of twenty cents, about ten pence sterling.
39	abatable	[.] ABA'TABLE, a. That may or can be abated; as an abatable writ or nuisance.
40	abate	[.] ABA'TE, v.t. [Heb. Ch., to beat. The Saxon has the participle gebatod, abated. The prefix is sunk to a in abate, and lost in beat. See Class Bd. No. 23, 33.] [.] 1. To beat down; to pull down; to destroy in any manner; as to abate a nuisance. [.] 2. To lessen; ...
41	abated	[.] ABA'TED, pp. Lessened; decreased; destroyed; mitigated; defeated; remitted; overthrown.
42	abatement	[.] ABA'TEMENT, n. [.] 1. The act of abating; the state of being abated. [.] 2. A reduction, removing, or pulling down as of a nuisance. [.] 3. Diminution, decrease, or mitigation, as of grief or pain. [.] 4. Deduction, sum withdraw, as from an account. [.] 5. ...
43	abater	[.] ABA'TER, n. The person or thing that abates.
44	abating	[.] ABA'TING, ppr. Pulling down, diminishing, defeating, remitting.
45	abatis	[.] AB'ATIS, [.] Rubbish. In fortification, piles of trees, or branches of trees sharpened, and laid with the points outward, in front of ramparts, to prevent assailants from mounting the walls.
46	abator	[.] ABA'TOR, n. A person who enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee
47	abattis	[.] AB'ATTIS, n. [from beating or pulling down.]
48	abature	[.] AB'ATURE, n. [from abate.] Grass beaten or trampled down by a stag in passing.
49	abb	[.] ABB, n. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence abb-wool is wool for the abb.
50	abba	[.] AB'BA, n. In the Chaldee and Syriac, a father, and figuratively a superior. appen. [.] In the Syriac, Coptic and Ethiopic churches, it is a title given to the Bishops, and the Bishops bestow the title, by way of distinction, on the Bishop of Alexandria. Hence the title ...
51	abbacy	[.] AB'BACY, n. [from abba, Low Lat, abbatia.] The dignity, rights and privileges of an abbot. It comprehends the government and revenues.
52	abbatial	[.] ABBA'TIAL, a.
53	abbatical	[.] ABBAT'ICAL, a. Belonging to an abbey.
54	abbe	[.] AB'BE, n. Ab'by, [from abba.] [.] In a monastic sense, the same as an abbot; but more generally, a title, in Catholic countries, without any determinate rang, office or rights. The abbes are numerous, and generally have some literary attainments; they dress as academics ...
55	abbess	[.] AB'BESS, n. [from abba.] [.] A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the Monks. [See Abbey.]
56	abbey	[.] AB'BEY, n. plu. abbeys, [from abba.] [.] A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion. The males are called monks, and governed by an abbot; the females are called nuns, and governed by an abbess. These institutions ...
57	abbey-lubber	[.] AB'BEY-LUBBER, n. A name given to monks, in contempt for their idleness.
58	abbot	[.] AB'BOT, n. [formerly abbat, from abba, latinized abbas, or from Heb. plural.] [.] The superior or governor of an abbey or monastery. Originally monasteries were founded in retired places, and the religious had no concern with secular affairs, being entirely subject ...
59	abbotship	[.] AB'BOTSHIP, n. The state of an abbot.
60	abbreuvoir	[.] ABBREUVOIR, n. [Fr. from abreuver, to water.] [.] Among masons, the joint between stones in a wall, to be filled with mortar. [I know not whether it is now used.]
61	abbreviate	[.] ABBRE'VIATE, v.t. [from Latin abbrevio, brevio, from brevis, short] [.] 1. To shorten; to make shorter by contracting the parts. [In this sense, not much used, nor often applied to material substances.] [.] 2. To shorten; to abridge by the omission or defalcation ...
62	abbreviated	[.] ABBRE'VIATED, pp. [.] 1. Shortened; reduced in length; abridged. [.] 2. In botany an abbreviated perianth is shorter than the rube of the corol.
63	abbreviating	[.] ABBRE'VIATING, ppr. Shortening; contracting in length or into a smaller compass.
64	abbreviation	[.] ABBREVIA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of shortening or contracting. [.] 2. A letter or a few letters used for a word; as Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America. [.] 3. The reduction of fractions to the lowest terms.
65	abbreviator	[.] ABBRE'VIATOR, n. One who abridges or reduces to a smaller compass.
66	abbreviators	[.] ABBRE'VIATORS, a college of seventy-two persons in the chancery of Rome, whose duty is to draw up the Pope's briefs, and reduce petitions, when granted, to a due form for bulls.
67	abbreviatory	[.] ABBRE'VIATORY, n. Shortening, contracting.
68	abbreviature	[.] ABBRE'VIATURE, n. A letter or character for shortening; an abridgment, a compend.
69	abdals	[.] AB'DALS, n. The name of certain fanatics in Persia, who, in excess of zeal, sometimes run into the streets, and attempt to kill all they meet who are of a different religion; and if they are slain for their madness, they think it meritorious to die, and by the vulgar ...
70	abderite	[.] AB'DERITE, n. An inhabitant of Abdera, a maritime town in Thrace. Democritus is so called, from being a native of the place. As he was given to laughter, foolish or incessant laughter, is call abderian.
71	abdicant	[.] AB'DICANT, a. [See Abdicate.] Abdicating; renouncing.
72	abdicate	[.] AB'DICATE, v.t. [L. abdica; ab and dico, to dedicate, to bestow, but the literal primary sense of dico is to send or thrust.] [.] 1. In a general sense, to relinquish, renounce, or abandon. [.] 2. To abandon an office or trust, without a formal resignation to ...
73	abdicated	[.] AB'DICATED, pp. Renounced; relinquished without a formal resignation; abandoned.
74	abdicating	[.] AB'DICATING, ppr. Relinquishing without a formal resignation; abandoning.
75	abdication	[.] ABDICA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of abdicating; the abandoning of an office or trust, without a formal surrender, or before the usual or stated time of expiration. [.] 2. A casting off; rejection.
76	abdicative	[.] AB'DICATIVE, a. Causing or implying abdication. [Little used.]
77	abditive	[.] AB'DITIVE, a. [L. abdo, to hide; ab and do.] Having the power or quality of hiding. [Little used.]
78	abditory	[.] AB'DITORY, n. A place for secreting or preserving goods.
79	abdomen	[.] AB'DOMEN, or ABDO'MEN, n. [L. perhaps abdo and omentum.] [.] 1. The lower belly or that part of the body which lies between the thorax and the bottom of the pelvis. It is lined with a membrane called peritoneum, and contains the stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas, ...
80	abdominal	[.] ABDOM'INAL, a. Pertaining to the lower belly. [.] ABDOM'INAL, n. plu. abdominals. In ichthyology the abdominals are a class of fish whose ventral fins are placed behind the pectoral, and which belong to the division of bony fish. The class contains nine genera ...
81	abdominous	[.] ABDOM'INOUS, a. Pertaining to the abdomen; having a large belly.
82	abduce	[.] ABDU'CE, v.t. [L. adduco, to lead away, of ab and duco, to lead. See Duke.] [.] To draw from; to withdraw, or draw to a different part; used chiefly in anatomy.
83	abducent	[.] ABDU'CENT, a. Drawing from, pulling back; used of those muscles which pull back certain parts of the body, for separating, opening, or bending them. The abducent muscles, called abductors, are opposed to the adducent muscles or adductors.
84	abduction	[.] ABDUC'TION, n. [.] 1. In a general sense, the act of drawing apart, or carrying away. [.] 2. In surgery, a species of fracture, in which the broken parts recede from each other. [.] 3. In logic, a kind of argumentation, called by the Greeks apagoge, in which ...
85	abductor	[.] ABDUC'TOR, n. In anatomy, a muscle which serves to withdraw, or pull back a certain part of the body; as the abductor oculi, which pulls the eye outwards.
86	abear	[.] ABEA'R, v.t. abare, To bear; to behave. obs.
87	abearance	[.] ABEA'RANCE, n. [from abear, now disused from bear, to carry.] Behavior, demeanor. [Little used.]
88	abecedarian	[.] ABECEDA'RIAN, n. [a word formed from the first four letters of the alphabet.] One who teaches the letters of the alphabet, or a learner of the letters.
89	abecedary	[.] ABECE'DARY, a. Pertaining to, or formed by the letters of the alphabet.
90	abed	[.] ABED', adv. [See Bed.] On or in bed.
91	abel-tree	[.] ABE'LE or ABEL-TREE, n. An obsolete name of the while poplar. [See Poplar.]
92	abele	[.] ABE'LE or ABEL-TREE, n. An obsolete name of the while poplar. [See Poplar.]
93	abelians
94	abelites
95	abelmosk	[.] A'BELMOSK, n. A trivial name of a species of hibiscus, or Syrian mallow. The plant rises on a herbacceous stalk, three or four feet, sending out two or three side branches. The seeds have a musky odor, for which reason the Arabians mix them with coffee.
96	abelonians
97	aberrance	[.] ABER'RANCE, [L. aberrans, aberro, to wander from; of ab and ABER'RANCY, erro, to wander.] [.] A wandering or deviating from the right way, but rarely used in a literal sense. In a figurative sense, a deviation from truth, error, mistake; and in morals, a fault, ...
98	aberrant	[.] ABER'RANT, a. Wandering, straying from the right way. [Rarely used.]
99	aberration	[.] ABERRA'TION, n. [L. aberratio.] [.] 1. The act of wandering from the right way; deviation from truth or moral rectitude; deviation from a strait line. [.] 2. In astronomy, a small apparent motion of the fixed stars, occasioned by the progressive motion of light ...
100	aberring	[.] ABER'RING, part, a. Wandering; going astray.
101	aberruncate	[.] ABERRUN'CATE, v.t. [L. averrunco.] To pull up by the roots; to extirpate utterly. [Not used.]
102	abet	[.] ABET' v.t. [Sax. betan, gebatan; properly to push forward, to advance; hence to amend, to revive, to restore, to make better; and applied to fire, to increase the flame, to excite, to promote. Hence to aid by encouraging or instigating. Hence in Saxon, "Na bete nan ...
103	abetment	[.] ABET'MENT, n. The act of abetting.
104	abetted	[.] ABETTED, pp. Incited, aided, encouraged to a crime.
105	abetting	[.] ABETTING, ppr. Counselling, aiding or encouraging to a crime.
106	abettor	[.] ABETTOR, n. One who abets, or incites, aids or encourages another to commit a crime. In treason, there are no abettors; all persons concerned being principals.
107	abevacuation	[.] ABEVACUA'TION, n. [ab and evacuation.] [.] In medicine, a partial evacuation of morbid humors of the body, either by nature or art.
108	abeyance	[.] ABEY'ANCE, n. pron. abayance. [Norm. abbaiaunce, or abaizance, in expectation; boyance, expectation. Qu. Fr. bayer, to gape, to look a long time with the mouth open; to stand looking in a silly manner. [See Bay] [.] In expectation or contemplation of law. The fee ...
109	abhor	[.] ABHOR', v.t. [L abhorreo, of ab and horreo, to set up bristles, shiver or shake; to look terrible.] [.] 1. To hate extremely, or with contempt; to lothe, detest or abominate. [.] 2. To despise or neglect. Ps. xxii. 24. Amos vi. 8. [.] 3. To cast off or reject. ...
110	abhorred	[.] ABHOR'RED, pp. Hated extremely, detested.
111	abhorrence	[.] ABHOR'RENCE, n. Extreme hatred, detestation, great aversion.
112	abhorrency	[.] ABHOR'RENCY,
113	abhorrent	[.] ABHOR'RENT, a. [.] 1. Hating, detesting, struck with abhorrence. [.] 2. Contrary, odious, inconsistent with, expressive of extreme opposition, as, "Slander is abhorrent to all ideas of justice." In this sense, it should be always followed by to - abhorrent ...
114	abhorrently	[.] ABHOR'RENTLY, adv. With abhorrence.
115	abhorrer	[.] ABHOR'RER, n. One who abhors.
116	abhorring	[.] ABHOR'RING, ppr. Having great aversion, detesting. As a noun, it is used in Isaiah lxvi, for the object of hatred - "An abhorring to all flesh."
117	abib	[.] A'BIB, n. [Heb. swelling, protuberant. To produce the first or early fruit; a full grown ear of corn.] [.] The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, called also Nisan. It begins at the spring equinox, and answers to the latter part of March and beginning ...
118	abide	[.] ABI'DE, v. i. pert. and part. abode. [.] abada, to be, or exist, to continue; W. bod, to be; to dwell, rest, continue, stand firm, or be stationary for anytime indefinitely. Class Bd. No 7.] [.] 1. To rest, or dwell. Gen. xxix 19. [.] 2. To tarry or stay for a ...
119	abider	[.] ABI'DER, n. One who dwells or continues.
120	abiding	[.] ABI'DING, ppr. Dwelling; remaining; continuing; enduring; awaiting. [.] ABI'DING, n. Continuance; fixed state; residence; an enduring.
121	abidingly	[.] ABI'DINGLY, adv. In a manner to continue; permanently.
122	ability	[.] ABIL'ITY, n. [L. habilitas, ableness, fitness, from habeo, to have or hold.] [.] 1. Physical power, whether bodily or mental; natural or acquired; force of understanding; skill in arts or science. Ability is active power, or power to perform; as opposed to capacity, ...
123	abintestate	[.] ABINTEST'ATE, a. [L. ab and intestatus - dying without a will, from in and tester, to bear witness; W. tyst; Arm. test, witness. See Test and Testify.] [.] In the civil law, inheriting the estate of one dying without a will.
124	abject	[.] ABJECT', v.t. To throw away; to cast out. Obs.
125	abjectedness	[.] ABJECT'EDNESS, n. A very low or despicable condition. [Little used.]
126	abjection	[.] ABJEC'TION, n. A state of being cast away, hence a low state; meanness of spirit; baseness.
127	abjectly	[.] AB'JECTLY, adv. In a contemptible manner; meanly; servilely.
128	abjectness	[.] AB'JECTNESS, n. the state of being abject; meanness; servility.
129	abjuration	[.] ABJURA'TION, n. [See Abjure.] [.] 1. The act of abjuring; a renunciation upon oath; as "an abjuration of the realm," by which a person swears to leave the country, and never to return. It is used also for the oath of renunciation. Formerly in England, felons, ...
130	abjure	[.] ABJU'RE, v.t. [L. abjuro, to deny upon oath, from ab and juro, to swear.] [.] 1. To renounce upon oath; to abandon; as to abjure allegiance to a prince. [.] 2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to reject; as to abjure errors; abjure reason. [.] 3. To recant ...
131	abjured	[.] ABJU'RED, pp. Renounced upon oath; solemnly recanted.
132	abjurer	[.] ABJU'RER, n. One who abjures.
133	abjuring	[.] ABJU'RING, ppr. Renouncing upon oath; disclaiming with solemnity.
134	abjurratory	[.] ABJUR'RATORY, a. Containing abjuration
135	ablactate	[.] ABLAC'TATE, v.t. [L. ablacto; from ab and lac, milk.] to wean from the breast. [Little used.]
136	ablactation	[.] ABLACTA'TION, n. [L. ab and lae, milk. Lacto, to suckle.] [.] 1. In medical authors, the weaning of a child from the breast. [.] 2. Among ancient gardeners, a method of grafting in which the cion was not separated from the parent stock, till it was firmly united ...
137	ablaqueation	[.] ABLAQUEA'TION, [L. ablaqueatio, from ab and laquear, a roof or covering.] [.] A laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water - a practice among gardeners.
138	ablation	[.] ABLA'TION, n. [L. ab and latio, a carrying.] [.] A carrying away. In medicine, the taking from the body whatever is hurtful; evacuations in general. In chimistry, the removal of whatever is finished or no longer necessary.
139	ablative	[.] AB'LATIVE, a. [L.ablativus; L. ablatus, from aufero, to carry away, of ab and fero.] [.] A word applied to the sixth case of nouns in the Latin language, in which case are used words when the actions of carrying away, or taking from, are signified. [.] Ablative ...
140	able	[.] ABLE, a. a'bl. [L. habitis] [.] 1. Having physical power sufficient; having competent power or strength, bodily or mental; as a man able to perform military service - a child is not able to reason on abstract subjects. [.] 2. Having strong or unusual powers of ...
141	able-bodied	[.] A'BLE-BODIED, a. Having a sound strong body, or a body of competent strength for service. In marine language, it denotes skill in seamanship. [.]
142	ablen	[.] AB'LEN, or AB'LET, n. A small fresh water fish, the bleak.
143	ableness	[.] A'BLENESS, n. Ability of body or mind; force; vigor; capability.
144	ablepsy	[.] AB'LEPSY, n. Want of sight; blindness.
145	abler	[.] A'BLER, and A'BLEST, Comp. and superl. of able.
146	ablest	[.] A'BLER, and A'BLEST, Comp. and superl. of able.
147	ablet	[.] AB'LEN, or AB'LET, n. A small fresh water fish, the bleak.
148	ablocate	[.] AB'LOCATE, v.t. [L. abloco, ab and loco, to let our.] To let out; to lease.
149	ablocation	[.] ABLOCA'TION, n. A letter to hire.
150	ablude	[.] ABLU'DE, v.t. [L. abludo, ab and ludo, to play.] [.] To be unlike; to differ. [Not used.]
151	abluent	...
152	ablution	[.] ABLU'TION, n. [L. ablutio, from ab and luo or lavo to wash.] [.] 1. In a general sense, the act of washing; a cleansing or purification by water. [.] 2. Appropriately, the washing of the body as a preparation for religious duties, enjoined by Moses and still ...
153	ably	[.] A'BLY, adv. In an able manner; with great ability.
154	abnegate	[.] AB'NEGATE, v.t. To deny. [Not used.]
155	abnegation	[.] ABNEGA'TION, n. [L. abnego, to deny, from ab and nego; Eng. nay; L. nee, not.] A denial; a renunciation; self-denial.
156	abnegator	[.] AB'NEGATOR, n. One who denies, renounces, or opposes any thing.
157	abnodation	[.] ABNODA'TION, n. [L. abnodo; ab and nodus, a knot.] The act of cutting away the knots of trees.
158	abnormity	[.] ABNORM'ITY, n. [L. abnormis, irregular; ab and norma, a rule.] Irregularity; deformity. [Little used.]
159	abnormous	[.] ABNORM'OUS, a. [L. abnormis, supra.] Irregular; deformed. [Little used.]
160	aboard	[.] ABOARD, adv. [a and board. See Board.] Within a ship, vessel, or boat. [.] To go aboard, to enter a ship, to embark. [.] To fall aboard, to strike a ship's side. [.] Aboard main tack, an order to draw a corner of the main-sail down to the chess-tree.
161	abodance	[.] ABO'DANCE, n. [from bode.] An omen. [Not used.]
162	abode	[.] ABO'DE, pret. of abide [.] ABO'DE, n. [See Abide.] [.] 1. Stay; continuance in a place; residence for a longer or shorter time. [.] 2. A place of continuance; a dwelling; a habitation. [.] 3. To make abode, to dwell or reside. [.] ABO'DE, v.t. ...
163	abodement	[.] ABO'DEMENT, n. [from body.] A secret anticipation of something future.
164	aboding	[.] ABO'DING, n. Presentiment; prognostication.
165	abolish	[.] ABOL'ISH, v.t. [L. abolco; from ab and oleo, olesco, to grow.] [.] 1. To make void; to annul; to abrogate; applied chiefly and appropriately to established laws, contracts, rites, customs and institutions - as to abolish laws by a repeal, actual or virtual. [.] 2. ...
166	abolishable	[.] ABOL'ISHABLE, a. That may be annulled, abrogated, or destroyed, as a law, rite, custom, &c.
167	abolished	[.] ABOL'ISHED, pp. annulled; repealed; abrogated, or destroyed.
168	abolisher	[.] ABOL'ISHER, n. One who abolishes.
169	abolishing	[.] ABOL'ISHING, ppr. Making void; annulling; destroying.
170	abolishment	[.] ABOL'ISHMENT, n. The act of annulling; abrogation; destruction.
171	abolition	[.] ABOLI'TION, n. abolishun. The act of abolishing; or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, rites, customs, debts, &c. [.] The application of this word to persons and things, is now ...
172	abominable	[.] ABOM'INABLE, a. [See Abominate.] [.] 1. Very hateful; detestable; lothesome. [.] 2. This word is applicable to whatever is odious to the mind or offensive to the senses. [.] 3. Unclean. Levit. vli.
173	abominableness	[.] ABOM'INABLENESS, n. The quality or state of being very odious; hatefulness.
174	abominably	[.] ABOM'INABLY, adv. [.] 1. Very odiously; detestably; sinfully. 1Kings xxi. [.] 2. In vulgar language, extremely, excessively.
175	abominate	[.] ABOM'INATE, v.t. [L. abomino, supposed to be formed by ab and omen; to deprecate as ominous; may the Gods avert the evil.] [.] To hate extremely; to abhor; to detest
176	abominated	[.] ABOM'INATED, pp. Hated utterly, detested; abhorred.
177	abominating	[.] ABOM'INATING, ppr. Abhorring; hating extremely.
178	abomination	[.] ABOMINA'TION, n. [.] 1. Extreme hatred; detestation. [.] 2. The object of detestation, a common signification in scripture. [.] The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord. Prov.xv. [.] 3. Hence, defilement, pollution, in a physical sense, or evil ...
179	abord	[.] ABO'RD, n. [Fr. See Border.] Literally, arrival, but used for first appearance, manner of accosting, or address, but not an English word. [.] ABO'RD, v.t. To accost. [Not in use.]
180	aborea	[.] ABO'REA, n. A species of duck, called by Edwards, the black-bellied whistling duck. This fowl is of a reddish brown color, with a sort of crest on its head; the belly is spotted with black and white. It belongs to the genus, anas.
181	aboriginal	[.] ABORIG'INAL, a. [L. ab and origo, origin. See Origin.] [.] First; original; primitive; aboriginal people are the first inhabitants of a country. [.] Aboriginal tribes of America. [.] ABORIG'INAL, a. an original, or primitive inhabitant. The first settlers in ...
182	aborinines	[.] ABORIN'INES, n. plur. Aboriginals - but not an English word. [.] It may be well to let it pass into disuse. [See Aboriginal.]
183	aborsement	[.] ABORSEMENT, n. abors'ment. [See Abort.] [.] Abortion. [Not in use.]
184	abort	[.] ABORT', v.i. [L. aborto; ab and ortus, orior.] [.] To miscarry in birth. [Not in use.] [.] ABORT', n. an abortion. [Not in use.]
185	abortion	[.] ABOR'TION, n. [L. abortio, a miscarriage; usually deduced from ab and orior.] [.] 1. The act of miscarrying, or producing young before the natural time, or before the fetus is perfectly formed. [.] 2. In a figurative sense, any fruit or produce that does not ...
186	abortive	[.] ABOR'TIVE, a. [.] 1. Brought forth in an immature state; failing, or coming to naught, before it is complete. [.] 2. Failing in its effect; miscarrying; producing nothing; as an abortive scheme. [.] 3. Rendering abortive; as abortive gulf, in Milton, but ...
187	abortively	[.] ABOR'TIVELY, adv. Immaturely; in an untimely manner.
188	abortiveness	[.] ABOR'TIVENESS, n. The state of being abortive; a failing in the progress to perfection or maturity; a failure of producing the intended effect.
189	abortment	[.] ABORT'MENT, n. An untimely birth.
190	abound	[.] ABOUND', v. i. [L. abundo. If this word is from L. unda, a wave, the latter has probably lost its first consonant. Abound may naturally be deduced from the Celtic. L. fons, a fountain.] [.] 1. To have or possess in great quantity; to be copiously supplied; followed ...
191	abounding	[.] ABOUND'ING, ppr. Having in great plenty; being in great plenty, being very prevalent; generally prevailing. [.] ABOUND'ING, n. Increase.
192	about	[.] ABOUT', prep. [Gr. butan, without, [see but,] literally, around, on the outside.] [.] 1. Around; on the exterior part or surface. [.] Bind them about thy neck. Prov. iii. 3. Isa. l. Hence, [.] 2. Near to in place, with the sense of circularity. [.] Get ...
193	above	[.] ABOVE', prep. [.] 1. Literally, higher in place. [.] The fowls that fly above the earth. Gen. i. 20. [.] 2. Figuratively, superior in any respect. [.] I saw a light above the brightness of the Sun, Acts, 26. [.] The price of a virtuous woman is above rubies, ...
194	above-cited	[.] ABOVE-CITED, Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.
195	above-ground	[.] ABOVE-GROUND, Alive, not buried.
196	above-mentioned	[.] ABOVE-MENTIONED, Mentioned before. A. Bp. Abbrev. for Archbishop.
197	abracadabra	[.] ABRACADAB'RA, The name of a deity worshipped by the Syrians: a cabalistic word. The letters of his name, written on paper, in the form of an inverted cone, were recommended by Samonicus as an antidote against certain diseases.
198	abrade	[.] ABRA'DE, v.t. [L. abrado, to scrape, from rado.] [.] To rub or wear off; to waste by friction; used especially to express the action of sharp, corrosive medicines, in wearing away or removing the mucus of the membranes.
199	abraded	[.] ABRA'DED, pp. Rubbed or worn off; worn; scraped.
200	abrading	[.] ABRA'DING, ppr. Rubbing off; wearing.
201	abrahamic	[.] ABRAHAM'IC, a. Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch, as Abrahamic Covenant.
202	abrasion	[.] ABRA'SION, n. abra'zhun. The act of wearing or rubbing off; also substance worn off by attrition.
203	abreast	[.] ABREAST', adv. abrest', [from a and breast.] [.] 1. Side by side; with the breasts in a line. [.] Two men rode abreast. [.] 2. In marine language, ships are abreast when their heads are equally advanced; and they are abreast of objects when the objects are on ...
204	abridge	[.] ABRIDGE', v.t. abridj', [G. short, or its root, from the root of break or a verb of that family.] [.] 1. To make shorter; to epitomize; to contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense in substance - used of writings. [.] Justin abridged the history of ...
205	abridged	[.] ABRIDG'ED, pp. Made shorter; epitomized; reduced to a smaller compass; lessened; deprived.
206	abridger	[.] ABRIDG'ER, n. One who abridges; one who makes a compend.
207	abridging	[.] ABRIDG'ING, ppr. shortening; lessening; depriving; debarring.
208	abridgment	[.] ABRIDG'MENT, n. [.] 1. An epitome; a compend, or summary of a book. [.] 2. Diminution; contraction; reduction - as an abridgment of expenses. [.] 3. Deprivation; a debarring or restraint - as an abridgment of pleasures.
209	abroach	[.] ABROACH, adv. [See Broach.] [.] Broached; letter out or yielding liquor, or in a posture for letting out; as a cask is abroach. Figuratively used by Shakespeare for setting loose, or in a state of being diffused, "Set mischief abroach;" but this sense is unusual.
210	abroad	[.] ABROAD, adv. abrawd'. [See Broad] [.] In a general sense, at large; widely; not confined to narrow limits. Hence, [.] 1. In the open air. [.] 2. Beyond or out of the walls of a house, as to walk abroad. [.] 3. Beyond the limits of a camp. Deut. xxiii. 10 [.] 4. ...
211	abrogate	[.] AB'ROGATE, v.t. [L abrago, to repeal. from ab and rogo, to ask or propose. See the English reach. Class Rg.] [.] To repeal; to annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, ...
212	abrogated	[.] AB'ROGATED, pp. Repealed; annulled by an act of authority.
213	abrogating	[.] AB'ROGATING, ppr. Repealing by authority; making void.
214	abrogation	[.] ABROGA'TION, n. the act of abrogating; a repeal of authority of the legislative power.
215	abrood	[.] ABROOD', adv. [See Brood.] In the action of brooding. [Not in use.]
216	abrooding	[.] ABROOD'ING, n. A sitting abrood. [Not in use.]
217	abrook	[.] ABROOK', v.t. To brook, to endure. [Not in use. See Brook.]
218	abrotanum	[.] ABRO'TANUM, n. A species of plant arranged under the Genus, Artemisia; called also southern wood.
219	abrupt	[.] ABRUPT', a. [L. abruptus, from abrumpo, to break off, of ab and rumpo. See Rupture.] [.] 1. Literally, broken off, or broken short. [.] Hence, [.] 2. Steep, craggy; applied to rocks, precipices and the like. [.] 3. Figuratively, sudden; without notice to ...
220	abruption	[.] ABRUP'TION, n. A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
221	abruptly	[.] ABRUPT'LY, adv. suddenly; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; as, the Minister left France abruptly.
222	abruptness	[.] ABRUPT'NESS, n. [.] 1. [.] A state of being broken; craggedness; steepness. [.] 2. Figuratively, suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence.
223	abscess	[.] AB'SCESS, n. [L. abscessus, from ab and cedo, to go from.] [.] An imposthume. A collection of morbid matter, or pus in the cellular or adipose membrane; matter generated by the suppuration of an inflammatory tumor.
224	abscind	[.] ABSCIND', vt. [L. abscindo.] To cut off. [Little used.]
225	absciss	[.] AB'SCISS, n. [L. abscissus, from ab and scindere, to cut; See Scissors.] [.] In conics, a part of the diameter, or transverse axis of a conic section, intercepted between the vertex or some other fixed point, and a semiordinate.
226	abscission	[.] ABSCIS'SION, n. [See Absciss.] [.] 1. A cutting off, or a begin cut off. In surgery, the separation of any corrupted or useless part of the body, by a sharp instrument; applied to the soft parts, as amputation is to the bones and flesh of a limb. [.] 2. In rhetoric, ...
227	abscond	[.] ABSCOND', v.i. [L. abscondo, to hide, of abs and condo, to hide, i.e. to withdraw, or to thrust aside or into a corner or secret place.] [.] 1. To retire from public view, or from the place in which one resides or is ordinarily to be found; to withdraw, or absent ...
228	absconder	[.] ABSCOND'ER, n. One who withdraws from public notice, or conceals himself from public view.
229	absconding	[.] ABSCOND'ING, ppr. Withdrawing privately from public view; as, an absconding debtor, who confines himself to his apartments, or absents himself to avoid the ministers of justice. In the latter sense, it is properly an adjective.
230	absence	[.] AB'SENCE, n. [L. absens, from absum, abesse, to be away; ab and sum.] [.] 1. A state of being at a distance in place, or not in company. It is used to denote any distance indefinitely, either in the same town, or country, or in a foreign country; and primarily ...
231	absent	[.] AB'SENT, a. [.] 1. Not present; not in company; at such a distance as to prevent communication. It is used also for being in a foreign country. [.] A gentleman is absent on his travels. [.] Absent from one another. Gen. 31:49. [.] 2. Heedless; inattentive ...
232	absentee	[.] ABSENTEE', n. One who withdraws from his country, office or estate; one who removed to a distant place or to another counter.
233	absenter	[.] ABSENT'ER, n. One who absents himself.
234	absentment	[.] ABSENT'MENT, n. A state of being absent.
235	absinthian	[.] ABSINTH'IAN, a. [from absinthium.] Of the nature of wormwood.
236	absinthiated	[.] ABSINTH'IATED, a. Impregnated with wormwood.
237	absinthium	[.] ABSINTH'IUM, n. Budaeus in his commentaries on Theophrast, supposes the word composed of a priv. delight, so named from its bitterness. But it may be an Oriental word. [.] The common wormwood; a bitter plant, used as a tonic. A species of Artemisia.
238	absis	[.] AB'SIS, In astronomy. [See Apsis.]
239	absolute	[.] AB'SOLUTE, a. [L. absolutus. See Absolve.] [.] 1. Literally, in a general sense, free, independent of any thing extraneous. Hence, [.] 2. Complete in itself; positive; as an absolute declaration. [.] 3. Unconditional, as an absolute promise. [.] 4. Existing ...
240	absolutely	[.] AB'SOLUTELY, adv. [.] 1. Completely, wholly, as a thing is absolutely unintelligible. [.] 2. Without dependence or relation; in a state unconnected [.] Absolutely we cannot discommend, we cannot absolutely approve, either willingness to live, or forwardness ...
241	absoluteness	[.] AB'SOLUTENESS, n. Independence, completeness in itself. [.] 2. Despotic authority, or that which is subject to no extraneous restriction, or control.
242	absolution	[.] ABSOLU'TION, n. In the civil law, an acquittal or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent. In the canon law, a remission of sins pronounced by a priest in favor of a penitent. Among protestants, a sentence by which an excommunicated person is released ...
243	absolutory	[.] AB'SOLUTORY, a. Absolving; that absolves.
244	absolvatory	[.] ABSOLV'ATORY, a. [from absolve.] Containing absolution, pardon, or release; having power to absolve.
245	absolve	[.] ABSOLVE', v.t. abzolv', [L. absolvo, from ab and solvo, to loose or release; to absolve, to finish; Heb. to loose or loosen. See Solve.] [.] To set free or release from some obligation, debt or responsibility; or from that which subjects a person to a burden or ...
246	absolved	[.] ABSOLV'ED, pp. Released; acquitted; remitted; declared innocent.
247	absolver	[.] ABSOLV'ER, n. One who absolves; also one that pronounces sin to be remit.
248	absolving	[.] ABSOLV'ING, ppr. Setting free from a debt, or charge; acquitting; remitting.
249	absonant	[.] AB'SONANT, a. [See absonous.] Wide from the purpose; contrary to reason.
250	absonous	[.] AB'SONOUS, a. [L. absonus; ab and sonus, sound.] Unmusical or untunable
251	absorb	[.] ABSORB', v.t. [L. absorbeo, ab and sorbeo, to drink in; to draw or drink in; whence sirup, sherbet, shrub.] [.] 1. To drink in; to suck up; to imbibe; as a spunge, or as the lacteals of the body. [.] 2. To drink in, swallow up, or overwhelm with water, as ...
252	absorbability	[.] ABSORBABIL'ITY, n. a state or quality of being absorbable.
253	absorbable	[.] ABSORB'ABLE, a. That may be imbibed or swallowed.
254	absorbed	[.] ABSORB'ED, or ABSORPT', pp. Imbibed; swallowed; wasted; engaged; lost in study; wholly engrossed.
255	absorbent
256	absorbing	[.] ABSORB'ING, ppr. Imbibing; engrossing; wasting.
257	absorpt	[.] ABSORB'ED, or ABSORPT', pp. Imbibed; swallowed; wasted; engaged; lost in study; wholly engrossed.
258	absorption	[.] ABSORP'TION, n. [.] 1. The act or process of imbibing or swallowing; either by water which overwhelms, or by substances, which drink in and retain liquids; as the absorption of a body in a whirlpool, or of water by the earth, or of the humors of the body by dry ...
259	absorptive	[.] ABSORP'TIVE, a. Having power to imbibe.
260	abstain	[.] ABSTA'IN, v.i. [L. abstineo, to keep from; abs and teneo, to hold. See Tenant.] [.] In a general sense, to forbear, or refrain from, voluntarily; but used chiefly to denote a restraint upon the passions or appetites; to refrain from indulgence. [.] Abstain from ...
261	abstemious	[.] ABSTE'MIOUS, a. [L. abstemium, from abs and temetum, an ancient name of strong wine, according to Fabius and Gellius. But Vossius supposes it to be from abstineo, by a change of n to m. It may be from the root of timeo, to fear, that is, to withdraw.] [.] 1. ...
262	abstemiously	[.] ABSTE'MIOUSLY, adv. Temperately; with a sparing use of meat or drink.
263	abstemiousness	[.] ABSTE'MIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being temperate or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. [.] This word expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance.
264	absterge	[.] ABSTERGE', v.t. abstery'. [L. abstergeo, of abs and tergeo, to wipe. Tergeo may have a common origin with the Sw. torcka, G. trocknen, D. droogen, Sax. drygan, to dry; for these Teutonic verbs signify to wipe, as well as to dry.] [.] To wipe or make clean by wiping; ...
265	abstergent	[.] ABSTERG'ENT, a. Wiping; cleansing. [.] ABSTERG'ENT, n. a medicine which frees the body from obstructions, as soap; but the use of the word is nearly superseded by detergent, which see.
266	abstersion	[.] ABSTER'SION, n. [from L. abstergeo, abstersus.] The act of wiping clean; or a cleansing by medicines which resolve obstructions. [See Deterge, Detersion.]
267	abstersive	[.] ABSTER'SIVE, a. Cleansing; having the quality of removing obstructions. [See Detersive.]
268	abstinence	[.] AB'STINENCE, n. [L. abstinentia. See Abstain.] [.] 1. In general, the act or practice of voluntarily refraining from, or forbearing any action. "Abstinence from every thing which can be deemed labor. [.] More appropriately, [.] 2. The refraining from an ...
269	abstinent	[.] AB'STINENT, a. Refraining from indulgence, especially in the use of food and drink.
270	abstinently	[.] AB'STINENTLY, adv. With abstinence.
271	abstinents	[.] AB'STINENTS, a sect which appeared in France and Spain in the third century, who opposed marriage, condemned the use of flesh meat, and placed the Holy Spirit in the class of created beings.
272	abstract	[.] ABSTRACT', v.t. [L. abstraho, to draw from or separate; from abs and traho, which is the Eng. draw. See Draw.] [.] 1. To draw from, or to separate; as to abstract an action from its evil effects; to abstract spirit from any substance by distillation; but in this ...
273	abstracted	[.] ABSTRACT'ED, pp. Separated; refined; exalted; abstruse; absent in mind.
274	abstractedly	[.] ABSTRACT'EDLY, adv. In a separate state, or in contemplation only.
275	abstractedness	[.] ABSTRACT'EDNESS, n. the state of being abstracted.
276	abstracter	[.] ABSTRACT'ER, n. One who makes an abstract, or summary.
277	abstracting	[.] ABSTRACT'ING, ppr. Separating, making a summary.
278	abstraction	[.] ABSTRAC'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of separating, or state of being separated. [.] 2. The operation of the mind when occupied by abstract ideas; as when we contemplate some particular part, or property of a complex object, as separate from the rest. Thus, when ...
279	abstractitious	[.] ABSTRACTI'TIOUS particularly from vegetables, without fermentation.
280	abstractive	[.] ABSTRACT'IVE, a. Having the power or quality of abstracting. [.] ABSTRACT'IVE, a. Abstracted, or drawn from other substances,
281	abstractly	[.] AB'STRACTLY, adv. separately; absolutely; in a state or manner unconnected with any thing else; as, matter abstractly considered.
282	abstractness	[.] AB'STRACTNESS, n. A separate state; a state of being in contemplation only, or not connected with any object.
283	abstrude	[.] ABSTRU'DE, v.t. [Infra.] To thrust or pull away. [Not used.]
284	abstruse	[.] ABSTRU'SE, a. [L. abstrusus, from abstrudo, to thrust away, to conceal; abs and trudo; Eng. to thrust.] Hid; concealed; hence, remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; opposed to what is obvious. [Not used of material objects.] [.] Metaphysics ...
285	abstrusely	[.] ABSTRU'SELY, adv. In a concealed; hence, remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; opposed to what is obvious. [Not used of material objects.]
286	absurd	[.] ABSURD', a. [L. absurdus, from ab and surdus, deaf, insensible.] Opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with reason or the plain dictates of common sense. An absurd man acts contrary to the clear dictates of reason or sound judgement. An absurd proposition contradicts ...
287	absurdity	...
288	absurdly	[.] ABSURD'LY, adv. In a manner inconsistent with reason or obvious propriety.
289	absurdness	[.] ABSURD'NESS, n. The same as absurdity, and less used.
290	abtruseness	[.] ABTRU'SENESS, n. Obscurity of meaning; the state of quality of being difficult to be understood.
291	abundance	[.] ABUND'ANCE, n. Great plenty; an overflowing quantity; ample sufficiency; in strictness applicable to quantity only; but customarily used of number, as an abundance of peasants. [.] In scripture, the abundance of the rich is great wealth. Eccl. 5. Mark, 7. Luke 21. [.] The ...
292	abundant	[.] ABUND'ANT, a. Plentiful; in great quantity; fully sufficient; as an abundant supply. In scripture, abounding; having in great quantity; overflowing with. [.] The Lord God is abundant in goodness and truth. Ex. xxxiv. [.] Abundant number, in arithmetic, is one, ...
293	abundantly	[.] ABUND'ANTLY, adv. Fully; amply; plentifully; in a sufficient degree.
294	abusage	[.] ABU'SAGE, n. Abuse. [Not used.]
295	abuse	[.] ABU'SE, v.t. s as z. [L. abutor, abusus of ab and utor, to use; Gr. to accustom. See Use.] [.] 1. To use ill; to maltreat; to misuse; to use with bad motives or to wrong purposes; as, to abuse rights or privileges. [.] They that use this world as not abusing ...
296	abused	[.] ABU'SED, pp. s as z. Ill-used; used to a bad purpose; treated with rude language; misemployed; perverted to bad or wrong ends; deceived; defiled; violated.
297	abuseful	[.] ABU'SEFUL, a. Using or practicing abuse; abusive. [Not used.]
298	abuser	[.] ABU'SER, n. s as z. One who abuses, in speech or behavior; one that deceives; a ravisher; a sodomite. 1Cor. vi.
299	abusing	[.] ABU'SING, ppr. s as z. Using ill; employing to bad purposes; deceiving; violating the person; perverting.
300	abusion	[.] ABU'SION, n. abu'zhon. Abuse; evil or corrupt usage; reproach. [Little used.]
301	abusive	[.] ABU'SIVE, a. [.] 1. Practicing abuse; offering harsh words, or ill treatment; as an abusive author; an abusive fellow. [.] 2. Containing abuse, or that is the instrument of abuse, as abusive words; rude; reproachful. In the sense of deceitful, as an abusive ...
302	abusively	[.] ABU'SIVELY, adv. In an abusive manner; rudely; reproachfully.
303	abusiveness	[.] ABU'SIVENESS, n. Ill-usage; the quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.
304	abut	[.] ABUT', v.i. To border upon; to be contiguous to; to meet; in strictness, to adjoin to at the end; but this distinction has not always been observed. The word is chiefly used in describing the bounds or situation of land, and in popular language, is contracted into ...
305	abutment	[.] ABUT'MENT, n. [.] 1. The head or end; that which unites one end of a thing to another; chiefly used to denote the solid pier or mound of earth, stone or timber, which is erected on the bank of a river to support the end of a bridge and connect it with the land. [.] 2. ...
306	abuttal	[.] ABUT'TAL, n. The butting or boundary of land at the end; a head-land.
307	aby	[.] ABY', v.t. or i. [Probably contracted from abide.] To endure; to pay dearly; to remain. Obs.
308	abysm	[.] ABYSM', n. abyzm'. [See Abyss.] A gulf.
309	abyss	[.] ABYSS', n. [Gr. bottomless, from a priv. and bottom, Ion. See Bottom.] [.] 1. A bottomless gulf; used also for a deep mass of waters, supposed by some to have encompassed the earth before the flood. [.] Darkness was upon the face of the deep, or abyss, as it ...
310	abyssinian	[.] ABYSSIN'IAN, a. A name denoting a mixed multitude or a black race.
311	abyssinians	[.] ABYSSIN'IANS, n. A sect of christians in Abyssinia, who admit but one nature in Jesus Christ, and reject the council of Chalcedon. They are governed by a bishop, or metropolitan, call Abuna, who is appointed by the Coptic patriarch of Cairo.
312	ac	[.] AC, in Saxon, oak, the initial syllable of names, as acton, oaktown.
313	acacalot	[.] ACAC'ALOT, n. A Mexican fowl, the Tantalus Mexicanus, or
314	acacia	[.] ACA'CIA, n. [L. acacia, a thorn, from Gr., a point.] [.] Egyptian thorn, a species of plant ranked by Linne under the genus mimosa, and by others, made a distinct genus. Of the flowers of one species, the Chinese make a yellow dye which bears washing in silks, ...
315	acacians	[.] ACA'CIANS, in Church History, were certain sects, so denominated from their leaders, Acacius, bishop of Cesarea, and Acacius, patriarch of Constantinople. Some of these maintained that the Son was only a similar, not the same, substance with the Father; others, that ...
316	academe	[.] ACADE'ME; n. an academy; a society of persons. [Not used.]
317	academial	[.] ACADE'MIAL, a Pertaining to an academy.
318	academian	[.] ACADE'MIAN, n. A member of an academy; a student in a university or college.
319	academic	[.] ACADEM'IC, a. Belonging to an academy, or to a college or ACADEM'ICAL, university - as academic studies; also noting what belongs to the school or philosophy of Plato - as the academic sect. [.] ACADEM'IC, n. One who belonged to the school or adhered to ...
320	academically	[.] ACADEM'ICALLY, adv. In an academical manner.
321	academician	[.] ACADEMI'CIAN, n. a member of an academy, or society for promoting arts and sciences; particularly, a member of the French academies.
322	academism	[.] ACAD'EMISM, n. The doctrine of the academic philosophy.
323	academist	[.] ACAD'EMIST, n. a member of an Academy for promoting arts and sciences; also an academic philosopher.
324	academy	[.] ACAD'EMY, n. [L. academia.] Originally, it is said, a garden, grove, or villa, near Athens, where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences. [.] 1. A school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a university or college, and a common ...
325	acalot	[.] AC'ALOT, Corvusaquaticus, water raven.
326	acamacu	[.] ACAMAC'U, n. A bird, the Brazilian fly catcher, or Todus.
327	acanaceous	[.] ACANA'CEOUS, a acana'shus. [Gr. a prickly shrub.] [.] Armed with prickles. A class of plants are called acanaceae.
328	acantha	[.] ACANTH'A, n. [Gr. a spine or thorn.] [.] In botany, a prickle; in zoology, a spine or prickly fin; an acute process of the vertebers.
329	acanthaceous	[.] ACANTHA'CEOUS, a. Armed with prickles, as a plant.
330	acantharis	[.] ACAN'THARIS, n. In entomology, a species of Cimex, with a spinous thorax, and a ciliated abdomen, with spines; found in Jamaica.
331	acanthine	[.] ACANTH'INE, a [See acanthus.] [.] Pertaining to the plant, acanthus. The acanthine garments of the ancients were made of the down of thistles, or embroidered in imitation of the acanthus.
332	acanthopterygious	[.] ACANTHOPTERYG'IOUS, a [Gr. a thorn, and a little feather, from a feather.] [.] In zoology, having back fins which are hard, bony and pricky, a term applied to certain fishes.
333	acanthus	[.] ACANTH'US, n. [G. and L. acanthus, from a prickle or thorn. See acantha.] [.] 1. The plant bear's breech or brank ursine; a genus of several species, receiving their name from their prickles. [.] 2. In architecture, an ornament resembling the foliage or leaves ...
334	acanticone	[.] ACAN'TICONE, n. See Pistacite.
335	acarnar	[.] ACARN'AR, n. A bright star, of the first magnitude, in Eridanus.
336	acatalectic	[.] ACATALEC'TIC, n. [Gr. not defective at the end, to cease.] A verse, which has the complete number of syllables without defect or superfluity.
337	acatalepsy	[.] ACAT'ALEPSY, n. [Gr. to comprehend.] [.] Impossibility of complete discovery or comprehension; incomprehensibility. [Little used.]
338	acatechill	[.] ACAT'ECHILL, n. a Mexican bird, a species of Fringilla, of the size of the siskin.
339	acater	[.] ACATER, ACATES. See Caterer and Cates.
340	acates	[.] ACATER, ACATES. See Caterer and Cates.
341	acauline	[.] ACAU'LINE, a. [L. a priv. and caulis, Gr. a stalk. See ACAU'LOUS, Colewort.] [.] In botany, without a stem, having flowers resting on the ground; as the Carline thistle.
342	accede	[.] ACCE'DE, v.i. [L. accedo, of ad and cedo, to yield or give place, or rather to move.] [.] 1. To agree or assent, as to a proposition, or to terms proposed by another. Hence in a negotiation. [.] 2. To become a party, by agreeing to the terms of a treaty or ...
343	acceding	[.] ACCE'DING, ppr. Agreeing; assenting: becoming a party to a treaty by agreeing to the terms proposed.
344	accelerate	[.] ACCEL'ERATE, v.t. [L. accelero, of ad and celero, to hasten, from celer, quick. [.] 1. To cause to move faster; to hasten; to quicken motion; to add to the velocity of a moving body. It implies previous motion or progression. [.] 2. To add to natural or ordinary ...
345	accelerated	[.] ACCEL'ERATED, pp. Quickened in motion; hastened in progress.
346	accelerating	[.] ACCEL'ERATING, ppr. Hastening; increasing velocity or progression.
347	acceleration	[.] ACCELERA'TION, n. The act of increasing velocity or progress; the state of being quickened in motion or action. Accelerated motion in mechanics and physics, is that which continually receives accessions of velocity; as, a falling body moves towards the earth with ...
348	accelerative	[.] ACCEL'ERATIVE, a. Adding to velocity; quickening progression.
349	acceleratory	[.] ACCEL'ERATORY, a Accelerating; quickening motion.
350	accend	[.] ACCEND', v.t. [L. accendo, to kindle; ad and candeo, caneo, to be white, canus, white; W. can, white, bright; also a song. Whence, canto, to sing, to chant; cantus, a song; Eng. cant; W. canu, to bleach or whiten, and to sing; cymnud, fuel. Hence, kindle, L. candidus, ...
351	accendibility	[.] ACCENDIBIL'ITY, n. Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed.
352	accendible	[.] ACCEND'IBLE, a. Capable OF being inflamed or kindled.
353	accension	[.] ACCEN'SION, n. The act of kindling or setting on fire; or the state of being kindled; inflammation.
354	accent	[.] AC'CENT, n. [L. accentus, from ad and cano, cantum, to sing; See Accend.] [.] 1. The modulation of the voice in reading or speaking, as practiced by the ancient Greeks, which rendered their rehearsal musical. More strictly, in English, [.] 2. A particular stress ...
355	accented	[.] AC'CENTED, pp. Uttered with accent; marked with accent.
356	accenting	[.] AC'CENTING, ppr. Pronouncing or marking with accent.
357	accentual	[.] ACCENT'UAL, a. Pertaining to accent.
358	accentuate	[.] ACCENT'UATE, v.t. To mark or pronounce with an accent or with accents.
359	accentuation	[.] ACCENTUA'TION, n. The act of placing accents in writing, or of pronouncing them in speaking.
360	accept	[.] ACCEPT', v.t. [L. accepto, from accipio, ad and capio, to take.] [.] 1. To take or receive what is offered, with a consenting mind; to receive with approbation or favor. [.] Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands. Deut. 33. [.] He made ...
361	acceptable	[.] ACCEPT'ABLE, a. [.] 1. That may be received with pleasure; hence pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; as an acceptable present. [.] 2. Agreeable or pleasing in person; as, a man makes himself acceptable by his services or civilities.
362	acceptableness	[.] ACCEPT'ABLENESS, n. the quality of being agreeable to a ACCEPTABIL'ITY, receiver, or to a person with whom one has intercourse. [The latter word is little used, or not at all.]
363	acceptably	[.] ACCEPT'ABLY, adv. In a manner to please, or give satisfaction. [.] Let us have grace whereby we may serve God acceptably. [.] Heb. 12.
364	acceptance	[.] ACCEPT'ANCE, n. [.] 1. A receiving with approbation or satisfaction; favorable reception; as work done to acceptance. [.] They shall come up with acceptance on my altar. Isa. 60. [.] 2. the receiving of a bill of exchange or order, in such a manner, as to ...
365	acceptation	[.] ACCEPTA'TION, n. [.] 1. Kind reception; a receiving with favor or approbation. [.] This is a saying worthy of all acceptation. 1 Tim. 1. [.] 2. A state of being acceptable; favorable regard. [.] Some things are of great dignity and acceptation with God [.] But ...
366	accepted	[.] ACCEPT'ED, pp. Kindly received; regarded; agreed to; understood; received as a bill of exchange.
367	accepter	[.] ACCEPT'ER, OR ACCEPT'OR, n. A person who accepts; the person who receives a bill of exchange so as to bind himself to pay it. [See Acceptance.]
368	accepting	[.] ACCEPT'ING, ppr. Receiving favorably; agreeing to; understanding.
369	acception	[.] ACCEP'TION, n. The received sense of a word. [Not now used.]
370	acceptive	[.] ACCEPT'IVE, a. Ready to accept. [Not used.]
371	acceptor	[.] ACCEPT'ER, OR ACCEPT'OR, n. A person who accepts; the person who receives a bill of exchange so as to bind himself to pay it. [See Acceptance.]
372	access	[.] ACCESS', n. [L. accessus, from accedo. See Accede.] [.] 1. A coming to; near approach; admittance; admission, as to gain access to a prince. [.] 2. Approach, or the way by which a thing may be approached; as, the access is by a neck of land. [.] 3. Means ...
373	accessarily	[.] ACCESSARILY, See ACCESSORILY.
374	accessariness	[.] ACCESSARINESS, See ACCESSORINESS
375	accessary	[.] ACCESSARY, See ACCESSORY.
376	accessibility	[.] ACCESSIBIL'ITY, n. The quality of being approachable; or of admitting access.
377	accessible	[.] ACCESS'IBLE, a. [.] 1. That may be approached or reached; approachable; applied to things; as an accessible town or mountain. [.] 2. Easy of approach, affable, used of persons.
378	accession	[.] ACCESS'ION, n. [L. accessio.] [.] 1. A coming to; an acceding to and joining; as a king's accession to a confederacy. [.] 2. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation; as an accession of wealth or territory. [.] 3. In law, a mode of ...
379	accessional	[.] ACCESS'IONAL, a. Additional
380	accessorial	[.] ACCESSO'RIAL, a. Pertaining to an accessory; as accessorial agency, accessorial guilt.
381	accessorily	[.] AC'CESSORILY, adv. [See Accessory.] In the manner of an accessory; by subordinate means, or in a secondary character; not as principal, but as a subordinate agent.
382	accessoriness	[.] AC'CESSORINESS, n. The state of being accessory, or of being or acting in a secondary character.
383	accessory	[.] AC'CESSORY, a. [L. Accessorius, from accessus, accedo. See Accede. This word is accented on the first syllable on account of the derivatives, which require a secondary accent on the third; but the natural accent of accessory is on the second syllable, and thus it ...
384	accidence	[.] AC'CIDENCE, n. [See Accident.] A small book containing the rudiments of grammar.
385	accident	[.] AC'CIDENT, n. [L. accidens, falling, from ad and cado, to fall. See Case and Cadence. Class Gd.] [.] 1. A coming or falling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or is an unusual effect ...
386	accidental	[.] ACCIDENT'AL, a. [.] 1. Happening by chance, or rather unexpectedly; casual; fortuitous, taking place not according to the usual course of things; opposed to that which is constant, regular, or intended, as an accidental visit. [.] 2. Non-essential; not necessarily ...
387	accidentally	[.] ACCIDENT'ALLY, adv. By chance; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
388	accidentalness	[.] ACCIDENT'ALNESS, n. The quality of being casual. [Little used.]
389	accidentiary	[.] ACCIDEN'TIARY, a. Pertaining to the accidence. [Not used.]
390	accipiter	[.] ACCIP'ITER, n. [L. ad and capio, to seize.] [.] 1. A name given to a fish, the milvus or lucerna, a species of Trigla. [.] 2. In ornithology, the name of the order of rapacious fowls. [.] The accipiters have a hooked bill, the superior mandible, near the base, ...
391	accipitrine	[.] ACCIP'ITRINE, a. Seizing; rapacious; as the accipitrine order of fowls.
392	accite	[.] ACCI'TE v.t. [L. adand cito, to cite.] To call; to cite; to summon. [Not used.]
393	acclaim	[.] ACCLA'IM v.t. [L acclamo, ad and clamo, to cry out. See Claim, Clamor.] To applaud. [Little used.
394	acclamation	[.] ACCLAMA'TION, n. [L. acclamatio. See acclaim.] [.] A shout of applause uttered by a multitude. Anciently, acclamation was a form of words, uttered with vehemence, somewhat resembling a song, sometimes accompanied with applauses which were given by the hands. Acclamations ...
395	acclamatory	[.] ACCLAM'ATORY, a. Expressing joy or applause by shouts, or clapping of hands.
396	acclimated	[.] ACCLI'MATED, a. Habituated to a foreign climate, or a climate not native; so far accustomed to a foreign climate as not to be peculiarly liable to its endemical diseases.
397	acclivity	...
398	acclivous	[.] ACCLI'VOUS, a. Rising, as a hill with a slope.
399	accloy	[.] ACCLOY', To fill; to stuff; to fill to satiety. [Not used.] [See Clay.]
400	accoil	[.] ACCOIL', [See Coil.]
401	accola	[.] AC'COLA, n. A delicate fish eaten at Malta.
402	accolade	[.] ACCOLA'DE, n. [L. ad and collum, neck.] [.] A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood; but whether an embrace or a blow, seems not to be settled.
403	accommodable	[.] ACCOM'MODABLE, a. [See Accommodate.] [.] That may be fitted, made suitable, or made to agree. [Little used.]
404	accommodate	[.] ACCOM'MODATE, v.t. [L. accommodo, to apply or suit, from ad and commodo, to profit or help; of con, with, and modus, measure, proportion, limit, or manner. See Mode.] [.] 1. To fit, adapt, or make suitable; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances; to accommodate ...
405	accommodated	[.] ACCOM'MODATED, pp. fitted; adjusted; adapted; applied; also furnished with conveniences. [.] We are well accommodated with lodgings.
406	accommodately	[.] ACCOM'MODATELY, adv. Suitable; fitly. [Little used.]
407	accommodateness	[.] ACCOM'MODATENESS, n. fitness. [Little used.]
408	accommodating	[.] ACCOM'MODATING, ppr. Adapting; making suitable; reconciling; furnishing with conveniences; applying.
409	accommodation	[.] ACCOMMODA'TION, n. [.] 1. Fitness; adaptation; followed by to. [.] The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions. [.] 2. Adjustment of differences; reconciliation; as of parties in dispute. [.] 3. Provision of conveniences. [.] 4. ...
410	accommodator	[.] ACCOM'MODATOR, n. One that accommodates; one that adjusts.
411	accompanable	[.] ACCOM'PANABLE, a. [See Accompany.] sociable. [Not used.]
412	accompanied	[.] ACCOM'PANIED, pp. Attended; joined with in society.
413	accompaniment	[.] ACCOM'PANIMENT, n. Something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added by way of ornament to the principal thing, or for the sake of symmetry. Thus instruments of music attending the voice; small objects in painting; dogs, guns and game in a hunting piece; ...
414	accompanist	[.] ACCOM'PANIST, n. The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.
415	accompany	[.] ACCOM'PANY, v.t. [See Company.] [.] 1. To go with or attend as a companion or associate on a journey, walk, &c; as a man accompanies his friend to church, or on a tour. [.] 2. To be with as connected; to attend; as pain accompanies disease.
416	accompanying	[.] ACCOM'PANYING, ppr. Attending; going with as a companion.
417	accomplice	[.] ACCOM'PLICE, n. [L. complicatus, folded together, of con, with, and plico, to fold. See Complex and Pledge.] An associate in a crime; a partner or partaker in guilt. It was formerly used in a good sense for a co-operator, but this sense is wholly obsolete. It is ...
418	accomplish	[.] ACCOM'PLISH, v.t. [L. compleo, to complete. See Complete.] [.] 1. To complete; to finish entirely. [.] That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolation of Jerusalem. Dan. 9 [.] 2. To execute; as to accomplish a vow, wrath or fury. Lev. 13 and ...
419	accomplished	[.] ACCOM'PLISHED, pp. [.] 1. Finished; completed; fulfilled; executed; effected. [.] 2. a. Well endowed with good qualities and manners; complete in acquirements; having a finished education. [.] 3. Fashionable.
420	accomplisher	[.] ACCOM'PLISHER, n. One who accomplishes.
421	accomplishing	[.] ACCOM'PLISHING, ppr. finishing; completing; fulfilling; executing; effecting; furnishing with valuable qualities.
422	accomplishment	[.] ACCOM'PLISHMENT, n. [.] 1. Completion; fulfillment; entire performance; as the accomplishment of a prophecy. [.] 2. The act of carrying into effect, or obtaining an object designed; attainment; as the accomplishment of our desires or ends. [.] 3. Acquirement; ...
423	accompt	[.] ACCOMPT', obs. [See Account.]
424	accomptant	[.] ACCOMPT'ANT, Obs. [See Accountant.]
425	accord	[.] ACCORD', n.The Lat. has concors, concordo. [.] 1. Agreement; harmony of minds; consent or concurrence of opinions or wills. [.] They all continued with one accord in prayer. Acts, 1. [.] 2. Concert; harmony of sounds; the union of different sounds, which ...
426	accordable	[.] ACCORD'ABLE, a. Agreeable, consonant.
427	accordant	[.] ACCORD'ANT, a. Corresponding; consonant; agreeable.
428	accorded	[.] ACCORD'ED, pp. Make to agree; adjusted.
429	accorder	[.] ACCORD'ER, n. One that aids, or favors. [Little used.]
430	according	[.] ACCORD'ING, ppr. [.] 1. Agreeing; harmonizing. [.] Th' according music of a well mixt state. [.] 2. Suitable; agreeable; in accordance with. [.] In these senses, the word agrees with or refers to a sentence. [.] Our zeal should be according to knowledge. [.] Noble ...
431	accordingly	[.] ACCORD'INGLY, adv. Agreeably; suitably; in a manner conformable to. [.] Those who live in faith and good works, will be rewarded accordingly.
432	accorporate	[.] ACCORP'ORATE, v.t. To unite; [Not in use.] [See Incorporate.]
433	accost	[.] ACCOST', v.t. [.] 1. To approach; to draw near; to come side by side, or face to face. [Not in use.] [.] 2. To speak first to; to address. [.] ACCOST', v.i. to adjoin. [Not in use.]
434	accostable	[.] ACCOST'ABLE, a. Ease of access; familiar.
435	accosted	[.] ACCOST'ED, pp. Address; first spoken to. In heraldry, being side by side.
436	accosting	[.] ACCOST'ING, ppr. Addressing by first speaking to.
437	accoucheur	[.] ACCOUCHEUR, n. accoshare. A man who assists women in childbirth.
438	account	[.] ACCOUNT', n. [.] 1. A sum stated on paper; a registry of a debt or credit; of debts and credits, or charges; an entry in a book or on paper of things bought or sold, of payments, services &c., including the names of the parties to the transaction, date, and price ...
439	accountability	[.] ACCOUNTABIL'ITY, n. [.] 1. The state of being liable to answer for one's conduct; liability to give account, and to receive reward or punishment for actions. [.] The awful idea of accountability. [.] 2. Liability to the payment of money or of damages; responsibility ...
440	accountable	[.] ACCOUNT'ABLE, a. [.] 1. Liable to be called to account; answerable to a superior. [.] Every man is accountable to God for his conduct. [.] 2. Subject to pay, or make good, in case of loss. A sheriff is accountable, as bailiff and receiver of goods. [.] Accountable ...
441	accountableness	[.] ACCOUNT'ABLENESS, n. Liableness to answer or to give account; the state of being answerable, or liable to the payment of money or damages.
442	accountant	[.] ACCOUNT'ANT, n. One skilled in mercantile accounts; more generally, a person who keeps accounts; an officer in a public office who has charge of the accounts. In Great Britain, an officer in the court of chancery, who receives money and pays it to the bank, is call ...
443	accountbook	[.] ACCOUNT'BOOK, n. A book in which accounts are kept.
444	accounted	[.] ACCOUNT'ED, pp. Esteemed; deemed; considered; regarded; valued. [.] Accounted for, explained.
445	accounting	[.] ACCOUNT'ING, ppr. Deeming; esteeming; reckoning; rendering an account. [.] Accounting for, rendering an account; assigning the reasons; unfolding the causes. [.] ACCOUNT'ING, n. The act of reckoning or adjusting accounts.
446	accouple	[.] ACCOUPLE, v.t. accup'ple. To couple; to join or link together. [See Couple.]
447	accouplement	[.] ACCOUPLEMENT, n. accup'plement. A coupling, a connecting in pairs; junction. [Little used.]
448	accourage	[.] ACCOUR'AGE, v.t. accur'age. [See Courage.] To encourage. [Not used.]
449	accourt	[.] ACCOURT, v.t. [See Court.] To entertain with courtesy. [Not used.]
450	accouter	[.] ACCOUTER, v.t. acoot'er [.] In a general sense, to dress; to equip, but appropriately, to array in a military dress; to put on, or to furnish with a military dress and arms; to equip the body for military service.
451	accoutered	[.] ACCOUT'ERED, pp. Dressed in arms; equipped.
452	accoutering	[.] ACCOUT'ERING, ppr. Equipping with military habiliments.
453	accouterments	[.] ACCOUT'ERMENTS, n. plu. [.] 1. Dress; equipage; furniture for the body; appropriately, military dress and arms; equipage for military service. [.] 2. In common usage, an old or unusual dress.
454	accoy	[.] ACCOY', v.t. To render quiet or diffident; to soothe; to caress. [Obs.]
455	accredit	[.] ACCRED'IT, v.t. [L. ad and credo, to believe, or give faith to. See Credit.] [.] To give credit, authority, or reputation; to accredit an envoy, is to receive him in his public character, and give him credit and rank accordingly.
456	accreditation	[.] ACCREDITA'TION, n. That which gives title to credit. [Little used.]
457	accredited	[.] ACCRED'ITED, pp. Allowed; received with reputation; authorized in a public character.
458	accrediting	[.] ACCRED'ITING, ppr. Giving authority or reputation.
459	accrescent	[.] ACCRES'CENT,a. [See Accretion.] Increasing.
460	accretion	[.] ACCRE'TION, n. [Lat. accretio, increase; accres'co, to increase, literally, to grow to; ad and cresco; Eng. accrue; See Increase, Accrue, Grow.] [.] 1. A growing to; an increase by natural growth; applied to the increase of organic bodies by the accession of ...
461	accretive	[.] ACCRE'TIVE, a. Increasing by growth; growing; adding to be growth; as the accretive motion of plants.
462	accroach	[.] ACCROACH, v.i. [.] 1. To hook, or draw to, as with a hook; but in this sense not used. [.] 2. To encroach; to draw away from another. Hence in old laws to assume the exercise of royal prerogatives. [.] The noun accroachment, an encroachment, or attempt to exercise ...
463	accrue	[.] ACCRUE, v.i. accru'. [L. accresco, cresco.] [.] Literally, to grow to; hence to arise, proceed or come; to be added, as increase, profit or damage; as, a profit accrues to government from the coinage of copper; a loss accrues from the coinage of gold and silver. [.] ACCRUE, ...
464	accruing	[.] ACCRU'ING, ppr. Growing to; arising; coming; being added.
465	accrument	[.] ACCRU'MENT, n. Addition; increase. [Little used.]
466	accubation	[.] ACCUBA'TION, n. [L. accubatio, a reclingin, from ad and cubo, to lie down. See Cube.] [.] A lying or reclining on a couch, as the ancients at their meals. The manner was to recline on low beds or couches with the head resting on a pillow or on the elbow. Two or ...
467	accumb	[.] ACCUMB', v.i. [L. accumbo; ad and cubo.] To recline as at table. [Not used.]
468	accumbency	[.] ACCUM'BENCY, n. State of being accumbent or reclining.
469	accumbent	[.] ACCUM'BENT, a. [L. accumbens, accumbo, from cubo. See Accubation.] Leaning or reclining, as the ancients at their meals.
470	accumulate	[.] ACCU'MULATE, v.t. [L. accumulo, ad and cumulo, to heap; cumulus a heap.] [.] 1. To heap up; to pile; to amass; as, to accumulate earth or stones. [.] 2. To collect or bring together; as to accumulate causes of misery; to accumulate wealth. [.] ACCU'MULATE, ...
471	accumulated	[.] ACCU'MULATED, pp. Collected into a heap or great quantity.
472	accumulating	[.] ACCU'MULATING, ppr. Heaping up; amassing; increasing greatly.
473	accumulation	[.] ACCUMULA'TION,n. [.] 1. The act of accumulating; the state of being accumulated; an amassing; a collecting together; as an accumulation of earth or of evils. [.] 2. In law, the concurrence of several titles to the same thing, or of several circumstances to the ...
474	accumulative	[.] ACCU'MULATIVE, a. That accumulates; heaping up; accumulating.
475	accumulator	[.] ACCU'MULATOR, n. One that accumulates, gathers, or amasses.
476	accuracy	[.] AC'CURACY,n. [L. accuratio, from accurare, to take care of; ad and curare, to take care; cura, care. See Care.] [.] 1. Exactness; exact conformity to truth; or to a rule or model; freedom from mistake; nicety; correctness; precision which results from care. The ...
477	accurate	[.] AC'CURATE, a. [L. accuratus.] [.] 1. In exact conformity to truth, or to a standard or rule, or to a model; free from failure, error, or defect; as an accurate account; accurate measure; an accurate expression. [.] 2. Determinate; precisely fixed; as, one body ...
478	accurately	[.] AC'CURATELY, adv. [.] 1. Exactly; in an accurate manner; with precision; without error or defect; as a writing accurately copied. [.] 2. Closely; so as to be perfectly tight; as a vial accurately stopped.
479	accurateness	[.] AC'CURATENESS, n. Accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
480	accurse	[.] ACCURSE, v.t. accurs', [ Ac for ad and curse.] To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon. [This verb is rarely used. See Curse.]
481	accursed	[.] ACCURS'ED, pp. or a. [.] 1. Doomed to destruction or misery: [.] The city shall be accursed. John 6. [.] 2. Separated from the faithful; cast out of the church; excommunicated. [.] I could wish myself accursed from Christ. [.] 3. Worthy of the curse; ...
482	accusable	[.] ACCU'SABLE,a. That may be accused; chargeable with a crime; blamable; liable to censure; followed by of.
483	accusant	[.] ACCU'SANT, n. One who accuses.
484	accusation	[.] ACCUSA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of charging with a crime or offense; the act of accusing of any wrong or injustice. [.] 2. The charge of an offense or crime; or the declaration containing the charge. [.] They set over his head his accusation. Mat. 27.
485	accusative	[.] ACCU'SATIVE, a. A term given to a case of nouns, in Grammars, on which the action of a verb terminates or falls; called in English Grammar the objective case.
486	accusatively	[.] ACCU'SATIVELY, adv. [.] 1. In an accusative manner. [.] 2. In relation to the accusative case in Grammar.
487	accusatory	[.] ACCU'SATORY, a. Accusing; containing an accusation; as an accusatory libel.
488	accuse	[.] ACCU'SE, v.t. [L. accuso, to blame or accuse; ad and causor, to blame, or accuse; causa, blame, suit, or process, cause. See Cause.] [.] 1. To charge with, or declare to have committed a crime, either by plaint, or complaint, information, indictment, or impeachment; ...
489	accused	[.] ACCU'SED, pp. Charged with a crime, by a legal process; charged with an offense; blamed.
490	accuser	[.] ACCU'SER, n. One who accuses or blames; an officer who prefers an accusation against another for some offense, in the name of the government, before a tribunal that has cognizance of the offense.
491	accusing	[.] ACCU'SING, ppr. Charging with a crime; blaming.
492	accustom	[.] ACCUS'TOM, v.t. [.] To make familiar by use; to form a habit by practice; to habituate or inure; as to accustom one's self to a spare diet. [.] ACCUS'TOM, v.i. [.] 1. To be wont, or habituated to do anything. [Little used.] [.] 2. To cohabit. [Not used.] [.] ACCUS'TOM, ...
493	accustomable	[.] ACCUS'TOMABLE, a. Of long custom; habitual; customary. [Little used.]
494	accustomably	[.] ACCUS'TOMABLY, adv. According to custom or habit. [Little used.]
495	accustomance	[.] ACCUS'TOMANCE, n. custom; habitual use or practice. [Not used.]
496	accustomarily	[.] ACCUS'TOMARILY, adv. According to custom or common practice. [See Customarily.] [Little used.]
497	accustomary	[.] ACCUS'TOMARY, a. Usual; customary [See Customary.] [Little used.]
498	accustomed	[.] ACCUS'TOMED, pp. [.] 1. Being familiar by use; habituated; inured. [.] 2. a. Usual; often practiced; as in their accustomed manner.
499	accustoming	[.] ACCUS'TOMING, ppr. Making familiar by practice; inuring.
500	ace	[.] ACE, n. [L. as, a unit or pound; G. ass.] [.] 1. A unit; a single point on a card or die; or the card or die so marked. [.] 2. A very small quantity; a particle; an atom; a trifle; as a creditor will not abate an ace of his demand.
501	aceetate	[.] ACE'ETATE, n. [See Acid.] In chimistry, a neutral salt formed by the union of the acetic acid, or radical vinegar, with any salifiable base, as with earths, metals, and alkalies; as the acetate of alumine, of lime, or of copper.
502	aceldama	[.] ACEL'DAMA, n. [.] A field said to have laid south of Jerusalem, the same as the potters field, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his master, and therefore called the field of blood. It was appropriated to the interment of strangers.
503	acephalous	[.] ACEPH'ALOUS, a. [Gr. a priv., a head.] [.] Without a head, headless. In history, the term Acephali, or Acephalites was given to several sects who refused to follow some noted leader, and to such bishops as were exempt from the jurisdiction and discipline of their ...
504	acephalus	[.] ACEPH'ALUS, n. an obsolete name of the taenia or tape worm, which was formerly supposed to have no head; an error now exploded. the term is also used to express a verse defective in the beginning.
505	acerb	[.] ACERB', a. [L. acerbus; G. herbe, harsh, sour, tart, bitter, rough, whence herbst autumn, herbstzeit, harvest time. See Harvest.] [.] Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste; sour, with astringency or roughness; a quality of unripe fruits.
506	acerbity	[.] ACERB'ITY, n. [.] 1. A sourness, with roughness, or astringency. [.] 2. Figuratively, harshness or severity of temper in man.
507	aceric	[.] ACER'IC, a. [L. acer, a maple tree.] [.] Pertaining to the maple; obtained from the maple, as aceric acid.
508	acerous	[.] AC'EROUS, a. [L. acerosus, chaffy, from acus, chaff or a point.] [.] 1. In botany, chaffy; resembling chaff. [.] 2. An acerous or acerose leaf is one which is linear and permanent, in form of a needle, as in pine.
509	acescency	[.] ACES'CENCY, n. [L. acescens, turning sour, from acesco. See Acid.] [.] A turning sour by spontaneous decomposition; a state of becoming sour, tart, or acid, and hence a being moderately sour.
510	acescent	[.] ACES'CENT, a. Turning sour; becoming tart or acid by spontaneous decomposition. Hence slightly sour; but the latter sense is usually expressed by acidulous or subacid.
511	aceste	[.] ACES'TE, n. In entomology, a species of papilio or butterfly, with subdentated wings, found in India.
512	acestis	[.] ACES'TIS, n. A factitious sort of chrysocolla, made of Cyprian verdigris, urine, and niter.
513	acetabulum	[.] ACETAB'ULUM, n. [L. from acetum, vinegar. See Acid.] Among the Romans a vinegar cruse or like vessel, and a measure of about one eighth of a pint. [.] 1. In anatomy, the cavity of a bone for receiving the protuberant end of another bone, and therefore forming ...
514	acetary	[.] AC'ETARY, n. [See Acid.] an acid pulpy substance in certain fruits, as the pear, inclosed in a congeries of small calculous bodies, towards the base of the fruit.
515	acetated	[.] AC'ETATED, a. [See Acid.] Combined with acetic acid, or radical vinegar.
516	acetic	[.] ACE'TIC, a. [See Acid.] A term used to denote a particular acid, acetic acid, the concentrated acid of vinegar, or radical vinegar. It may be obtained by exposing common vinegar to frost - the water freezing leaves the acetic acid, in a state of purity.
517	acetification	[.] ACETIFICA'TION, n. The act of making acetous or sour; or the operation of making vinegar.
518	acetify	[.] ACE'TIFY, v.t. To convert into acid or vinegar.
519	acetite	[.] AC'ETITE, [See Acid.] Neutral salt formed by the acetous acid, with a salifiable base; as the acetite of copper, aluminous acetite.
520	acetometer	[.] ACETOM'ETER, n. [L. acetum, vinegar, and measure.] [.] An instrument for ascertaining the strength of vinegar.
521	acetous	[.] ACE'TOUS, a. [See Acid.[ Sour; like or having the nature of vinegar. Acetous acid is the term used by chimists for distilled vinegar. This acid, in union with different bases, forms salts called acetites.
522	acetum	[.] ACE'TUM, n. [L. See Acid.] Vinegar, a sour liquor, obtained from vegetables dissolved in boiling water, and from fermented and spirituous liquors, by exposing them to heat and air. [.] This is called the acid or acetous fermentation
523	ache	[.] ACHE, v.i. ake. [Gr. to ache or be in pain. The primary sense is to be pressed. Perhaps the oriental to press.] [.] 1. To suffer pain; to have or be in pain, or in continued pain; as, the head aches. [.] 2. To suffer grief, or extreme grief; to be distressed; ...
524	achean	[.] ACHE'AN, a. Pertaining to Achaia in Greece, and a celebrated league or confederacy established there. This State lay on the gulf of Corinth, with Peloponnesus.
525	acherner	[.] ACHERN'ER, n. A star of the first magnitude in the southern extremity of the constellation Eridanus.
526	acherset	[.] ACH'ERSET, n. An ancient measure of corn, supposed to be about eight bushels.
527	achievable	[.] ACHIE'VABLE, a. [See Achieve.] That may be performed.
528	achievance	[.] ACHIE'VANCE, n. Performance.
529	achieve	[.] ACHIE'VE, v.t. [.] 1. To perform, or execute; to accomplish; to finish, or carry on to a final close. It is appropriately used for the effect of efforts made by the hand or bodily exertion, as deeds achieved by valor. [.] 2. To gain or obtain, as the result of ...
530	achieved	[.] ACHIE'VED, pp. Performed; obtained; accomplished.
531	achievement	[.] ACHIE'VEMENT, n. [.] 1. The performance of an action. [.] 2. A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, or boldness. [.] 3. An obtaining by exertion. [.] 4. An escutcheon or ensigns armorial, granted for the performance of a great or honorable ...
532	achiever	[.] ACHIE'VER, n. One who accomplishes a purpose, or obtains an object by his exertions.
533	achieving	[.] ACHIE'VING, ppr. Performing; executing; gaining.
534	aching	[.] A'CHING, ppr. Being in pain; suffering distress. [.] A'CHING, n. Pain; continued pain or distress.
535	achiote	[.] A'CHIOTE, n. The anotta, a tree, and a drug used for dyeing red. The bard of the tree makes good cordage, and the wood is used to excite fire by friction. [See Anotta.]
536	achor	[.] A'CHOR, n. [Gr., sordes capitis.] [.] 1. The scald head, a disease forming scaly eruptions, supposed to be a critical evacuation of acrimonious humors; a species of herpes. [.] 2. In mythology, the God of flies, said to have been worshipped by the Cyreneans, ...
537	achromatic	[.] ACHROMAT'IC, a. [Gr. priv. and color.] [.] Destitute of color. achromatic telescopes are formed of a combination of lenses, which separate the variously color rays of light to equal angles of divergence, at different angles of refraction of the mean ray. In this ...
538	acicular	[.] ACIC'ULAR, a. [L. acicula, Priscian, a needle, from Gr., L. a point. See Acid.] [.] In the shape of a needle; having sharp points like needles. [.] An acicular prism is when the crystals are slender and straight.
539	acicularly	[.] ACIC'ULARLY, adv. In the manner of needles, or prickles.
540	acid	[.] AC'ID, a. [L. acidus. See Edge.] [.] Sour, sharp or biting to the taste, having the taste of vinegar, as acid fruits or liquors. [.] AC'ID, n. In chimistry, acids are a class of substances, so denominated from their taste, or the sensation of sourness which ...
541	acidiferous	[.] ACIDIF'EROUS, a. [Acid and L. fero.] Containing acids, or an acid. [.] Acidiferous minerals are such as consist of an earth combined with an acid; as carbonate of lime, aluminite, &c.
542	acidifiable	[.] ACID'IFIABLE, a. [From Acidify.] [.] Capable of being converted into an acid, by union with an acidifying principle, without decomposition.
543	acidification	[.] ACIDIFICA'TION, n. The act or process of acidifying or changing into an acid.
544	acidified	[.] ACID'IFIED, pp. Made acid; converted into an acid.
545	acidifier	[.] ACID'IFIER, n. That which by combination forms an acid, as oxygen and hydrogen.
546	acidify	[.] ACID'IFY, v.t. [Acid and L. facio.] [.] To make acid; but appropriately to convert into an acid, chimically so called, by combination with any substance.
547	acidifying	[.] ACID'IFYING, ppr. Making acid; converting into an acid; having power to change into an acid. Oxygen is called the acidifying principle or element.
548	acidimeter	[.] ACIDIM'ETER, n. [Acid and Gr. measure.] [.] An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids.
549	acidity	[.] ACID'ITY, n. The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste.
550	acidness	[.] AC'IDNESS, n. The quality of being sour; acidity.
551	acidulate	[.] ACID'ULATE, v.t. [L. acidulus, slightly sour; [.] To tinge with an acid; to make acid in a moderate degree.
552	acidulated	[.] ACID'ULATED, pp. Tinged with an acid; made slightly sour.
553	acidulating	[.] ACID'ULATING, ppr. Tinging with an acid.
554	acidule	[.] AC'IDULE, n. In chimistry, a compound base is supersaturated
555	acidulous	[.] ACID'ULOUS, a. [L. acidulus. See Acid.] [.] Slightly sour; sub-acid, or having an excess of acid; as acidulous sulphate.
556	acidulum	[.] ACID'ULUM, with acid; as, tartareous acidulum; oxalic acidulum.
557	acinaciform	[.] ACINAC'IFORM, a. [L. acinaces, a cimeter, Gr. and L. forma, form.] [.] In botany, formed like, or resembling a cimeter.
558	aciniform	...
559	acinose	[.] AC'INOSE, a. [From L. acinus. See Aciniform.]
560	acinous	[.] AC'INOUS,
561	acinus	[.] AC'INUS, n. [L.] In botany, one of the small grains, which compose the fruit of the blackberry, &c.
562	acipenser	[.] AC'IPENSER, a. In ichthyology, a genus of fishes, of the order of chondropterygii, having an obtuse head; the mouth under the head, retractile and without teeth. To this genus belong the sturgeon, sterlet, huso, &c.
563	acitli	[.] ACIT'LI, n. A name of the water hare, or great crested grebe or diver.
564	acknowledge	[.] ACKNOWL'EDGE, v.t. Aknol'edge, [ad and knowledge. See Know.] [.] 1. To own, avow or admit to be true, by a declaration of assent; as to acknowledge the being of a God. [.] 2. To own or notice with particular regard. [.] In all thy ways acknowledge God. Prov. ...
565	acknowledged	[.] ACKNOWL'EDGED, pp. Owned; confessed; noticed with regard or gratitude; received with approbation; owned before authority.
566	acknowledging	[.] ACKNOWL'EDGING, ppr. Owning; confessing; approving; grateful; but the latter sense is a gallicism, not to be used.
567	acknowledgment	[.] ACKNOWL'EDGMENT, n. [.] 1. The act of owning; confession; as, the acknowledgment of a fault. [.] 2. The owning, with approbation, or in the true character; as the acknowledgment of a God, or of a public minister. [.] 3. Concession; admission of the truth; ...
568	acme	[.] AC'ME, n. Ac'my [Gr.] [.] The top or highest point. It is used to denote the maturity or perfection of an animal. Among physicians, the crisis of a disease, or its utmost violence. Old medical writers divided the progress of a disease into four periods, the arche, ...
569	acne	[.] AC'NE, n. Ac'ny. [Gr.] [.] A small hard pimple or tubercle on the face.
570	acnestis	[.] ACNESTIS, n. [Gr. a priv. to rub or gnaw.] [.] That part of the spine in quadrupeds which extends from the metaphrenon, between the shoulder blades, to the loins; which the animal cannot reach to scratch.
571	aco	[.] AC'O, n. A Mediterranean fish, called also sarachus.
572	acolin	[.] AC'OLIN, n. a bird of the partridge kind in Cuba. Its breast and belly are white; its back and tail of a dusky yellow brown.
573	acolothist	[.] ACOL'OTHIST, n. [Gr.]
574	acolyte	[.] AC'OLYTE, [.] In the ancient church, one of the subordinate officers, who lighted the lamps, prepared the elements of the sacraments, attended the bishops, &c. An officer of the like character is still employed in the Romish Church.
575	aconite	[.] AC'ONITE, n. [L. aconitum; Gr.] [.] The herb wolf's bane, or monks-hood, a poisonous plant; and in poetry, used for poison in general.
576	acontias	[.] ACON'TIAS, n. [Gr. a dart.] [.] 1. A species of serpent, called dart-snake, or jaculum, from its manner of darting on its prey. This serpent is about three feet in length; of a light gray color with black spots, resembling eyes; the belly perfectly white. It is ...
577	acop	[.] ACOP' adv. [a and cope.] At the top.
578	acorn	[.] A'CORN, n. [.] 1. The seed or fruit of the oak; an oval nut which grows in a rough permanent cup. [.] The first settlers of Boston were reduced to the necessity of feeding on clams, muscles, ground nuts, and acorns. [.] 2. In marine language, a small ornamental ...
579	acorned	[.] A'CORNED, a. Furnished or loaded with acorns.
580	acorus	[.] A'CORUS, n. [L. from Gr..] [.] 1. Aromatic Calamus, sweet flag, or sweet rush. [.] 2. In natural history, blue coral, which grows in the form of a tree, on a rocky bottom, in some parts of the African seas. it is brought from the Camarones and Benin. [.] 3. ...
581	acotyledon	[.] ACOTYL'EDON, n. [Gr. a priv. a hollow.] [.] In botany, a plant whose seeds have no side lobes, or cotyledons.
582	acotyledonous	[.] ACOTYLED'ONOUS, a. Having no side lobes.
583	acoustic	[.] ACOUS'TIC, a. [Gr. to hear.] [.] Pertaining to the ears, to the sense of hearing, or to the doctrine of sounds. [.] Acoustic duct, in anatomy, the meatus auditorius, or external passage of the ear. [.] Acoustic vessels, in ancient theaters, were brazen tubes ...
584	acoustics	[.] ACOUS'TICS, n. [.] 1. The science of sounds, teaching their cause, nature and phenomena. This science is, by some writers, divided into diacoustics, which explains the properties of sounds coming directly from the sonorous body to the ear; and catacoustics, which ...
585	acquaint	[.] ACQUA'INT, v.t. [Eng. can, and ken; which see.] [.] 1. To make known; to make fully or intimately known; to make familiar. [.] A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Isaiah 53. [.] 2. To inform; to communicate notice to; as a friend in the country acquaints ...
586	acquaintance	[.] ACQUAI'NTANCE, n. [.] 1. Familiar knowledge; a state of being acquainted, or of having intimate or more than slight or superficial knowledge; as, I know the man, but have no acquaintance with him. Sometimes it denotes a more slight knowledge. [.] 2. A person ...
587	acquainted	[.] ACQUA'INTED, pp. Known; familiarly known; informed; having personal knowledge.
588	acquainting	[.] ACQUA'INTING, ppr. Making known to; giving notice, or information to.
589	acquest	[.] ACQUEST', n. [L. acquisitus, acquiro.] [.] 1. Acquisition; the thing gained. [.] 2. Conquest; a place acquired by force.
590	acquiesce	[.] ACQUIESCE, v.i. acquiess'. [L. acquiesco, of ad and quiesco, to be quiet; quies, rest.] [.] 1. To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent; usually implying previous opposition, uneasiness, or dislike, but ultimate ...
591	acquiescence	[.] ACQUIES'CENCE, n. A quiet assent; a silent submission, or submission with apparent content; distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; as, an acquiescence in the decisions of a court, or in the allotments ...
592	acquiescent	[.] ACQUIES'CENT, a. Resting satisfied; easy; submitting; disposed to submit.
593	acquiescing	[.] ACQUIES'CING, ppr. Quietly submitting; resting content.
594	acquirable	[.] ACQUI'RABLE, a. That may be acquired.
595	acquire	[.] ACQUI'RE, v.t. [L. acquiro, ad and quaero to seek, that is to follow, to press, to urge; acquiro signifies to pursue to the end or object; Heb. to seek, to make towards, to follow. The L. quaesivi, unless contracted, is probably from a different root. See class ...
596	acquired	[.] ACQUI'RED, pp. Gained, obtained, or received from art, labor, or other means, in distinction from those things which are bestowed by nature. Thus we say, abilities, natural and acquired. It implies title, or some permanence of possession.
597	acquirement	[.] ACQUI'REMENT, n. The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. It is used in opposition to natural gifts; as, eloquence, and skill in music and painting, are acquirement; genius, the gift of nature. it denotes especially personal attainments, in opposition ...
598	acquirer	[.] ACQUI'RER, n. A person who acquires.
599	acquiring	[.] ACQUI'RING, ppr. Gaining by labor or other means, something that has a degree of permanence in the possessor.
600	acquiry	[.] ACQUI'RY, n. Acquirement. [Not used.]
601	acquisite	[.] AC'QUISITE, a. s as z. Gained. [Not used.]
602	acquisition	[.] ACQUISI'TION, n. [L. acquisitio, from acquisitus, acquaesivi, which are given as the part. and pret. of acquiro; but quaesivi is probably from a different root.] [.] 1. The act of acquiring; as, a man takes pleasure inthe acquisition of property, as well as in the ...
603	acquisitive	[.] ACQUIS'ITIVE, a. that is acquired; acquired; [but improper.]
604	acquisitively	[.] ACQUIS'ITIVELY, adv. Noting acquirement, with to or for following.
605	acquist	[.] ACQUIST', n. See Acquest. [Not used.]
606	acquit	[.] ACQUIT', v.t. [L. cedo.] [.] To set free; to release or discharge from an obligation, accusation, guilt, censure, suspicion, or whatever lies upon a person as a charge or duty; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions. It is followed ...
607	acquitment	[.] ACQUIT'MENT, n. The act of acquitting, or state of being acquitted. [This word is superseded by acquittal.]
608	acquittal	[.] ACQUIT'TAL, n. A judicial setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense; as, by verdict of a jury, or sentence of a court. [.] The acquittal of a principal operates as an acquittal of the accessories.
609	acquittance	[.] ACQUIT'TANCE, n. [.] 1. A discharge or release from a debt. [.] 2. The writing, which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.
610	acquitted	[.] ACQUIT'TED, pp. Set free, or judicially discharge from an accusation; released from a debt, duty, obligation, charge, or suspicion of guilt.
611	acquitting	[.] ACQUIT'TING, ppr. Setting free from accusation; releasing from a charge, obligation, or suspicion of guilt.
612	acrase	[.] ACRA'SE, v.t.
613	acrasy	[.] AC'RASY, n. [Gr. from a priv. constitution or temperament.] [.] In medical authors, an excess or predominancy of one quality above another, in mixture, or in the human constitution.
614	acraze	[.] ACRA'ZE, [.] 1. To make crazy; to infatuate. [Not in use.] [See Crazy.] [.] 2. To impair; to destroy. [Not in use.]
615	acre	[.] ACRE, n. a'ker. [Gr; Lat. ager. In these languages, the word retains its primitive sense, an open, plowed, or sowed field. In Eng. it retained its original signification, that of any open field, until it was limited to a definite quantity by statutes 31. Ed. 35 Ed ...
616	acred	[.] A'CRED, a. Possessing acres or landed property.
617	acrid	[.] AC'RID, a. [L. accr.] [.] Sharp; pungent; bitter; sharp or biting to the taste; acrimonious; as acrid salts.
618	acridness	[.] AC'RIDNESS, n. A sharp, bitter, pungent quality.
619	acrimonious	[.] ACRIMO'NIOUS, a. [.] 1. Sharp; bitter; corrosive; abounding with acrimony. [.] 2. Figuratively, sharpness or severity of temper; bitterness of expression proceeding from anger, ill-nature, or petulance.
620	acrimoniously	[.] ACRIMO'NIOUSLY, adv. With sharpness or bitterness.
621	acrisy	[.] AC'RISY, n. [Gr. a priv., judgment.] [.] A state or condition of which no right judgment can be formed; that of which no choice is made; matter in dispute; injudiciousness. [Little used.]
622	acritude	[.] AC'RITUDE, n. [See Acrid.] [.] An acrid quality; bitterness to the taste; biting heat.
623	acroamatic	[.] ACROAMAT'IC, a. [Gr. to hear.] [.] Abstruse; pertaining to deep learning; an epithet applied to the secret doctrines of Aristotle.
624	acroatic	[.] ACROAT'IC, a. [Gr.] [.] Abstruse; pertaining to deep learning; and opposed to exoteric. Aristotle's lectures were of two kinds, acroatic, acroamatic, or esoteric, which were delivered to a class of select disciples, who had been previously instructed in the elements ...
625	acroceraunian	[.] ACROCERAU'NIAN, a. [Gr. a summit, and thunder.] [.] An epithet applied to certain mountains between Epirus and Illyricum, in the 41st degree of latitude. They project into the Adriatic, and are so termed from being often struck with lightning.
626	acromion	[.] ACRO'MION, n. [Gr. highest, and shoulder.] [.] In anatomy, that part of the spine of the scapula, which receives the extreme part of the clavicle.
627	acronic	[.] ACRON'IC, a. [Gr. extreme and night.]
628	acronical	[.] ACRON'ICAL, [.] In astronomy, a term applied to the rising of a star at sun set, or its setting at sun rise. This rising or setting is called acronical. The word is opposed to cosmical.
629	acronically	[.] ACRON'ICALLY, adv. In an acronical manner; at the rising or setting of the sun.
630	acrospire	[.] AC'ROSPIRE, n. [Gr. highest, a spire, or spiral line.] [.] A shoot, or sprout of a seed; the plume, or plumule, so called from its spiral form.
631	acrospired	[.] AC'ROSPIRED, a. having a sprout, or having sprouted at both ends.
632	across	[.] ACROSS', prep. akraus'. [a and cross. See Cross.] [.] 1. From side to side, opposed to along, which is in the direction of the length; athwart; quite over; as, a bridge is laid across a river. [.] 2. Intersecting; passing over at any angle; as a line passing ...
633	acrostic	[.] ACROS'TIC, n. [Gr extremity or beginning, order, or verse.] [.] A composition in verse, in which the first letter of the lines, taken in order, form the name of a person, kingdom, city, &c., which is the subject of the composition, or some title or motto. [.] ACROS'TIC, ...
634	acrostically	[.] ACROS'TICALLY, adv. In the manner of an acrostic.
635	acroteleutic	[.] ACROTELEU'TIC, n. [Gr. extreme, and end.] [.] Among ecclesiastical writers, an appellation given to any thing added to the end of a psalm, or hymn; as a doxology.
636	acroter	[.] AC'ROTER, n. [Gr. a summit.] [.] In architecture, a small pedestal, usually with out a base, anciently placed at the two extremes, or in the middle of pediments or frontispieces, serving to support the statues, &c. It also signifies the figures placed as ornaments ...
637	acrothymion	[.] ACROTHYM'ION, n. [Gr. extreme, and thyme.] [.] Among physicians, a species of wart, with a narrow basis and broad top, having the color of thyme. It is call Thymus.
638	act	[.] ACT, v.i. [Gr., Lat. to urge, drive, lead, bring, do, perform, or in general to move, to exert force.] [.] 1. To exert power; as, the stomach acts upon food; the will acts upon the body in producing motion. [.] 2. To be in action or motion; to move [.] He hangs ...
639	acted	[.] ACT'ED, pp. Done; performed; represented on the stage.
640	actian	[.] AC'TIAN, a. Relating to Actium, a town and promontory of Epirus, as Actian games, which were instituted by Augustus, to celebrate his navel victory over Anthony, near that town, Sep. 2, B.C. 31. They were celebrated every five years. Hence, Actian years, reckoned ...
641	acting	[.] ACT'ING, ppr. Doing; performing; behaving; representing the character of another. [.] ACT'ING, n. Action; act of performing a part of a play.
642	actinolite	[.] AC'TINOLITE, n. [Gr. a ray, a stone.] [.] A mineral, called, by Werner, strahlstein, ray-stone, nearly allied to hornblend. It occurs in prismatic crystals, which are long, and incomplete, and sometimes extremely minute and even fibrous. Its prevailing color is ...
643	actinolitic	[.] ACTINOLIT'IC, a. Like or pertaining to actinolite.
644	action	[.] AC'TION, n. [L. actio. See Act.] [.] 1. Literally, a driving; hence, the state of acting or moving; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; or action is the effect of power exerted on one body by another; motion produced. Hence, action is ...
645	actionable	[.] AC'TIONABLE, a. That will bear a suit, or for which an action at law may be sustained; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.
646	actionably	[.] AC'TIONABLY, adv. In a manner that subjects to legal process.
647	actionary	[.] AC'TIONARY or AC'TIONIST, n. In Europe, a proprietor of stock in a trading company; one who owns actions or shares of stock.
648	actionist	[.] AC'TIONARY or AC'TIONIST, n. In Europe, a proprietor of stock in a trading company; one who owns actions or shares of stock.
649	active	[.] ACT'IVE, a. [L. activus.] [.] 1. That has the power or quality of acting; that contains the principle of action, independent of any visible external force; as, attraction is an active power: or it may be defined, that communicates action or motion, opposed to passive, ...
650	actively	[.] ACT'IVELY, adv. in an active manner; by action; nimbly; briskly; also in an active signification, as a word is used actively.
651	activeness	[.] ACT'IVENESS, n. the quality of being active; the faculty of acting; nimbleness; quickness of motion; less used than activity.
652	activity	[.] ACTIV'ITY, n. The quality of being active; the active faculty; nimbleness; agility; also the habit of diligent and vigorous pursuit of business; as, a man of activity. It is applied to persons or things. [.] Sphere of activity, is the whole space in which the virtue, ...
653	actor	[.] ACT'OR, n. [.] 1. He that acts or performs; an active agent. [.] 2. He that represents a character or acts a part in a play; a stage player. [.] 3. Among civilians, an advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
654	actress	[.] ACT'RESS, n. A female who acts or performs, and especially, on the stage, or in a play.
655	actual	[.] ACT'UAL, a. [.] 1. Real or effective, or that exists truly and absolutely; as, actual heat, opposed to that, which is virtual or potential; actual cautery, or the burning by a red-hot iron, opposed to a cautery or caustic application, that may produce the same effect ...
656	actuality	[.] ACTUAL'ITY, n. Reality.
657	actually	[.] ACT'UALLY, adv. In fact; really; in truth.
658	actuary	[.] ACT'UARY, n. [L. actuarius.] [.] A register or clerk; a term of the civil law, and used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction; but in Europe used for a clerk or register generally.
659	actuate	[.] ACT'UATE, a. Put in action. [Little used.] [.] ACT'UATE, v.t. [from act.] [.] To put into action; to move or incite to action; as, men are actuated by motives, or passions. It seems to have been used formerly in the sense of invigorate, noting increase ...
660	actuated	[.] ACT'UATED, pp. Put in action; incited to action.
661	actuating	[.] ACT'UATING, ppr. Putting in action; inciting to action.
662	actuation	[.] ACTUA'TION, n. The state of being put in action; effectual operation.
663	actus	[.] ACT'US, n. Among the Romans, a measure in building equal to 120 Roman feet. In agriculture, the length of one furrow.
664	acuate	[.] AC'UATE, v.t. [L. acuo, to sharpen. See Acid.] [.] To sharpen; to make pungent, or corrosive. [Little used.]
665	acubene	[.] ACUBE'NE, n. A star of the fourth magnitude in the southern claw of Cancer.
666	acuition	[.] ACUI'TION, n. [from L. acuo, to sharpen.] [.] The sharpening of medicines to increase their effect.
667	aculeate	[.] ACU'LEATE, a. [L. aculeus, from acus, Gr. a point, and the diminutive. See Acid.] [.] 1. In botany, having prickles, or sharp points; pointed; used chiefly to denote prickles fixed in the bark, in distinction from thorns, which grow from the wood. [.] 2. In ...
668	aculei	[.] ACU'LEI, n. [L.] In botany and zoology, prickles or spines.
669	aculon	[.] AC'ULON, or AC'ULOS, n. [Gr. probably from ac, an oak.] [.] The fruit or acorn of the ilex, or scarlet oak.
670	aculos	[.] AC'ULON, or AC'ULOS, n. [Gr. probably from ac, an oak.] [.] The fruit or acorn of the ilex, or scarlet oak.
671	acumen	[.] ACU'MEN, n. [L. acumen, from acus or acuo.] [.] A sharp point; and figuratively, quickness of perception, the faculty of nice discrimination.
672	acuminate	[.] ACU'MINATE, a. [L. acuminatus, from acumen.] [.] Ending in a sharp point; pointed.
673	acuminated	[.] ACU'MINATED, a. Sharpened to a point.
674	acumination	[.] ACUMINA'TION, n. A sharpening; termination in a sharp point.
675	acupuncture	[.] ACUPUNC'TURE, n. [L. acus, needle, and punctura, or punctus, a pricking.] [.] Among the Chinese, a surgical operation, performed by pricking the part affected with a needle, as in head-aches and lethargies.
676	acus	[.] A'CUS, n. [L.] [.] 1. The needle-fish,or gar-fish. [.] 2. The ammodyte or sand eel. [.] 3. The oblong cimex.
677	acute	[.] ACU'TE, a. [L. acutus, sharp-pointed; Heb.] [.] 1. Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; opposed to blunt or obtuse. An acute angle in geometry, is one which is less than a right angle, or which subtends less than ninety degrees. An acute angled triangle ...
678	acutely	[.] ACU'TELY, adv. Sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.
679	acuteness	[.] ACU'TENESS, n. [.] 1. Sharpness; but seldom used in this literal sense, as applied to material things. [.] 2. Figuratively, the faculty of nice discernment or perception; applied to the senses, or the understanding. By an acuteness of feeling, we perceive small ...
680	acutiator	[.] ACUTIA'TOR, n. In the middle ages, a person whose office was to sharpen instruments. Before the invention of fire-arms, such officers attended armies, to sharpen their instruments.
681	ad	[.] AD. A Latin preposition, signifying to. It is probably from Heb. Ch. Syr. Sam. Eth. and Ar. To come near, to approach; from which root we may also deduce at. In composition, the last letter is usually changed into the first letter of the word to which it is prefixed. ...
682	adage	[.] AD'AGE, n. [L. adagium, or adagio] [.] A proverb; an old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a wise observation handed down from antiquity.
683	adagio	[.] ADA'GIO, n. [L. otium; Eng. ease.] [.] In music, a slow movement. As an adverb, slowly, leisurely, and with grace. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.
684	adam	[.] AD'AM, n. In Heb., Man; primarily, the name of the human species, mankind; appropriately, the first Man, the progenitor of the human race. The word signifies form, shape, or suitable form, hence, species. It is evidently connected with Heb., to be like or equal, ...
685	adamant	...
686	adamantean	[.] ADAMANTE'AN, a. Hard as adamant.
687	adamantine	[.] ADAMANT'INE, a. Made of adamant; having the qualities of adamant; that cannot be broken, dissolved, or penetrated, as adamantine bonds, or chains. [.] Adamantine Spar, a genus of earths, of three varieties. The color of the first is gray, with shades of brown or ...
688	adamic	[.] AD'AMIC, a. Pertaining to Adam. Adamic earth, is the term given to common red clay, so called by means of a mistaken opinion that Adam means red earth.
689	adamites	[.] AD'AMITES, in Church history, a sect of visionaries, who pretended to establish a state of innocence, and like Adam, went naked. They abhorred marriage, holding it to be the effect of sin. Several attempts have been made to revive this sec; one as late as the 15th ...
690	adamitic	[.] ADAMIT'IC, Like the Adamites.
691	adansonia	[.] ADANSO'NIA, n. Ethiopian sour gourd, monkey's bread, of African calabash-tree. It is a tree of one species, called baobab, a native of Africa, and the largest of the vegetable kingdom. The stem rises not above twelve or fifteen feet, but is from sixty-five to seventy-eight ...
692	adapt	[.] ADAPT' v.t. [L. ad. and apto, to fit; Gr.] [.] To make suitable; to fit or suit; as, to adapt an instrument to its uses; we have provision adapted to our wants. It is applied to things material or immaterial.
693	adaptable	[.] ADAPT'ABLE, a. That may be adapted.
694	adaptation	[.] ADAPTA'TION, n. The act of making suitable, or the state of being suitable, or fit; fitness.
695	adapted	[.] ADAPT'ED, pp. Suited; made suitable; fitted.
696	adapter	[.] ADAPT'ER. See adopter.
697	adapting	[.] ADAPT'ING, ppr. Suiting; making fit.
698	adaption	[.] ADAP'TION, n. Adaptation; the act of fitting [Little used, and hardly legitimate.]
699	adaptness	[.] ADAPT'NESS, n. A state of being fitted. [Not used.]
700	adar	[.] A'DAR, n. a Hebrew month, answering to the latter part of February, and the beginning of March, the 12th of the sacred and 6th of the civil year; so named to become glorious, from the exuberance of vegetation, in that month, in Egypt and Palestine.
701	adarce	[.] ADAR'CE, n. [Gr.] [.] A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is lax and porous, like bastard spunge, and used to clear the skin in leprosy, tetters, &c.
702	adarcon	[.] ADAR'CON, n. In Jewish antiquity, a gold coin worth about three dollars and a third, or about fifteen shillings sterling.
703	adarme	[.] ADAR'ME, n. A Spanish weight, the sixteenth of an ounce. The Spanish ounce is seven per cent. Lighter than that of Paris.
704	adatis	[.] AD'ATIS, n. A muslin or species of cotton cloth from India. It is fine and clear; the piece is ten French ells long, and three quarters wide.
705	adaunt	[.] AD'AUNT, v.t. To subdue. [Not used. See Daunt.]
706	adaw	[.] ADAW', v.t. To daunt; to subject. [Not used.]
707	adays	[.] ADA'YS, adv. On or in days; as in the phrase, now adays.
708	add	[.] ADD, v.t. [L. addo, from ad and do, to give.] [.] 1. To set or put together, join or unite, as one thing or sum to another, in an agreegate; as, add three to four, the sum is seven. [.] 2. To unite in idea or consideration; to subjoin. [.] To what has been ...
709	addarac	[.] AD'DARAC, n. Red orpiment.
710	addecimate	[.] ADDEC'IMATE, v.t. [L. ad and decimus, tenth.] [.] To take, or to ascertain tithes.
711	added	[.] ADD'ED, pp. Joined in place, in sum, in mass or aggregate, in number, in idea or consideration; united; put together.
712	addeem	[.] ADDEE'M, v.t. [See Deem.] To award; to sentence. [Little used.]
713	adder	[.] AD'DER, n. [L. natrix, a serpent.] [.] A venomous serpent or viper, of several species.
714	adder-fly	[.] AD'DER-FLY, n. a name of the dragon-fly or libellula; sometimes called adder-bolt.
715	adders-grass	[.] ADDER'S-GRASS, n. A plant about which serpents lurk.
716	adders-tongue	[.] ADDER'S-TONGUE, n. A plant whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.
717	adders-wort	[.] ADDER'S-WORT, n. Snakeweed, so named from its supposed virtue in curing the bite of serpent.
718	addibility	[.] ADDIBIL'ITY, n. The possibility of being added.
719	addible	[.] AD'DIBLE, a. [See Add.] That may be added.
720	addice	[.] AD'DICE, obs. [See Adz.]
721	addict	[.] ADDICT', a. Addicted. [Not much used.]
722	addicted	[.] ADDICT'ED, pp. Devoted by customary practice.
723	addictedness	[.] ADDICT'EDNESS, n. The quality or state of being addicted.
724	addicting	[.] ADDICT'ING, ppr. Devoting time and attention; practicing customarily.
725	addiction	[.] ADDIC'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of devoting or giving up in practice; the state of being devoted. [.] His addiction was to courses vain. [.] 2. Among the Romans, a making over goods to another by sale or legal sentence; also an assignment of debtors in service ...
726	adding	[.] ADD'ING, ppr. Joining; putting together; increasing.
727	additament	[.] ADDIT'AMENT, n. [L. additamentum, from additus and ment. See Add.] [.] An addition, or rather the thing added, as furniture in a house; any material mixed with the principal ingredient in a compound. Ancient anatomists gave the name to an epiphysis, or junction ...
728	addition	[.] ADDI'TION, n. [L. additio, from addo.] [.] 1. The act of adding, opposed to subtraction, or diminution; as, a sum is increased by addition. [.] 2. Any thing added, whether material or immaterial. [.] 3. In arithmetic, the uniting of two or more numbers in ...
729	additional	[.] ADDI'TIONAL, a. That is added. it is used by Bacon for addition; but improperly.
730	additionally	[.] ADDI'TIONALLY, adv. By way of addition.
731	additive	[.] ADD'ITIVE, a. That may be added, or that is to be added.
732	additory	[.] ADD'ITORY, a. That adds, or may add.
733	addle	[.] AD'DLE, a. [Heb. to fail.] [.] In a morbid state; putrid; applied to eggs. [.] Hence, barren, producing nothing. [.] His brains grow addle.
734	addle-pated	[.] AD'DLE-PATED, a. Having empty brains.
735	addled	[.] AD'DLED, a. Morbid, corrupt, putrid, or barren.
736	addoom	[.] ADDOOM', v.t. [See Doom.] To adjudge.
737	addorsed	[.] ADDORS'ED, a. [L. ad and dorsum,the back.] [.] In heraldry, having the backs turned to each other, as beasts.
738	address	[.] ADDRESS', v.t. [This is supposed to be from L. dirigo.] [.] 1. To prepare; to make suitable dispositions for. [.] Turnus addressed his men to single fight. [.] 2. To direct words or discourse; to apply to by words; as, to address a discourse to an assembly; ...
739	addressed	[.] ADDRESS'ED, pp. Spoken or applied to; directed; courted; consigned.
740	addresser	[.] ADDRESS'ER, n. One who addresses or petitions.
741	addressing	[.] ADDRESS'ING, ppr. Speaking or applying to, directing; courting; consigning.
742	adduce	[.] ADDU'CE, v.t. [L. adduco, to lead or bring to; ad and duco, to lead. See Duke.] [.] 1. To bring forward, present or offer; as, a witness was adduced to prove the fact. [.] 2. To cite, name or introduce; as, to adduce an authority or an argument.
743	adduced	[.] ADDU'CED, pp. Brought forward; cited; alledged in argument.
744	adducent	[.] ADDU'CENT, a. Bringing forward, or together; a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. [See adductor.]
745	adducible	[.] ADDU'CIBLE, a. That may be adduced.
746	adducing	[.] ADDU'CING, ppr. Bringing forward; citing in argument.
747	adduction	[.] ADDUC'TION n. The act of bringing forward.
748	adductive	[.] ADDUC'TIVE, a. That brings forward.
749	adductor	[.] ADDUC'TOR, n. [L.] [.] A muscle which draws one part of the body towards another; as the adductor oculi, which turns the eye towards the nose; the adductor pollicis manus, which draws the thumb towards the fingers.
750	addulce	[.] ADDULCE, v.t. adduls'. [L. ad and dulcis, sweet.] [.] To sweeten. [Not used.]
751	adeb	[.] AD'EB, n. An Egyptian weight of 210 okes, each of three rotolos, which is a weight of about two drams less than the English pound. But at Rosetta, the adeb is only 150 okes. [.]
752	adel	[.] ATHEL, ADEL or AETHEL, nobel of illustrious birth.
753	adelantado	[.] ADELANTA'DO, n. A governor of a province; a lieutenant governor.
754	adeling	[.] AD'ELING, n. a title of honor given by our Saxon ancestors to the children of princes, and to young nobles. It is composed of adel, or rather athel, the Teutonic term for noble, illustrious, and ling, young posterity.
755	adelite	[.] AD'ELITE, n. adelites or Almogenens, in Spain, were conjurers, who predicted the fortunes of individuals by the flight and singing of birds, and other accidental circumstances.
756	ademption	[.] ADEMP'TION, n. [L. adimo, to take away; of ad and emo, to take.] [.] In the civil law, the revocation of a grant, donation, or the like.
757	adenography	[.] ADENOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. a gland, and to describe.] [.] That part of anatomy which treats of the glands.
758	adenoid	[.] AD'ENOID, a. [Gr. a gland, and form.] [.] In the form of a gland; glandiform; glandulous; applied to the prostate glands.
759	adenological	[.] ADENOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the doctrine of the glands.
760	adenology	[.] ADENOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a gland, and discourse.] [.] In anatomy, the doctrine of the glands, their nature, and their uses.
761	adenos	[.] AD'ENOS, n. a species of cotton, from Aleppo, called also marine cotton.
762	adept	[.] ADEPT', n. [L. adeptus, obtained, from adipiscor.] [.] One fully skilled or well versed in any art. The term is borrowed from the Alchimists, who applied it to one who pretended to have found the philosopher's stone, or the panacea. [.] ADEPT', a. Well skilled; ...
763	adeption	[.] ADEP'TION, n. [L. adeptio.] [.] An obtaining; acquirement. Obs.
764	adequacy	[.] AD'EQUACY, n. [L. adaequatus, of ad and aquatus, made equal. [.] The state or quality of being equal to, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, "the adequacy of supply to the expenditure."
765	adequate	[.] AD'EQUATE, a. Equal; proportionate; correspondent to; fully sufficient; as, means adequate to the object; we have no adequate ideas of infinite power. [.] Adequate ideas, are such as exactly represent their object. [.] AD'EQUATE, v.t. To resemble exactly. ...
766	adequately	[.] AD'EQUATELY, adv. In an adequate manner; in exact proportion; with just correspondence, representation, or proportion; in a degree equal to the object.
767	adequateness	[.] AD'EQUATENESS, n. The state of being adequate; justness of proportion or representation; sufficiency.
768	adequation	[.] ADEQUA'TION, n. Adequateness. [not used.]
769	adessenarians	[.] ADESSENA'RIANS, n. [L. adesse, to be present.] [.] In church history, a sect who hold the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation. They differ however as to this presence; some holding the body of Christ to be in the bread; ...
770	adfected	[.] ADFECT'ED, a. In algebra, compounded; consisting of different powers of the unknown quantity.
771	adfiliated	[.] ADFIL'IATED, a. Adopted as a son. [See Affiliate.]
772	adfiliation	[.] ADFILIA'TION, n. [L. ad and filius, a son.] [.] A Gothic custom, by which the children of a former marriage, are put upon the same footing with those of a succeeding one; still retained in some parts of Germany.
773	adhere	[.] ADHE'RE, v.i. [L. adhaereo, ad and haereo, to stick.] [.] 1. To stick to, as glutinous substances, or by natural growth; as, the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura. [.] 2. To be joined, or held in contact; to cleave to. [.] 3. Figuratively, to hold to, be ...
774	adherence	[.] ADHE'RENCE, n. [.] 1. The quality or state of sticking or adhering. [.] 2. Figuratively, a being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; as, an adherence to a party or opinions.
775	adherency	[.] ADHE'RENCY, n. The same as adherence. In the sense of that which adhers, not legitimate.
776	adherent	[.] ADHE'RENT, a. Sticking, uniting, as glue or wax; united with, as an adherent mode in Locke, that is, a mode accidentally joined with an object, as wetness in a cloth. [.] ADHE'RENT, n. The person who adheres; one who follows a leader, party or profession; a follower, ...
777	adherently	[.] ADHE'RENTLY, adv. In an adherent manner.
778	adherer	[.] ADHE'RER, n. One that adheres; an adherent.
779	adhesion	[.] ADHE'SION, n. adhe'shun. [L. adhasio.] [.] 1. The act or state of sticking, or being united and attached to; as the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, and the like. Adhesion is generally used in a literal; adherence, in a metaphorical sense. [.] 2. ...
780	adhesive	[.] ADHE'SIVE, a. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances; apt or tending to adhere. Thus gums are adhesive.
781	adhesively	[.] ADHE'SIVELY, adv. In an adhesive manner.
782	adhesiveness	[.] ADHE'SIVENESS, n. The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity.
783	adhibit	[.] ADHIB'IT, v.t. [L. adhibeo, ad and habeo, to have.] [.] To use, or apply. [Rarely used.]
784	adhibition	[.] ADHIBI'TION, n. Application; use.
785	adhil	[.] AD'HIL, n. A star of the sixth magnitude, upon the garment of Andromeda, under the last star in her foot.
786	adhortation	[.] ADHORTA'TION, n. [L. adhortatio.] [.] Advice. [Seldom used.]
787	adhortatory	[.] ADHORT'ATORY, a. [L. adhortor, to advise, ad and hortor.] [.] Advisory; containing counsel or warning.
788	adiaphorists	[.] ADIAPH'ORISTS, n. [Gr. indifferent.] [.] Moderate Lutherans; a name given in the sixteenth century, to certain men that followed Melancthon, who was more pacific than Luther [.] The adiaphorists held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent, which Luther condemned ...
789	adiaphorous	[.] ADIAPH'OROUS, a. Indifferent; neutral; a name given by Boyle to a spirit distilled from tartar, and some other vegetable substances, neither acid, nor alkaline, or not possessing the distinct character of any chimical body.
790	adieu	[.] ADIEU', Adu'. [.] Farewell; an expression of kind wishes at the parting of friends. [.] ADIEU', n. A farewell, or commendation to the care of God; as an everlasting adieu.
791	adipocerate	[.] ADIPOC'ERATE, v.t. To convert into adipocere.
792	adipoceration	[.] ADIPOCERA'TION,n. The act or process of being changed into adipocere.
793	adipocere	[.] AD'IPOCERE, n. [L. adeps, fat, and cera.] [.] A soft unctuous or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the muscular fibers of dead animal bodies are converted, when protected from atmospheric air, and under certain circumstances of temperature and humidity. ...
794	adipose	[.] AD'IPOSE, a. [L. adiposus, from adeps, fat. Heb. fat, gross, AD'IPOUS, stupid.] [.] Fat. The adipose membrane is the cellular membrane, containing the fat in its cells, and consisting of ductile membranes, connected by a sort of net-work. The adipose vein ...
795	adit	[.] ADIT, n. [L. aditus, from adeo, aditum, to approach, ad and eo, to go.] [.] An entrance or passage; a term in mining, used to denote the opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away. It is usually made in the side of a hill. ...
796	adjacency	[.] ADJA'CENCY, n. [L. adjaceo, to lie contiguous, from ad and jaceo, to lie.] [.] The state of lying close or contiguous; a bordering upon, or lying next to; as the adjacency of lands or buildings. In the sense of that which is adjacent, as used by Brown, it is not ...
797	adjacent	[.] ADJA'CENT, a. Lying near, close, or contiguous; bordering upon; as, a field adjacent to the highway. [.] ADJA'CENT, n. That which is next to or contiguous. [Little used.]
798	adject	[.] ADJECT' v.t. [L. adjicio, of ad and jacio, to throw.] [.] To add or put, as one thing to another.
799	adjection	[.] ADJEC'TION,n. The act of adding, or thing added. [Little used.]
800	adjectitious	[.] ADJECTI'TIOUS, a. Added
801	adjective	[.] AD'JECTIVE, n. In grammar, a word used with a noun, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. It is called also an attributive or attribute. ...
802	adjectively	[.] AD'JECTIVELY, adv. In the manner of an adjective; as, a word is used adjectively.
803	adjoin	[.] ADJOIN', v.t. [L. adjungo, ad and jungo. See Join.] [.] To join or unite to; to put to, by placing in contact; to unite, by fastening together with a joint, mortise, or knot. But in these transitive senses, it is rarely used. [See Join.] [.] ADJOIN', v.i. ...
804	adjoinant	[.] ADJOIN'ANT, a. Contiguous to. [Not used.]
805	adjoined	[.] ADJOIN'ED, pp. Joined to; united.
806	adjoining	[.] ADJOIN'ING, ppr. Joining to; adjacent; contiguous.
807	adjourn	[.] ADJOURN', v.t. Adjurn'. [.] Literally, to put off, or defer to another day; but now used to denote a formal intermission of business, a putting off to any future meeting of the same body, and appropriately used of public bodies or private commissioners, entrusted ...
808	adjourned	[.] ADJOURN'ED, pp. [.] 1. Put off, delayed, or deferred for a limited time. [.] 2. As an adjective, existing or held by adjournment, as an adjourned session of a court, opposed to stated or regular.
809	adjourning	[.] ADJOURN'ING, ppr. Deferring; suspending for a time; closing a session.
810	adjournment	[.] ADJOURN'MENT, n. [.] 1. The act of adjourning; as, in legislatures, the adjournment of one house is not an adjournment of the other. [.] 2. The putting off till another day or time specified, or without day; that is, the closing of a session of a public or official ...
811	adjudge	[.] ADJUDGE', v.t. [.] To decide, or determine, in the case of a controverted question; to decree by a judicial opinion; used appropriately of courts of law and equity. [.] The case was adjudged in Hilary term. [.] The prize was adjudged to the victor; a criminal ...
812	adjudged	[.] ADJUDG'ED, pp. Determined by judicial opinion; decreed; sentenced.
813	adjudging	[.] ADJUDG'ING, ppr. Determining by judicial opinion; sentencing.
814	adjudgment	[.] ADJUDG'MENT, n. The act of judging; sentenced.
815	adjudicate	[.] ADJU'DICATE, v.t. [L. adjudico, to give sentence. See Judge.] [.] To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court. it has the sense of adjudge. [.] ADJU'DICATE, v.i. To try and determine judicially; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.
816	adjudicated	[.] ADJU'DICATED, pp. Adjudged; tried and decided.
817	adjudicating	[.] ADJU'DICATING, ppr. Adjudging; trying and determining.
818	adjudication	[.] ADJUDICA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of adjudging; the act or process of trying and determining judicially; as a ship was taken and sent into port for adjudication. [.] 2. A judicial sentence; judgment or decision of a court. [.] Whose families were parties to ...
819	adjument	[.] AD'JUMENT, n. [L. adjumentum.] Help; support. [Not used.]
820	adjunct	[.] AD'JUNCT,n. [L. adjunctus, joined, from adjungo. See Join.] [.] 1. Something added to another, but not essentially a part of it; as, water absorbed by a cloth or spunge is its adjunct. Also a person joined to another. [.] 2. In metaphysics, a quality of the ...
821	adjunction	[.] ADJUNC'TION, n. The act of joining; the thing joined.
822	adjunctive	[.] ADJUNC'TIVE, a. Joining; having the quality of joining. [.] ADJUNC'TIVE, n. That which is joined.
823	adjunctively	[.] ADJUNC'TIVELY, adv. In an adjunctive manner.
824	adjunctly	[.] ADJUNCT'LY, adv. In connection with; consequently.
825	adjuration	[.] ADJURA'TION, n. [.] 1.The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse. [.] 2.The form of oath.
826	adjure	[.] ADJU'RE, v.t. [L. adjuro, to sweat solemnly, or compel one to swear; from ad and juro, to swear.] [.] 1. To charge, bind or command on oath, or under the penalty of a curse. [.] Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, cursed be the man before the Lord, that ...
827	adjured	[.] ADJU'RED, pp. Charged on oath, or with a denunciation of God's wrath; solemnly urged.
828	adjurer	[.] ADJU'RER, n. One that adjures; one that exacts an oath.
829	adjuring	[.] ADJU'RING, ppr. Charging on oath or on the penalty of a curse; beseeching with solemnity.
830	adjust	[.] ADJUST', v.t. [L. ad, and justus, just, exact. See Just.] [.] 1. To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent, or conformable; as, to adjust a garment to the body, an event to the prediction, or things to a standard. [.] 2. To put in order; to regulate or reduce ...
831	adjusted	[.] ADJUST'ED, pp. Made exact or conformable; reduced to a right form or standard settled.
832	adjuster	[.] ADJUST'ER, n. A person who adjusts; that which regulates.
833	adjusting	[.] ADJUST'ING, ppr. Reducing to due form; fitting; making exact or correspondent; settling.
834	adjustment	[.] ADJUST'MENT, n. The act of adjusting; regulation; a reducing to just form or order; a making fit or conformable; settlement.
835	adjutage	[.] AJ'UTAGE, or AD'JUTAGE, n. [.] A tube fitted to the mouth of a vessel, through which the water of a fountain is to be played.
836	adjutancy	[.] AD'JUTANCY, n. [See Adjutant.] The office of an adjutant; skillful arrangement.
837	adjutant	[.] AD'JUTANT, n. [L. adjutans, aiding; from adjuto, to assist; of ad and juvo, jutum, to help.] [.] In military affairs, an officer whose business is to assist the Major by receiving and communicating order. Each battalion of foot, and each regiment of horse has an ...
838	adjute	[.] ADJU'TE, v.t. To help. [Not used.]
839	adjutor	[.] ADJU'TOR, n. A helper. [Little used; its compound coadjutor is in common use.]
840	adjuvant	[.] ADJU'VANT, a. Helping; assisting.
841	adker	[.] 'ADKER, n. [.] 1. One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer. [.] 2. A water newt.
842	adlegation	[.] ADLEGA'TION, n. [L. ad and legatio, an embassy, from lego, to send. See Legate.] [.] In the public law of the German Empire, a right claimed by the states, of joining their own ministers with those of the Emperor, in public treaties and negotiations, relating to ...
843	adlocution	[.] ADLOCU'TION, n. [See Allocation.]
844	admeasure	[.] ADMEAS'URE, v.t. admezh'ur. [ad and measure. See Measure.] [.] 1. To measure or ascertain dimensions, size or capacity; used for measure. [.] 2. To apportion; to assign to each claimant has right; as, to admeasure dower or common of pasture.
845	admeasured	[.] ADMEAS'URED, pp. Measured; apportioned.
846	admeasurement	[.] ADMEAS'UREMENT, n. [.] 1. The measuring of dimensions by a rule, as of a ship, cask, and the like. [.] 2. The measure of a thing, or dimensions ascertained. [.] In these uses the word is equivalent to measurement, mensuration and measure. [.] 3. The adjustment ...
847	admeasurer	[.] ADMEAS'URER, n. One that admeasures.
848	admeasuring	[.] ADMEAS'URING, ppr. Measuring; apportioning.
849	admensuration	[.] ADMENSURA'TION Is equivalent to admeasurement, but not much used. See Mensuration.]
850	adminicle	[.] ADMIN'ICLE, n. [L. adminiculum.] Help; support. [Not used.]
851	adminicular	[.] ADMINIC'ULAR, a. Supplying help; helpful.
852	administer	[.] ADMIN'ISTER, v.t. [L. administro, of ad and ministro, to serve or manage. See Minister.] [.] 1. To act as minister or chief agent, in managing public affairs, under laws or a constitution of government, as a king, president, or other supreme officer. it is used ...
853	administered	[.] ADMIN'ISTERED, pp. Executed; managed; governed; afforded; given; dispensed.
854	administerial	[.] ADMINISTE'RIAL, a. Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of government.
855	administering	[.] ADMIN'ISTERING, ppr. Executing; carrying into effect; giving; dispensing.
856	administrate	[.] ADMIN'ISTRATE, In the place of administer, has been used, but is not well authorized.
857	administration	[.] ADMINISTRA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of administering; direction; management; government of public affairs; the conducting of any office or employment. [.] 2. The executive part of government, consisting in the exercise of the constitutional and legal powers, ...
858	administrative	[.] ADMIN'ISTRATIVE, a. That administers, or by which one administers.
859	administrator	[.] ADMINISTRA'TOR, n. [.] 1. a man who, by virtue of a commission from the Ordinary, Surrogate, Court of Probate, or other proper authority, has the charge of the goods and estate of one dying without a will. [.] 2. One who administers, or who directs, manages, ...
860	administratorship	[.] ADMINISTRA'TORSHIP, n. The office of an administrator.
861	administratrix	[.] ADMINISTRA'TRIX, n. A female who administers upon the estate of an intestate; also a female who administers government.
862	admirable	[.] AD'MIRABLE, a. [L. admirabilis.] [.] To be admired; worthy of admiration; having qualities to excite wonder, with approbation, esteem or reverence; used of persons or things; as, the admirable structure of the body, or of the universe.
863	admirableness	[.] AD'MIRABLENESS, n. The quality of being admirable; the power of exciting admiration.
864	admirably	[.] AD'MIRABLY, adv. In a manner to excite wonder, mingled with approbation, esteem or veneration.
865	admiral	[.] AD'MIRAL, n. [In the Latin of the middle ages. Amira, Amiras, Admiralis, an Emir; Heb. to speak. The terminating syllable of admiral may be from the sea. This word is said to have been introduced in Europe by the Turks, Genoese or Venetains, in the 12th or 13th ...
866	admiralship	[.] AD'MIRALSHIP, n. The office or power of an admiral. [Little used.]
867	admiralty	[.] AD'MIRALTY, n. In Great Britain, the office of Lord High Admiral. This office is discharged by one person, or by Commissioners, called Lords of the Admiralty; usually seven in number. [.] The admiralty court, or court of admiralty, is the supreme court for the trial ...
868	admiration	[.] ADMIRA'TION, n. Wonder mingled with pleasing emotions, as approbation, esteem, love or veneration; a compound emotion excited by something novel, rare, great, or excellent; applied to persons and their works. It often includes a slight degree of surprise. Thus, we ...
869	admirative	[.] ADMI'RATIVE, n. A note of admiration, thus! [Not used.]
870	admire	[.] ADMI'RE, v.t. [L. admiror, ad and miror, to wonder; demiror. See Moor and Mar.] [.] 1. To regard with wonder or surprise, mingled with approbation, esteem, reverence or affection. [.] When he shall come to be glorified in his saints and be admired in all them ...
871	admired	[.] ADMI'RED, pp. Regarded with wonder, mingled with pleasurable sensations, as esteem, love or reverence.
872	admirer	[.] ADMI'RER, n. One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly.
873	admiring	[.] ADMI'RING, ppr. Regarding with wonder united with love or esteem.
874	admiringly	[.] ADMI'RINGLY, adv. With admiration; in the manner of an admirer.
875	admissibility	[.] ADMISSIBIL'ITY, n. The quality of being admissable.
876	admissible	[.] ADMISS'IBLE, a. [See admit.] That may be admitted, allowed or conceded; as, the testimony is admissible.
877	admission	[.] ADMISS'ION, n. [L. admissio.] [.] 1. The act or practice of admitting, as the admission of aliens into our country; also, the state of being admitted. [.] 2. Admittancep power or permission to enter; entrance; access; power to approach; as, our laws give to foreigners ...
878	admit	[.] ADMIT', v.t. [L. admitto, from ad and mitto, to send.] [.] 1. To suffer to enter; to grant entrance; whether into a place, or an office, or into the mind, or consideration; as to admit a student into college; to admit a serious thought into the mind. [.] 2. ...
879	admittable	[.] ADMIT'TABLE, a. That may be admitted or allowed.
880	admittance	[.] ADMIT'TANCE, n. [.] 1. The act of admitting; allowance. More usually, [.] 2. Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; and hence, actual entrance; as, he gained admittance into the church. [.] 3. Concession; admission; allowance; as the admittance ...
881	admitted	[.] ADMIT'TED, pp. Permitted to enter or approach; allowed; granted; conceded.
882	admitter	[.] ADMIT'TER, n. He that admits.
883	admitting	[.] ADMIT'TING, ppr. Permitting to enter or approach; allowing; conceding.
884	admix	[.] ADMIX', v.t. To mingle with something else. [See Mix.]
885	admixtion	[.] ADMIX'TION, n. admixchun, [L. admixtio, or admistio; of ad and misceo, to mix. See Mix.] [.] A mingling of bodies; a union by mixing different substances together. It differs from composition or chimical combination; for admixtion does not alter the nature of ...
886	admixture	[.] ADMIX'TURE, n. [From admix.] [.] The substance mingled with another; sometimes the act of mixture. We say, an admixture of sulphur with alum, or the admixture of different bodies.
887	admonish	[.] ADMON'ISH, v.t. [L. admoneo, ad and moneo, to teach, warn, admonish.] [.] 1. To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove with mildness. [.] Count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 2Thess. 3. [.] 2. To counsel against wrong practices; to caution ...
888	admonished	[.] ADMON'ISHED, pp. Reproved; advised; warned; instructed.
889	admonisher	[.] ADMON'ISHER, n. One who reproves or counsels.
890	admonishing	[.] ADMON'ISHING, ppr. Reproving; warning; counseling; directing.
891	admonishment	[.] ADMON'ISHMENT, n. Admonition.
892	admonition	[.] ADMONI'TION, n. Gentle reproof; counseling against a fault; instruction in duties; caution; direction. Tit. 3. 1Cor. 10. In church discipline, public or private reproof to reclaim an offender; a step preliminary to excommunication.
893	admonitioner	[.] ADMONI'TIONER, n. A dispenser of admonitions.
894	admonitive	[.] ADMON'ITIVE, a. Containing admonition.
895	admonitor	[.] ADMON'ITOR, n. An admonisher, a monitor.
896	admonitory	[.] ADMON'ITORY, a. Containing admonition; that admonishes.
897	admortization	[.] ADMORTIZA'TION, n. The reducing of lands or tenements to mortmain. [See Mortmain.]
898	admove	[.] ADMOVE', v.t. [L. admoveo.] [.] To move to; to bring one thing to another. [Little used.]
899	adnascent	[.] ADNAS'CENT, a. [L. ad and nascens, growing.]
900	adnata	[.] ADNA'TA, n. [L. ad and natus, grown from nascor, to grow.] [.] 1. In anatomy, one of the coats of the eye, which is also called albuginea, and is sometimes confounded with the conjunctive. It lies between the sclerotica, and conjunctiva. [.] 2. Such parts of ...
901	adnate	[.] AD'NATE, a. [L. ad and natus, grown.] [.] In botany, pressing close to the stem, or growing to it.
902	adnoun	[.] AD'NOUN, n. [ad and noun.] [.] In grammar, an adjective, or attribute. [Little used.]
903	ado	[.] ADO', n. [.] Bustle; trouble; labor; difficulty; as, to make a great ado about trifles; to persuade one with much ado.
904	adolescence	[.] ADOLES'CENCE, n. [L. adolescens, growing, of ad and olesco, to grow, from oleo. Heb. to ascend.] [.] The state of growing, applied to the young of the human race; youth, or the period of life between childhood and manhood.
905	adolescent	[.] ADOLES'CENT, a. Growing; advancing from childhood to manhood.
906	adonean	[.] ADONE'AN, a. Pertaining to Adonis. [.] Fair Adonean Venus.
907	adonia	[.] ADO'NIA, n. Festivals celebrated anciently in honor of Adonis, by females, who spent two days in lamentations and infamous pleasures.
908	adonic	[.] ADO'NIC, a. Adonic Verse, a short verse, in which the death of Adonis was bewailed. It consists of a dactyl and spondee or trochee. [.] ADO'NIC, n. An Adonic verse.
909	adonis	[.] ADO'NIS, n. In mythology, the favorite of Venus, said to be the son of Cinyras, king of Cyprus. He was fond of hunting, and received a mortal wound from the tusk of a wild boar. Venus lamented his death, and changed him into the flower, anemony.
910	adonists	[.] ADO'NISTS, n. [Heb. Lord, a scriptural title of the Supreme Being.] [.] Among critics, a sect or party who maintain that the Hebrew points ordinarily annexed to the consonants of the word Jehovah, are not the natural points belonging to that word, and that they do ...
911	adopt	[.] ADOPT', v.t. [L. adopto, of ad and opto, to desire or choose. See Option.] [.] 1. To take a stranger into one's family, as son and heir; to take one who is not a child, and treat him as one, giving him a title to the privileges and rights of a child. [.] 2. ...
912	adopted	[.] ADOPT'ED, pp. Taken as one's own; received as son and heir; selected for use.
913	adoptedly	[.] ADOPT'EDLY, adv. In the manner of something adopted.
914	adopter	[.] ADOPT'ER, n. [.] 1. One who adopts. [.] 2. In chimistry, a large round receiver, with two necks, diametrically opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to another receiver. It is used in distillations, to give ...
915	adopting	[.] ADOPT'ING, ppr. Taking a stranger as a son; taking as one's own.
916	adoption	[.] ADOP'TION, n. [L. adoptio.] [.] 1. The act of adopting, or the state of being adopted; the taking and treating of a stranger as one's own child. [.] 2. The receiving as one's own, what is new or not natural. [.] 3. God's taking the sinful children of men into ...
917	adoptive	[.] ADOPT'IVE, a. [L. adoptivus.] [.] That adopts, as an adoptive father; or that is adopted, as an adoptive son. [.] ADOPT'IVE, n. A person or thing adopted.
918	adorable	[.] ADO'RABLE, a. That ought to be adored; worth of divine honors. In popular use, worthy of the utmost love or respect.
919	adorableness	[.] ADO'RABLENESS, n. The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration.
920	adorably	[.] ADO'RABLY, adv. In a manner worthy of adoration.
921	adoration	[.] ADORA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of paying honors to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a God. [.] Adoration consists in external homage, accompanied with the highest reverence. It is used for the act of praying, or preferring requests ...
922	adore	[.] ADO'RE, v.t. [L. adoro. In Heb. to honor, reverence or glorify to adorn; to be magnificent or glorious, to magnify, to glorify. This word is usually referred to the Latin ad orare, to carry to one's mouth; ad and os, oris; as, in order to kiss one's hand, the hand ...
923	adored	[.] ADO'RED, pp. Worshipped as divine; highly reverenced; greatly beloved.
924	adorer	[.] ADO'RER, n. One who worships, or honors as divine; in popular language, an admiring lover.
925	adoring	[.] ADO'RING, ppr. or a. Honoring or addressing as divine; regarding with great love or reverence.
926	adorn	[.] ADORN', v.t. [L. adorno, ad and orno, to deck, or beautify, to dress, set off, extol, furnish. [.] 1. To deck or decorate; to make beautiful; to add to beauty by dress; to deck with external ornaments. [.] A bride adorneth, herself with jewels. Isa. 6. [.] To ...
927	adorned	[.] ADORN'ED, pp. Decked; decorated; embellished.
928	adorning	[.] ADORN'ING, ppr. Ornamenting; decorating; displaying beauty. [.] ADORN'ING, n. Ornament; decoration. 1Peter 3.
929	adosculation	[.] ADOSCULA'TION, n. [L. ad and osculatio, a kissing, from osculum, a kiss, or mouth.] [.] The impregnation of plants by the falling of the farina on the pistils. [.] Adosculation is also defined to be the inserting of one part of a plant into another.
930	adossed	[.] ADOS'SED, a. [.] In heraldry, denoting two figures or bearings place back to back.
931	adown	[.] ADOWN', prep. [a and down.] From a higher to a lower situation; downwards; implying descent. [.] ADOWN', adv. Down; on the ground; at the bottom.
932	adread	[.] ADREAD', a. Adred'. [See Dread.] Affected by dread. Obs.
933	adriatic	[.] ADRIAT'IC, a. [L. Aldria, or Hadria, the gulf of Venice.] [.] Pertaining to the Gulf, called, from Venice, the Venetian Gulf. [.] ADRIAT'IC, n. The Venetian Gulf; a Gulf that washes the eastern side of Italy.
934	adrift	[.] ADRIFT', a. or adv. [See Drive. Adrift is the participle of the verb.] [.] Literally, driven; floating; floating at random; impelled or moving without direction. As an adjective, it always follows its noun; as, the boat was adrift.
935	adrogation	[.] ADROGA'TION, n. [L. ad and rogo, to ask. See Interrogate and Rogation.] [.] A species of adoption in ancient Rome, by which a person, capable of choosing for himself, was admitted into the relation of a son. So called from the questions put to the parties.
936	adroit	[.] ADROIT', [L. directus, dirigo. See Right.] [.] Dextrous; skillful; active in the use of the hands, and figuratively, in the exercise of the mental faculties; ingenious; ready in invention or execution.
937	adroitly	[.] ADROIT'LY, adv. With dexterity; in a ready skillful manner.
938	adroitness	[.] ADROIT'NESS, n. Dexterity; readiness in the use of the limbs, or of the mental faculties.
939	adry	[.] ADRY', a. [.] Thirsty, in want of drink. [This adjective always follows the noun.]
940	adscititious	[.] ADSCITI'TIOUS, a. [L. ascititius, from adscisco, ascisco, to add or join.] [.] Added; taken as supplemental; additional; not requisite. [.] ADSCITI'TIOUS, n. [L. adstrictio, astrictio, of ad and stringo, to strain or bind fast. See Strict.] [.] A binding ...
941	adstrictory	[.] ADSTRIC'TORY, ADSTRING'ENT. [See Astringent.]
942	adstringent	[.] ADSTRIC'TORY, ADSTRING'ENT. [See Astringent.]
943	adularia	[.] ADULA'RIA, n. [From Adula, the summit of a Swiss mountain.] [.] A mineral deemed the most perfect variety of felspar; its color white, or with a tinge of green, yellow, or red.
944	adulation	[.] ADULA'TION, n. [L. adulatio.] [.] Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited; high compliment.
945	adulator	[.] AD'ULATOR, n. A flatterer; one who offers praise servilely.
946	adulatory	[.] AD'ULATORY, a. Flattering; containing excessive praise or compliments; servilely praising; as, an adulatory address.
947	adulatress	[.] AD'ULATRESS, n. A female that flatters with servility.
948	adult	[.] ADULT', n. [L. adultus, grown to maturity, from oleo, to grow; Heb. to ascend.] [.] Having arrived at mature years, or to full size and strength; as an adult person or plant. [.] ADULT', n. A person grown to full size and strength, or to the years of manhood. ...
949	adulterant	[.] ADUL'TERANT, n. The person or thing that adulterates.
950	adulterate	[.] ADUL'TERATE, v.t. [L. adultero, from adulter, mixed, or an adulterer; ad and alter, other.] [.] To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of baser materials; as, to adulterate liquors, or the coin of a country. [.] ADUL'TERATE, v.i. To commit adultery. ...
951	adulterated	[.] ADUL'TERATED, pp. Corrupted; debased by a mixture with something of less value.
952	adulterateness	[.] ADUL'TERATENESS, n. The quality or state of being debased or counterfeit.
953	adulterating	[.] ADUL'TERATING, ppr. Debasing; corrupting; counterfeiting.
954	adulteration	[.] ADULTERA'TION, n. The act of adulterating, or the state of being adulterated, corrupted or debased by foreign mixture. [.] The adulteration of liquors, of drugs, and even of bread and beer, is common, but a scandalous crime.
955	adulterer	[.] ADUL'TERER, n. [L. adulter.] [.] 1. A man guilty of adultery; a man who has sexual commerce with any married woman, except his wife. [See Adultery.] [.] 2. In scripture, an idolator. Ezek. 23. [.] 3. An apostate from the true faith, or one who violates his ...
956	adulteress	[.] ADUL'TERESS, n. A married woman guilty of incontinence.
957	adulterine	[.] ADUL'TERINE, a. Proceeding from adulterous commerce; spurious.
958	adulterous	[.] ADUL'TEROUS, a. [.] 1. Guilty of adultery; pertaining to adultery. [.] 2. In scripture, idolatrous, very wicked. Mat. 12 and 16. Mark, 8.
959	adultery	[.] ADUL'TERY, n. [L. adulterium. See Adulterate.] [.] 1. Violation of the marriage bed; a crime, or a civil injury, which introduces, or may introduce, into a family, a spurious offspring. [.] By the laws of Connecticut, the sexual intercourse of any man, with a ...
960	adultness	[.] ADULT'NESS, n. The state of being adult.
961	adumbrant	[.] ADUM'BRANT, a. [See Adumbrate.] Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance.
962	adumbrate	[.] ADUM'BRATE, v.t. [L. adumbro, to shade, from umbra, a shade.] [.] To give a faint shadow, or slight likeness; to exhibit a faint resemblance, like a shadow.
963	adumbration	[.] ADUMBRA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of making a shadow or faint resemblance. [.] 2. A faint sketch; an imperfect representation of a thing. [.] 3. In heraldry, the shadow only of a figure, outlined, and painted of a color darker than the field.
964	adunation	[.] ADUNA'TION, n. [L. ad and unus, unio,.] [.] The state of being united; union. [Not used.]
965	aduncity	[.] ADUN'CITY, n. [L. aduncitas, hookedness, of ad and uncus, a hook.] [.] Hookedness; a bending in form of a hook.
966	aduncous	[.] ADUN'COUS, a. [L. aduncus.] [.] Hooked; bent or made in the form of a hook.
967	adunque	[.] ADUNQUE, a. Adunk'. Hooked. [Not used.]
968	adure	[.] ADU'RE, v.t. [L. aduro, ad and uro, to burn.] [.] To burn up. [Not used.]
969	adust	[.] ADUST', a. [L. adustus, burnt, the participle of aduro, to burn.] [.] Burnt; scorched; become dry by heat; hot and fiery.
970	adusted	[.] ADUST'ED, a. Become hot and dry; burnt; scorched.
971	adustion	[.] ADUS'TION, n. The act of burning, scorching, or heating to dryness; a state of being thus heated or dried.
972	advance	[.] ADV'ANCE, v.t. adv'ans. [Heb. surface, face; whence.] [.] 1. To bring forward; to move further in front. Hence, [.] 2. To promote; to raise to a higher rank; as, to advance one from the bar to the bench. [.] 3. To improve or make better, which is considered ...
973	advanced	[.] ADV'ANCED, pp. Moved forward; promoted; improved; furnished beforehand; situated in front, or before the rest; also old, having reached the decline of life; as, advanced in years; an advanced age.
974	advancement	[.] ADV'ANCEMENT, n. [.] 1. The act of moving forward or proceeding. [.] 2. The state of being advanced; preferment; promotion, in rank or excellence; the act of promoting. [.] 3. Settlement on a wife, or jointure. [.] 4. Provision made by a parent for a child, ...
975	advancer	[.] ADV'ANCER, n. One who advances; a promoter. [.] Among sportsmen, a start or branch of a buck's attire, between the back antler and the palm.
976	advancing	[.] ADV'ANCING, ppr. Moving forward; proceeding; promoting; raising to higher rank or excellence; improving; supplying beforehand, as on loan, or as stock in trade.
977	advancive	[.] ADV'ANCIVE, a. Tending to advance, or promote.
978	advantage	[.] ADV'ANTAGE, n. [.] 1. Any state, condition, or circumstance, favorable to success, prosperity, interest, or reputation. [.] The enemy had the advantage of elevated ground. [.] 2. Benefit; gain; profit. [.] What advantage will it be to thee? Job 35. [.] There ...
979	advantage-ground	[.] ADV'ANTAGE-GROUND, n. Ground that gives advantage or superiority; a state that gives superior advantages for annoyance or resistance.
980	advantageable	[.] ADV'ANTAGEABLE, a. Profitable; convenient; gainful. [Little used.]
981	advantaged	[.] ADV'ANTAGED, pp. Benefitted; promoted.
982	advantageous	[.] ADVANTA'GEOUS, a. Being of advantage; furnishing convenience, or opportunity to gain benefit; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position of the troops; trade is advantageous to a nation.
983	advantageously	[.] ADVANTA'GEOUSLY, adv. In an advantageous manner; profitably; usefully; conveniently.
984	advantageousness	[.] ADVANTA'GEOUSNESS, n. The quality or state of being advantageous; profitableness; usefulness; convenience.
985	advantaging	[.] ADV'ANTAGING, ppr. Profiting; benefiting.
986	advene	[.] ADVE'NE, v.i. [L. advenio, to come to, ad and venio.] [.] To accede, or come to; to be added to, or become a part of, though not essential. [Little used.]
987	advenient	[.] ADVE'NIENT, a. Advening; coming from outward causes.
988	advent	[.] AD'VENT, n. [L. adventus, from advenio, of ad and venio, to come. See Find.] [.] A coming; appropriately the coming of our Savior, and in the calendar, it includes four sabbaths before Christmas, beginning of St. Andrew's Day, or on the sabbath next before or after ...
989	adventine	[.] ADVENT'INE, a. Adventitious. [Not used.]
990	adventitious	[.] ADVENTI'TIOUS, a. [L. adventitius, from advenio. See Advent.] [.] Added extrinsically; accidental; not essentially inherent; casual; foreign. [.] Diseases of continuance get an adventitious strength from custom.
991	adventitiously	[.] ADVENTI'TIOUSLY, adv. Accidentally.
992	adventive	[.] ADVENT'IVE, a. Accidental; adventitious. [Little used.]
993	adventual	[.] ADVENT'UAL, a. Relating to the season of advent.
994	adventure	[.] ADVENT'URE, n. [See Advent.] [.] 1. Hazard; risk; chance; that of which one has no direction; as, at all adventures, that is, at all hazards. [See Venture.] [.] 2. An enterprize of hazard; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the ...
995	adventured	[.] ADVENT'URED, pp. Put to hazard; ventured; risked.
996	adventurer	[.] ADVENT'URER, n. [.] 1. One who hazards, or puts something at risk, as merchant-adventurers. [.] 2. One who seeks occasions of chance, or attempts bold, novel, or extraordinary enterprizes.
997	adventuresome	[.] ADVENT'URESOME, a. Bold; daring; incurring hazard. [See Venturesome.]
998	adventuresomeness	[.] ADVENT'URESOMENESS, n. The quality of being bold and venturesome.
999	adventuring	[.] ADVENT'URING, ppr. Putting to risk; hazarding.
1000	adventurous	[.] ADVENT'UROUS, a. [.] 1. Inclined or willing to incur hazard; bold to encounter danger; daring; courageous; enterprizing; applied to persons. [.] 2. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage" applied to things; as, an adventurous ...
1001	adventurously	[.] ADVENT'UROUSLY, adv. Boldly; daringly; in a manner to incur hazard.
1002	adventurousness	[.] ADVENT'UROUSNESS, n. The act or quality of being adventurous.
1003	adverb	[.] AD'VERB, n. [L. adverbium, of ad and verbum, to a verb.] [.] In grammar, a word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective or attribute, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white. This part of speech might be more significantly ...
1004	adverbial	[.] ADVERB'IAL, a. Pertaining to an adverb.
1005	adverbially	[.] ADVERB'IALLY, adv. In the manner of an adverb.
1006	adversaria	[.] ADVERSA'RIA, n. [L. from adversus. See Adverse.] [.] Among the ancients, a book of accounts, so named from the placing of debt and credit in opposition to each other. A commonplace book.
1007	adversary	[.] AD'VERSARY, n. [See Adverse.] [.] 1. An enemy or foe; one who has enmity at heart. [.] The Lord shall take vengeance on his adversaries. Nah. 1. [.] In scripture, Satan is called THE adversary, by way of eminence. 1Peter 5. [.] 2. An opponent or antagonist, ...
1008	adversative	[.] ADVERS'ATIVE, a. Noting some difference, contrariety, or opposition; as, John is an honest man, but a fanatic. Here but is called an adversative conjunction. This denomination however is not always correct; for but does not always denote opposition, but something ...
1009	adverse	[.] AD'VERSE, a. [L. adversus, opposite; of ad and versus, turned; from verto, to turn. See Advert. This word was formerly accented, by some authors, on the last syllable; but the accent is now settled on the first.] [.] 1. Opposite; opposing; acting in a contrary ...
1010	adversely	[.] AD'VERSELY, adv. In an adverse manner; oppositely; unfortunately; unprosperously; in a manner contrary to desire or success.
1011	adverseness	[.] AD'VERSENESS, n. Opposition; unprosperousness.
1012	adversity	[.] ADVERS'ITY, n. An event, or series of events, which oppose success or desire; misfortune; calamity; affliction; distress; state of unhappiness. [.] In the day of adversity, consider. Eccl. 7. [.] Ye have rejected God, who saved you out of all you adversities. ...
1013	advert	[.] ADVERT', v.i. [L. adverto, of ad and verto, to turn.] [.] To turn the mind or attention to; to regard, observe, or notice: with to; as, he adverted to what was said, or to a circumstance that occurred.
1014	adverted	[.] ADVERT'ED, pp. Attended to; regarded; with to.
1015	advertence	[.] ADVERT'ENCE,
1016	advertency	[.] ADVERT'ENCY, n. A direction of the mind to; attention; notice; regard; consideration; heedfulness. [.]
1017	advertent	[.] ADVERT'ENT, a. Attentive; heedful.
1018	adverting	[.] ADVERT'ING, ppr. Attending to; regarding; observing.
1019	advertise	[.] ADVERTI'SE, v.t. s as z. [See Advert.] [.] 1. To inform; to give notice, advice or intelligence to, whether of a past or present event, or of something future. [.] I will advertise thee what this people will do to thy people in the latter day. Num. 24. [.] I ...
1020	advertised	[.] ADVERTI'SED, pp. Informed; notified; warned; used of persons: published; made known; used of things.
1021	advertisement	[.] ADVER'TISEMENT, n. Information; admonition, notice given. More generally, a publication intended to give notice; this may be, by a short account printed in a newspaper, or by a written account posted, or otherwise made public.
1022	advertiser	[.] ADVERTI'SER, n. One who advertises. This title is often given to public prints.
1023	advertising	[.] ADVERTI'SING, ppr. [.] 1. Informing; giving notice; publishing notice. [.] 2. a. Furnishing advertisements; as, advertising customers. [.] 3. In the sense of monitory, or active in giving intelligence, as used by Shakespeare. [Not now used.]
1024	advice	[.] ADVI'CE, n. [L. viso, to see, to visit.] [.] 1. Counsel; an opinion recommended, or offered, as worthy to be followed. [.] What advice give ye? 2Ch. 10. [.] With good advice make war. Prov. 20. [.] We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct. [.] 2. ...
1025	advisable	[.] ADVI'SABLE, a. [See Advise.] [.] 1. Proper to be advised; prudent; expedient; proper to be done or practiced. [.] It is not advisable to proceed, at this time, to a choice of officers. [.] 2. Open to advice.
1026	advisableness	[.] ADVI'SABLENESS, n. The quality of being advisable or expedient.
1027	advise	[.] ADVI'SE, v.t. s as z. [See Advice.] [.] 1. To give counsel to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; as, I advise you to be cautious of speculation. [.] 2. To give information; to communicate notice; to make acquainted with; followed by ...
1028	advised	[.] ADVI'SED, pp. [.] 1. Informed; counseled; also cautious; prudent; acting with deliberation. [.] Let him be advised in his answers. [.] With the well advised is wisdom. Prov. 13. [.] 2. Done, formed, or taken with advice or deliberation; intended; as, an ...
1029	advisedly	[.] ADVI'SEDLY, adv. With deliberation or advice; heedfully; purposely; by design; as, an enterprize advisedly undertaken.
1030	advisedness	[.] ADVI'SEDNESS, n. Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure.
1031	advisement	[.] ADVI'SEMENT, n. [.] 1. Counsel; information; circumspection. [.] 2. Consultation. [.] The action standing continued nisi for advisement.
1032	adviser	[.] ADVI'SER, n. One who gives advice or admonition; also, in a bad sense, one who instigates or persuades.
1033	advising	[.] ADVI'SING, ppr. Giving counsel.
1034	advisory	[.] ADVI'SORY, a. [.] 1. Having power to advise. [.] The general association has a general advisory superintendence over all the ministers and churches. [.] 2. Containing advice; as, their opinion is merely advisory.
1035	advocacy	[.] AD'VOCACY, n. [.] 1. The act of pleading for; intercession. [.] 2. Judicial pleading; law-suit.
1036	advocate	[.] AD'VOCATE, n. [L. advocatus, from advoco, to call for, to plead for; of ad and voco, to call. See Vocal.] [.] 1. Advocate, in its primary sense, signifies, one who pleads the cause of another in a court of civil law. Hence, [.] 2. One who pleads the cause of ...
1037	advocated	[.] AD'VOCATED, pp. Defended by argument; vindicated.
1038	advocatess	[.] AD'VOCATESS, n. A female advocate.
1039	advocating	[.] AD'VOCATING, ppr. Supporting by reasons; defending; maintaining.
1040	advocation	...
1041	advoutress	[.] ADVOU'TRESS, n. An adulteress.
1042	advoutry	[.] ADVOU'TRY, n. Adultery. [Little used.]
1043	advowee	[.] ADVOWEE', n. [.] 1. He that has the right of advowson. [.] 2. The advocate of a church or religious house.
1044	advowson	[.] ADVOW'SON, n. s as z. [The word was latinized, advocatio, from advoco, and avow is from advoco.] [.] In English law, a right of presentation to a vacant benefice; or in other words, a right of nominating a person to officiate in a vacant church. The name is derived ...
1045	advoyer	[.] ADVOY'ER, or Avoy'er, A chief magistrate of a town or canton in Switzerland.
1046	ady	[.] A'DY, n. The abanga, or Thernel's restorative; a species of Palm tree, in the West Indies, tall, upright, without branches, with a thick branching head, which furnishes a juice of which the natives make a drink by fermentation.
1047	adz	[.] ADZ, n. An iron instrument with an arching edge, across the line of the handle, and ground from a base on its inside to the outer edge; used for chipping a horizontal surface of timber. [.]
1048	ae	[.] AE, a diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. In derivatives from the learned languages, it is mostly superseded by e, and convenience seems to require it to be wholly rejected in anglicized words. For such words as may be found with this ...
1049	aed	[.] AED, ed, ead, syllables found in names from the Saxon, signify happy; as, Eadric, happy kingdom; Eadrig, happy victory; Edward prosperous watch; Edgar, successful weapon.
1050	aedile	[.] AE'DILE, n. [Lat.] In ancient Rome, an officer or magistrate, who had the care of the public buildings, [ades,] streets, highways, public spectacles, &c.
1051	aegilops	[.] AE'GILOPS, n. [Gr. a goat and the eye.] [.] A tumor in the corner of the eye, and a plant so called.
1052	aegis	[.] AE'GIS, n. [Gr. a goat skin, and shield; from a goat.] [.] A shield, or defensive armor.
1053	ael	[.] AEL, Eng. all, are seen in many names; as, in AElfred, Alfred, all peace; AElwin, all conqueror.
1054	aelf	[.] AELF, seems to be one form of help, but more generally written elph or ulph; as, in AElfwin, victorious aid; AEthelwulph, illustrious help.
1055	aeolist	[.] AE'OLIST, n. [L. AEolus.] [.] A pretender to inspiration.
1056	aerate	[.] A'ERATE, v.t. [See Air.] To combine with carbonic acid, formerly called fixed air. [The word has been discarded from modern chimistry.]
1057	aerated	[.] A'ERATED, pp. Combined with carbonic acid.
1058	aerating	[.] A'ERATING, ppr. Combining with carbonic acid.
1059	aeration	[.] AERA'TION, n. The act or operation of combining with carbonic acid.
1060	aerial	[.] AE'RIAL, a. [L. aerius. See Air.] [.] 1. Belonging to the air, or atmosphere; as, aerial regions. [.] 2. Consisting of air; partaking of the nature of air; as, aerial particles. [.] 3. Produced by air; as, aerial honey. [.] 4. Inhabiting or frequenting ...
1061	aerians	[.] AE'RIANS, n. In church history, a branch of Arians, so called from Aerius, who maintained, that there is no difference between bishops and priests.
1062	aerie	[.] A'ERIE, n. The nest of a fowl, as of an eagle or hawk; a covey of birds.
1063	aerification	[.] AERIFICA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of combining air with; the state of being filled with air. [.] 2. The act of becoming air or of changing into an aeriform state, as substances which are converted from a liquid or solid form into gas or an elastic vapor; the state ...
1064	aerified	[.] A'ERIFIED, pp. Having air infused, or combined with.
1065	aeriform	[.] A'ERIFORM, a. [L. aer, air, and forma, form.] [.] Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic, invisible fluid. The gases are aeriform fluids.
1066	aerify	[.] A'ERIFY, v.t. To infuse air into; to fill with air, or to combine air with.
1067	aerography	[.] AEROG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. air, and to describe.] [.] A description of the air or atmosphere; but aerology is chiefly used.
1068	aerolite	[.] A'EROLITE, n. [Gr. air, and a stone.] [.] A stone falling from the air, or atmospheric regions; a meteoric stone.
1069	aerological	[.] AEROLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to aerology.
1070	aerologist	[.] AEROL'OGIST, n. One who is versed in aerology.
1071	aerology	[.] AEROL'OGY, n [Gr. air, and description.] [.] A description of the air; that branch of philosophy which treats of the air, its constituent parts, properties, and phenomena.
1072	aeromancy	[.] A'EROMANCY, n. [Gr. divination.] [.] Divination by means of the air and winds. [Little used.]
1073	aerometer	[.] AEROM'ETER, n. [Gr. air, and measure.] [.] An instrument for weighing air, or for ascertaining the mean bulk of gases.
1074	aerometry	[.] AEROM'ETRY, n. [as above.] The science of measuring the air, including the doctrine of its pressure, elasticity, rarefaction, and condensation. [.] Rather, aerometry is the art or science of ascertaining the mean bulk of the gases.
1075	aeronaut	[.] A'ERONAUT, n. [Gr. a sailor, from a ship.] [.] One who sails or floats in the air; an aerial navigator; applied to persons who ascent in air balloons.
1076	aeronautic	[.] AERONAUT'IC, a. Sailing or floating in the air; pertaining to aerial sailing.
1077	aeronautics	[.] AERONAUT'ICS, n. The doctrine, science, or art of sailing in the air, by means of a balloon.
1078	aeronautism	[.] A'ERONAUTISM, n. The practice of ascending and floating in the atmosphere, in balloons.
1079	aeroscopy	[.] AEROS'COPY, n. [Gr to see.] The observation of the air. [Little used.]
1080	aerostat	[.] A'EROSTAT, n. [Gr. sustaining, from to stand.] [.] A machine or vessel sustaining weights in the air; a name given to air balloons.
1081	aerostatic	[.] AEROSTAT'IC, a. Suspending in air; pertaining to the art of aerial navigation.
1082	aerostation	[.] AEROSTA'TION, n. [.] 1. Aerial navigation; the science of raising, suspending, and guiding machines in the air, or of ascending in air balloons. [.] 2. The science of weighing air.
1083	aery-light	[.] A'ERY-LIGHT, in Milton, light as air; used for airy light.
1084	aethel	[.] ATHEL, ADEL or AETHEL, nobel of illustrious birth.
1085	afar	[.] AF'AR, adv. [a and far. See Far.] [.] 1. At a distance in place; to or from a distance; used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off. [.] 2. In scripture, figuratively, estranged in affection; alienated. [.] My ...
1086	afeard	[.] AFE'ARD, a. Afeard is the participle passive. See Fear.] [.] Afraid; affected with fear or apprehension, in a more moderate degree than is expressed by terrified. It is followed by of, but no longer used in books, and even in popular use, is deemed vulgar.
1087	affa	[.] AF'FA, n. A weight used on the Guinea coast, equal to an ounce. The half of it is call eggeba.
1088	affability	[.] AFFABIL'ITY, n. [See Affable.] The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; civility and courteousness, in receiving others, and in conversation; condescension in manners. Affability of countenance is that mildness of aspect, which invites to free social ...
1089	affable	[.] AF'FABLE, a. [L. affabilis, of ad and fabulor. See Fable.] [.] 1. Easy of conversation; admitting others to free conversation without reserve; courteous; complaisant; of easy manners; condescending; usually applied to superiors; as an affable prince. [.] 2. ...
1090	affableness	[.] AF'FABLENESS, n. Affability.
1091	affably	[.] AF'FABLY, adv. In an affable manner; courteously; invitingly.
1092	affair	[.] AFFA'IR, n. [L. facere. The primary sense of facio is to urge, drive, impel.] [.] 1. Business of any kind; that which is done, or is to be done; a word of very indefinite and undefinable signification. In the plural, it denotes transactions in general; as human ...
1093	affect	[.] AFFECT', v.t. [L. afficio, affectum, of ad and facio, to make; affecto, to desire, from the same room. Affect is to make to, or upon to press upon.] [.] 1. To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon; as, cold affects the body; loss affects our interests. [.] 2. ...
1094	affectation	[.] AFFECTA'TION, n. [L. affectatio.] [.] 1. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false pretense; artificial appearance, or show; as, an affectation of wit, or of virtue. [.] 2. Fondness; affection. [Not used.]
1095	affected	[.] AFFECT'ED, pp. [.] 1. Impressed; moved, or touched, either in person or in interest; having suffered some change by external force, loss, danger, and the like; as, we are more or less affected by the failure of the bank. [.] 2. Touched in the feelings; having ...
1096	affectedly	[.] AFFECT'EDLY, adv. In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality; formally; studiously; unnaturally; as, to walk affectedly; affectedly civil.
1097	affectedness	[.] AFFECT'EDNESS, n. The quality of being affected; affectation.
1098	affecter	[.] AFFECT'ER, n. One that affects; one that practices affectation.
1099	affecting	[.] AFFECT'ING, ppr. [.] 1. Impressing; having an effect on; touching the feelings; moving the passions; attempting a false show; greatly desiring; aspiring to possess. [.] 2. a. Having power to excite, or move the passions; tending to move the affections; pathetic; ...
1100	affectingly	[.] AFFECT'INGLY, adv. In an affecting manner; in a manner to excite emotions.
1101	affection	[.] AFFEC'TION, n. [.] 1. The state of being affected. [Little used.] [.] 2. Passion; but more generally, [.] 3. A bent of mind towards a particular object, holding a middle place between disposition, which is natural, and passion, which is excited by the presence ...
1102	affectionate	[.] AFFEC'TIONATE, a. [.] 1. Having great love, or affection; fond; as, an affectionate brother. [.] 2. Warm in affection; zealous. [.] Man, in his love to God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate. [.] 3. Proceeding from affection; indicating ...
1103	affectionately	[.] AFFEC'TIONATELY, adv. With affection; fondly; tenderly; kindly. 1Thes. 2.
1104	affectionateness	[.] AFFEC'TIONATENESS, n. Fondness; goodwill; affection.
1105	affectioned	[.] AFFEC'TIONED, a. [.] 1. Disposed; having an affection of heart. [.] Be ye kindly affectioned one to another. Rom 12. [.] 2. Affected; conceited. Obs.
1106	affective	[.] AFFECT'IVE, a. That affects, or excites emotion; suited to affect. [Little used.]
1107	affectively	[.] AFFECT'IVELY, adv. In an affective or impressive manner.
1108	affector	[.] AFFECT'OR
1109	affectuous	[.] AFFECT'UOUS, a. Full of passion. [Not used.]
1110	affeer	[.] AFFEE'R, v.t. To confirm. [Not used.] [.] AFFEE'R, v.t. [.] In law, to assess or reduce an arbitrary penalty or amercement to a precise sum; to reduce a general amercement to a sum certain, according to the circumstances of the case.
1111	affeered	[.] AFFEE'RED, pp. Moderated in sum; assessed; reduced to a certainty.
1112	affeerment	[.] AFFEE'RMENT, n. The act of affeering, or assessing an amercement, according to the circumstances of the case.
1113	affeeror	[.] AFFEE'ROR, n. One who affeers; a person sworn to assess a penalty, or reduce an uncertain penalty to a certainty.
1114	affettuoso	[.] AFFETTUO'SO, or con affetto, [L. affectus.] [.] In music, a direction to render notes soft and affecting.
1115	affiance	[.] AFFI'ANCE, n. [L. fido, fides.] [.] 1. The marriage contract or promise; faith pledged. [.] 2. Trust in general; confidence; reliance. [.] The Christian looks to God with implicit affiance. [.] AFFI'ANCE, v.t. [.] 1. To betroth; to pledge one's faith ...
1116	affianced	[.] AFFI'ANCED, pp. Pledged in marriage; betrothed; bound in faith.
1117	affiancer	[.] AFFI'ANCER, n. One who makes a contract of marriage between parties.
1118	affiancing	[.] AFFI'ANCING, ppr. Pledging in marriage; promising fidelity.
1119	affidavit	[.] AFFIDA'VIT, n. [An old law verb in the perfect tense; he made oath; from ad and fides, faith.] [.] A declaration upon oath. In the United States, more generally, a declaration in writing, signed by the party, and sworn to, before an authorized magistrate.
1120	affied	[.] AFFI'ED, a. or part. Joined by contract; affianced. [Not used.]
1121	affile	[.] AFFI'LE, v.t. To polish. [Not used.]
1122	affiliate	[.] AFFIL'IATE, v.t. [L. ad and filius, a son.] [.] 1. To adopt; to receive into a family as a son. [.] 2. To receive into a society as a member, and initiate in its mysteries, plans, or intrigues - a sense in which the word was much used by the Jacobins in France, ...
1123	affiliation	[.] AFFILIA'TION, n. Adoption; association in the same family or society.
1124	affinity	[.] AFFIN'ITY, n. [L. affinitas, from affinis, adjacent, related by marriage; ad and finis, end.] [.] 1. The relation contracted by marriage, between a husband and his wife's kindred, and between a wife and her husband's kindred; in contradistinction from consanguinity ...
1125	affirm	[.] AFFIRM, v.t. afferm' [L. affirmo; ad and firmo, to make firm. See Firm.] [.] 1. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to declare the existence of something; to maintain as true; opposed to deny. [.] Of one Jesus whom Paul affirmed to be alive. ...
1126	affirmable	[.] AFFIRM'ABLE, a. That may be asserted or declared; followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man. [.]
1127	affirmance	[.] AFFIRM'ANCE, n. [.] 1. Confirmation; ratification; as, the affirmance of a judgment; a statute in affirmance of common law. [.] 2. Declaration; affirmation. [Little used.]
1128	affirmant	[.] AFFIRM'ANT, n. One who affirms.
1129	affirmation	[.] AFFIRMA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of affirming or asserting as true; opposed to negation or denial. [.] 2. That which is asserted; position declared as true; averment. [.] 3. Confirmation; ratification; an establishing of what had been before done or decreed. [.] 4. ...
1130	affirmative	[.] AFFIRM'ATIVE, a. [.] 1. That affirms, or asserts; declaratory of what exists; opposed to negative; as, an affirmative proposition. [.] 2. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law. [.] 3. In algebra, positive; a term applied to numbers ...
1131	affirmatively	[.] AFFIRM'ATIVELY, adv. In an affirmative manner; positively; on the affirmative side of a question; opposed to negatively.
1132	affirmed	[.] AFFIRM'ED, pp. Declared; asserted; averred; confirmed; ratified.
1133	affirmer	[.] AFFIRM'ER, n. One who affirms.
1134	affirming	[.] AFFIRM'ING, ppr. Asserting; declaring positively; confirming.
1135	affix	[.] AFFIX', v.t. [L. affigo, affixum, of ad and figo, to fix. Eng. peg. See Fix.] [.] 1. To unite at the end; to subjoin, annex, or add at the close; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument. [.] 2. To attach, unite, or connect with, ...
1136	affixed	[.] AFFIX'ED, pp. United at the end; annexed; attached.
1137	affixing	[.] AFFIX'ING, ppr. Uniting at the end; subjoining; attaching.
1138	affixion	[.] AFFIX'ION, n. The act of uniting at the end, or state of being so united. [Little used.]
1139	affixture	[.] AFFIX'TURE, n. That which is affixed.
1140	afflation	[.] AFFLA'TION, n. [L. affle, afflatum, of ad and flo; Eng. blow. See Blow.] [.] A blowing or breathing on.
1141	afflatus	[.] AFFLA'TUS, n. [L.] [.] 1. A breath or blast of wind. [.] 2. Inspiration; communication of divine knowledge, or the power of prophesy.
1142	afflict	[.] AFFLICT', v.t. [L. affligo, afflicto, of ad and figo, to strike; eng. flog; Gr. to strike;, L. plaga, a stroke. Hence, eng. flail, g being suppressed; L. flagellum. See Flog.] [.] 1. To give to the body or mind pain which is continued or of some permanence; ...
1143	afflicted	[.] AFFLICT'ED, pp. Affected with continued or often repeated pain, either of body or mind; suffering grief or distress, of any kind; followed by at, by or with; as, afflicted at the loss of a child, by the rheumatism, or with losses.
1144	afflictedness	[.] AFFLICT'EDNESS, n. The state of being afflicted; but superseded by affliction.
1145	afflicter	[.] AFFLICT'ER, n. One who afflicts, or causes pain of body or of mind.
1146	afflicting	[.] AFFLICT'ING, ppr. Causing continued or durable pain of body or mind; grieving; distressing. [.] AFFLICT'ING, a. Grievous; distressing; as, an afflicting event.
1147	affliction	[.] AFFLIC'TION, n. [.] 1. The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief. [.] Some virtues are seen only in affliction. [.] 2. The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, calamity, adversity, persecution. [.] Many are ...
1148	afflictive	[.] AFFLICT'IVE, a. Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; painful; distressing.
1149	afflictively	[.] AFFLICT'IVELY, adv. In a manner to give pain or grief.
1150	affluence	...
1151	affluent	[.] AF'FLUENT, a. Flowing to; more generally, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches; abundant.
1152	affluently	[.] AF'FLUENTLY, adv. In abundance; abundantly.
1153	afflux	[.] AF'FLUX, n. [L. affluxum, from affluo. See Flow.] [.] The act of flowing to; a flowing to, or that which flows to; as, an afflux of blood to the head.
1154	affluxion	[.] AFFLUX'ION, n. The act of flowing to; that which flows to. [See Afflux.]
1155	afforage	[.] AF'FORAGE, n. [ad and force.] [.] In France, a duty paid to the lord of a district, for permission to sell wine or other liquors, within his seignory.
1156	afforcement	[.] AFFO'RCEMENT, n. [ad and force.] [.] In old charters, a fortress; a fortification for defense. Obs.
1157	afford	[.] AFFO'RD, v.t. [ad and the root of forth, further. The sense is to send forth. But I have not found this precise word in the exact sense of the English, in any other language.] [.] 1. To yield or produce as fruit, profit, issues, or result. Thus, the earth affords ...
1158	afforded	[.] AFFO'RDED, pp. Yielded as fruit, produce or result; sold without loss or with profit.
1159	affording	[.] AFFO'RDING, ppr. Yielding; producing; selling without loss; bearing expenses.
1160	afforest	[.] AFFOR'EST, v.t. [ad and forest.] [.] To convert ground into forest, as was done by the first Norman kings in England, for the purpose of affording them the pleasures of the chase.
1161	afforestation	[.] AFFORESTA'TION, n. The act of turning ground into forest or wood land.
1162	afforested	[.] AFFOR'ESTED, pp. Converted into forest.
1163	afforesting	[.] AFFOR'ESTING, ppr. Converting into forest.
1164	affranchisement	[.] AFFRAN'CHISEMENT,n. [See Franchise and disfranchise.] [.] The act of making free, or liberating from dependence or servitude. [Little used.]
1165	affrap	[.] AFFRAP', v.t. [Eng. rap.] To strike. Obs.
1166	affray	[.] AFFRA'Y,
1167	affrayment	[.] AFFRA'YMENT, n. [.] 1. In law, the fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray. [.] 2. In popular language, fray is used to express any fighting of two or more persons; ...
1168	affreight	[.] AFFREIGHT', v.t. affra'te. [See Freight.] [.] To hire a ship for the transportation of goods or freight.
1169	affreighted	[.] AFFREIGHT'ED, pp. Hired for transporting goods.
1170	affreighter	[.] AFFREIGHT'ER, n. The person who hires or charters a ship or other vessel to convey goods.
1171	affreightment	[.] AFFREIGHT'MENT, n. The act of hiring a ship for the transportation of goods.
1172	affret	[.] AFFRET', n. A furious onset, or attack. [Not used.]
1173	affriction	[.] AFFRIC'TION, n. The act of rubbing. [Not used.] [See Friction.]
1174	affriended	[.] AFFRIENDED, a. affrend'ed. Made friends; reconciled. Obs.
1175	affright	[.] AFFRI'GHT, v.t. affri'te. [See Fright.] [.] To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to terrify or alarm. It expresses a stronger impression than fear or apprehend, and perhaps less than terror. [.] AFFRI'GHT, n. Sudden or great fear; terror; also, the cause ...
1176	affrighted	[.] AFFRI'GHTED, pp. Suddenly alarmed with fear; terrified; followed by at or with, more generally by at; as, affrighted at the cry of fire.
1177	affrighter	[.] AFFRI'GHTER, n. One who frightens.
1178	affrightful	[.] AFFRI'GHTFUL, a. Terrifying; terrible; that may excite great fear; dreadful.
1179	affrighting	[.] AFFRI'GHTING, ppr. Impressing sudden fear; terrifying.
1180	affrightment	[.] AFFRI'GHTMENT, n. Affright; terror; the state of being frightened. [Rarely used.] [In common discourse, the use of this word, in all its forms, is superseded by fright, frighted, frightful.]
1181	affront	[.] AFFRONT', v.t. [L. frons, front, face.] [.] 1. Literally, to meet or encounter face to face, in a good or bad sense; as, [.] The seditious affronted the king's forces [.] [The foregoing sense is obsolete.] [.] 2. To offer abuse to the face; to insult, dare ...
1182	affronted	[.] AFFRONT'ED, pp. [.] 1. Opposed face to face; dared; defied; abused. [.] 2. In popular language, offended; slightly angry at ill treatment, by words or actions; displeased.
1183	affrontee	[.] AFFRONTEE', a. In heraldry, front to front; an epithet given to animals that face each other.
1184	affronter	[.] AFFRONT'ER, n. One that affronts.
1185	affronting	[.] AFFRONT'ING, ppr. Opposing face to face; defying; abusing; offering abuse, or any cause of displeasure. [.] AFFRONT'ING, a. Contumelious; abusive.
1186	affrontive	[.] AFFRONT'IVE, a. Giving offense; tending to offend; abusive.
1187	affrontiveness	[.] AFFRONT'IVENESS, n. The quality that gives offense. [Little used.]
1188	affuse	[.] AFFU'SE, v.t. s as z. [L. affundo, affusum, ad and fundo, to pour out. See Fuse.] [.] To pour upon; to sprinkle, as with a liquid.
1189	affused	[.] AFFU'SED, pp. Sprinkled with a liquid; sprinkled on; having a liquid poured upon.
1190	affusing	[.] AFFU'SING, ppr. Pouring upon, or sprinkling.
1191	affusion	[.] AFFU'SION, n. affu'zhun. The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid substance, as water upon a diseased body, or upon a child in baptism.
1192	affy	[.] AFFY', v.t. To betroth; to bind or join. [Not used.] [.] AFFY', v.t. To trust or confide in. [Not used.]
1193	afield	[.] AFIE'LD, adv. [a and field.] To the field.
1194	afire	[.] AFI'RE, adv. On fire.
1195	aflat	[.] AFLAT', adv. [a and flat.] Level with the ground.
1196	afloat	[.] AFLO'AT, adv. or a. [a and float.] [.] 1. Borne on the water; floating; swimming; as, the ship is afloat. [.] 2. Figuratively, moving; passing from place to place; as, a rumor is afloat. [.] 3. Unfixed; moving without guide or control; as, our affairs are ...
1197	afoot	[.] AFOOT', adv. [a or on and foot.] [.] 1. On foot; borne by the feet; opposed to riding. [.] 2. In action; in a state of being planned for execution; as, a design is afoot, or on foot.
1198	afore	[.] AFO'RE, adv. or prep. [a and fore.] [.] 1. In front. [.] 2. Between one object and another, so as to intercept a direct view or intercourse; as, to stand between a person and the light of a candle - a popular use of the word. [.] 3. Prior in time; before; ...
1199	aforegoing	[.] AFO'REGOING, a. Going before. [See Foregoing, which is chiefly used.]
1200	aforehand	[.] AFO'REHAND, adv. [afore and hand.] [.] 1. In time previous; by previous provision; as, he is ready aforehand. [.] She is come aforehand to anoint my body. Mark 14. [.] 2. a. Prepared; previously provided; as, to be aforehand in business. Hence in popular ...
1201	aforementioned	[.] AFO'REMENTIONED, a. [afore and mention.] [.] Mentioned before in the same writing or discourse.
1202	aforenamed	[.] AFO'RENAMED, a. [afore and name.] Named before.
1203	aforesaid	[.] AFO'RESAID, a. [afore and say.] Said or recited before, or in a proceeding part.
1204	aforetime	[.] AFO'RETIME, adv. [afore and time.] In time past; in a former time.
1205	afoul	[.] AFOUL', adv. or a. [a and foul.] Not free; entangled.
1206	afraid	[.] AFRA'ID, a. [The participle of affray.] [.] Impressed with fear or apprehension; fearful. This word expresses a less degree of fear than terrified or frightened. It is followed by of before the object of fear; as, to be afraid of death. [.] Joseph was afraid ...
1207	afresh	[.] AFRESH', adv. [a and fresh.] Anew; again; recently; after intermission. [.] They crucify the son of God afresh. Heb. 6.
1208	afric	[.] AF'RIC,
1209	africa	[.] AF'RICA, n. [L. a neg. and frigus, cold.] [.] One of the four quarters or largest divisions of the globe; a continent separated from Europe by the Mediterranean sea.
1210	african	[.] AF'RICAN, a. Pertaining to Africa. [.] AF'RICAN, n. A native of Africa. [.] This name is given also to the African marygold.
1211	afront	[.] AFRONT', adv. In front.
1212	aft	[.] 'AFT, a. or adv. [.] In seaman's language, a word used to denote the stern or what pertains to the stern of a ship; as, the aft part of the ship; haul aft the main sheet, that is, further towards the stern. Fore and aft is the whole length of a ship. Right aft is ...
1213	after	[.] 'AFTER, a. [The comparative degree of aft. But is some Teutonic dialects it is written with g.] [.] 1. In marine language, more aft, or towards the stern of the ship; as, the after sails; after hatchway. [.] 2. In common language, later in time; as, an after ...
1214	after-account	[.] 'AFTER-ACCOUNT, n. A subsequent reckoning.
1215	after-act	[.] 'AFTER-ACT, n. A subsequent act.
1216	after-ages	[.] 'AFTER-AGES, n. Later ages; succeeding times. After-age, in the singular, is not improper.
1217	after-band	[.] 'AFTER-BAND, n. A future band.
1218	after-birth	[.] 'AFTER-BIRTH, n. The appendages of the fetus, called also secundines.
1219	after-clap	[.] 'AFTER-CLAP, n. An unexpected, subsequent event; something happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.
1220	after-comer	[.] 'AFTER-COMER, n. A successor.
1221	after-comfort	[.] 'AFTER-COMFORT, n. Future comfort
1222	after-conduct	[.] 'AFTER-CONDUCT, n. Subsequent behavior.
1223	after-conviction	[.] 'AFTER-CONVIC'TION, n Future conviction.
1224	after-cost	[.] 'AFTER-COST, n. Later cost; expense after the execution of the main design.
1225	after-course	[.] 'AFTER-COURSE, n. Future course.
1226	after-crop	[.] 'AFTER-CROP, n. The second crop in the same year.
1227	after-days	[.] 'AFTER-DAYS, n. Future days.
1228	after-eatage	[.] 'AFTER-EATAGE, n. Part of the increase of the same year. [Local.]
1229	after-endeavor	[.] 'AFTER-ENDEAV'OR, n. An endeavor after the first or former effort.
1230	after-game	[.] 'AFTER-GAME, n. A subsequent scheme, or expedient.
1231	after-guard	[.] 'AFTER-GUARD, n. The seaman stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after sails.
1232	after-hope	[.] 'AFTER-HOPE, n. Future hope.
1233	after-hours	[.] 'AFTER-HOURS, n. Hours that follow; time following.
1234	after-ignorance	[.] 'AFTER-IGNORANCE, n. Subsequent ignorance.
1235	after-king	[.] 'AFTER-KING, n. A succeeding king.
1236	after-life	[.] 'AFTER-LIFE, n. [.] 1. Future life or the life after this. [.] 2. A later period of life; subsequent life.
1237	after-liver	[.] 'AFTER-LIVER, n. One who lives in succeeding times.
1238	after-love	[.] 'AFTER-LOVE, n. The second or later love.
1239	after-malice	[.] 'AFTER-MALICE, n. Succeeding malice.
1240	after-math	[.] 'AFTER-MATH, n. [after and math. See Mow.] [.] A second crop of grass, in the same season; rowen.
1241	after-most	[.] 'AFTER-MOST, a. Superl. In marine language, nearest the stern, opposed to foremost; also hindmost.
1242	after-noon	[.] 'AFTER-NOON', n. The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.
1243	after-pains	[.] 'AFTER-PAINS, n. The pains which succeed child birth.
1244	after-part	[.] 'AFTER-PART, n. The latter part. In marine language, the part of a ship towards the stern.
1245	after-piece	[.] 'AFTER-PIECE, n. A piece performed after a play; a farce or other entertainment.
1246	after-proof	[.] 'AFTER-PROOF, n. Subsequent proof or evidence; qualities known by subsequent experience.
1247	after-repentance	[.] 'AFTER-REPENT'ANCE, n. Subsequent repentance.
1248	after-report	[.] 'AFTER-REPORT, n. Subsequent report, or information.
1249	after-sails	[.] 'AFTER-SAILS, n. The sails on the mizzenmast and stays, between the main and mizzen-masts.
1250	after-state	[.] 'AFTER-STATE, n. The future state.
1251	after-sting	[.] 'AFTER-STING, n. Subsequent sting.
1252	after-storm	[.] 'AFTER-STORM, n. A succeeding or future storm.
1253	after-supper	[.] 'AFTER-SUPPER, n. The time between supper and going to bed.
1254	after-swarm	[.] 'AFTER-SWARM, n. A swarm of bees which leaves the hive after the first.
1255	after-taste	[.] 'AFTER-TASTE, n. A taste which succeeds eating and drinking.
1256	after-thought	[.] 'AFTER-THOUGHT, n. [See Thought.] Reflections after an act; later thought, or expedient occurring too late.
1257	after-times	[.] 'AFTER-TIMES, n. Succeeding times. It may be used in the singular.
1258	after-tossing	[.] 'AFTER-TOSSING, n. The swell or agitation of the sea after a storm.
1259	after-wise	[.] 'AFTER-WISE, a. Wise afterwards or too late.
1260	after-wit	[.] 'AFTER-WIT, n. Subsequent wit; wisdom that comes too late.
1261	after-wrath	[.] 'AFTER-WRATH, n. Later wrath; anger after the provocation has ceased.
1262	after-writer	[.] 'AFTER-WRITER, n. A succeeding writer.
1263	afterward	[.] 'AFTERWARD, or 'AFTERWARDS, adv. [See Ward.] In later or subsequent time.
1264	afterwards	[.] 'AFTERWARD, or 'AFTERWARDS, adv. [See Ward.] In later or subsequent time.
1265	aga	[.] AGA, n. In the Turkish dominions, a commander or chief officer. The title is given to various chief officers, whether civil or military. It is also given to great land holders, and to the eunuchs of the Sultan's seraglio.
1266	again	[.] AGAIN, adv. agen'. [L. con, whence contra;] [.] 1. A second time; once more. [.] I will not again curse the ground. Gen 8. [.] 2. It notes something further, or additional to one or more particulars. [.] For to which of the angels said he at any time, thou ...
1267	against	[.] AGAINST, prep. agenst'. [.] 1. In opposition; noting enmity or disapprobation. [.] His hand will be against every man. Gen. 16. [.] I am against your pillows. Ez. 8. [.] 2. In opposition, noting contrariety, contradiction, or repugnance; as, a decree against ...
1268	agalloch	[.] AG'ALLOCH,
1269	agallochum	[.] AGAL'LOCHUM, n. [Of oriental origin.] [.] Aloes-wood, the product of a tree growing in China, and some of the Indian isles. There are three varieties, the calambac, the common lignum aloes, and the calambour. The first variety is light and porous, and so filled with ...
1270	agalmatolite	[.] AGALMAT'OLITE,n. [Gr. image, and stone.] [.] A name given by Klaproth to two varieties of the pierre de lard, lard stone, of China. It contains no magnesia, but otherwise has the characters of talck. It is called in German, bildstein, figure-stone, and by Brongniart, ...
1271	agape	[.] AG'APE, adv. or a. [a and gape. See Gape.] [.] Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention; having the mouth wide open. [.] AG'APE, n. ag'apy. [Gr. Love.] [.] Among the primitive christians, a love feast or feast of charity, held before or after ...
1272	agaric	[.] AG'ARIC, n. [Gr.] [.] In botany, mushroom, a genus of funguses, containing numerous species. Mushrooms grow on trees, or spring from the earth; of the latter species some are valued as articles of food; others are poisonous. The name was originally given to a fungus ...
1273	agast	[.] AG'AST or AGH'AST, a [.] Struck with terror, or astonishment; amazed; struck silent with horror. [.] With shuddering horror pale and eyes agast.
1274	agate	[.] AGA'TE, adv. [a and gate.] On the way; going. Obs.
1275	agatine	[.] AG'ATINE, a. Pretaining to agate. [.] AG'ATINE, n. A genus of shells, oval or oblong.
1276	agatized	[.] AG'ATIZED, a. Having the colored lines and figures of agate. [.] Agatized wood, a substance apparently produced by the petrifaction of wood; a species of hornstone.
1277	agaty	[.] AG'ATY, a. Of the nature of agate.
1278	agave	[.] AGA'VE, n. [Gr. admirable.] [.] 1. The American aloe. The great aloe rises twenty feet, and its branches form a sort of pyramid at the top. [.] 2. A genus of univalvular shells.
1279	agaze	[.] AGA'ZE, v.t. [from gaze.] To strike with amazement. Obs.
1280	agazed	[.] AGA'ZED, pp. Struck with amazement. [Not in use.]
1281	age	[.] AGE, n. [L. aetas,or aevum. But these are undoubtedly contracted words.] [.] 1. The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; as, the usual age of man is seventy years; the age of a horse may be twenty or thirty years; the age of a tree ...
1282	aged	[.] A'GED, a. [.] 1. Old; having lived long; having lived almost the usual time allotted to that species of being; applied to animals or plants; as, an aged man, or an aged oak. [.] 2. Having a certain age; having lived; as, a man aged forty years. [.] A'GED, ...
1283	agen	[.] AGEN', for again. Obs.
1284	agency	[.] A'GENCY, n. [L. agens. See Act.] [.] 1. The quality of moving or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; operation; instrumentality; as, the agency of providence in the natural world. [.] 2. The office of an agent, or factor; business of an ...
1285	agenda	[.] AGEND'A, n. [L. things to be done.] [.] A memorandum-book; the service or office of a church; a ritual or liturgy.
1286	agent	[.] A'GENT, a. Acting; opposed to patient, or sustaining action; as, the body agent. [Little used.] [.] A'GENT, n. [.] 1. An actor; one that exerts power, or has the power to act; as, a moral agent. [.] 2. An active power or cause; that which has the power ...
1287	agentship	[.] A'GENTSHIP, n. The office of an agent. [Not used.] We now use agency.
1288	aggelation	[.] AGGELA'TION, n. [L. gelu.] Concretion of a fluid. [Not used.]
1289	aggeneration	[.] AGGENERA'TION, n. [L. ad and generatio.] The state of growing to another. [Not used.]
1290	agger	[.] AG'GER, n. [L.] A fortress, or mound. [Not used.]
1291	aggerate	[.] AG'GERATE, v.t. [L. aggero.] To heap. [Not used.]
1292	aggeration	[.] AGGERA'TION, n. A heaping; accumulation; as, "aggerations of sand."
1293	agglomerate	...
1294	agglomerated	[.] AGGLOM'ERATED, pp. Wound or collected into a ball.
1295	agglomerating	[.] AGGLOM'ERATING, ppr. Winding into a ball; gathering into a lump.
1296	agglomeration	[.] AGGLOMERA'TION, n. The act of winding into a ball; the state of being gathered into a ball or mass.
1297	agglutinant	[.] AGGLU'TINANT, n. Any viscous substance which unites other substances, by causing an adhesion; any application which tends to unite parts which have too little adhesion. [.] AGGLU'TINANT, a. Uniting as glue; tending to cause adhesion.
1298	agglutinate	[.] AGGLU'TINATE, v.t. [Lat. agglutino, ad and glutino, from gluten. Eng. glue. See Glue.] [.] To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
1299	agglutinated	[.] AGGLU'TINATED, pp. Glued together; united by a viscous substance.
1300	agglutinating	[.] AGGLU'TINATING, ppr. Gluing together; united by causing adhesion.
1301	agglutination	[.] AGGLUTINA'TION, n. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united.
1302	agglutinative	[.] AGGLU'TINATIVE, a. That tends to unite, or has power to cause adhesion.
1303	aggrace	[.] AGGRA'CE, v.t. To favor. [Not used.] [.] AGGRA'CE, n. Kindness; favor. [Not used.]
1304	aggrandization	[.] AGGRANDIZA'TION, n. The act of aggrandizing. [Not used.]
1305	aggrandize	[.] AG'GRANDIZE, v.t. [L. ad and grandis. See Grand.] [.] 1. To make great or greater in power, rank or honor; to exalt, as, to aggrandize a family. [.] 2. To enlarge, applied to things; as, to aggrandize our conceptions. It seems to be never applied to the bulk ...
1306	aggrandized	[.] AG'GRANDIZED, pp. Made great or greater; exalted; enlarged.
1307	aggrandizement	[.] AGGRAND'IZEMENT, n. The act of aggrandizing; the state of being exalted in power, rank or honor; exaltation; enlargement. [.] The Emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.
1308	aggrandizer	[.] AG'GRANDIZER, n. One that aggrandizes or exalts in power, rank or honor.
1309	aggrandizing	[.] AG'GRANDIZING, ppr. Making great; exalting; enlarging.
1310	aggrate	[.] AGGRA'TE, v.t. To please. [Not used.]
1311	aggravate	[.] AG'GRAVATE, v.t. [L. aggravo, of ad and gravis, heavy. See Grave, Gravity.] [.] 1. To make heavy, but not used in this literal sense. Figuratively, to make worse, more severe, or less tolerable; as, to aggravate the evils of life; to aggravate pain or punishment. [.] 2. ...
1312	aggravated	[.] AG'GRAVATED, pp. Increased, in severity or enormity; made worse; exaggerated.
1313	aggravating	[.] AG'GRAVATING, ppr. Increasing in severity, enormity, or degree, as evils, misfortunes, pain, punishment, crimes, guilt, &c.; exaggerating.
1314	aggravation	[.] AGGRAVA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of making worse, used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing severity or hainousness; addition to that which is evil or improper; as, an aggravation of pain or grief. [.] 2. Exaggerated representation, or heightened ...
1315	aggregate	[.] AG'GREGATE, v.t [L. aggrego, to collect in troops, of ad and grex, a herd or band. See Gregarious.] [.] To bring together; to collect particulars into a sum, mass or body. [.] AG'GREGATE, a. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; as, ...
1316	aggregated	[.] AG'GREGATED, pp. Collected into a sum, mass or system.
1317	aggregately	[.] AG'GREGATELY, adv. Collectively; taken in a sum or mass.
1318	aggregating	[.] AG'GREGATING, ppr. Collecting into a sum or mass.
1319	aggregation	[.] AGGREGA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of aggregating; the state of being collected into a sum or mass; a collection of particulars; an aggregate. [.] 2. In chimistry, the affinity of aggregation, is the power which causes homogeneous bodies to tend towards each other, ...
1320	aggregative	[.] AG'GREGATIVE, a. Taken together; collective.
1321	aggregator	[.] AG'GREGATOR, n. He that collects into a whole or mass.
1322	aggress	[.] AGGRESS', v.i. [L. aggredior, aggressus, of ad and gradior, to go. See Grade.] [.] To make a first attack; to commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to assault first or invade.
1323	aggressing	[.] AGGRESS'ING, ppr. Commencing hostility first; making the first attack.
1324	aggression	[.] AGGRESS'ION, n. The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to war or controversy.
1325	aggressive	[.] AGGRESS'IVE, a. Tending to aggress; making the first attack.
1326	aggressor	[.] AGGRESS'OR, n. The person who first attacks; he who first commences hostility or a quarrel; an assaulter; an invader. [.] The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned to the tameness of the sufferer.
1327	aggrievance	[.] AGGRIE'VANCE, n. See Aggrieve.] Oppression; hardship; injury. But grievance is more generally used.
1328	aggrieve	[.] AGGRIE'VE, v.t. [of ad and grieve from grief. See Grief and Grave.] [.] 1. To give pain or sorrow; to afflict. In this sense, it is nearly superseded by grieve. [.] 2. To bear hard upon; to oppress or injure, in one's rights; to vex or harass by civil or political ...
1329	aggrieved	[.] AGGRIE'VED, pp. Pained; afflicted, civilly or politically oppressed.
1330	aggrieving	[.] AGGRIE'VING, ppr. Afflicting; imposing hardships on; oppressing.
1331	aggroop	[.] AGGROOP, v.t. [See Group.] [.] To bring together; to group; to collect many persons in a crowd, or many figures into a whole, either in statuary, painting or description.
1332	aggrooped	[.] AGGROOP'ED, pp. Collected into a group or assemblage.
1333	aggroup	[.] AGGROUP',
1334	aggrouped	[.] AGGROUP'ED,
1335	aghast	[.] AGH'AST, or more correctly AGHAST, a or adv. [Perhaps the participle of agaze; otherwise from the root of ghastly and ghost.] [.] Struck with amazement; stupefied with sudden fright or horror.
1336	agile	[.] AG'ILE, a. [L. agilis, from ago. See Act.] [.] Nimble; having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; brisk; active. [.] And bending forward, stuck his agile heels.
1337	agileness	[.] AG'ILENESS, n. Nimbleness; activity; the faculty of moving the limbs quickly; agility.
1338	agility	[.] AGIL'ITY, n. [L. agilitas.] [.] The power of moving the limbs quickly; nimbleness; briskness; activity; quickness of motion.
1339	agio	[.] A'GIO, n. [.] 1. In commerce, the difference between bank notes and current coin. In Holland, the agio is three or four per cent; in Rome, from fifteen to twenty five per cent; in Venice, twenty per cent: but the agio is subject to variation. [.] 2. Premium; ...
1340	agist	[.] AGIST', v.t. [.] In law, to take the cattle of others to graze, at a certain sum; to feed or pasture the cattle of others; used originally for the feeding of cattle in the king's forest.
1341	agistator	[.] AGIST'OR, or AGISTA'TOR n. An officer of the king's forest, who has the care of cattle agisted, and collects the money for the same; hence called gist-taker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker.
1342	agistment	[.] AGIST'MENT, n. The taking and feeding other men's cattle in the king's forest, or on one's own land; also, the price paid for such feeding. it denotes also a burden, charge or tax. [In canon law, a modus, or composition.
1343	agistor	[.] AGIST'OR, or AGISTA'TOR n. An officer of the king's forest, who has the care of cattle agisted, and collects the money for the same; hence called gist-taker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker.
1344	agitable	[.] AG'ITABLE, a. [See Agitate.] That may be agitated, shaken or discussed.
1345	agitate	[.] AG'ITATE, v.t. [L. agito, from ago. See Act.] [.] 1. To stir violently; to move back and forth with a quick motion; to shake or move briskly; as, to agitate water in a vessel. [.] 2. To move or force into violent irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea. [.] 3. ...
1346	agitated	[.] AG'ITATED, pp. Tossed from side to side; shaken; moved violently and irregularly; disturbed; discussed; considered.
1347	agitating	[.] AG'ITATING, ppr. Shaking; moving with violence; disturbing; disputing; contriving.
1348	agitation	[.] AGITA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of shaking; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation. [.] 2. Disturbance of tranquility in the mind; perturbation; excitement of passion. [.] 3. Discussion; ...
1349	agitato	[.] AGITA'TO, in music, denotes a broken style of performance, adapted to awaken surprise or perturbation.
1350	agitator	[.] AG'ITATOR, n. One who agitates; also, an insurgent; one who excites sedition or revolt. In antiquity, a charioteer, that is, a driver. In Cromwell's time, certain officers appointed by the army to manage their concerns, were called agitators.
1351	aglet	[.] AG'LET,
1352	aglet-baby	[.] AG'LET-BABY, n. A small image on the top of a lace.
1353	agminal	[.] AG'MINAL, a. [L. agmen, a troop or body of men arrayed from ago.] Pertaining to an army or troop. [Little used.]
1354	agnail	[.] AG'NAIL, n. [ad and nail. See Nail.] [.] A disease of the nail; a whitlow; an inflammation round the nail.
1355	agnate	[.] AG'NATE, a. [L. agnatus.] Related or akin by the father's side. [.] AG'NATE, n. [L. agnatus, adnascor, of ad and nascor, to be born. See Nature.] Any male relation by the father's side.
1356	agnatic	[.] AGNAT'IC, a. Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors.
1357	agnation	[.] AGNA'TION, n. Relation by the father's side only, or descent in the male line, distinct from cognation, which includes descent in the male and female lines.
1358	agnel	[.] AG'NEL, n. [From agnus, a lamb, the figure struck on the coin.] [.] An ancient French coin, value twelve sols, six deniers. It was called also mouton d'or and agnel d'or.
1359	agnition	[.] AGNI'TION, n. [L. agnitio, agnosco.] Acknowledgment. [Little used.]
1360	agnize	[.] AGNI'ZE, v.t. To acknowledge. [Not in use.]
1361	agnominate	[.] AGNOM'INATE, v.t. [L. agnomino; ad and nomino, nomen, name.] [.] To name. [Little used.]
1362	agnomination	[.] AGNOMINA'TION, n. [L. agnomen, a surname, of ad and nomen. See Name.] [.] 1. An additional name, or title; a name added to another, as expressive of some act, achievement, &c.; a surname. [.] 2. Allusion of one word to another by sound.
1363	ago	[.] AGO', adv. or a. [See Go.] Past; gone; as a year ago.
1364	agog	[.] AGOG', adv. [.] In a state of desire; highly excited by eagerness after an object. [.] The gaudy gossip when she's set agog.
1365	agoing	[.] AGO'ING, [The participle of go, with the prefix a.] [.] In motion, as to set a mill agoing; or about to go; ready to go; as, he is agoing immediately. The latter use is vulgar.
1366	agon	[.] A'GON, n. [Gr.] The contest for the prize. [Not used.]
1367	agone	[.] AGONE, pp. agawn;, [See ago and Gone.] Ago; past; since. [.] [Nearly Obs.]
1368	agonism	[.] AG'ONISM, n. [Gr.] Contention for a prize.
1369	agonist	[.] AG'ONIST, n. One who contends for the prize in public games. Milton has used Agonistes in this sense, and so called his tragedy, from the similitude of Sampson's exertions, in slaying the Philistines, to prize fighting. In church history, the disciples of Donatus ...
1370	agonistic	[.] AGONIST'IC,
1371	agonistical	[.] AGONIST'ICAL, a. Pertaining to prize-fighting, contests of strength, or athletic combats.
1372	agonistically	[.] AGONIST'ICALLY, adv. In an agonistic manner; like prize-fighting.
1373	agonize	[.] AG'ONIZE, v.t. [Gr. to strive. See Agony.] [.] To write with extreme pain; to suffer violent anguish. [.] To smart and agonize at every pore. [.] AG'ONIZE, v.t. To distress with extreme pain; to torture.
1374	agonizing	[.] AG'ONIZING, ppr. Suffering severe pain; writhing with torture.
1375	agonizingly	[.] AG'ONIZINGLY, adv. With extreme anguish.
1376	agony	[.] AG'ONY, n. [Gr. a contest with bodily exertion; a word used to denote the athletic games, in Greece; whence anguish, solicitude; from L. ago. Gr. to strive. See Act.] [.] 1. In strictness, pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar ...
1377	agood	[.] AGOOD, adv. In earnest. [Not used.]
1378	agouty	[.] AGOUTY, n. [L. acutus.] [.] A quadruped of the order Rodentia; arranged by naturalist in the genus Cavia. It is of the size of a rabbit. The upper part of the body is brownish, with a mixture of red and black; the belly yellowish. Three varieties are mentioned, ...
1379	agrarian	[.] AGRA'RIAN, a. [L. agrarius, from ager, a field.] [.] Relating to lands. appropriately, denoting or pertaining to an equal division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands equally among all the citizens, limiting ...
1380	agree	[.] AGREE', v.i.[L. gratia. the primary sense is advancing, from the same root as L. gradior.] [.] 1. To be of one mind; to harmonize in opinion. [.] In the expediency of the law, all the parties agree. [.] 2. To live in concord, or without contention; as, parents ...
1381	agreeability	[.] AGREEABIL'ITY, n. Easiness of disposition. [Not used.]
1382	agreeable	[.] AGREE'ABLE, a. [.] 1. Suitable; conformable; correspondent; consistent with; as, the practice of virtue is agreeable to the law of God and our own nature. [.] 2. In pursuance of; in conformity with; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the house took up the ...
1383	agreeableness	[.] AGREE'ABLENESS, n. [.] 1. Suitableness; conformity; consistency; as, the agreeableness of virtue to the laws of God. [.] 2. The quality of pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses; as, an agreeableness of manners; ...
1384	agreeably	[.] AGREE'ABLY, adv. [.] 1. Pleasingly; in an agreeable manner; in a manner to give pleasure; as, to be agreeably entertained with a discourse. [.] 2. Suitably; consistently; conformably; [.] The effect of which is, that marriages grow less frequent, agreeably ...
1385	agreed	[.] AGREE'D, pp. [.] 1. Being in concord or harmony of opinion; of one mind. [.] Can two walk together except they be agreed? Amos 3. [.] 2. Assented to; admitted; as, a proposition is agreed to. [.] 3. Settled by consent; implying bargain or contract; as, ...
1386	agreeing	[.] AGREE'ING, ppr. Living in concord; concurring; assenting; settling by consent.
1387	agreeingly	[.] AGREE'INGLY, adv. In conformity to. [Little used.]
1388	agreement	[.] AGREE'MENT, n. [.] 1. Concord; harmony; conformity. [.] What agreement hath the temple of God with idols? 2Cor. 6. [.] 2. Union of opinions or sentiments; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council. [.] 3. Resemblance; conformity; similitude. [.] Expansion ...
1389	agrestic	[.] AGRES'TIC,
1390	agrestical	[.] AGRES'TICAL, a. [L. agrestis; ager, a field, or the same root.] [.] Rural; rustic; pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; unpolished.
1391	agricultor	[.] AG'RICULTOR, n. [L. ager, a field, and cultor, a cultivator.] [.] One whose occupation is to till the ground; a farmer; a husbandman; one skilled in husbandry.
1392	agricultural	[.] AGRICUL'TURAL, a. Pertaining to husbandry, tillage, or the culture of the earth.
1393	agriculture	[.] AG'RICULTURE, n. [L. ager, a field, and cultura, cultivation. See Acre and Culture.] [.] In general sense, the cultivation of the ground, for the purpose of producing vegetables, and fruits, for the use of man and beast; or the art of preparing the soil, sowing ...
1394	agriculturism	[.] AGRICUL'TURISM, n. The art or science of agriculture. [Little used.]
1395	agriculturist	[.] AGRICUL'TURIST, n. One skilled in the art of cultivating the ground; a skilful husbandman.
1396	agrimony	[.] AG'RIMONY, n. [L. agremonia, from the Gr. Thus it is written by Pliny. But in lower Latin it is written agrimonia. Said to be from Gr. the web or pearl of the eye from white, which this plant was supposed to cure. See Theoph 887.] [.] A genus of plants, of several ...
1397	agrippinians	[.] AGRIPPIN'IANS, n. In Church history, the followers of Agrippinus, bishop of Carthage, in the third century, who first taught and defended the doctrine of rebaptization.
1398	agrise	[.] AGRISE, v.i. To shiver. [Not in use.] [.] AGRISE, v.t. To terrify; also, to make frightful. [Not in use.]
1399	agrom	[.] A'GROM, n. a disease frequent in Bengal, and other parts of the E. Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves, becomes rough and sometimes covered with white spots. The remedy is some chalybeate liquor, or the juice of mint.
1400	agrostemma	[.] AGROSTEM'MA, n. A genus of plants of several species, containing the common corn cockle, wild lychnis or campion, &c.
1401	agrostis	[.] AGROS'TIS, n. [Gr.] Bent grass; a genus of many species.
1402	aground	[.] AGROUND', adv. [Of a, at or on, and ground.] [.] 1. On the ground; a marine term, signifying that the bottom of a ship rests on the ground, for want of sufficient depth of water. When the ground is near the shore, the ship is said to be ashore or stranded. [.] 2. ...
1403	aguapecaca	[.] AGUAPECA'CA, n. The Jacana, a Brazilian bird, about the size of a pigeon. In the extremity of each wing, it has a sharp prickle which is used for defense.
1404	ague	[.] A'GUE, n. a'gu, [.] 1. The cold fit which precedes a fever, or a paroxysm of fever in intermittents. It is accompanied with shivering. [.] 2. Chilliness; a chill, or state of shaking with cold, though in health. [.] 3. It is used for a periodical fever, an ...
1405	ague-cake	[.] A'GUE-CAKE, n. a hard tumor on the left side of the belly, lower than the false ribs; supposed to be the effect of intermitting fevers.
1406	ague-fit	[.] A'GUE-FIT, n. A paroxysm of cold, or shivering; chilliness.
1407	ague-proof	[.] A'GUE-PROOF, n. Able to resist agues; proof against agues.
1408	ague-spell	[.] A'GUE-SPELL, n. A charm or spell to cure or prevent ague.
1409	ague-struck	[.] A'GUE-STRUCK, a. Struck with ague.
1410	ague-tree	[.] A'GUE-TREE, n. A name sometimes applied to sassafras, on account of its febrifuge qualities.
1411	agued	[.] A'GUED, a. Chilly; having a fit of ague; shivering with cold or fear.
1412	aguerry	[.] AGUER'RY, v.t. To inure to the hardships of war; to instruct in the art of war. [Not in use.]
1413	aguillaneuf	[.] AGUILLANEUF', n. [From a, to, gui, misleto, and l'an neuf, the new year.] [.] A form of rejoicing among the ancient Franks, on the first day of the year; derived from the druidical custom of cutting misleto, which was held sacred by the druids, and on the first day ...
1414	aguise	[.] AGUI'SE, v.t. [See Guise.] To dress; to adorn. [Not in use.] [.] AGUI'SE, n. Dress. [Not in use.]
1415	aguish	[.] A'GUISH, a. Chilly; somewhat cold or shivering; also, having the qualities of an ague. [.] Her aguish love now glows and burns.
1416	aguishness	[.] A'GUISHNESS, n. Chilliness; the quality of being aguish.
1417	agul	[.] A'GUL, n. A species of the hedysarum.
1418	ah	[.] AH, An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, contempt, dislike, joy, exultation, &c., according to the manner of utterance.
1419	aha	[.] 'AH'A. [.] 1. An exclamation expressing triumph, contempt, or simple surprise; but the senses are distinguished by very different modes of utterance, and different modification of features. [.] 2. A sunk fence, not visible, without near approach.
1420	ahaniger	[.] AHAN'IGER, n. A name of the gar-fish.
1421	ahead	[.] AHEAD, adv. Ahed', [a and head, or at head.] [.] 1. Further forward than another thing; in front; originally a sea term, denoting further forward than another ship, or on the point to which the stem is directed, in opposition to astern. [.] 2. Onward; forward; ...
1422	aheight	[.] AHEI'GHT, adv. [a and height.] Aloft; on high. [Not used.]
1423	ahiccyatli	[.] AHICCYAT'LI, n. A poisonous serpent of Mexico, somewhat resembling the rattlesnake, but destitute of rattles. Its poison is as fatal as that of any known species of serpent.
1424	ahigh	[.] AHI'GH, adv. On high. [Not used.]
1425	ahold	[.] AHO'LD, adv. Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold. [Not in use.]
1426	ahovai	[.] AHOVAI, n. A trivial name synonymous with Cerbera, a very poisonous species of plum.
1427	ahoy	[.] AHOY;, Exclam. A sea term used in hailing.
1428	ahriman	[.] AHRIMAN. [See Ariman.]
1429	ahuitla	[.] AHUIT'LA, n. A worm found in the lake of Mexico, four inches in length, as thick as a goose-quill; the tail, which is hard and poisonous, contains a sting.
1430	ahuitzote	[.] AHUIT'ZOTE, n. An amphibious quadruped of the tropical climate. of America, whose body is a foot long, its snout long and sharp, its skin of a mixed black and brown color.
1431	aia	[.] A'IA, n. A Brazilian fowl of the spoon-bill kind, and resembling that bird in form and size.
1432	aicurus	[.] AICU'RUS, n. A large and beautiful species of parrot, found in Brazil; its head beautifully variegated with yellow, red and violet colors; its body green; the tips of its wings red, and its tail long and yellow.
1433	aid	[.] AID, v.t. [L. adjuto. [.] To help; to assist; to support, either by furnishing strength or means to effect a purpose, or to prevent or remove evil. [.] AID, n. [.] 1. Help; succor; support; assistance. [.] 2. The person who aids or yields support; a ...
1434	aidance	[.] A'IDANCE, n. Aid; help; assistance. [little used.]
1435	aidant	[.] A'IDANT, a. Helping; helpful; supplying aid. [Not used.]
1436	aiddecamp	[.] A'IDDECAMP, n. plur. Aiddecamps.] [.] In military affairs, an officer whose duty is to receive and communicate the orders of a general officer. [The pronunciation should be English, according to the orthography, not aid de cong.]
1437	aided	[.] A'IDED, pp. Assisted; supported; furnished with succor.
1438	aider	[.] A'IDER, n. One who helps; an assistant, or auxiliary.
1439	aiding	[.] A'IDING, ppr. Helping; assisting.
1440	aidless	[.] A'IDLESS, a. Helpless; without aid; unsupported; undefended.
1441	aiglet	[.] A'IGLET, n. [.] 1. A tag of a point curved into the representation of an animal, generally of a man; a small plate of metal. [.] 2. In botany, a pendant at the ends of the chives of flowers, as in the rose and tulip.
1442	aigret	[.] A'IGRET, AIGRETTE, n. [.] 1. In zoology, a name of the small white heron. [.] 2. In botany. [See Egret.]
1443	aigrette	[.] A'IGRET, AIGRETTE, n. [.] 1. In zoology, a name of the small white heron. [.] 2. In botany. [See Egret.]
1444	aigulet	[.] A'IGULET, n. [Fr. Usually contracted into aiglet, which see.]
1445	aikraw	[.] A'IKRAW, n. A popular name of a species of lichen, or moss.
1446	ail	[.] AIL, v.t. [.] To trouble; to affect with uneasiness, either of body or mind; used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him. [.] What aileth thee, Hagar? Gen. 21. [.] It is never used to ...
1447	aile	[.] AISLE, or AILE, n. Pronounced Ile. [L. ala.] [.] The wing of a quire; a walk in a church.
1448	ailing	[.] A'ILING, ppr. Diseased; indisposed; full of complaints.
1449	ailment	[.] A'ILMENT, n. Disease; indisposition; morbid affection of the body; but the word is not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.
1450	aim	[.] AIM, v.i. [.] To point at, with a missive weapon; to direct the intention or purpose; to attempt to reach, or accomplish; to tend towards; to endeavor; followed by at before the object; as, a man aims at distinction; or aims to be rich. [.] AIM, v.t. To direct ...
1451	aimed	[.] A'IMED, pp. Pointed; directed; intended to strike or affect.
1452	aimer	[.] A'IMER, n. One that aims.
1453	aiming	[.] A'IMING, ppr. Pointing a weapon at an object; directing any thing to an object; intending; purposing.
1454	aimless	[.] A'IMLESS, a. Without aim.
1455	air	[.] AIR, n. [L. aer; Heb. to shine. The radical sense is to open, expand; whence clear; or to flow, to shoot, to radiate.] [.] 1. The fluid which we breathe. Air is inodorous, invisible, insipid, colorless, elastic, possessed of gravity, easily moved, rarefied, and ...
1456	air-balloon	[.] A'IR-BALLOON. [See Balloon.]
1457	air-bladder	[.] A'IR-BLADDER, n. A vesicle or cuticle filled with air; also, the bladder of a fish.
1458	air-born	[.] A'IR-BORN, a. Born of the air.
1459	air-braving	[.] A'IR-BRAVING, a. Braving the winds.
1460	air-built	[.] A'IR-BUILT, a. Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle; air build hopes.
1461	air-drawn	[.] A'IR-DRAWN, a. Drawn in air; imaginary.
1462	air-gun	[.] A'IR-GUN, n. A pneumatic engine, resembling a musket, to discharge bullets by means of the elastic force of compressed air.
1463	air-holder	[.] A'IR-HOLDER, n. [Air and hold.] [.] An instrument for holding air, for the purpose of counteracting the pressure of a decreasing column of mercury.
1464	air-hole	[.] A'IR-HOLE, n. An opening to admit or discharge air.
1465	air-jacket	[.] A'IR-JACKET, n. A leather jacket, to which are fastened bags or bladders filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming.
1466	air-pipe	[.] A'IR-PIPE, n. A pipe used to draw foul air from a ship's hold, by means of a communication with the furnace, and the rarefaction of the air by fire. This pipe is intended to supply the combustion with the air of the hold, by preventing the access of other air to the ...
1467	air-poise	[.] A'IR-POISE, n. [Air and poise.] [.] An instrument to measure the weight of the air.
1468	air-pump	[.] A'IR-PUMP, n. A machine for exhausting the air of a vessel. The machines for this purpose are of different constructions.
1469	air-sacs	[.] A'IR-SACS, n. Air bags in birds, which are certain receptacles of air, or vesicles lodged in the fleshy parts, in the hollow bones and in the abdomen, which all communicate with the lungs. These are supposed to render the body specifically lighter, and to supply the ...
1470	air-shaft	[.] A'IR-SHAFT, n. A passage for air into a mine, usually opened in a perpendicular direction, and meeting the adits or horizontal passages, to cause a free circulation of fresh air through the mine.
1471	air-stirring	[.] A'IR-STIRRING, a. Putting the air in motion.
1472	air-thread	[.] A'IR-THREAD, n. A name given to the spider's webs, which are often seen floating in the air. These filaments are attached to the tops or ends of branches or shrubs or trees, and serve to support the spider when in quest of prey.
1473	air-threatening	[.] A'IR-THREATENING, a. Threatening the air; lofty.
1474	air-vessel	[.] A'IR-VESSEL, n. A spiral duct in plants contained air, and supposed to be analogous to the lungs in animals.
1475	aira	[.] A'IRA, n. Hair grass, a genus of plants.
1476	aired	[.] A'IRED, pp. Exposed to air; cleansed by air; heated or dried by exposure to a fire; ventilated.
1477	airer	[.] A'IRER, n. One who exposes to the air.
1478	airiness	[.] A'IRINESS, n. [.] 1. Exposure to a free current of air; openness to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat. [.] 2. Gaiety; levity; as, the airiness of young persons.
1479	airing	[.] A'IRING, ppr. Exposing to the air; warming; drying. [.] A'IRING, n. An exposure to the air, or to a fire, for warming or drying; also, a walk or ride in the open air; a short excursion. The exercise of horses in the open air.
1480	airless	[.] A'IRLESS, a. Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with open air.
1481	airling	[.] A'IRLING, n. A thoughtless, gay person.
1482	airy	[.] A'IRY, a. [.] 1. Consisting of air; as, an airy substance. [.] 2. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; as, an airy flight; airy region. [.] 3. Open to a free current of air; as, an airy situation. [.] 4. Light as air; resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; ...
1483	airy-flying	[.] A'IRY-FLYING, a. Flying like air.
1484	aisle	[.] AISLE, or AILE, n. Pronounced Ile. [L. ala.] [.] The wing of a quire; a walk in a church.
1485	aizoon	[.] AIZO'ON, n. [L. aizoon.] it seems to be composed of Gr. always, and Eng. aye, and living.] [.] A genus of plants, called by Miller sempervive. The name has, by some writers, been applied to the house leek and to the aloes.
1486	ajava	[.] AJA'VA, n. The seed of a plant brought from Malabar, said to be an excellent carminative, and very useful in the colic.
1487	ajuga	[.] AJU'GA, n. Bugle, a genus of plants.
1488	ajuru-catinga	[.] AJU'RU-CATINGA, n. A species of American parrot, of a green color, with eyes of a fiery red, encircled with white.
1489	ajuru-curau	[.] AJU'RU-CURAU, n. An American parrot, of a lively green color, with a blue crown; the throat, and sides of the head, of a fine yellow.
1490	ajuru-para	[.] AJU'RU-PARA, n. A small parrot of America, of a beautiful green, with the beak, legs and circlets of the eyes white.
1491	ajutage	[.] AJ'UTAGE, or AD'JUTAGE, n. [.] A tube fitted to the mouth of a vessel, through which the water of a fountain is to be played.
1492	ake	[.] AKE, v.i. Less properly written ache. [See Ache.] [.] 1. To be in pain; usually, in pain of some continuance. [.] 2. To feel distress of mind; to be grieved; as, the heart akes.
1493	aker	[.] A'KER, n. [Gr., L. ager.] [.] Originally an open field. But in G. Britain the quantity of land in the aker is fixed by statute at four thousand eight hundred and forty square yards, making one hundred and sixty square rods, perches or poles; and this is the quantity ...
1494	akin	...
1495	aking	[.] A'KING, ppr. Having continued pain; suffering distress of mind, or grief.
1496	al	[.] AL, in Arabic, an adjective or inseparable prefix. Its use is to render nouns definite, like the English the; as, alkoran, the koran or the book by eminence; alcove, alchimy, alembic, almanac, &c. [.] AL, In English, is sometimes a contraction of the Saxon athel, ...
1497	alabaster	[.] AL'ABASTER, n. [L. from Gr.] [.] A sub-variety of carbonate of lime, found in large masses, formed by the deposition of calcarious particles in caverns of limestone rocks. These concretions have a foliated, fibrous or granular structure, and are of a pure white ...
1498	alack	[.] ALACK', exclam. [.] An exclamation expressive of sorrow.
1499	alackaday	[.] ALACK'ADAY, An exclamation uttered to express regret or sorrow.
1500	alacriousness	[.] ALAC'RIOUSNESS, n. Briskness. [Not used.]
1501	alacrity	[.] ALAC'RITY, n. [L. alacritas, from alacer, alaris.] [.] Cheerfulness; gaiety; sprightliness; more usually, a cheerful readiness or promptitude to do some act; cheerful willingness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy.
1502	aladinists	[.] ALAD'INISTS. Free thinkers among the Mohammedans.
1503	alalite	[.] AL'ALITE, n. A crystallized mineral; diopside; a semi-transparent pyroxene. A variety with twelve sided prisms, was found by Bonvoisin, near the village of Ala in Piedmont, and by him called Alalite.
1504	alamire	[.] ALAMIRE', n. The lowest note but one, in Guido Aretine's scale of music.
1505	alamodality	[.] ALAMODAL'ITY, n. Conformity to the prevailing mode, or fashion of the times. [Little used.]
1506	alamode	[.] ALAMO'DE, adv. According to the fashion or prevailing mode. [.] ALAMO'DE, n. A thin glossy silk for hoods, scarfs, &c.
1507	aland	[.] ALAND', adv. At or on land.
1508	alarm	[.] AL'ARM, n. [.] 1. Any sound, outcry or information intended to give notice of approaching danger as, to sound an alarm. [.] 2. A summon to arms. [.] 3. Sudden surprise with fear or terror; as, the fire or the enemy excited an alarm. [.] 4. Terror; a sensation ...
1509	alarm-bell	[.] AL'ARM-BELL, n. A bell that gives notice of danger.
1510	alarm-post	[.] AL'ARM-POST, n. A place to which troops are to repair in cases of an alarm.
1511	alarm-watch	[.] AL'ARM-WATCH, n. A watch that strikes the hour by regulated movement.
1512	alarmed	[.] AL'ARMED, pp. Notified of sudden danger; surprised with fear; roused to vigilance or activity by apprehension of approaching danger; solicitous at the prospect or expectation of evil. Thus, we are alarmed at the approach of danger, or alarmed for the safety of friends ...
1513	alarming	[.] AL'ARMING, ppr. Giving notice of approaching danger; rousing to vigilance; exciting solicitude by a prospect of evil. [.] AL'ARMING, a. Exciting apprehension; terrifying; awakening a sense of danger; as, an alarming message.
1514	alarmingly	[.] AL'ARMINGLY, adv. With alarm; in a manner to excite apprehension.
1515	alarmist	[.] AL'ARMIST, n. One that excites alarm.
1516	alarum	[.] ALARUM, For alarm, is a corruption, and is not to be used.
1517	alas	[.] ALAS', ex. [.] An exclamation expressive of sorrow, grief, pity, concern, or apprehension of evil; sometimes followed by day or while; alas the day, like alack a day; or alas the while, expressing an unhappy time.
1518	alate	[.] ALA'TE, adv. Lately. [Not used.]
1519	alated	[.] ALA'TED, a. [L. ala, a wing; alatus, winged.] [.] Winged; having dilatations like wings.
1520	alatern	[.] AL'ATERN, n. A trivial name of a species of rhamnus or buckthorn.
1521	alb	[.] ALB, n. [L. albus, Gr. white.] [.] A surplice or vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, worn by the Romish clergy. Also a Turkish coin, called also an asper, value one hundred and twelve mills.
1522	albatros	[.] AL'BATROS, n. An aquatic fowl, belonging to the order of ansers. The bill is strait; the upper mandible crooked at the point, and the lower one truncated; the nostrils are oval, open and little prominent, and placed on the sides; the wings are pennated, and there ...
1523	albegeois	[.] ALBIGEN'SES, ALBEGEOIS, n. A party of Reformers, who separated from the church of Rome, in the 12th century; so called from the Albegeois, a small territory in France, where they resided. They are sometimes confounded with the Waldenses; but they were prior to them ...
1524	albeit	...
1525	albelen	[.] AL'BELEN, n. A fish of the truttaceous or trout kind, found in the German lakes, weighing five or six pounds.
1526	albescent	[.] ALBES'CENT, a. [L. albesco, to grow white.] [.] Becoming white, or rather, whitish; moderately white.
1527	albicore	[.] AL'BICORE, n. A marine fish, like a tunny, noted for following ships.
1528	albigenses	[.] ALBIGEN'SES, ALBEGEOIS, n. A party of Reformers, who separated from the church of Rome, in the 12th century; so called from the Albegeois, a small territory in France, where they resided. They are sometimes confounded with the Waldenses; but they were prior to them ...
1529	albin	[.] AL'BIN, n. [L. albus, white.] [.] A mineral, of an opake white color, consisting of aggregated crystalline lamins, found in Bohemia. [.] This is regarded as a variety of apophyllite.
1530	albino	[.] ALBI'NO, n. [L. albus, white.] [.] A white descendant of black parents, or a white person belonging to a race of blacks. A person naturally white.
1531	albinos	[.] ALBI'NOS, n. A name signifying white men, given by the Portuguese to the white negroes of Africa. The color of this race appears like that of persons affected with leprosy; and negroes look upon them as monsters.
1532	albion	[.] AL'BION, n. An ancient name of England, still used in poetry. It is supposed this name was given to it on account of its white cliffs.
1533	albora	[.] ALBO'RA, n. A sort of itch or rather leprosy, terminating without ulceration, but with fetid evacuations in the mouth and nostrils.
1534	alboro	[.] ALBO'RO, n. The erythrinus, a small red fish of the Mediterranean.
1535	albugineous	[.] ALBUGIN'EOUS, a. [L. albugo, the white spot in the eye, from albus white.] [.] Pertaining to or resembling the white of the eye, or of an egg. [.] Albugineous humor, the aqueous humor of the eye.
1536	albugo	[.] ALBU'GO,n. The white speck in the eye, called the film, haw, dragon, pearl or cicatrice. Also a disease of the eye, occasioned by a white opake spot growing on the cornea and obstructing vision. It is called also leucoma, nebula, pannus oculi, onyx, unguis &c.
1537	albula	[.] ALBU'LA, n. A species of truttaceous fish, destitute of teeth. The albula Indica is called by the Dutch wit-fish, and is of the size of a herring. The Albula nobilis is a fish caught in the lakes of Germany.
1538	album	[.] AL'BUM, n. [L. albus, white.] [.] 1. Among the Romans, a white table, board or register, on which the names of public officers and public transactions were entered. [.] 2. A book, originally blank, in which foreigners or strangers insert autographs of celebrated ...
1539	albumen	[.] ALBU'MEN, n. [L. from albus, white.] [.] The white of an egg. A like substance is a chief constituent in all animal solids.
1540	albuminous	[.] ALBU'MINOUS, a. Pertaining to, or having the properties of albumen.
1541	alburn	[.] AL'BURN,
1542	alburnum	[.] ALBURN'UM, n. [L. alburnum, from albus, white.] [.] The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and wood. In America, it is popularly called the sap. This is annually acquiring hardness, and becoming wood. [.]
1543	alcahest	[.] AL'CAHEST, or ALKAHEST, n. [.] A pretended universal dissolvent, or menstruum.
1544	alcaic	[.] ALCA'IC, a. Pertaining to Alcaeus, a Lyric poet of Mitylene, in Lesbos, who flourished about the forty-fourth Olympiad; or to other poets of the same name, of which three are mentioned; one an Athenian tragic poet, and another a Messenian.
1545	alcaics	[.] ALCA'ICS, n. plu. Several kinds of verse; so called from Alcaeus, their inventor. One kind consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable and two dactyls.
1546	alcaid	[.] ALCA'ID, [.] Among the Moors, Spaniards and Portuguese, a governor. In Portugal, the chief civil magistrate of a town or city; also the jurisdiction of certain judges of appeal. In Spain, the governor of a castle or fort; also a jailer.
1547	alcanna	[.] ALCAN'NA, n. A plant; and a powder, prepared from the leaves of the Egyptian privet, used by the Turkish females to give a golden color to the nails and hair. Infused in water it forms a yellow color; with vinegar, it forms a red. From the berries is extracted an ...
1548	alcatraz	[.] AL'CATRAZ, n. The Spanish name of the Pelecanus Onocrotalus of Linne; a pelican; also a fish taken on the coast of India.
1549	alcavala	[.] ALCAV'ALA, n. In Spain, a tax on every transfer of property, real or personal.
1550	alcedo	[.] ALCE'DO, n. [L.] [.] The king fisher; a genus of birds, of the order of Picae. The species are numerous. They usually live about rivers, feeding on fish, which they take by darting into the water with surprising velocity. [See Halcyon.]
1551	alchimic	[.] ALCHIM'IC,
1552	alchimical	[.] ALCHIM'ICAL
1553	alchimically	[.] ALCHIM'ICALLY, a. Relating to alchimy, or produced by it. [.] adv. In the manner of alchimy.
1554	alchimist	[.] AL'CHIMIST, n. One who practices alchimy.
1555	alchimistic	[.] ALCHIMIST'IC,
1556	alchimistical	[.] ALCHIMIST'ICAL, a. Practicing alchimy, or relating to it.
1557	alchimy	[.] AL'CHIMY, n. [See Chimistry.] [.] 1. The more sublime and difficult part of chimistry, and chiefly such as relate to the transmutation of metals are gold, the finding a universal remedy for diseases, and an alkabest or universal solvent, and other things now treated ...
1558	alcmanian	[.] ALCMA'NIAN, a. Pertaining to Alcman, a lyric poet of the twenty-seventh Olympiad, celebrated for his amorous verses. The alcmanian verse consisted of two dactyls and two trochees.
1559	alco	[.] AL'CO, n. a quadruped of America, nearly resembling a dog, but mute and melancholy; and this circumstance seems to have given rise to the fable that dogs, transported to America become mute. The animal was used for food by the native Americans, and the first Spanish ...
1560	alcohol	[.] AL'COHOL, n. [Heb. to paint with a preparation of powder of antimony. The oriental females still practice the painting of the eye brows with this material. The name was applied to this substance, and afterwards to other fine powders, and to highly rectified spirits.] [.] Pure ...
1561	alcoholic	[.] ALCOHOL'IC, a. Pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities.
1562	alcoholization	[.] ALCOHOLIZA'TION, n. the act of rectifying spirit, till it is wholly dephlegmatedor of reducing a substance to an impalpable powder.
1563	alcoholize	[.] AL'COHOLIZE, v.t. To convert into alcohol; to rectify spirit till it is wholly dephlegmated; also, to reduce a substance to an impalpable powder.
1564	alcor	[.] AL'COR, n. A small star adjoining to the large bright one in the middle of the tail of Ursa Major.
1565	alcoran	[.] ALCORAN. [See Koran and Alkoran.]
1566	alcove	[.] AL'COVE or ALCO'VE, n. [Eng. cubby.] [.] 1. A recess, or part of a room, separated by an estrade, or partition of columns, or by other corresponding ornaments; in which is placed a bed of state, and sometimes seats for company. The bed is sometimes raised two or ...
1567	alcyon	[.] AL'CYON, n. A trivial name of the kingfisher. [See Halcyon.]
1568	alcyonite	[.] AL'CYONITE, n. A fossil zoophite, somewhat resembling a fungus.
1569	alcyonium	[.] ALCYO'NIUM, n. The name of a submarine plant, or bastard spunge. Also a kind of astroit or coral, a fossil found in England.
1570	alder	[.] AL'DER, n. [L. alnus.] [.] A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The name is applied also to some species of other genera.
1571	alderman	[.] ALD'ERMAN, n. plu. Aldermen. [.] 1. Among our Saxon ancestors, a senior or superior. The title was applied to princes, dukes, earls, senators and presiding magistrates; also to archbishops and bishops, implying superior wisdom or authority. Thus, Ethelstan, duke ...
1572	aldermanly	[.] AL'DERMANLY, a. Pertaining to or like an alderman.
1573	aldern	[.] AL'DERN, a. Made of Alder.
1574	ale	[.] ALE, n. [.] 1. A liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation. It differs from beer, in having a smaller proportion of hops. It is of different sorts, chiefly pale and brown; the first made from malt slightly dried; the second, from malt more considerably ...
1575	ale-bench	[.] A'LE-BENCH, n. A bench in or before an ale house.
1576	ale-berry	[.] A'LE-BERRY, n. A beverage, made by boiling ale with spice, sugar and sops of bread.
1577	ale-brewer	[.] A'LE-BREWER, n. One whose occupation is to brew ale.
1578	ale-conner	...
1579	ale-cost	[.] A'LE-COST, n. Costmary, a plant, a species of Tanacetum.
1580	ale-fed	[.] A'LE-FED, a. Fed with ale.
1581	ale-gar	[.] A'LE-GAR, n. Sour ale; the acid of ale.
1582	ale-hoof	[.] A'LE-HOOF, n. [.] Ground-ivy, the glechoma hederacea, of Linne. The leaves of this plant are used to clarify and give flavor to ale.
1583	ale-house	[.] A'LE-HOUSE, n. a house where ale is retailed; and hence a tipling house.
1584	ale-house-keeper	[.] A'LE-HOUSE-KEEPER, n. One who keeps an ale-house.
1585	ale-knight	[.] A'LE-KNIGHT, n. a pot companion.
1586	ale-shot	[.] A'LE-SHOT, n. A reckoning to be paid for ale.
1587	ale-silver	[.] A'LE-SILVER, n. A duty paid to the Lord Mayor of London, by the sellers of ale within the city.
1588	ale-stake	[.] A'LE-STAKE, n. a stake set as a sign before an ale-house.
1589	ale-taster	[.] A'LE-TASTER, n. An officer appointed in every court leet, and sworn, to inspect ale, beer and bread, and examine the quality and quantity within the precincts of the lordship.
1590	ale-vat	[.] A'LE-VAT, n. a vat in which ale is fermented.
1591	ale-washed	[.] A'LE-WASHED, a. Steeped or soaked in ale.
1592	ale-wife	[.] A'LE-WIFE, n. a woman who keeps an ale house.
1593	alectryomancy	[.] ALECTRYOM'ANCY, n. [Gr. a cock and divination.] [.] An ancient practice of foretelling events by means of a cock. The twenty four letters were laid on the ground, and a grain of corn on each; a cock was then permitted to pick up the grains, and the letters under ...
1594	alee	[.] ALEE', adv. [a or at and lee. See Lee.] [.] In seaman's language, on the side opposite to the wind, that is opposite to the side on which it strikes. The helm of a ship is alee, when pressed close to the see side. [.] Hard alee or luff alee, is an order to put ...
1595	aleger	[.] A'LEGER, a. [L. alacer.] [.] Gay; cheerful; sprightly. [Not used.]
1596	alegge	[.] ALEGGE, v.t To lighten; to lessen; to assuage. [Not used.]
1597	alembdar	[.] ALEMB'DAR, n. In Turkey, an officer who bears the green standard of Mohammed, when the Sultan appears in public.
1598	alembic	[.] ALEM'BIC, n. [.] A chimical vessel used in distillation; usually made of glass or copper. The bottom part containing the liquor to be distilled, is called the cucurbit; the upper part which receives and condenses the stream, is called the head, the beak of which ...
1599	alength	[.] ALENGTH', adv. [a and length.] [.] At full length; along; stretched at full length.
1600	alepidote	[.] ALEP'IDOTE, n. [Gr. a scale.] [.] Any fish whose skin is not covered with scales.
1601	alert	[.] ALERT', a. [.] 1. Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance. hence the military phrase, upon the alert, upon the watch, guarding against surprise or danger. [.] 2. Brisk; nimble; moving the celerity.
1602	alertness	[.] ALERT'NESS, n. Briskness; nimbleness; sprightliness; levity.
1603	aleuromancy	[.] ALEUROM'ANCY, n. [Gr. meal and divination.] [.] A kind of divination by meal, used by the ancients.
1604	aleutian	[.] ALEU'TIAN, or ALEU'TIC, a. Designating certain isles in the Pacific ocean, eastward of Kamtschatka, extending northeastward towards America. The word is formed from aleut, which, in Russia, is a bald rock.
1605	aleutic	[.] ALEU'TIAN, or ALEU'TIC, a. Designating certain isles in the Pacific ocean, eastward of Kamtschatka, extending northeastward towards America. The word is formed from aleut, which, in Russia, is a bald rock.
1606	alewife	[.] A'LEWIFE, or A'LOOF, n. [.] An American fish, belonging to the genus Clupea, and called Clupea Serrata. it resembles the herring. The established pronunciation is alewife, plu alewives.
1607	alexanders	[.] ALEX'ANDERS, n. The name of a plant of the genus Smyrnium.
1608	alexandrian	[.] ALEX'ANDRIAN, n. Pertaining to Alexandria. There are many cities of this name, in various parts of the earth. The term is often applied an attribute, or used as a noun, for one who professed or taught the sciences in the school of Alexandria in Egypt; a place highly ...
1609	alexandrine	[.] ALEX'ANDRINE,or ALEXANDRIAN, n. A kind of verse, consisting of twelve syllables, or of twelve and thirteen alternately; so called from a poem written in French on the life of Alexander. This species of verse is peculiar to modern poetry, but well adapted to epic poems. ...
1610	alexipharmic	[.] ALEXIPH'ARMIC, a. [Gr. to expel, and poison.] [.] Expelling poison; antidotal; sudorific; that has the quality of expelling poison or infection by sweat. [.] ALEXIPH'ARMIC, n. A medicine that is intended to obviate the effects of poison; an antidote to poison ...
1611	alexiterial	[.] ALEXITE'RIAL, a. [Gr. to expel, and poison.] [.] Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom.
1612	alexiteric	[.] ALEXITER'IC,
1613	alexiterical	[.] ALEXITER'ICAL, n. A medicine to resist the effects of poison, or the bite of venomous animals; nearly synonymous with alexipharmic. Used also by the Greeks for an amulet.
1614	algarot	[.] AL'GAROT, or AL'GAROTH, n. The name of an emetic powder, prepared from the regulus of antimony, dissolved in acids, and separated by repeated lotions in warm water. It is either an Arabic term, or the name of the inventor, a physician of Verona.
1615	algaroth	[.] AL'GAROT, or AL'GAROTH, n. The name of an emetic powder, prepared from the regulus of antimony, dissolved in acids, and separated by repeated lotions in warm water. It is either an Arabic term, or the name of the inventor, a physician of Verona.
1616	algates	[.] ALGATES, adv. By all means; on any terms.
1617	algebra	[.] AL'GEBRA, n. [Ar. the reduction of parts to a whole, or fractions to whole numbers from the verb, which signifies to consolidate; Heb. to be strong.] [.] The science of quantity in general, or universal arithmetic. Algebra is a general method computation, in which ...
1618	algebraic	[.] ALGEBRA'IC,
1619	algebraical	[.] ALGEBRA'ICAL, a. Pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of Algebra, or deduced from such operation. [.] Algebraic curve, a figure whose intercepted diameters bear always the same proportion to their respective ordinates.
1620	algebraist	[.] ALGEBRA'IST, n. One who is versed in the science of algebra.
1621	algeneb	[.] AL'GENEB, n. A fixed star of the second magnitude, in the right side of Perseus; Long. 27 degrees 46' 12" of Taurus; Lat. 30 degrees 05' 28" North.
1622	algerine	[.] ALGERINE', n. [from Algiers.] A native of Algiers, a city and a government on the coast of Africa. [.] ALGERINE', a. Belonging to Algiers.
1623	algid	[.] AL'GID, a. [L. algidus.] Cold. [Not used.]
1624	algol	[.] AL'GOL, n. A fixed star of the third magnitude, called Medusa's head, in Perseus; Long. 21 degrees 50' 42" of Taurus; Lat 23 degrees 23' 47" North.
1625	algor	[.] AL'GOR, n. [Lat.] Among physicians, an unusual coldness in any part of the body.
1626	algorism	[.] AL'GORITHM, or AL'GORISM, n. An arabic term, signifying numerical computation, or the six operations of arithmetic.
1627	algorithm	[.] AL'GORITHM, or AL'GORISM, n. An arabic term, signifying numerical computation, or the six operations of arithmetic.
1628	algous	[.] AL'GOUS, a. [L. alga, sea weed.] Pertaining to sea weed; abounding with, or like sea weed.
1629	algum	[.] AL'GUM, n. In scripture, a tree or wood about which the learned are not agreed. The most probably conjecture is that the word denotes gummy or resinous wood in general. [.] The Vulgate translates it ligna thyina, and the Septuagint, wrought-wood; others, ebony, ...
1630	alhenna	[.] ALHEN'NA, n. [See Alkenna.]
1631	alias	[.] A'LIAS, [L.] Otherwise; as in this example, Simson alias Smith; a word used in judicial proceedings to connect the different names by which a person is called who attempts to conceal his true name and pass under a fictitious one. [.] A'LIAS, n. A second writ, ...
1632	alibi	[.] AL'IBI, n. [L.] Elsewhere; in another place; a law term. When a person is charged with an offense, and he proves that he could not have committed it, because he was, at the time, in another place, he is said to prove an alibi. The part of a plea or allegation, which ...
1633	alien	[.] A'LIEN, a. alyen, [L. alienus, from alius, another. L. alieno, to alienate; alter, another, to altercate.] [.] 1. Foreign; not belonging to the same country, land or government. [.] 2. Belonging to one who is not a citizen. [.] 3. Estranged; foreign; not ...
1634	alienability	[.] ALIENABIL'ITY, n. The capacity of being alienated or transferred. [.] The alienability of the domain.
1635	alienable	[.] A'LIENABLE, a. That may be sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the State.
1636	alienage	[.] A'LIENAGE, n. The state of being an alien. [.] Why restore estates, forfeitable on account of alienage?
1637	alienate	[.] A'LIENATE, v.t. [L. alieno.] [.] 1. To transfer title, property or right to another; as, to alienate lands, or sovereignty. [.] 2. To estrange; to withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; with from; ...
1638	alienation	[.] ALIENA'TION, n. [L. alienatio.] [.] 1. A transfer of title; or a legal conveyance of property to another. [.] 2. The state of being alienated. [.] 3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the heart or affections. [.] 4. Delirium; derangement of mental faculties; ...
1639	alienator	[.] A'LIENATOR, n. One that alienates or transfers property.
1640	aliene	[.] ALIE'NE, v.t. [L. alieno.] [.] 1. To transfer title or property to another; to sell. [.] Nor could he aliene the estate, even with the consent of the Lord. [.] 2. To estrange; to make averse or indifferent; to turn the affections from. [.] The prince was ...
1641	alienee	[.] ALIENEE', n. One to whom the title to property is transferred. [.] If the alienee enters and keeps possession.
1642	alienism	[.] ALIENISM, n. Alyenizm. The state of being an alien. [.] [.] The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism.
1643	alife	[.] ALI'FE, adv. [a or on and life.] On my life.
1644	aliferous	[.] ALIF'EROUS, a. [L. ala, wing, and fero, to bear.] Having wings.
1645	aliform	[.] ALI'FORM, a. [L. ala, wing, and forma, shape.] [.] Having the shape of a wing; a term applied to a certain process and muscles of the body, as the pterygoid process, and the muscles arising from that process.
1646	aligerous	[.] ALIG'EROUS, a. [L. ala wing, and gero, to carry] Having wings.
1647	alight	[.] ALI'GHT, v.i. [.] 1. To get down or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage. [.] 2. To descend and settle; as, a flying bird alights on a tree. [.] 3. To fall or descend and lodge; as, snow alights on a roof.
1648	alike	[.] ALI'KE, a. [.] Having resemblance or similitude; similar. [.] The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Ps. 13. [.] [This adjective never precedes the noun which it qualifies.] [.] ALI'KE, adv. in the same manner, form or degree. [.] We are all ...
1649	alike-minded	[.] ALI'KE-MINDED, a. Having the same mind; but like-minded is more generally used.
1650	aliment	[.] AL'IMENT, n. [L. alimentum, from alo, to feed.] [.] That which nourishes; food; nutriment; any thing which feeds or adds to a substance, animal or vegetable, in natural growth. [.]
1651	alimental	[.] ALIMENT'AL, a. Supplying food; that has the quality of nourishing; that furnishes the materials for natural growth; as, chyle is alimental; alimental sap.
1652	alimentally	[.] ALIMENT'ALLY, adv. So as to serve for nourishment or food.
1653	alimentariness	[.] ALIMENT'ARINESS, n. The quality of supplying nutriment.
1654	alimentary	[.] ALIMENT'ARY, a. Pertaining to aliment or food; having the quality of nourishing; as, alimentary particles. [.] The alimentary canal, in animal bodies, is the great duct or intestine, by which aliments are conveyed through the body, and the useless parts evacuated. [.] Alimentary ...
1655	alimentation	[.] ALIMENTA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act or power of affording nutriment. [.] 2. The state of being nourished.
1656	alimonious	[.] ALIMO'NIOUS, a. [See alimony.] Nourishing; affording food. [Little used.]
1657	alimony	[.] ALI'MONY, n. [L. alimonia, of alo, to feed. See Aliment.] [.] An allowance made for the support of a woman, legally separated from her husband. The sum is fixed by the proper judge, and granted out of the husband's estate.
1658	aliped	[.] AL'IPED, a. [L. ala, wing, and pes, foot.] [.] Wing-footed; having the toes connected by a membrane, which serves as a wing. [.] AL'IPED, n. [Supra.] [.] An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, and which thus serve for wings; a cheiropter; as, the ...
1659	aliquant	[.] AL'IQUANT, a. [L. aliquantum, a little.] [.] In arithmetic, an aliquant number or part is that which does not measure another number without a remainder. Thus 5 is an aliquant part of 16, for 3 times 5 is 15, leaving a remainder 1.
1660	aliquot	[.] AL'IQUOT, a. [L.] [.] An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will measure it without a remainder. Thus 5 is the aliquot part of 15.
1661	alish	[.] A'LISH, a. [From ale.] Like ale; having the qualities of ale.
1662	alive	[.] ALI'VE, a. [.] 1. Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions, and the fluids move, whether in animals or vegetables; as, the man or plant is alive. [.] 2. In a state of action; unextinguished; undestroyed; ...
1663	alkahest	...
1664	alkalescency	[.] ALKALES'CENCY, n. [See Alkali.] [.] A tendency to become alkaline; or a tendency to the properties of an alkali; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to be predominant.
1665	alkalescent	[.] ALKALES'CENT, a. tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.
1666	alkali	[.] AL'KALI, n. plu. Alkalies [.] In chimistry, a term applied to all bodies which possess the following properties: [.] [.] 1. a caustic taste; [.] [.] [.] 2. volatilizable by heat; [.] [.] 3. capability of combining with acids, and of destroying their acidity; [.] [.] 4. ...
1667	alkalify	[.] AL'KALIFY, v.t. To form, or to convert into an alkali. [.] AL'KALIFY, v.i. To become an alkali.
1668	alkaligenous	[.] ALKALIG'ENOUS, a. [Alkali and to generate.] [.] Producing or generating alkali.
1669	alkalimeter	[.] ALKALIM'ETER, n. [Alkali and Gr. measure.] [.] An instrument for ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in potash and soda.
1670	alkaline	[.] AL'KALINE, a. Having the properties of alkali.
1671	alkalinity	[.] ALKALIN'ITY, n. The quality which constitutes an alkali.
1672	alkalizate	[.] AL'KALIZATE, a. Alkaline; impregnated with alkali. Obs.
1673	alkalization	[.] ALKALIZA'TION, n. The act of rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali.
1674	alkalize	[.] AL'KALIZE, v.t. [and formerly Alkalizate.] [.] To make alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to, by mixture.
1675	alkanet	[.] AL'KANET, n. The plant bugloss. The root is used to impart a deep red color to oily substances, ointments, plasters, &c.
1676	alkekengi	[.] ALKEKEN'GI, n. The winter cherry, a species of physalis. The plant bears a near resemblance to solanum, or nightshade. The berry is medicinal.
1677	alkenna	[.] ALKEN'NA or ALHEN'NA, n. Egyptian privet, a species of Lawsonia. The pulverized leaves of this plant are much used by the eastern nations for staining their nails yellow. The powder, being wet, forms a paste, which is bound on the nails for a night, and the color ...
1678	alkermes	[.] ALKERM'ES, n. [.] In pharmacy, a compound cordial, in the form of a confection, derived from the kermes berries. Its other ingredients are said to be pippin-cider, rose water, sugar, ambergris, musk, cinnamon, aloes-wood, pearls, and leaf-gold.
1679	alkerva	[.] ALKER'VA, n. An arabic name of the Palma Christi.
1680	alkoran	[.] AL'KORAN, n. [.] The book which contains the Mohammedan doctrines of faith and practice. It was written by Mohammed, in the dialect of the Koreish, which is the purest Arabic; but the Arabian language has suffered such changes, since it was written, that the language ...
1681	alkoranist	[.] AL'KORANIST, n. One who adheres strictly to the letter of the Alkoran, rejecting all comments. The Persians are generally Alkoranists; the Turks, Arabs, and Tartars admit a multitude of traditions.
1682	alkussa	[.] ALKUS'SA, n. A fish of the Silurus kind, with one beard only under the chin.
1683	all	[.] ALL, a. awl. [Gr. Shemitic from calah, to be ended or completed to perfect.] [.] 1. Every one, or the whole number of particulars. [.] 2. The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the ...
1684	all-abandoned	[.] ALL-ABAN'DONED, a. Abandoned by all
1685	all-abhorred	[.] ALL-ABHOR'RED, a. Detested by all.
1686	all-accomplished	[.] ALL-ACCOM'PLISHED, a. Fully accomplished; whose education is highly finished or complete.
1687	all-admiring	[.] ALL-ADMI'RING, a. Wholly admiring.
1688	all-advised	[.] ALL-ADVI'SED, a. Advised by all.
1689	all-approved	[.] ALL-APPROVED, a. Approved by all.
1690	all-atoning	[.] ALL-ATO'NING, a. Atoning for all; making complete atonement.
1691	all-bearing	[.] ALL-BEA'RING, a. Producing every thing; omniparous.
1692	all-beauteous	[.] ALL-BEAU'TEOUS, a. Perfectly beautiful
1693	all-beholding	[.] ALL-BEHO'LDING, a. Beholding or seeing all things.
1694	all-blasting	[.] ALL-BL'ASTING, a. Blasting all; defaming or destroying all.
1695	all-bounteous	[.] ALL-BOUN'TEOUS,
1696	all-bountiful	[.] ALL-BOUN'TIFUL, a. Perfectly bountiful; of infinite bounty.
1697	all-changing	[.] ALL-CHA'NGING, a. Perpetually changing.
1698	all-cheering	[.] ALL-CHEE'RING, a. That cheers all; that gives gaiety or cheerfulness to all.
1699	all-commanding	[.] ALL-COMM'ANDING, a. Having command or sovereignty over all.
1700	all-complying	[.] ALL-COMPLY'ING, a. Complying in every respect.
1701	all-composing	[.] ALL-COMPO'SING, a. That makes all tranquil or peaceful.
1702	all-comprehensive	[.] ALL-COMPREHEN'SIVE, a. Comprehending all things.
1703	all-concealing	[.] ALL-CONCE'ALING, a. Hiding or concealing all.
1704	all-conquering	[.] ALL-CON'QUERING, a. That subdues all.
1705	all-conscious	[.] ALL-CON'SCIOUS, a. Conscious of all; all-knowing.
1706	all-constraining	[.] ALL-CONSTRA'INING, a. Constraining all
1707	all-consuming	[.] ALL-CONSU'MING, a. That consumes or devours all.
1708	all-daring	[.] ALL-DA'RING, a. Daring to attempt every thing.
1709	all-destroying	[.] ALL-DESTROY'ING, a. Destroying every thing.
1710	all-devastating	[.] ALL-DEV'ASTATING, a. Wasting every thing.
1711	all-devouring	[.] ALL-DEVOUR'ING, a Eating or consuming all.
1712	all-dimming	[.] ALL-DIM'MING, a. Obscuring every thing.
1713	all-discovering	[.] ALL-DISCOV'ERING, a. Discovering or disclosing every thing.
1714	all-disgraced	[.] ALL-DISGRA'CED, a. Completely disgraced.
1715	all-dispensing	[.] ALL-DISPENS'ING, a. Dispensing all things; affording dispensation or permission.
1716	all-divine	[.] ALL-DIVI'NE, a. Supremely excellent.
1717	all-divining	[.] ALL-DIVI'NING, a. Foretelling all things.
1718	all-dreaded	[.] ALL-DREAD'ED, a. Dreaded by all.
1719	all-efficient	[.] ALL-EFFI'CIENT, a. Of perfect or unlimited efficacy or efficiency.
1720	all-eloquent	[.] ALL-EL'OQUENT, a. Eloquent in the highest degree.
1721	all-embracing	[.] ALL-EMBRA'CING, a. Embracing all things.
1722	all-ending	[.] ALL-END'ING, a. Putting an end to all things.
1723	all-enlightening	[.] ALL-ENLI'GHTENING, a. Enlightening all things.
1724	all-enraged	[.] ALL-ENRA'GED, a. Highly enraged.
1725	all-flaming	[.] ALL-FLA'MING, a. Flaming in all directions.
1726	all-fools-day	[.] ALL-FOOL'S-DAY, n. The first of April.
1727	all-forgiving	[.] ALL-FORGIV'ING, a. Forgiving or pardoning all.
1728	all-fours	[.] ALL-FOURS, n. [all and four.] [.] A game at cards, played by two or four persons; so called from the possession of the four honors, by one person, who is then said to have all fours. [.] To go on all fours is to move or walk on four legs, or on the two legs and ...
1729	all-giver	[.] ALL-GIV'ER, n. The giver of all things.
1730	all-good	[.] ALL-GOOD', a. Completely good.
1731	all-gracious	[.] ALL-GRA'CIOUS, a. Perfectly gracious.
1732	all-guiding	[.] ALL-GUI'DING, a. Guiding or conducting all things.
1733	all-hail	[.] ALL-HA'IL, ex. [.] All health; a phrase of salutation, expressing a wish of all health or safety to the person addressed.
1734	all-hallow	[.] ALL-HAL'LOW, or ALL-HALLOWS, n. [.] All Saints day, the first of November; a feast dedicated to all the saints in general
1735	all-hallow-tide	[.] ALL-HALLOW-TIDE, n. The time near All Saints, or November first.
1736	all-hallows	[.] ALL-HAL'LOW, or ALL-HALLOWS, n. [.] All Saints day, the first of November; a feast dedicated to all the saints in general
1737	all-happy	[.] ALL-HAP'PY, a. Completely happy.
1738	all-heal	[.] ALL-HE'AL, n. The popular name of several plants.
1739	all-healing	[.] ALL-HE'ALING, a. Healing all things.
1740	all-helping	[.] ALL-HELP'ING, a. Assisting all
1741	all-hiding	[.] ALL-HI'DING, a. Concealing all things.
1742	all-honored	[.] ALL-HON'ORED, a. Honored by all.
1743	all-hurting	[.] ALL-HURT'ING, a. Hurting all things.
1744	all-idolizing	[.] ALL-I'DOLIZING, a. Worshiping any thing.
1745	all-imitating	[.] ALL-IM'ITATING, a. Imitating every thing.
1746	all-informing	[.] ALL-INFORM'ING, a. Imitating every thing.
1747	all-interesting	[.] ALL-IN'TERESTING, a. Interesting in the highest degree.
1748	all-interpreting	[.] ALL-INTER'PRETING, a. Explaining all things.
1749	all-judging	[.] ALL-JUDG'ING, a. Judging all; possessing the sovereign right of judging.
1750	all-just	[.] ALL-JUST;, a. Perfectly just.
1751	all-kind	[.] ALL-KI'ND, a. Perfectly kind or benevolent.
1752	all-knowing	[.] ALL-KNO'WING, a. Having all knowledge; omniscient.
1753	all-licensed	[.] ALL-LI'CENSED, a. Licensed to every thing.
1754	all-loving	[.] ALL-LOV'ING, a. Of infinite love.
1755	all-making	[.] ALL-MA'KING, a. Making or creating all; omnific.
1756	all-maturing	[.] ALL-MATU'RING, a. Maturing all things.
1757	all-merciful	[.] ALL-MER'CIFUL, a. Of perfect mercy or compassion.
1758	all-murdering	[.] ALL-MUR'DERING, a. Killing or destroying every thing.
1759	all-obedient	[.] ALL-OBE'DIENT, a. Entirely obedient.
1760	all-obeying	[.] ALL-OBEY'ING, a. [See Obey.] Receiving obedience from all.
1761	all-oblivious	[.] ALL-OBLIV'IOUS, a. Causing total oblivion.
1762	all-obscuring	[.] ALL-OBSCU'RING, a. Obscuring every thing.
1763	all-patient	[.] ALL-PA'TIENT, a. Enduring every thing without murmurs.
1764	all-penetrating	[.] ALL-PEN'ETRATING, a. Penetrating every thing.
1765	all-perfect	[.] ALL-PER'FECT, a. Completely perfect; having all perfection.
1766	all-perfectness	[.] ALL-PER'FECTNESS, n. The perfection of the whole; entire perfection.
1767	all-piercing	[.] ALL-PIER'CING, a. Piercing every thing.
1768	all-powerful	[.] ALL-POW'ERFUL, a. Almighty; omnipotent.
1769	all-praised	[.] ALL-PRA'ISED, a. Praised by all.
1770	all-ruling	[.] ALL-RU'LING, a. Governing all things.
1771	all-sagacious	[.] ALL-SAGA'CIOUS, a. Having all sagacity; of perfect discernment.
1772	all-saints-day	[.] ALL-SAINTS-DAY, n. The first day of November, called also all hallows; a feast in honor of all the saints.
1773	all-sanctifying	[.] ALL-SANC'TIFYING, a. Sanctifying the whole.
1774	all-saving	[.] ALL-SA'VING, a. Saving all.
1775	all-searching	[.] ALL-SEARCH'ING, a. Pervading and searching every thing.
1776	all-seeing	[.] ALL-SEE'ING, a. Seeing every thing.
1777	all-seer	[.] ALL-SEE'R, n. One that sees every thing.
1778	all-shaking	[.] ALL-SHA'KING, a. Shaking all things.
1779	all-shunned	[.] ALL-SHUN'NED, a. Shunned by all.
1780	all-souls-day	[.] ALL-SOULS-DAY, n. The second day of November; a feast or solemnity held by the church of Rome, to supplicate for the souls of the faithful deceased.
1781	all-sufficiency	[.] ALL-SUFFI'CIENCY, n. Complete or infinite ability.
1782	all-sufficient	[.] ALL-SUFFI'CIENT, a. Sufficient to every thing; infinitely able. [.] ALL-SUFFI'CIENT, n. The all-sufficient Being; God.
1783	all-surrounding	[.] ALL-SURROUND'ING, a. Encompassing the whole.
1784	all-surveying	[.] ALL-SURVEY'ING, n. [See Survey.] Surveying every thing.
1785	all-sustaining	[.] ALL-SUSTA'INING, a. Upholding all things.
1786	all-telling	[.] ALL-TELL'ING, a. Telling or divulging every thing.
1787	all-triumphing	[.] ALL-TRI'UMPHING, a. Triumphant every where or over all.
1788	all-watched	[.] ALL-WATCH'ED, a. Watched throughout.
1789	all-wise	[.] ALL-WI'SE, a. Possessed of infinite wisdom.
1790	all-witted	[.] ALL-WIT'TED, a. Having all kinds of wit.
1791	all-worshiped	[.] ALL-WOR'SHIPED, a. Worshiped or adored by all.
1792	all-worthy	[.] ALL-WOR'THY, a. Of infinite worth; of the highest worth.
1793	allagite	[.] AL'LAGITE, n. A mineral, of a brown or green color, massive, with a flat conchoidal fracture, and nearly opake, found in the Hartz near Elbingerode.
1794	allanite	[.] AL'LANITE, n. A mineral named from Mr. Allan, of Edinburg, who first recognized it as a distinct species. It is massive, of a brownish black color, and conchoidal fracture. A siliceous oxyd of cerium.
1795	allatrate	[.] AL'LATRATE, v.t. [L. allatro.] To bark, as a dog. [Not used.]
1796	allay	[.] ALLA'Y, v.t. [Gr.; L.ligo, to bind; but this may be the same word differently applied, that is, to set, to fix, to make fast, to unite. Allay and alloy were formerly used indifferently; but I have recognized an entire distinction between them, applying alloy to metals.] [.] 1. ...
1797	allayed	[.] ALLA'YED, pp. Layed at rest; quieted; tranquilized; abated; [reduced by mixture. Obs.]
1798	allayer	[.] ALLA'YER, n. He, or that which allays.
1799	allaying	[.] ALLA'YING, ppr. Quieting; reducing to tranquility; abating; [reducing by mixture. Obs.]
1800	allayment	[.] ALLA'YMENT, n. The act of quieting, or a state of tranquility; a state of rest after disturbance; abatement; ease; as, the allayment of grief.
1801	alle	[.] AL'LE, n. ally. The little auk, or black and white diver.
1802	allective	[.] ALLEC'TIVE, a. Alluring. [Not used.] [.] ALLEC'TIVE, n. Allurement. [Not used.]
1803	alledge	[.] ALLEDGE', v.t. [L. allego, ad and lego, to send; Eng. lay.] [.] 1. To declare; to affirm; to assert; to pronounce, with positiveness; as, to alledge a fact. [.] 2. To produce as an argument, plea or excuse; to cite or quote; as, to alledge the authority of a ...
1804	alledged	[.] ALLEDG'ED, pp. Affirmed; asserted, whether as a charge or a plea.
1805	alledger	[.] ALLEDG'ER, n. One who affirms or declares.
1806	alledging	[.] ALLEDG'ING, ppr. Asserting; averring; declaring.
1807	allegation	[.] ALLEGA'TION, n. [.] 1. Affirmation; positive assertion or declaration. [.] 2. That which is affirmed or asserted; that which is offered as a plea, excuse or justification. [.] 3. In ecclesiastical courts, a formal complaint, or declaration of charges.
1808	allege	[.] ALLEGE. [See Alledge.]
1809	allegeable	[.] ALLEG'EABLE, a. That may be alledged. [Not used.]
1810	allegeas	[.] ALLE'GEAS, or ALLE'GIAS, n. A stuff manufactured in the East Indies, of two kinds, one of cotton, the other of various plants which are spun like flax.
1811	allegement	[.] ALLEG'EMENT, n. Allegation. [Not in use.]
1812	alleghanean	[.] ALLEGHA'NEAN, a. Pertaining to the mountains called Alleghany, or Alleghenny.
1813	alleghany	[.] ALLEGHA'NY, n. The chief ridge of the great chains of mountains which run from N. East to S. West through the middle and southern states of North America; but, more appropriately, the main or unbroken ridge, which casts all the waters on one side to the east, and on ...
1814	allegiance	[.] ALLE'GIANCE, n. [L. alligo, of ad and ligo, to bind. See Liege and League.] [.] The tie or obligation of a subject to his Prince or government; the duty of fidelity to a king, government or state. Every native or citizen owes allegiance to the government under ...
1815	allegiant	[.] ALLE'GIANT, a. Loyal. [Not used.]
1816	allegias	[.] ALLE'GEAS, or ALLE'GIAS, n. A stuff manufactured in the East Indies, of two kinds, one of cotton, the other of various plants which are spun like flax.
1817	allegoric	[.] ALLEGOR'IC,
1818	allegorical	[.] ALLEGOR'ICAL, a. In the manner of allegory; figurative; describing by resemblances.
1819	allegorically	[.] ALLEGOR'ICALLY, adv. In a figurative manner; by way of allegory.
1820	allegoricalness	[.] ALLEGOR'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being allegorical.
1821	allegorize	[.] AL'LEGORIZE, v.t. [.] 1. To form an allegory; to turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people. [.] 2. To understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may be understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative ...
1822	allegorized	[.] AL'LEGORIZED, pp. Turned into allegory, or understood allegorically.
1823	allegorizing	[.] AL'LEGORIZING, ppr. Turning into allegory, or understanding in all allegorical sense.
1824	allegory	[.] AL'LEGORY, n. [Gr. other, to speak, a forum, an oration.] [.] A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The principal subject is thus kept out of view, and ...
1825	allegretto	[.] ALLEGRET'TO, [from allegro,] denotes, in music, a movement or time quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro.
1826	allegro	[.] ALLE'GRO. [See Light.] [.] In music, a word denoting a brisk movement; a sprightly part or strain; the quickest except presto. Piu allegro is a still quicker movement. [.]
1827	alleluiah	[.] ALLELU'IAH, n. [Heb. praise to Jah.] [.] Praise to Jehovah; a word used to denote pious joy and exultation, chiefly in hymns and anthems. The Greeks retained the word in their praise to Io; probably a corruption of Jah. The Romans retained the latter word in their ...
1828	allemand	[.] ALLEMAND', n. A slow air in common time, or grave, solemn music, with a slow movement. Also a brisk dance, or a figure in dancing.
1829	allemannic	[.] ALLEMAN'NIC, a. Belonging to the Alemanni, ancient Germans, and to Alemannia, their country. The word is generally supposed to be composed of all and manni, all men. Cluver, p. 68. This is probably an error. The word is more probably composed of the Celtic all, ...
1830	allerion	[.] ALLER'ION, n. In heraldry, an eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings; denoting Imperialists vanquished and disarmed.
1831	alleveur	[.] ALLEVEU'R, n. A small Swedish coin, value about a cent.
1832	alleviate	[.] ALLE'VIATE, v.t. [Low L. allevio; ad and levo, to raise, levis, light.] [.] 1. To make light; but always in a figurative sense, as it is not applied to material objects. To remove in part; to lessen, mitigate, or make easier to be endured; applied to evils; as, ...
1833	alleviated	[.] ALLE'VIATED, pp. Made lighter; mitigated; eased; extenuated.
1834	alleviating	[.] ALLE'VIATING, ppr. Making lighter, or more tolerable; extenuating.
1835	alleviation	[.] ALLEVIA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of lightening, allaying, or extenuating; a lessening or mitigation. [.] 2. That which lessens, mitigates or makes more tolerable; as, the sympathy of a friend is an alleviation of grief. [.] I have not wanted such alleviations ...
1836	alleviative	[.] ALLE'VIATIVE, n. That which mitigates. [Not in use.]
1837	alley	[.] AL'LEY, n. al'ly [.] 1. A walk in a garden; a narrow passage. [.] 2. A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street. [.] 3. A place in London where stocks are bought and sold.
1838	alliaceous	[.] ALLIA'CEOUS, a. [L. allium, garlic.] [.] Pertaining to allium, or garlic; having the properties of garlic.
1839	alliance	[.] ALLI'ANCE, n. [Gr.; L.] [.] 1. The relation or union between families, contracted by marriage. [.] 2. The union between nations, contracted by compact, treaty or league. [.] 3. The treaty, league, or compact, which is the instrument of confederacy; sometimes ...
1840	alliant	[.] ALLI'ANT, n. An ally. [Not used.]
1841	alliciency	[.] ALLI'CIENCY, n. [Lat. allicio, ad and lacio, allecto, elicio. [.] The power of attracting any thing; attraction; magnetism. [Little used.]
1842	allicient	[.] ALLI'CIENT, n. That which attracts. [Not used.]
1843	allied	[.] ALLI'ED, pp. Connected by marriage, treaty or similitude. [See ally.]
1844	alligate	[.] AL'LIGATE, v.t. [L. alligo, and ad and ligo, to bind. See Allegiance, Liege, League.] [.] To tie together; to unite by some tie.
1845	alligation	[.] ALLIGA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of tying together; the state of being tied. [Little used.] [.] 2. A rule of arithmetic, for finding the price or value of compounds consisting of ingredients of different values. Thus if a quantity of sugar, worth eight cents ...
1846	alligator	[.] ALLIGA'TOR, n. [The Latin word seems to be connected with lacertus, the arm; and the animal may be named from the resemblance of his legs to arms.] [.] The American crocodile. This animal is of the lizard genus, having a long naked body, four feet, with five toes ...
1847	alligator-pear	[.] ALLIGA'TOR-PEAR, n. A west India fruit, resembling a pear in shape, from one to two pounds in weight. It contains within its rind a yellow butyraceous substance, which, when the fruit is perfectly ripe, constitutes an agreeable food.
1848	alligature	[.] ALLIG'ATURE, n. See Ligature, which is the word in use.
1849	allinement	[.] ALLI'NEMENT, n. [L. linea.] [.] A reducing to a line or to a square; a state of being in squares, in a line, or on a level; a line; a row.
1850	allioth	[.] AL'LIOTH, n. A star in the tail of the great bear, much used for finding the latitude at sea.
1851	allision	[.] ALLISION, n. allizh'un. [L. allido, to dash or strike against of ad and lado, to hurt by striking.] [.] A striking against; as, the allision of the sea against the shore.
1852	alliteration	...
1853	alliterative	[.] ALLIT'ERATIVE, a. Pertaining to, or consisting in, alliteration.
1854	allocation	[.] ALLOCA'TION, n. [L. ad and locatio, a placing, from locus, place. See Local.] [.] The act of putting one thing to another; hence its usual sense is the admission of an article of account, or an allowance made upon an account; a term used in the English Exchequer. ...
1855	allochroite	...
1856	allocution	[.] ALLOCU'TION, n. [L. allocutio, of ad and loquor, to speak. See eloquence.] [.] 1. The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words. [.] 2. An address; a formal address; as, of a General to his troops; a Roman term rarely used in English.
1857	allodial	[.] ALLO'DIAL, a. Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independence of a lord paramount; opposed to feudal.
1858	allodian	[.] ALLODIAN is sometimes used, but is not well authorized.
1859	allodium	[.] ALLO'DIUM, n. [.] Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. In England, there is no allodial ...
1860	allonge	[.] ALLONGE', n. allunj'. [.] 1. A pass with a sword; a thrust made by stepping forward and extending the arm; a term used in fencing, often contracted into lunge. [.] 2. A long rein, when a horse is trotted in the hand.
1861	alloo	[.] ALLOO', v.t. or i. To incite dogs by a call. [.] [See the correct word, Halloo.]
1862	allophane	[.] AL'LOPHANE, n. [Gr. other and to appear.] [.] A mineral of a blue, and sometimes of a green or brown color, which occurs massive, or in imitative shapes. It gelatinizes in acids. [.] Allophane is a variety of clay, occurring in amorphous, botryoidal or reniform ...
1863	allot	[.] ALLOT', v.t. [of ad and lot; See Lot.] [.] 1. To divide or distribute by lot. [.] 2. To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute a share to each individual concerned. [.] 3. To grant, as a portion; to give, assign or appoint in general. [.] Let ...
1864	allotment	[.] ALLOT'MENT, n. [.] 1. That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God. [.] 2. A part, portion or place appropriated. [.] In a field, there is an allotment for olives.
1865	allotted	[.] ALLOT'TED, pp. Distributed by lot; granted; assigned.
1866	allottery	[.] ALLOT'TERY is used by Shakespeare for allotment; but is not authorized by usage.
1867	allotting	[.] ALLOT'TING, ppr. Distributing by lot giving as portions; assigning.
1868	allow	[.] ALLOW', v.t. [L. loco, to lay, set, place. See Lay.] [.] 1. To grant, give or yield; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a pension. [.] 2. To admit; as, to allow the truth of a proposition; to allow a claim. [.] 3. To admit; to own or acknowledge; ...
1869	allow-ableness	[.] ALLOW-ABLENESS, n. The quality of being allowable; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition, or impropriety.
1870	allowable	[.] ALLOW'ABLE, a. That may be permitted as lawful, or admitted as true and proper; not forbid; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.
1871	allowably	[.] ALLOW'ABLY, adv. In an allowable manner; with propriety.
1872	allowance	[.] ALLOW'ANCE, n. [.] 1. The act of allowing or admitting. [.] 2. Permission; license; approbation; sanction; usually slight approbation. [.] 3. Admission; assent to a fact or state of things; a granting. [.] 4. Freedom from restraint; indulgence. [.] 5. ...
1873	allowed	[.] ALLOW'ED, pp. Granted; permitted; assented to; admitted; approved; indulged; appointed; abated.
1874	allowing	[.] ALLOW'ING, ppr. Granting; permitting; admitting; approving; indulging; deducting.
1875	alloy	[.] ALLOY', v.t. [L. alligo, ad and ligo, to bind. Gr.] [.] 1. To reduce the purity of a metal, by mixing with it a portion of one less valuable; as, to alloy gold with silver, or silver with copper. [.] 2. To mix metals. [.] 3. To reduce or abate by mixture; ...
1876	alloyage	[.] ALLOY'AGE, n. [.] 1. The act of alloying metals or the mixture of a baser metal with a finer, to reduce its purity; the act of mixing metals. [.] 2. The mixture of different metals.
1877	alloyed	[.] ALLOY'ED, pp. Mixed; reduced in purity; debased; abated by foreign mixture.
1878	alloying	[.] ALLOY'ING, ppr. Mixing a baser metal with a finer, to reduce its purity; abating by foreign mixture.
1879	allspice	[.] ALL'SPICE, [See under the compounds of all.]
1880	allude	[.] ALLU'DE, v.i. [L. alludo, to smile upon or make sport with of ad and ludo, to play.] [.] To refer to something not directly mentioned; to have reference; to hint at by remote suggestions; as, that story alludes to a recent transaction.
1881	alluding	[.] ALLU'DING, ppr. Having reference; hinting at.
1882	alluminor	[.] ALLU'MINOR, n. [.] One who colors or paints upon paper or parchment, giving light and ornament to letters and figures. [.] This is now written limner.
1883	allure	[.] ALLU'RE, v.t. [.] To attempt to draw to; to tempt by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; as, rewards allure men to brave danger. Sometimes used in a bad sense, to allure to evil; but in this sense entice is more ...
1884	allured	[.] ALLU'RED, pp. Tempted; drawn, or invited, by something that appears desirable.
1885	allurement	[.] ALLU'REMENT, n. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating; as a motive to action; temptation; enticement; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor.
1886	allurer	[.] ALLU'RER, n. He, or that, which allures.
1887	alluring	[.] ALLU'RING, ppr. [.] 1. Drawing; tempting; inviting by some real or apparent good. [.] 2. a. Inviting; having the quality of attracting or tempting.
1888	alluringly	[.] ALLU'RINGLY, adv. In an alluring manner; enticingly.
1889	alluringness	[.] ALLU'RINGNESS, n. The quality of alluring or tempting by the prospect of some good. [Rarely used.]
1890	allusion	...
1891	allusive	[.] ALLU'SIVE, a. Having reference to something not fully expressed.
1892	allusively	[.] ALLU'SIVELY, adv. By way of allusion; by implication, remote suggestion or insinuation.
1893	allusiveness	[.] ALLU'SIVENESS, n. The quality of being allusive. [Rarely used.]
1894	alluvial	[.] ALLU'VIAL, a. [See alluvion.] [.] 1. Pertaining to alluvion; added to land by the wash of water. [.] 2. Washed ashore or down a stream; formed by a current of water; as, alluval ores; alluvial soil.
1895	alluvion	[.] ALLU'VION,
1896	alluvious	[.] ALLU'VIOUS, a. The same as alluvial, and less frequently used.
1897	alluvium	[.] ALLU'VIUM, n. [L. alluvio, of ad and lavo or luo, alluo, to wash. See Lave.] [.] 1. The insensible increase of earth on a shore, or bank of a river, by the force of water, as by a current or by waves. The owner of the land thus augmented has a right to the alluvial ...
1898	ally	[.] ALLY', v.t. [L. ligo.] [.] 1. To unite, or form a relation, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league or confederacy. [.] 2. To form a relation by similitude, resemblance or friendship. Note. This word is more generally ...
1899	allying	[.] ALLY'ING, ppr. Uniting by marriage or treaty.
1900	alma	[.] AL'ME, or AL'MA, n. Girls in Egypt, whose occupation is to amuse company with singing and dancing.
1901	almacantar	[.] AL'MACANTAR, n. [See almucantar.]
1902	almadie	[.] ALMADIE, n. A bark canoe used by the Africans; also a long boat used at Calicut, in India,eighty feet long, and six or seven broad; called also cathuri.
1903	almagest	[.] AL'MAGEST, n. [.] A book or collection of problems in astronomy and geometry, drawn up by Ptolemy. The same title has been given to other works of the like kind.
1904	almagra	[.] ALMA'GRA, n. a fine deep red ocher, with an admixture of purple, very heavy, dense but friable, with a rough dusty surface. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. it is austere to the taste, astringent, melting in the mouth and staining the skin. it is used as a ...
1905	almanack	[.] AL'MANACK, n. [.] A small book or table, containing a calendar of days, weeks and months, with the times of the rising of the sun and moon, changes of the moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, stated terms of courts, observations on the ...
1906	almanack-maker	[.] ALMANACK-MAKER, n. A maker of almanacks.
1907	almandine	[.] AL'MANDINE, n. In mineralogy, precious garnet, a beautiful mineral of a red color, of various shades, sometimes tinged with yellow or blue. It is commonly translucent, sometimes transparent. It occurs crystallized in the rhombic, dodecahedron.
1908	alme	[.] AL'ME, or AL'MA, n. Girls in Egypt, whose occupation is to amuse company with singing and dancing.
1909	almena	[.] ALME'NA, n. A weight of two pounds, used to weigh saffron in several parts of Asia.
1910	almightiness	[.] ALMI'GHTINESS, n. Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; an attribute of God only.
1911	almighty	[.] ALMI'GHTY, a. [all and mighty. See Might.] [.] Possessing all power; omnipotent; being of unlimited might; being of boundless sufficiency; appropriately applied to the Supreme Being. [.] ALMI'GHTY, n. The Omnipotent God.
1912	almond	[.] AL'MOND, n. [.] 1. The fruit of the almond tree; an ovate, compressed nut, perforated in the pores. It is either sweet or bitter. [It is popularly pronounced ammond.] [.] 2. The tonsils, two glands near the basis of the tongue, are called almonds, from their ...
1913	almond-furnace	[.] ALMOND-FURNACE, among refiners, is a furnace in which the slags of litharge, left in refining silver, are reduced to lead, by the help of charcoal; that is, according to modern chimistry, in which the oxyd of lead is deoxydized, and the metal revived.
1914	almond-tree	[.] ALMOND-TREE, n. The tree which produces the almond. The leaves and flowers resemble those of the peach, but the fruit is longer and more compressed, the green coat is thinner and drier when ripe, and the shell is not so rugged.
1915	almond-willow	[.] ALMOND-WILLOW, n. A tree with leaves of a light green on both sides.
1916	almoner	[.] AL'MONER, n. [See Alms.] [.] An officer whose duty is to distribute charity or alms. By the ancient canons, every monastery was to dispose of a tenth of its income in alms to the poor, and all bishops were obliged to keep an almoner. This title is sometimes given ...
1917	almonry	[.] AL'MONRY, n. [Corrupted into ambry, aumbry, or aumery.] [.] The place where the almoner resides, or where the alms are distributed.
1918	almost	[.] ALMO'ST, adv. [all and most.] Nearly; well nigh; for the greatest part. [.] Almost thou persuadest me to be a christian. Acts 26.
1919	alms	[.] 'ALMS, 'amz. [Eng. almesse; L. eleemosyna; Gr. to pity.] [.] Any thing given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing, otherwise called charity. [.] A lame man was laid daily to ask an alms. Acts. 3. [.] Cornelius gave much alms to the people. ...
1920	alms-chest	[.] 'ALMS-BASKET; 'ALMS-BOX; 'ALMS-CHEST; vessels appropriated to receive alms.
1921	alms-deed	[.] 'ALMS-DEED, n. An act of charity; a charitable gift.
1922	alms-folk	[.] 'ALMS-FOLK, n. Persons supporting other by alms. [Not used.]
1923	alms-giver	[.] 'ALMS-GIVER, n. One who gives to the poor.
1924	alms-giving	[.] 'ALMS-GIVING, n. The bestowment of charity.
1925	alms-house	[.] 'ALMS-HOUSE, n. A house appropriated for the use of the poor, who are supported by the public.
1926	alms-men	[.] 'ALMS-MEN,
1927	alms-people	[.] 'ALMS-PEOPLE, n. Persons supported by charity or by public provision.
1928	almucantar	[.] AL'MUCANTAR, n. A series of circles of the sphere passing through the center of the sun, or of a star, parallel to the horizon. It is synonymous with a parallel of altitude, whose common zenith is the vertical point.
1929	almude	[.] ALMU'DE, n. A wine measure in Portugal, of which twenty-six make a pipe.
1930	almug	[.] AL'MUG,
1931	alnagar	[.] AL'NAGER, or AL'NAGAR, n. A measurer by the ell; a sworn officer, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth and fix upon it a seal. This office was abolished by Statute, 11 and 12. Will. 3. No duty or office of this kind exists in the United States.
1932	alnage	[.] AL'NAGE, n. [L. ulna; Gr. an arm, a cubit. See Ell.] [.] A measuring by the ell.
1933	alnager	[.] AL'NAGER, or AL'NAGAR, n. A measurer by the ell; a sworn officer, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth and fix upon it a seal. This office was abolished by Statute, 11 and 12. Will. 3. No duty or office of this kind exists in the United States.
1934	alnight	[.] AL'NIGHT, n A cake of wax with the wick in the midst.
1935	aloe	[.] AL'OE, n. al'o, plu. aloes, pronounced aloze, and popularly al'oez, in three syllables, according to the Latin. [L. aloe; Gr; Heb. plu aloe trees.] [.] In botany, a genus of monogynian hexanders, of many species; all natives of warm climates, and most of them, of ...
1936	aloes	[.] ALOES, in medicine, is the inspissated juice of the aloe. The juice is collected from the leaves, which are cut and put in a tub, and when a large quantity is procured, it is boiled to a suitable consistence; or it is exposed to the sun, till all the fluid part is ...
1937	aloes-wood	[.] AL'OES-WOOD, n. [See Agallochum.]
1938	aloetic	[.] ALOET'IC,
1939	aloetical	[.] ALOET'ICAL, a. Pertaining to aloe or aloes; partaking of the qualities of aloes.
1940	aloft	...
1941	alogians	[.] ALO'GIANS, n. [Gr. a neg. and word.] [.] In church history, a sect of ancient heretics, who denied Jesus Christ to be the Logos and consequently rejected the gospel of St. John.
1942	alogotrophy	[.] AL'OGOTROPHY, n. [Gr. unreasonable and nutrition.] [.] A disproportionate nutrition of the parts of the body, as when one part receives more or less nourishment and growth than another.
1943	alogy	[.] AL'OGY, n. [Gr.] Unreasonableness; absurdity. Obs.
1944	alone	[.] ALO'NE, a. [all and one.] [.] 1. Single; solitary; without the presence of another; applied to a person or thing. [.] It is not good that man should be alone. Gen. 2. [.] [This adjective follows its noun.] [.] 2. It is applied to two or more persons or things, ...
1945	alonely	[.] ALO'NELY, a. or adv. Only; merely; singly. [Not used.]
1946	aloneness	[.] ALO'NENESS, n. That state which belong to no other. [Not used.]
1947	along	[.] ALONG', adv. [See Long.] [.] 1. By the length; lengthwise; in a line with the length; as, the troops marched along the bank of the river, or along the highway. 1Sam. 6. [.] 2. Onward; in a line, or with a progressive motion; as, a meteor glides along the sky; ...
1948	alongst	[.] ALONGST', adv. Along; through or by the length. Obs.
1949	aloof	[.] ALOOF, adv. [Probably from the root of leave, to depart.] [.] 1. At a distance, but within view, or at a small distance, in a literal sense; as, to stand aloof. [.] 2. In a figurative sense, not concerned in a design; declining to take any share, implying circumspection; ...
1950	alopecy	[.] AL'OPECY, n. [Gr. a fox, whose urine is said to occasion baldness.] [.] A disease, called the fox-evil or scurf, which is a falling off of the hair, from any part of the body.
1951	alosa	[.] ALO'SA, n. A fish of passage, called the shad, or other of herrings, a species of Clupea. It is an abdominal, and some naturalists allege it to be a different species from the shad.
1952	aloud	[.] ALOUD', adv. [a and loud; See Loud.] [.] Loudly; with a loud voice, or great noise. [.] Cry aloud, spare not. Isa. 58.
1953	alp	[.] ALP, ALPS, n. [Gr. white; L. albus [.] A high mountain. The name, it is supposed, was originally given to mountains whose tops were covered with snow, and hence appropriately applied to the mountains of Swisserland; so that by Alps is generally understood the latter ...
1954	alpagna	[.] ALPAG'NA, n. An animal of Peru, used as a beast of burden; the Camelus Paco of Linne, and the Pacos of Pennant.
1955	alpha	[.] AL'PHA, n. [Heb. an ox, a leader.] [.] The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and used to denote first or beginning. [.] I am Alpha and Omega. Rev. 1. [.] As a numeral, it stands for one. It was formerly used also to denote chief; as, Plato ...
1956	alphabet	[.] AL'PHABET, n. [Gr.] [.] The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters which form the elements of speech. [.] AL'PHABET, v.t. To arrange in the order of an alphabet; to form an alphabet in a book, or designate the leaves by ...
1957	alphabetarian	[.] ALPHABETA'RIAN, n. A learner while in the A.B.C.
1958	alphabetic	[.] ALPHABET'IC,
1959	alphabetical	[.] ALPHABET'ICAL, a. In the order of an alphabet, or in the order of the letters as customarily arranged.
1960	alphabetically	[.] ALPHABET'ICALLY, adv. In an alphabetical manner; in the customary order of the letters.
1961	alphenix	[.] ALPHE'NIX, n. [al and phaenix.] [.] White barley sugar, used for colds. It is common sugar boiled till it will easily crack; then poured upon an oiled marble table, and molded into various figures.
1962	alphest	[.] AL'PHEST, n. A small fish, having a purple back and belly, with yellow sides, a smooth mouth, and thick fleshy lips; always caught near the shore or among rocks.
1963	alphonsin	[.] ALPHON'SIN, n. A surgical instrument for extracting bullets from wounds, so called from its inventor, Alphonsus Ferrier of Naples. It consists of three branches, which close by a ring, and open when it is drawn back.
1964	alphus	[.] AL'PHUS, n. [Gr. white.] [.] That species of leprosy called vitiligo, in which the skin is rough, with white spots.
1965	alpia	[.] AL'PIST, or AL'PIA, n. The seed of the fox-tail; a small seed, used for feeding birds.
1966	alpine	[.] AL'PINE, a. [L. alpinus, from Alpes.] [.] 1. Pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; very high; elevated. [.] 2. Growing on high mountains; as, alpine plants. [.] AL'PINE, n. A kind of strawberry growing on lofty hills.
1967	alpist	[.] AL'PIST, or AL'PIA, n. The seed of the fox-tail; a small seed, used for feeding birds.
1968	alps	[.] ALP, ALPS, n. [Gr. white; L. albus [.] A high mountain. The name, it is supposed, was originally given to mountains whose tops were covered with snow, and hence appropriately applied to the mountains of Swisserland; so that by Alps is generally understood the latter ...
1969	alquier	[.] AL'QUIER, n. A measure in Portugal for dry things, as well as liquids, containing half an almude or about two gallons. It is called also Cantar.
1970	alquifou	[.] AL'QUIFOU, n. A sort of lead ore, which, when broke, looks like antimony. It is found in Cornwall, England; used by potters to give a green varnish to their wares, and called potters ore. A small mixture of manganese gives it a blackish hue.
1971	already	[.] ALREAD'Y, adv. alred'dy. [all and ready. See Ready.] [.] Literally, a state of complete preparation; but, by an easy deflection, the sense is, at this time, or at a specified time. [.] Elias is come already. Mat. 17. [.] Joseph was in Egypt already. Ex. ...
1972	also	[.] AL'SO, adv. [all and so.] Likewise; in like manner. [.] Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Mat 16.
1973	alt	[.] ALT or AL'TO, a. [L. altus, high; Heb. upper, high.] [.] In music a term applied to high notes in the scale. In sculpture, alto-relievo, high relief, is when the figures project half or more, without being entirely detached from the ground.
1974	altaian	[.] ALTA'IC, or ALTA'IAN, a. [.] Pertaining to the Altai, a vast ridge of mountains extending, in an easterly direction, through a considerable part of Asia, and forming a boundary between the Russian and Chinese dominions.
1975	altaic	[.] ALTA'IC, or ALTA'IAN, a. [.] Pertaining to the Altai, a vast ridge of mountains extending, in an easterly direction, through a considerable part of Asia, and forming a boundary between the Russian and Chinese dominions.
1976	altar	[.] AL'TAR, n. [L. altare, probably from the same root as altus, high. [.] 1. A mount; a table or elevated place, on which sacrifices where anciently offered to some deity. Altars were originally made of turf, afterwards of stone, wood or horn; some were round, others ...
1977	altar-cloth	[.] AL'TAR-CLOTH, n. A cloth to lay upon an altar in churches.
1978	altar-piece	[.] AL'TAR-PIECE, n. A painting placed over the altar in a church.
1979	altar-thane	[.] AL'TARIST, or AL'TAR-THANE, n. In old laws, an appellation given to the priest to whom the altarage belonged; also a chaplain.
1980	altar-wise	[.] AL'TAR-WISE, adv. Placed in the manner of an altar.
1981	altarage	[.] AL'TARAGE, n. The profits arising to priests from oblations, or on account of the altar. Also, in law, altars erected in virtue of donations, before the reformation, within a parochial church, for the purpose of singing a mass for deceased friends.
1982	altarist	[.] AL'TARIST, or AL'TAR-THANE, n. In old laws, an appellation given to the priest to whom the altarage belonged; also a chaplain.
1983	alter	[.] AL'TER, v.t. [L. alter, another. See Alien.] [.] 1. To make some change in; to make different in some particular; to vary in some degree, without an entire change. [.] My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that has gone out of my lips. Ps. 89. [.] 2. ...
1984	alterability	[.] AL'TERABILITY, n. The quality of being susceptible of alteration.
1985	alterable	[.] AL'TERABLE, a. That may become different; that may vary.
1986	alterableness	[.] AL'TERABLENESS, n. The quality of admitting alteration; variableness.
1987	alterably	[.] AL'TERABLY, adv. In a manner that may be altered, or varied.
1988	alterage	[.] AL'TERAGE, n. [From alo, to feed.] [.] The breeding, nourishing or fostering of a child. But this is not an English word.
1989	alterant	[.] AL'TERANT, a. Altering; gradually changing. [.] AL'TERANT, n. A medicine which, without a sensible operation, gradually corrects the state of the body and changes it from a diseased to a healthy condition. An alterative.
1990	alteration	[.] ALTERA'TION, n. [L. alteratio.] [.] The act of making different, or of varying in some particular; an altering or partial change; also the change made, or the loss or acquisition of qualities not essential to the form or nature of a thing. Thus a cold substance ...
1991	alterative	...
1992	altercate	[.] AL'TERCATE, v.i. [L. altercor, alterco, from alter, another.] [.] To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat or anger; to wrangle.
1993	altercation	[.] ALTERCA'TION, n. [L. altercatio.] [.] Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle.
1994	altern	[.] AL'TERN a. [L. alternus, of alter, another.] [.] 1. Acting by turns; one succeeding another; alternate, which is the word generally used. [.] 2. In crystallography, exhibiting, on two parts, an upper and a lower part, faces which alternate among themselves, but ...
1995	alternacy	[.] AL'TERNACY, n. Performance or actions by turns. [Little used.]
1996	alternal	[.] ALTERN'AL, a. Alternative. [Little used.]
1997	alternally	[.] ALTERN'ALLY, adv. By turns. [Little used.]
1998	alternate	[.] ALTERN'ATE, a. [L. alternatus.] [.] 1. Being by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; hence reciprocal. [.] And bid alternate passions fall and rise. [.] 2. In botany branches and leaves are alternate, when they rise higher on opposite ...
1999	alternately	[.] ALTERN'ATELY, adv. In reciprocal succession; by turns, so that each is succeeded by that which it succeeds, as night follows day and day follows night.
2000	alternateness	[.] ALTERN'ATENESS, n. The quality of being alternate, or of following in succession.
2001	alternating	[.] AL'TERNATING, ppr. Performing or following by turns.
2002	alternation	[.] ALTERNA'TION, n. [.] 1. The reciprocal succession of things, in time or place; the act of following and being followed in succession; as, we observe the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter. [.] 2. The different changes or alterations ...
2003	alternative	[.] ALTERN'ATIVE, a. Offering a choice of two things. [.] ALTERN'ATIVE, n. That which may be chosen or omitted; a choice of two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left. Thus, when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives. ...
2004	alternatively	[.] ALTERN'ATIVELY, adv. In the manner of alternatives; in a manner that admits the choice of one out of two things.
2005	alternativeness	[.] ALTERN'ATIVENESS, n. The quality or state of being alternative.
2006	alternity	[.] ALTERN'ITY, n. Succession by turns; alternation.
2007	althea	[.] ALTHE'A, n. [Gr. to heal.] [.] In botany, a genus of polyandrian monadelphs, of several species; called in English marsh-mallow. [.] The common species has a perennial root, and an annual stalk rising four or five feet. It abounds with mucilage, and is used as ...
2008	although	[.] ALTHO'UGH, altho', obs. verb, or used only in the Imperative. [.] Grant all this; be it so; allow all; suppose that; admit all that; as, "although the fig tree shall not blossom." Hab. 3. That is, grant, admit or suppose what follows - "the fig tree shall not blossom." ...
2009	altiloquence	[.] ALTIL'OQUENCE, n. [L. altus, high, and loquor, loquens, speaking.] Lofty speech; pompous language.
2010	altimeter	[.] ALTIM'ETER, n. [L. altus, high and Gr. measure. See Measure and Mode.] [.] An instrument for taking altitudes by geometrical principles, as a geometrical quadrant.
2011	altimetry	[.] ALTIM'ETRY, n. The art of ascertaining altitudes by means of a proper instrument, and by trigonometrical principles without actual mensuration.
2012	altin	[.] AL'TIN, n. A money of account in Russia, value three kopecks, or about three cents; also a lake in Siberia, ninety miles in length.
2013	altincar	[.] ALTIN'CAR, n. A species of factitious salt or powder, used in the fusion and purification of metals, prepared in various ways. [See Tincal.]
2014	altisonant	[.] ALTIS'ONANT,
2015	altisonous	[.] ALTIS'ONOUS, a. [L. altus, high, and sonans, sounding; sonus, sound.] High sounding, lofty or pompous, as language.
2016	altitude	[.] AL'TITUDE, n. [L. altitudo, of altus, high, and a common termination, denoting state, condition or manner.] [.] 1. Space extended upward; height; the elevation of an object above its foundation; as, the altitude of a mountain, or column; or the elevation of an object ...
2017	altivolant	[.] ALTIV'OLANT, a. [L. altus, high, and volans, flying.] [.] Flying high.
2018	alto	[.] AL'TO. [L. altus.] High. [.] Alto and Basso, high and low, in old law, terms used to signify a submission of all differences of every kind to arbitration.
2019	alto-octavo	[.] AL'TO-OCTA'VO. An octave higher.
2020	alto-relievo	[.] AL'TO-RELIE'VO. High relief, in sculpture, is the projection of a figure half or more, without being entirely detached.
2021	alto-ripieno	[.] AL'TO-RIPIE'NO. The tenor of the great chorus, which sings and plays only in particular places.
2022	alto-viola	[.] AL'TO-VIOLA. A small tenor viol.
2023	alto-violino	[.] AL'TO-VIOLINO. A small tenor violin.
2024	altogether	[.] ALTOGETH'ER, adv. [all and together. See Together.] [.] Wholly; entirely; completely; without exception. [.] Every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Ps. 39.
2025	aludel	[.] AL'UDEL, n. [a and lutum, without lute. Lunier.] [.] In chimistry, aludels are earthern pots without bottoms, that they may be exactly fitted into each other, and used in sublimations. At the bottom of the furnace is a pot containing the matter to be sublimed, ...
2026	alum	[.] AL'UM, n. [L. alumen.] [.] A triple sulphate of alumina and potassa. This substance is white, transparent and very astringent; but seldom found pure or crystallized. This salt is usually prepared by roasting and lixiviating certain clays containing pyrites, and ...
2027	alum-earth	[.] ALUM-EARTH, n. A massive mineral, of a blackish brown color, a dull luster, and soft consistence.
2028	alum-slate	[.] ALUM-SLATE, n. A mineral of two species, common and glossy.
2029	alum-stone	[.] ALUM-STONE, n. The siliceous subsulphate of alumina and potash.
2030	alumin	[.] AL'UMIN,
2031	alumina	[.] ALU'MINA, n. An earth or earthy substance, which has been considered to be elementary, and called pure clay; but recently, chimical experiments have given reason to believe it to be a metallic oxyd, to the base of which has been given the name aluminum. This metallic ...
2032	aluminiform	[.] ALU'MINIFORM a. Having the form of alumina.
2033	aluminite	[.] AL'UMINITE, n. Subsulphate of alumina; a mineral that occurs in small roundish or reniform masses. Its color is snow white or yellowish white.
2034	aluminous	[.] ALU'MINOUS, a. Pertaining to alum or alumina, or partaking of the same properties.
2035	aluminum	[.] ALU'MINUM, n. The name given to the supposed metallic base of alumina.
2036	alumish	[.] AL'UMISH, a. Having the nature of alum; somewhat resembling alum.
2037	aluta	[.] ALU'TA, n. [L.] A species of leatherstone, soft, pliable and not laminated.
2038	alutation	[.] ALUTA'TION, n. [L. aluta, tanned leather.] The tanning of leather.
2039	alveary	[.] AL'VEARY, n. [L. alvearium, alveare,a bee hive, from alvus, the belly.] The hollow of the external ear, or bottom of the concha.
2040	alveolar	[.] AL'VEOLAR,
2041	alveolary	[.] AL'VEOLARY, a. [L. alveolus, a socket, from alveus, a hollow vessel.] Containing sockets, hollow cells or its; pertaining to sockets.
2042	alveolate	[.] AL'VEOLATE, a. [L. alveolatus,from alveus, a hollow vessel.]pitted, so as to resemble a honey comb.
2043	alveole	[.] AL'VEOLE,
2044	alveolite	[.] AL'VEOLITE, n. [L. alveolus, and Gr.] [.] In natural history, a kind of stony polypiers, of a globular or hemispherical shape; formed by numerous concentric beds, each composed of a union of little cells.
2045	alveolus	...
2046	alvine	[.] AL'VINE, a. [from alvus, the belly.] Belonging to the belly or intestines.
2047	alwargrim	[.] ALWAR'GRIM, n. The spotted plover.
2048	alway	[.] AL'WAY or AL'WAYS, adv. [all and way] [.] 1. Perpetually; throughout all time; as, God is always the same. [.] 2. Continually; without variation. [.] I do alway those things which please him. John 8. Mat. 28. [.] 3. Continually or constantly during a certain ...
2049	always	[.] AL'WAY or AL'WAYS, adv. [all and way] [.] 1. Perpetually; throughout all time; as, God is always the same. [.] 2. Continually; without variation. [.] I do alway those things which please him. John 8. Mat. 28. [.] 3. Continually or constantly during a certain ...
2050	am	[.] AMB,AM. About; around; used in composition. Gr., Lat. am or amb.
2051	ama	[.] A'MA, or HA'MA, n. [.] In church affairs, a vessel to contain wine for the eucharist; also, a wine measure, as a cask, a pipe, &c.
2052	amability	[.] AMABIL'ITY, n. [L. amabilis, from to love.] [.] Loveliness; the power of pleasing, or rather the combination of agreeable qualities which win the affections.
2053	amadavad	[.] AMAD'AVAD, n. A small curious bird of the size of the crested wren; the upper part of the body is brown, the prime feathers of the wings black.
2054	amadetto	[.] AMADET'TO, n. a sort of pear, so called, it is said, from a person who cultivated it.
2055	amadogade	[.] AMAD'OGADE, n. a small beautiful bird in Peru; the upper part of its body and wings are of a lively green, its breast red, and its belly white.
2056	amadot	[.] AM'ADOT, n. A sort of pear.
2057	amadou	[.] AM'ADOU, n. A variety of the boletus igniarius, found on old ash and other trees. [.] This is written also amadow, and called black match, and pyrotechnical spunge, on account of its inflammability.
2058	amain	[.] AMA'IN, adv. [.] With force, strength or violence; violently; furiously; suddenly; at once. [.] What, when we fled amain. [.] Let go amain, in seamen's language or strike amain, is to let fall or lower at once.
2059	amalgam	...
2060	amalgamate	[.] AMAL'GAMATE, v.t. [.] 1. To mix quicksilver with another metal. Gregory uses amalgamize. [.] 2. To mix different things, to make a compound; to unite. [.] AMAL'GAMATE, v.i. To mix or unite in an amalgam; to blend.
2061	amalgamated	[.] AMAL'GAMATED, pp. Mixed with quicksilver; blended.
2062	amalgamating	[.] AMAL'GAMATING, ppr. Mixing quicksilver with another metal; compounding.
2063	amalgamation	[.] AMALGAMA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act or operation of mixing mercury with another metal. [.] 2. The mixing or blending of different things.
2064	amalozk	[.] AM'ALOZK, n. A large aquatic fowl of Mexico.
2065	amandola	[.] AMAN'DOLA, n. A green marble, having the appearance of honey comb, and containing white spots; of 100 parts 76 are mild calcarious earth, 20 shist and 2 iron. The cellular appearance proceeds from the shist. [.]
2066	amanuensis	[.] AMANUEN'SIS, n. [L. from manus, hand.] [.] A person whose employment is to write what another dictates.
2067	amaranth	[.] AM'ARANTH,
2068	amaranthine	[.] AMARANTH'INE, a. Belonging to amaranth; consisting of, containing, or resembling amaranth.
2069	amaranthus	[.] AMARANTH'US, n. [Gr.of a neg. and to decay; so called, it is said, because, when cropped, it does not soon wither.] [.] Flower-gentle; a genus of plants, of many species. Of these the tricolored has long been cultivated in gardens, on account of the beauty of its ...
2070	amaritude	[.] AMAR'ITUDE, n. [L. amaritudo, from amarus, bitter; from Heb. bitter.] Bitterness. [Not much used.]
2071	amaryllis	[.] AMARYL'LIS, n. [The name of a country girl in Theocritus and Virgil.] [.] In botany, lily-daffodil, a genus of liliaceous plants of several species, which are cultivated in gardens for the beauty of their flowers.
2072	amass	[.] AM'ASS, v.t. [L. massa, a heap or lump; Gr. See mass.] [.] 1. To collect into a heap; to gather a great quantity; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure. [.] 2. To collect in great numbers; to add many things together; as, to amass words or phrases. [.] AM'ASS, ...
2073	amassed	[.] AM'ASSED, pp. Collected in a heap, or in a great quantity or number; accumulated.
2074	amassing	[.] AM'ASSING, ppr. Collecting in a heap, or in a large quantity or number.
2075	amassment	[.] AM'ASSMENT, n. A heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation.
2076	amate	[.] AMA'TE, v.i. [See Mate.] To accompany; also to terrify, to perplex. [Not used.]
2077	amateur	[.] AMATEU'R, n. [L. anator, a lover, from amo, to love.] [.] A person attached to a particular pursuit, study or science, as to music or painting; one who has a taste for the arts.
2078	amatorial	[.] AMATO'RIAL,
2079	amatorially	[.] AMATO'RIALLY, adv. In an amatorial manner; by way of love.
2080	amatorious	[.] AMATORIOUS, a. Pertaining to love.
2081	amatory	[.] AM'ATORY, a. [L. amatorius, from amo, to love.] [.] 1. Relating to love; as, amatorial verses; causing love; as, amatory potions; produced by sexual intercourse; as, amatorial progeny. [.] 2. In anatomy, a term applied to the oblique muscles of the eye, from ...
2082	amaurosis	[.] AMAURO'SIS, n. [Gr. obscure.] [.] A loss or decay of sight, without any visible defect in the eye, except an immovable pupil; called also gutta serena. Sometimes the disease is periodical, coming on suddenly, continuing for hours or days, and then disappearing. ...
2083	amaze	[.] AMA'ZE, v.t. [.] To confound with fear, sudden surprise, or wonder; to astonish. [.] They shall be afraid; they shall be amazed at one another. Is. 23. [.] They were all amazed and glorified God. Mark 2. Luke 5. [.] This word implies astonishment or perplexity, ...
2084	amazed	[.] AMA'ZED, pp. Astonished; confounded with fear, surprise or wonder.
2085	amazedly	[.] AMA'ZEDLY, adv. With amazement; in a manner to confound. [Little used.]
2086	amazedness	[.] AMA'ZEDNESS, n. The state of being confounded with fear, surprise or wonder; astonishment; great wonder.
2087	amazement	[.] AMA'ZEMENT, n. Astonishment; confusion or perplexity, from a sudden impression of fear, surprise or wonder. It is sometimes accompanied with fear or terror; sometimes merely extreme wonder or admiration at some great, sudden or unexpected event, at an unusual sight, ...
2088	amazing	[.] AMA'ZING, ppr. [.] 1. Confounding with fear, surprise or wonder. [.] 2. a. Very wonderful; exciting astonishment, or perplexity.
2089	amazingly	[.] AMA'ZINGLY, adv. In an astonishing degree; in a manner to excite astonishment, or to perplex, confound or terrify.
2090	amazon	[.] AM'AZON, n. [This is said to be formed of a neg and breast. History informs us, that the Amazons cut off their right breast, that it might not incommode them in shooting and hurling the javelin. This is doubtless a fable.] [.] 1. The Amazons are said by historians, ...
2091	amazonian	[.] AMAZO'NIAN, a. [.] 1. Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon. Applied to females, bold; of masculine manners; warlike. [.] 2. Belonging to the river Maranon in South America, or to Amazonia, the country lying on that river.
2092	amb	[.] AMB,AM. About; around; used in composition. Gr., Lat. am or amb.
2093	ambages	[.] AMBA'GES, n. [L. amb and ago, to drive.] [.] 1. A circumlocution; a circuit of words to express ideas which may be expressed in fewer words. [.] 2. A winding or turning.
2094	ambassador	[.] AMBAS'SADOR, n. [This is the more common orthography; but good authors write also embassador; and as the orthography of embassy is established, it would be better to write embassador. See Embassador.]
2095	ambe	[.] AM'BE or AM'BI, n. [Gr. a brim; from amb, about.] [.] Literally, a brim; but in surgery, an instrument for reducing dislocated shoulders, so called from the jutting of its extremity. Also the mango tree. [.]
2096	amber	[.] AM'BER, n. [In 1Kings 10:2-10, the Arabic is rendered spices. The Arabic word is rendered by Castle, amber, a marine fish, a shield made of skins, crocus and fimus.] [.] A hard semi-pellucid substance, tasteless and without smell, except when pounded or heated, ...
2097	amber-drink	[.] AM'BER-DRINK, n. A drink resembling amber in color.
2098	amber-dropping	[.] AM'BER-DROPPING, a. Dropping amber.
2099	amber-fellow	[.] CHAMBER-FELLOW,AMBER-FELLOW, n. One who sleeps in the same apartment.
2100	amber-seed	[.] AM'BER-SEED, n. Musk-seed, resembling millet. It is of a bitterish taste, and brought from Egypt and the West Indies.
2101	amber-tree	[.] AM'BER-TREE, n. The English name of a species of Anthospermum, a shrub, with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.
2102	ambergris	[.] AM'BERGRIS, n. [.] A solid, opake, ash-colored inflammable substance, variegated like marble, remarkably light, rugged on its surface, and when heated, it has a fragrant odor. It does not effervesce with acids; it melts easily into a kind of yellow resin, and is ...
2103	ambi	[.] AM'BE or AM'BI, n. [Gr. a brim; from amb, about.] [.] Literally, a brim; but in surgery, an instrument for reducing dislocated shoulders, so called from the jutting of its extremity. Also the mango tree. [.]
2104	ambidexter	[.] AM'BIDEXTER, n. [L. ambo, both, and dexter, the right hand.] [.] 1. A person who uses both hands with equal facility. [.] 2. A double dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes. [This sense is used in ludicrous language.] [.] 3. In ...
2105	ambidexterity	[.] AMBIDEXTER'ITY,
2106	ambidextrous	[.] AMBIDEX'TROUS, a. Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease; practicing on siding with both parties.
2107	ambidextrousness	[.] AMBIDEX'TROUSNESS, n. The faculty of using both hands with equal facility; double dealing; the taking of money from both parties for a verdict.
2108	ambient	[.] AM'BIENT, a. [L. ambiens, from ambio, to go round, from amb, about, and eo, to go.] [.] Surrounding; encompassing on all sides; investing; applied to fluids or diffusible substances; as, the ambient air.
2109	ambigenal	[.] AMBIG'ENAL, a. [L. ambo, both, and genu, a knee.] [.] An ambigenal hyperbola is one of the triple hyperbolas of the second order, having one of its infinite legs falling within an angle formed by the asymptotes, and the other without.
2110	ambigu	[.] AM'BIGU, n. An entertainment or feast, consisting of a medley of dishes.
2111	ambiguity	[.] AMBIGU'ITY, n. [L. ambiguitas, from ambigo.] [.] Doubtfulness or uncertainty of signification, from a word's being susceptible of different meanings; double meaning. [.] Words should be used which admit of no ambiguity.
2112	ambiguous	[.] AMBIG'UOUS, a. [L. ambiguus.] [.] Having two or more meanings; doubtful; being of uncertain signification; susceptible of different interpretations; hence, obscure. It is applied to words and expressions; not to a dubious state of mind, though it may be to a person ...
2113	ambiguously	[.] AMBIG'UOUSLY, adv. In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning.
2114	ambiguousness	[.] AMBIG'UOUSNESS, n. The quality of being ambiguous; uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; and hence, obscurity.
2115	ambilevous	[.] AMBILEVOUS, a. [L., both, left.] Left handed on both sides. [Not in use.]
2116	ambilogy	[.] AMBIL'OGY, n. [ambo, both, and speech.] [.] Talk or language of doubtful meaning.
2117	ambiloquous	[.] AMBIL'OQUOUS, a. [ambo, both, and laquor, to speak.] [.] Using ambiguous expressions.
2118	ambit	[.] AM'BIT, n. [L. ambitus, a circuit, from ambio, to go about. See Ambient.] [.] The line that encompasses a thing; in geometry, the perimeter of a figure, or the surface of a body. The periphery or circumference of a circular body.
2119	ambition	[.] AMBI'TION, n. [L. ambitio, from ambio, to go about, or to seek by making interest, of amb, about, and eo, to go. See Ambages. This word had its origin in the practice of Roman candidates for office, who went about the city to solicit votes.] [.] A desire of preferment, ...
2120	ambitious	[.] AMBI'TIOUS, a. [.] 1. Desirous of power, honor, office, superiority or excellence; aspiring; eager for fame; followed by of before a noun; as ambitious of glory. [.] 2. Showy; adapted to command notice or praise; as, ambitious ornaments. [.] 3. Figuratively, ...
2121	ambitiously	[.] AMBI'TIOUSLY, adv. In an ambitious manner; with an eager desire after preferment, or superiority.
2122	ambitiousness	[.] AMBI'TIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being ambitious; ambition. Being nearly synonymous with ambition, it is not often used.
2123	amble	[.] AM'BLE, v.i. [L. ambulo, to walk.] [.] 1. To move with a certain peculiar pace, as a horse, first lifting his two legs on one side, and then changing to the other [.] 2. To move easy, without hard shocks. [.] Him time ambles withal. [.] 3. In a ludicrous sense, ...
2124	ambler	[.] AM'BLER, n. A horse which ambles; a pacer.
2125	ambligon	[.] AM'BLIGON, or AM'BLYGON, n. [Gr. obtuse, and an angle.] [.] An obtuse angled triangle; a triangle with one angle of more than ninety degrees.
2126	ambligonal	[.] AMBLIG'ONAL, a. Containing an obtuse angle.
2127	ambligonite	[.] AM'BLIGONITE, n. [Gr. having an obtuse angle.] [.] A greenish colored mineral, of different pale shades, marked on the surface with reddish and yellowish brown spots. It occurs massive or crystallized in oblique foursided prisms, in granite, with topaz and tourmalin, ...
2128	ambling	[.] AM'BLING, ppr. or a. Lifting the two legs on the same side at first going off, and then changing.
2129	amblingly	[.] AM'BLINGLY, adv. With an ambling gait.
2130	amblygon	[.] AM'BLIGON, or AM'BLYGON, n. [Gr. obtuse, and an angle.] [.] An obtuse angled triangle; a triangle with one angle of more than ninety degrees.
2131	amblyopy	[.] AM'BLYOPY, n. [Gr. dull, and eye.] [.] Incipient amaurosis; dulness or obscurity of sight, without any apparent defect of the organs; sight so depraved that objects can be seen only in a certain light, distance, or position.
2132	ambo	[.] AM'BO, n. [Gr. a pulpit; L. umbo, a boss.] [.] A reading desk, or pulpit.
2133	ambreada	[.] AMBREA'DA, n. [from amber.] A kind of factitious amber, which the Europeans sell to the Africans.
2134	ambrosia	[.] AMBRO'SIA, n. ambro'zha, [Gr. a neg. and mortal, because it was supposed to confer immortality on them that fed on it.] [.] 1. In heathen antiquity, the imaginary food of the gods. Hence, [.] 2. Whatever is very pleasing to the taste or smell. The name has ...
2135	ambrosial	[.] AMBRO'SIAL, a. ambro'zhal. Partaking of the nature or qualities of ambrosia; fragrant; delighting the taste or smell; as, ambrosial dews. Ben Jonson uses ambrosiac in a like sense, and Bailey has ambrosian, but these seem not to be warranted by usage.
2136	ambrosian	[.] AMBRO'SIAN, a. Pertaining to St Ambrose. The Ambrosian office, or ritual, is a formula of worship in the church of Milan, instituted by St. Ambrose, in the fourth century.
2137	ambrosin	[.] AM'BROSIN, n. In the middle ages, a coin struck by the dukes of Milan, on which St. Ambrose was represented on horseback, with a whip in his right hand.
2138	ambry	[.] AM'BRY, n. [.] 1. An almonry; a place where alms are deposited for distribution to the poor. In ancient abbeys and priories there was an office of this name, in which the almoner lived. [.] 2. A place in which are deposited the utensils for house keeping; also ...
2139	ambsace	[.] AMBS'ACE, n. [L. ambo, both, and ace.] [.] A double ace, as when two dice turn up the ace.
2140	ambulant	[.] AM'BULANT, a. [L. ambulans, from ambulo.] [.] Walking; moving from place to place. [.] Ambulant brokers, in Amsterdam, are exchange-brokers, or agents, who are not sworn, and whose testimony is not received in courts of justice.
2141	ambulation	[.] AMBULA'TION, n. [L. ambulatio.] a walking about; the act of walking.
2142	ambulator	[.] AM'BULATOR, n. In entomology, a species of Lamia, whose thorax is armed on each side with two spines; a Cerambyx of Linne.
2143	ambulatory	[.] AM'BULATORY, a. [.] 1. That has the power of faculty of walking; as, an animal is ambulatory. [.] 2. Pertaining to a walk; as, an ambulatory view. [.] 3. Moving from place to place; not stationary; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction ...
2144	ambury	[.] AM'BURY, OR AN'BURY, n. [L. umbo, the navel; Gr.] [.] Among farriers, a tumor, wart or swelling on a horse, full of blood and soft to the touch.
2145	ambuscade	[.] AM'BUSCADE, n. [Eng. bush.] [.] 1. Literally, a lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise: hence, a lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose. [.] 2. A private station in which troops lie concealed with ...
2146	ambuscaded	[.] AM'BUSCADED, pp. Having an ambush laid against, or attacked from a private station; as, his troops were ambuscaded.
2147	ambuscading	[.] AM'BUSCADING, ppr. Lying in wait for; attacking from a secret station.
2148	ambush	[.] AM'BUSH, n. [.] 1. A private or concealed station, where troops lie in wait to attack their enemy by surprise. [.] 2. The state of lying concealed, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; a lying in wait. [.] 3. The troops posted in a concealed place for ...
2149	ambushed	[.] AM'BUSHED, pp. Lain in wait for; suddenly attacked from a concealed station.
2150	ambushing	[.] AM'BUSHING, ppr. Lying in wait for; attacking from a concealed station.
2151	ambushment	[.] AM'BUSHMENT, n. An ambush; which see.
2152	ambustion	[.] AMBUS'TION, n. [L. ambustio, from amburo, to burn or scorch, of amb, about, and uro, to burn.] [.] Among physicians, a burning; a burn or scald.
2153	ameiva	[.] AMEI'VA, n. A species of lizard, found in Brazil.
2154	amel	[.] AM'EL, n. The matter with which metallic bodies are overlaid; but its use is superseded by enamel; which see.
2155	ameliorate	[.] AME'LIORATE, v.t. [L. melior, better.] [.] To make better; to improve; to meliorate. [.] AME'LIORATE, v.il To grow better; to meliorate.
2156	amelioration	[.] AMELIORA'TION, n. A making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.
2157	amen	[.] AMEN'. This word, with slight differences or orthography, is in all the dialects of the Assyrian stock. As a verb, it signifies to confirm, establish, verify; to trust, or give confidence; as a noun, truth, firmness, trust, confidence; as an adjective, firm, stable. ...
2158	amenable	[.] AME'NABLE, a. [.] 1. In old law, easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [This sense is obsolete.] [.] 2. Liable to answer; responsible; answerable; liable to be called to account; as, every man is amenable to the laws. [.] We retain this idiom ...
2159	amenage	[.] AM'ENAGE, v.t. To manage. Obs.
2160	amenance	[.] AM'ENANCE, n. Conduct, behavior. Obs.
2161	amend	[.] AMEND', v.t. [L. emendo, of e neg, and menda, mendum, a fault. See mend.] [.] 1. To correct; to rectify by expunging a mistake; as, to amend a law. [.] 2. To reform, by quitting bad habits; to make better in a moral sense; as, to amend our ways or our conduct. [.] 3. ...
2162	amendable	[.] AMEND'ABLE, a. That may be amended; capable of correction; as, an amendable writ or error.
2163	amendatory	[.] AMEND'ATORY, a. That amends; supplying amendment; corrective.
2164	amended	[.] AMEND'ED, pp. Corrected; rectified; reformed; improved, or altered for the better.
2165	amender	[.] AMEND'ER, n. The person that amends.
2166	amending	[.] AMEND'ING, ppr. Correcting; reforming; altering for the better.
2167	amendment	[.] AMEND'MENT, n. [.] 1. An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or faults; reformation of life, by quitting vices. [.] 2. A word, clause or paragraph, added or proposed to be added to a bill before a legislature. [.] 3. In law, the correction ...
2168	amends	[.] AMENDS', n. plu. [.] Compensation for an injury; recompense; satisfaction; equivalent; as, the happiness of a future life will more than make amends for the miseries of this.
2169	amenity	[.] AME'NITY, n. [L. amanitas; amanus.] Pleasantness; agreeableness of situation; that which delights the eye; used of places and prospects.
2170	ament	[.] AM'ENT, n. [L. amentum, a thong, or strap.] [.] A botany, a species of inflorescence, from a common, chaffy receptacle; or consisting of many scales, ranged along a stalk or slender axis, which is the common receptacle; as in birch, oak, chestnut.
2171	amentaceous	[.] AMENTA'CEOUS, a. Growing in an ament; resembling; a thong; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.
2172	amerce	[.] AMERCE, v.t. amers'. [A verb formed from a for on or at, from L. merces, reward.] [.] 1. To inflict a penalty at mercy; to punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion or mercy of the court; as, the court amerced ...
2173	amerced	[.] AMER'CED, pp. Fined at the discretion of a court.
2174	amercement	[.] AMERCEMENT, n. amers'ment. A pecuniary penalty inflicted on an offender at the discretion of the court. It differs from a fine, in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statute for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. ...
2175	amercer	[.] AMER'CER, n. One who set a fine at discretion, upon an offender.
2176	america	[.] AMER'ICA, n. [from Amerigo Vespucci, a Florentine, who pretended to have first discovered the western continent.] [.] One of the great continents, first discovered by Sebastian Cabot, June 11, O.S. 1498, and by Columbus, or Christoval Colon, Aug. 1, the same year. ...
2177	american	[.] AMER'ICAN, a. Pertaining to America. [.] AMER'ICAN, n. A native of America; originally applied to the aboriginals, or copper-colored races, found here by the Europeans; but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America. [.] The name American must ...
2178	americanism	[.] AMER'ICANISM, n. The love which American citizens have to their own country, or the preference of its interests. Analogically, an American idiom.
2179	americanize	[.] AMER'ICANIZE, v.t. To render American; to naturalize in America.
2180	americim	[.] AMER'ICIM, n. A species of lizard in South America, not more than two inches in length, and the third of an inch in diameter. Its legs are of the size of a hog's bristle.
2181	amethodist	[.] AMETH'ODIST, n. A quack. [Not used.]
2182	amethyst	[.] AM'ETHYST, n. [L. amethystus; Gr. which the Greeks supposed to be formed from a neg. and to inebriate, from some supposed quality in the stone of resisting intoxication. Plin. 37.9, mentions an opinion that it takes its name from its color approaching that of wine, ...
2183	amethystine	[.] AMETHYST'INE, a. Pertaining to or resembling amethyst; anciently applied to a garment of the color of amethyst, as distinguished from the Tyrian and hyacinthine purple.
2184	amia	[.] AM'IA, n. A genus of fish, of the abdominal order, found in the rivers of Carolina.
2185	amiable	[.] A'MIABLE, a. [L. amabilis; from amo, to love.] [.] 1. Lovely; worth of love; deserving of affection; applied usually to persons. But in Ps. 84:1, there is an exception, "How amiable are the tabernacles, O Lord." [.] 2. Pretending or showing love. [.] Lay amiable ...
2186	amiableness	[.] A'MIABLENESS, n. The quality of deserving love; loveliness.
2187	amiably	[.] A'MIABLY, adv. In an amiable manner; in a manner to excite or attract love.
2188	amianth	[.] AM'IANTH,
2189	amianthiform	[.] AMIANTH'IFORM , a. [Amianth and form.] Having the form or likeness of amianth. [.] Amianthiform arseniate of copper.
2190	amianthinite	[.] AMIANTH'INITE, n. A species of amorphous mineral, a variety of actinolite; its color ash, greenish or yellowish gray, often mixed with yellow or red; its fracture confusedly foliated and fibrous.
2191	amianthoid	[.] AMIANTH'OID, n. [Amianth and Gr. form.] [.] A mineral which occurs in tufts, composed of long capillary filaments, flexible and very elastic; more flexible than the fibers of asbestus, but stiffer and more elastic than those of amianth. The color is olive green, ...
2192	amianthus	[.] AMIANTH'US, n. [Gr. of a neg. and to pollute, or vitiate; so called from its incombustibility. Plin. 36. 19.] [.] Earth-flax, or mountain flax; a mineral substance somewhat resembling flax; usually grayish, or of a greenish white; sometimes of a yellowish or silvery ...
2193	amicable	[.] AM'ICABLE, a. [L. amicabilis, from amicus, a friend, from amo, to love.] [.] 1. Friendly; peaceable; harmonious in social or mutual transactions; usually applied to the dispositions of men who have business with each other, or to their intercourse and transactions; ...
2194	amicableness	[.] AM'ICABLENESS, n. The quality of being peaceable, friendly, or disposed to peace; friendliness; a disposition to preserve peace and friendship.
2195	amicably	[.] AM'ICABLY, adv. In a friendly manner; with harmony or good will; without controversy; as, the dispute was amicably adjusted.
2196	amice	[.] AM'ICE, n. [L. amictus from amicior, to clothe.] [.] A square linen cloth that a Catholic priest ties about his neck, hanging down behind under the alb, when he officiates at mass.
2197	amid	[.] AMID'
2198	amidst	[.] AMIDST', prep. [L. medius. See Middle and Midst.] [.] 1. In the midst or middle. [.] 2. Among; mingled with; as, a shepherd amidst his flock. [.] 3. Surrounded, encompassed, or enveloped with; as, amidst the shade; amid the waves. Amid is used mostly in ...
2199	amilot	[.] AM'ILOT, n. A white fish in the Mexican lakes, more than a foot in length, and much esteemed at the table.
2200	amiss	[.] AMISS', a. [a and miss. See Miss.] [.] 1. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice. [This adjective always follows its noun.] [.] 2. adv. In a faulty manner; contrary to propriety, truth, law or morality. [.] Ye ask and ...
2201	amity	[.] AM'ITY, n. [L. amo, amicitia.] [.] Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies or nations; harmony; good understanding; as, our nation is in amity with all the world; a treaty of amity and commerce.
2202	amma	[.] AM'MA, n. [Heb. mother.] [.] 1. An abbess or spiritual mother. [.] 2. A girdle or truss used in ruptures. [Gr.]
2203	amman	[.] AM'MAN, n. [See embassador.] [.] In some European nations, a judge who has cognizance of civil causes. In France, a notary or officer who draws deeds and other writings.
2204	ammite	[.] AM'MITE, or HAM'MITE, n. [Gr. sand.] [.] A sand-stone or free-stone, of a pale brown color, very heavy, of a lax texture, composed of small round granules, cemented by an earthy sparry matter. The grit or granules are small stalagmites, composed of crusts or coats ...
2205	ammocete	[.] AM'MOCETE,n. An obsolete name of the ammodyte. In Cuvier, the name of a genus of fish, including the lampern.
2206	ammochryse	[.] AM'MOCHRYSE, n. am'mokris. [Gr. sand and gold.] [.] A yellow soft stone, found in Germany, consisting of glossy yellow particles. When rubbed or ground, it is used to strew over writing, like black sand with us.
2207	ammodyte	[.] AM'MODYTE, n. [Gr. and, and to enter.] [.] The sand eel, a genus of fish, of the apodal order, about a foot in length, with a compressed head, a long slender body, and scales hardly perceptible. There is but one species, the tobianus or lance. It buries itself ...
2208	ammonia	[.] AMMO'NIA,
2209	ammoniac	[.] AMMO'NIAC,
2210	ammoniacal	[.] AMMONI'ACAL, a. Pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties.
2211	ammonian	[.] AMMO'NIAN, a. Relating to Ammonius, surnamed Saccas,of Alexandria, who flourished at the end of the second century, and was the founder of the eclectic system of Philosophy; or rather, he completed the establishment of the sect, which originated with Potamo.
2212	ammonite	[.] AM'MONITE, n.[Cornu ammonis, from Jupiter Ammon, whose statues were represented with ram's horns.] [.] Serpent-stone, or cornu ammonis, a fossil shell, curved into a spiral, like a ram's horn; of various sizes, from the smallest grains to three feet in diameter. ...
2213	ammonium	[.] AMMO'NIUM, n. A name given to the supposed metallic basis of ammonia. If mercury, at the negative pole of a galvanic battery, is placed in contact with a solution of ammonia, and the circuit is completed, an amalgam is formed, which, at the temperature of 70 degrees ...
2214	ammoniuret	[.] AMMONI'URET, n. The solution of a substance in ammonia.
2215	ammony	[.] AM'MONY, n. [The real origin of this word is not ascertained. Some authors suppose it to be from Ammon, a title of Jupiter, near whose temple in upper Egypt, it was generated. Others suppose it to be from Ammonia, a Cyrenaic territory; and others deduce it from sand, ...
2216	ammunition	[.] AMMUNI'TION, n. [L. ad and munitio, from munio, to fortify.] [.] Military stores, or provisions for attack or defense. In modern usage, the signification is confined to the articles which are used in the discharge of fire-arms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, ...
2217	amnesty	[.] AM'NESTY, n. [Gr. of a neg and memory, from the root of mens, mind. See Mind.] [.] An act of oblivion; a general pardon of the offenses of subjects against the government, or the proclamation of such pardon.
2218	amnion	[.] AM'NIOS or AM'NION, n. [Gr. a vessel or membrane.] [.] The innermost membrane surrounding the fetus in the womb. It is thin, transparent, soft and smooth on the inside, but rough on the outside.
2219	amnios	[.] AM'NIOS or AM'NION, n. [Gr. a vessel or membrane.] [.] The innermost membrane surrounding the fetus in the womb. It is thin, transparent, soft and smooth on the inside, but rough on the outside.
2220	amniotic	[.] AMNIOT'IC, a. Obtained from the liquor of the amnios, as the amniotic acid.
2221	amobean	[.] AMOBE'AN, a. Alternately answering.
2222	amobeum	[.] AMOBE'UM, n. [Gr. alternate; change.] [.] A poem in which persona are represented as speaking alternately, as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.
2223	amomum	[.] AMO'MUM n. [Gr.] [.] A genus of plants; all natives of warm climates, and remarkable for their pungency and aromatic properties. it includes the common ginger or zingiber, the zerumbet, zedoary, cardamom, and granum paradisi or grains of paradise. The roots of ...
2224	among	[.] AMONG',
2225	amongst	[.] AMONGST', prep. [Gr. See Mingle.] [.] 1. In a general or primitive sense, mixed or mingled with; as tares among wheat. [.] 2. Conjoined or associated with, or making part of the number. [.] Blessed art thou among women. Luke 1. [.] 3. Of the number; as, ...
2226	amonian	[.] AMO'NIAN, a. [from Amon or Hamon, a title of Jupiter, or rather of the sun. Heb.] [.] Pertaining to Jupiter Amon, or to his temple and worship in upper Egypt.
2227	amorado	[.] AMORA'DO, n. [L. amor, love, amo, to love. but the word is ill formed.] A lover. See Inamorato, which is chiefly used.
2228	amore	[.] AMO'RE, n. A name given by Marcgrave, to a tribe of fish, of three species, the pixuma, guacu, and tinga. They are found about the shores of South America, and are used for food.
2229	amoreans	[.] AMORE'ANS, n. A sect of Gemaric doctors or commentators on the Jerusalem Talmud. The Amoreans were followed by the Mishnic doctors, and these by the Sebureans.
2230	amoret	[.] AMORET', n. [L. amor, love.] [.] A lover; an amorous woman; also a love knot or a trifling love affair.
2231	amorist	[.] AM'ORIST, n. [L. amor, love.] A lover, a gallant; an inamorato.
2232	amoroso	[.] AMORO'SO, n. A lover; a man enamored.
2233	amorous
2234	amorously	[.] AM'OROUSLY, adv. In an amorous manner; fondly; lovingly.
2235	amorousness	[.] AM'OROUSNESS, n. The quality of being inclined to love, or to sexual pleasure; fondness; lovingness.
2236	amorpha	[.] AMORPH'A, n. [Gr. a neg and form.] [.] False or bastard indigo. The plant is a native of Carolina, constituting a genus. It rises, with many irregular stems, to the height of twelve or fourteen feet; the leaves, beautifully pinnated, are of an admired green color, ...
2237	amorphous	[.] AMORPH'OUS, a. [Gr. a neg and form.] [.] Having no determinate form; of irregular shape; not of any regular figure.
2238	amorphy	[.] AMORPH'Y, n. Irregularity of form; deviation from a determinate shape.
2239	amort	[.] AMORT', adv. [L. mors, mortuus.] In the state of the dead.
2240	amortization	[.] AMORTIZA'TION or AMORT'IZEMENT, n. The act or right of alienating lands or tenements to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, as such alienations were mostly made to religious houses for superstitious uses.
2241	amortize	[.] AMORT'IZE, v.t. [L. mors, death. See Mortmain.] [.] In English law, to alienate in mortmain, that is, to sell to a corporation, sole or aggregate, ecclesiastical or temporal, and their successors. This was considered as selling to dead hands. This cannot be done ...
2242	amortizement	[.] AMORTIZA'TION or AMORT'IZEMENT, n. The act or right of alienating lands or tenements to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, as such alienations were mostly made to religious houses for superstitious uses.
2243	amotion	[.] AMO'TION, n. [L. amotio; amoveo.] Removal.
2244	amount	[.] AMOUNT', v.i. [L. mons, a mountain, or its root.] [.] [.] 1. To rise to or reach, by an accumulation of particulars, into an aggregate whole; to compose in the whole; as, the interest on the several sums amounts to fifty dollars. [.] 2. To rise, reach, or extend ...
2245	amounting	[.] AMOUNT'ING, ppr. Rising to, by accumulation or addition; coming or increasing to; resulting in effect or substance.
2246	amour	[.] AMOUR', n. [L. amor, love.] [.] An unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an affair of gallantry.
2247	amoval	[.] AMOV'AL, n. [L. amoveo.] Total removal. [Not used.]
2248	amove	[.] AMOVE', v.t. [L. amoveo, a and moveo, to move.] To remove. [Not used.]
2249	ampelite	[.] AM'PELITE, n. [Gr. a vine. The name of an earth used to kill worms on vines. Pliny says it is like bitumen. [.] Cannel coal, or candle coal; an inflammable substance of a black color, compact texture, and resinous luster, and sufficiently hard to be cut and polished. ...
2250	amphibia	[.] AMPHIB'IAL, AMPHIB'IA, n. [Gr. both or about and life.] [.] In zoology, amphibials are a class of animals, so formed as to live on land, and for a long time under water. Their heart has but one ventricle; their blood is red and cold; and they have such command ...
2251	amphibial	[.] AMPHIB'IAL, AMPHIB'IA, n. [Gr. both or about and life.] [.] In zoology, amphibials are a class of animals, so formed as to live on land, and for a long time under water. Their heart has but one ventricle; their blood is red and cold; and they have such command ...
2252	amphibiolite	[.] AMPHIB'IOLITE, n. [Gr. amphibious and stone.] [.] A fragment of a petrified amphibious animal.
2253	amphibiological	[.] AMPHIBIOLOG'ICAL, a. [Infra.] Pertaining to amphibiology.
2254	amphibiology	[.] AMPHIBIOL'OGY, n. [Gr. on both sides, life, and discourse.] [.] A discourse or treatise on amphibious animals, or the history and description of such animals.
2255	amphibious	[.] AMPHIB'IOUS, a. [See Amphibial.] [.] 1. Having the power of living in two elements, air and water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and the like. [.] 2. Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures; as, an amphibious breed.
2256	amphibiousness	[.] AMPHIB'IOUSNESS, n. The quality of being able to live in two elements, or of partaking of two natures.
2257	amphibium	[.] AMPHIB'IUM, n. That which lives in two elements, as in air and water.
2258	amphibole	[.] AM'PHIBOLE, n. [Gr. equivocal.] [.] A name given by Hauy to a species of minerals, including the Tremolite, Hornblend, and Actinolite. Its primitive form is an oblique rhombic prism.
2259	amphibolic	[.] AMPHIBOL'IC, a. Pertaining to amphibole; resembling amphibole, or partaking of its nature and characters.
2260	amphibological	[.] AMPHIBOLOG'ICAL, a. Doubtful; of doubtful meaning.
2261	amphibologically	[.] AMPHIBOLOG'ICALLY, adv. With a doubtful meaning.
2262	amphibology	[.] AMPHIBOL'OGY, n. [Gr. speech.] [.] A phrase or discourse, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, a phrase of uncertain meaning. Amphibology arises from the order of the phrase, rather than from the ambiguous meaning of a word which is called equivocation. ...
2263	amphibolous	[.] AMPHIB'OLOUS, a. [Gr. to strike.] [.] Tossed from one to another; striking each way, with mutual blows. [Little used.]
2264	amphiboly	[.] AMPHIB'OLY, n. [Gr. both ways and to strike.] [.] Ambiguity of meaning. [Rarely used.]
2265	amphibrach	[.] AM'PHIBRACH, n. [Gr. short.] [.] In poetry, a foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short; as habere, in Latin. In English verse, it is used as the last foot, when a syllable is added to the usual number forming a double rhyme; as, [.] The ...
2266	amphicome	[.] AM'PHICOME, n. [Gr. hair.] [.] A kind of figured stone, of a round shape, but rugged and beset with eminences; called Erotylos, on account of its supposed power of exciting love. Anciently, it was used in divination; but it is little known to the moderns.
2267	amphictyonic	[.] AMPHICTYON'IC, a. Pertaining to the august council of Amphictyons.
2268	amphictyons	[.] AMPHIC'TYONS, n. In Grecian history, an assembly or council of deputies from the different states of Greece, supposed to be so called from Amphictyon, the son of Deucalion, but this opinion is probably a fable. Ten or twelve states were represented in this assembly, ...
2269	amphigene	[.] AM'PHIGENE, n. [Gr.] [.] In mineralogy, another name of the leucite or Vesuvian.
2270	amphihexahedral	[.] AMPHIHEXAHE'DRAL, a. [Gr. and hexahedral.] [.] In crystallography, when the faces of the crystal, counted in two different directions, give two hexahedral outlines, or are found to be six in number.
2271	amphimacer	[.] AMPHIM'ACER, n. [Gr. long on both sides.] [.] In ancient poetry, a foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in castitas.
2272	amphisben	[.] AMPHIS'BEN,
2273	amphisbena	[.] AMPHISBE'NA, n. [Gr. to go; indicating that the animal moves with either end foremost.] [.] A genus of serpents, with the head small, smooth and blunt; the nostrils small, the eyes minute and blackish, and the mouth furnished with small teeth. The body is cylindrical, ...
2274	amphiscians	[.] AMPHIS'CIANS, n. [Gr. on both sides and shadow.] [.] In geography, the inhabitants of the tropics, whose shadows, in one part of the year, are cast to the north, and in the other, to the south, according as the sun is in the southern or northern signs.
2275	amphiscil	[.] AMPHIS'CIL,
2276	amphitane	[.] AM'PHITANE, n. A name given by ancient naturalists to a fossil, called by Dr. Hill pyricubium. Pliny describes it as of a square figure and a gold color.
2277	amphitheater	[.] AMPHITHE'ATER, n. [Gr. about and to see or look.] [.] 1. An edifice in an oval or circular form, having its area encompassed with rows of seats, rising higher as they recede from the area, on which people used to sit to view the combats of gladiators and of wild ...
2278	amphitheatral	[.] AMPHITHE'ATRAL, a. Resembling an amphitheater.
2279	amphitheatrical	[.] AMPHITHEAT'RICAL, a. Pertaining to or exhibited in an amphitheater.
2280	amphitrite	[.] AM'PHITRITE, n. [Gr. a goddess of the sea.] [.] A genus of marine animals, of the Linnean order.
2281	amphor	[.] AM'PHOR, or AM'PHORA, n. [L. amphora; Gr.] [.] Among the Greeks and Romans, a liquid measure. The amphora of the Romans contained about forty-eight sextaries, equal to seven gallons and a pint, English wine measure. The Grecian or Attic amphor contained about a ...
2282	amphora	[.] AM'PHOR, or AM'PHORA, n. [L. amphora; Gr.] [.] Among the Greeks and Romans, a liquid measure. The amphora of the Romans contained about forty-eight sextaries, equal to seven gallons and a pint, English wine measure. The Grecian or Attic amphor contained about a ...
2283	ample	[.] AM'PLE, a. [L. amplus.] [.] 1. Large; wide; spacious; extended; as ample room. This word carries with it the sense of room or space fully sufficient for the use intended. [.] 2. Great in bulk, or size; as an ample tear. [.] 3. Liberal; unrestrained; without ...
2284	ampleness	[.] AM'PLENESS, n. Largeness; spaciousness; sufficiency; abundance.
2285	amplexicaul	[.] AMPLEX'ICAUL, a. [L. amplexor, to embrace, of amb about, and plico, plexus, to fold, and caulis a stem.] [.] In botany, surrounding or embracing the stem, as the base of a leaf.
2286	ampliate	[.] AM'PLIATE, v.t. [L. amplio. See ample.] [.] To enlarge; to make greater; to extend. [Little used.]
2287	ampliation	[.] AMPLIA'TION, n. [.] 1. Enlargement; amplification; diffuseness. [Little used.] [.] 2. In Roman antiquity, a deferring to pass sentence; a postponement of a decision, to obtain further evidence.
2288	amplification	[.] AMPLIFICA'TION, n. [L. amplificatio.] [.] 1. Enlargement; extension. [.] 2. In rhetoric, diffusive description or discussion; exaggerated representation; copious argument, intended to present the subject in every view or in the strongest light; diffuse narrative, ...
2289	amplified	[.] AM'PLIFIED, pp. Enlarged; extended; diffusively treated.
2290	amplifier	[.] AM'PLIFIER, n. One who amplifies or enlarges; one who treats a subject diffusively, to exhibit it in the strongest light.
2291	amplify	[.] AM'PLIFY, v.t. [L. amplifico; of amplus and facio, to make large.] [.] 1. To enlarge; to augment; to increase or extend, in a general sense; applied to material or immaterial things. [.] 2. In rhetoric, to enlarge in discussion or by representation; to treat ...
2292	amplifying	[.] AM'PLIFYING, ppr. Enlarging; exaggerating; diffusively treating.
2293	amplitude	[.] AM'PLITUDE, n. [L. amplitudo, from amplus, large.] [.] 1. Largeness; extent, applied to bodies; as, the amplitude of the earth. [.] 2. Largeness; extent of capacity or intellectual powers; as, amplitude of mind. [.] 3. Extent of means or power; abundance; ...
2294	amply	[.] AM'PLY, adv. Largely; liberally; fully; sufficiently; copiously; in a diffusive manner.
2295	amputate	[.] AM'PUTATE, v.t. [L. amputo, of amb, about, and puto, to prune.] [.] 1. To prune branches of trees or vines; to cut off. [.] 2. To cut off a limb or other part of an animal body; a term of surgery.
2296	amputated	[.] AM'PUTATED, pp. Cut off; separated from the body.
2297	amputating	[.] AM'PUTATING, ppr. Cutting off a limb or part of the body.
2298	amputation	[.] AMPUTA'TION, n. [L. amputatio.] [.] The act of operation of cutting off a limb or some part of the body.
2299	amulet	[.] AM'ULET, n. [L. amuletum; amolior, amolitus to remove.] [.] Something worn as a remedy or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft. Amulets, in days of ignorance, were common. They consisted of certain stones, metals or plants; sometimes ...
2300	amuse	[.] AMU'SE, v.t. s as z. [Gr. and L. musso.] [.] 1. To entertain the mind agreeably; to occupy or detain attention with agreeable objects, whether by singing, conversation, or a show of curiosities. Dr.Johnson remarks, that amuse implies something less lively than ...
2301	amused	[.] AMU'SED, pp. s as z. Agreeably entertained; having the mind engaged by something pleasing.
2302	amusement	[.] AMU'SEMENT, n. s as z. That which amuses, detains or engages the mind; entertainment of the mind; pastime; a pleasurable occupation of the senses, or that which furnishes it, as dancing, sports or music.
2303	amuser	[.] AMU'SER, n. s as z. One who amuses, or affords an agreeable entertainment to the mind.
2304	amusing	[.] AMU'SING, ppr. or a. s as z. Entertaining; giving moderate pleasure to the mind, so as to engage it; pleasing.
2305	amusingly	[.] AMU'SINGLY, adv. s as z. In an amusing manner.
2306	amusive	[.] AMU'SIVE, a. That has the power to amuse or entertain the mind.
2307	amygdalate	[.] AMYG'DALATE, a. [L. amygdalus, an almond.] Made of almonds. [.] AMYG'DALATE, n. An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds.
2308	amygdaline	[.] AMYG'DALINE, a. Pertaining to or resembling the almond.
2309	amygdalite	[.] AMYG'DALITE, n. A plant; a species of spurge, with leaves resembling those of the almond.
2310	amygdaloid	[.] AMYG'DALOID, n. [Gr. an almond, and form;] [.] Toad-stone; a compound rock, consisting of a basis of basalt, greenstone or some other variety of trap, imbedding nodules of various minerals, particularly calcarious spar, quartz, agate, zeolite, chlorite, &c. When ...
2311	amygdaloidal	[.] AMYG'DALOIDAL, a. Pertaining to amygdaloid.
2312	amylaceous	[.] AMYLA'CEOUS, a. [L. amylum, starch, of a priv. and a mill, being formerly made without grinding.] [.] Pertaining to starch, or the farinaceous part of grain; resembling starch.
2313	amyline	[.] AM'YLINE, n. [L. amylum; Gr. unground, a mill.] [.] A farinaceous substance between gum and starch.
2314	amyraldism	[.] AM'YRALDISM, n. In church history, the doctrine of universal grace, as explained by Amyraldus, or Amyrault, of France, in the seventeenth century. He taught that God desires the happiness of all men, and that none are excluded by a divine decree, but that none can ...
2315	amyztli	[.] AMYZ'TLI, n. A Mexican name of the sealion, an amphibious quadruped, inhabiting the shores and rivers of America, on the Pacific ocean. Its body is three feet in length, and its tail, two feet. It has a long snout, short legs and crooked nails. Its skin is valued ...
2316	an	[.] AN, a. [L. unus, una, unum; Gr.] [.] One; noting an individual, either definitely, known, certain, specified, or understood; or indefinitely, not certain, known, or specified. Definitely, as "Noah built an ark of Gopher wood." "Paul was an eminent apostle." Indefinitely, ...
2317	ana	[.] A'NA, aa, or a. [Gr.] [.] In medical prescriptions, it signifies an equal quantity of the several ingredients; as, wine and honey, ana, aa or a that is, of wine and honey each two ounces. [.] A'NA, as a termination, is annexed to the names of authors to denote ...
2318	anabaptism	[.] ANABAP'TISM, n. [See Anabaptist.] The doctrine of the Anabaptists.
2319	anabaptist	...
2320	anabaptistic	[.] ANABAPTIST'IC,
2321	anabaptistical	[.] ANABAPTIST'ICAL, a. Relating to the Anabaptists, or to their doctrines.
2322	anabaptistry	[.] ANABAP'TISTRY, n. The sect of Anabaptists.
2323	anabaptize	[.] ANABAPTI'ZE, v.t. To rebaptize. [Not used.]
2324	anaca	[.] ANACA, n. A species of parakeet, about the size of a lark; the crown of the head is a dark red, the upper part of the neck, sides, back and wings are green.
2325	anacamptic	[.] ANACAMP'TIC, a. [Gr. to bend.] [.] 1. Reflecting or reflected; a word formerly applied to that part of optics, which treats of reflection; the same as what is now called catoptric. [See Catoptrics.] [.] 2. Anacamptic sounds, among the Greeks, were sounds produced ...
2326	anacamptics	[.] ANACAMP'TICS, n. The doctrine of reflected light. [See Catoptrics.]
2327	anacardium	[.] ANACAR'DIUM, n. The cashew-nut, or marking nut, which produces a thickish, red, caustic, inflammable liquor, which, when used in marking, turns black, and is very durable.
2328	anacathartic	[.] ANACATHAR'TIC, a. [Gr. upward and a purging. See Cathartic.] [.] Throwing upwards; cleansing by exciting vomiting, expectoration, &c. [.] ANACATHAR'TIC, n. A medicine which excites discharges by the mouth, or nose, as expectorants, emetics, sternutatories ...
2329	anachoret	[.] ANACHORET. [See anchoret.]
2330	anachronism	[.] ANACH'RONISM, n. [Gr. time.] [.] An error in computing time; any error in chronology, by which events are misplaced.
2331	anachronistic	[.] ANACHRONIS'TIC, a. Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism.
2332	anaclastic	[.] ANACLAS'TIC, a. [Gr. breaking, from to break.] [.] Refracting; breaking the rectilinear course of light. [.] Anaclastic glasses, sonorous glasses or phials, which are flexible, and emit a vehement noise by means of the human breath; called also vexing glasses, from ...
2333	anaclastics	[.] ANACLAS'TICS, n. That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light, commonly called dioptrics, which see.
2334	anacoenosis	[.] ANACOENO'SIS, n. [Gr. common.] [.] A figure of rhetoric, by which a speaker applies to his opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.
2335	anaconda	[.] ANACOND'A, n. A name given in Ceylon to a large snake, a species of Boa, which is said to devour travelers. Its flesh is excellent food.
2336	anacreontic	[.] ANACREON'TIC, a. Pertaining to Anacreon, a Greek poet, whose odes and epigrams are celebrated for their delicate, easy and graceful air, and for their exact imitation of nature. His verse consists of three feet and a half, usually spondees and iambuses, sometimes ...
2337	anademe	[.] AN'ADEME, n. [Gr.] A chaplet or crown of flowers.
2338	anadiplosis	[.] ANADIPLO'SIS, n. [Gr. again, and double.] [.] Duplication, a figure in rhetoric and poetry, consisting in the repetition of the last word or words in a line or clause of a sentence, in the beginning of the next; as, "he retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes, ...
2339	anadromous	[.] ANAD'ROMOUS, a. [Gr. upward and course.] [.] Ascending; a word applied to such fish as pass from the sea into fresh waters, at stated seasons.
2340	anaglyph	[.] AN'AGLYPH, n. [Gr. to engrave.] [.] An ornament made by sculpture.
2341	anaglyptic	[.] ANAGLYP'TIC, a. Relating to the art of carving, engraving, enchasing or embossing plate.
2342	anagoge	[.] AN'AGOGE,
2343	anagogical	[.] ANAGOG'ICAL, a. Mysterious; elevated; spiritual; as, the rest of the sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven.
2344	anagogically	[.] ANAGOG'ICALLY, adv. In a mysterious sense; with religious elevation.
2345	anagogics	[.] ANAGOG'ICS, n. Mysterious considerations.
2346	anagogy	[.] AN'AGOGY, n. [Gr. upward, and a leading.] [.] An elevation of mind to things celestial; the spiritual meaning or application of words; also the application of the types and allegories of the old testament to subjects of the new.
2347	anagram	[.] AN'AGRAM, n. [Gr. a letter.] [.] A transposition of the letters of a name, by which a new word is formed. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy, (attorney general to Charles I., a laborious man,) may be turned into I moyl in law.
2348	anagrammatic	[.] ANAGRAMMAT'IC
2349	anagrammatical	[.] ANAGRAMMAT'ICAL, a. Making an anagram.
2350	anagrammatically	[.] ANAGRAMMAT'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of an anagram.
2351	anagrammatism	[.] ANAGRAM'MATISM, n. The act or practice of making anagrams.
2352	anagrammatist	[.] ANAGRAM'MATIST, n. A maker of anagrams.
2353	anagrammatize	[.] ANAGRAM'MATIZE, v.i. To make anagrams.
2354	anagros	[.] AN'AGROS, n. A measure of grain in Spain, containing something less than two bushels.
2355	anal	[.] A'NAL, a. [L. anus.] Pertaining to the anus; as, the anal fin.
2356	analcim	[.] ANAL'CIM,
2357	analcime	[.] ANAL'CIME, n. [.] Cubic zeolite, found in aggregated or cubic crystals. [.] This mineral is generally crystallized, but is also found amorphous, and in reniform, mammillary, laminated or radiated masses. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its ...
2358	analects	[.] AN'ALECTS, n. [Gr. to collect.] A collection of short essays, or remarks.
2359	analemma	[.] AN'ALEMMA, n. [Gr. altitude.] [.] 1. In geometry, a projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, orthographically made by straight lines, circles and ellipses, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west points of the horizon. [.] 2. ...
2360	analepsis	[.] ANALEP'SIS, n. [Gr. to receive again.] [.] The augmentation of nutrition of an emaciated body; recovery of strength after a disease.
2361	analeptic	[.] ANALEP'TIC, a. Corroborating; invigorating; giving strength after disease. [.] ANALEP'TIC, n. A medicine which gives strength, and aids in restoring a body to health after sickness; a restorative.
2362	analogal	[.] ANAL'OGAL, a. Analogous. [Not used.]
2363	analogical	[.] ANALOG'ICAL, a. Having analogy; used by way of analogy; bearing some relation. Thus analogical reasoning is reasoning from some similitude which things known bear to things unknown. An analogical word is one which carries with it some relation to the original idea. ...
2364	analogically	[.] ANALOG'ICALLY, adv. In an analogical manner; by way of similitude, relation or agreement. Thus to reason analogically is to deduce inferences from some agreement or relation which things bear to each other.
2365	analogicalness	[.] ANALOG'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being analogical; fitness to be applied for the illustration of some analogy.
2366	analogism	[.] ANAL'OGISM, n. [Gr.] An argument from the cause to the effect. [.] Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.
2367	analogist	[.] ANAL'OGIST, n. One who adheres to analogy.
2368	analogize	[.] ANAL'OGIZE, v.t. To explain by analogy; to form some resemblance between different things; to consider a thing with regard to its analogy to something else.
2369	analogous	[.] ANAL'OGOUS, a. Having analogy; bearing some resemblance or proportion; followed by to; as, there is something in the exercise of the mind analogues to that of the body.
2370	analogy	[.] ANAL'OGY, n. [Gr. ratio, proportion.] [.] 1. an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus a plant is said to have life, because its growth resembles in some degree, that of an animal. ...
2371	analysis	[.] ANAL'YSIS, n. [Gr. a loosing, or resolving, from to loosen. See Loose.] [.] 1. The separation of a compound body into its constituent parts; a resolving; as, an analysis of water, air or oil, to discover its elements. [.] 2. A consideration of anything in its ...
2372	analyst	[.] AN'ALYST, n. One who analyzes, or is versed in analysis.
2373	analytic	[.] ANALYT'IC,
2374	analytical	...
2375	analytically	[.] ANALYT'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of analysis; by way of separating a body into its constituent parts, or a subject, into its principles.
2376	analytics	[.] ANALYT'ICS, n. The science of analysis. [See Analysis.]
2377	analyze	[.] AN'ALYZE, v.t. [Gr. See Analysis.] [.] To resolve a body into its elements; to separate a compound subject into its parts or propositions, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze an action to ascertain ...
2378	analyzed	[.] AN'ALYZED, pp. Resolved into its constituent parts or principles, for examination.
2379	analyzer	[.] AN'ALYZER, n. One who analyzes; that which analyzes or has the power to analyze.
2380	analyzing	[.] AN'ALYZING, ppr. Resolving into elements, constituent parts, or first principles.
2381	anamorphosis	[.] ANAMORPHOSIS, n. [Gr. formation.] [.] In perspective drawings, a deformed or distorted portrait or figure, which, in one point of view, is confused or unintelligible, and in another, is an exact and regular representation; or confused to the naked eye, but reflected ...
2382	ananas	[.] ANA'NAS, n. The name of a species of Bromelia, the pine-apple.
2383	anapest	[.] AN'APEST, n. [Gr to strike.] [.] In poetry, a foot, consisting of three syllables, the two first short, the last long; the reverse of the dactyl; as, [.] Can a bosom so gentle remain [.] Unmoved when her Corydon sighs?
2384	anapestic	[.] ANAPEST'IC, n. The anapestic measure. [.] ANAPEST'IC, a. Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of anapestic feet.
2385	anaphora	[.] ANAPH'ORA, n. [Gr.] [.] 1. A figure in rhetoric, when the same word or words are repeated at the beginning of two or more succeeding verses or clauses of a sentence; as, "Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world?" [.] 2. Among ...
2386	anaplerotic	[.] ANAPLEROT'IC, a. [Gr. to fill.] Filling up; supplying or renovating flesh. [.] ANAPLEROT'IC, n. A medicine which renews flesh or wasted parts.
2387	anarch	[.] AN'ARCH, n. [See Anarchy.] The author of confusion; one who excites revolt.
2388	anarchic	[.] ANARCH'IC,
2389	anarchical	[.] ANARCH'ICAL, a. Without rule or government; in a state of confusion; applied to a state or society. Fielding uses anarchial, a word of less difficult pronunciation.
2390	anarchist	[.] AN'ARCHIST, n. An anarch; one who excites revolt, or promotes disorder in a state.
2391	anarchy	[.] AN'ARCHY, n. [Gr. rule.] [.] Want of government; a state of society, when there is no law or supreme power, or when the laws are not efficient, and individuals do what they please with impunity; political confusion.
2392	anarhichas	[.] ANAR'HICHAS, n. The sea wolf; a genus of ravenous fish, of the order of Apodals, found in the northern seas.
2393	anas	[.] A'NAS, n. [L.] A genus of water fowl of the order Anseres; including the swans, geese, and ducks. The species are very numerous.
2394	anasarca	[.] ANAS'ARCA, n. [Gr. in or between, and flesh.] [.] A species of dropsy, from a serous humor spread between the skin and flesh; or an accumulation of lymph in the cellular membrane, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.
2395	anasarcous	[.] ANAS'ARCOUS, a. Belonging to anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.
2396	anastomose	[.] ANAS'TOMOSE, v.i. s as z. [Gr. mouth.] [.] To inosculate; to unite the mouth of one vessel with another, as the arteries with the veins.
2397	anastomosis	[.] ANASTOMO'SIS, n. The inosculation of vessels, or the opening of one vessel into another, as an artery into a vein; a relaxation or dilation of the mouths of vessels; also the communication of two vessels, as a vein with a vein.
2398	anastomosy	[.] ANASTOM'OSY,
2399	anastomotic	[.] ANASTOMOT'IC, a. Opening the mouths of vessels, or removing obstructions. [.] ANASTOMOT'IC, n. a medicine supposed to have the power of opening the mouths of vessels, and promoting circulation, such as cathartics, deobstruents and sudorifics.
2400	anastrophe	[.] ANAS'TROPHE,
2401	anastrophy	[.] ANAS'TROPHY, n. [Gr. a conversion or inversion.] [.] In rhetoric and grammar, an inversion of the natural order of words; as saxa per et scopulos, for per saxa et scopulos.
2402	anatase	[.] AN'ATASE, n. [Gr. extension, so named from the length of its crystals.] [.] Octahedrite; octahedral oxyd of titanium; a mineral that shows a variety of colors by reflected light, from indigo blue to reddish brown. It is usually crystallized in acute, elongated, ...
2403	anathema	[.] ANATH'EMA, n. [Gr. to place behind, backward or at a distance, to separate.] [.] 1. Excommunication with curses. Hence, a curse or denunciation by ecclesiastical authority, accompanying excommunication. This species of excommunication was practiced in the ancient ...
2404	anathematical	[.] ANATHEMAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to anathema.
2405	anathematically	[.] ANATHEMAT'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of anathema.
2406	anathematization	[.] ANATHEMATIZA'TION, n. The act of anathematizing.
2407	anathematize	[.] ANATH'EMATIZE, v.t. To excommunicate with a denunciation of curses; to pronounce an anathema against.
2408	anathematized	[.] ANATH'EMATIZED, pp. Excommunicated with curses.
2409	anathematizing	[.] ANATH'EMATIZING, ppr. Pronouncing an anathema.
2410	anatiferous	[.] ANATIF'EROUS, a. [L. anas, a duck and fero, to produce.] Producing ducks.
2411	anatocism	[.] ANAT'OCISM, n. [L. anatocismus, from Gr. again and usury.] [.] Interest upon interest; the taking of compound interest; or the contract by which such interest is secured. [Rarely used.]
2412	anatomical	[.] ANATOM'ICAL, a. Belonging to anatomy or dissection; produced by or according to the principles of anatomy, or natural structure of the body; relating to the parts of the body when dissected or separated.
2413	anatomically	[.] ANATOM'ICALLY, adv. In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection; according to the doctrine of anatomy.
2414	anatomist	[.] ANAT'OMIST, n. One who dissects bodies; more generally, one who is skilled in the art of dissection, or versed in the doctrine and principles of anatomy.
2415	anatomize	[.] ANAT'OMIZE, v.t. To dissect an animal; to divide into the constituent parts, for the purpose of examining each by itself; to lay open the interior structure of the parts of a body or subject; as, to anatomize an animal or plant; to anatomize an argument.
2416	anatomized	[.] ANAT'OMIZED, pp. Dissected, as an animal body.
2417	anatomizing	[.] ANAT'OMIZING, ppr. Dissecting.
2418	anatomy	[.] ANAT'OMY, n. [Gr. through and to cut.] [.] 1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of an animal body, to discover their situation, structure and economy. [.] 2. The doctrine of the structure of the body, learned by dissection; ...
2419	anatreptic	[.] ANATREP'TIC, a. [Gr. to overturn.] [.] Overthrowing; defeating; prostrating; a word applied to the dialogues of Plato, which represent a complete defeat in the gymnastic exercises.
2420	anatron	[.] AN'ATRON, n. [Gr. niter.] [.] 1. Soda or mineral fixed alkali. [.] 2. Spume or glass gall, a scum which rises upon melted glass, in the furnace, and when taken off, dissolves in the air, and then coagulates into common salt. [.] 3. The salt which collects ...
2421	anbury	[.] AN'BURY, n. A disease in turneps, or an injury occasioned by a fly.
2422	ance	[.] 'ANCE, n. Agreement with a person; conformity with a thing.
2423	ancestor	[.] AN'CESTOR, n. [L. antecessor, of ante, before, and cedo, to go.] [.] One from whom a person descends, either by the father or mother, at any distance of time, in the tenth or hundredth generation. An ancestor precedes in the order of nature or blood; a predecessor, ...
2424	ancestral	[.] AN'CESTRAL, a. Relating or belonging to ancestors; claimed or descending from ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.
2425	ancestry	[.] AN'CESTRY, n. A series of ancestors, or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent. Hence, birth or honorable descent.
2426	anchilops	[.] AN'CHILOPS, n. [Gr. a goat and an eye.] [.] The goat's eye; an abscess in the inner angle of the eye; an incipient fistula lachrymalis.
2427	anchor	[.] AN'CHOR, n. [L. anchora; Gr.] [.] 1. An iron instrument for holding a ship or other vessel at rest in water. It is a strong shank, with a ring at one end, to which a cable may be fastened; and with two arms and flukes at the other end, forming a suitable angle ...
2428	anchor-ground	[.] AN'CHOR-GROUND, n. Ground suitable for anchoring.
2429	anchor-hold	[.] AN'CHOR-HOLD, n. The hold or fastness of an anchor; security.
2430	anchor-smith	[.] AN'CHOR-SMITH, n. The maker or forger of anchors, or one whose occupation is to make anchors.
2431	anchorable	[.] AN'CHORABLE, a. Fit for anchorage. [Not used.]
2432	anchorage	[.] AN'CHORAGE, n. [.] 1. Anchor-ground; a place where a ship can anchor, where the ground is not too rocky, nor the water too deep nor too shallow. [.] 2. The hold of a ship at anchor, or rather the anchor and all the necessary tackle for anchoring. [.] 3. A ...
2433	anchored	[.] AN'CHORED, pp. Lying or riding at anchor; held by an anchor; moored; fixed in safety.
2434	anchoress	[.] AN'CHORESS, n. A female anchoret.
2435	anchoret	[.] AN'CHORET, or AN'CHORITE, n. [Gr. to retire and to go. Written by some authors, anachoret.] [.] A hermit; a recluse; one who retires from society into a desert or solitary place, to avoid the temptations of the world and devote himself to religious duties. Also ...
2436	anchoring	[.] AN'CHORING, ppr. Mooring; coming to anchor; casting anchor.
2437	anchorite	[.] AN'CHORET, or AN'CHORITE, n. [Gr. to retire and to go. Written by some authors, anachoret.] [.] A hermit; a recluse; one who retires from society into a desert or solitary place, to avoid the temptations of the world and devote himself to religious duties. Also ...
2438	anchovy	[.] ANCHO'VY,
2439	anchovy-pear	[.] ANCHO'VY-PEAR, n. A fruit of Jamaica, constituting the genus Grias. It is large, contains a stone, and is esculent.
2440	ancient	[.] AN'CIENT, a. Usually pronounced most anomalously, ancient. The pronunciation of the first vowel ought to accord with that is antiquity, anger, anchor, &c. [Lt. ante, antiquus.] We usually apply ancient and old to things subject to gradual decay. We say, an old man, ...
2441	anciently	[.] AN'CIENTLY, adv. In old times; in times long since past; as Rome was anciently more populous than at present.
2442	ancientness	[.] AN'CIENTNESS, n. The state of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.
2443	ancientry	[.] AN'CIENTRY, n. Dignity of birth; the honor of ancient lineage.
2444	ancienty	[.] AN'CIENTY, n. Age; antiquity. [Not used.] [.] AN'CIENTY, n. In some old English statutes and authors, eldership or seniority.
2445	ancillary	[.] AN'CILLARY, a. [L. ancilla, a female servant.] [.] Pertaining to a maid servant, or female service; subservient as a maid servant.
2446	ancipital	[.] ANCIP'ITAL, a. [L. anceps.] [.] Doubtful, or double; double-faced or double-formed; applied to the stem of a plant, it signifies a two edged stem, compressed and forming two opposite angles.
2447	ancome	[.] AN'COME, n. A small ulcerous swelling coming suddenly.
2448	ancon	[.] AN'CON, n. [L. ancon; Gr. the elbow.] [.] The olecranon, the upper end of the ulna, or elbow.
2449	ancone	[.] AN'CONE, n. [L. ancon, Gr.] In architecture, the corner of a wall, crossbeam or rafter.
2450	ancony	[.] AN'CONY, n. [Probably from Gr., the cubit, from its resemblance to the arm.] [.] In iron works, a piece of half wrought iron, in the shape of a bar in the middle, but rude and unwrought at the ends. A piece of cast iron is melted off and hammered at a forge, into ...
2451	and	[.] AND, conj. [.] And is a conjunction, connective or conjoining word. It signifies that a word or part of a sentence is to be added to what precedes. Thus, give me an apple and an orange; that is, give me an apple, add or give in addition to that, an orange. John ...
2452	andalusite	[.] AN'DALUSITE, n. A massive mineral, of a flesh or rose red color; sometimes found crystallized in imperfect four-sided prisms, nearly or quite rectangular. Its hardness is nearly equal to that of Corundum, and it is infusible by the blow pipe. It has its name from ...
2453	andante	[.] ANDAN'TE, [Eng. to wend, to wander.] [.] In music, a word used to direct to a movement moderately slow, between largo and allegro.
2454	andean	[.] AN'DEAN, a. Pertaining to the Andes. The great chain of mountains extending through S. America.
2455	andira	[.] ANDI'RA, n. A species of bat in Brazil, nearly as large as a pigeon.
2456	andiron	[.] AND'IRON, n. [.] An iron utensil used, in Great Britain, where coal is the common fuel, to support the ends of a spit; but in America, used to support the wood in fire places.
2457	andorinha	[.] ANDORIN'HA, n. The Brazilian swallow.
2458	andranatomy	[.] ANDRANAT'OMY, n. [Gr. a man and dissection.] [.] The dissection of a human body, especially of a male.
2459	andreolite	[.] AN'DREOLITE, n. A mineral, the harmotome, or cross-stone.
2460	androgynal	[.] ANDROG'YNAL,
2461	androgynally	[.] ANDROG'YNALLY, adv. With the parts of both sexes.
2462	androgynous	[.] ANDROG'YNOUS, a. [Gr. a man and woman.] [.] Having two sexes; being male and female; hermaphroditical. [.] In botany, the word is applied to plants which bear both male and female flowers from the same root, as birch, walnut, oak, chestnut, mulberry, &c. These ...
2463	androgynus	[.] ANDROG'YNUS, n. A hermaphrodite.
2464	android	[.] AN'DROID, n. [Gr. man and form.] [.] A machine, in the human form, which, by certain springs, performs some of the natural motions of a living man. One of these machines, invented by M. Vaucanson, appeared at Paris is 1738, representing a flute player.
2465	andromeda	[.] ANDROM'EDA, n. [.] 1. A northern constellation, behind Pegasus, Cassiopeia and Perseus, representing the figure of a woman chained. The stars in this constellation, in Ptolemy's catalogue, are 23; in Tycho's 22; in Bayer's 27; in Flamsted's 84. [.] 2. The name ...
2466	androphagi	[.] ANDROPH'AGI, [Gr. man, and to eat.] [.] Man-eaters; but the word is little used, being superseded by anthropophagi, which see. Herodotus mentions people of this character.
2467	anear	[.] ANE'AR, prep. Near.
2468	anecdote	[.] AN'ECDOTE, n. [Gr. to publish, part, given out.] [.] In its original sense, secret history, or facts not generally known. But in more common usage, a particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident; a single passage of private ...
2469	anecdotical	[.] ANECDOT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to anecdotes.
2470	anele	[.] ANE'LE, v.t. To give extreme unction. [Not used.]
2471	anemography	[.] ANEMOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. wind, and description.] A description of the winds.
2472	anemology	[.] ANEMOL'OGY, n. [Gr. wind, and discourse.] The doctrine of winds, or a treatise on the subject.
2473	anemometer	[.] ANEMOM'ETER, n. [Gr. wind, and to measure.] An instrument or machine for measuring the force and velocity of the wind.
2474	anemone	[.] ANEM'ONE,
2475	anemony	[.] ANEM'ONY, n. [Gr. from wind.] [.] Wind-flower; a genus of plants of numerous species. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens, of which their double flowers are among the most elegant ornaments. [.] Sea Anemone. See Animal Flower.
2476	anemoscope	[.] ANEM'OSCOPE, n. [Gr. wind, and to view.] A machine which shows the course or velocity of the wind.
2477	anent	[.] ANENT', prep. About; concerning; over against: a Scottish word. [Gr.]
2478	aneurism	[.] AN'EURISM, n. [Gr. to dilate, from broad.] [.] A preternatural dilatation or rupture of the coats of an artery. This is encysted or diffused. The encysted aneurism is when the coats of the artery being only dilated, the blood is confined to its proper coat. Of ...
2479	aneurismal	[.] ANEURIS'MAL, a. Pertaining to an aneurism.
2480	anew	[.] ANEW', adv. [a and new.] [.] Over again; another time; in a new form; as, to arm anew; to create anew.
2481	anfractuous	[.] ANFRAC'TUOUS, a. [L. anfractus, of amb, about, and fractus, broken. See Break.] [.] Winding; full of windings and turnings; written less correctly, anfractuose.
2482	anfractuousness	[.] ANFRAC'TUOUSNESS, n. A state of being full of windings and turnings.
2483	angariation	[.] ANGARIA'TION, n. [L. angario; Gr. to compel; a word of Persian origin.] Compulsion; exertion. [Not used.]
2484	angeiotomy	[.] ANGEIOT'OMY, See Angiotomy.
2485	angel	[.] AN'GEL, n. Usually pronounced angel, but most anomalously. [L. angelus; Gr. a messenger, to tell or announce.] [.] 1. Literally, a messenger; one employed to communicate news or information from one person to another at a distance. But appropriately, [.] 2. ...
2486	angel-age	[.] ANGEL-AGE, n. The existence or state of angels.
2487	angel-fish	[.] AN'GEL-FISH, n. A species of shark, the squalus squatina. It is from six to eight feet long, with a large head, teeth broad at the base, but slender and sharp above, disposed in five rows, all around the jaws. The fish takes its name from its pectoral fins, which ...
2488	angel-like	[.] AN'GEL-LIKE, a. Resembling or having the manners of angels.
2489	angel-shot	[.] AN'GEL-SHOT, n. Chain-shot, being two halves of a cannon ball fastened to the ends of a chain.
2490	angel-winged	[.] AN'GEL-WINGED, a. Winged like angels.
2491	angel-worship	[.] AN'GEL-WORSHIP, n. The worshipping of angels.
2492	angelic	[.] ANGEL'IC,
2493	angelica	[.] ANGEL'ICA, n. A genus of digynian pentanders, containing several species. The common sort is cultivated for medicinal uses. It grows naturally in northern climates, and has large umbels of a globose figure. The roots have a fragrant aromatic smell, and are used ...
2494	angelical	[.] ANGEL'ICAL, a. [L. angelicus.] Resembling angels; belonging to angels, or partaking of their nature; suiting the nature and dignity of angels.
2495	angelically	[.] ANGEL'ICALLY, adv. Like an angel.
2496	angelicalness	[.] ANGEL'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.
2497	angelites	[.] AN'GELITES, in Church history, so called from Angelicum in Alexandria, where they held their first meetings, a sect of heretics near the close of the 5th century, who held the persons of the trinity not to be the same, nor to exist by their own nature; but each to be ...
2498	angelology	[.] ANGELOL'OGY, n. A discourse on angels; or the doctrine of angelic beings.
2499	angelot	[.] AN'GELOT, n. [.] 1. An instrument of music, somewhat resembling a lute. [.] 2. An ancient English coin struck at Paris while under the dominion of England; so called from the figure of an angel supporting the escutcheon of the arms of England and France. Also, ...
2500	anger	[.] AN'GER, n. ang'ger. [L. ango, to choke strangle, vex; whence angor, vexation, anguish, the quinsy, angina. Gr. to strangle, to strain or draw together to vex. The primary sense is to press, squeeze, make narrow; Heb. to strangle.] [.] 1. A violent passion of ...
2501	angered	[.] AN'GRED or ANG'ERED, pp. Made angry; provoked.
2502	angerly	[.] AN'GERLY, adv. [anger and like.] In an angry manner; more generally written angrily.
2503	angina	[.] ANGI'NA, n. [L. from ango, to choke. See Anger.] [.] A quinsey; an inflammation of the throat; a tumor impeding respiration. It is a general name of the diseases called sorethroat, as quinsy, scarlet fever, croup, mumps, &c. [.] Angina pectoris, an anomalous ...
2504	angiography	[.] ANGIOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. a vessel, and description.] A description of the vessels in the human body.
2505	angiology	[.] ANGIOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a vessel, and discourse.] [.] A treatise or discourse on the vessels of the human body, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, &c.
2506	angiomonospermous	[.] ANGIOMONOSPERM'OUS, n. [Gr. a vessel, alone, and seed.] [.] Producing one seed only in a pod.
2507	angiosperm	[.] AN'GIOSPERM, n. [Gr. a vessel, and seed.] In botany, a plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.
2508	angiospermous	[.] ANGIOSPERM'OUS, a. Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp. In Linne's system, the second order of plants in the didynamian class are called angiospermia. This word is opposed to gymnospermous or naked-seeded.
2509	angiotomy	[.] ANGIOT'OMY, n. [Gr. a vessel, and to cut.] [.] The opening of a vessel, whether a vein or an artery, as in bleeding. It includes both arteriotomy and phlebotomy.
2510	angle	[.] AN'GLE, n. [L. angulus, a corner. Gr.] [.] In popular language, the point where two lines meet, or the meeting of two lines in a point; a corner. [.] In geometry, the space comprised between two straight lines that meet in a point, or between two straight converging ...
2511	angle-rod	[.] AN'GLE-ROD, n. The rod or pole to which a line and hook are fastened.
2512	angled	[.] AN'GLED, a. Having angles - used only in compounds.
2513	angler	[.] AN'GLER, n. One that fishes with an angle; also a fish, a species of lophius.
2514	anglic	[.] AN'GLIC,
2515	anglican	[.] AN'GLICAN, a. [L. icus, in publicus, and all similar adjectives. From ing, was formed Angles, the English, to which is added this common affix, ic. Ing is annexed to many English names, as Reading, Basing, Kittering, towns situated on flat land.] [.] English; pertaining ...
2516	anglicism	[.] AN'GLICISM, n. An English Idiom; a form of language peculiar to the English.
2517	anglicize	[.] AN'GLICIZE, v.t. To make English; to render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.
2518	angling	[.] AN'GLING, ppr. Fishing with an angle. [.] AN'GLING, n. A fishing with a rod and line.
2519	anglo-danish	[.] ANGLO-DA'NISH, a. Pertaining to the English Danes, or the Danes who settled in England.
2520	anglo-norman	[.] ANGLO-NORM'AN, a Pertaining to the English Normans.
2521	anglo-saxon	[.] ANGLO-SAX'ON, a. Pertaining to the Saxons, who settled in England, or English Saxons. [.] ANGLO-SAX'ON, n. A kind of pear; also the language of the English Saxons.
2522	angola-pea	[.] ANGO'LA-PEA or PIGEON-PEA. A species of Cytisus.
2523	angor	[.] AN'GOR, n. [L. See anger.] [.] 1. Pain; intense bodily pain. [.] 2. The retiring of the native bodily heat to the center, occasioning head-ache, palpitation and sadness.
2524	angred	[.] AN'GRED or ANG'ERED, pp. Made angry; provoked.
2525	angrily	[.] AN'GRILY, adv. In an angry manner; peevishly; with indications of resentment.
2526	angry	[.] AN'GRY, a. [See anger.] [.] 1. Feeling resentment; provoked; followed generally by with before a person. [.] God is angry with the wicked every day. Ps. 7. [.] But it is usually followed by at before a thing. [.] Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice? ...
2527	angsana	[.] ANGSA'NA or ANGSA'VA, n. A red gum of the East Indies, like that of dragon's blood.
2528	angsava	[.] ANGSA'NA or ANGSA'VA, n. A red gum of the East Indies, like that of dragon's blood.
2529	angu	[.] AN'GU, n. Bread made of the Cassada, a plant of the W. Indies.
2530	anguifer	[.] AN'GUIFER, n. [L. anguis, a serpent, and fero, to bear.] [.] In astronomy, a cluster of stars in the form of a man holding a serpent; Serpentarius, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
2531	anguilla	[.] ANGUIL'LA, n. [L. an eel.] [.] In zoology, an eel; also the name of a Mediterranean fish used for food, called also hospetus and atherina.
2532	anguilliform	[.] ANGUIL'LIFORM, a. [L. anguilla, an eel, and forma, shape.] In the form of an eel, or of a serpent; resembling an eel or serpent.
2533	anguish	[.] AN'GUISH, n. [L. angustia, narrowness, from pressure. See Anger.] [.] Extreme pain, either of body or mind. As bodily pain, it may differ from agony, which is such distress of the whole body as to cause contortion, whereas anguish may be a local pain as of an ulcer, ...
2534	anguished	[.] AN'GUISHED, pp. Extremely pained; tortured; deeply distressed.
2535	angular	[.] AN'GULAR, a. [.] 1. Having an angle, angles or corners; pointed; as an angular figure. [.] 2. Consisting of an angle; forming an angle; as an angular point.
2536	angularity	[.] ANGULAR'ITY, n. The quality of having an angle or corner.
2537	angularly	[.] AN'GULARLY, adv. With angles, or corners; in the direction of the angles.
2538	angularness	[.] AN'GULARNESS, n. The quality of being angular.
2539	angulated	[.] AN'GULATED, a. Formed with angles or corners.
2540	angulous	[.] AN'GULOUS, a. Angular; having corners; hooked.
2541	angust	[.] ANGUST', a. [L. angustus.] Narrow; straight. [Not used.]
2542	angustation	[.] ANGUSTA'TION, n. [L. angustus, narrow. See Anger.] [.] The act of making narrow; a straightening, or being made narrow.
2543	angusticlave	[.] ANGUST'ICLAVE, n. [L. angustus, narrow, and clavus, a knob or stud.] [.] A robe or tunic embroidered with purple studs or knobs, or by purple stripes, worn by Roman knights. The laticlave, with broader studs, was worn by senators.
2544	anhelation	[.] ANHELA'TION, n. [L. anhelo, to pant or breathe with difficulty; from halo, to breathe.] [.] Shortness of breath; a panting; difficult respiration, without fever, or with a sense of suffocation.
2545	anhelose	[.] ANHELO'SE, a. Out of breath; panting; breathing with difficulty. [Little used.]
2546	anhima	[.] AN'HIMA, n. A Brazilian aquatic fowl, larger than a swan, somewhat like a crane. Its head is small, its bill black, the toes armed with long claws. But what is remarkable, is a horn growing from its forehead; and the second joint of the wing is armed with two straight ...
2547	anhydrite	[.] AN'HYDRITE, n. [See Anhydrous.] [.] A species of sulphate of lime, anhydrous gypsum, of which there are several varieties; compact, granular, fibrous, radiated, sparry, siliciferous or vulpinite, and convoluted.
2548	anhydrous	[.] ANHY'DROUS, a. [Gr. dry, and water.] [.] Destitute of water. Anhydrite is so called, because it is destitute of the water of crystallization.
2549	aniented	[.] ANIENT'ED, a. Frustrated; brought to naught. Obs.
2550	anight	[.] ANI'GHT, adv. [a or at, and night.] [.] In the night time; anights, in the plural, is used of frequent and customary acts. [.] You must come in earlier anights.
2551	anil	[.] AN'IL, n. A shrub from whose leaves and stalks indigo is made; Indigofera, or the indigo plant.
2552	anility	[.] ANIL'ITY, n. [L. anilis, anilitas, from anus, an old woman; Celtic, hen old.] [.] The state of being an old woman; the old age of a woman; dotage.
2553	animadversion	[.] ANIMADVER'SION, n. [L. animadversio.] [.] Remarks by way of censure or criticism; reproof; blame. It may sometimes be used for punishment, or punishment may be implied in the word, but this is not common. In an ecclesiastical sense, it differs from censure, says ...
2554	animadversive	[.] ANIMADVER'SIVE, a. That has the power of perceiving. Obs.
2555	animadvert	[.] ANIMADVERT', v.i. [L. animadverto, of animus, mind, and adverto, to turn to.] [.] 1. To turn the mind to; to consider. [.] 2. To consider or remark upon by way of criticism or censure. [.] 3. To inflict punishment; followed by upon.
2556	animadverter	[.] ANIMADVERT'ER, n. One who animadverts or makes remarks by way of censure.
2557	animadverting	[.] ANIMADVERT'ING, ppr. Considering; remarking by way of criticism or censure.
2558	animal	[.] AN'IMAL, n. [L. animal, from anima, air, breath, soul.] [.] An organized body, endowed with life and the power of voluntary motion; a living, sensitive, locomotive body; as, man is an intelligent animal. Animals are essentially distinguished from plants by the ...
2559	animal-flower	[.] ANIMAL-FLOWER, n. In zoology, sea-anemone, sea-nettle or urtica marina, the name of several species of animals belonging to the genus actinia. They are called sea-nettle from their supposed property of stinging, and sea-anemone from the resemblance of their claws ...
2560	animalcule	[.] ANIMAL'CULE, n. [L. animalculum, animalcula.] [.] A little animal; but appropriately, an animal whose figure cannot be discerned without the aid of a magnifying glass; such as are invisible to the naked eye.
2561	animalization	[.] ANIMALIZA'TION, n. The act of giving animal life,or endowing with the properties of an animal.
2562	animalize	[.] AN'IMALIZE, v.t. [.] 1. To give animal life to; to endow with the properties of animals. [.] 2. To convert into animal matter.
2563	animalized	[.] AN'IMALIZED, pp. Endowed with animal life.
2564	animalizing	[.] AN'IMALIZING, ppr. Giving animal life to.
2565	animate	[.] AN'IMATE, v.t [L. amino. See Animal.] [.] 1. To give natural life to; to quicken; to make alive; as the soul animates the body. [.] 2. To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of a thing; as, to animate a lyre. [.] 3. To give spirit or vigor; ...
2566	animated	[.] AN'IMATED, pp. [.] 1. Being endowed with anima life, as the various classes of animated beings. [.] 2. a. Lively; vigorous; full of spirit; indicating animation; as an animated discourse.
2567	animating	[.] AN'IMATING, ppr. Giving life; infusing spirit; enlivening.
2568	animation	[.] ANIMA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of infusing life; the state of being animated. [.] 2. The state of being lively, brisk or full of spirit and vigor; as, he recited the story with great animation.
2569	animative	[.] AN'IMATIVE, a. That has the power of giving life or spirit.
2570	animator	[.] AN'IMATOR, n. One that gives life; that which infuses life or spirit.
2571	anime	[.] AN'IME, n. In heraldry, a term denoting that the eyes of a rapacious animal are borne of a different tincture from the animal himself. [.] AN'IME, n. A resin exuding from the stem of a large American tree called by the natives courbaril; by Piso, jetaiba. It ...
2572	animetta	[.] ANIMET'TA, n. Among ecclesiastical writers, the cloth which covers the cup of the eucharist.
2573	animosity	[.] ANIMOS'ITY, n. [L. animositas; animosus, animated, courageous, enraged; from animus, spirit, mind passion. Gr. wind, breath, is from flowing, swelling, rushing, which gives the sense of violent action and passion. See animal.] [.] Violent hatred accompanied with ...
2574	aninga	[.] ANIN'GA, n. A root growing in the West Indies, like the China plant, used in refining sugar.
2575	anise	[.] AN'ISE, n. an'nis. [L. anisum; Gr.] [.] An annual plant, placed by Linne under the genus Pimpinella. It grows naturally in Egypt, and is cultivated in Spain and Malta, whence the seeds are imported. The stalk rises a foot and a half high, dividing into slender ...
2576	anker	[.] ANK'ER, n. [.] A measure of liquids used in Holland, containing about 32 gallons, English measure. [.] Chambers says it contains two stekans; each stekan, 16 mengles; each mengle, 2 wine quarts.
2577	ankle	[.] ANK'LE, n. ank'l. The joint which connects the foot with the leg.
2578	ankle-bone	[.] ANK'LE-BONE, n. The bone of the ankle.
2579	annalist	[.] AN'NALIST, n. [See Annals.] A writer of annals.
2580	annalize	[.] AN'NALIZE, v.t. To record; to write annals. [Not much used.]
2581	annals	[.] AN'NALS, n. plu. [L. amnales, annalis, from annus, a year, the root of which may be the Celtic an, ain, a great circle. Varro says the word annus signifies a great circle.] [.] 1. A species of history digested in order of time, or a relation of events in chronological ...
2582	annats	[.] AN'NATS, n. [L. annus.] [.] A year's income of a spiritual living; the first fruits, originally given to the Pope, upon the decease of a bishop, abbot or parish clerk, and paid by his successor. In England, they were, at the reformation, vested in the king, and ...
2583	anneal	[.] ANNE'AL, v.t. [.] 1. To heat; to heat, as glass and iron for the purpose of rendering them less brittle, or to fix colors; vulgarly called nealing. This is done by heating the metal nearly to fluidity, in an oven or furnace,and suffering it to cool gradually. ...
2584	annealed	[.] ANNE'ALED, pp. Heated; tempered; made malleable and less brittle by heat.
2585	annealing	[.] ANNE'ALING, ppr. heating; tempering by heat.
2586	annex	[.] ANNEX', v.t. [L. annecto, annexum.] [.] 1. To unite at the end; as to annex a codicil to a will. To subjoin, to affix. [.] 2. To unite, as a smaller thing to a greater; as to annex a province to a kingdom. [.] 3. To unite to something proceeding, as the main ...
2587	annexation	[.] ANNEXA'TION, n. The act of annexing, or uniting at the end; conjunction; addition; the act of connecting; union. In English law, the uniting of lands or rents to the crown.
2588	annexed	[.] ANNEX'ED, pp. Joined at the end; connected with; affixed.
2589	annexing	[.] ANNEX'ING, ppr. Uniting at the end; affixing.
2590	annexion	[.] ANNEX'ION, n. The act of annexing; annexation; addition. [Little used.]
2591	annexment	[.] ANNEX'MENT, n. The act of annexing; the thing annexed.
2592	annihilable	[.] ANNI'HILABLE, a. That may be annihilated.
2593	annihilate	[.] ANNI'HILATE, v.t. [L. ad and nihilum, nothing, of ne, not, and hilum, a trifle.] [.] 1. To reduce to nothing; to destroy the existence of. [.] No human power can annihilate matter. [.] 2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties, so that the specific ...
2594	annihilated	[.] ANNI'HILATED, pp. Reduced to nothing; destroyed.
2595	annihilating	[.] ANNI'HILATING, ppr. Reducing to nothing; destroying the specific form of.
2596	annihilation	[.] ANNIHILA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of reducing to nothing or non-existence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it, as the annihilation of a corporation. [.] 2. The ...
2597	anniversarily	[.] ANNIVERS'ARILY, adv. Annually.
2598	anniversary	[.] ANNIVERS'ARY, a. [L. anniversarius, of annus, year, and verto, to turn.] [.] Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as an anniversary feast. [.] ANNIVERS'ARY, n. [.] 1. A stated day returning with the revolution of the year. The term ...
2599	annomination	[.] ANNOMINA'TION, n. [L. ad and nominatio, from nomino, to name, from nomen.] [.] 1. A pun; the use of words nearly alike in sound, but of different meanings; a paronomasy. [.] 2. Alliteration, or the use of two or more words successively beginning with the same ...
2600	annona	...
2601	annotate	[.] AN'NOTATE, v.i. [L.annoto.] To comment; to make remarks on a writing.
2602	annotation	[.] ANNOTA'TION, n. [L. annotatio, of ad and notatio, a marking, from noto, to mark, or nota, a mark.] [.] 1. A remark, note or commentary on some passage of a book, intended to illustrate its meaning; generally used in the plural, as annotations on the scriptures. [.] 2. ...
2603	annotator	[.] AN'NOTATOR, n. A writer of notes; a commentator; a scholiast; one who writes notes to illustrate the composition of an author.
2604	annotta	[.] ANNOT'TA, n. Orlean, or roucou; a hard dry paste, consisting of the pellicles of the seeds of the bixa orellana, a shrub growing in S. America and the W. Indies. It is moderately hard, of a brown color on the outside, and a dull red within. It is used in dyeing to ...
2605	announce	[.] ANNOUNCE, v.t. announs'. [L. annuncio, to deliver a message, of ad and nuncio, to tell from nuncius, a messenger.] [.] 1. To publish; to proclaim; to give notice, or first notice; as, the birth of Christ was announced by an angel. [.] 2. To pronounce; to declare ...
2606	announced	[.] ANNOUN'CED, pp. Proclaimed; first published.
2607	announcement	[.] ANNOUNCEMENT, n. announs'ment. The act of giving notice; proclamation; publication.
2608	announcer	[.] ANNOUN'CER, n. One that announces, or first gives notice; a proclaimer.
2609	announcing	[.] ANNOUN'CING, ppr. Introducing notice; first publishing; proclaiming.
2610	annoy	[.] ANNOY', v.t. [L. neceo, to hurt, that is, to strike; neco, to kill. [.] To incommode; to injure or disturb by continued or repeated acts; to tease, vex or molest; as, to annoy an army by impeding their march, or by a continued cannonade. [.] ANNOY', n. Injury ...
2611	annoyance	[.] ANNOY'ANCE, n. That which annoys, or injures; the act of annoying; the state of being annoyed. It includes something more than inconvenience.
2612	annoyed	[.] ANNOY'ED, pp. Incommoded, injured or molested by something that is continued or repeated.
2613	annoyer	[.] ANNOY'ER, n. One that annoys.
2614	annoyful	[.] ANNOY'FUL, a. Giving trouble; incommoding; molesting. [Not used.]
2615	annoying	[.] ANNOY'ING, ppr. Incommoding; hurting; molesting.
2616	annoyous	[.] ANNOY'OUS, a. Troublesome. [Not used.]
2617	annual	[.] AN'NUAL, a. [L. annalis, from annus, a year; Gr.] [.] 1. Yearly; that returns every year; coming yearly; as an annual feast. [.] 2. Lasting or continuing only one year or season; that requires to be renewed every year; as an annual plant. Leaves that grow in ...
2618	annually	[.] AN'NUALLY, adv. Yearly; returning every year; year by year.
2619	annuitant	[.] ANNU'ITANT, n. [See annuity.] [.] One who receives or is entitled to receive an annuity.
2620	annuity	[.] ANNU'ITY, n. [See Annual.] [.] A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life or for ever; an annual income, charged on the person of the grantor; or an annual allowance. Governments often borrow money upon annuities, that is, ...
2621	annul	[.] ANNUL', v.t. [L. ad nullum, to nothing.] [.] 1. To make void; to nullify; to abrogate; to abolish; used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by competent authority. [.] 2. ...
2622	annular	[.] AN'NULAR, a. [L. annulus, a ring, from Celtic ain, a circle, and ul, young, small; annulus, a little circle.] [.] Having the form of a ring; pertaining to a ring. [.] Annular crystal is when a hexahedral prism has six, or an octahedral prism eight marginal faces, ...
2623	annulary	[.] AN'NULARY, a. Having the form of a ring.
2624	annulated	[.] AN'NULATED, a. Furnished with rings, or circles, like rings; having belts.
2625	annulet	[.] AN'NULET, n. [L. annulus, a ring.] [.] In architecture, a small square member in the Doric capital, under the quarter round; also a narrow flat molding, which is common to many places, as in the bases or capitals; called also a fillet, or listil, or cincture, or ...
2626	annulled	[.] ANNUL'LED, pp. Made void; abrogated.
2627	annulling	[.] ANNUL'LING, ppr. Abrogating; abolishing.
2628	annulment	[.] ANNUL'MENT, n. The act of annulling.
2629	annumerate	[.] ANNU'MERATE, v.t. [L. annumero, of ad and numero, to numer, from numerus, number. See Number.] [.] To add to a former number; to unite to something before mentioned.
2630	annumeration	[.] ANNUMERA'TION, n. Addition to a former number.
2631	annunciate	[.] ANNUN'CIATE, v.t. [See Announce.] To bring tidings; to announce.
2632	annunciation	[.] ANNUNCIA'TION, n. [.] 1. An announcing; the tidings brought by the angel to Mary, of the incarnation of Christ. Also the day celebrated by the church, in memory of the angel's salutation of the blessed virgin, which is the 25th of March. The Jews give the title ...
2633	annunciator	[.] ANNUNCIA'TOR, n. One who announces; an officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business was to inform the people of the festivals which were to be celebrated.
2634	anodyne	[.] AN'ODYNE, [Gr. pain.] [.] Any medicine which allays pain, or causes sleep, as an opiate, paregoric, narcotic, &c. [.] AN'ODYNE, a. Assuaging pain; causing sleep, or insensibility.
2635	anoint	[.] ANOINT', v.t. [L. ungo.] [.] 1. To pour oil upon; to smear or rub over with oil or unctuous substances; also to spread over, as oil. We say, the man anoints another, or the oil anoints him. [.] 2. To consecrate by unction, or the use of oil. [.] Thou shalt ...
2636	anointed	[.] ANOINT'ED, pp. Smeared or rubbed with oil; set apart; consecrated with oil. [.] ANOINT'ED, n. The Messiah, or Son of God, consecrated to the great office of Redeemer; called the Lord's anointed. Cyrus is also called the Lord's anointed. Isaiah 45.
2637	anointer	[.] ANOINT'ER, n. One who anoints.
2638	anointing	[.] ANOINT'ING, ppr. Smearing with oil; pouring on oil, or other oleaginous substance; consecrating. [.] ANOINT'ING, n. The act of smearing with oil; a consecrating.
2639	anointment	[.] ANOINT'MENT, n. The act of anointing, or state of being anointed.
2640	anole	[.] ANO'LE, n. A species of lizard in the W. Indies, of a yellowish color, having several blue and green stripes running down its back.
2641	anomaliped	[.] ANOM'ALIPED, a. [Gr. inequality and L. pes, foot.] [.] An epithet given to fowls, whose middle toe is united to the exterior by three phalanges, and to the interior by one only. [.] ANOM'ALIPED, n. An anomalous footed fowl. [See the adjective.]
2642	anomalism	[.] ANOM'ALISM, n. An anomaly; a deviation from rule.
2643	anomalistic	[.] ANOMALIS'TIC,
2644	anomalistical	[.] ANOMALIS'TICAL, a. Irregular; departing from common or established rules. [.] In astronomy, the anomalistic year is the time in which the earth passes through her orbit, which is longer than the tropical year, on account of the precession of the equinoxes.
2645	anomalous	[.] ANOM'ALOUS, a. Irregular; deviating from a general rule, method or analogy; applied, in grammar, to words which deviate from the common rules of inflection; and in astronomy, to the seemingly irregular motions of the planets; but applied also generally to whatever ...
2646	anomalously	[.] ANOM'ALOUSLY, adv. Irregularly; in a manner different from common rule, method or analogy.
2647	anomaly	[.] ANOM'ALY, n. [Gr. inequality, equal, similar.] [.] 1. Irregularity; deviation from the common rule; thus oxen, the plural of ox, is an anomaly, in grammar, as the regular plural would be oxes. [.] 2. In astronomy, an irregularity in the motion of a planet, whereby ...
2648	anomeans	[.] ANO'MEANS, n. [Gr. dissimilar.] [.] In church history, the pure Arians, as distinguished from the Semi-Arians.
2649	anomia	[.] ANO'MIA, n. [Gr. rule.] [.] A genus of bivalve shells, so called from their unequal valves; the beaked cockle.
2650	anomite	[.] AN'OMITE, n. A fossil shell of the genus anomia.
2651	anomorhomboid	[.] ANOMORHOM'BOID, n. [Gr irregular, and of a rhomboidal figure.] [.] A genus os spars, pellucid, and crystaline, of no determinate form externally, but breaking into regular rhomboidal masses. The species are five, mostly of a white color.
2652	anomy	[.] AN'OMY, n. [Gr.] A violation of law. [Rarely used.]
2653	anon	[.] ANON', adv. [.] 1. Quickly; without intermission: soon; immediately. [.] The same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. Matt. 13. [.] 2. Sometimes; now and then; at other times; accompanied with ever, ever and anon.
2654	anonymous	[.] ANON'YMOUS, a [L. anonymus; Gr. name. See Name.] [.] Nameless; wanting a name; without the real name of the author; as, an anonymous pamphlet.
2655	anonymously	[.] ANON'YMOUSLY, adv. Without a name.
2656	anoplother	[.] AN'OPLOTHER,
2657	anoplotherium	[.] ANOPLOTHE'RIUM, n. [Gr. a beast.] [.] This is the name which Cuvier has given to a genus of animals, whose bones are found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; a genus now extinct.
2658	anopsy	[.] ANOP'SY, n. [Gr. sight.] Want of sight; invision. [Little used.]
2659	anorexy	[.] AN'OREXY, n. [Gr. appetite. [.] Want of appetite, without a lothing of food.
2660	another	[.] ANOTH'ER, a. [an, or one and other.] [.] 1. Not the same; different; as, we have one form of government; France, another. [.] 2. One more, in addition to a former number, indefinitely; as, grant one request, they will ask another favor, another and another. [.] 3. ...
2661	another-gaines	[.] ANOTH'ER-GAINES, adv. Of another kind. Obs.
2662	another-gates	[.] ANOTH'ER-GATES, adv. Of another sort. Obs.
2663	another-guise	[.] ANOTH'ER-GUISE, a. Of a different kind; different. This is a vulgar word, and usually contracted into other guess.
2664	anotta	[.] ANOT'TA, n. An elegant red color, formed from the pellicles or pulp of the seeds of the bixa, a tree common in South America. This is called also Terra Orleana and Roco. The annotta is made by steeping the seeds for seven or eight days, pounding them to separate ...
2665	ansated	[.] AN'SATED, a. [L. ansatus, from ansa, a handle.] [.] Having a handle or handles, or something in the form of handles.
2666	anser	[.] AN'SER, n. [L. a goose.] [.] 1. In zoology, the name of the goose, whether tame or wild. The domestic goose is the gray-lag or wild goose, domesticated. [.] 2. In astronomy, a small star, in the milky way, between the swan and eagle.
2667	anserine	[.] AN'SERINE, a. [L. anserinum, from anser, a goose.] [.] 1. Resembling the skin of a goose; uneven; as, an anserine skin. [.] 2. Pertaining to the ansers.
2668	ansers	[.] AN'SERS, n. In Linne's system, the third order of aves or fowls, whose characteristics are a smooth bill, broadest at the point, covered with a smooth skin, and furnished with teeth. The tongue is fleshy, and the toes are webbed or palmated. It includes all the web-footed ...
2669	anslaight	[.] AN'SLAIGHT, n. [See Slay.] An attack; an affray. [Not in use.]
2670	answer	[.] 'ANSWER, v.t. ansur. [.] 1. To speak in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration or argument of another person; as, "I have called and ye have not answered." "He answered the question or the argument." This may be in agreement and confirmation ...
2671	answer-jobber	[.] 'ANSWER-JOBBER, n. One who makes a business of writing answers.
2672	answerable	[.] 'ANSWERABLE, a. [.] 1. That may be answered; that to which a reply may be made, usually implying that the answer may be satisfactory; as, an answerable argument. [.] 2. Obliged to give an account, or liable to be called to account; amenable; responsible; as, an ...
2673	answerableness	[.] ANSWERABLENESS, n. The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.
2674	answerably	[.] ANSWERABLY, adv. In due proportion, correspondence or conformity; suitably; as, continents have rivers answerably larger than isles.
2675	answered	[.] ANSWERED, pp. Replied to; fulfilled; paid; complied with; accomplished; solved; confuted.
2676	answerer	[.] ANSWERER, n. One who answers; he or that which makes a return to what another has spoken; he who writes an answer.
2677	answering	[.] 'ANSWERING, ppr. Replying; corresponding to; fulfilling; solving; succeeding; reverberating; confuting.
2678	ant	[.] AN'T, in old authors, is a contraction of an it, that is if it. [See An.]
2679	ant-bear	[.] 'ANT-BEAR or 'ANT-EATER, n. A quadruped that feeds upon ants. This animal has no teeth, but a snout or muzzle, with a long cylindrical tongue. the body is covered with long hair. There are several species, constituting the genus, myrmecophaga, ant eaters.
2680	ant-eater	[.] 'ANT-BEAR or 'ANT-EATER, n. A quadruped that feeds upon ants. This animal has no teeth, but a snout or muzzle, with a long cylindrical tongue. the body is covered with long hair. There are several species, constituting the genus, myrmecophaga, ant eaters.
2681	ant-eggs	...
2682	ant-hill	[.] 'ANT-HILL, n. A little tumulus or hillock, formed by ants, for their habitation.
2683	anta	[.] AN'TA, n. In ancient architecture, a square column, at the corner of a building; a pilaster; written also ante.
2684	antacid	[.] ANTAC'ID, n. [anti and acid.] [.] In pharmacy, an alkali, or a remedy for sourness or acidity; better written anti-acid.
2685	antacrid	[.] ANTAC'RID, n. [anti and acrid.] That which corrects acrimony; better written anti-acrid.
2686	antagonism	[.] ANTAG'ONISM, n. Opposition of action; counteraction of things or principles.
2687	antagonist	[.] ANTAG'ONIST, n. [Gr. against, and a champion. See Act and Agony.] [.] 1. One who contends with another in combat; used primarily in the Grecian games. An adversary. [.] 2. An opponent in controversy. [.] 3. In anatomy, a muscle which acts in opposition to ...
2688	antagonistic	[.] ANTAGONIS'TIC, a. Opposing in combat; contending against.
2689	antagonize	[.] ANTAG'ONIZE, v.i. To contend against; to act in opposition; to oppose in argument.
2690	antagony	[.] ANTAG'ONY, n. Contest; opposition [Not used.]
2691	antalgic	[.] ANTAL'GIC, a. [Gr. against, and pain.] Alleviating pain; anodyne.
2692	antanaclasis	[.] ANTANACLA'SIS, n. [Gr. a driving back.] [.] 1. In rhetoric, a figure, which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, whilst we live, let us live. Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft. [.] 2. It is also a ...
2693	antanagoge	[.] ANTANAGO'GE, n. antanago'gy. [Gr. against, and a taking up.] [.] In rhetoric, a figure which consists in replying to an adversary, by way of recrimination; as, when the accusation of one party is unanswerable, the accused person charges him with the same or other ...
2694	antaphrodisiac	[.] ANTAPHRODIS'IAC, a. [Gr. against, and venereal, from Venus.] [.] Antivenereal; having the quality of extinguishing or lessening venereal desire. [.] ANTAPHRODIS'IAC, n. A medicine that lessens or extinguishes the venereal appetite.
2695	antaphroditic	[.] ANTAPHRODIT'IC, a. [Gr. See the preceding words.] Antivenereal, abating the venereal appetite, or efficacious against the venereal disease. [.] ANTAPHRODIT'IC, n. A medicine which abates the venereal appetite, or is good against the venereal disease.
2696	antapoplectic	[.] ANTAPOPLEC'TIC, a. Good against apoplexy.
2697	antarctic	[.] ANTARC'TIC, a. [Gr. against, and the bear, a northern constellation.] [.] Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a lesser circle, distant from the pole 23 degrees 28'. Thus we say ...
2698	antares	[.] ANTA'RES, n. The name of a star of the first magnitude, called also the scorpion's heart. Its longitude is 60 degrees 13' 14" of Sagittarius; and its latitude 4 degrees 31' 26 " South.
2699	antarthritic	[.] ANTARTHRIT'IC, n. A remedy which cures or alleviates the gout. [.] ANTARTHRIT'IC, a. [Gr against, and gout.] Counteracting the gout.
2700	antasthmatic	[.] ANTASTHMAT'IC, a. [Gr. against, and asthma.] Opposing the asthma.
2701	ante	[.] AN'TE. A Latin preposition, Gr.; much used in the composition of English words, especially in words from the Latin and Greek languages. It signifies before in place, in front; hence opposite, contrary; and figuratively, before in time. The Latin ante is generally ...
2702	anteact	[.] AN'TEACT, n. [ante and act.] A preceding act.
2703	antecedaneous	[.] ANTECEDA'NEOUS, a. [Infra.] Antecedent; preceding in time.
2704	antecede	[.] ANTECE'DE, v.t. [ante and cedo, to go. See Cede.] To go before in time; to precede.
2705	antecedence	[.] ANTECE'DENCE, n. The act or state of going before in time; precedence. In astronomy, an apparent motion of a planet towards the west, or contrary to the order of the signs.
2706	antecedent	[.] ANTECE'DENT, a. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the deluge. [.] ANTECE'DENT, n. That which goes before in time; hence in writings, that which precedes in place. In grammar, the noun to which a relative or other substitute ...
2707	antecedently	[.] ANTECE'DENTLY, adv. Previously; at a time preceding.
2708	antecessor	[.] ANTECES'SOR, n. [L. whence ancestor. See Antecede.] [.] 1. One who goes before; a leader; a principal. It was formerly a title given to those who excelled in any science; to professors of civil law; and in the Universities of France, the teachers of law take the ...
2709	antechamber	[.] AN'TECHAMBER, n. [Ante, before, and chamber.] [.] A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment to which it leads, and in which persons wait for audience.
2710	antechapel	[.] ANTECHAP'EL, n. The part of the chapel through which is the passage to the choir or body of it.
2711	antecian	[.] ANTE'CIAN, n. [Gr. opposite, and to dwell; L. antaci.] [.] In geography, the antecians are those inhabitants of the earth, under the same meridian, and at the same distance from the equator, but, on opposite sides, one party north, the other south. They have the ...
2712	antecursor	[.] ANTECURS'OR, n. [L. ante, before, and cursor, a runner, from curro, to run. See Course.] [.] One who runs before; a forerunner. In the Roman armies, the antecursors were a body of horse detached to obtain intelligence, get provisions, &c., for the main body.
2713	antedate	[.] AN'TEDATE, n. [Infra.] Prior date; a date antecedent to another. [.] AN'TEDATE, v.t. [L. ante, and datum, given. See Date.] [.] 1. To date before the true time; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to express a date anterior to the true time of its execution. [.] 2. ...
2714	antediluvial	[.] ANTEDILU'VIAL,
2715	antediluvian	[.] ANTEDILU'VIAN, a. [L. ante and diluvium, a flood. See Lave.] [.] Before the flood, or deluge, in Noah's time; existing, happening, or relating to what happened before the deluge. [.] ANTEDILU'VIAN, n. One who live before the deluge.
2716	antelope	[.] AN'TELOPE, n. [Gr. resembling a deer.] [.] In zoology, the gazelle; a genus of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and goat. Their horns are solid and permanent straight or curved; in some species annulated; in others, surrounded by a spiral; and ...
2717	antelucan	[.] ANTELU'CAN, a. [L. antelucanus, of ante, before, and lux, light.] [.] Being before light; a word applied to assemblies of christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning.
2718	antemeridian	[.] ANTEMERID'IAN, a. [ante, before, and meridian.] [.] Being before noon; pertaining to the forenoon.
2719	antemetic	[.] ANTEMET'IC, a. [against, and emetic, from to vomit.] Restraining or allaying vomiting. [.] ANTEMET'IC, n. A medicine which checks vomiting.
2720	antemundane	[.] ANTEMUND'ANE, a. [ante, before, and mundus, the world.] Being before the creation of the world.
2721	antenicene	[.] ANTENI'CENE, a. [ante, before, and Nicene, from Nice.] [.] Anterior to the first council of Nice; as antenicene faith.
2722	antennae	[.] ANTEN'NAE, n. plu. [L. antenna, a sail yard.] [.] In zoology, the horns or feelers of insects, projecting from the head.
2723	antenumber	[.] ANTENUM'BER, n. A number that precedes another.
2724	antenuptial	[.] ANTENUP'TIAL, a. [ante and nuptial.] [.] Being before marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement; antenuptial children.
2725	antepaschal	[.] ANTEPASCH'AL, a. Pertaining to the time before Easter.
2726	antepast	[.] AN'TEPAST, n. [ante, before, and pastum, fed.] [.] A foretaste; something taken before the proper time.
2727	antepenult	[.] ANTEPENULT', n. [L. ante, before, pene, almost, and ultimus, last.] [.] The last syllable of a word, except two; as syl in syllable.
2728	antepenultimate	[.] ANTEPENULT'IMATE, a. Pertaining to the last syllable but two.
2729	antepheptic	[.] ANTEPHEP'TIC, a. [against, and epileptic, from to seize.] [.] Resisting or curing epilepsy.
2730	antepileptic	[.] ANTEPILEP'TIC, n. A remedy for the epilepsy.
2731	anteposition	[.] ANTEPOSI'TION, n. s as z. [L. ante, before, and position, from pono, to place.] [.] In grammar, the placing of a word before another which by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.
2732	antepredicament	[.] ANTEPREDIC'AMENT, n. [ante and predicament.] [.] A preliminary question in logic to illustrate the doctrine of predicaments and categories; a question which is to be first known.
2733	anterior	[.] ANTE'RIOR, a. [L.] [.] 1. Before in time or place; prior; antecedent; preceding in time. [.] 2. Before or in front in place.
2734	anteriority	[.] ANTERIOR'ITY, n. The state of being anterior, preceding or in front; a state of being before in time, or situation.
2735	anteroom	[.] AN'TEROOM, n. [ante and room.] A room before or in front of another.
2736	antes	[.] AN'TES, n. plu. [L.] Pillars of large dimensions that support the front of a building.
2737	antestature	[.] ANTESTAT'URE, n. [ante and stature.] [.] In fortification, a small retrenchment or work formed of palisades, or sacks of earth.
2738	antestomach	[.] ANTESTOM'ACH, n. [ante and stomach.] [.] A cavity which leads into the stomach, as the crop in birds. [Not in use.]
2739	antevert	[.] ANTEVERT', v.t. [L. anteverto.] To prevent. [Not in use.]
2740	antevirgilian	[.] ANTEVIRGIL'IAN, a. A term given to Tull's new husbandry, or method of horse hoeing.
2741	anthelmintic	[.] ANTHELMIN'TIC, a. [against, and a worm.] Good against worms. [.] ANTHELMIN'TIC, n. A remedy for worms in the intestines.
2742	anthem	[.] AN'THEM, n. [Gr. against, and a hymn, from to sing. See Hymn.] [.] A hymn sung in alternate parts; but in modern usage, a sacred tune or piece of music set to words, taken from the psalms or other parts of the scriptures, first introduced into church service in ...
2743	anthem-wise	[.] AN'THEM-WISE, adv. In the manner of an anthem; alternately.
2744	anthemis	[.] AN'THEMIS, n. Camomile.
2745	anther	[.] AN'THER, n. [L. anthera, a flowery plant, from the Greek, flowery, from a flower.] [.] In botany, the summit or top of the stamen, connected with the flower, and elevated by means of the filament or thread, within the corol. It contains the pollen, or fertilizing ...
2746	antheral	[.] AN'THERAL, a. Pertaining to anthers.
2747	antheriferous	[.] ANTHERIF'EROUS, a. [anther and fero, to bear.] Producing anthers.
2748	anthesterion	[.] ANTHESTE'RION, n. The sixth month of the Athenian year, consisting of 29 days, and answering to a part of November and a part of December. It is supposed to be so called from the Anthesteria, feasts in honor of Bacchus, celebrated in that month, and so called, a flower; ...
2749	anthological	[.] ANTHOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to anthology.
2750	anthology	[.] ANTHOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a flower, and a discourse, a collection.] [.] 1. A discourse on flowers. [.] 2. A collection of beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams. In the Greek church, a collection of devotional pieces.
2751	anthophyllite	[.] ANTHOPH'YLLITE, n. [Gr. a flower, and a leaf.] [.] A mineral in masses composed of interlaced plates, or crystallized in reed-shaped crystals, which appear to be four sided prisms longitudinally streaked. The color is between dark yellowish gray and olive brown; ...
2752	anthorism	[.] AN'THORISM, n. [Gr. opposite, and definition.] [.] In rhetoric, a description or definition contrary to that which is given by the adverse party.
2753	anthracite	[.] AN'THRACITE, n. [Gr. a burning coal; infra.] [.] Slaty glance-coal, or columnar glance coal; that species of coal which has a shining luster, approaching to metallic, and which burns without smoke, and with intense heat. It consists essentially of carbon.
2754	anthracolite	[.] AN'THRACOLITE. [See Anthracite.]
2755	anthrax	[.] AN'THRAX, n. [Gr.; supra.] [.] A carbuncle; a malignant ulcer, with intense burning. The ancients gave this name to a gem, and it is sometimes used for lithanthrax or pit-coal.
2756	anthropoglot	[.] ANTHROP'OGLOT, [Gr. man, and the tongue.] [.] An animal which has a tongue resembling that of a man, of which kind are parrots.
2757	anthropography	[.] ANTHROPOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. man, and description.] [.] A description of man or the human race, or of the parts of the human body.
2758	anthropolite	[.] ANTHROP'OLITE, n. [Gr. man, and a stone.] [.] A petrifaction of the human body, or skeleton. Some naturalists have asserted that skeletons of the animal frame have been found petrified in old mines; but the fact is not credited, and the existence of such petrifactions ...
2759	anthropological	[.] ANTHROPOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to anthropology; according to human manner of speaking.
2760	anthropologist	[.] ANTHROPOL'OGIST, n. One who describes, or is versed in the physical history of the human body.
2761	anthropology	[.] ANTHROPOL'OGY, n. [Gr. man, and discourse.] [.] 1. A discourse upon human nature. [.] 2. The doctrine of the structure of the human body; the natural history or physiology of the human species. [.] 3. The word denotes that manner of expression by which the ...
2762	anthropomancy	[.] ANTHROPOM'ANCY, n. [Gr. man, and divination.] [.] Divination by inspecting the entrails of a human being.
2763	anthropomorphism	[.] ANTHROPOMORPH'ISM, n. The heresy of the anthropomorphites.
2764	anthropomorphite	[.] ANTHROPOMORPH'ITE, n. [Gr. man, and form.] [.] One who believes a human form in the Supreme Being. A sect of ancient heretics are called anthropomorphites.
2765	anthropomorphous	[.] ANTHROPOMORPH'OUS, a. Belonging to that which has the form of man; having the figure of resemblance to a man.
2766	anthropopathy	[.] ANTHROPOP'ATHY, n. [man, and passion.] [.] The affections of man, or the application of human passions to the Supreme Being.
2767	anthropophagi	[.] ANTHROPOPH'AGI, n. plu. [Gr. man, and to eat.] [.] Maneaters; cannibals; men that eat human flesh.
2768	anthropophagous	[.] ANTHROPOPH'AGOUS, a. Feeding on human flesh.
2769	anthropophagy	[.] ANTHROPOPH'AGY, n. The eating of human flesh, or the practice of eat it.
2770	anthroposcopy	[.] ANTHROPOS'COPY, n. [Gr. man, and to view.] [.] The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions and inclinations from the lineaments of his body.
2771	anthroposophy	[.] ANTHROPOS'OPHY, n. [Gr. man, and wisdom.] [.] Knowledge of the nature of man; acquaintance with man's structure and functions, comprehending anatomy and physiology.
2772	anthypnotic	[.] ANTHYPNOT'IC, a. Corrupt orthography. [See Antihypnotic.]
2773	anthypochondriac	[.] ANTHYPOCHOND'RIAC. [See Antihypochondriac.]
2774	anthypophora	[.] ANTHYPOPH'ORA. [See Antihypopohora.]
2775	anthysteric	[.] ANTHYSTER'IC. [See Antihysteric.]
2776	anti	[.] AN'TI, n. [Gr. See Ante.] A preposition signifying against, opposite, contrary, or in place of; used in many English words.
2777	anti-chamber	[.] AN'TI-CHAMBER, n. Dr. Johnson prefers ante-chamber, which see. But ante and anti are the same word in different dialects; and have the same radical signification. [See Ante.]
2778	anti-christ	[.] AN'TI-CHRIST, n. [Gr. against, and Christ.] [.] A great adversary of Christ; the man of sin; described [.] 1John 2:18. 2Thess. 2. Rev. 9. Protestants generally suppose this adversary to be the Papal power; and some divines believe that, in a more general sense, ...
2779	antiacid	[.] ANTIAC'ID, a. Opposing or removing acidity. Often written antacid. [.] ANTIAC'ID, n. An alkali; a medicine proper to correct sourness, or acidity; an absorbent, as chalk, magnesia, coral, sea shells, hematite, steel fillings; or an obtundent, as oil or fat; ...
2780	antiamerican	[.] ANTIAMER'ICAN, a. Opposed to America, or to the true interests or government of the United States; opposed to the revolution in America.
2781	antiarthritic	[.] ANTIARTHRIT'IC, a. [See Antarthritic.] Good against the gout. [.] ANTIARTHRIT'IC, n. A remedy for the gout.
2782	antiasthmatic	[.] ANTIASTHMAT'IC, a. [See Antasthmatic.] Good against asthma. [.] ANTIASTHMAT'IC, n. A remedy for the asthma.
2783	antibacchius	[.] ANTIBAC'CHIUS, n. [Gr. a foot of one short and two long syllables.] [.] In poetry, a foot of three syllables, the two first long and the last short, as ambire; opposed to the bacchius, in which the first syllable is short and the two last long. This foot is supposed ...
2784	antibasilican	[.] ANTIBASIL'ICAN, a. s as z. [Gr. a palace; L. royal, a hall of justice.] Opposed to royal state and magnificence.
2785	antic	[.] AN'TIC, a. [L. antiquus.] Odd' fanciful; as, antic tricks. [.] AN'TIC, n. [.] 1. A buffoon or merry Andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations. [.] 2. Odd appearance; fanciful figures. [.] 3. In architecture, sculpture and painting, such pieces ...
2786	anticachectic	[.] ANTICACHEC'TIC, a. [Gr. of an ill habit of body.] [.] Curing or tending to cure an ill habit of the constitution.
2787	anticatarrhal	[.] ANTICAT'ARRHAL, a. [against, and a catarrh.] Good against catarrh. [.] ANTICAT'ARRHAL, a. Remedy for catarrh.
2788	anticausotic	[.] ANTICAUSOT'IC, a. [against, and a burning fever.] Good against a burning fever. [.] ANTICAUSOT'IC, n. A remedy for a burning fever.
2789	antichachectic	[.] ANTICHACHEC'TIC, n. A medicine that tends to correct an ill habit of body.
2790	antichristian	[.] ANTICHRIS'TIAN, a. Pertaining to antichrist; opposite to or opposing the christian religion. [.] ANTICHRIS'TIAN, n. A follower of antichrist; one opposed to the christian religion.
2791	antichristianism	[.] ANTICHRIS'TIANISM, n. Opposition or contrariety to the christian religion.
2792	antichristianity	[.] ANTICHRISTIAN'ITY, n. Opposition or contrariety to christianity.
2793	antichronism	[.] ANTICH'RONISM, n. [Gr. time.] Deviation from the true order of time.
2794	anticipate	[.] ANTIC'IPATE, v.t. [L. anticipo, of ante, before, and capio, to take.] [.] 1. To take or act, before another, so as to prevent him; to take first possession. [.] 2. To take before the proper time; as, the advocate has anticipated that part of his argument. [.] 3. ...
2795	anticipated	[.] ANTIC'IPATED, pp. Taken before; foretasted; foreseen; precluded; prevented.
2796	anticipating	[.] ANTIC'IPATING, ppr. Taking before; foretasting; precluding; preventing.
2797	anticipation	[.] ANTICIPA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of taking up, placing, or considering something before the proper time, in natural order; prevention. [.] 2. Foretaste; previous view or impression of what is to happen afterward; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven. [.] The ...
2798	anticipator	[.] ANTIC'IPATOR, n. One who anticipates.
2799	anticipatory	[.] ANTIC'IPATORY, a. Taking before the time.
2800	anticlimax	[.] ANTICLI'MAX, n. [Gr. opposite, and climax. See Climate.] [.] A sentence in which the ideas fall or become less important and striking at the close; opposed to climax. For example, [.] Next comes Dalhousie, the great God of war, [.] Lieutenant Col'nel to the ...
2801	anticly	[.] AN'TICLY, adv. In an antic manner; with odd postures and gesticulations; with fanciful appearance.
2802	anticmask	[.] AN'TICMASK or AN'TIMASK, n. A mask of antics.
2803	anticonstitutional	[.] ANTICONSTITU'TIONALIST, n. One opposed to the constitution.
2804	anticonstitutional	[.] ANTICONSTITU'TIONALIST, n. One opposed to the constitution.
2805	anticontagionist	[.] ANTICONTA'GIONIST, n. One who opposes the doctrine of contagion.
2806	anticontagious	[.] ANTICONTA'GIOUS, a. [and contagious.] Opposing or destroying contagion.
2807	anticonvulsive	[.] ANTICONVUL'SIVE, a. [and convulsive.] Good against convulsions.
2808	anticor	[.] AN'TICOR, n. [anti, and L. cor, the heart.] [.] Among farriers, an inflammation in a horse's throat, answering to the quinsy in man.
2809	anticosmetic	[.] ANTICOSMET'IC, a. [anti and cosmetic. See Cosmetic.] Destructive or injurious to beauty. [.] ANTICOSMET'IC, n. Any preparation which injures beauty.
2810	anticourt	[.] AN'TICOURT, a. In opposition to the court. [Not used.]
2811	anticourtier	[.] ANTICOURTIER, n. anticortyer. [anti and courtier.] [.] One who opposed the court, or the measures of administration.
2812	anticreator	[.] ANTICREA'TOR, n. One that opposes the creator.
2813	antidemocratic	[.] ANTIDEMOCRAT'IC,
2814	antidemocratical	[.] ANTIDEMOCRAT'ICAL, a. Opposing democracy; contrary to government by the people.
2815	antidotal	[.] AN'TIDOTAL, a. That has the quality of preventing the ill effects of poison, or of any thing noxious or mischievous.
2816	antidote	[.] AN'TIDOTE, n. [against, to give.] [.] 1. A medicine to counteract the effects of poison, or of any thing noxious taken into the stomach. [.] 2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract the evil which something else might produce.
2817	antidotical	[.] ANTIDO'TICAL, a. Serving as an antidote.
2818	antidotically	[.] ANTIDO'TICALLY, adv. By way of antidote.
2819	antidysenteric	[.] ANTIDYSENTER'IC, a. [Gr. against, and dysenteric.] Good against the dysentery, or bloody flux. [.] ANTIDYSENTER'IC, n. A remedy for dysentery.
2820	antiemetic	[.] ANTIEMET'IC, a. [Gr. against, and emetic, from to vomit.] Having the quality of allaying vomiting. [.] ANTIEMET'IC, n. A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
2821	antienneahedral	[.] ANTIENNEAHE'DRAL, a. [Gr. opposite, nine, and side.] [.] In crystallography, having nine faces on two opposite parts of the crystal.
2822	antienthusiastic	[.] ANTIENTHUSIAS'TIC, a. [anti and enthusiastic.] Opposing enthusiasm.
2823	antientry	[.] AN'TIENTRY, n. [More correctly, ancientry.] Cast of antiquity; that which is ancient.
2824	antiepiscopal	[.] ANTIEPISC'OPAL, a. Adverse to episcopacy.
2825	antievangelical	[.] ANTIEVANGEL'ICAL, a. Contrary to orthodoxy, or the genuine sense of the gospel.
2826	antiface	[.] AN'TIFACE, n. Opposite face.
2827	antifanatic	[.] ANTIFANAT'IC, n. An opposer of fanaticism.
2828	antifebrile	[.] ANTIFE'BRILE, a. [against, and febrile.] [.] That has the quality of abating fever; opposing or tending to cure fever. [.] ANTIFE'BRILE, n. A medicine that cures, abates, or tends to allay fever.
2829	antiflattering	[.] ANTIFLAT'TERING, a. Opposite to flattery.
2830	antigugler	[.] ANTIGUG'LER, n. [anti and guggle.] [.] A crooked tube of metal, so bent as to be introduced into the neck of a bottle, for drawing out the liquor, without disturbing the sediment.
2831	antihectic	[.] ANTIHEC'TIC, a. [Gr. against, and hectic.] [.] That has the quality of opposing or curing hectical disorders. [.] ANTIHEC'TIC, n. A medicine that is good in the cure of hectic disorders.
2832	antihypnotic	[.] ANTIHYPNOT'IC, a. [Gr. sleep.] [.] Counteracting sleep; tending to prevent sleep or lethargy. [.] ANTIHYPNOT'IC, n. A medicine that prevents or tends to prevent sleep.
2833	antihypochondriac	[.] ANTIHYPOCHOND'RIAC, a. [Gr. hypochondriac.] [.] That counteracts or tends to cure hypochondriac affections, and depression of spirits. [.] ANTIHYPOCHOND'RIAC, n. A remedy for hypochondriac affections and low spirits.
2834	antihypophora	[.] ANTIHYPOPH'ORA, n. [Gr. an inference.] [.] In rhetoric, a figure which consists in refuting an objection by the opposition of a contrary sentence.
2835	antihysteric	[.] ANTIHYSTER'IC, a. [Gr. uterus.] Counteracting hysterics. [.] ANTIHYSTER'IC, n. A medicine that cures or counteracts hysterical affections.
2836	antilogarithm	[.] ANTILOG'ARITHM, n. [anti and logarithm.] [.] The complement of the logarithm of any sine, tangent or secant, to 90 degrees.
2837	antilogy	[.] ANTIL'OGY, n. [Gr. against, and speech.] [.] A contradiction between any words or passages in an author.
2838	antimagistrical	[.] ANTIMAGIS'TRICAL, a. Opposed to the office of magistrates. [Not used.]
2839	antimaniac	[.] ANTIMA'NIAC,
2840	antimaniacal	[.] ANTIMANI'ACAL, a. [anti and maniac.] Counteracting or curing madness or frenzy.
2841	antimask	[.] AN'TIMASK, n. A lesser mask.
2842	antimetabole	[.] ANTIMETAB'OLE, n. antimetab'oly. [Gr. against, and mutation.] [.] In rhetoric, a setting of two things in opposition to each other; as, an honorable action may be attended with labor, but the labor is soon past, and the honor is immortal.
2843	antimetathesis	[.] ANTIMETATH'ESIS, n. [Gr. against, and a transposition.] [.] In rhetoric, an inversion of the parts or members of an antithesis; as, "Compare the arrival of this governor, with the victory of that general." Compare this peace with that war."
2844	antimeter	[.] ANTIM'ETER, n. [Gr. measure.] [.] An optical instrument for measuring angles, with greater accuracy than can be done by the usual quadrants or sextants.
2845	antimetrical	[.] ANTIMET'RICAL, a. Contrary to the rules of meter or verse.
2846	antiministerial	[.] ANTIMINISTE'RIAL, a. [anti and ministerial.] [.] Opposed to the ministry, or administration of government.
2847	antiministerialist	[.] ANTIMINISTE'RIALIST, n. One that opposes the ministry.
2848	antimonarchical	[.] ANTIMONARCH'ICAL, a. [anti, against and monarchical.] [.] Opposed to monarchy; that opposes a kingly government.
2849	antimonarchicalnes	[.] ANTIMONARCH'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being opposed to monarchy.
2850	antimonial	[.] ANTIMO'NIAL, a. [from antimony.] [.] Pertaining to antimony; relating to antimony, or partaking of its qualities. [.] ANTIMO'NIAL, n. A preparation of antimony; a medicine in which antimony is a principal ingredient.
2851	antimoniate	[.] ANTIMO'NIATE, n. A compound or salt composed of antimonic acid and a base.
2852	antimoniated	[.] ANTIMO'NIATED, a. Partaking of antimony; mixed or prepared with antimony; as antimoniated tartar.
2853	antimonic	[.] ANTIMO'NIC, a. Pertaining to antimony; the antimonic acid is a peroxide of antimony.
2854	antimonious	[.] ANTIMO'NIOUS, a. Pertaining to antimony. The antimonious acid is a deutoxyd of antimony.
2855	antimonite	[.] AN'TIMONITE, n. A compound of antimonious acid and a base.
2856	antimony	[.] AN'TIMONY, n. [Low L. antimonium.] [.] Primarily, a metallic ore consisting of sulphur combined with a metal; the sulphuret of antimony, the stibium of the Romans and of the Greeks. It is a blackish mineral, which stains the hands, hard, brittle, full of long, shining, ...
2857	antimoralist	[.] ANTIMOR'ALIST, n. An opposer of morality.
2858	antimusical	[.] ANTIMU'SICAL, a. Opposed to music; having no ear for music.
2859	antinephritic	[.] ANTINEPHRIT'IC, a. [anti, and nephritic, which see.] [.] Counteracting diseases of the kidneys. [.] ANTINEPHRIT'IC, n. A medicine that tends to remove diseases of the kidneys.
2860	antinomian	[.] ANTINO'MIAN, a. [Gr. against, and law.] Against law; pertaining to the Antinomians. [.] ANTINO'MIAN, n. One of a sect who maintain, that, under the gospel dispensation, the law is of no use or obligation; or who hold doctrines which supersede the necessity of ...
2861	antinomianism	[.] ANTINO'MIANISM, n. The tenets of Antinomians.
2862	antinomist	[.] AN'TINOMIST, n. One who pays no regard to the law, or to good works.
2863	antinomy	[.] AN'TINOMY, n. A contradiction between two laws, or between two parts of the same law.
2864	antiochian	[.] ANTIO'CHIAN, a. Pertaining to Antiochus, the founder of a sect of philosophers, contemporary with Cicero. This sect was a branch of the academics, though Antiochus was a stoic. He attempted to reconcile the doctrines of the different schools, and was the last preceptor ...
2865	antipapal	[.] ANTIPA'PAL, a. Opposing popery.
2866	antipapistic	[.] ANTIPAPIS'TIC,
2867	antipapistical	[.] ANTIPAPIS'TICAL, a. Opposed to popery or papacy.
2868	antiparallel	[.] ANTIPAR'ALLEL, a. Running in a contrary direction.
2869	antiparalytic	[.] ANTIPARALYT'IC, a. [paralytic, which see.] Good against the palsy. [.] ANTIPARALYT'IC, n. A remedy for the palsy.
2870	antipathetic	[.] ANTIPATHET'IC,
2871	antipathetical	[.] ANTIPATHET'ICAL, a. [See Antipathy.] [.] Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion to a thing.
2872	antipatheticalness	[.] ANTIPATHET'ICALNESS, n. The quality or state of having an aversion or contrariety to a thing.
2873	antipathy	[.] ANTIP'ATHY, n. [Gr. against, and feeling.] [.] 1. Natural aversion; instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling; an aversion felt at the presence, real or ideal, of a particular object. This word literally denotes a natural aversion, which may be of different ...
2874	antipatriotic	[.] ANTIPATRIOT'IC, a. Not patriotic; opposing the interests of one's country. [.] Antipatriotic prejudices.
2875	antipedobaptist	[.] ANTIPEDOBAP'TIST, n. [Gr. against, a child, and baptize.] [.] One who is opposed to the baptism of infants.
2876	antiperistaltic	[.] ANTIPERISTAL'TIC, a. [See Peristaltic.] [.] Opposed to peristaltic; retroverted, as in vomiting; as, the antiperistaltic motion of the intestines.
2877	antiperistasis	[.] ANTIPERIS'TASIS, n. [Gr. against, and a standing around.] [.] The opposition of a contrary quality, by which the quality opposed acquires strength; or the action by which a body attacked collects force by opposition; or the intention of the activity of one quality ...
2878	antiperistatic	[.] ANTIPERISTAT'IC, a. Pertaining to antiperistasis.
2879	antipestilential	[.] ANTIPESTILEN'TIAL, a. [anti and pestilential, which see.] [.] Counteracting contagion or infection; having the quality of opposing or destroying pestilential diseases.
2880	antiphlogistian	[.] ANTIPHLOGIS'TIAN, n. [anti and phlogiston, which see.] [.] An opposer of the theory of phlogiston.
2881	antiphlogistic	[.] ANTIPHLOGIS'TIC, a. Counteracting heat or inflammation; tending to reduce arterial action; opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston. [.] ANTIPHLOGIS'TIC, n. Any medicine or diet which tends to reduce inflammation or the activity of the vital power.
2882	antiphon	[.] AN'TIPHON, n. [See Antiphony.] [.] The chant or alternate singing in choirs of cathedrals.
2883	antiphonal	[.] ANTIPH'ONAL,
2884	antiphonary	...
2885	antiphoner	[.] ANTIPH'ONER, n. A book of anthems or antiphons.
2886	antiphonic	[.] ANTIPHON'IC,
2887	antiphonical	[.] ANTIPHON'ICAL, a. [See Antiphony.] Pertaining to antiphony or alternate singing.
2888	antiphony	[.] ANTIPH'ONY, n. [contrary, and voice.] [.] 1. The answer of one choir to another, when an anthem or psalm is sung by two choirs; alternate singing. [.] 2. A species of psalmody, when a congregation is divided into two parts, and each sings the verses alternately. [.] 3. ...
2889	antiphrasis	[.] ANTIPH'RASIS, n. [Gr. against, and a form of speech.] [.] The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.
2890	antiphrastic	[.] ANTIPHRAS'TIC,
2891	antiphrastical	[.] ANTIPHRAS'TICAL, a. Pertaining to antiphrasis.
2892	antipodal	[.] ANTIP'ODAL, a. Pertaining to the antipodes; having the feet directly opposite.
2893	antipode	[.] AN'TIPODE, n. [Gr. opposite, and foot.] [.] One who lives on the opposite side of the globe, and of course, whose feet are directly opposite.
2894	antipoison	[.] ANTIPOI'SON, n. s as z. An antidote for poison.
2895	antipope	[.] AN'TIPOPE, n. [anti and pope.] [.] One who usurps the papal power, in opposition to the pope. [.] AN'TIPOPE, n. An outward gate or door.
2896	antiprelatical	[.] ANTIPRELAT'ICAL, a. Adverse to prelacy.
2897	antipriest	[.] AN'TIPRIEST, n. An opposer or enemy of priests.
2898	antipriestcraft	[.] ANTIPRIE'STCRAFT, n. Opposition to priestcraft.
2899	antiprinciple	[.] ANTIPRIN'CIPLE, n. An opposite principle.
2900	antiprophet	[.] ANTIPROPH'ET, n. An enemy or opposer of prophets.
2901	antiptosis	[.] ANTIP'TOSIS, n. [Gr. case.] [.] In grammar, the putting of one case for another.
2902	antipuritan	[.] ANTIPU'RITAN, n. An opposer of puritans.
2903	antiquarian	[.] ANTIQUA'RIAN, a. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity. As a noun, this is used for antiquary.
2904	antiquarianism	[.] ANTIQUA'RIANISM, n. Love of antiquities.
2905	antiquary	[.] AN'TIQUARY, n. [L. antiquarius.] [.] One who studies into the history of ancient things, as statues, coins, medals, paintings, inscriptions, books and manuscripts, or searches for them, and explains their origin and purport; one versed in antiquity.
2906	antiquate	[.] AN'TIQUATE, v.t. [L. antiquo. See Antiquary.] [.] To make old, or obsolete; to make old in such a degree as to put out of use. Hence, when applied to laws or customs, it amounts to make void or abrogate. [.] Christianity might reasonably introduce new laws and ...
2907	antiquated	[.] AN'TIQUATED, pp. Grown old; obsolete; out of use; having lost its binding force by non-observance; as an antiquated law.
2908	antiquatedness	[.] AN'TIQUATEDNESS, n. The state of being old or obsolete.
2909	antiquation	[.] ANTIQUA'TION, n. The state of being antiquated.
2910	antique	[.] ANTIQUE, a. antee'k. [L. antiquus, probably from ante.] [.] 1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; in this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome; as an antique statue. [.] 2. Old, as it respects the present age, or a modern period ...
2911	antiqueness	[.] ANTIQUENESS, n. antee'kness. The quality of being ancient; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship.
2912	antiquity	[.] ANTIQ'UITY, n. [L. antiquitas.] [.] 1. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; a very indefinite term; as, Cicero was the most eloquent orator of antiquity. [.] 2. The ancients; the people of ancient times; as, the fact is admitted by all antiquity. [.] Meaning ...
2913	antirevolutionary	[.] ANTIREVOLU'TIONARY, a. [See Revolution.] [.] Opposed to a revolution; opposed to an entire change in the form of government.
2914	antirevolutionist	[.] ANTIREVOLU'TIONIST, n. One who is opposed to a revolution in government.
2915	antisabbatarian	[.] ANTISABBATA'RIAN, n. [anti and sabbath.] [.] One of a sect who oppose the observance of the Christian sabbath; maintaining that the Jewish sabbath was only of ceremonial, not of moral obligation, and was consequently abolished by Christ.
2916	antisabian	[.] ANTISA'BIAN, a. [See sabian.] [.] Opposed or contrary to Sabianism, or the worship of the celestial orbs.
2917	antisacerdotal	[.] ANTISACERDO'TAL, a. Adverse to priests.
2918	antiscian	[.] ANTIS'CIAN, ANTIS'CIANS, n. [L. antiscii, of Gr. opposite, and shadow.] [.] In geography, the inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in contrary directions. Those who live north of the equator are antiscians ...
2919	antiscians	[.] ANTIS'CIAN, ANTIS'CIANS, n. [L. antiscii, of Gr. opposite, and shadow.] [.] In geography, the inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in contrary directions. Those who live north of the equator are antiscians ...
2920	antiscorbutic	[.] ANTISCORBU'TIC, a. [anti and scorbutic.] which see.] [.] Counteracting the scurvy. [.] ANTISCORBU'TIC, n. A remedy for the scurvy.
2921	antiscripturism	[.] ANTISCRIP'TURISM, n. Opposition to the Holy Scriptures.
2922	antiscripturist	[.] ANTISCRIP'TURIST, n. One that denies revelation.
2923	antiseptic	[.] ANTISEP'TIC, a. [Gr. putrid, from to putrify.] [.] Opposing or counteracting putrefaction. [.] ANTISEP'TIC, n. A medicine which resists or corrects putrefaction, as acids, stimulants, saline substances, astringents, &c.
2924	antisocial	[.] ANTISO'CIAL, a. [See Social.] [.] Averse to society; that tends to interrupt or destroy social intercourse.
2925	antispasis	[.] ANTIS'PASIS, n. [Gr. against, and to draw.] [.] A revulsion of fluids, from one part of the body to another.
2926	antispasmodic	[.] ANTISPASMOD'IC, a. [Gr. against, and from to draw.] [.] Opposing spasm; resisting convulsions; as anodynes. [.] ANTISPASMOD'IC, n. A remedy for spasm or convulsions, as opium, balsam of Peru, and the essential oils of vegetables.
2927	antispastic	[.] ANTISPAS'TIC, a. [See Antispansis.] [.] Causing a revulsion of fluids or humors.
2928	antisplenetic	[.] ANTISPLENET'IC, a. [See Spleen.] [.] Good as a remedy in diseases of the spleen.
2929	antistasis	[.] ANTIS'TASIS, n. [Gr. Opposite, and station.] [.] In oratory, the defense of an action from the consideration that if it had been omitted, something worse would have happened.
2930	antistes	[.] ANTIS'TES, n. [L.] The chief priest or prelate.
2931	antistrophe	[.] ANTIS'TROPHE,'TROPHY, n. [Gr. opposite, and a turning. [.] 1. In grammar, the changing of things mutually depending on each other; reciprocal conversion; as, the master of the servant, the servant of the master. [.] 2. Among the ancients, that part of a song ...
2932	antistrophon	[.] ANTIS'TROPHON, n. A figure which repeats a word often.
2933	antistrumatic	[.] ANTISTRUMAT'IC, a. [anti and struma, a scrophulous swelling.] [.] Good against scrophulous disorders.
2934	antithesis	[.] ANTITH'ESIS, n. [Gr. from, to place.] [.] 1. In rhetoric, an opposition of words or sentiments; contrast; as, "When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves we leave them." "The prodigal robs his heir, the miser robs himself." "Excess of ceremony shows want of ...
2935	antithetic	[.] ANTITHET'IC,
2936	antithetical	[.] ANTITHET'ICAL, a. Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing or abounding with antithesis.
2937	antitrinitarian	[.] ANTITRINITA'RIAN, n. [anti and trinitarian, which see.] [.] One who denies the trinity or the existence of three persons in the Godhead. [.] ANTITRINITA'RIAN, a. Opposing the trinity.
2938	antitrinitarianism	[.] ANTITRINITA'RIANISM, n. A denial of the trinity.
2939	antitype	[.] AN'TITYPE, n. [Gr. against, and a type, or pattern.] [.] A figure corresponding to another figure; that of which the type is the pattern or representation. Thus the paschal lamb, in scripture, is the type of which Christ is the antitype. An antitype then, is something ...
2940	antitypical	[.] ANTITYP'ICAL, a. Pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type.
2941	antivariolous	[.] ANTIVARIO'LOUS, a. [anti and variolous, which see.] [.] Opposing the small pox.
2942	antler	[.] ANT'LER, n. [From the root of ante, before. See Ante.] [.] A start or branch of a horn, especially of the horns of the cevine animals, as of the stag or moose. The branch next to the head is called the brow'antler, and the branch next above, the bes-antler.
2943	antlered	[.] ANT'LERED, a. Furnished with antlers.
2944	antonian	[.] ANTO'NIAN, a. Noting certain medicinal waters in Germany, at or Tonstein.
2945	antonomasia	[.] ANTONOMA'SIA,
2946	antonomasy	[.] ANTONOM'ASY, n. [Gr. name.] [.] To use of the name of some office, dignity, profession, science or trade, instead of the true name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, lordship for a nobleman. Thus instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; ...
2947	antosiandrian	[.] ANTOSIAN'DRIAN, n. One of a sect of rigid Lutherans, so denominated from their opposing the doctrines of Osiander. This sect deny that man is made just, but is only imputatively just, that is pronounced so.
2948	anvil	[.] AN'VIL, n. [The Latin word incus, incudis,is formed by a like analogy fromin and cudo, to hammer, or shape.] [.] An iron block with a smooth face, on which smiths hammer and shape their work. [.] Figuratively, any thing on which blows are laid. [.] To be on ...
2949	anxiety	[.] ANXI'ETY, n. angzi'ety. [L. anxietas, from anxius, solicitous; L. ango. See Anger.] [.] 1. concern or solicitude respecting some event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasinerr. it expresses more than uneasiness ...
2950	anxious	[.] ANX'IOUS, a ank'shus. [.] 1. Greatly concerned or solicitous, respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; applied to persons; as, to be anxious for the issue of a battle. [.] 2. Full of solicitude; unquiet; applied to things; as anxious ...
2951	anxiously	[.] ANX'IOUSLY, adv. In an anxious manner; solicitously; with painful uncertainty; carefully; unquietly.
2952	anxiousness	[.] ANX'IOUSNESS, n. The quality of being anxious; great solicitude.
2953	any	[.] AN'Y, a. en'ny. [.] 1. One indefinitely. [.] Nor knoweth any man the Father, save the Son. Math. 11. [.] If a soul shall sin against any of the commandments. [.] Lev. 4. [.] 2. Some; an indefinite number, plurally; for though the word is formed from one, ...
2954	any-wise	[.] ANY-WISE is sometimes used adverbially, but the two words may be separated, and used with a preposition, in any wise. [.]
2955	aonian	[.] AO'NIAN, a. [From aonia, a part of Boeotia, in Greece.] [.] Pertaining to the muses, or to Aonia in Boeotia. The Aonian fount was Aganippe, at the foot of mount Helicon, not far from Thebes, and sacred to the muses. Hence the muses were called Aonides. But in ...
2956	aorist	[.] A'ORIST, n. [Gr. indefinite, of a priv. and limit.] [.] The name of certain tenses in the grammar of the Greek language, which express time indeterminate, that is, either past, present or future.
2957	aoristic	[.] AORIST'IC, a. Indefinite; pertaining to an aorist, or indefinite tense.
2958	aorta	[.] AORT'A, n. [Gr. the great artery; also an ark or chest.] [.] The great artery, or trunk of the arterial system; proceeding from the left ventricle of the heart, and giving origin to all the arteries, except the pulmonary arteries. It first rises, when it is called ...
2959	aortal	[.] AORT'AL, a. Pertaining to the aorta, or great artery.
2960	aouta	[.] AOU'TA, n. The paper-mulberry tree in Otaheite, from whose bark is manufactured a cloth worn by the inhabitants.
2961	apace	[.] APA'CE, adv. [a and pace.] [.] With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily; with haste; hastily; applied to things in motion or progression; as, birds fly apace; weeds grow apace.
2962	apagoge	[.] AP'AGOGE,
2963	apagogical	[.] APAGOG'ICAL, a. An apagogical demonstration is an indirect way of proof, by showing the absurdity or impossibility of the contrary.
2964	apagogy	[.] AP'AGOGY, n. [Gr. from, to draw aside, of from and to drive.] [.] 1. In logic abduction; a kind of argument, wherein the greater extreme is evidently contained in the medium, but the medium not so evidently in the lesser extreme, as not to require further proof. ...
2965	apalachian	[.] APALACH'IAN, a. Pertaining to the Apalaches, a tribe of Indians, in the westen part of Georgia. Hence the word is applied to the mountains in or near their country, which are in fact the southern extremity of the Alleghanean ridges.
2966	apanthropy	[.] APAN'THROPY, n. [Gr. from, and man.] [.] An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.
2967	aparithmesis	[.] APARITH'MESIS, n. [Gr.] In rhetoric, enumeration.
2968	apart	[.] AP'ART, adv. [a and part; See Part.] [.] 1. Separately; at a distance; in a state of separation, as to place. [.] Jesus departed thence into a desert place apart. Math. 14. [.] 2. In a state of distinction, as to purpose, use or character. [.] The Lord ...
2969	apartment	[.] AP'ARTMENT, n. [See Part.] [.] A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions; a place separated by inclosure.
2970	apathetic	[.] APATHET'IC, a. Void of feeling; free from passion; insensible.
2971	apathy	[.] AP'ATHY, n. [Gr. passion.] [.] Want of feeling; an utter privation of passion, or insensibility to pain; applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is stoicism, a calmness of mind incapable of being ruffled by pleasure, pain or passion. ...
2972	apatite	[.] AP'ATITE, n. [From Gr. to deceive; it having been often mistaken for other minerals.] [.] A variety of phosphate of lime; generally crystallized in low, flat, hexahedral prisms, sometimes even tabular. Its powder phosphoresces on burning coals. [.] The phosporite ...
2973	ape	[.] APE, n. [.] 1. A genus of quadrupeds, found in the torrid zone of both continents, of a great variety of species. In common use, the word extends to all the tribe of monkeys and baboons; but in zoology, ape is limited to such of these animals as have no tails; while ...
2974	apeak	[.] APE'AK, adv. [a and peak, a point. See peak.] [.] 1. One the point; in a posture to pierce. [.] 2. In seamen's language, perpendicular. The anchor is apeak, when the cable is drawn so as to bring the ship directly over it.
2975	apennine	[.] AP'ENNINE, a. [L. apenninus; ad and penninus, an epithet applied to a peak or ridge of the Alps.] [.] Pertaining to or designating a chain of mountains,which extend from the plains of Piedmont, round the gulf of Genoa, to the center of Italy, and thence south east ...
2976	apennines	[.] AP'ENNINES, n. The mountains above described.
2977	apepsy	[.] APEP'SY, n. [Gr. diges.] [.] Defective digestion; indigestion. [Little used.]
2978	aper	[.] A'PER, n. One who apes. in zoology, the wild boar.
2979	aperient	[.] APE'RIENT, a. [L. aperiens, aperio.] [.] Opening; that has the quality of opening; deobstruent; laxative. [.] APE'RIENT, n. a medicine which promoties the circulation of the fluids, by removing obstructions; a laxative; a deobstruent; as, smallage, fennel, ...
2980	aperitive	[.] APER'ITIVE, a. Opening; deobstruent; aperient.
2981	apert	[.] APERT', a. [L. apertus.] Open; evident; undisguised. [Not used.]
2982	apertion	[.] APER'TION, n. The act of opening; the state of being opened; an opening; a gap, aperture, or passage. [Little used.]
2983	apertly	[.] APERT'LY, adv. Openly [Little used.]
2984	apertness	[.] APERT'NESS, n. [L. apertus.] Openness. [Rarely used.]
2985	apertor	[.] APERT'OR, n. A muscle that raises the upper eye lid.
2986	aperture	[.] AP'ERTURE, n. [.] 1. The act of opening; more generally, an opening; a gap, cleft or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole through any solid substance. [.] 2. An opening of meaning; explanation. [Not used.] [.] 3. In geometry, the space between two right lines, ...
2987	apetalous	[.] APET'ALOUS, a. [Gr. a flower-leaf or petal.] [.] In botany, having no petals, or flower-leaves; having no corol.
2988	apetalousness	[.] APET'ALOUSNESS, n. A state of being without petals.
2989	apex	[.] A'PEX, n. plu. apexes. [L. apex, plu. apices.] [.] The tip, point of summit of any thing. In antiquity, the cap of a flamen or priest; the crest of a helmet. In grammar, the mark of a long syllable. In botany, the anther of flowers, or tops of the stamens, like ...
2990	apexes	[.] A'PICES, A'PEXES. [See Apex, and Anther.]
2991	aphanite	[.] APH'ANITE, n. [Gr. to appear.] [.] In mineralogy, compact amphibole in a particular state.
2992	aphelion	[.] APHE'LION, n. [Gr. from, and the sun.] [.] That point of a planet's orbit which is most distant from the sun; opposed to perihelion.
2993	apheresis	[.] APHERE'SIS, n. [Gr. from, and to take.] [.] 1. The taking of a litter or syllable from the beginning of a word. Thus by an apheresis, omittere is writter, mittere. [.] 2. In the healing art, the removal of any thing noxious. In surgery, amputation.
2994	aphidivorous	[.] APHIDIV'OROUS, a. [of aphis, the puceron or vine fretter, and voro, to eat.] [.] Eating, devouring, or subsisting on the aphis, or plant-louse.
2995	aphilanthropy	[.] APHILAN'THROPY, n. [of a neg. and to love, and man.] [.] Want of love to mankind. In medicine, the first stage of melancholy, when solitude is preferred to society.
2996	aphis	[.] A'PHIS, n. In zoology, the puceron, vine fretter, or plant-louse; a genus of insects, belonging to the order of hemipters. The aphis is furnished with an inflected beak, and with feelers longer than the thorax. In the same species, some individuals have four erect ...
2997	aphlogistic	[.] APHLOGIS'TIC, a. [Gr. inflammable.] [.] Flameless; as an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame.
2998	aphony	[.] APH'ONY, n. [Gr. voice.] [.] A loss of voice; a palsy of the tongue; dumbness; catalepsy.
2999	aphorism	[.] APH'ORISM, n. [Gr. determination, distinction; from to separate.] [.] A maxim; a precept, or principle expressed in few words; a detached sentence containing some important truth; as, the aphorisms of Hippocrates, or of the civil law.
3000	aphorismer	[.] APHORISM'ER, n. A dealer in aphorisms.
3001	aphoristic	[.] APHORIS'TIC,
3002	aphoristical	[.] APHORIS'TICAL, a. In the form of an aphorism; in the form of short unconnected sentences; as an aphoristic style.
3003	aphoristically	[.] APHORIS'TICALLY, adv. In the form or manner of aphorisms.
3004	aphrite	[.] APH'RITE, n. [Gr. froth; the schaum erde, or earth scum, of Werner; the silvery chalk of Kirwan.] [.] A subvariety of carbonate of lime, occurring in small masses, solid or tender and friable. It is composed of lamels or scales, of a pearly luster. It is connected ...
3005	aphrizite	[.] APH'RIZITE, n. A variety of black tourmalin.
3006	aphrodisiac	[.] APHRODIS'IAC,
3007	aphrodisiacal	[.] APHRODISI'ACAL, a. [Gr. venereal, Venus, from froth.] [.] Exciting venereal desire; increasing the appetite for sexual connection.
3008	aphrodita	[.] APHRODI'TA, n. [.] 1. In zoology, a genus of the order of Molluscas, called also sea-mouse. The body is oval, with many small protuberances or tentacles on each side, which serve as feet. The mouth is cylindrical, at one end of the body, with two bristly tentacles, ...
3009	aphrodite	[.] APH'RODITE, n. [Gr.] A follower of Venus. [.] APH'RODITE,
3010	aphthong	[.] APH'THONG, n. [Gr. without, and sound.] [.] A letter or combination of letters, which, in the customary pronunciation of a word, have no sound.
3011	aphthous	[.] APH'THOUS, a. [Gr. ulcers in the mouth.] [.] Pertaining to thrush; of the nature of thrush or ulcerous affections of the mouth.
3012	aphyllous	[.] APH'YLLOUS, a. [Gr. a leaf.] [.] In botany, destitute of leaves, as the rush, mushrooms, garlic, some sea-weeds, &c.
3013	apiary	[.] A'PIARY, n. [L. apiarium, of apis, a bee.] [.] The place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees.
3014	apiaster	[.] A'PIASTER, n. [From apis, a bee.] [.] The bird called a bee-eater, a species of merops. The apiaster has an iron colored back, and a belly of bluish green.
3015	apices	[.] A'PICES, A'PEXES. [See Apex, and Anther.]
3016	apiece	[.] APIE'CE, adv. [a and piece.] [.] To each; noting the share of each; as here is an orange apiece.
3017	apis	[.] A'PIS, n. In mythology, an ox, worshiped in ancient Egypt, or a divinity or idol in the figure of an ox. [.] A'PIS, n. [L.] In zoology, the bee, a genus of insects, of the order of hymenopters. The mouth has two jaws, and a proboscis infolded in a double sheath; ...
3018	apish	[.] A'PISH, a. [See Ape.] Having the qualities of an ape; inclined to imitate in a servile manner; hence, foolish, foppish, affected, trifling, insignificant; as, an apish fellow; apish manners.
3019	apishly	[.] A'PISHLY, adv. In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.
3020	apishness	[.] A'PISHNESS, n. The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.
3021	apitpat	[.] APIT'PAT, With quick beating or palpitation; a word formed from the sound, pit and pat, or from beat.
3022	aplanatic	[.] APLANAT'IC, a. [Gr. to wander.] [.] An aplanatic telescope is one which entirely corrects the aberration of the rays of light. It is thus distinguished from the achromatic, which only partially corrects the aberration.
3023	aplome	[.] APLO'ME, n. [Gr. simple.] [.] A mineral closely allied to garnet. It is considered by Jameson, as crystallized common garnet. It is a rare mineral, found in dodecahedrons, with rhombic faces, supposed to be derived from the cube, by one of the most simple laws ...
3024	apluster	[.] APLUS'TER,
3025	aplustre	[.] APLUS'TRE, n. [L. from Gr. the summit of the poop of a ship.] [.] An ensign, or ornament carried by ancient ships. It was shaped like a plume of feathers, fastened on the neck of a goose or swan, and to this was attached a party-colored ribbon, to indicate the course ...
3026	apocalypse	[.] APOC'ALYPSE, n. apoc'alyps. [Gr. from to disclose; and to cover.] [.] Revelation; discovery; disclosure. The name of a book of the New Testament, containing many discoveries or predictions respecting the future state of Christianity, written by St. John, in Patmos, ...
3027	apocalyptic	[.] APOCALYP'TIC,
3028	apocalyptical	[.] APOCALYP'TICAL, a. Containing or pertaining to revelation; disclosing.
3029	apocalyptically	[.] APOCALYP'TICALLY, adv. By revelation; in the manner of disclosure.
3030	apocopate	[.] APOC'OPATE, v.t. [See apocope.] [.] To cut off, or drop the last letter or syllable of a word.
3031	apocopated	[.] APOC'OPATED, pp. Shortened by the omission of the last letter or syllable.
3032	apocopating	[.] APOC'OPATING, ppr. Cutting off, or omitting the last letter or syllable.
3033	apocope	[.] APOC'OPE,
3034	apocopy	[.] APOC'OPY, n. [Gr. abscission, of and to cut.] [.] The cutting off, or omission of the last letter or syllable of a word; as di for dii.
3035	apocrisary	...
3036	apocrustic	[.] APOCRUST'IC, a. [Gr. from, to drive from.] [.] Astringent; repelling. [.] APOCRUST'IC, n. A medicine which constringes, and repels the humors; a repellent.
3037	apocrypha	[.] APOC'RYPHA, n. [Gr. from, to conceal.] [.] Literally such things as are not published; but in an appropriate sense, books whose authors are not known; whose authenticity, as inspired writings, is not admitted, and which are therefore not considered a part of the ...
3038	apocryphal	[.] APOC'RYPHAL, a. Pertaining to the apecrypha; not canonical; of uncertain authority or credit; false; fictitious.
3039	apocryphally	[.] APOC'RYPHALLY, adv. Uncertainly; not indisputably.
3040	apocryphalness	[.] APOC'RYPHALNESS, n. Uncertainty, as to authenticity; doubtfulness of credit, or genuineness.
3041	apodal	[.] AP'ODAL, a. [See apode.] [.] Without feet; in zoology, destitute of ventral fins.
3042	apode	[.] AP'ODE, n. [Gr. foot.] [.] An animal that has no feet, applied to certain fabulous fowls, which are said to have no legs, and also to some birds that have very short legs. [.] In zoology, the apodes are an order of fishes which have no ventral fins; the first order ...
3043	apodictic	[.] APODIC'TIC,
3044	apodictical	[.] APODIC'TICAL, a. [Gr. evidence, of an to show.] [.] Demonstrative; evident beyond contradiction; clearly proving. [Little used.]
3045	apodictically	[.] APODIC'TICALLY, adv. So as to be evident beyond contradiction.
3046	apodosis	[.] APOD'OSIS, n. [Gr.] The application or latter part of a similitude.
3047	apogee	[.] AP'OGEE, n. [apogeon, apogeum; Gr. from, and the earth.] [.] That point in the orbit of a a planet, which is at the greatest distance from the earth. The ancients regarded the earth as fixed in the center of the system, and therefore assigned to the sun, with the ...
3048	apogon	[.] AP'OGON, n. A fish of the Mediterranean, the summit of whose head is elevated.
3049	apograph	[.] AP'OGRAPH n. [Gr.] An exemplar; a copy or transcript.
3050	apollinarian	[.] APOLLINA'RIAN, a. [From Apollo.] [.] The Apollinarian games, in Roman antiquity, were celebrated in honor of Apollo; instituted A.R. 542 after the battle of Cannae. They were merely scenical, with exhibitions of music, dances and various mountebank tricks.
3051	apollinarians	[.] APOLLINA'RIANS, in Church history, a sect, deriving their name from Apollinaris, bishop of Laodicea, in the 4th Century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ; maintaining that his body was endowed with a sensitive, and not with a rational soul; and that the divine ...
3052	apollyon	[.] APOL'LYON, n. [Gr. destroying.] [.] The destroyer; a name used Rev. 9:11, for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.
3053	apologetic	[.] APOLOGET'IC,
3054	apologetical	[.] APOLOGET'ICAL, a. [Gr. to speak in defense of; and speech.] [.] Defending by words or arguments; excusing; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; as an apologetic essay.
3055	apologetically	[.] APOLOGET'ICALLY, adv. By way of apology or excuse.
3056	apologist	[.] APOL'OGIST, n. [See Apology.] [.] One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of another.
3057	apologize	[.] APOL'OGIZE, v.i. To make an apology; to write or speak in favor of, or to make excuse for; followed by for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.
3058	apologue	[.] AP'OLOGUE, n. ap'olog. [Gr. a long speech, a fable.] [.] A moral fable; a story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey useful truths. An apologue differs from a parable in this; the parable is drawn from events which pass among mankind, and is therefore ...
3059	apology	[.] APOL'OGY, n. [Gr. discourse.] [.] An excuse; something said or written in defense or extenuation of what appears to others wrong, or unjustifiable; or of what may be liable to disapprobation. It may be an extenuation of what is not perfectly justifiable, or a vindication ...
3060	aponeurosis	[.] APONEURO'SIS,
3061	aponeurosy	[.] APONEU'ROSY, n. [Gr. from, and to send.] [.] An expansion of a tendon in the manner of a membrane; the tendinous expansion or fascia of muscles; the tendon or tail of a muscle.
3062	apopemptic	[.] APOPEMP'TIC, a. [Gr. from, and a nerve.] [.] Denoting a song or hymn among the ancients, sung or addressed to a stranger, on his departure from a place to his own country. It may be used as a noun for the hymn.
3063	apophasis	[.] APOPH'ASIS, n. [Gr. from, and form of speech.] [.] In rhetoric, a waving or omission of what one, speaking ironically, would plainly insinuate; as, "I will not mention another argument, which, however, if I should, you could not refute."
3064	apophlegmatic	[.] APOPHLEGMAT'IC, a. [Gr. from, and phlegm.] [.] Masticatory; having the quality of exciting discharges of phlegm from the mouth or nostrils. [.] APOPHLEGMAT'IC, n. A masticatory; a medicine which excites discharges of phlegm from the mouth or nostrils.
3065	apophlegmatism	[.] APOPHLEG'MATISM, n. An apophlegmatic.
3066	apophlegmatizant	[.] APOPHLEGMAT'IZANT, n. An apophlegmatic.
3067	apophthegm	[.] AP'OPHTHEGM,
3068	apophyge	[.] APOPH'YGE,
3069	apophygy	[.] APOPH'YGY, n. [Gr. from, and flight.] [.] 1. In architecture, the part of a column, where it springs out of its base; originally a ring or ferrel to bind the extremities of columns, and keep them from splitting; afterwards imitated in stone pillars. It is sometimes ...
3070	apophyllite	[.] APOPH'YLLITE, n. [Gr. from, and a leaf; so called because of its tendency to exfoliate.] [.] A mineral occurring in laminated masses or in regular prismatic crystals, having a strong and peculiar pearly luster. Its structure is foliated, and when a fragment is ...
3071	apophysis	[.] APOPH'YSIS,
3072	apophysy	[.] APOPH'YSY, n. [Gr. from, and growth.] [.] The projecting soft end or protuberance of a bone; a process of a bone.
3073	apoplectic	[.] APOPLEC'TIC,
3074	apoplectical	[.] APOPLEC'TICAL, a. [See apoplexy.] Pertaining to or consisting in apoplexy, as an apoplectic fit; or predisposed to apoplexy, as an apoplectic habit of body.
3075	apoplexed	[.] AP'OPLEXED, a. Affected with apoplexy.
3076	apoplexy	[.] AP'OPLEXY, n. [Gr. from, to strike.] [.] A sudden deprivation of all sense and voluntary motion, occasioned by repletion or whatever interrupts the action of the nerves upon the muscles. [.] Dryden, for the sake of measure, uses apoplex, for apoplexy.
3077	aporia	[.] APO'RIA, n. [Gr. from a way or passage.] [.] 1. In rhetoric, a doubting or being at a loss where to begin, or what to say, on account of the variety of matter. [.] 2. In the medical art, febrile anxiety; uneasiness; restlessness, from obstructed perspiration, ...
3078	aporime	[.] AP'ORIME, n. [See Apory.] A problem difficult to be resolved.
3079	aporon	[.] AP'ORON,
3080	apory	[.] AP'ORY,
3081	aposiopesis	[.] APOSIOPE'SIS,
3082	aposiopesy	[.] APOSIO'PESY, n. [Gr. of to be silent.] [.] Reticence or suppression; as when a speaker for some cause, as fear, sorrow, or anger, suddenly breaks off his discourse, before it is ended; or speaks of a thing, when he makes a show as if he would say nothing on the subject; ...
3083	apostasy	[.] APOS'TASY, n. [Gr. a defection, to depart.] [.] 1. An abandonment of what one has professed; a total desertion, or departure from one's faith or religion. [.] 2. The desertion from a party to which one has adhered. [.] 3. Among physicians, the throwing off ...
3084	apostate	[.] APOS'TATE, n. [Gr.] [.] One who has forsaken the church, sect or profession to which he before adhered. In its original sense, applied to one who has abandoned his religion; but correctly applied also to one who abandons a political or other party. [.] APOS'TATE, ...
3085	apostatical	[.] APOSTAT'ICAL, a. After the manner of an apostate.
3086	apostatize	[.] APOS'TATIZE, v.i. To abandon one's profession or church; to forsake principles or faith which one has professed; or the party to which one has been attached.
3087	apostatizing	[.] APOS'TATIZING, ppr. Abandoning a church, profession, sect or party.
3088	apostemate	[.] APOS'TEMATE, v.i. To form into an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.
3089	apostemation	[.] APOSTEMA'TION, n. The formation of an aposteme; the process of gathering into an abscess; written corruptly imposthumation.
3090	apostematous	[.] APOSTEM'ATOUS, a. Pertaining to an abscess; partaking of the nature of an aposteme.
3091	aposteme	[.] AP'OSTEME, n. [Gr. from to go off, to recede; and to stand.] [.] An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter; written also corruptly imposthume.
3092	apostle	[.] APOS'TLE, n. [L. apostalus; Gr. to send away, to sent.] [.] A person deputed to execute some important business; but appropriately, a disciple of Christ commissioned to preach the gospel. Twelve persons were selected by Christ for this purpose; and Judas, one of ...
3093	apostle-ship	[.] APOSTLE-SHIP, n. The office or dignity of an apostle.
3094	apostolate	[.] APOS'TOLATE, n. A mission; the dignity or office of an apostle. Ancient writers use it for the office of a bishop; but it is now restricted to the dignity of the pope, whose see is call the Apostolic See.
3095	apostolic	[.] APOSTOL'IC
3096	apostolical	[.] APOSTOL'ICAL, a. [.] 1. Pertaining or relating to the apostles, as the apostolic age. [.] 2. According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as apostolic faith or practice. [.] Apostolic constitutions, a collection of regulations ...
3097	apostolically	[.] APOSTOL'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of the apostles.
3098	apostolicalness	[.] APOSTOL'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being apostolical, or according to the doctrines of the apostles.
3099	apostolics	[.] APOSTOL'ICS, n. Certain sects so called from their pretending to imitate the practice of the apostles, abstaining from marriage, from wine, flesh, pecuniary reward &c., and wandering about clothed in white, with long beards, and bare heads. Sagarelli, the founder ...
3100	apostrophe	[.] APOS'TROPHE,
3101	apostrophic	[.] APOS'TROPHIC, a. Pertaining to an apostrophe, noting the contraction of a word.
3102	apostrophize	[.] APOS'TROPHIZE, v.i. or t. [.] 1. To make an apostrophe, or short detached address in speaking; to address by apostrophy. [.] 2. v.t. To contract a word by omitting a letter or letters. [.] 3. To mark with a comma, indicating the omission of a letter.
3103	apostrophized	[.] APOS'TROPHIZED, pp. Addressed by way of digression; contracted by the omission of a letter or letters; marked by an apostrophy.
3104	apostrophizing	[.] APOS'TROPHIZING, ppr. Addressing in a digression; contracting or marking by apostrophy.
3105	apostrophy	[.] APOS'TROPHY, n. [Gr. from and a turning.] [.] 1. In rhetoric, a diversion of speech; a digressive address; a changing the course of a speech, and addressing a person who is dead or absent, as if present; or a short address introduced into a discourse, directed to ...
3106	apostume	[.] AP'OSTUME, n. An aposteme, which see.
3107	apotactite	[.] APOTAC'TITE, n. [Gr. from to renounce; to ordain.] [.] One of a sect of ancient christians, who, in imitation of the first believers, renounced all their effects and possessions.
3108	apothecary	[.] APOTH'ECARY, n. [L. and Gr. apotheca, a repository, from to deposit or lay aside, or from a chest.] [.] 1. One who practices pharmacy; one who prepares drugs for medicinal uses, and keeps them for sale. In England, apothecaries are obliged to prepare medicines ...
3109	apothegm	[.] AP'OTHEGM,
3110	apothegmatic	[.] APOTHEGMAT'IC,
3111	apothegmatical	[.] APOTHEGMAT'ICAL, a. In the manner of an apothem.
3112	apothegmatist	[.] APOTHEG'MATIST, n. A collector or maker of apothems.
3113	apothegmatize	[.] APOTHEG'MATIZE, v.t. To utter apothems or short instructive sentences.
3114	apothem	[.] AP'OTHEM, n. [Gr. from, and word. It would be eligible to reduce this harsh word to apothem.] [.] A remarkable saying; a short, sententious, instructive remark, uttered on a particular occasion, or by a distinguished character; as that of Cyrus, "He is unworthy ...
3115	apotheme	[.] AP'OTHEME, n. [See Apothecary.] [.] In Russia, an apothecary's shop, or a shop for the preparation and sale of medicines.
3116	apotheosis	[.] APOTHE'OSIS, n. [Gr. of God.] [.] Deification; consecration; the act of placing a prince or other distinguished person among the heathen deities. This honor was often bestowed on illustrious men in Rome, and followed by the erection of temples, and the institution ...
3117	apothesis	[.] APOTH'ESIS, n. [Gr. to put back.] [.] 1. The reduction of a dislocated bone. [.] 2. A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, &c.
3118	apotome	[.] APOT'OME,
3119	apotomy	[.] APOT'OMY, n. [Gr. to cut off.] [.] 1. In mathematics, the difference between two incommensurable quantities. [.] 2. In music, that portion of a tone major which remains after deducting from it an interval, less by a comma, than a semitone major. [.] The difference ...
3120	apotrepsis	[.] APOTREP'SIS, n. [Gr. to turn.] The resolution of a suppurating tumor.
3121	apotropy	[.] AP'OTROPY, n. [Gr. to turn.] [.] In ancient poetry, a verse or hymn composed for averting the wrath of incensed deities. The deities invoked were called apotropeans.
3122	apozem	[.] AP'OZEM, n. [Gr. to boil.] [.] A decoction, in which the medicinal substances of plants are extracted by boiling.
3123	apozemical	[.] APOZEM'ICAL, a. Like a decoction.
3124	appair	[.] APPA'IR, v.t. To impair. [Not in use.] [.] APPA'IR, v.i. To degenerate. [Not in use.]
3125	appall	[.] APPALL', v.t. [L. palleo, to become pale. See Pale.] [.] 1. To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear, in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart. [.] 2. To reduce, allay or destroy; ...
3126	appalled	[.] APPALL'ED, pp. Depressed or disheartened with fear; reduced.
3127	appalling	[.] APPALL'ING, ppr. Depressing occasioned by fear; discouragement.
3128	appallment	[.] APPALL'MENT, n. Depression occasioned by fear; discouragement.
3129	appanage	[.] AP'PANAGE, n. [.] 1. Lands appropriated by a prince to the maintenance of his younger sons, as their patrimony; but on condition of the failure of male offspring, they were to revert to the donor or his heir. From the appanage it was customary for the sons to ...
3130	apparatus	[.] APPARA'TUS, n. plu. apparatuses. [L. from apparo, to prepare, of ad and par.] [.] 1. Things provided as means to some end; as the tools of an artisan; the furniture of a house; instruments of war. In more technical language, a complete set of instruments or utensils, ...
3131	apparel	[.] APPAR'EL, n. [L. paro, apparo, to prepare; Heb. bara] [.] 1. Clothing; vesture; garments; dress. [.] 2. External habiliments or decorations; appearance; as, religion appears in the natural apparel of simplicity. [.] Glorious in apparel. Is. 63. [.] 3. ...
3132	appareled	[.] APPAR'ELED, pp. Dressed; clothed; covered as with dress; furnished.
3133	appareling	[.] APPAR'ELING, ppr. Dressing; clothing; covering as with dress; furnishing.
3134	apparence	[.] APPA'RENCE,
3135	apparency	[.] APPA'RENCY, n. Appearance. [Not in use.]
3136	apparent	[.] APPA'RENT, a. [See Appear.] [.] 1. That may be seen, or easily seen; visible to the eye; within sight or view. [.] 2. Obvious; plain; evident; indubitable; as, the wisdom of the creator is apparent in his works. [.] 3. Visible, in opposition to hid or secret; ...
3137	apparently	[.] APPA'RENTLY, adv. [.] 1. Openly; evidently; as, the goodness of God is apparently manifest in his works of providence. [.] 2. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
3138	apparition	[.] APPARI'TION, n. [See Appear.] [.] 1. In a general sense, an appearance; visibility. [Little used.] [.] 2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. [.] 3. A ghost; a specter; a visible spirit. [This is now the usual sense of the word.] [.] 4. Mere ...
3139	apparitor	[.] APPAR'ITOR, n. [L. apparo, to prepare, or appareo, to attend.] [.] Among the Romans, any officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. In England, a messenger or officer who serves the process of a spiritual court, or a beadle in the university ...
3140	appay	[.] APPA'Y, v.t. To satisfy. Obs. [See Pay.]
3141	appeach	[.] APPE'ACH, v.t. To accuse; to censure, or reproach. Obs. [See Impeach.]
3142	appeachment	[.] APPE'ACHMENT, n. Accusation; charge exhibited. Obs.
3143	appeal	[.] APPE'AL, v.i. [L. apello; ad and pello, to drive or send; Gr. We do not see the sense of call in pello, but to drive or press out, is the radical sense of calling, naming. This word coincides in elements with L. balo, Eng. bawl, and peal.] [.] 1. To refer to a ...
3144	appealable	[.] APPE'ALABLE, [.] 1. That may be appealed; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable. [.] 2. That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; applied to persons; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter.
3145	appealant	[.] APPE'ALANT, n. One who appeals. [Not used.]
3146	appealed	[.] APPE'ALED, pp. Removed to a higher court, as a cause; prosecuted for a crime by a private person, as a criminal.
3147	appealer	[.] APPE'ALER, n. One who appeals; an appellor.
3148	appealing	[.] APPE'ALING, ppr. Removing a cause to a higher tribunal; prosecuting as a private person for an offense; referring to another for a decision.
3149	appear	[.] APPE'AR, v.i. [L. appareo, of ad and pareo, to appear, or be manifest.] [.] 1. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to be visible. [.] The leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh. Lev. 13. [.] And God said, Let the dry land appear. Gen. 1. [.] 2. To ...
3150	appearance	[.] APPE'ARANCE, n. [.] 1. The act of coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me. [.] 2. The thing seen; a phenomenon; as an appearance in the sky. [.] 3. Semblance; apparent likeness. [.] There was upon ...
3151	appearer	[.] APPE'ARER, n. The person that appears.
3152	appearing	[.] APPE'ARING, ppr. Coming in sight; becoming evident; making an external show; seeming; having the semblance. [.] APPE'ARING, n. The act of becoming visible; appearance.
3153	appeasable	[.] APPE'ASABLE, a. That may be appeased, quieted, calmed, or pacified.
3154	appeasableness	[.] APPE'ASABLENESS, n. The quality of being appeasable.
3155	appease	[.] APPE'ASE, v.t. s as z. [L. pax. See Peace.] [.] To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; as, to appease the tumult of the ocean or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst. [.] [This word is of a general application to every ...
3156	appeased	[.] APPE'ASED, pp. Quieted; calmed; stilled; pacified.
3157	appeasement	[.] APPE'ASEMENT, n. The act of appeasing; the state of being in peace.
3158	appeaser	[.] APPE'ASER, n. One who appeases, or pacifies.
3159	appeasive	[.] APPE'ASIVE, a. Having the power to appease; mitigating; quieting.
3160	appellant	[.] APPEL'LANT, n. [See Appeal.] [.] 1. One who appeals, or removes a cause from a lower to a higher tribunal. [.] 2. One who prosecutes another for a crime. [.] 3. One who challenges, or summons another to single combat. [.] 4. In church history, one who appeals ...
3161	appellate	[.] APPEL'LATE, n. A person appealed, or prosecuted for a crime. [Not now used. See Appellee.] [.] APPEL'LATE, a. Pertaining to appeals; having cognizance of appeals; as "appellate jurisdiction."
3162	appellation	[.] APPELLA'TION, n. [L. appellatio. See Appeal.] [.] Name; the word by which a thing is called and known. Spenser uses it for appeal.
3163	appellative	[.] APPEL'LATIVE, a. Pertaining to a common name; noting the common name of a species. [.] APPEL'LATIVE, n. A common name in distinction from a proper name. A common name or appelative stands for a whole class, genus or species of beings, or for universal ideas. ...
3164	appellatively	[.] APPEL'LATIVELY, adv. According to the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name to signify a strong man.
3165	appellatory	[.] APPEL'LATORY, a. Containing an appeal.
3166	appellee	[.] APPELLEE', n. [.] 1. The defendant in an appeal. [.] 2. The person who is appealed, or prosecuted by a private man for a crime.
3167	appellor	[.] APPELLOR', n. The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime. [.] This word is rarely or never used for the plaintiff in appeal from a lower court, who is called the appellant. Appellee is opposed both to appellant and appellor.
3168	append	[.] APPEND', v.t. [L. appendo, of ad and pendeo, to hand.] [.] 1. To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record. [.] 2. To add, as an accessory to the principal thing.
3169	appendage	[.] APPEND'AGE n. Something added to a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house. [.] Modesty is the appendage of sobriety.
3170	appendance	[.] APPEND'ANCE,
3171	appendant	[.] APPEND'ANT, a. [.] 1. hanging to; annexed; belonging to something; attached; as, a seal appendant to a paper. [.] 2. In law, common appendant, is a right belonging to the owners or occupiers of land, to put commonably beasts upon the lord's waste, and upon the ...
3172	appended	[.] APPEND'ED, pp. Annexed; attached.
3173	appendence	[.] APPEND'ENCE, n. Something annexed. [Not used.]
3174	appendicate	[.] APPEND'ICATE, v.t. To append; to add to. Obs.
3175	appendication	[.] APPENDICA'TION, n. An appendage or adjunct. Obs.
3176	appendicle	[.] APPEND'ICLE, n. A small appendage.
3177	appending	[.] APPEND'ING, n. That which is by right annexed.
3178	appendix	[.] APPEND'IX, n. plu. appendixes. [L. The Latin plural is appendices. See Append.] [.] 1. something appended or added. [.] Normandy became an appendix to England. [.] 2. An adjunct, concomitant, or appendage. [.] 3. More generally, a supplement or short ...
3179	apperception	[.] APPERCEP'TION, n. [ad and perception.] [.] Perception that reflects upon itself; consciousness.
3180	appercetive	[.] APPERCE'TIVE, v.t. To comprehend. Obs.
3181	apperil	[.] APPER'IL, n. Peril; danger, [Not in use.]
3182	appertain	[.] APPERTA'IN, v.i. [L. ad and pertineo, to pertain, of per and teneo, to hold. Pertineo is to reach to, to extend to, hence to belong. See Tenant.] [.] To belong, whether by right, nature or appointment. [.] Give it to him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. 6. [.] [See ...
3183	appertaining	[.] APPERTA'INING, pp. Belonging.
3184	appertainment	[.] APPERTA'INMENT, n. That which belongs.
3185	appertenence	[.] APPER'TENENCE, n. [See Appurtenance.]
3186	appertinent	[.] APPER'TINENT, a. Belonging; now written appurtenant. [.] APPER'TINENT, n. That which belongs to something else. Obs. [See Appurtenance.]
3187	appetence	[.] AP'PETENCE,
3188	appetency	[.] AP'PETENCY, n. [L. appetentia, appetens, from appeto, to desire; of ad and peto, to ask, supplicate or seek, compound. Eng. bid. The primary sense is to strain, to urge or press, or to advance. See Bid.] [.] 1. In a general sense, desire; but especially, carnal ...
3189	appetent	[.] AP'PETENT, a. Desiring; very desirous.
3190	appetibility	[.] APPETIBIL'ITY, n. The quality of being desirable for gratification.
3191	appetible	[.] AP'PETIBLE, a. [Low L. appetibilis, from appeto. Desirable; that may be the object of sensual desire.
3192	appetite	[.] AP'PETITE, n. [L. appetitus, from appeto. See Appetence.] [.] 1. The natural desire of pleasure or good; the desire of gratification, either of the body or of the mind. Appetites are passions directed to general objects, as the appetite for fame, glory or riches; ...
3193	appetition	[.] APPETI'TION, n. [L. appetitio.] Desire. [Rarely used.]
3194	appetitive	[.] AP'PETITIVE, a. That desires; that has the quality of desiring gratification; as appetitive power or faculty.
3195	appian	[.] AP'PIAN, a. Designating something that belongs to Appius, particularly a way from Rome through Capua to Brundusium, now Brindisi, constructed by Appius Claudius A.R. 441. It is more than 330 miles in length, formed of hard stone squared, and so wide as to admit two ...
3196	applaud	[.] APPLAUD', v.t. [L. applaudo; ad and plaudo, to make a noise by clapping the hands; Eng. loud.] [.] 1. To praise by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign. [.] 2. To praise by words, actions or other means; to express approbation of; to commend; ...
3197	applauded	[.] APPLAUD'ED, pp. Praised by acclamation, or other means; commended.
3198	applauder	[.] APPLAUD'ER, n. One who praises or commends.
3199	applauding	[.] APPLAUD'ING, ppr. praising by acclamation; commending.
3200	applause	[.] APPLAUSE', n. s as z. [L. applausus.] [.] A shout of approbation; approbation and praise, expressed by clapping the hands, acclamation or huzzas; approbation expressed. in antiquity, applause differed from acclamation; applause was expressed by the hands, and acclamation ...
3201	applausive	[.] APPLAU'SIVE, a. Applauding; containing applause.
3202	apple	[.] AP'PLE, n. [.] 1. The fruit of the apple tree, [pyrus malus,] from which cider is made. [.] 2. The apple of the eye is the pupil. [.] Apple of love, or love apple, the tomato, or lycopersicum, a species of Solanum. The stalk is herbaceous, with oval, pinnated ...
3203	apple-graft	[.] AP'PLE-GRAFT, n. A scion of the appletree engrafted.
3204	apple-harvest	[.] AP'PLE-HARVEST, n. The gathering of apples, or the time of gathering.
3205	apple-pie	[.] AP'PLE-PIE, n. a pie made of apples stewed or baked, inclosed in paste, or covered with paste, as in England.
3206	apple-sauce	[.] AP'PLE-SAUCE, n. A sauce made of stewed apples.
3207	apple-tart	[.] AP'PLE-TART, n. A tart made of apples baked on paste.
3208	apple-tree	[.] AP'PLE-TREE, n. A tree arranged by Linne under the genus pyrus. The fruit of this tree is indefinitely various. The crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung. New varieties are springing annually from the seeds.
3209	apple-woman	[.] AP'PLE-WOMAN, n. A woman who sells apples and other fruit.
3210	apple-yard	[.] AP'PLE-YARD, n. An orchard; an inclosure for apples.
3211	appliable	[.] APPLI'ABLE, a. [See Apply.] That may be applied. This word is superseded by applicable.
3212	appliance	[.] APPLI'ANCE, n. The act of applying, or thing applied. Obs.
3213	applicability	[.] APPLICABIL'ITY, n. [See Apply.] The quality of being applicable, or fit to be applied.
3214	applicable	[.] AP'PLICABLE, a. That may be applied; fit to be applied, as related to a thing; that may have relation to something else; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.
3215	applicableness	[.] AP'PLICABLENESS, n. Fitness to be applied; the quality of being applicable.
3216	applicably	[.] AP'PLICABLY, adv. In such a manner that it may be applied.
3217	applicant	[.] AP'PLICANT, n. One who applies; one who makes request; a petitioner. [.] The applicant for a cup of water declares himself to be the Messias. [.] The court require the applicant to appear in person.
3218	applicate	[.] AP'PLICATE, n. A right line drawn across a curve, so as to be bisected by the diameter; an ordinate.
3219	applicate-ordinate	[.] AP'PLICATE-ORDINATE. A right line at right angles applied to the axis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve.
3220	application	[.] APPLICA'TION, n. [L. applicatio. See Apply.] [.] 1. The act of laying on; as the application of emollients to a diseased limb. [.] 2. The thing applied; as, the pain was abated by the application. [.] 3. The act of making request or soliciting; as, he made ...
3221	applicative	[.] AP'PLICATIVE, a. That applies.
3222	applicatory	[.] AP'PLICATORY, a. That includes the act of applying. [.] AP'PLICATORY, n. That which applies.
3223	applied	[.] APPLI'ED, pp. Put on; put to: directed; employed.
3224	appliedly	[.] APPLI'EDLY, adv. In a manner which may be applied. [Not in use.]
3225	applier	[.] APPLI'ER, n. One that applies.
3226	appliment	[.] APPLI'MENT, n. Application. [Not in use.]
3227	apply	[.] APPLY', v.t. [L. applico, of ad and plico, to fold or knit together; Gr. to knit, or twist; Eng. ply, display, and employ.] [.] 1. To lay on; to put one thing to another; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. [.] 2. ...
3228	applying	[.] APPLY'ING, ppr. Laying on; making application.
3229	appoint	[.] APPOINT', v.t. [.] 1. To fix; to settle; to establish; to make fast. [.] When he appointed the foundations of the earth. Prov. 8. [.] 2. To constitute, ordain, or fix by decree, order or decision. [.] Let Pharoah appoint officers over the land. Gen. 41. [.] He ...
3230	appointable	[.] APPOINT'ABLE, a. That may be appointed or constituted; as, officers are appointable by the Executive.
3231	appointed	[.] APPOINT'ED, pp. [.] 1. Fixed; set; established; decreed; ordained; constituted; allotted. [.] 2. Furnished; equipped with things necessary; as, a ship or an army is well appointed.
3232	appointee	[.] APPOINTEE', n. [.] 1. A person appointed. "The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointee." [.] 2. A foot soldier in the French army, who, for long service and bravery, received more pay than other privates.
3233	appointer	[.] APPOINT'ER, n. One who appoints.
3234	appointing	[.] APPOINT'ING, ppr. Setting; fixing; ordaining; constituting; assigning.
3235	appointment	[.] APPOINT'MENT, n. [.] 1. The act of appointing; designation to office; as, he erred by the appointment of suitable men. [.] 2. Stipulation; assignation; the act of fixing by mutual agreement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six o'clock. [.] 3. Decree; ...
3236	apporter	[.] APPO'RTER, n. [L. porto.] A bringer in; one that brings into the country. [Not in use.]
3237	apportion	[.] APPO'RTION, v.t. [L. ad and portio, portion. See Portion and Part.] [.] To divide and assign in just proportion; to distribute among two or more, a just part or share to each; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.
3238	apportioned	[.] APPO'RTIONED, Divided; set out or assigned in suitable parts or shares.
3239	apportioner	[.] APPO'RTIONER, n. One that apportions.
3240	apportioning	[.] APPO'RTIONING, ppr. Setting out in just proportions or shares.
3241	apportionment	[.] APPO'RTIONMENT, n. The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a dividing and assigning to each proprietor his just portion of an undivided right or property.
3242	appose	[.] APPO'SE, v.t. s as z. [L. appono. See Apposite.] [.] 1. To put questions; to examine. [See Post.] [.] 2. To apply.
3243	apposer	[.] APPO'SER, n. An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. In the English Court of Exchequer there is an officer called the foreign apposer. This is ordinarily pronounced poser.
3244	apposite	[.] AP'POSITE, a. s as z. [L. appositus, set or put to, from appono, of ad and pono, to put or place.] [.] Suitable; fit; very applicable; well adapted; followed by to; as, this argument is very opposite to the case.
3245	appositely	[.] AP'POSITELY, adv. Suitably; fitly; properly.
3246	appositeness	[.] AP'POSITENESS, n. Fitness; propriety; suitableness.
3247	apposition	[.] APPOSI'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of adding to; addition; a setting to. [.] By the opposition of new matter. [.] 2. In Grammar, the placing of two nouns, in the same case, without a connecting word between them, as, I admire Cicero, the orator. In this case, ...
3248	appraise	[.] APPRA'ISE, v.t. [L. ad and pretium, price. See Price and Appreciate.] [.] This word is written and often pronounced after the French and Italian manner. But generally it is pronounced more correctly apprize, directly from the Eng. price or prize. [See Apprize.] [.] To ...
3249	appraisement	[.] APPRA'ISEMENT, n. The act of setting the value; a valuation. [See Appreciate.]
3250	appraiser	[.] APPRA'ISER, n. One who values; appropriately a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods and estate. [See Apprizer.]
3251	appreciable	[.] APPRE'CIABLE, a. apprishable. [See Appreciate.] [.] 1. That may be appreciated; valuable. [.] 2. That may be estimated; capable of being duly estimated.
3252	appreciate	[.] APPRE'CIATE, v.t. apprishate. [L. ad and pretium, value, price. See Price.] [.] 1. To value; to set a price or value on; to estimate; as, we seldom sufficiently appreciate the advantages we enjoy. [.] 2. To raise the value of. [.] Lest a sudden peace should ...
3253	appreciated	[.] APPRE'CIATED, pp. Valued; prized; estimated; advanced in value.
3254	appreciating	[.] APPRE'CIATING, ppr. Setting a value on; estimating; rising in value.
3255	appreciation	[.] APPRECIA'TION, n. [.] 1. A setting a value on; a just valuation or estimate of merit, weight, or any moral consideration. [.] 2. A rising in value; increase of worth or value.
3256	apprehend	[.] APPREHEND', v.t. [L. apprehendo, of ad and prehendo, to take or seize.] [.] 1. To take or seize; to take hold of. In this literal sense, it is applied chiefly to taking or arresting persons by legal process, or with a view to trial; as to apprehend a thief. [.] 2. ...
3257	apprehended	[.] APPREHEND'ED, pp. Taken; seized; arrested; conceived; understood; feared.
3258	apprehender	[.] APPREHEND'ER, n. One who takes; one who conceives in his mind; one who fears.
3259	apprehending	[.] APPREHEND'ING, ppr. Seizing; taking; conceiving; understanding; fearing.
3260	apprehensible	[.] APPREHEN'SIBLE, a. That may be apprehended or conceived.
3261	apprehension	[.] APPREHEN'SION, n. [.] 1. The act of taking or arresting; as, the felon, after his apprehension escaped. [.] 2. The mere contemplation of things without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; the operation of the mind in contemplating ideas, without comparing ...
3262	apprehensive	[.] APPREHEN'SIVE, a. [.] 1. Quick to understand; as, an apprehensive scholar. [.] 2. Fearful; in expectation of evil; as, we were apprehensive of fatal consequences. [.] [This is the usual sense of the word.] [.] 3. Suspicious; inclined to believe; as, I ...
3263	apprehensively	[.] APPREHEN'SIVELY, adv. In an apprehensive manner.
3264	apprehensiveness	[.] APPREHEN'SIVENESS, n. The quality of being apprehensive; readiness to understand; fearfulness.
3265	apprentice	[.] APPREN'TICE, n. [L. apprehendo. See Apprehend.] [.] 1. One who is bound by covenant to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn his art, mystery, or occupation, in which his master is bound to instruct him. Apprentices are regularly ...
3266	apprenticehood	[.] APPREN'TICEHOOD, n. Apprenticeship. [Not used.]
3267	apprenticeship	[.] APPREN'TICESHIP, n. [.] 1. The term for which an apprentice is bound to serve his master. This term in England is by statute seven years. In Paris, the term is five years; after which, the person, before he is qualified to exercise the trade as a master, must ...
3268	apprentisage	[.] APPREN'TISAGE, n. Apprenticeship. [Not used.]
3269	apprest	[.] APPREST', [ad and pressed.] [.] In botany, pressed close; lying near the stem; or applying its upper surface to the stem.
3270	apprise	[.] APPRI'SE, v.t. s as z. [See Apprehend.] [.] To inform; to give notice, verbal or written; followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.
3271	apprised	[.] APPRI'SED, pp. Informed; having notice or knowledge communicated.
3272	apprising	[.] APPRI'SING, ppr. Informing; communicating notice to.
3273	apprize	[.] APPRI'ZE, v.t. [.] To value; to set a value, in pursuance of authority. It is generally used for the act of valuing by men appointed for the purpose, under direction of law, or by agreement of parties; as, to apprize the goods and estate of a deceased person. ...
3274	apprized	[.] APPRI'ZED, pp. Valued; having the worth fixed by authorized persons.
3275	apprizement	[.] APPRI'ZEMENT, n. [.] 1. The act of setting a value under some authority or appointment; a valuation. [.] 2. The rate at which a thing is valued; the value fixed, or valuation; as, he purchased the article at the apprizement.
3276	apprizer	[.] APPRI'ZER, n. a person appoointed to rate, or set a value on articles. When apprizers act under the authority of law, they must be sworn.
3277	apprizing	[.] APPRI'ZING, ppr. Rating; setting a value under authority. [.] APPRI'ZING, n. The act of valuing under authority.
3278	approach	[.] APPROACH, v.i. [The Latin proximus contains the root, but the word, in the positive degree, is not found in the Latin. It is from a root in class Brg, signifying to drive, move, or press toward.] [.] 1. To come or go near, in place; to draw near; to advance nearer. [.] Wherefore ...
3279	approachable	[.] APPROACHABLE, a. That may be approached; accessible.
3280	approacher	[.] APPROACHER, n. One who approaches or draws near.
3281	approaching	[.] APPROACHING, ppr. Drawing nearer; advancing nearer.
3282	approachment	[.] APPROACHMENT, n. The act of coming near. [Little used.] [.]
3283	approbate	[.] AP'PROBATE, a. [L. approbatus.] Approved. [.] AP'PROBATE, v.t. [L. approbo, to approve, of ad and probo, to prove or approve. Approbate is a modern word, but in common use in America. it differs from approve, denoting not only the act of the mind, but an expression ...
3284	approbated	[.] AP'PROBATED, pp. Approved; commended.
3285	approbating	[.] AP'PROBATING, ppr. Expressing approbation of.
3286	approbation	[.] APPROBA'TION, n. [L. approbatio. See Proof and Prove.] [.] 1. The act of approving; a liking; that state or disposition of the mind, in which we assent to the propriety of a thing, with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; as, the laws of God require our approbation. [.] 2. ...
3287	approbative	[.] AP'PROBATIVE, a. Approving; implying approbation.
3288	approbatory	[.] AP'PROBATORY, a. Comtaining approbation; expressing approbation.
3289	approff	[.] APPROFF', n. Approval. [Not used.]
3290	apprompt	[.] APPROMPT', Prompt. [Not used.]
3291	approperate	[.] APPRO'PERATE, v.t. [L. appropero.] To hasten. [Not used.]
3292	appropinquate	[.] APPROPIN'QUATE, v.i. ]L. appropinquo.] To draw near. [Not used.]
3293	appropinquation	[.] APPROPINQUA'TION, n. A drawing night. [Not used.]
3294	appropinque	[.] APPROPINQUE, v.i. To approach. [Not used.]
3295	appropriable	[.] APPRO'PRIABLE, a. [From appropriate.] [.] That may be appropriated; that may be set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use.
3296	appropriate	[.] APPRO'PRIATE, v.t. [L. ad and proprius, private, peculiar. See Proper.] [.] 1. To set apart for, or assign to a particular use, in exclusion of all other uses; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden. [.] 2. To take to one's self in exclusion of others; ...
3297	appropriated	[.] APPRO'PRIATED, pp. Assigned to a particular use; claimed or used exclusively; annexed to an ecclesiastical corporation.
3298	appropriateness	[.] APPRO'PRIATENESS, n. Peculiar fitness; the quality of being appropriate, or peculiarly suitable.
3299	appropriating	[.] APPRO'PRIATING, ppr. Assigning to a particular person or use; claiming or using exclusively; severing to the perpetual use of an ecclesiastical corporation.
3300	appropriation	[.] APPROPRIA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of sequestering, or assigning to a particular use or person, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose; as, of a piece of ground for a park; of a right, to one's self; or of words, to ideas. [.] 2. In ...
3301	appropriator	[.] APPRO'PRIATOR, n. [.] 1. One who appropriates. [.] 2. One who is possessed of an appropriated benefice.
3302	approprietary	[.] APPRO'PRIETARY, n. A lay possessor of the profits of a benefice.
3303	approvable	[.] APPROV'ABLE, a. [See Approve.] [.] That may be approved; that merits approbation.
3304	approval	[.] APPROV'AL, n. Approbation. [See Approve.]
3305	approvance	[.] APPROV'ANCE, n. Approbation. [See Approve.]
3306	approve	[.] APPROVE', v.t. [L. approbo; of ad and probo, to prove or approve. See Approbate, Prove and Proof.] [.] 1. To like; to be pleased with; to admit the propriety of; as, we approve the measures of administration. This word may include, with the assent of the mind ...
3307	approved	[.] APPROV'ED, pp. Liked; commended; shown or proved to be worthy of approbation; having the approbation and support of. [.] Study to show thyself approved to God. 2Tim. 2. [.] Not he that commendeth himself is approved. 2Cor. 10.
3308	approvement	[.] APPROVE'MENT, n. [.] 1. Approbation; liking. [.] 2. In law, when a person indicated for felony or treason, and arraigned, confesses the fact before plea pleaded, and appeals or accuses his accomplices of the same crime, to obtain his pardon, this confession and ...
3309	approver	[.] APPROV'ER, n. [.] 1. One who approves. Formerly one who proves or makes trial. [.] 2. In law, one who confesses a crime and accuses another. [See Approvement.] Also, formerly, one who had the letting of the king's domains in small manors. In Stat. 1. Edw. ...
3310	approving	[.] APPROV'ING, ppr. Liking; commending; giving or expressing approbation. [.] APPROV'ING, a. Yielding approbation; as an approving conscience.
3311	approximant	[.] APPROX'IMANT, a. Approaching. [Not used.]
3312	approximate	[.] APPROX'IMATE, a. [L. ad and proximus, next. See approach.] [.] Nearest to; next; near to. [This word is superseded by proximate.] [.] APPROX'IMATE, v.t. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach. [.] To approximate the inequality of riches to the level ...
3313	approximation	[.] APPROXIMA'TION, n. [.] 1. Approach; a drawing, moving or advancing near. [.] 2. In arithmetic and algebra, a continual approach or coming nearer and nearer to a root or other quantity, without being able perhaps ever to arrive at it. [.] 3. In medicine, communication ...
3314	approximative	[.] APPROX'IMATIVE, a. Approaching; that approaches.
3315	appulse	[.] APPULSE, n. appuls;. [L. appulsus, of ad and pello, to drive.] [.] 1. The act of striking against; as in all consonants there is an appulse of he organs. [.] 2. In astronomy, the approach of any planet to a conjunction with the sun, or a star. [.] 3. Arrival; ...
3316	appulsion	[.] APPUL'SION, n. The act of striking against by a moving body.
3317	appulsive	[.] APPUL'SIVE, a. Striking against; driving towards; as, the appulsive influence of the planets.
3318	appurtenance	[.] APPUR'TENANCE, n. so written for appertenance. See Appertain.] [.] That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage. Appropriately, such buildings, rights and improvements, as belong to land, are called the appurtenances; as small buildings are the ...
3319	appurtenant	[.] APPUR'TENANT, a. [.] 1. Belonging to; pertaining to of right. [.] 2. In law, common appurtenant is that which is annexed to land, and can be claimed only by prescription or immemorial usage, or a legal presumption of a special grant.
3320	apricate	[.] A'PRICATE, v.i. [L. apricor.] To bask in the sun. [Little used.]
3321	apricity	[.] APRIC'ITY, n. Sunshine. [Little used.]
3322	apricot	[.] A'PRICOT, n. [.] A fruit belonging to the genus Prunus, of the plum kind, of an oval figure, and delicious taste.
3323	april	[.] A'PRIL, n. [L. aprilis.] The fourth month of the year.
3324	apron	[.] A'PRON, n. [.] 1. A cloth or piece of leather worn on the forepart of the body, to keep the clothes clean, or defend them from injury. [.] 2. The fat skin covering the belly of a goose. [.] 3. In gunnery, a flat piece of lead that covers the vent of a cannon. [.] 4. ...
3325	apron-man	[.] A'PRON-MAN, n. A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic.
3326	aproned	[.] A'PRONED, a. Wearing an apron.
3327	apropos	[.] AP'ROPOS, adv. ap'ropo. [.] 1. Opportunely; seasonably. [.] 2. By the way; to the purpose; a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.
3328	apsis	[.] AP'SIS, n. plu apsides. [Gr. connection, from to connect.] [.] 1. In astronomy, the apsides are the two points of a planet's orbit, which are at the greatest and least distance from the sun or earth; the most distant point is the aphelion, or apogee; the least ...
3329	apt	[.] APT, a. [L. aptus, from apto, to fit. Gr. to tie.] [.] 1. Fit; suitable; as, he used very apt metaphors. [.] 2. Having a tendency; liable; used of things; as, wheat on moist land is apt to blast or be winter-killed. [.] 3. Inclined; disposed customarily; ...
3330	aptable	[.] APT'ABLE, a. That may be adapted. [Not used.]
3331	aptate	[.] AP'TATE, v.t. To make fit. [Not used.]
3332	apter	[.] AP'TER,
3333	aptera	[.] AP'TERA, n. [Gr. priv. and a wing.] [.] An insect without wings. The aptera, constituting the seventh order of insects in Linne's system, comprehend many genera. But later zoologists have made a very different distribution of these animals.
3334	apteral	[.] AP'TERAL, a. [Supra.] Destitute of wings.
3335	aptitude	[.] APT'ITUDE, n. [of aptus, apt.] [.] 1. A natural or acquired disposition for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn; men acquire an aptitude to particular vices. [.] 2. Fitness; suitableness. [.] 3. ...
3336	aptly	[.] APT'LY, adv. In an apt or suitable manner; with just correspondence of parts; fitly; properly; justly; pertinently.
3337	aptness	[.] APT'NESS, n. [.] 1. Fitness; suitableness; as, the aptness of things to their end. [.] 2. Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example. [.] 3. Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn ...
3338	aptote	[.] AP'TOTE, n. [Gr. priv, and case.] [.] In grammar, a noun which has no variation of termination, or distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.
3339	apyrexy	[.] AP'YREXY, n. [Gr. a priv., to be feverish, from fire.] [.] The absence or intermission of fever.
3340	apyrous	[.] AP'YROUS, a. [Gr. priv. and fire.] [.] Incombustible, or that sustains a strong heat without alteration of form or properties. [.] Apyrous bodies differ from those simply refractory. Refractory bodies cannot be fused by heat, but may be altered.
3341	aqua	[.] A'QUA, n. [L. aqua.] [.] Water; a word much used in pharmacy, and the old chimistry. [.] Aqua fortis, in the old chimistry, is now called nitric acid. [.] Aqua marina, a name which jewelers give to the beryl, on account of its color. [.] Aqua regia, in the ...
3342	aquarian	[.] AQUA'RIAN, n. One of a sect of christians, in the primitive church, who consecrated water in the eucharist instead of wine; either under a pretense of abstinence, or because it was unlawful to drink wine.
3343	aquarius	[.] AQUA'RIUS, n. [L.] The water bearer; a sign in the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st day of January; so called from the rains which prevail at that season, in Italy and the East. The stars in this constellation according to Ptolenty, are 45; according to ...
3344	aquatic	[.] AQUAT'IC, a. [L. aquaticus. See Aqua.] [.] Pertaining to water; applied to animals which live in water, as fishes; or to such as frequent it, as aquatic fowls; applied to plants, it denotes such as grown in water. Aquatical is rarely used. [.] AQUAT'IC, n. ...
3345	aquatile	[.] AQ'UATILE, a. That inhabits the water. [Rarely used.]
3346	aquatinta	[.] AQUATINT'A, n. [aqua, water. See tincture.] [.] A method of etching on copper, by which a beautiful effect is produced, resembling a fine drawing in water colors or Indian ink. This is performed with a powder of asphalt and fine transparent rosin sifted on the ...
3347	aqueduct	[.] AQ'UEDUCT, n. [L. aqua, water, and ductus, a pipe or canal, from duco, to lead. See Duke.] [.] A structure made for conveying water from one place to another over uneven ground; either above or under the surface. It may be either a pipe or a channel. It may be ...
3348	aqueous	[.] A'QUEOUS, a. Watery; partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it.
3349	aqueousness	[.] A'QUEOUSNESS, n. The quality of being watery; waterishness; wateriness.
3350	aquila	[.] AQ'UILA, n. [L. whence aquilinus.] [.] In ornithology, the eagle. Also a northern constellation containing, according to the British catalogue, 71 stars.
3351	aquiline	[.] AQ'UILINE, a. [L. aquilinus. See aquilla.] [.] 1. Belonging to the eagle. [.] 2. Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle.
3352	aquilon	[.] AQ'UILON, n. [L. aquilo.] The north wind.
3353	aquitanian	[.] AQUITA'NIAN, a. Pertaining to Aquitania, one of the great divisions of Gaul, which, according to Cesar, lay between the Garonne, the Pyrenees and the Ocean. In modern days, it has been called Gascony. The inhabitants, in Cesar's time, spoke a different dialect from ...
3354	arabesky	[.] ARABESK'Y, a. [See Arabian.] [.] 1. In the manner of the Arabians; applied to ornaments consisting of imaginary foliage, stalks, plants, &c., in which there are no figures of animals. [.] 2. The Arabic language. [Not in use.]
3355	arabesque	[.] ARABESQUE,
3356	arabian	[.] ARA'BIAN, a. [See the noun.] Pertaining to Arabia. [.] ARA'BIAN, n. [Arab denotes a wanderer, or a dweller in a desert.] A native of Arabia; an Arab.
3357	arabic	[.] AR'ABIC, a. Belonging to Arabia, or the language of its inhabitants. [.] AR'ABIC, n. The language of the Arabians.
3358	arabically	[.] ARAB'ICALLY, adv. In the Arabian manner.
3359	arabism	[.] AR'ABISM, n. An Arabic idiom or peculiarity of language.
3360	arabist	[.] AR'ABIST, n. One well versed in Arabic literature.
3361	arable	[.] AR'ABLE, a. [L. aro, Gr. to plow.] [.] Fit for plowing or tillage; hence often applied to land which has been plowed.
3362	araby	[.] AR'ABY, n. Arabia.
3363	arachnoid	[.] ARACH'NOID, a. [Gr. a spider, and from; Heb. to weave, that is to stretch, to draw out; Eng. reach.] [.] In anatomy, the arachnoid tunic, or arachnoid, is a semitransparent thin membrane which is spread over the brain and piamater, and for the most part closely ...
3364	arachosian	[.] ARACHO'SIAN, a. Designating a chain of mountains which divide Persia from India.
3365	araignee	[.] ARAIGNEE' or ARRA'IGN, n. ardin. [.] In fortification, the branch, return or gallery of a mine.
3366	araise	[.] ARA'ISE, v.t. To raise. [Not used.]
3367	aramean	[.] ARAME'AN, a. Pertaining to Aram, a son of Shem, or to the Chaldeans.
3368	aramism	[.] AR'AMISM, n. An idiom of the Aramean or Chaldee language; a Chaldaism.
3369	araneous	[.] ARA'NEOUS, a. [L. aransea, a spider, or cobweb.] Resembling a cobweb.
3370	araucanian	[.] ARAUCA'NIAN, a Pertaining to the Araucanians, a tribe of aboriginals, inhabiting Arauco, in Chili.
3371	arbalist	[.] 'ARBALIST, n. [From arcus, a bow, and balista, L., an engine to throw stones; Gr. to throw.] [.] A cross-bow. This consists of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger; and is bent with a piece of iron. It serves to throw bullets, ...
3372	arbalister	[.] 'ARBALISTER, n. A cross-bowman.
3373	arbiter	[.] 'ARBITER, n. [L.] [.] 1. A person appointed, or chosen by parties in controversy, to decide their differences. This is its sense in the civil law. In modern usage, arbitrator is the technical word. [.] 2. In a general sense, now most common, a person who has ...
3374	arbitrable	[.] 'ARBITRABLE, a. Arbitrary; depending on the will.
3375	arbitrament	[.] ARBIT'RAMENT, n. [.] 1. Will; determination. [.] 2. The award of arbitrators. In this sense award is more generally used.
3376	arbitrarily	[.] 'ARBITRARILY, adv. By will only; despotically; absolutely.
3377	arbitrariness	[.] 'ARBITRARINESS, n. The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.
3378	arbitrarious	[.] ARBITRA'RIOUS, a. Arbitrary; despotic. [Not used.]
3379	arbitrariously	[.] ARBITRA'RIOUSLY, adv. Arbitrarily. [Not used.]
3380	arbitrary	[.] ARBITRARY, a. [L. arbitrarious.] [.] 1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment. [.] Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. [.] 2. ...
3381	arbitrate	[.] 'ARBITRATE, v.i. [L. arbitror.] [.] To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose men to arbitrate between us. [.] 'ARBITRATE, v.t. to decide; to determine; to judge of.
3382	arbitration	[.] ARBITRA'TION, n. [.] 1. The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties. This may be done by one person; but it is usual to choose two or three; or for each party to choose one, and these to ...
3383	arbitrator	[.] 'ARBITRATOR, n. A person chosen by a party, or by the parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. The act of the parties in giving power to the arbitrators is called the submission, and this may be verbal or written. The person chosen as umpire, ...
3384	arbitress	[.] 'ARBITRESS, n. A female arbiter.
3385	arbor	[.] 'ARBOR, n. [L. arbor, a tree, and the primary sense.] [.] 1. A frame of lattice work, covered with vines, branches of trees or other plants, for shade; a bower. [.] 2. In botany, a tree, as distinguished from a shrub. The distinction which Linne makes, that ...
3386	arborator	[.] 'ARBORATOR, n. One who plants or who prunes trees.
3387	arboreous	[.] ARBO'REOUS, a. [L. arborecus, from arbor.] [.] Belonging to a tree; resembling a tree; constituting a tree; growing on trees, as moss is arboreous.
3388	arborescence	[.] ARBORES'CENCE, n. [L. arboresco, to grow to a tree.] [.] The figure of a tree; the resemblance of a tree in minerals, or crystalizations or groups of crystals in that form.
3389	arborescent	[.] ARBORES'CENT, a. [.] 1. Resembling a tree; having the figure of a tree; dendritical. [.] 2. From herbaceous becoming woody.
3390	arboret	[.] 'ARBORET, n. [.] A small tree or shrub; a place planted or overgrown with trees.
3391	arborist	[.] 'ARBORIST, n. One who makes trees his study, or who is versed in the knowledge of trees.
3392	arborization	[.] ARBORIZA'TION, n. The appearance or figure of a tree or plant in minerals, or fossils. [See Herborization.]
3393	arborize	[.] 'ARBORIZE, v.t. To form the appearance of a tree or plant in minerals.
3394	arbuscle	[.] 'ARBUSCLE, n. [L. arbusculus, a little tree.] [.] A dwarf tree, in size between a shrub and a tree.
3395	arbuscular	[.] ARBUS'CULAR, a. Resembling a shrub; having the figure of small trees.
3396	arbustive	[.] ARBUST'IVE, a. [From arbustum.] [.] Containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs.
3397	arbustum	[.] ARBUST'UM, n. [L. See Arbor.] A copse of shrubs or trees; an orchard.
3398	arbute	[.] 'ARBUTE, n. [L. arbutus.] The strawberry tree.
3399	arbutean	[.] ARBU'TEAN, a. Pertaining to the strawberry tree.
3400	arc	[.] 'ARC, n. [L. arcus, a bow, vault or arch; arcuo, to bend; Gr. beginning, origin; to begin, to be the author or chief. The Greek word has a different application, but is probably from the same root as arcus, from the sense of springing or stretching, shooting up, ...
3401	arcade	[.] ARCA'DE, n. A long or continued arch; a walk arched above.
3402	arcadian	[.] ARCA'DIAN,
3403	arcadic	[.] ARCA'DIC, a. Pertaining to Arcadia, a mountainous district in the heart of the Peloponnesus.
3404	arcadics	[.] ARCA'DICS, n. The title of a book in Pausanias, which treats of Arcadia.
3405	arcane	[.] ARCA'NE, a. [L. arcanus.] Hidden, secret. [Not much used.]
3406	arcanum	[.] ARCA'NUM, n. [L.] A secret; generally used in the plural, arcana, secret things, mysteries.
3407	arcboutant	[.] ARCBOUTANT, n. [See About, Abutment.] In building, an arched buttress.
3408	arch	[.] 'ARCH, n. [See Arc.] [.] 1. A segment or part of a circle. A concave or hollow structure of stone or brick, supported by its own curve. It may be constructed of wood, and supported by the mechanism of the work. This species of structure is much used in bridges. [.] A ...
3409	archaism	[.] 'ARCHAISM, n. [Gr. ancient, from beginning.] [.] An ancient or obsolete phrase or expression.
3410	archangel	[.] ARCHAN'GEL, n. [.] 1. An angel of the highest order; an angel occupying the eighth rank in the celestiai hierarchy. [.] 2. The name of several plants, as the dead-nettle, or lamium; a species of melittis; and the galeopsis or hedge-nettle.
3411	archangelic	[.] ARCHANGEL'IC, a. Belonging to archangels.
3412	archapostate	[.] ARCHAPOS'TATE, n. A chief apostate.
3413	archapostle	[.] ARCHAPOS'TLE, n. The chief apostle.
3414	archarchitect	[.] ARCH'ARCHITECT, n. The supreme architect.
3415	archbeacon	[.] ARCHBE'ACON, n. The chief beacon, place of prospect or signal.
3416	archbilder	[.] ARCHBILD'ER, n. Chief builder.
3417	archbishop	[.] ARCHBISH'OP, n. A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class; a metropolitan bishop, who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops, in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.
3418	archbishopric	[.] ARCHBISH'OPRIC, n. [Archbishop and ric, or rick, territory or jurisdiction.] [.] The jurisdiction or place of an archbishop; the province over which an archbishop exercises authority.
3419	archbotcher	[.] ARCHBOTCH'ER, n. The chief botcher, or mender, ironically.
3420	archbuilder	[.] ARCHBUILD'ER,
3421	archbutler	[.] ARCHBUT'LER, n. A chief butler; an officer of the German empire, who presents the cup to the emperor, on solemn occasions. This office belongs to the king of Bohemia.
3422	archchamberlain	[.] ARCHCHAMBERLAIN, n. A chief chamberlain; an officer of the German empire, whose office is similar to that of the great chamberlain in England. This office belongs to the elector of Brandenburg.
3423	archchancellor	[.] ARCHCH'ANCELLOR, n. A chief chancellor; an officer in the German empire, who presides over the secretaries of the court. Under the first races of French kings, when Germany and Italy belonged to them, three archchancellors were appointed; and this institution gave ...
3424	archchanter	[.] ARCHCH'ANTER, n. The chief chanter, or president of the chanters of a church.
3425	archchimic	[.] ARCHCHIM'IC, a. Of supreme chimical powers.
3426	archconspirator	[.] ARCHCONSPIR'ATOR, n. Principal conspirator.
3427	archcount	[.] ARCHCOUNT', n. A chief count; a title formerly given to the earl of Flanders, on account of his great riches and power.
3428	archcritic	[.] ARCHCRIT'IC, n. A chief critic.
3429	archdapifer	[.] ARCHDAP'IFER, n. [Arch, chief, and L. dapifer, a food-bearer, from daps, meat or a feast, and fero, to carry.] [.] An officer in the German empire, whose office is, at the coronation of the emperor, to carry the first dish of meat to table on horseback.
3430	archdeacon	[.] ARCHDE'ACON, n. [See Deacon.] [.] In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, who has jurisdiction either over a part or over the whole diocese. He is usually appointed by the bishop, and has an authority originally derived from the bishop, ...
3431	archdeaconry	[.] ARCHDE'ACONRY, n. The office, jurisdiction or residence of an archdeacon. In England, every diocese is divided into archdeaconries, of which there are sixty, and each archdeaconry into rural deaneries, and each deanery into parishes.
3432	archdeaconship	[.] ARCHDE'ACONSHIP, n. The office of an archdeacon.
3433	archdivine	[.] ARCHDIVI'NE, n. A principal theologian.
3434	archdruid	[.] ARCHDRU'ID, n. [See Druid.] A chief druid, or pontiff of the ancient druids.
3435	archducal	[.] ARCHDU'CAL, a. [See Archduke.] Pertaining to an archduke.
3436	archduchess	[.] ARCHDUCH'ESS, n. [See Duchess.] A title given to the females of the house of Austria.
3437	archduchy	[.] ARCHDUCH'Y, n. The territory of an archduke or archduchess.
3438	archduke	[.] ARCHDU'KE, [See Duke.] A title given to princes of the House of Austria; all the sons being archdukes, and the daughters archduchesses.
3439	archdukedom	[.] ARCHDU'KEDOM, n. The territory or jurisdiction of an archduke or archduchess.
3440	arched	[.] 'ARCHED, pp. Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch.
3441	archenemy	[.] ARCHEN'EMY, n. A principal enemy.
3442	archeological	[.] ARCHEOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a treatise or antiquity, or to the knowledge of ancient things.
3443	archeology	[.] ARCHEOL'OGY, n. [Gr. ancient, and discourse.] [.] A discourse an antiquity; learning or knowledge which respects ancient times.
3444	archer	[.] 'ARCHER, n. [See Arch and Arc.] [.] A bowman; one who uses a bow in battle; one who is skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
3445	archeress	[.] 'ARCHERESS, n. A female archer.
3446	archery	[.] 'ARCHERY, n. The use of the bow and arrow; the practice, art or skill of archers; the act of shooting with a bow and arrow.
3447	arches-court	[.] 'ARCHES-COURT, in England, so called from the church of St. Mary le bow (de arcubus,) whose top is raised of stone pillars built archwise, where it was anciently held, is a court of appeal, in the ecclesiastical polity, the judge of which is called the dean of the arches. ...
3448	archetypal	[.] 'ARCHETYPAL, a. Original; constituting a model or pattern.
3449	archetype	[.] 'ARCHETYPE, n. [Gr. beginning, and form.] [.] 1. The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made; as, a tree is the archetype or pattern of our idea of that tree. [.] 2. Among minters, the standard weight, by which others are ...
3450	archeus	[.] ARCHE'US, n. [Gr. beginning, or a chief.] [.] A term used by the ancient chimists, to denote the interal efficient cause of all things; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers; the power that presides over the animal economy, or the vis medicatrix; ...
3451	archfelon	[.] ARCHFEL'ON, n. [See Felon.] A chief felon.
3452	archfiend	[.] ARCHFIE'ND, n. [See Fiend.] A chief fiend or foe.
3453	archflamen	[.] ARCHFLAM'EN, n. A chief flamen or priest.
3454	archflatterer	[.] ARCHFLAT'TERER, n. [See Flatter.] A chief flatterer.
3455	archfoe	[.] ARCHFO'E, n. [See Foe.] A grand or chief enemy.
3456	archfounder	[.] ARCHFOUND'ER, n. A chief founder.
3457	archgovernor	[.] ARCHGOV'ERNOR, n. The chief governor.
3458	archheresy	[.] ARCHHER'ESY, n. [See Heresy.] The greatest heresy.
3459	archheretic	[.] ARCHHER'ETIC, n. A chief heretic.
3460	archhierey	[.] ARCHHI'EREY, n. [Gr. chief, and priest.] A chief priest in Russia.
3461	archhypocrite	[.] ARCHHYP'OCRITE, n. A great or chief hypocrite.
3462	archiater	[.] ARCH'IATER, n. [Gr. chief, and physician.] Chief physician; a word used in Russia.
3463	archical	[.] ARCH'ICAL, a. Chief; primary.
3464	archidiaconal	[.] ARCHIDIAC'ONAL, a. [See Deacon.] [.] Pertaining to an archdeacon; as an archidiaconal visitation.
3465	archiepiscopal	[.] ARCHIEPIS'COPAL, a. [See Episcopal.] [.] Belonging to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see.
3466	archil	[.] 'ARCHIL, n. A lichen, which grows on rocks, in the Canary and Cape de Verd isles, which yields a rich purple color, not durable, but very beautiful. It is bruised between stones, and moistened with strong spirit of urine mixed with quick lime. It first takes a purplish ...
3467	archilochian	[.] ARCHILO'CHIAN, a. Pertaining to Archilochus, the poet, who invented a verse of seven feet, the first four dactyls or spondees, the last three, trochees.
3468	archilute	[.] 'ARCHILUTE, n. [.] A large lute, a theorbo, the base-strings of which are doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison.
3469	archimagus	[.] 'ARCHIMAGUS, n. [See Magician.] The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.
3470	archimandrite	[.] ARCHIMAND'RITE, n. [from mandrite, a Syriac word for monk.] [.] In church history, a chief of the mandrites or monks, answering to abbot in Europe.
3471	arching	[.] 'ARCHING, ppr. Forming an arch; covering with an arch. [.] 'ARCHING, a. Curving like an arch.
3472	archipelago	[.] ARCHIPEL'AGO, n. [Authors are not agreed as to the origin of this word. Some suppose it to be compounded of Gr. chief, and sea; others of the Egean sea.] [.] In a general sense, a sea interspersed with many isles; but particularly the sea which separates Europe ...
3473	architect	[.] 'ARCHITECT, n. [Gr. chief, and a workman. See Technical.] [.] 1. A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and superintend the artificers employed. [.] 2. A contriver; ...
3474	architective	[.] ARCHITECT'IVE, a. Used in building; proper for building.
3475	architectonic	[.] ARCHITECTON'IC, a. That has power or skill to build.
3476	architectonics	[.] ARCHITECTON'ICS, n. The science of architecture.
3477	architectress	[.] ARCHITECT'RESS, n. A female architect.
3478	architectural	[.] ARCHITECT'URAL, a. Pertaining to the art of building; that is according to the rules of architecture.
3479	architecture	[.] 'ARCHITECTURE, n. [L. architectura.] [.] 1. The art of building; but in a more limited and appropriate sense, the art of constructing houses, bridges and other buildings for the purposes of civil life. [.] 2. Frame or structure. [.] The earth is a piece of ...
3480	architrave	[.] 'ARCHITRAVE, n. [Gr. chief, and L. trabs, a beam.] [.] In architecture, the lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column. It probably represents the beam which, in ancient buildings, extended from column to column, to support ...
3481	archival	[.] 'ARCHIVAL, a. [See Archives.] Pertaining to archives or records; contained in records.
3482	archivault	[.] 'ARCHIVAULT, n. [arch, chief, and vault.] [.] In building, the inner contour of an arch, or a band adorned with moldings, running over the faces of the arch-stones, and bearing upon the imposts. It has only a single face in the Tuscan order; two faces crowned in ...
3483	archives	[.] 'ARCHIVES, n. plu. [Gr.; Low L. archivum.] [.] The apartment in which records are kept; also the records and papers which are preserved, as evidences of facts.
3484	archivist	[.] 'ARCHIVIST, n. The keeper of archives or records.
3485	archlike	[.] 'ARCHLIKE, a. Built like an arch.
3486	archlute	[.] 'ARCHLUTE,
3487	archly	[.] 'ARCHLY, adv. Shrewdly; wittily; jestingly.
3488	archmagician	[.] ARCHMAGI'CIAN, n. The chief magician.
3489	archmarshal	[.] ARCHMAR'SHAL, n. The grand marshal of the German empire; a dignity belonging to the elector of Saxony.
3490	archness	[.] 'ARCHNESS, n. Cunning; shrewdness; waggishness.
3491	archon	[.] 'ARCHON, n. [Gr. a prince.] [.] The archons in Greece were chief magistrates chosen, after the death of Codrus, from the most illustrious families, to superintend civil and religious concerns. They were nine in number; the first was properly the archon; the second ...
3492	archonship	[.] 'ARCHONSHIP, n. The office of an archon; or the term of his office.
3493	archontics	[.] ARCHON'TICS, n. In church history, a branch of the Valentinians, who held that the world was not created by God, but by angels, archontes.
3494	archpastor	[.] ARCHP'ASTOR, n. Chief pastor, the shepherd and bishop of our souls.
3495	archphilosopher	[.] ARCHPHILOS'OPHER, n. A chief philosopher.
3496	archpillar	[.] ARCHPIL'LAR, n. The main pillar.
3497	archpoet	[.] ARCHPO'ET, n. The principal poet.
3498	archpolitician	[.] ARCHPOLITI'CIAN, n. [See Policy.] An eminent or distinguished politician.
3499	archpontiff	[.] ARCHPON'TIFF, n. [See Pontiff.] A supreme pontiff or priest.
3500	archprelate	[.] ARCHPRE'LATE, n. [See Prelate.] The chief prelate.
3501	archpresbyter	[.] ARCHPRES'BYTER, n. [See Presbyter.] a chief presbyter or priest.
3502	archpresbytery	[.] ARCHPRES'BYTERY, n. The absolute dominion of presbytery, or the chief presbytery.
3503	archpriest	[.] ARCHPRIE'ST, n. [See Priest.] A chief priest.
3504	archprimate	[.] ARCHPRI'MATE, n. The chief primate; an archbishop
3505	archprophet	[.] ARCHPROPH'ET, n. Chief prophet.
3506	archprotestant	[.] ARCHPROT'ESTANT, n. A principal or distinguished protestant.
3507	archpublican	[.] ARCHPUB'LICAN, n. The distinguished publican.
3508	archrebel	[.] ARCHREB'EL, n. The chief rebel
3509	archtraitor	[.] ARCHTRA'ITOR, n. A principal traitor.
3510	archtreasurer	[.] ARCHTREAS'URER, n. [See Treasure.] [.] The great treasurer of the German empire; a dignity claimed by the elector of Hanover.
3511	archtreasurership	[.] ARCHTREAS'URERSHIP, n. The office of archtreasurer.
3512	archtyrant	[.] ARCHTY'RANT, n. A principal or great tyrant.
3513	archvillain	[.] ARCHVIL'LAIN, n. [See Villain.] A chief or great villain.
3514	archvillany	[.] ARCHVIL'LANY, n. Great villany.
3515	archwise	[.] 'ARCHWISE, adv. [arch and wise. See wise.] In the form of an arch.
3516	arctation	[.] ARCTA'TION,
3517	arctic	[.] ARC'TIC, a. [Gr. a bear, and a northern constellation so called.] [.] Northern; pertaining to the northern constellation, called the bear; as, the arctic pole, circle, region or sea. [.] The arctic circle is a lesser circle parallel to the equator, 23 degrees 28' ...
3518	arctitude	[.] ARC'TITUDE, n. [L. artus, tight.] Preternatural straightness; constipation from inflammation.
3519	arctizite	[.] 'ARCTIZITE, n. A mineral, now called Wernerite.
3520	arcturus	[.] ARCTU'RUS, n. [Gr. a bear, and tail.] A fixed star of the first magnitude, in the constellation of Bootes.
3521	arcuate	[.] 'ARCUATE, a. [L. arcuatus. See Arc.] Bent or curved in the form of a bow.
3522	arcuation	[.] ARCUA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of bending; incurvation; the state of being bent; curvity; crookedness; great convexity of the thorax. [.] 2. A method of raising trees by layers; that is, by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth, ...
3523	arcubalist	[.] 'ARCUBALIST, n. [L. arcus, a bow, and balista, an engine for throwing stones.] A cross-bow.
3524	arcubalister	[.] ARCUBALIS'TER, n. A cross-bowman; one who used the arbalist.
3525	ard	[.] 'ARD, The termination of many English words. We observe it in Goddard, a divine temper; Giffard, a disposition to give, liberality; Bernard, flial affection; standard, drunkard, dotard, &c.
3526	ardency	[.] 'ARDENCY, n. [L. ardens, from ardeo, to burn.] [.] Warmth of passion or affection; ardor; eagerness; as, the ardency of love or zeal.
3527	ardent	[.] 'ARDENT, a. [.] 1. Hot; burning; that causes sensation of burning; as, ardent spirits, that is distilled spirits; an ardent fever. [.] 2. Having the appearance of quality of fire; fierce; as ardent eyes. [.] 3. Warm, applied to the passions and affections; ...
3528	ardently	[.] 'ARDENTLY, adv. With warmth; affectionately; passionately.
3529	ardentness	[.] 'ARDENTNESS, n. Ardency.
3530	ardor	[.] 'ARDOR, n. [L.] [.] 1. Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays. [.] 2. Warmth, or heat, applied to the passions and affections; eagerness; as, he pursues study with ardor; they fought with ardor. [.] Milton uses the word for person or spirit ...
3531	arduous	[.] ARDUOUS, a. [L. arduus.] [.] 1. High, lofty, in a literal sense; as, arduous paths. [.] 2. Difficult; attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise.
3532	arduously	[.] 'ARDUOUSLY, adv. In an arduous manner; with laboriousness.
3533	arduousness	[.] 'ARDUOUSNESS, n. Height; difficulty of execution.
3534	are	[.] ARE. The plural of the substantive verb; but a different word from be, am or was. It is usually pronounced ar.
3535	area	[.] A'REA, n. [L. I suspect this to be contracted from Heb. from a root which signifies to reach, stretch, lay or spread.] [.] 1. Any plain surface, as the floor of a room, of a church or other building, or of the ground. [.] 2. The space or site on which a building ...
3536	aread	[.] AREA'D,
3537	areal	[.] A'REAL, a. Pertaining to an area; as areal interstices.
3538	areed	[.] AREE'D, v.t. To counsel; to advise. Obs.
3539	areek	[.] AREE'K, adv. In a reeking condition. [See Reek.]
3540	arefaction	[.] AREFAC'TION, n. [L. arefacio, to dry, from aero.] The act of drying; the state of growing dry.
3541	arefy	[.] AR'EFY, v.t. To dry or make dry.
3542	arena	[.] ARE'NA, n. [L. sand.] [.] 1. An open space of ground strewed with sand, on which the gladiators, in ancient Rome, exhibited shows of fighting for the amusement of spectators. Hence, a place for public exhibition. [.] 2. Among physicians, sand or gravel in ...
3543	arenaceous	[.] ARENA'CEOUS, a. [from arena, sand.] [.] 1. Sandy; having the properties of sand. [.] 2. Brittle; as arenaceous limestone.
3544	arenation	[.] ARENA'TION, n. Among physicians, a sand bath; a sprinkling of hot sand upon a diseased person.
3545	arendalite	[.] AREN'DALITE, n. In mineralogy, another name of epidote, or pistacite; epidote being the name given to it by Hauy, and pistacite by Werner. [See Epidote.]
3546	arendator	[.] ARENDA'TOR, n. [.] In Livonia and other provinces of Russia, a farmer of the farms or rents; one who contracts with the crown for the rents of the farms. He who rents an estate belonging to the crown, is called Crownarendator. Arende is a term used both for the ...
3547	arenilitic	[.] ARENILIT'IC, a. [arena, sand, and a stone.] [.] Pertaining to sand stone; consisting of sand stone; as arenilite mountains.
3548	arenose	[.] ARENO'SE,
3549	arenous	[.] AR'ENOUS, a. Sandy; full of sand.
3550	areola	[.] AREO'LA, n. [L.] The colored circle round the nipple or round a pustule.
3551	areole	[.] AR'EOLE,
3552	areometer	[.] AREOM'ETER, n. [Gr. rare, thin, and to measure.] [.] An instrument for measuring the specific gravity of liquids.
3553	areometrical	[.] AREOMET'RICAL, a. Pertaining to an areometer.
3554	areometry	[.] AREOM'ETRY, n. The measuring or act of measuring the specific gravity of fluids.
3555	areopagite	[.] AREOP'AGITE, n. A member of the Areopagus, which see. [.] Acts 17:34.
3556	areopagitic	[.] AREOPAGIT'IC, a. Pertaining to the Areopagus. [.]
3557	areopagus	[.] AREOP'AGUS, n. [Gr. Mars, and hills.] [.] A sovereign tribunal at Athens, famous for the justice and impartiality of its decisions. It was originally held on a hill in the city; but afterward removed to the Royal Portico, an open square, where the judges sat in ...
3558	areotic	[.] AREOT'IC, a. [Gr. thin.] Attenuating; making thin, as in liquids; rarefying. [.] AREOT'IC, n. A medicine, which attenuates the humors, dissolves viscidity, opens the pores, and increases perspiration; an attenuant.
3559	aretology	[.] ARETOL'OGY, n. [Gr. virtue, and discourse.] [.] That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature and the means of attaining to it. [Little used.]
3560	argal	[.] 'ARGAL, n. Unrefined or crude tartar, a substance adhering to the sides of wine casks.
3561	argean	[.] ARGE'AN, a. Pertaining to Argo or the Ark.
3562	argent	[.] 'ARGENT, n. [L. argentum; Gr. silver, from white.] [.] 1. The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness. [.] 2. a. Silvery; of a pale white, like silver. [.] 3. a. Bright. [.] Ask of yonder ...
3563	argent-horned	[.] 'ARGENT-HORNED, a. Silver horned.
3564	argental	[.] ARGENT'AL, a. Pertaining to silver; consisting of silver; containing silver; combined with silver; applied to the native amalgam of silver, as argental mercury.
3565	argentate	[.] 'ARGENTATE, n. A combination of the argentic acid with another substance.
3566	argentation	[.] ARGENTA'TION, n. An overlaying with silver.
3567	argentic	[.] ARGENT'IC, a. Pertaining to silver; the argentic acid is a saturated combination of silver and oxygen. This is yet hypothetical.
3568	argentiferous	[.] ARGENTIF'EROUS, a. [L. argentum, silver, and fero, to produce.] Producing silver; as argentiferous ore.
3569	argentina	[.] ARGENTI'NA,
3570	argentine	[.] 'ARGENTINE, n. In ichthyology, a genus of fishes of the order of abdominals. [.] Argentina is also a name of the wild tansy, silver-weed.
3571	argil	[.] 'ARGIL, n. A species of the Ardea, or genus of cranes. [.] 'ARGIL, n. [L. argilla, white clay, from Gr. white.] [.] In a general sense, clay, or potter's earth; but in a technical sense, pure clay, or alumine.
3572	argillaceous	[.] ARGILLA'CEOUS, a. [L. argillaceus.] Partaking of the nature of clay; clayey; consisting of argil.
3573	argilliferous	[.] ARGILLIF'EROUS, a. [L. argilla, clay, and fero, to produce.] Producing clay; applied to such earths as abound with argil.
3574	argillite	[.] 'ARGILLITE, n. Argillaceous shist or slate; clay-slate. Its usual color is bluish, greenish or blackish gray.
3575	argillitic	[.] ARGILLIT'IC, a. Pertaining to argillite.
3576	argillocalcite	[.] ARGILLOCAL'CITE, n. [of argilla, clay, and calx, calcarious earth.] [.] A species of calcarious earth, with a large proportion of clay.
3577	argillomurite	[.] ARGILLOMU'RITE, n. [of argilla, clay, and muria, brine or salt water; magnesia being obtained from sea-salt.] [.] A species of earth consisting of magnesia, mixed with silex, alumine and lime; a variety of Magnesite.
3578	argillous	[.] ARGIL'LOUS, a. Consisting of clay; clayey; parting of clay; belonging to clay.
3579	argive	[.] 'ARGIVE, a. Designating what belongs to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece, whose inhabitants were called Argivi. This name however is used by the poets for the Greeks in general.
3580	argo	[.] ARGO, n. The name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis, in quest of the golden fleece.
3581	argo-navis	[.] ARGO-NAVIS, The ship Argo, is a constellation in the southern hemisphere, whose stars, in the British catalogue, are sixty-four.
3582	argoan	[.] ARGO'AN, a. Pertaining to the ship Argo.
3583	argolic	[.] ARGOL'IC, a. Belonging to Argolis, a territory or district of Peloponnese, between Arcadia and the Egean sea; as the Argolic Gulf.
3584	argolics	[.] ARGOL'ICS, n. The title of a chapter in Pausanias, which treats of Argolis.
3585	argonaut	[.] ARGONAUT, n. [of Jason's ship, and a sailor.] [.] One of the persons who sailed to Colchis with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the golden fleece.
3586	argonauta	[.] ARGONAUT'A, n. [See Argonaut.] [.] A genus of shell-fish, of the order of vermes testacea. The shell consists of one spiral involuted valve. There are several species; one of which is the Argo, with a subdentated carina, the famous nautilus, which, when it sails, ...
3587	argonautic	[.] ARGONAUT'IC, a. Pertaining to the Argonauts, or to their voyage to Colchis; as the Argonautic story.
3588	argonautics	[.] ARGONAUT'ICS, n. A poem on the subject of Jason's voyage, or the expedition of the Argonauts; as, the Argonautics of Orpheus, of V. Flaccus, and of Apollonius Rhodius.
3589	argosy	[.] 'ARGOSY, n. A large merchantman; a carrac.
3590	argue	[.] 'ARGUE, v.i. [L. arguo, to show, argue, accuse or convict.] [.] 1. To reason; to invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion or measure; as, A argues in favor of a measure; B argues against it. [.] 2. To dispute; to reason with; followed ...
3591	argued	[.] 'ARGUED, pp. Debated; discussed; evinced; accused.
3592	arguer	[.] 'ARGUER, n. One who argues; a reasoner; a disputer; a controvertist.
3593	arguing	[.] 'ARGUING, ppr. Inventing and offering reasons; disputing; discussing; evincing; accusing. [.] 'ARGUING, n. Reasoning; argumentation. [.] What doth your arguing reprove? Job 6.
3594	argument	[.] 'ARGUMENT, n. [L. argumentum.] [.] 1. A reason offered for or against a proposition, opinion, or measure; a reason offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; followed by for or against. [.] 2. In logic, an inference drawn from premises, which are ...
3595	argumental	[.] ARGUMENT'AL, a. Belonging to argument; consisting in argument.
3596	argumentation	[.] ARGUMENTA'TION, n. Reasoning; the act of reasoning; the act of inventing or forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion. The operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or ...
3597	argumentative	[.] ARGUMENT'ATIVE, a. [.] 1. Consisting of argument; containing a process of reasoning; as an argumentative discourse. [.] 2. Showing reasons for; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator.
3598	argumentatively	[.] ARGUMENT'ATIVELY, adv. In an argumentative manner.
3599	argus	[.] 'ARGUS, n. A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, placed by Juno to guard Io. The origin of this being may perhaps be found in the Teutonic word arg, crafty, cunning, of which the hundred eyes are symbolical.
3600	argus-shell	[.] ARGUS-SHELL, n. A species of porcelain-shell, beautifully variegated with spots, resembling, in some measure, a peacock's tail.
3601	argute	[.] ARGU'TE, a. [L. argutus.] Sharp; shrill; witty. [Little used.]
3602	arguteness	[.] ARGU'TENESS, n. Acuteness; wittiness. [Little used.]
3603	arian	[.] A'RIAN, a. Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century; or to his doctrines. [.] A'RIAN, n. One who adheres to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be a created being, inferior to God the father in nature and dignity, ...
3604	arianism	[.] A'RIANISM, n. The doctrines of the Arians.
3605	arianize	[.] A'RIANIZE, v.i. To admit the tenets of the Arians.
3606	arid	[.] AR'ID, a. [L. aridus, dry, from areo, to be dry.] [.] Dry; exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; as an arid waste.
3607	aridas	[.] AR'IDAS, n. A kind of taffeta, from the East Indies, made of thread, from certain plants.
3608	aridity	[.] ARID'ITY,
3609	aridness	[.] AR'IDNESS, n. [.] 1. Dryness; a state of being without moisture. [.] 2. A dry state of the body; emaciation; the withering of a limb.
3610	aries	[.] A'RIES, n. [L. from the Celtic. [.] The ram, a constellation of fixed stars, drawn on the globe, in the figure of a ram. It is the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 21st of March.
3611	arietate	[.] AR'IETATE, v.i. [L. arieto, from aries.] [.] To butt, as a ram. [Not used.]
3612	arietation	[.] ARIETA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of battering with the aries or battering ram. [.] 2. The act of striking or conflicting. [Rarely used.]
3613	arietta	[.] ARIET'TA, n. A short song; an air, or little air.
3614	aright	[.] ARI'GHT, adv. [a and right.] [.] Rightly; in a right form; without mistake or crime.
3615	aril	[.] AR'IL,
3616	arillated	[.] AR'ILLATED,
3617	arilled	[.] AR'ILLED, a. Having an exterior covering or aril, as coffee.
3618	arillus	[.] ARIL'LUS, n. The exterior coat or covering of a seed, fixed to it at the base only, investing it wholly or partially, and falling off spontaneously; by some writers called, from the Greek, Calyptra. It is either succulent, or cartilaginous; colored, elastic, rough ...
3619	arima	[.] AR'IMA,
3620	ariman	[.] AR'IMAN,
3621	ariolation	[.] ARIOLA'TION,
3622	arioso	[.] ARIO'SO, a. Light; airy. [.] But according to Rousseau, applied to music, it denotes a kind of melody bordering on the majestic style of a capital air.
3623	arise	[.] ARI'SE, v.i. s as z pret. arose; pp. arisen; Heb. [.] 1. To ascend, mount up or move to a higher place; as, vapors arise from humid places. [.] 2. To emerge from below the horizon; as, the sun or a star arises or rises. [.] 3. To get out of bed; to leave ...
3624	arising	[.] ARI'SING, ppr. Ascending; moving upward; originating or proceeding; getting up; springing up; appearing.
3625	arista	[.] ARIST'A, n. [L.] In botany, awn, the long pointed beard which issues from the husk, or scaly flower cup of the grasses, called the glume.
3626	aristarchy	[.] ARISTAR'CHY, n. [Gr. best, and rule.] [.] A body of good men in power, or government by excellent men.
3627	aristocracy	[.] ARISTO'CRACY, n. [Gr. best, and to hold or govern.] [.] A form of government, in which the whole supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state; or in a few men distinguished by their rank and opulence. When the supreme power is exercised by a small ...
3628	aristocrat	[.] ARIST'OCRAT, n. One who favors an aristocracy in principle or practice; one who is a friend to an aristocratical form of government.
3629	aristocratic	[.] ARISTOCRAT'IC,
3630	aristocratical	[.] ARISTOCRAT'ICAL, a. [.] 1. Pertaining to aristocracy; consisting in a government of nobles, or principal men; as an aristocratic constitution. [.] 2. Partaking of aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners.
3631	aristocratically	[.] ARISTOCRAT'ICALLY, adv. In an aristocratical manner.
3632	aristocraticalness	[.] ARISTOCRAT'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being aristocratical.
3633	aristotelian	[.] ARISTOTE'LIAN, a. Pertaining to Aristotle, a celebrated philosopher, who was born at Stagyra, in Macedon, about 384 years before Christ. The Aristotelian philosophy is otherwise called peripatetic. [.] ARISTOTE'LIAN, n. A follower of Aristotle, who was a disciple ...
3634	aristotelianism	[.] ARISTOTE'LIANISM, n. The philosophy or doctrines of Aristotle.
3635	aristotelic	[.] ARISTOTEL'IC, a. Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy. [.] The pernicious effects of the Aristotelic system.
3636	arithmancy	[.] AR'ITHMANCY, n. [Gr. number, and divination.] [.] Divination or the foretelling of future events by the use or observation of numbers.
3637	arithmetic	...
3638	arithmetical	[.] ARITHMET'ICAL, a. Pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic.
3639	arithmetically	[.] ARITHMET'ICALLY, adv. According to the rules, principles or method arithmetic.
3640	arithmetician	[.] ARITHMETI'CIAN, n. One skilled in arithmetic, or versed in the science of numbers.
3641	ark	[.] 'ARK, n. [L. arca.] [.] 1. A small close vessel, chest or coffer, such as that which was the repository of the tables of the covenant among the Jews. This was about three feet nine inches in length. The lid was the propitiatory, or mercy seat, over which were ...
3642	arkite	[.] 'ARKITE, n. A term used by Bryant to denote one of the persons who were preserved in the ark; or who, according to pagan fables, belonged to the ark. [.] 'ARKITE, a. Belonging to the ark.
3643	arktizite	[.] 'ARKTIZITE,
3644	arm	[.] 'ARM, n. [L. armus, an arm, a shoulder, a wing; armus is directly from the Gr. a joint, it would seem to be formed from Gr. to fit.] [.] 1. The limb of the human body, which extends from the shoulder to the hand. [.] 2. The branch of a tree, or the slender part ...
3645	armada	[.] ARMA'DA, n. [.] A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. The term is usually applied to the Spanish fleet, called the Invincible Armada, consisting of 130 ships, intended to act against England in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, A.D. 1588.
3646	armadillo	[.] ARMADIL'LO, n. [.] A quadruped peculiar to America, called also tatoo, and in zoology, the dasypus. This animal has neither fore-teeth, nor dog-teeth; it is covered with a hard, bony shell, divided into movable belts, except on the forehead, shoulders and haunches, ...
3647	armament	[.] 'ARMAMENT, n. [L. armamenta, utensils, tackle, from arma.] [.] A body of forces equipped for war; used of a land or naval force. It is more generally used of a naval force, including ships, men and all the necessary furniture for war.
3648	armamentary	[.] ARMAMENT'ARY, n. An armory; a magazine or arsenal. [Rarely used.]
3649	armature	[.] 'ARMATURE, n. [L. armatura.] [.] 1. Armor; that which defends the body. It comprehends whatever is worn for defense of the body, and has been sometimes used for offensive weapons. Armature, like arms and armor, is used also of the furniture of animals and vegetables, ...
3650	arme-puissant	[.] ARME-PUIS'SANT, a. [See Puissant.] Powerful in arms.
3651	armed	[.] 'ARMED, pp. [.] 1. Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security; fortified, in a moral sense. [.] 2. In heraldry, armed is when the beaks, talons, horns, or teeth of beasts and birds of prey are of a different color from ...
3652	armenia	[.] ARME'NIA, a. Pertaining to Armenia, a country and formerly, a kingdom, in Asia, divided into Major and Minor. The greater Armenia is now called Turcomania.
3653	armenian	[.] ARME'NIAN, n. A native of Armenia, or the language of the country. [.] Armenian bole is a species of clay from Armenia, and found in other countries. But the term, being of uncertain signification, is rejected in modern mineralogy. [See Bole.] [.] Armenian stone, ...
3654	armful	[.] 'ARMFUL, n. As much as the arms can hold.
3655	armgaunt	[.] ARMGAUNT, a. slender, as the arm. [Not in use.]
3656	armhole	[.] 'ARMHOLE, n. [arm and hole.] [.] 1. The cavity under the shoulder, or the armpit. [.] 2. A hole for the arm in a garment.
3657	armigerous	[.] ARMIG'EROUS, a. [L. armiger, arma and gero.] [.] Literally, bearing arms. But in present usage, armiger is a title of dignity next in degree to a knight. In times of chivalry, it signified an attendant on a knight, or other person of rank, who bore his shield and ...
3658	armillary	[.] 'ARMILLARY, a. [L. armilla, a bracelet, from armus, the arm.] [.] Resembling a bracelet, or ring; consisting of rings or circles. It is chiefly applied to an aritificial sphere, composed of a number of circles of the mundane sphere, put together intheir natural ...
3659	arming	[.] 'ARMING, ppr. Equipping with arms; providing with the means of defense or attack; also, preparing for resistance in a moral sense.
3660	armings	[.] 'ARMINGS, n. The same as waist-clothes, hung about a ship's upper works.
3661	arminian	[.] ARMIN'IAN, a. Pertaining to Arminius, or designating his principles. [.] ARMIN'IAN, n. One of a sect or party of Christians, so called from Arminius or Harmansen, of Holland, who flourished at the close of the 16th century, and beginning of the 17th. The Arminian ...
3662	arminianism	[.] ARMIN'IANISM, n. The peculiar doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.
3663	armipotence	[.] ARMIP'OTENCE, n. [arma and potentia. See Potency.] Power in arms.
3664	armipotent	[.] ARMIP'OTENT, a. [arma and sonus. See sound.] Sounding or rustling in arms.
3665	armisonous	[.] ARMIS'ONOUS, a. [arma and sonus. See sound.] Sounding or rustling in arms.
3666	armistice	[.] 'ARMISTICE, n. [L. arma and sisto, to stand still, Gr.] [.] A cessation of arms, for a short time, by convention; a truce; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the parties.
3667	armless	[.] 'ARMLESS, a. Without an arm; destitute of weapons.
3668	armlet	[.] 'ARMLET, n. [dim. of arm.] A little arm; a piece of armor for the arm; a bracelet.
3669	armor	[.] 'ARMOR, n. [from arm.] [.] 1. Defensive arms; any habit worn to protect the body in battle; formerly called harness. A complete armor formerly consisted of a casque or helmet, a gorget, cuirass, gauntlets, tasses, brassets, crushes, and covers for the legs to which ...
3670	armor-bearer	[.] 'ARMOR-BEARER, n. One who carries the armor of another.
3671	armorer	[.] 'ARMORER, n. A maker of armor or arms; a manufacturer of instruments of war. The armorer of a ship has the charge of the arms, to see that they are in a condition fit for service.
3672	armorial	[.] ARMO'RIAL, a. Belonging to armor, or to the arms or escutcheon of a family; as ensigns armorial.
3673	armoric	[.] ARMOR'IC,
3674	armorican	[.] ARMOR'ICAN, a. [.] Designating the northwestern part of France, formerly called Armorica, afterward Bretague, or Britanny. This part of France is peopled by inhabitants who speak a dialect of the Celtic. It is usually supposed their ancestors were refugees or ...
3675	armorist	[.] 'ARMORIST, n. One skilled in heraldry.
3676	armory	[.] 'ARMORY, n. [.] 1. A place where arms, and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping. [.] 2. Armor; defensive arms. [.] 3. Ensigns armorial. [.] 4. The knowledge of coat-armor; skill in heraldry.
3677	armpit	[.] 'ARMPIT, n. [arm and pit.] The hollow place or cavity under the shoulder.
3678	arms	[.] 'ARMS, n. plu. [L. arma.] [.] 1. Weapons of offense, or armor for defense and protection of the body. [.] 2. War; hostility. [.] Arms and the man I sing. [.] To be in arms, to be in a state of hostility, or in a military life. [.] To arms is a phrase which ...
3679	arms-end	[.] ARMS-END, n. At the end of the arms; at a good distance; a phrase taken from boxers or wrestlers.
3680	army	[.] 'ARMY, n. [.] 1. A collection or body of men armed for war, and organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades and divisions, under proper officers. In general, an army in modern times consists of infantry and cavalry, with artillery; although the union ...
3681	arnoldist	...
3682	arnot	[.] 'ARNOT, n. A name of the bunium, pignut or earthnut.
3683	arnotto	[.] ARNOT'TO, The Anotta, which see. Also a tree so called.
3684	arnuts	[.] 'ARNUTS, n. Tall oat grass.
3685	aroma	[.] ARO'MA,
3686	aromatic	[.] AROMAT'IC,
3687	aromatical	[.] AROMAT'ICAL, a. Fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odoriferous; having an agreeable odor.
3688	aromatite	[.] AR'OMATITE, n. A bituminous stone, in smell and color resembling myrrh.
3689	aromatization	[.] AROMATIZA'TION, n. The act of impregnating or scenting with aroma, or rendering aromatic.
3690	aromatize	[.] AR'OMATIZE, v.t. To impregnate with aroma; to infuse an aromatic odor; to give a spicy scent or taste; to perfume.
3691	aromatized	[.] AR'OMATIZED, pp. Impregnated with aroma; rendered fragrant.
3692	aromatizer	[.] AR'OMATIZER, n. That which communicates an aromatic quality.
3693	aromatizing	[.] AR'OMATIZING, ppr. Rendering spicy; impregnating with aroma.
3694	aromatous	[.] ARO'MATOUS, a. Containing aroma, or the principle of fragrance.
3695	aroph	[.] AR'OPH, [A contraction of aroma philosophorum.] [.] 1. A name by which saffron is sometimes called. [.] 2. A chimical preparation of Paracelsus, formed by sublimation from equal quantities of hematite and sal ammoniac. The word is also used by the same writer ...
3696	arose	[.] ARO'SE, The past or preterit tense of the verb, to arise.
3697	around	[.] AROUND', prep. [a and round. See Round.] [.] 1. About; on all sides; encircling; encompassing; as, a lambent flame around his brows. [.] 2. In a looser sense, from place to place; at random. [.] AROUND', adv. [.] 1. In a circle; on every side. [.] 2. ...
3698	aroura	[.] AROURA, n. [Gr.] A Grecian measure of fifty feet. Also, a square measure of half the plethron, a measure not ascertained. The Egyptian aroura was the square of a hundred feet or a hundred cubits.
3699	arouse	[.] AROUSE, v.t. arouz'. [Heb.] [.] To excite into action, that which is at rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion that which is languid; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.
3700	aroused	[.] AROUS'ED, pp. Excited into action; put in motion.
3701	arousing	[.] AROUS'ING, ppr. Putting in motion; stirring; exciting into action or exertion.
3702	arow	[.] AROW, adv. [a and row.] In a row; successively.
3703	aroynt	[.] AROYNT', adv. Be gone; away. obs.
3704	arpeggio	[.] ARPEG'GIO, n. [.] The distinct sound of the notes of an instrumental chord, accompanying the voice.
3705	arpent	[.] 'ARPENT, n. [.] In Domesday, it is written arpennus, arpendus, and arpent. Columella mentions that the arepennis was equal to half the Roman juger. The word is supposed to be corrupted from arvipendium, or aripennium, the measuring of land with a cord. [.] A ...
3706	arquebusade	[.] ARQUEBUSA'DE, n. [.] 1. A distilled liquor applied to a bruise. [.] 2. The shot of an arquebuse.
3707	arquebuse	[.] 'ARQUEBUSE,
3708	arquebusier	[.] ARQUEBUSIE'R, n. a soldier armed with an arquebuse.
3709	arrach	[.] AR'RACH, n. a plant. See Orrach.
3710	arrack	[.] ARRACK', n. Contacted into rack. a spirituous liquor imported from the East Indies. The name is said to signify, in the East, any spirituous liquor; but that which usually bears this name is toddy, a liquor distilled from the juice of the cocoanut tree, procured by ...
3711	arragonite	[.] AR'RAGONITE, n. [.] In mineralogy, a species of carbonate of lime, but not pure, and said to contain 3 or 4 per cent. of carbonate of strontian. It differs from pure carbonate of lime, in hardness, specific gravity, crystaline structure, &c. It is harder than ...
3712	arraign	[.] ARRA'IGN v.t. arra'ne. [L. reus, contracted from the root of res.] [.] 1. To call or set a prisoner at the bar of a court, to answer to the matter charged against him in an indictment or information. When called, the indictment is read to him, and he is put to ...
3713	arraigned	[.] ARRA'IGNED, pp. Called before a tribunal to answer, and elect triers; accused; called in question.
3714	arraigning	[.] ARRA'IGNING, ppr. Calling before a court or tribunal; accusing.
3715	arraignment	[.] ARRA'IGNMENT, n. [.] 1. The act of arraigning; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an accusation, and to choose his triers. [.] 2. Accusation. [.] 3. A calling in question for faults.
3716	arraiment	[.] ARRA'IMENT, n. [See Array.] Clothes; garments. We now use raiment.
3717	arrange	[.] ARRANGE, v.t [.] 1. To put in proper order; to dispose the parts of a whole in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as troops arranged for battle. [.] 2. To adjust; to settle; to put in order; to prepare; a popular use of the word of very general ...
3718	arranged	[.] ARRANGED, pp. Put in order; disposed in the proper order; adjusted.
3719	arrangement	[.] ARRANGEMENT, n. [.] 1. The act of putting in proper order; the state of being put in order; disposition in suitable form. [.] 2. That which is disposed in order; system of parts disposed in due order. [.] The interest of that portion of social arrangement is ...
3720	arranger	[.] ARRANGER, n. One that puts in order.
3721	arranging	[.] ARRANGING, ppr. Putting in due order or form; adjusting.
3722	arrant	[.] AR'RANT, a. [I know not the origin of this word.] [.] Notorious, in an ill sense; infamous; mere; vile; as an arrant rogue or coward.
3723	arrantly	[.] AR'RANTLY, adv. Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully.
3724	arras	[.] AR'RAS, n. Tapestry; hangings wove with figures.
3725	array	[.] ARRA'Y, n. [.] 1. Order; disposition in regular lines; as an army in battle array. Hence a posture of defense. [.] 2. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person. [.] 3. In law, the act of impaneling a jury; or a jury impaneled; that is, a jury set ...
3726	arrayed	[.] ARRA'YED, pp. Set in order, or in lines; arranged in order for attack or defense; dressed; adorned by dress; impaneled, as a jury; enveloped.
3727	arrayer	[.] ARRA'YER, n. One who arrays. In English history, an officer who had a commission of array, to put soldiers of a country in a condition for military service.
3728	arraying	[.] ARRA'YING, ppr. Setting in order; putting on splendid raiment; impaneling.
3729	arrear	[.] ARRE'AR, adv. [L. ad and retro.] [.] Behind; at the hinder part. In this sense obsolete. But from this use, we retain the word as a noun in the phrase, in arrear, to signify behind in payment. [.] ARRE'AR, n. That which is behind in payment, or which remains ...
3730	arrearage	[.] ARRE'ARAGE, n. [.] Arrears; any sum of money remaining unpaid, after previous payment of a part. A person may be in arrear for the whole amount of a debt; but arrears and arrearage imply that apart has been paid.
3731	arrect	[.] ARRECT',
3732	arrected	[.] ARRECT'ED, a. [L. arrectus, raised, erect, from arrigo. See Reach.] Erect; attentive; as a person listening.
3733	arrentation	[.] ARRENTA'TION, n. [See Rent.] [.] In the forest laws of England, a licensing the owner of land in a forest, to inclose it with a small ditch and low hedge, in consideration of a yearly rent.
3734	arreptitious	[.] ARREPTI'TIOUS, a. [L. arreptus, of ad and rapio, to snatch. See Rapacious.] [.] 1. Snatched away. [.] 2. Crept in privily.
3735	arrest	[.] ARREST', v.t. [L. resto, to stop; Eng. to rest. See Rest.] [.] 1. To obstruct; to stop; to check or hinder motion; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses. [.] 2. To take, seize or apprehend by virtue of a warrant from authority; as, to arrest ...
3736	arrestation	[.] ARRESTA'TION, n. The act of arresting; an arrest, or seizure.
3737	arrested	[.] ARREST'ED, pp. Seized; apprehended; stopped; hindered; restrained.
3738	arrester	[.] ARREST'ER,
3739	arresting	[.] ARREST'ING, ppr. Seizing; staying; hindering; restraining.
3740	arrestment	[.] ARREST'MENT, n. [.] The order of a judge by which a debtor to the arrestor's debtor is prohibited to make payment, till the debt due to the arrestor is paid or secured.
3741	arrestor	[.] ARREST'OR, n. One who arrests.
3742	arret	[.] ARRET', n. arreste'. [.] The decision of a court tribunal or council; a decree published; the edict of a soverign prince. [.] [.] ARRET', v.t. To assign; to allot. Obs.
3743	arride	[.] ARRI'DE, v.t. [L. arrideo.] To laugh at; to please well. [Not in use.]
3744	arriere	[.] ARRIE'RE, n. The last body of an army; now called rear, which see. [.] Arriere-ban, or ban and arriere ban. This phrase is defined to be a general proclamation of the French kings, by which not only their immediate feudatories, but their vassals, were summoned to ...
3745	arrival	[.] ARRI'VAL, n. [.] 1. The coming to, or reaching a place, from a distance, whether by water, as in its original sense, or by land. [.] 2. The attainment or gaining of any object, by effort, agreement, practice or study.
3746	arrivance	[.] ARRI'VANCE, n. [.] 1. Company coming. [Not used.] [.] 2. Arrival; a reading in progress. Obs.
3747	arrive	[.] ARRI'VE, v.i. [L. ripa.] [.] 1. Literally, to come to the shore, or bank. Hence to come to or reach in progress by water, followed by at. We arrived at Havre De Grace, July 10, 1924. N.W. [.] 2. To come to or reach by traveling on land; as, the post arrives ...
3748	arriving	[.] ARRI'VING, ppr. Coming to, or reaching by water or land; gaining by research, effort or study.
3749	arroba	[.] ARRO'BA, n. A weight in Portugal of thirty two pounds; in Spain, of twenty five pounds. Also a Spanish measure of thirty two Spanish pints.
3750	arrogance	[.] AR'ROGANCE, n. [L. arrogantia, from arrogo, to claim; of ad and rogo, to beg, or desire. See Arrogate.] [.] The act or quality of taking much upon one's self; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation or power, or which ...
3751	arrogancy	[.] AR'ROGANCY, n. Arrogance. [This orthography is less usual.]
3752	arrogant	[.] AR'ROGANT, a. [.] 1. Assuming; making or having the disposition to make exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; haughty; conceited; applied to persons. [.] 2. Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding ...
3753	arrogantly	[.] AR'ROGANTLY, adv. In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self importance.
3754	arrogantness	[.] AR'ROGANTNESS, n. Arrogance. [Little used.]
3755	arrogate	[.] AR'ROGATE, v.t. [L. arrogo, of ad and rogo.] [.] To assume, demand or challenge more than is proper; to make undue claims, from vanity or false pretensions to right or merit; as, the Pope arrogated dominion over kings.
3756	arrogated	[.] AR'ROGATED, pp. Claimed by undue pretensions.
3757	arrogating	[.] AR'ROGATING, ppr. Challenging or claiming more power or respect than is just or reasonable.
3758	arrogation	[.] ARROGA'TION, n. The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to.
3759	arrogative	[.] AR'ROGATIVE, a. Assuming or making undue claims and pretensions.
3760	arrondisment	[.] ARROND'ISMENT, n. [.] A circuit; a district; a division or portion of territory, in France, for the exercise of a particular jurisdiction.
3761	arrosion	[.] ARRO'SION, n. s as z. [L. arrodo.] A gnawing.
3762	arrow	[.] AR'ROW, n. [.] 1. A missive weapon of offense, straight, slender, pointed and barbed, to be shot with a bow. [.] 2. In scripture, the arrows of God are the apprehensions of his wrath, which pierce and pain the conscience. Job 6. Ps. 38. In a like figurative ...
3763	arrow-grass	[.] AR'ROW-GRASS, n. A plant or genus of plants; the Triglochin.
3764	arrow-head	[.] AR'ROW-HEAD, n. [.] 1. The head of an arrow. [.] 2. Sagittaria; a genus of aquatic plants, so called from the resemblance of the leaves to the point of an arrow.
3765	arrow-root	[.] AR'ROW-ROOT, n. [.] 1. The Maranta; a genus of plants, natives of the Indies. The Indians are said to employ the roots of the arundinacea, in extracting the virus of poisoned arrows; whence the name. There are several species. From the root of the arundinacea, ...
3766	arrowy	[.] AR'ROWY, a. [.] 1. Consisting of arrows. [.] 2. Formed like an arrow.
3767	arse	[.] 'ARSE, n. 'ars. The buttocks or hind part of an animal. [.] To hang an arse, is to lag behind; to be sluggish, or tardy.
3768	arse-smart	[.] 'ARSE-SMART, n. The vulgar name of a species of polygonum, or knot-grass.
3769	arsenal	[.] 'ARSENAL, n. [L. arx navalis, a naval citadel or repository.] [.] A repository or magazine of arms and military stores, whether for land or naval service.
3770	arseniac	[.] ARSE'NIAC or ARSEN'ICAL ACID. Arsenic combined with a greater proportion of oxygen, than in the arsenious acid. It is called arsenic acid by most authors.
3771	arseniate	[.] ARSE'NIATE, n. A neutral salt, formed by arsenical acid combined with any metallic, earthy or saline base.
3772	arsenic	[.] 'ARSENIC, n. [Gr.'L. arsenicum.] [.] Arsenic, as it is usually seen in the shops, is not a metal, but an oxyd, from which the metal may be easily obtained by mixing it with half its weight of black flux, and introducing the mixture into a Florence flask, gradually ...
3773	arsenical	[.] ARSEN'ICAL, a. Belonging to arsenic; consisting of or containing arsenic.
3774	arsenicate	[.] ARSEN'ICATE, v.t. To combine with arsenic.
3775	arsenicated	[.] ARSEN'ICATED, a. combined with arsenic.
3776	arsenious	[.] ARSE'NIOUS, a. Pertaining to, or containing arsenic. The arsenious acid, or white oxyd of arsenic, is a combination of arsenic with a less proportion of oxygen than in the arseniac acid.
3777	arsenite	[.] 'ARSENITE, n. a salt formed by the arsenious acid, with a base.
3778	arshine	[.] 'ARSHINE, n. a russian measure of two feet, four inches and 242 decimals. This seems to be the Chinese arschin, of which four make three yards English.
3779	arson	[.] 'ARSON, n. 'arsn. [.] In law, the malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony. The definition of this crime is varied by statutes in different countries and states. In Connecticut, the burning not only of ...
3780	art	[.] 'ART, The second person, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive veb am.
3781	artemisia	[.] ARTEMIS'IA, n. Mug-wort, southernwood, and wormwood; a genus of plats of numerous species. Of these, the absinthium or common wormwood is well known.
3782	arterial	[.] ARTE'RIAL, a. [See Artery.] [.] 1. Pertaining to an artery or the arteries; as arterial action. [.] 2. Contained in an artery; as arterial blood.
3783	arteriotomy	[.] ARTERIOT'OMY, n. [Gr. an artery, and a cutting.] [.] The opening of an artery by the lancet, for the purpose of letting blood.
3784	artery	[.] 'ARTERY, n. [Gr. from air and to preserve or contain; so called, from the opinion of the ancients, that the arteries contained or circulated air. The term was also applied to the trachea or wind pipe, anteria aspera. [.] A cylindrical vessel or tube, which conveys ...
3785	artful	[.] ARTFUL, a. [See Art. [.] 1. Performed with art or skill. [.] 2. Artificial, as opposed to natural [.] 3. Cunning; practicing art, or stratagem; crafty; as an artful boy. [This is the most usual sense.] [.] 4. Proceeding from art or craft; as an artful ...
3786	artfully	[.] 'ARTFULLY, adv. With art, or cunning; skillfully; dexterously.
3787	artfulness	[.] 'ARTFULNESS, n. Art; craft; cunning; address.
3788	arthritic	[.] ARTHRIT'IC,
3789	arthritical	[.] ARTHRIT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the joints, or to the gout; affecting the joints.
3790	arthritis	[.] ARTHRIT'IS, n. [Gr. from a joint. It seems to be of the same family as artus, a limb.] [.] In a general sense, any painful disease of the joints; but more particularly, the gout, an hereditary, intermitting disease, usually affecting the small joints; sometimes ...
3791	arthrodia	[.] ARTHRO'DIA, n. [Gr. from to frame or articulate.] [.] 1. A species of articulation, in which the head of one bone is received into the shallow socket of another; as the humerus and the scapula. [.] 2. In natural history, a genus of imperfect crystals, found in ...
3792	artic	[.] 'ARTIC, This word is by mistake used by some authors for arctic.
3793	artichoke	[.] 'ARTICHOKE, n. [Gr.; L. carduus, chard, thistle, corrupted.] [.] A plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated and prickly calyx. The head is large, rough and scaly, on an upright stalk. It is composed of numerous, oval scales, inclosing the ...
3794	article	[.] 'ARTICLE, n. [L. articulus, a joint, from artus; Gr.] [.] 1. A single clause in a contract, account system of regulations, treaty, or other writing; a particular separate charge or item, in an account; a term, condition, or stipulation, in a contract. In short, ...
3795	articled	[.] 'ARTICLED, pp. Drawn up in particulars; accused or bound by articles.
3796	articular	[.] ARTIC'ULAR, a. [L. articularis.] [.] Belonging to the joints; as, the gout is an articular disease.
3797	articulate	[.] ARTIC'ULATE, a. [L. articulatus, jointed, distinct.] [.] 1. Formed by jointing or articulation of the organs of speech; applied to sound. An articulate sound is made by closing and opening the organs of speech. The junction or closing of the organs forms a joint ...
3798	articulated	[.] ARTIC'ULATED, pp. [.] 1. Uttered distinctly in syllables or words. [.] 2. Jointed; having joints, as a plant.
3799	articulately	[.] ARTIC'ULATELY, adv. [.] 1. With distinct utterance of syllables or words. [.] 2. Article by article; in detail.
3800	articulateness	[.] ARTIC'ULATENESS, n. The quality of being articulate.
3801	articulating	[.] ARTIC'ULATING, ppr. Uttering in distinct syllables or words.
3802	articulation	[.] ARTICULA'TION, n. [.] 1. In anatomy, the joining or juncture of the bones. This is of three kinds: 1st, diarthrosis, or a movable connection, including enarthrosis, or the ball and socket joint; arthrodia, which is the same, but more superficial; ginglymus, or ...
3803	artifice	[.] 'ARTIFICE, n. [L. artificium, from ars, art, and facio, to make.] [.] 1. Stratagem; an artful or ingenious device, in a good or bad sense. In a bad sense, it corresponds with trick, or fraud. [.] 2. Art; trade; skill acquired by science or practice. [Rarely ...
3804	artificer	[.] ARTIF'ICER, n. [L. artifex, from ars, and facio.] [.] 1. An artist; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind; as a silversmith, or sadler. [.] 2. One who makes or contrives; an inventor; as an artificer ...
3805	artificial	[.] ARTIFI'CIAL, a. [.] 1. Made or contrived by art, or by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as artificial heat or light; an artificial magnet. [.] 2. Feigned, fictitious; not genuine or natural; as artificial tears. [.] 3. Contrived with skill or ...
3806	artificiality	[.] ARTIFICIAL'ITY, n. The quality of being artificial; appearance of art.
3807	artificially	[.] ARTIFI'CIALLY, adv. By art, or human skill and contrivance; hence, with good contrivance; with art or ingenuity.
3808	artificialness	[.] ARTIFI'CIALNESS, n. The quality of being artificial.
3809	artillery	[.] ARTIL'LERY, n. This word has no plural. [.] 1. In a general sense, offensive weapons of war. Hence it was formerly used for bows and arrows. [.] And Jonathan gave his artillery to his lad. 1Sam. 20. [.] But in present usage, appropriately, [.] 2. Canon; ...
3810	artisan	[.] 'ARTISAN, n. s as z. [L. ars. See Art.] [.] An artist; one skilled in any art, mystery or trade; a handicrafts-man; a mechanic; a tradesman.
3811	artist	[.] 'ARTIST, n. [L. ars. See Art.] [.] 1. One skilled in an art or trade; one who is master or professor of a manual art; a good workman in any trade. [.] 2. A skilful man; not a novice. [.] 3. In an academical sense, a proficient in the faculty of arts; a philosopher. [.] 4. ...
3812	artless	[.] 'ARTLESS, a. [.] 1. Unskillful; wanting art, knowledge or skill. [.] 2. Free from guile, art, craft or stratagem; simple; sincere; unaffected; undesigning; as an artless mind. [.] 3. Contrived without skill or art; as an artless tale.
3813	artlessly	[.] 'ARTLESSLY, adv. [.] 1. Without art or skill; in an artless manner. [.] 2. Without guile; naturally; sincerely; unaffectedly.
3814	artlessness	[.] 'ARTLESSNESS, n. The quality of being void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity; unaffectedness.
3815	artotyrite	[.] AR'TOTYRITE, n. [Gr. bread, and cheese.] [.] One of a sect of heretics, in the primitive church, who celebrated the eucharist with bread and cheese, alleging that the first oblations of men were not only the fruit of the earth, but of their flocks. They admitted ...
3816	arts-man	[.] 'ARTS-MAN, n. A learned man. Obs.
3817	arum	[.] A'RUM, n. [L. See aurate.] Gold. [.] Aurum fulminans, fulminating gold, is gold dissolved in aqua-regia or nitro-muriatic acid, and precipitated by volatile alkali. This precipitate is of a brown yellow, or orange color, and when exposed to a moderate heat, detonizes ...
3818	arundelian	[.] ARUNDE'LIAN, a. Pertaining to Arundel, as Arundelian marbles. The Arundelian marbles are ancient stones, containing a chronological detail of the principal events of Greece, from Cecrops, who lived about 1582 years before Christ, to the archonship of Diognetus, before ...
3819	arundinaceous	[.] ARUNDINA'CEOUS, a. [L. arundo, a reed.] [.] Pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.
3820	arundineous	[.] ARUNDIN'EOUS, a. Abounding with reeds.
3821	arura	[.] ARU'RA, n. [Gr.] Literally, as authors suppose, a plowed field. According to Herodotus, and Suidas, the arura of Egypt, was a piece of ground fifty feet square. Others make it a square of 100 cubits; others of 100 feet. The Grecian aroura was a square measure of ...
3822	aruspex	[.] ARUS'PEX, n. [L.] A soothsayer.
3823	aruspice	[.] ARUS'PICE, n. Written also haruspice. [L. aruspex, or haruspex, a soothsayer, or diviner, who attempted to foretell events by consulting the entrails of beasts slain in sacrifice.] [.] A priest, in ancient Rome, whose business was to inspect the entrails of victims, ...
3824	aruspicy	[.] ARUS'PICY, n. The act of prognosticating by inspection of the entrails of beasts, slain in sacrifice.
3825	as	[.] AS, adv. az. [Gr. But more probably the English word is contracted from als.] [.] 1. Literally, like; even; similar. "Ye shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil." "As far as we can see," that is, like far, equally far. Hence it may be explained by in like manner; ...
3826	asa	[.] ASA, A corruption of lasar, an ancient name of a gum. [See Ooze.]
3827	asa-dulcis	[.] ASA-DULCIS, The same as benzoin.
3828	asa-fetida	[.] ASA-FET'IDA, n. [Asa, gum, and L. fatidus, fetid.] [.] A fetid gum-resin, from the East Indies. It is the concrete juice of a large unbelliferous plant, much used in Medicine, as an antispasmodic.
3829	asbestine	[.] ASBES'TINE, a. [See Asbestus.] [.] Pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature and qualities; incombustible.
3830	asbestinite	[.] ASBES'TINITE, n. [See Asbestus.] The actinolite or strahlstein. [.] Calciferous abestinite; a variety of steatite.
3831	asbestos	[.] ASBES'TOS, n. [Gr. inextinguishable; of neg. to extinguish.] [.] A mineral, which has frequently the appearance of a vegetable substance. It is always fibrous, and its fibers sometimes appear to be prismatic crystals. They are sometimes delicate, flexible, and ...
3832	asbestus	[.] ASBES'TUS,
3833	ascaris	[.] ASCA'RIS, n. plu. ascar'ides. [Gr.] [.] In zoology, a genus of intestinal worms. The body is cylindrical, and tapering at the ends. It includes two of the most common worms in the human intestines, the ascarides, and the lumbricoides.
3834	ascend	[.] ASCEND', v.i. [L. ascendo, from scando, to mount or climb.] [.] 1. To move upwards; to mount; to go up; to rise, whether in air or water, or upon a material object. [.] 2. To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from ...
3835	ascendable	[.] ASCEND'ABLE, a. That may be ascended.
3836	ascendant	[.] ASCEND'ANT, n. [.] 1. Superiority or commanding influence; as, one man has the ascendant over another. [.] 2. An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy, or degrees of kindred; opposed to descendant. [.] 3. Height; elevation. [Little used.] [.] 4. ...
3837	ascended	[.] ASCEND'ED, pp. or a. Risen; mounted up; gone to heaven.
3838	ascendency	[.] ASCEND'ENCY, n. Power; governing or controlling influence. [.] Custom has an ascendency over the understanding.
3839	ascending	[.] ASCEND'ING, ppr. Rising; moving upwards; proceeding from the less to the greater; proceeding from modern to ancient, from grave to more acute. A star is said to be ascending, when rising above the horizon, in any parallel of the equator. [.] Ascending latitude is ...
3840	ascension	[.] ASCEN'SION, n. [L. ascensio.] [.] 1. The act of ascending; a rising. It is frequently applied to the visible elevation of our Savior to Heaven. [.] 2. The thing rising, or ascending. [not authorized.] [.] 3. In astronomy, ascension is either right or oblique. ...
3841	ascension-day	[.] ASCENSION-DAY, n. A festival of some christian churches, held ten days or on the Thursday but one, before Whitsuntide, which is called Holy Thursday, in commemoration of our Savior's ascension into heaven, after his resurrection. [.] Ascensional difference is the ...
3842	ascensive	[.] ASCEN'SIVE, a. Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.
3843	ascent	[.] ASCENT', n. [L. ascensus.] [.] 1. The act of rising; motion upwards, whether in air, water or other fluid, or on elevated objects; rise; a mounting upwards; as the ascent of vapors from the earth. [.] 2. The way by which one ascends; the means of ascending. [.] 3. ...
3844	ascertain	[.] ASCERTA'IN, v.t. [L. ad certum, to a certainty.] [.] 1. To make certain; to define or reduce to precision by moving obscurity or ambiguity. [.] The divine law ascertains the truth. [.] 2. To make certain, by trial, examination or experiment, so as to know what ...
3845	ascertainable	[.] ASCERTA'INABLE, a. That may be made certain in fact, or certain to the mind; that may be certainly known or reduced to a certainty.
3846	ascertained	[.] ASCERTA'INED, pp. Made certain; defined; established; reduced to a certainty.
3847	ascertainer	[.] ASCERTA'INER, n. The person who ascertains or makes certain.
3848	ascertaining	[.] ASCERTA'INING, ppr. Making certain; fixing; establishing; reducing to a certainty; obtaining certain knowledge.
3849	ascertainment	[.] ASCERTA'INMENT, n. The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; certainty; fixed rule.
3850	ascessancy	[.] ASCESSANCY,
3851	ascessant	[.] ASCESSANT, See Acescency, Acescent.]
3852	ascetic	[.] ASCET'IC, a. [Gr. exercised, hardened; from to exercise. [.] Retired from the world; rigid; severe; austere; employed in devotions and mortifications. [.] ASCET'IC, n. [.] 1. One who retires from the customary business of life, and devotes himself to the ...
3853	ascian	[.] AS'CIAN, n. [L. ascii, from Gr. priv. and a shadow.] [.] A person, who, at certain times of the year, has no shadow at noon. Such are the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, at times, a vertical sun.
3854	ascitans	[.] AS'CITANS, n. [Gr. a bag or bottle of skin.] [.] A sect or branch of Montanists, who appeared in the second century. They introduced into their assemblies, certain bacchanals, who danced around a bag or skin distended with air, in allusion to the bottles filled ...
3855	ascites	[.] AS'CITES, n. [Gr. a bladder.] [.] A dropsy or tense elastic swelling of the belly, with fluctuation, from a collection of water.
3856	ascitic	[.] ASCIT'IC
3857	ascitical	[.] ASCIT'ICAL, a. Belonging to an ascites; dropsical; hydropical.
3858	ascititious	[.] ASCITI'TIOUS, a. [L. ascitus; Low L. ascititius, from ascisco, to take to or associate.] [.] Additional; added; supplemental; not inherent or original. [.] Homer has been reckoned on ascititious name.
3859	asclepiad	[.] ASCLE'PIAD, n. In ancient poetry, a verse of four feet, the first of which is a spondee, the second a choriamb, and the last two, dactyls; or of four feet and a cesura, the first, a spondee, the second, a dactyl, then the cesura, followed by two dactyls.
3860	ascribable	[.] ASCRI'BABLE, a. [See Ascribe.] That may be ascribed or attributed.
3861	ascribe	[.] ASCRI'BE, v.t. [L. ascribo, of ad and scribo, to write.] [.] 1. To attribute, impute, or set to, as to a cause; to assign, as effect to a cause; as, losses are often to be ascribed to imprudence. [.] 2. To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider ...
3862	ascribed	[.] ASCRI'BED, pp. Attributed or imputed; considered or alleged, as belonging.
3863	ascribing	[.] ASCRI'BING, ppr. Attributing; imputing; alleging to belong.
3864	ascription	[.] ASCRIP'TION, n. The act of ascribing, imputing or affirming to belong.
3865	ascriptitious	[.] ASCRIPTI'TIOUS, a. That is ascribed. This word is applied to villains under the feudal system, who are annexed to the freehold and transferable with it.
3866	ash	[.] ASH, n. [.] 1. A well known tree, of which there are many species. There is no hermaphrodite calyx, or it is quadripartite; and no corol, or it is tetrapetalous. There are two stamens; one pistil; one seed, contained in a membranous, lanceolate capsule, and the ...
3867	ash-colored	[.] ASH-COLORED, a. Of a color between brown and gray.
3868	ashame	[.] ASHA'ME, v.t. To shame. [Not used.]
3869	ashamed	[.] ASHA'MED, a. [.] 1. Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt or a conviction of some criminal action or indecorous conduct, or by the exposure of some gross errors or misconduct, which the person is conscious must be wrong, and which tends to impair his honor ...
3870	ashamedly	[.] ASHA'MEDLY, adv. Bashfully. [Not used.]
3871	ashen	[.] ASH'EN, a. [See Ash.] Pertaining to ash; made of ash.
3872	ashes	[.] ASH'ES, n. plu. Without the singular number. [.] 1. The earthy particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion; as of wood or coal. [.] 2. The remains of the human body when burnt. Hence figuratively, a dead body or corpse. [.] 3. In scripture, ...
3873	ashlering	[.] ASH'LERING, n. Quartering for lathing to, in garrets, two or three feet high, perpendicular to the floor, and reaching to the under side of the rafters.
3874	ashore	[.] ASHO'RE, adv. [a, at or on, and shore. See shore.] [.] 1. On shore; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; as, bring the goods ashore. [.] 2. On land, opposed to aboard; as, the captain of the ship remained ashore. [.] 3. On the ground; as, the ship ...
3875	ashwednesday	[.] ASHWEDNESDAY, n. The first day of Lent; supposed to be so called from a custom in the Romish Church of sprinkling ashes, that day, on the heads of penitents, then admitted to penance.
3876	ashy	[.] ASH'Y, a. Belonging to ashes; ash-colored; pale; inclining to a whitish gray.
3877	ashypale	[.] ASHY'PALE, a. Pale as ashes.
3878	asian	[.] A'SIAN, a. [from Asia, a name originally given to Asia Minor or some part of it; perhaps from the Asses, Ases or Osses, about Mount Taurus. [.] Pertaining to Asia.
3879	asiarch	[.] A'SIARCH, n. [Asia and chief.] [.] A chief or pontiff of Asia; one who had the superintendence of the public games. Acts. 19.
3880	asiatic	[.] ASIAT'IC, a. Belonging to Asia, a quarter of the globe which extends from the strait of Constantinople and Arabian gulf, to the Pacific ocean on the east. It is probable, the name was originally appropriated to what is now Asia Minor or rather a part of it. [.] ASIAT'IC, ...
3881	asiaticism	[.] ASIAT'ICISM, n. Imitation of the Asiatic manner.
3882	aside	[.] ASI'DE, ad. [a and side. See Side.] [.] 1. On or to one side; out of a perpendicular or straight direction. [.] 2. At a little distance from the main part or body. [.] Thou shalt set aside that which is full. 2Kings 4. [.] 3. From the body; as, to put ...
3883	asinego	[.] ASINE'GO, n. A foolish fellow.
3884	asinine	[.] AS'ININE, rarely. AS'INARY, a. [L. asinus.] [.] Belonging to the ass; having the qualities of the ass.
3885	ask	[.] 'ASK, v.t. [Gr. In former times, the English word was pronounced ax, as in the royal style of assenting to bills in Parliament. "Be it as it is axed."] [.] 1. To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; with of before the person to whom the request is ...
3886	askance	[.] ASK'ANCE,
3887	askant	[.] ASK'ANT, adv. sideways; obliquely; towards one corner of the eye.
3888	asked	[.] 'ASKED, pp. Requested; petitioned; questioned; interrogated.
3889	askew	[.] ASKEW', adv. [.] With a wry look; aside; askant; sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or envy.
3890	asking	[.] 'ASKING, ppr. [.] 1. Requesting; petitioning; interrogating; inquiring. [.] 2. Silently expressing request or desire. [.] Explain the asking eye.
3891	aslake	[.] ASLA'KE, v.t. [See Slack.] [.] To remit; to slacken. [Not in use.]
3892	aslani	[.] ASLA'NI, n. A silver coin worth from 115 to 120 aspers.
3893	aslant	[.] ASL'ANT, a. or adv. [a and slant. See Slant.] [.] On one side; obliquely; not perpendicularly or with a right angle. [.] The shaft drove through his neck aslant.
3894	asleep	[.] ASLEE'P, a. or adv. [a and sleep.] [.] 1. sleeping; in a state of sleep; at rest. [.] Sisera was fast asleep. Judges 4. [.] 2. To a state of sleep; as to fall asleep. [.] 3. Dead; in a state of death. [.] Concerning them who are asleep, sorrow not. ...
3895	aslope	[.] ASLO'PE, a. or adv. [a and slope. See Slope. [.] With leaning or inclination; obliquely; with declivity or descent, as a hill; declining from an upright direction. [.] Set them not upright, but aslope.
3896	aslug	[.] ASLUG', ad. In a sluggish manner. [Not used.]
3897	asmonean	[.] ASMONE'AN, a. Pertaining to Asmoneus, the father of Simon, and chief of the Asmoneans, a family that reigned over the Jews 126 years. [.] ASMONE'AN, n. One of the family of Asmoneus.
3898	asomatous	[.] ASO'MATOUS, a. [Gr. priv and body.] [.] Without a material body; incorporeal. [Not used.]
3899	asp	[.] 'ASP,
3900	aspalathus	[.] ASPAL'ATHUS, n. A plant.
3901	asparagin	[.] ASPAR'AGIN, n. White transparent crystals of a peculiar vegetable principle, which spontaneously form in asparagus juice evaporated to the consistence of syrup. They are in the form of rhomboidal prisms.
3902	asparagus	[.] ASPAR'AGUS, n. [L. and Gr. probably from to tear, from its lacerated appearance, or from the root of a spire, from its stem.] [.] Asparagus, sperage, vulgarly, sparrow-grass; a genus of plants. That which is cultivated in gardens, has an upright herbaceous stalk, ...
3903	aspect	[.] 'ASPECT, n. [L. aspectus, from aspicio, to look on, of ad and specio, to see or look.] [.] 1. Look; view; appearance to the eye or the mind; as, to present an object or a subject in its true aspect, or under a double aspect. So we say, public affairs have a favorable ...
3904	aspectable	[.] ASPECT'ABLE, a. That may be seen. [Not used.]
3905	aspected	[.] ASPECT'ED, a. Having an aspect. [Not used.]
3906	aspection	[.] ASPEC'TION, n. The act of viewing. [Not used.]
3907	aspen	[.] ASP'EN or ASP, n. [.] A species of the poplar, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air. Its leaves are roundish, smooth, and stand on long slender foot-stalks.
3908	asper	[.] AS'PER, a. [L. See Asperate.] Rough; rugged. [Little used.] [.] AS'PER, n. [L. aspiro, to breathe.] [.] In grammar, the Greek accent, importing that the letter over which it is placed ought to be aspirated, or pronounced as if the letter h preceded it. [.] AS'PER, ...
3909	asperate	[.] AS'PERATE, v.t. [L. aspero, from asper, rough.] [.] To make rough or uneven.
3910	asperation	[.] ASPERA'TION, n. A making rough.
3911	asperifoliate	[.] ASPERIFO'LIATE, a. [L. asper, rough, and folium, a leaf.] [.] Having rough leaves. Plants of this kind are, by some authors, classified according to this character. They constitute the forty-first order of Linne's fragments of a natural method. In the methods ...
3912	asperifolious	[.] ASPERIFO'LIOUS, a. Having leaves rough to the touch. [See the preceding word.]
3913	asperity	[.] ASPER'ITY, n. [L. asperitas, from asper, rough.] [.] 1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; opposed to smoothness. [.] 2. Roughness of sound; that quality which grates the ear; harshness of pronunciation. [.] 3. Roughness to the taste; sourness. [.] 4. Roughness ...
3914	asperous	[.] AS'PEROUS, a. [L. asper, rough.] Rough; uneven.
3915	asperse	[.] ASPERSE, v.t. aspers'. [L. aspergo, aspersus, of ad and spargo, to scatter.] [.] 1. To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation, or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet of his writings; ...
3916	asperser	[.] ASPERS'ER, n One that asperses, or villifies another.
3917	aspersion	[.] ASPER'SION, n. [.] 1. A sprinkling, as of water or dust, in a literal sense. [.] 2. The spreading of calumnious reports or charges, which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water.
3918	asphalt	[.] ASPHALT'
3919	asphaltic	[.] ASPHALT'IC, a. Pertaining to asphalt, or containing it; bituminous.
3920	asphaltite	[.] ASPHALT'ITE, a. Pertaining to or containing asphalt.
3921	asphaltum	[.] ASPHALT'UM, n. [Gr.] Bitumen Judaicum, Jew's pitch; a smooth, hard, brittle, black or brown substance, which breaks with a polish, melts easily when heated, and when pure, burns without leaving any ashes. It has little taste, and scarcely any smell, unless heated, ...
3922	asphodel	[.] AS'PHODEL, n. [L. and Gr. See Theoph.] [.] King's-spear; a genus of lilaceous plants, cultivated for the beauty of their flowers. The ancients planted asphodels near graves, to supply the names of the dead with nourishment.
3923	asphurelates	[.] ASPHU'RELATES, n. [Gr. priv. and a hammer; not malleable.] [.] A series of semimetallic fossils, fusible by fire, and in their purest state not malleable. In their native state, they are mixed with sulphur and other adventitious matter, in the form of ore. Under ...
3924	asphyxy	[.] ASPHYX'Y, n. [Gr. of a priv. and pulse.] [.] [.] A temporary suspension of the motion of the heart and arteries; swooning; fainting.
3925	aspic	[.] ASP'IC, n. [L. aspis; Gr. a round shield and an asp; supposed to be from Heb. to gather in, or collect; from the coil of this serpent, with his head elevated in the center, like the boss of a buckler.] [.] A small poisonous serpent of Egypt and Libya, whose bite ...
3926	aspirant	[.] ASPI'RANT, n. [See aspire.] One who aspires, breathes after, or seeks with eagerness.
3927	aspirate	[.] AS'PIRATE, v.t. [L. aspiro, to breathe or blow; Gr. to palpitate, from spiro. See Spire, Spirit.] [.] To pronounce with a breathing or full emission of breath. We aspirate the words horse and house. [.] AS'PIRATE, v.i. To be uttered with a strong breathing; ...
3928	aspirated	[.] AS'PIRATED, pp. Uttered with a strong emission of breath.
3929	aspirating	[.] AS'PIRATING, ppr. Pronouncing with a full breath.
3930	aspiration	[.] ASPIRA'TION, n. [.] 1. The pronunciation of a letter with a full emission of breath. [.] 2. A breathing after; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly of spiritual blessings. [.] 3. The act of aspiring or of ardently desiring what is noble or spiritual.
3931	aspire	[.] ASPI'RE, v.i. [L. aspiro, to breathe. See Aspirate.] [.] 1. To desire with eagerness; to pant after an object, great, noble or spiritual; followed by to or after; as to aspire to a crown or after immortality. [.] 2. To aim at something elevated; to rise or tower ...
3932	aspirer	[.] ASPI'RER, n. One who aspires; one who aims to rise in power or consequence, or to accomplish some important object.
3933	aspiring	[.] ASPI'RING, ppr. Desiring eagerly; aiming at something noble, great, or spiritual. [.] ASPI'RING, a. Ambitious; animated with an ardent desire of power, importance, or excellence. [.] ASPI'RING, n. [.] 1. Ambition; eager desire of something great. [.] 2. ...
3934	asportation	[.] ASPORTA'TION, n. [L. asportatio, of abs and porto, to carry. See Bear.] [.] A carrying away. In law, the felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited, is an asportation, and adjudged to be theft, though the goods are not carried from the ...
3935	asquint	[.] ASQUINT', adv. [See Askance, and Squint.] [.] 1. To the corner or angle of the eye; obliquely; towards one side; not in the straight line of vision; as, to look asquint. [.] 2. Not with regard or due notice.
3936	ass	[.] 'ASS, n. [L. asinus; Gr. an ear.] [.] 1. A quadruped of the equine genus. This animal has long slouching ears, a short mane, and a tail covered with long hairs at the end. He is usually of an ash color, with a black bar across the shoulders. The tame or domestic ...
3937	ass-head	[.] 'ASS-HEAD, n. [ass and head.] One dull, like the ass; one slow of apprehension; a blockhead.
3938	ass-like	[.] 'ASS-LIKE, a. Resembling an ass.
3939	assai	[.] ASS'AI, A term in music; added to a word signifying slow, it denotes a little quicker; and to a word signifying quick, it denotes a little slower.
3940	assail	[.] ASSA'IL, v.t. [L. assilio, to leap or rush upon, of ad and salio, to leap, to rise.] [.] 1. To leap or fall upon by violence; to assault; to attack suddenly, as when one person falls upon another to beat him. [.] 2. To invade or attack, in a hostile manner, as ...
3941	assailable	[.] ASSA'ILABLE, a. That may be assailed, attacked or invaded.
3942	assailant	[.] ASSA'ILANT, n. One who assails, attacks or assaults. [.] ASSA'ILANT, a. Assaulting; attacking; invading with violence.
3943	assailed	[.] ASSA'ILED, pp. Assaulted; invaded; attacked with violence.
3944	assailer	[.] ASSA'ILER, n. One who assails.
3945	assailing	[.] ASSA'ILING, ppr. assaulting; invading by force; attacking with violence.
3946	assailment	[.] ASSA'ILMENT, n. Attack. [Little used.]
3947	assapanic	[.] ASSAPAN'IC, n. The flying squirrel; an animal which flies a little distance by extending the skin between the fore and hind legs. [See Squirrel.]
3948	assaron	[.] AS'SARON, n. The omer or homer, a Hebrew measure of five pints.
3949	assart	[.] ASSART', n. [.] 1. In ancient laws, the offense of grubbing up trees, and thus destroying thickets or coverts of a forest. [.] 2. a tree plucked up by the roots, also a piece of land cleared. [.] ASSART', v.t. To grub up trees; to commit an assart.
3950	assassin	[.] ASSAS'SIN, n. [.] One who kills or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault. The circumstance of surprise or secresy seems essential to the signification of this word; though it is sometimes used to denote one who takes any advantage, in killing or attempting ...
3951	assassinate	[.] ASSAS'SINATE, v.t. [.] 1. To kill or attempt to kill, by surprise or secret assault; to murder by sudden violence. Assassin as a verb is not now used. [.] 2. To way lay; to take by treachery. [.] ASSAS'SINATE, n. A murder or murderer. [not used.]
3952	assassinated	[.] ASSAS'SINATED, pp. Murdered by surprise or secret assault.
3953	assassinating	[.] ASSAS'SINATING, ppr. Murdering by surprise or secret assault.
3954	assassination	[.] ASSASSINA'TION, n. The act of killing or murdering, by surprise or secret assault; murder by violence.
3955	assassinator	[.] ASSAS'SINATOR, n. An assassin, which see.
3956	assassinous	[.] ASSAS'SINOUS, a. Murderous. [Not used.]
3957	assassins	[.] ASSAS'SINS, n. In Syria, a tribe or clan called Ismaelians, Batanists or Batenians. They originated in Persia about the year 1090; whence a colony migrated and settled on the mountains of Lebanon, and were remarkable for their assassinations. Their religion was a ...
3958	assation	[.] ASSA'TION, n. [L. assatus.] A roasting. [Not used.]
3959	assault	[.] ASSAULT', n. [L. assulto, of ad and salto, to leap, formed on salio, or its root. See Assail. We have the same root in insult and result.] [.] 1. An attack or violent onset, whether by an individual, a company, or an army. An assault by private persons may be ...
3960	assaultable	[.] ASSAULT'ABLE, a. That may be assaulted.
3961	assaulted	[.] ASSAULT'ED, pp. Attacked with force, arms, violence, or hostile views.
3962	assaulter	[.] ASSAULT'ER, n. One who assaults, or violently attacks.
3963	assaulting	[.] ASSAULT'ING, ppr. Attacking with force, or with hostile measures.
3964	assay	[.] ASSA'Y, n. [L. sequor; assequor, to follow, to examine. See Essay.] [.] 1. The trial of the goodness, purity, weight, value, &c. of metals or metallic substances. Any operation or experiement for ascertaining the quantity of a precious metal in an ore or mineral. ...
3965	assay-balance	[.] ASSAY-BALANCE, n. A balance for the trial of the weight and purity of metals.
3966	assay-master	[.] ASSAY-MASTER, n. An assayer; an officer appointed to try the weight and fineness of the precious metals.
3967	assayed	[.] ASSA'YED, pp. Examined; tested; proved by experiment.
3968	assayer	[.] ASSA'YER, n. One who examines metals to find their quantity and purity. An officer of the mint, whose business is to try the weight and purity of metals.
3969	assaying	[.] ASSA'YING, ppr. Trying by some standard; examining by experiment, as metals; proving; attempting.
3970	assecurance	[.] ASSECU'RANCE, n. Assurance. [Not used.]
3971	assecuration	[.] ASSECURA'TION, n. assurance; a making secure. [Not used.]
3972	assecure	[.] ASSECU'RE, v.t. To secure. [Not used.]
3973	assecution	[.] ASSECU'TION, n. [L. assequor.] an obtaining or acquiring.
3974	assemblage	[.] ASSEM'BLAGE, n. [.] 1. A collection of individuals, or of particular things; the state of being assembled. [.] 2. Rarely, the act of assembling.
3975	assemblance	[.] ASSEM'BLANCE, n. Representation; an assembling. [Not in use.]
3976	assemble	[.] ASSEM'BLE, v.t. [L. simul.] [.] To collect a number of individuals or particulars into one place, or body; to bring or call togethe; to convene; to congregate. [.] ASSEM'BLE, v.i. To meet or come together; to convene, as a number of individuals.
3977	assembled	[.] ASSEM'BLED, pp. collected into a body; congregated.
3978	assembler	[.] ASSEM'BLER, n. One who assembles.
3979	assembling	[.] ASSEM'BLING, ppr. Coming together; collecting into one place. [.] ASSEM'BLING, n. A collection or meeting together. Heb. 10.
3980	assembly	[.] ASSEM'BLY, n. [.] 1. A company or collection of individuals, in the same place; usually for the same purpose. [.] 2. A congregation or religious society convened. [.] 3. In some of the United States, the legislature, consisting of different houses or branches, ...
3981	assembly-room	[.] ASSEM'BLY-ROOM, n. a room in which persons assemble.
3982	assent	[.] ASSENT', n. [L. assensus, from assentior, to assent, of ad and sentio, to thing.] [.] 1. The act of the mind in admitting, or agreeing to, the truth of a proposition. [.] Faith is the assent to any proposition, on the credit of the proposer. [.] 2. Consent; ...
3983	assentation	[.] ASSENTA'TION, n. [L. assentatio, from assentor, to comply.] [.] Compliance with the opinion of another, from flattery or dissimulation.
3984	assentator	[.] ASSENTA'TOR, n. A flatterer.
3985	assentatorily	[.] ASSENTATO'RILY, adv. With adulation. [Not in use.]
3986	assenter	[.] ASSENT'ER, n. One who assents, agrees to, or admits.
3987	assenting	[.] ASSENT'ING, ppr. Agreeing to, or admitting as true; yielding to.
3988	assentingly	[.] ASSENT'INGLY, adv. In a manner to express assent; by agreement.
3989	assentment	[.] ASSENT'MENT, a. Assent; agreement. [Rarely used.]
3990	assert	[.] ASSERT', v.t. [L. assero, assertum, to claim or challenge, to maintain or assert; of ad and sero. The sense of sero is to sow, properly to throw or set. To assert is to throw or set firmly.] [.] 1. To affirm positively; to declare with assurance; to aver. [.] 2. ...
3991	asserted	[.] ASSERT'ED, pp. Affirmed positively; maintained; vindicated.
3992	asserting	[.] ASSERT'ING, ppr. Declaring with confidence; maintaining; defending.
3993	assertion	[.] ASSER'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of asserting; the maintaining of a claim. [.] 2. Positive declaration or averment; affirmation; position advanced.
3994	assertive	[.] ASSERT'IVE, a. Positive; affirming confidently; peremptory.
3995	assertively	[.] ASSERT'IVELY, adv. Affirmatively
3996	assertor	[.] ASSERT'OR, n. One who affirms positively; one who maintains or vindicates a claim; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator.
3997	assertory	[.] ASSERT'ORY, a. Affirming; maintaining.
3998	assess	[.] ASSESS', v.t. [L. assideo, ad and sedeo.] [.] 1. To set, fix or charge a certain sum upon one, as a tax; as, to assess each citizen in due proportion. [.] 2. To value; to fix the value of property, for the purpose of being taxed; as by the law of the United States. ...
3999	assessable	[.] ASSESS'ABLE, a. That may be assessed.
4000	assessed	[.] ASSESS'ED, pp. Charged with a certain sum; valued; set; fixed; ascertained.
4001	assessing	[.] ASSESS'ING, ppr. Charging with a sum; valuing; fixing; ascertaining.
4002	assession	[.] ASSES'SION, n. A sitting down by a person. [Not used.]
4003	assessionary	[.] ASSES'SIONARY, a. Pertaining to assessors.
4004	assessment	[.] ASSESS'MENT, n. [.] 1. A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation. An assessment is a valuation made by authorized persons according to their discretion, as opposed to a sum certain or determined by law. It may be a direct charge ...
4005	assessor	[.] ASSESS'OR, n. [.] 1. One appointed to assess the person or property. [.] 2. An inferior officer of justice, who sits to assist the judge. [.] 3. One who sits by another, as next in dignity.
4006	assets	[.] ASSETS', n. plu. [L. sat, satis, enough.] [.] Goods or estate of a deceased person, sufficient to pay the debts of the deceased. But the word sufficient, though expressing the original signification of assets, is not with us necessary to the definition. In present ...
4007	assever	[.] ASSEV'ER,
4008	asseverate	[.] ASSEV'ERATE, v.t. [L. assevero, from ad and swear.] [.] To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.
4009	asseveration	[.] ASSEVERA'TION, n. Positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration. This word is not, generally, if ever, used for a declaration under an official oath, but for a declaration accompanied with solemnity.
4010	assideans	[.] ASSIDE'ANS or CHASIDE'ANS, [Heb. pious.] [.] A sect of Jews who resorted to Mattathias to fight for the laws of their God and the liberties of their country. They were men of great zeal, and observed the traditions of the elders. From these sprung the Pharisees ...
4011	assident	[.] AS'SIDENT, a. [L. assideo, assidens, of ad and sedeo, to sit.] [.] Assident signs, in medicine, are such as usually attend a disease, but not always; distinguished from pathognomic signs, which are inseparable from it.
4012	assiduate	[.] ASSID'UATE, a. Daily. [Not in use.]
4013	assiduity	[.] ASSIDU'ITY, n. [L. assiduitas. See Assiduous.] [.] 1. Constant or close application to any business or enterprise; diligence. [.] 2. Attention; Attentiveness to persons. Assiduities, in plural, are services rendered with zeal and constancy.
4014	assiduous	[.] ASSID'UOUS, a. [L. assiduus, from assideo, to sit close, ad and sedeo; Eng. to sit.] [.] 1. Constant in application; as a person assiduous in his occupation. [.] 2. Attentive; careful; regular in attendance; as an assiduous physician or nurse. [.] 3. Performed ...
4015	assiduously	[.] ASSID'UOUSLY, adv. Diligently; attentively; with earnestness and care; with regular attendance.
4016	assiduousness	[.] ASSID'UOUSNESS, n. Constant or diligent application.
4017	assiento	[.] ASSIENT'O, n. [L. assideo.] [.] A contract or convention between the king of Spain and other powers, for furnishing slaves for the Spanish dominions in south America.
4018	assign	[.] ASSI'GN, v.t. [L. assigno, of ad and signo, to allot to mark out, signum, a mark. The primary sense of sign is to send, or to set.] [.] 1. To allot; to appoint or grant by distribution or apportionment. [.] The priests had a portion assigned them. Gen. 47. [.] 2. ...
4019	assignable	[.] ASSI'GNABLE, a. [.] 1. That may be allotted, appointed or assigned. [.] 2. That may be transferred by writing; as an assignable note, or bill. [.] 3. That may be specified, shown with precision or designated; as an assignable error.
4020	assignat	[.] AS'SIGNAT, n. A public note or bill in France; paper currency.
4021	assignation	[.] ASSIGNA'TION, n. [.] 1. An appointment of time and place for meeting; used chiefly of love-meetings. [.] 2. A making over by transfer of title. [See Assignment.] [.] 3. In Russia, a public note or bank bill; paper currency.
4022	assigned	[.] ASSI'GNED, pp. Appointed; allotted; made over; shown or designated.
4023	assignee	[.] ASSIGNEE', n. A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed to do some act, perform some business or enjoy some right, privilege or property; as an assignee of a bankrupt. An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by ...
4024	assigner	[.] ASSI'GNER, n. One who assigns, or appoints.
4025	assigning	[.] ASSI'GNING, ppr. Allotting; appointing; transferring; showing specially.
4026	assignment	[.] ASSI'GNMENT, n. [.] 1. An allotting, or an appointment to a particular person or use. [.] 2. A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of a lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange. [.] 3. The writing by which an interest is transferred. [.] 4. The appointment ...
4027	assignor	[.] ASSIGNOR', n. an assigner; a person who assigns or transfers an interest; as the assignor of a bill of exchange.
4028	assimilable	[.] ASSIM'ILABLE, a. That may be assimilated.
4029	assimilate	[.] ASSIM'ILATE, v.t. [L. assimilo, of ad and similis, like. See Similar.] [.] 1. To bring to a likeness; to cause to resemble. [.] 2. To convert into a like substance; as, food is assimilated by conversion into animal substances, flesh, chyle, blood, &c. [.] ASSIM'ILATE, ...
4030	assimilated	[.] ASSIM'ILATED, pp. Brought to a likeness; changed into a like substance.
4031	assimilating	[.] ASSIM'ILATING, ppr. Causing to resemble; converting into a like substance.
4032	assimilation	[.] ASSIMILA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of bringing to a resemblance. [.] 2. The act or process by which bodies convert other bodies into their own nature and substance; as, flame assimilates oil, and the food of animals is by assimilation converted into the substances ...
4033	assimilative	[.] ASSIM'ILATIVE, a. having power of converting to a likeness, or to a like substance.
4034	assimulate	[.] ASSIM'ULATE, v.t. [L. assimulo.] To feign. [Not used. See simulate.]
4035	assimulation	[.] ASSIMULA'TION, n. A counterfeiting. [Not used. See Simulation.]
4036	assist	[.] ASSIST', v.t. [L. assisto, of ad and sisto, to stand up; English, to stand by.] [.] To help; to aid; to succor; to give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress. [.] ASSIST', v.i. To lend aid.
4037	assistance	[.] ASSIST'ANCE, n. Help; aid; furtherance; succor; a contribution of support in bodily strength or other means.
4038	assistant	[.] ASSIST'ANT, a. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. [.] ASSIST'ANT, n. One who aids, or who contributes his strength or other means to further the designs of welfare of another; an auxiliary.
4039	assisted	[.] ASSIST'ED, pp. Helped; aided.
4040	assister	[.] ASSIST'ER, n. One that lends aid.
4041	assisting	[.] ASSIST'ING, ppr. Helping; aiding; supporting with strength or means.
4042	assistless	[.] ASSIST'LESS, a. Without aid or help.
4043	assize	[.] ASSI'ZE,
4044	assized	[.] ASSI'ZED, pp. Regulated in weight, measure or price, by an assize or ordinance.
4045	assizer	[.] ASSI'ZER, n. An officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures.
4046	assizes	[.] ASSI'ZES, n. [L. assideo, to sit by, of ad and sedeo, to sit.] [.] 1. Originally, an assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business. The word was sometimes applied to the general ...
4047	assizor	[.] ASSI'ZOR, n. In Scotland, a juror.
4048	assober	[.] ASSO'BER, v.t. [See Sober.] To keep under. [Not used.]
4049	associability	[.] ASSOCIABIL'ITY, n. The quality of being capable of association; the quality of suffering some change by sympathy, or of being affected by the affections of another part of the body.
4050	associable	[.] ASSO'CIABLE, a. assoshable. [See Associate.] [.] 1. That may be joined to or associated. [.] 2. In a medical sense, liable to be affected by sympathy, or to receive from other parts correspondent feelings and affections. "The stomach, the most associable ...
4051	associate	[.] ASSO'CIATE, v.t. assoshate. [L. associo, of ad and socio, to join.] [.] 1. To join in company, as a friend, companion, partner or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise. [.] It conveys the idea of intimate union. [.] 2. ...
4052	associated	[.] ASSO'CIATED, pp. United in company or in interest; joined.
4053	associateship	[.] ASSO'CIATESHIP, n. The state or office of an associate.
4054	associating	[.] ASSO'CIATING, ppr. Uniting in company or in interest; joining.
4055	association	[.] ASSOCIA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of associating; union; connection of persons. [.] 2. Union of persons in a company; a society formed for transacting or carrying on some business for mutual advantage; a partnership. It is often applied to a union of states or ...
4056	associational	[.] ASSOCIA'TIONAL, a. Pertaining to an association of clergymen.
4057	associative	[.] ASSO'CIATIVE, a. Having the quality of associating, or of being affected by sympathy.
4058	assoil	[.] ASSOIL', v.t. [L. absolvo.] To solve; to release; to absolve. [.] ASSOIL', v.t. To soil; to stain. Obs.
4059	assonance	[.] AS'SONANCE, n. [L. ad and sono, to sound. See Sound.] [.] Resemblance of sounds. In rhetoric and poetry, a resemblance in sound or termination, without making rhyme.
4060	assonant	[.] AS'SONANT, a. Having a resemblance of sounds. In Spanish poetry, assonant rhymes are those in which a resemblance of sounds serves instead of a natural rhyme; as, ligera, tierra.
4061	assort	[.] ASSORT', v.t. [See Sort.] [.] 1. To separate and distribute into classes things of the like kind, nature or quality, or things which are suited to a like purpose. It is sometimes applied to persons as well as things. [.] 2. To furnish with all sorts.
4062	assorted	[.] ASSORT'ED, pp. [.] 1. Distributed into sorts, kinds or classes. [.] 2. Furnished with an assortment, or with a variety; as a well assorted store.
4063	assorting	[.] ASSORT'ING, ppr. Separating into sorts; supplying with an assortment.
4064	assortment	[.] ASSORT'MENT, n. [.] 1. The act of distributing into sorts, kinds of classes, or of selecting and suiting things. [.] 2. A mass or quantity distributed into kinds or sorts; or a number of things assorted. [.] 3. A number of things of the same kind, varied in ...
4065	assot	[.] ASSOT', v.t. [See Sot.] To infatuate; to besot. [Not used.]
4066	assuage	[.] ASSUA'GE, v.t. [.] To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease or lessen, as pain or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult. In strictness, it signifies rather to moderate, than to quiet, tranquilize or reduce to perfect peace or ease. [.] ASSUA'GE, ...
4067	assuaged	[.] ASSUA'GED, pp. Allayed; mitigated; eased; appeased.
4068	assuagement	[.] ASSUA'GEMENT, n. Mitigation; abatement.
4069	assuager	[.] ASSUA'GER, n. One who allays; that which mitigates or abates.
4070	assuaging	[.] ASSUA'GING, ppr. Allaying; mitigating; appeasing; abating.
4071	assuasive	[.] ASSUA'SIVE, a. [from assuage.] Softening; mitigating; tranquilizing.
4072	assuefaction	[.] ASSUEFAC'TION, n. [L. assuefacio.] The act of accustoming. [Not used.]
4073	assuetude	[.] AS'SUETUDE, n. [L. assuetudo, from assuetus, p. of assuesco, to accustom.] Custom; habit; habitual use.
4074	assume	[.] ASSU'ME, v.t. [L. assumo, of ad and sumo, to take.] [.] 1. To take or take upon one. If differs from receive, in not implying an offer to give. [.] The God assumed his native form again. [.] 2. To take what is not just; to take with arrogant claims; to arrogate; ...
4075	assumed	[.] ASSU'MED, pp. Taken; arrogated; taken without proof; pretended.
4076	assumer	[.] ASSU'MER, n. One who assumes; an arrogant person.
4077	assuming	[.] ASSU'MING, ppr. Taking; arrogating; taking for granted; pretending. [.] ASSU'MING, a. Taking or disposed to take upon one's self more than is just; haughty; arrogant. [.] ASSU'MING, n. Presumption.
4078	assumpsit	[.] ASSUMP'SIT, n. [L. assumo.] [.] 1. In law, a promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This promise may be verbal or written; An assumpsit is express or implied; express, when made in words of writing; implied, when in consequence of some benefit or consideration ...
4079	assumpt	[.] ASSUMPT', v.t. To take up; to raise. [Barbarous and not used.] [.] ASSUMPT', n. That which is assumed. [not used.]
4080	assumption	[.] ASSUMP'TION, n. [L. assumptio.] [.] 1. The act of taking to one's self. [.] 2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition. [.] This gives no sanction to the unwarrantable assumption that the soul sleeps from the period of ...
4081	assumptive	[.] ASSUMP'TIVE, a. That is or may be assumed. In heraldry, assumptive arms are such as a person has a right, with the approbation of his sovereign, and of the heralds, to assume, in consequence of an exploit.
4082	assurance	[.] ASSU'RANCE, n. ashu'rance. [L. verus; or securus, contracted.] [.] 1. The act of assuring, or of making a declaration in terms that furnish ground of confidence; as, I trusted to his assurances; or the act of furnishing any ground of full confidence. [.] Whereof ...
4083	assure	[.] ASSU'RE, v.t. ashu're. [See Assurance.] [.] 1. To make certain; to give confidence by a promise, declaration, or other evidence; as, he assured me of his sincerity. [.] 2. To confirm; to make certain or secure. [.] And it shall be assured to him. Lev. 28. [.] 3. ...
4084	assured	[.] ASSU'RED, pp. Made certain or confident; made secure; insured. [.] ASSU'RED, a. Certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.
4085	assuredly	[.] ASSU'REDLY, adv. Certainly; indubitably. [.] Assuredly thy son Solomon shall reign. 1Kings 1.
4086	assuredness	[.] ASSU'REDNESS, n. The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence.
4087	assurer	[.] ASSU'RER, n. One who assumes; one who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.
4088	assurgent	[.] ASSUR'GENT, a. [l. assurgens, assurgo.] [.] Rising upwards in an arch; as an assurgent stem, in botany.
4089	assuring	[.] ASSU'RING, ppr. Making sure or confident; giving security; confirming.
4090	asswage	[.] ASSWA'GE, [See Assuage.]
4091	astacite	[.] AS'TACITE,
4092	astacolite	[.] AS'TACOLITE, n. [Gr. a crawfish and a stone.] [.] Petrified or fossil crawfish, and other crustaceous animals; called also cancrites, crabites, and gammarolites.
4093	asteism	[.] AS'TEISM, n. [Gr. beautiful, polite.] [.] In rhetoric, genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.
4094	astenic	[.] ASTEN'IC, a. asten'ic. [Gr. priv. and strength.] [.] Weak; characterized by extreme debility.
4095	aster	[.] AS'TER, n. [Gr.] A genus of plants, with compound flowers, many of which are cultivated for their beauty, particularly the China Aster. The species are very numerous.
4096	asterias	[.] ASTE'RIAS,
4097	asteriated	[.] ASTE'RIATED, a. [Supra.] Radiated; presenting diverging rays, like a star; as asteriated sapphire.
4098	asteriatite	[.] ASTE'RIATITE, n. Petrified asterias.
4099	asterisk	[.] AS'TERISK, n. [Gr. a little star, from a star.] [.] The figure of a star thus, *, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, or to fill the space when a name is omitted.
4100	asterism	[.] AS'TERISM, n. [Gr. a little star, from a star.] [.] 1. A constellation; a sign in the zodiac. [.] The figures of the twelve asterisms. [.] 2. An asterisk, or mark of reference. [This is less proper.]
4101	asterite	[.] AS'TERITE, or star stone. [See Astrite.]
4102	astern	[.] ASTERN', adv. [a or at, and stern. See stern.] [.] 1. In or at the hinder part of a ship; or towards the hinder part, or backwards; as, to go astern. [.] 2. Behind a ship, at any indefinite distance.
4103	asteroid	[.] AS'TEROID, n. [Gr. a star, and form.] [.] A name given by Herschel to the newly discovered planets between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
4104	asteroidal	[.] ASTEROID'AL, a. Resembling a star; or pertaining to the asteroids.
4105	asteropode	[.] AS'TEROPODE,
4106	asteropodium	[.] ASTEROPO'DIUM, n. [Gr. a star, and a foot.] [.] A kind of extraneous fossil, of the same substance with the astrite, to which it serves as the base.
4107	astert	[.] ASTERT', v.t. To startle. [Not in use.]
4108	asthenology	[.] ASTHENOL'OGY, n. [Gr. priv., strength, and discourse.] [.] The doctrine of diseases arising from debility.
4109	asthma	[.] ASTHMA, n. ast'ma. [Gr.] [.] A shortness of breath; intermitting difficulty of breathing, with cough, straitness and wheezing.
4110	asthmatic	[.] ASTHMAT'IC, a. Pertaining to asthma; also affected by asthma; as an asthmatic patient.
4111	astipulate	[.] ASTIPULATE for Stipulate. [Not in use.]
4112	astipulation	[.] ASTIPULATION for Stipulation [Not in use.]
4113	astone	[.] ASTO'NE,
4114	astoned	[.] ASTO'NED,
4115	astonied	[.] ASTO'NIED, pp. Astonished. Obs.
4116	astonish	[.] ASTON'ISH, v.t. [L. attono, to astonish; ad and tono. See Tone and Stun.] [.] To stun or strike dumb with sudden fear, terror, surprise or wonder; to amaze; to confound with some sudden passion. [.] I Daniel was astonished at the vision. Dan. 8.
4117	astonished	[.] ASTON'ISHED, pp. Amazed; confounded with fear, surprise, or admiration.
4118	astonishing	[.] ASTON'ISHING, ppr. Amazing; confounding with wonder or fear. [.] ASTON'ISHING, a. Very wonderful; of a nature to excite great admiration, or amazement.
4119	astonishingly	[.] ASTON'ISHINGLY, adv. In a manner or degree to excite amazement.
4120	astonishingness	[.] ASTON'ISHINGNESS, n. The quality of exciting astonishment.
4121	astonishment	[.] ASTON'ISHMENT, n. Amazement; confusion of mind from fear, surprise or admiration, at an extraordinary or unexpected event.
4122	astony	[.] ASTO'NY, v.t. [See Astonish.] To terrify or astonish. Obs.
4123	astound	[.] ASTOUND', v.t. To astonish; to strike dumb with amazement.
4124	astraddle	[.] ASTRAD'DLE, adv. [ a and straddle. See Straddle.] [.] With the legs across a thing, or on different sides; as, to sit astraddle.
4125	astragal	[.] AS'TRAGAL, n. [Gr. a turning joint, vertebra, spondylus.] [.] 1. In architecture, a little round molding which surrounds the top or bottom of a column, in the form of a ring; representing a ring or band of iron, to prevent the splitting of the column. it is often ...
4126	astral	[.] AS'TRAL, a. [L. astrum; Gr. a star.] [.] Belonging to the stars; starry.
4127	astray	[.] ASTRA'Y, adv. [a and stray. See Stray.] [.] Out of the right way or proper place, both in a literal and figurative sense. In morals and religion, it signifies wandering from the path of rectitude, from duty and happiness. [.] Before I was afflicted, I want astray. ...
4128	astrea	[.] ASTRE'A, n. [Gr. a star.] [.] The goddess of justice. A name sometimes given to the sign virgo. The poets feign that justice quitted heaen, in the golden age, to reside on earth; but becoming weary with the iniquities of men, she return to heaven, and commenced ...
4129	astrict	[.] ASTRICT', v.t [L. astringo, astrictus. See Astringe.] [.] To bind fast, or compress. [Not much used.] [.] ASTRICT', a. Compendious; contracted.
4130	astricted	[.] ASTRICT'ED, pp. Bound fast; compressed with bandages.
4131	astricting	[.] ASTRICT'ING, ppr. Binding close; compressing; contracting.
4132	astriction	[.] ASTRIC'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of binding close, or compressing with ligatures. [.] 2. A contraction of parts by applications; the stopping of hemorrhages.
4133	astrictive	[.] ASTRICT'IVE, a. Binding; compressing; styptic.
4134	astrictory	[.] ASTRICT'ORY, a. Astringent; binding; apt to bind.
4135	astriferous	[.] ASTRIF'EROUS, a. [L. astrifer; astrum, a star, and fero, to bear.] [.] Bearing or containing stars. [Little used.]
4136	astrigerous	[.] ASTRIG'EROUS, [.] a. [Low L. astriger.] Bearing stars. [Not used.]
4137	astringe	[.] ASTRINGE, v.t. astrinj'. [L. astringo, of ad and stringo, to bind fast, to strain. See Strain.] [.] To compress; to bind together; to contract by pressing the parts together.
4138	astringed	[.] ASTRING'ED, pp. Compressed; straitened; contracted.
4139	astringency	[.] ASTRING'ENCY, n. The power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines which binds, contracts or strengthens parts which are relaxed; as the astringency of acids or bitters.
4140	astringent	[.] ASTRING'ENT, a. Binding; contracting; strengthening; opposed to laxative. [.] ASTRING'ENT, n. a medicine which binds or contracts the parts of the body to which it is applied, restrains profuse discharges, coagulates animal fluids, condenses and strengthens ...
4141	astringer	[.] ASTRING'ER, n. A falconer that keeps a goss hawk.
4142	astringing	[.] ASTRING'ING, ppr. Compressing; binding fast; contracting.
4143	astrite	[.] AS'TRITE, n. [Gr. a star.] [.] An extraneous fossil, called also asteria and astroit. Astrites are stones in the form of small, short, angular, or sulcated columns, about an inch and a half long, and the third of an inch in diameter, composed of several regular ...
4144	astro-theology	[.] ASTRO-THEOL'OGY, n. [L. astrum, a star, and theologia, divinity.] [.] Theology founded on the observation of the celestial bodies.
4145	astrography	[.] ASTROG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. a star, and to describe.] [.] A description of the stars, or the science of describing them.
4146	astroit	[.] AS'TROIT, n. [.] 1. Star-stone. [See Astrite.] [.] 2. A species of petrified madrepore often found in calcarious stones.
4147	astrolabe	[.] AS'TROLABE, n. [Gr. a star, and to take.] [.] 1. An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the sun or stars at sea. [.] 2. A stereographic projection of the sphere, either upon the plane of the equator, the eye being supposed to be in the pole of ...
4148	astrologer	[.] ASTROL'OGER,
4149	astrologian	...
4150	astrologic	[.] ASTROLOG'IC,
4151	astrological	[.] ASTROLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology.
4152	astrologically	[.] ASTROLOG'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of astrology.
4153	astrologize	[.] ASTROL'OGIZE, v.i. To practice astrology.
4154	astrology	[.] ASTROL'OGY, n. [Supra.] A science which teaches to judge of the effects and influences of the stars, and to foretell future events, by their situation and different aspects. This science was formerly in great request, as men ignorantly supposed the heavenly bodies ...
4155	astronomer	[.] ASTRON'OMER, n. One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of the laws of the heavenly orbs, or the principles by which their motions are regulated, with their various phenomena.
4156	astronomic	[.] ASTRONOM'IC,
4157	astronomical	[.] ASTRONOM'ICAL, a. Pertaining to astronomy.
4158	astronomically	[.] ASTRONOM'ICALLY, adv. in an astronomical manner; by the principles of astronomy.
4159	astronomize	[.] ASTRON'OMIZE', v.i. To study astronomy. [Little used.]
4160	astronomy	[.] ASTRON'OMY, n. [Gr. a star, and a law or rule.] [.] The science which teaches the knowledge of the celestial bodies, their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, aspects, eclipses, order, &c. This science depends on observations, made chiefly with ...
4161	astroscope	[.] AS'TROSCOPE, n. [Gr. a star, and to view.] [.] An astronomical instrument, composed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations, with their stars, are delineated, by means of which the stars may be easily known.
4162	astroscopy	[.] AS'TROSCOPY, n. [See Astroscope.] Observation of the stars.
4163	astrut	[.] ASTRUT', adv. [See Strut.] In a strutting manner.
4164	astute	[.] ASTU'TE, a. [L. astutus, from astus, craft, subtilty.] [.] Shrewd; sharp; eagle-eyed; critically examining or discerning.
4165	asunder	[.] ASUND'ER, adv. [See sunder.] [.] Apart; into parts; separately; in a divided state. [.] The Lord hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. Ps. 129.
4166	aswoon	[.] ASWOON', adv. In a swoon. Obs.
4167	asylum	[.] ASY'LUM, n. [L. from Gr. safe from spoil, and spoil, to plunder.] [.] 1. A sanctuary, or place of refuge, where criminals and debtors shelter themselves from justice, and from which they cannot be taken without sacrilege. Temples and altars were anciently asylums; ...
4168	asymmetral	[.] ASYM'METRAL,
4169	asymmetrical	[.] ASYMMET'RICAL, a. [See Symmetry.] [.] Not having symmetry. [Little used.]
4170	asymmetry	[.] ASYM'METRY, n. [Gr. priv. symmetry, of with, and to measure.] [.] The want of proportion between the parts of a thing. It is also used in mathematics for incommensurability, when between two quantities there is no common measure.
4171	asymptote	[.] AS'YMPTOTE, n. [Gr. priv. with, and to fall; not meeting or coinciding.] [.] A line which approaches nearer and nearer to some curve, but though infinitely extended, would never meet it. This may be conceived as a tangent to a curve at an infinite distance.
4172	asymptotical	[.] ASYMPTOT'ICAL, a. Belonging to an asymptote. Asymptotical lines or curves are such as continually approach, when extended, but never meet.
4173	asyndeton	[.] ASYN'DETON, n. [Gr. priv. and to bind together.] [.] In grammar, a figure which omits the connective; as, veni, vidi, vici. It stands opposed to polysymdeton, which is a multiplication of connectives.
4174	at	[.] AT, prep. [L. ad. At, ad and to, if not radically the same word often coincide in signification; Heb to come, to a approach. Hence it primarily denotes presence, meeting, nearness, direction towards.] [.] In general, at denotes nearness, or presents; as at the ...
4175	atabal	[.] AT'ABAL, n. A kettle drum; a kind of tabor.
4176	atacamite	[.] ATAC'AMITE, n. A muriate of copper
4177	atagas	[.] AT'AGAS, n. The red cock or moor-game.
4178	atamasco	[.] ATAMAS'CO, n. A species of lily of the genus Amaryllis.
4179	ataraxy	[.] AT'ARAXY, n. [Gr. of a priv. and tumult.] [.] Calmness of mind; a term used by the stoics and skeptics to denote a freedom from the emotions which proceed from vanity and self-conceit.
4180	ataxy	[.] ATAX'Y, n. [Gr. priv. and order.] [.] Want of order; disturbance; irregularity in the functions of the body, or in the crises and paroxysms of disease.
4181	atche	[.] ATCHE, n. In Turkey, a small silver coin, value about six or seven mills.
4182	ate	[.] ATE, The preterite of eat, which see. [.] ATE, n. a'ty. [Gr. mischief; to hurt. Ate is a personification of evil, mischief or malice.] [.] In pagan mythology, the goddess of mischief, who was cast down from heaven by Jupiter.
4183	atellan	[.] ATEL'LAN, a. Relating to the dramas at Atella in Italy. [.] ATEL'LAN, n. A dramatic representation, satirical or licentious.
4184	atempogiusto	[.] ATEMP'OGIUSTO, [L. in tempore, justo.] [.] A direction in music, which signifies to sing or play in an equal, true or just time.
4185	athanasian	[.] ATHANA'SIAN, a. Pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, in the fourth century. The Athanasian creed is a formulary, confession or exposition of faith, supposed formerly to have been drawn up by Athanasius, but this opinion is now rejected, and the composition ...
4186	athanor	[.] ATH'ANOR, n. [Heb. thanor, an oven or furnace.] [.] A digesting furnace, formerly used in chimical operations, so constructed as to maintain a uniform and durable heat. It is a furnace, with a lateral tower close on all sides, which is to be filled with fuel. As ...
4187	atheism	[.] A'THEISM, n. The disbelief of the existence of a God, or Supreme intelligent Being. [.] Atheism is a ferocious system that leaves nothing above us to excite awe, nor around us, to awaken tenderness.
4188	atheist	[.] A'THEIST, n. [Gr. of a priv. and God.] [.] One who disbelieves the existence of a God, or Supreme intelligent Being. [.] A'THEIST, a. Atheistical; disbelieving or denying the being of a Supreme God.
4189	atheistic	[.] ATHEIST'IC,
4190	atheistical	[.] ATHEIST'ICAL, a. [.] 1. Pertaining to atheism. [.] 2. Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious, applied to persons; as, an atheistic writer. [.] 3. Implying or containing atheism; applied to things, as, atheistic doctrines or opinions.
4191	atheistically	[.] ATHEIST'ICALLY, adv. In an atheistic manner; impiously.
4192	atheisticalness	[.] ATHEIST'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being atheistical.
4193	atheize	[.] A'THEIZE, v.i. To discourse an an atheist. [Not used.]
4194	athel	[.] ATHEL, ADEL or AETHEL, nobel of illustrious birth.
4195	athenian	[.] ATHE'NIAN, a. [from Athens.] Pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Attica in Greece. [.] ATHE'NIAN, n. A native or inhabitant of Athens.
4196	atheologian	[.] ATHEOLO'GIAN, n. One who is opposed to a theologian.
4197	atheology	[.] ATHEOL'OGY, n. atheism. [Not in use.]
4198	atheous	[.] A'THEOUS, a. Atheistic; impious. [Not used.]
4199	atherina	[.] ATHERI'NA, n. a genus of fishes of the abdominal order. The characters are, the upper jaw is rather flat, the rays of the gill membrane are six, and the side belt or line shines like silver. There are four species; the best known is the Hepsetus, very abundant in ...
4200	atherine	[.] ATH'ERINE,
4201	atheroma	[.] ATHERO'MA,
4202	atheromatous	[.] ATHERO'MATOUS, a. Pertaining to or resembling an atherome; having the qualities of an atherome.
4203	atherome	[.] ATH'EROME, n. [Gr. from pap.] [.] An encysted tumor, without pain or discoloration of the skin, containing matter like pap, intermixed with hard stony particles; easily cured by incision.
4204	athirst	[.] ATHIRST', a. athrust'. [a and thirst. See Thirst.] [.] 1. Thirsty; wanting drink. [.] 2. Having a keen appetite or desire. [.] He had a soul athirst for knowledge.
4205	athlete	[.] ATHLE'TE, n. [See Athletic.] A contender for victory.
4206	athletic	[.] ATHLET'IC, a. [Gr.; L. athleta, a wrestler; from strife, contest.] [.] 1. Belonging to wrestling, boxing, running and other exercises and sports, which were practiced by the ancients, usually called the athletic games. Hence, [.] 2. Strong; lusty; robust; vigorous. ...
4207	athwart	[.] ATHWART', prep. [a and thwart. See Thwart.] [.] 1. Across; from side to side; transverse; as athwart the path. [.] 2. In marine language, across the line of a ship's course; as, a fleet standing athwart our course. [.] Athwart hause, is the situation of a ...
4208	atilt	[.] ATILT', adv. [a and tilt. See Tilt.] [.] 1. In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action of a man making a thrust; as, to stand or run atilt. [.] 2. In the manner of a cask tilted, or with one end raised.
4209	atimy	[.] AT'IMY, n. [Gr. honor.] [.] In ancient Greece, disgrace; exclusion from office or magistracy, by some disqualifying act or decree.
4210	atlantean	[.] ATLANTE'AN, a. [.] 1. Pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk and overwhelmed by the ocean. [.] 2. Pertaining to Atlas; resembling Atlas.
4211	atlantian	[.] ATLAN'TIAN,
4212	atlantic	[.] ATLAN'TIC, a. [from Atlas or Atlantis.] [.] Pertaining to that division of the ocean, which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west. [.] ATLAN'TIC, n. The ocean, or that part of the ocean, which is between Europe and Africa on the ...
4213	atlantica	[.] ATLAN'TICA,
4214	atlantides	[.] ATLAN'TIDES, n. A name given to the Pleiades or seven stars, which were feigned to be the daughters of Atlas, a king of Mauritania, or of his brother, Hesperus, who were translated to heaven.
4215	atlantis	[.] ATLAN'TIS, n. An isle mentioned by the ancients, situated west of Gades, or Cadiz, on the strait of Gibraltar. The poets mention two isles and call them Hesperides, western isles, and Elysian fields. Authors are not agreed whether these isles were the Canaries, ...
4216	atlas	[.] AT'LAS, n. [.] 1. A collection of maps in a volume; supposed to be so called from a picture of mount Atlas, supporting the heavens, prefixed to some collection. [.] 2. A large square folio, resembling a volume of maps. [.] 3. The supporters of a building. [.] 4. ...
4217	atmometer	[.] ATMOM'ETER, n. [Gr. vapor, and to measure.] [.] An instrument to measure the quantity of exhalation from a humid surface in a given time; an evaporometer.
4218	atmosphere	[.] AT'MOSPHERE, n. [Gr. vapor, and a sphere. [.] The whole mass of fluid, consisting of air, aqueous and other vapors, surrounding the earth.
4219	atmospheric	[.] ATMOSPHER'IC,
4220	atmospherical	[.] ATMOSPHER'ICAL, a. [.] 1. Pertaining to the atmosphere; as atmospheric air or vapors. [.] 2. Dependent on the atmosphere. [.] I am an atmospheric creature.
4221	atom	[.] AT'OM, n. [Gr.; L. atomus; from not, and to cut.] [.] 1. A particle of matter so minute as to admit of no division. Atoms are conceived to be the first principles or component parts of all bodies. [.] 2. The ultimate or smallest component part of a body. [.] 3. ...
4222	atom-like	[.] AT'OM-LIKE, a. Resembling atoms.
4223	atomic	[.] ATOM'IC,
4224	atomical	[.] ATOM'ICAL, a. Pertaining to atoms; consisting of atoms; extremely minute. [.] The atomical philosophy, said to be broached by Moschus, before the Trojan war, and cultivated by Epicurus, teaches that atoms are endued with gravity and motion, by which all things were ...
4225	atomism	[.] AT'OMISM, n. The doctrine of atoms.
4226	atomist	[.] AT'OMIST, n. One who holds to the atomical philosophy.
4227	atomy	[.] AT'OMY, n. A word used by Shakespeare for atom; also an abbreviation of anatomy.
4228	atone	[.] ATO'NE, adv. [at and one.] At one; together. [.] ATO'NE, v.i. [Supposed to be compounded of at and one. L. ad and unus, unio.] [.] 1. To agree; to be in accordance; to accord. [.] He and Aufidus can no more atone. [.] Than violentest contrariety. [.] [This ...
4229	atoned	[.] ATO'NED, pp. Expiated; appeased; reconciled.
4230	atonement	[.] ATO'NEMENT, n. [.] 1. Agreement; concord; reconciliation, after enmity or controversy. Rom. 5. [.] Between the Duke of Glo'ster and your brothers. [.] 2. Expiation; satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing or suffering ...
4231	atoner	[.] ATO'NER, n. He who makes atonement.
4232	atonic	[.] ATON'IC, a. Relaxed; debilitated.
4233	atoning	[.] ATO'NING, ppr. [.] 1. Reconciling. Obs. [.] 2. Making amends, or satisfaction.
4234	atony	[.] AT'ONY, n. [Gr. defect, of a priv. and tone, from to stretch.] [.] Debility; relaxation; a want of tone or tension; defect of muscular power; palsy.
4235	atop	[.] ATOP', adv. [a and top. See Top.] On or at the top.
4236	atrabilarian	[.] ATRABILA'RIAN,
4237	atrabilarious	[.] ATRABILA'RIOUS, a. [L. atra bilis, black bile.] [.] Affected with melancholy, which the ancients attributed to the bile; replete with black bile.
4238	atrabilariousness	[.] ATRABILA'RIOUSNESS, n. The state of being melancholy, or affected with disordered bile.
4239	atramental	[.] ATRAMENT'AL,
4240	atramentarious	[.] ATRAMENTA'RIOUS, a. Like ink; suitable for making ink. The sulphate of iron, or green copperas, is called atramentarious, as being the material of ink.
4241	atramentous	[.] ATRAMENT'OUS, a. [L. atramentum, ink, after ater, black.] [.] Inky; black like ink.
4242	atrip	[.] ATRIP', adv. [a and trip. See Trip.] [.] In nautical language, the anchor is atrip, when drawn out of the ground in a perpendicular direction. The topsails are atrip, when they are hoisted to the top of the mast, or as high as possible.
4243	atrocious	[.] ATRO'CIOUS, a. [L. atrox, trux, fierce, cruel.] [.] 1. Extremely hainous, criminal or cruel; enormous; outrageous; as atrocious guilt or offense. [.] 2. Very grievous; violent; as atrocious distempers.
4244	atrociously	[.] ATRO'CIOUSLY, adv. In an atrocious manner; with enormous cruelty or guilt.
4245	atrociousness	[.] ATRO'CIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being enormously criminal or cruel.
4246	atrocity	[.] ATROC'ITY, n. Enormous wickedness; extreme hainousness or cruelty; as the atrocity of murder.
4247	atrophy	[.] AT'ROPHY, n. [Gr. a priv. and to nourish.] [.] A consumption or wasting of the flesh, with loss of strength, without any sensible cause or hectic fever; a wasting from defect of nourishment.
4248	atropia	[.] ATRO'PIA, n. A new vegetable alkali extracted from the atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade. It is white, brilliant and crystallizes in long needles.
4249	attach	[.] ATTACH', v.t. [Gr.; L. tango, for tago, Eng. tack; &c. See attack and Tack. [.] 1. To take by legal authority; to arrest the person by writ, to answer for a debt; applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being never used for the arrest of a criminal. ...
4250	attachable	[.] ATTACH'ABLE, a. That may be legally attached; liable to be taken by writ or precept.
4251	attached	[.] ATTACH'ED, pp. Taken by writ or precept; drawn to and fixed, or united by affection or interest.
4252	attaching	[.] ATTACH'ING, ppr. Taking or seizing by commandment or writ; drawing to, and fixing by influence; winning the affections.
4253	attachment	[.] ATTACH'MENT, n. [.] 1. A taking of the person, goods or estate by a writ or precept in a civil action, to secure a debt or demand. [.] 2. A writ directing the person or estate of a person to be taken, to secure his appearance before a court. In England, the ...
4254	attack	[.] ATTACK', v.t [Heb. to thrust, to drive, to strike. [.] 1. To assault; to fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms. It is the appropriate word for the commencing act of hostility between armies and navies. [.] 2. To fall upon, with unfriendly words ...
4255	attacked	[.] ATTACK'ED, pp. Assaulted; invaded; fallen on by force or enmity.
4256	attacker	[.] ATTACK'ER, n. One who assaults or invades.
4257	attacking	[.] ATTACK'ING, ppr. Assaulting; invading; falling on with force, calumny or criticism.
4258	attacottic	[.] ATTACOT'TIC, a. Pertaining to the Attacotti, a tribe of ancient Britons, allies of the Scots.
4259	attagen	[.] AT'TAGEN, n. A beautiful fowl, resembling the pheasant, with a short black bill and a fine crest of yellow feathers, variegated with black and white spots, found in the mountains of Sicily.
4260	attain	[.] ATTA'IN, v.i. [L. attingo, to reach, come to or overtake; ad and tango, to touch, reach or strike; that is, to thrust, urge or push to. it has no connection with L. attineo. See Class.] [.] 1. To reach; to come to or arrive at, by motion, bodily exertion, or efforts ...
4261	attainable	[.] ATTA'INABLE, a. That may be attained; that may be reached by efforts of the mind or body; that may be compassed or accomplished by efforts directed to the object; as, perfection is not attainable in this life. From an inattention to the true sense of this word, as ...
4262	attainableness	[.] ATTA'INABLENESS, n. The quality of being attainable.
4263	attainder	[.] ATTA'INDER, n. [L. ad and tingo, to stain; Gr. See Tinge.] [.] 1. Literally a staining, corruption, or rendering impure; a corruption of blood. Hence, [.] 2. The judgment of death, or sentence of a competent tribunal upon a person convicted of treason or felony, ...
4264	attainment	[.] ATTA'INMENT, n. [.] 1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence the act of obtaining by efforts; as the attainment of excellence. [.] 2. That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquisition; as, a man of great attainments.
4265	attaint	[.] ATTA'INT, v.t. [See Attainder.] [.] 1. To taint or corrupt; to extinguish the pure or inheritable blood of a person found guilty of treason or felony, by confession, battle, or verdict, and consequent sentence of death, or by special act of Parliament. [.] No ...
4266	attainted	[.] ATTA'INTED, pp. Stained; corrupted; rendered infamous; rendered incapable of inheriting.
4267	attainting	[.] ATTA'INTING, ppr. Staining; corrupting; rendering infamous by judicial act; depriving of inheritable blood.
4268	attaintment	[.] ATTA'INTMENT, n. The being attainted.
4269	attainture	[.] ATTA'INTURE, n. A staining or rendering infamous; reproach; imputation.
4270	attar	[.] AT'TAR, n. The essential oil or essence of roses.
4271	attask	[.] ATTASK', v.t. To task; to tax. [Not used. See Task.]
4272	attaste	[.] ATTA'STE, v.t. To taste. [Not used. See Taste.]
4273	attemper	[.] ATTEM'PER, v.t. [L. attempero, of ad and tempero, to temper, mix, or moderate. See Temper.] [.] 1. To reduce, modify or moderate by mixture; as, to attemper heat by a cooling mixture, or spirit by diluting it with water. [.] 2. To soften, mollify or moderate; ...
4274	attemperance	[.] ATTEM'PERANCE, n. Temperance. [Not used.]
4275	attemperate	[.] ATTEM'PERATE, a. [L. attemperatus.] [.] Tempered; proportioned; suited. [.] Hope must be proportioned and attemperate to the promise. [.] ATTEM'PERATE, v.t. To attemper. [Not in use.]
4276	attempered	[.] ATTEM'PERED, ppr. Reduced in quality; moderated; softened; well mixed; suited.
4277	attempering	[.] ATTEM'PERING, ppr. Moderating in quality; softening; mixing in due proportion; making suitable.
4278	attemperly	[.] ATTEM'PERLY, adv. In a temperate manner. [Not in use.]
4279	attempt	[.] ATTEMPT', v.t. [L. attento, to attempt, of ad and tento, to try; tento is from the same root as tendo, to strain; Gr. Hence, the literal sense is to strain, urge, stretch.] [.] 1. To make an effort to effect some object; to make trial or experiment; to try; to ...
4280	attemptable	[.] ATTEMPT'ABLE, a. That may be attempted, tried or attacked; liable to an attempt, or attack.
4281	attempted	[.] ATTEMPT'ED, pp. Essayed; tried; attacked.
4282	attempter	[.] ATTEMPT'ER, n. One who attempts, or attacks.
4283	attempting	[.] ATTEMPT'ING, ppr. Trying; essaying; making an effort to gain a point; attacking.
4284	attend	[.] ATTEND', v.t. [L. attendo; ad and tendo, to stretch, to tend. See Tend.] [.] 1. To go with, or accompany, as a companion, minister or servant. [.] 2. To be present; to accompany or be united to; as a cold attended with fever. [.] 3. To be present for some ...
4285	attendance	[.] ATTEND'ANCE, n. [.] 1. The act of waiting on, or serving. [.] Of which no man gave attendance at the altar. Heb. 7. [.] 2. A waiting on; a being present on business of any kind; as, the attendance of witnesses of persons in court; attendance of members of ...
4286	attendant	[.] ATTEND'ANT, a. [.] 1. Accompanying; being present, or in the train. [.] Other suns with their attendant moons. [.] 2. Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils. [.] 3. In law, ...
4287	attended	[.] ATTEND'ED, pp. Accompanied; having attendants; served; waited on.
4288	attender	[.] ATTEND'ER, n. One who attends; a companion; an associate. [Little used.]
4289	attending	[.] ATTEND'ING, ppr. Going with; accompanying; waiting on; superintending or taking care of; being present; immediately consequent to; serving; listening; regarding with care.
4290	attent	[.] ATTENT', a. Attentive. 2Chron. 6.
4291	attentates	[.] ATTENT'ATES, n. Proceedings in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed.
4292	attention	[.] ATTEN'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of attending or heeding; the due application of the ear to sounds, or of the mind to objects presented to its contemplation. [Literally, a stretching towards. [.] They say the tongues of dying men [.] Enforce attention like deep ...
4293	attentive	[.] ATTENT'IVE, a. [.] Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care. It is applied to the senses of hearing and seeing, as an attentive ear or eye; to the application of the mind, as in contemplation; or to the application of the mind, together with the senses abovementioned, ...
4294	attentively	[.] ATTENT'IVELY, adv. Heedfully; carefully; with fixed attention.
4295	attentiveness	[.] ATTENT'IVENESS, n. The state of being attentive; heedfulness; attention.
4296	attenuant	[.] ATTEN'UANT, a. [See Attenuate.] [.] Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid. [.] ATTEN'UANT, n. A medicine which thins the humors, subtilizes their parts, dissolves viscidity, and disposes the fluids to motion, circulation and secretion; ...
4297	attenuate	[.] ATTEN'UATE, v.t. [L. attenuo, of ad and tenuo, to make thin; tenuis; Eng. thin, which see.] [.] 1. To make thin or less consistent; to subtilize or break the humors of the body into finer parts; to render less viscid; opposed to condense, incrassate or thicken. [.] 2. ...
4298	attenuated	[.] ATTEN'UATED, ppr. Made thin or less viscid; comminuted; made slender. In botany, growing slender towards the point.
4299	attenuating	[.] ATTEN'UATING, pp. Making thin, as fluids; making fine, as solid substances; making slender or lean.
4300	attenuation	[.] ATTENUA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of making thin, as fluids; as the attenuation of the humors. [.] 2. The act of making fine, by comminution, or attrition. [.] The action of the air facilitates the attenuation of these rocks. [.] 3. The act or process of making ...
4301	atterate	[.] AT'TERATE, v.t. [L. attero, to wear.] [.] 1. To wear away. [.] 2. To form or accumulate by wearing.
4302	atterated	[.] AT'TERATED, pp. Formed by wearing.
4303	atteration	[.] ATTERA'TION, n. The operation of forming land by the wearing of the sea, and the wearing of the earth in one place and deposition of it in another.
4304	attest	[.] ATTEST', v.t. [L. attestor; of ad and testor, to affirm or bear witness, from testis. See Testify.] [.] 1. To bear witness; to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; to make a solemn declaration in words or writing, to support a fact; appropriately used ...
4305	attestation	[.] ATTESTA'TION, n. Testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing is an attestation.
4306	attested	[.] ATTEST'ED, pp. Proved or supported by testimony, solemn or official; witnessed; supported by evidence.
4307	attesting	[.] ATTEST'ING, ppr. Witnessing; calling to witness; affirming in support of.
4308	attestor	[.] ATTEST'OR, n. One who attests.
4309	attic	[.] AT'TIC, a. [L. Atticus; Gr.] [.] Pertaining to Attica in Greece, or to its principal city, Athens. Thus, Attic wit, Attic salt, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar to the Athenians; Attic faith, inviolable faith. [.] Attic base, a peculiar base used by the ancient ...
4310	atticism	[.] AT'TICISM, n. [.] 1. The peculiar style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; refined and elegant Greek; concise and elegant expression. [.] 2. A particular attachment to the Athenians.
4311	atticize	[.] AT'TICIZE, v.t. To conform or make conformable to the language or idiom of Attica. [.] AT'TICIZE, v.i. To use atticisms, or the idiom of the Athenians.
4312	attics	[.] AT'TICS, n. plu. The title of a book in Pausanias, which treats of Attica.
4313	attire	[.] ATTI'RE, v.t. [.] To dress; to array; to adorn with elegant or splendid garments. [.] With the linen miter shall Aaron be attired. Lev. 16. [.] ATTI'RE, n. [.] 1. Dress; clothes; habit; but appropriately, ornamental dress. [.] Can a bride forget her ...
4314	attired	[.] ATTI'RED, pp. Dressed; decked with ornaments or attire.
4315	attirer	[.] ATTI'RER, n. One who dresses or adorns with attire.
4316	attiring	[.] ATTI'RING, ppr. Dressing; adorning with dress or attire.
4317	attitle	[.] ATTI'TLE, v.t. To entitle. [Not in use.]
4318	attitude	[.] AT'TITUDE, n. [L. actus, ago. [.] 1. In painting and sculpture, the posture or action in which a figure or statue is placed; the gesture of a figure or statue; such a disposition of the parts as serves to express the action and sentiments of the person represented. [.] 2. ...
4319	attollent	...
4320	attorn	[.] ATTORN', v.i. [L. ad and torno.] [.] In the feudal law, to turn, or transfer homage and service from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassels or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate.
4321	attorney	[.] ATTORN'EY, n. plu. attorneys. [.] One who is appointed or admitted in the place of another, to manage his matters in law. The word formerly signified any person who did business for another; but its sense is now chiefly or wholly restricted to persons who act as ...
4322	attorneyship	[.] ATTORN'EYSHIP, n. The office of an attorney; agency for another.
4323	attorning	[.] ATTORN'ING, ppr. Acknowledging a new lord, or transferring homage and fealty to the purchaser of an estate.
4324	attornment	[.] ATTORN'MENT, n. The act of a feudatory, vassal or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service.
4325	attract	[.] ATTRACT', v.t. [L. attraho, attractus, of ad and trako, to draw. See Drag and Draw.] [.] 1. To draw to; to cause to move towards, and unite with; as, electrical bodies attract straws, and light substances, by physical laws. [.] 2. To draw to or incline to unite ...
4326	attractability	[.] ATTRACTABIL'ITY, n. The quality of being attractable, or of being subject to the law of attraction.
4327	attractable	[.] ATTRACT'ABLE, a. That may be attracted; subject to attraction.
4328	attracted	[.] ATTRACT'ED, pp. Drawn towards; invited; allured; engaged.
4329	attractic	[.] ATTRACT'IC,
4330	attractical	[.] ATTRACT'ICAL, a. Having power to draw to. [Not used.]
4331	attractile	[.] ATTRACT'ILE, a. That has power to attract.
4332	attracting	[.] ATTRACT'ING, ppr. Drawing to or towards; inviting; alluring; engaging.
4333	attractingly	[.] ATTRACT'INGLY, adv. In an attracting manner.
4334	attraction	[.] ATTRAC'TION, n. [.] 1. The power in bodies which is supposed to draw them together; or the tendency or principle which inclines them to unite or cohere; called by Copernicus, appetence. [.] This power, principle or tendency in bodies to unite, is distinguished ...
4335	attractive	[.] ATTRACT'IVE, a. [.] 1. Having the quality of attracting; drawing to; as the attractive force of bodies. [.] 2. Drawing to by moral influence; alluring; inviting; engaging; as the attractive graces. [.] An attractive undertaking.
4336	attractively	[.] ATTRACT'IVELY, adv. With the power of attracting, or drawing to.
4337	attractiveness	[.] ATTRACT'IVENESS, n. The quality of being attractive, or engaging.
4338	attractor	[.] ATTRACT'OR, n. The person or thing that attracts.
4339	attrahent	[.] ATTRA'HENT, a. [L. attrahens.] Drawing to; or as a noun, that which draws to.
4340	attrap	[.] ATTRAP', v.t. To clothe; to dress. [Not in use.]
4341	attrectation	[.] ATTRECTA'TION, n. [L. attrectatio.] Frequent handling.
4342	attributable	[.] ATTRIB'UTABLE, a. [See attribute.] [.] That may be ascribed, imputed or attributed; ascribable; imputable; as, the fault is not attributable to the author.
4343	attribute	[.] ATTRIB'UTE, v.t. [L. attribuo; ad and tribuo, to divide, to bestow, to assign; tribus, a tribe, division or ward. See Tribe.] [.] 1. To allot or attach, in contemplation; to ascribe; to consider as belonging. [.] We attribute nothing to God, that contains a contradiction. [.] 2. ...
4344	attributed	[.] ATTRIB'UTED, pp. Ascribed; yielded as due; imputed.
4345	attributing	[.] ATTRIB'UTING, ppr. Ascribing; yielding or giving as due; imputing.
4346	attribution	[.] ATTRIBU'TION, n. The act of attributing, or the quality ascribed; commendation.
4347	attributive	[.] ATTRIB'UTIVE, a. Pertaining to or expressing an attribute. [.] ATTRIB'UTIVE, n. In grammar, a word significant of an attribute; as an adjective, verb or particle, which is the attribute of a substance.
4348	attrite	[.] ATTRI'TE, a. [L. attritus, worn, of ad and tero to wear; Gr. See Trite.] worn by rubbing or friction. [.] [See Trite, which is now generally used.]
4349	attriteness	[.] ATTRI'TENESS, n. the being much worn.
4350	attrition	[.] ATTRI'TION, n. [.] 1. Abrasion; the act of wearing by friction, or rubbing substances together. [.] the change of aliment is effected by the attrition of the stomach. [.] 2. the state of being worn. [.] 3. with divines, grief for sin arising from fear of ...
4351	attune	[.] ATTU'NE, v.t [of ad and tune. See tone and Tune.] [.] 1. to make musical. [.] Vernal airs attune the trembling leaves. [.] 2. To tune, or put in tune; to adjust one sound to another; to make accordant; as, to attune the voice to a harp.
4352	attuned	[.] ATTU'NED, pp. Made musical or harmonious; accommodated in sound.
4353	attuning	[.] ATTU'NING, ppr. Putting in tune; making musical, or accordant in sound.
4354	atwain	[.] ATWA'IN, adv. In twain; asunder. Obs.
4355	atween	[.] ATWEE'N, adv. Between. Obs.
4356	atwixt	[.] ATWIXT', adv. Betwixt. Obs.
4357	atwo	[.] ATWO, adv. In two. Obs.
4358	aubaine	[.] AUBA'INE, n. aub'ain. [.] The droit d'aubaine, in France, is the right of the king to the goods of an alien dying within his jurisdiction, the king standing in the place of the heirs. [.]
4359	auburn	[.] AU'BURN, a. Brown; of a dark color. [.] His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed.
4360	auction	[.] AUC'TION, n. [L. auctio, a public sale; Eng. to hawk. See Hawk.] [.] 1. A public sale of property to the highest bidder, and regularly, by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue. contracts for services, sometimes, are sold to the lowest bidder. ...
4361	auctionary	[.] AUC'TIONARY, a. Belonging to an auction or public sale.
4362	auctioneer	[.] AUCTIONEE'R, n. [L. auctionarius.] [.] The person who sells at auction; a person licensed by government to dispose of goods or lands by public sale to the highest bidder. [.] AUCTIONEE'R, v.t. To sell at auction.
4363	aucupation	[.] AUCUPA'TION, n. [L. aucupatio, from aucupor, of avis and capio.] The act or practice of taking birds; fowling; bird-catching. [Little used.]
4364	audacious	[.] AUDA'CIOUS, a. [L. audax; audeo, to dare. The sense is, advancing forward.] [.] 1. Very bold or daring; impudent; conteming the restraints of law, religion or decorum; used for bold in wickedness; applied to persons; as an audacious wretch. [.] 2. Committed ...
4365	audaciously	[.] AUDA'CIOUSLY, adv. In an impudent manner; with excess of boldness.
4366	audaciousness	[.] AUDA'CIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.
4367	audacity	[.] AUDAC'ITY, n. [.] 1. Boldness, sometimes in a good sense; daring spirit, resolution or confidence. [.] 2. Audaciousness; impudence; in a bad sense; implying a contempt of law or moral restraint.
4368	audeanism	[.] AUD'EANISM, n. Anthropomorphism; or the doctrine of Audeus, who maintained that God has a human shape, from Gen. 1:26.
4369	audible	[.] AUD'IBLE, a. [L. audibilis, from audio, to hear. This word is evidently connected with the name of the ear; Gr.] [.] That may be heard; perceivable by the ear; loud enough to be heard; as an audible voice or whisper.
4370	audibleness	[.] AUD'IBLENESS, n. The quality of being audible.
4371	audibly	[.] AUD'IBLY, adv. In an audible manner; in a manner so as to be heard.
4372	audience	[.] AUD'IENCE, n. [.] 1. The act of hearing, or attending to sounds. [.] His bold discourse had audience. [.] 2. Admittance to a hearing; public reception to an interview; a ceremony observed in courts, or by official characters, when ambassadors or applicants to ...
4373	audient	[.] AUD'IENT, n. A hearer. [Not in use.]
4374	audit	[.] AUD'IT, n. [L. audit, he hears.] [.] 1. An examination of an account or of accounts, with a hearing of the parties concerned, by proper officers, or persons appointed for that purpose, who compare the charges with the vouchers, examine witnesses, and state the ...
4375	audit-house	[.] AUD'IT-HOUSE, n. An appendage to a cathedral, in which the business belonging to it is transacted.
4376	auditive	[.] AUD'ITIVE, a. Having the power of hearing.
4377	auditor	[.] AUD'ITOR, [L.] [.] 1. A hearer; one who attends to hear a discourse. [.] 2. A person appointed and authorized to examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the ...
4378	auditorship	[.] AUD'ITORSHIP, n. The office of auditor.
4379	auditory	[.] AUD'ITORY, a. That has the power of hearing; pertaining to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. [.] AUD'ITORY, n. [L. auditorium.] [.] 1. An audience; an assembly of hearers, as in a church or lecture room. [.] 2. A place or apartment ...
4380	auditress	[.] AUD'ITRESS, n. A female hearer.
4381	auf	[.] AUF, n. A fool; a simpleton. [See Oaf.]
4382	augean	[.] AUGE'AN, a. The Augean stable, in Grecian mythology, is represented as belonging to Augeas or Augias, one of the Argonauts, and afterwards king of Elis. This prince kept a great number of oxen, in a stable which was never cleansed, until Hercules undertook the task; ...
4383	auger	[.] AUG'ER, n. [.] An instrument for boring large holes, chiefly used by carpenters, joiners, cabinet makers, wheelwrights and shipwrights. It consists of an iron blade, ending in a steel bit, with a handle placed at right angles with the blade. Augers, made with ...
4384	auger-hole	[.] AUG'ER-HOLE, n. A hole made by an auger.
4385	aught	[.] AUGHT, n. aut.[L. qui, quae, quod, quid, what, to be the same word varied in orthography. This word should not be written ought.] [.] 1. Any thing, indefinitely. [.] But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. [.] 2. Any part, the smallest; a jot or tittle. [.] There ...
4386	augite	[.] AU'GITE, n. [Gr. brightness.] [.] A mineral called by Hauy, pyroxene; often found in distinct crystals. Its secondary forms are all six or eight-sided prisms. Sometimes it appears in hemitrope crystals. It has a foliated structure, and is harder than hornblend. ...
4387	augitic	[.] AUGIT'IC, a. Pertaining to augite; resembling augite, or partaking of its nature and characters.
4388	augment	[.] AUGMENT', v.t. [L. augmento, augmentum, from augeo, auxi, to increase; Gr. It seems to be the Eng. to wax, or to eke.] [.] 1. To increase; to enlarge in size or extent; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army, by reinforcement; rain augments a stream. [.] 2. ...
4389	augmentable	[.] AUGMENT'ABLE, a. That may be increased; capable of augmentation.
4390	augmentation	[.] AUGMENTA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of increasing, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilatation. [.] 2. The state of being increased or enlarged. [.] 3. The thing added by which a thing is enlarged. [.] 4. In music, a doubling the value of the notes ...
4391	augmentative	[.] AUGMENT'ATIVE, a. Having the quality or power of augmenting.
4392	augmenter	[.] AUGMENT'ER, n. He that augments.
4393	augmenting	[.] AUGMENT'ING, ppr. Increasing; enlarging.
4394	augur	[.] AU'GUR, n. [L. augur. The first syllable is from avis, a fowl; but the meaning and origin of the last syllable are not obvious.] [.] 1. Among the Romans, an officer whose duty was to foretell future events by the singing, chattering, flight and feeding of birds. ...
4395	augural	[.] AU'GURAL, a. [L. auguralis.] Pertaining to an augur, or to prediction by the appearance of birds. The Romans had their augural staff and augural books.
4396	augurate	[.] AU'GURATE, v.i. To judge by augury; to predict. [Little used.]
4397	auguration	[.] AUGURA'TION, n. The practice of augury, or the foretelling of events by the chattering and flight of birds. It may be used for prediction by other signs and omens.
4398	augured	[.] AU'GURED, pp. Conjectured by omens; prognosticated.
4399	augurer	[.] AU'GURER, n. An augur. [Not legitimate.]
4400	augurial	[.] AUGU'RIAL, a. Relating to augurs.
4401	augurize	[.] AU'GURIZE, v.t. To augur. [Not in use.]
4402	augurous	[.] AU'GUROUS, a. Predicting; foretelling; foreboding.
4403	augury	[.] AU'GURY, n. [L. augurium.] [.] 1. The art or practice of foretelling events by the flight or chattering of birds. [.] 2. An omen; prediction; prognostication.
4404	august	[.] AUGUST', a. [L. augustus. The first syllable of this word is probably from the root of augeo, or of awe.] [.] Grand; magnificent; majestic; impressing awe; inspiring reverence. [.] The Trojan chief appeared, august in visage. [.] It is related that this epithet ...
4405	augustan	...
4406	augustinians	[.] AUGUSTIN'IANS, n. Those divines, who from St. Augustin, maintain that grace is effectual from its nature, absolutely and morally, not relatively and gradually.
4407	augustins	[.] AUGUST'INS,
4408	augustness	[.] AUGUST'NESS, n. Dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence.
4409	auk	[.] AUK, n. [contracted from Alca.] The alca, a genus of aquatic fowls, of the order of ansers, including the northern penguin or great auk, the little auk or black and white diver, the puffin, &c.
4410	aularian	[.] AULA'RIAN, n. [L. aula, a hall.] At oxford, the member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian.
4411	auletic	[.] AULET'IC, a. [Gr. from a pipe.] [.] Pertaining to pipes or to a pipe. [Little used.]
4412	aulic	[.] AU'LIC, a. [L. audicus, from aula, a hall, court or palace; Gr.] [.] Pertaining to a royal court. The epithet is probably confined to the German Empire, where it is used to designate certain courts or officers composing the courts. The aulic council is composed ...
4413	aum	[.] AUM, n. [.] A Dutch liquid measure, containing eight steckans or twenty verges or verteels, equal to the English tierce, the sixth of a French tun, and the seventh of an English tun, or thirty-six gallons.
4414	aumail	[.] AUMA'IL, v.t. To figure or variegate. [Not used.]
4415	aumbry	[.] AUMBRY. [See Ambry.]
4416	aume	[.] AUME, n. A dutch measure for Rhenish wine, containing 40 gallons.
4417	aune	[.] AUNE, n. [A contraction of aulne, ulna.] [.] A French cloth measure, but of different lengths in different parts of the country. At Rouen, it is an Eng. ell; at Calais, 1.52; at Lyons, 1.061; at Paris, 0.95.
4418	aunt	[.] 'AUNT, n. [L. amita, contracted.] [.] The sister of one's father or mother, correlative to nephew or niece.
4419	aura	[.] AU'RA, n. [L. from Heb. a stream; Gr. See Air.] [.] Literally, a breeze, or gentle current of air, but used by English writers for a stream of fine particles flowing from a body, as effluvia, aroma, or odor; an exhalation.
4420	aurate	[.] AU'RATE, n. [Supposed to be from aurum, gold.] [.] A sort of pear. [.] AU'RATE, n. [L. aurum, gold; Heb. light fire, and to shine, from its color.] [.] A combination of the oxyd of gold with a base; as aurate of potash.
4421	aurated	[.] AU'RATED, a. Resembling gold.
4422	aurelia	[.] AURE'LIA, n. [from aurum, or aur, gold, from its color. See Chrysalis.] [.] In natural history, the nymph or chrysalis of an insect; or the form of an animal, like a worm or maggot, covered with a hardish pellicle, and in a state of seeming insensibility. From ...
4423	aurelian	[.] AURE'LIAN, a. Like or pertaining to the aurelia.
4424	auric	[.] AU'RIC, a. [from aurum, gold.] Pertaining to gold. The auric acid is a saturated combination of gold and oxygen.
4425	auricle	[.] AU'RICLE, n. [L. auricula, dim. from auris, the ear.] [.] 1. The external ear, or that part which is prominent from the heat. [.] 2. The auricles of the heart are two muscular bags, situated at the base, serving as diverticula for the blood, during the diastole. ...
4426	auricula	[.] AURIC'ULA, n. That species of primrose, called, from the shape of its leaves, bear's ear.
4427	auricular	[.] AURIC'ULAR, a. [from L. auricula, the ear.] [.] 1. Pertaining to the ear; within the sense of hearing; told in the ear; as auricular confession. [.] 2. Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as auricular evidence. [.] 3. Traditional; known by ...
4428	auricularly	[.] AURIC'ULARLY, adv. In a secret manner; by way of whisper, or voice addressed to the ear.
4429	auriculate	[.] AURIC'ULATE, a. Shaped like the ear.
4430	auriculated	[.] AURIC'ULATED, a. Having large or elongated ears; as the auriculated vulture.
4431	auriferous	[.] AURIF'EROUS, a. [L. aurifer, from aurum, gold, and fero, to produce.] [.] That yields or produces gold; as auriferous sands or streams.
4432	auriga	[.] AURI'GA, n. [L. of aurea, orea, a head-stall, a bridle, and rego, to govern or manage.] [.] Literally, the director of a car, or wagon. [.] 1. In astronomy, the wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, consisting of 23 stars, according to Tycho; ...
4433	aurigation	[.] AURIGA'TION, n. [L. auriga.] The act or practice of driving horses harnessed to carriages.
4434	auripigmentum	[.] AURIPIGMENTUM. [See Orpiment.]
4435	auriscalp	[.] AU'RISCALP, n. [L. auris, ear, and scalpo, to scrape.] [.] An instrument to clean the ears; used also in operations of surgery on the ear.
4436	aurist	[.] AU'RIST, n. [L. auris, ear.] One skilled in disorders of the ear, or who professes to cure them.
4437	aurochs	[.] AU'ROCHS, n. A species of ox, whose bones are found in gravel and alluvial soil.
4438	aurora	[.] AURO'RA, n. [L. aurora; Heb. light and to raise.] [.] 1. The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day, or morning twilight. [.] 2. The goddess of the morning, or twilight deified by fancy. The poets represented her as rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, ...
4439	auroral	[.] AURO'RAL, a. Belonging to the aurora, or to the northern lights; resembling the twilight.
4440	auscultation	[.] AUSCULTA'TION, n. [L. from antiq. ause, Gr. the ear, and cultus, from colo, to use or exercise.] [.] 1. The act of listening, or hearkening to. [.] 2. In medicine, a method of distinguishing diseases, particularly in the thorax, by observing the sounds in the ...
4441	auspicate	[.] AU'SPICATE, v.t. [L. asupicor.] [.] 1. To give a favorable turn to; a sense taken from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before they undertook any important business. [.] 2. To foreshow. [.] 3. To begin.
4442	auspice	[.] AU'SPICE, AU'SPICES, n. [L. auspicium, of avis, a bird, and specio, to inspect.] [.] 1. The omens of an undertaking, drawn from birds; the same as augury, which see. [.] 2. Protection; favor shown; patronage; influence. In this sense the word is generally plural ...
4443	auspices	[.] AU'SPICE, AU'SPICES, n. [L. auspicium, of avis, a bird, and specio, to inspect.] [.] 1. The omens of an undertaking, drawn from birds; the same as augury, which see. [.] 2. Protection; favor shown; patronage; influence. In this sense the word is generally plural ...
4444	auspicious	[.] AUSPI'CIOUS, a. [See auspice.] [.] 1. Having omens of success, or favorable appearances; as an auspicious beginning. [.] 2. Prosperous; fortunate; applied to persons; as auspicious chief. [.] 3. Favorable; kind; propitious; applied to persons or things; ...
4445	auspiciously	[.] AUSPI'CIOUSLY, adv. With favorable omens; happily; prosperously; favorably; propitiously.
4446	auspiciousness	[.] AUSPI'CIOUSNESS, n. A state of fair promise; prosperity.
4447	auster	[.] AUS'TER, n. [L.] The south wind.
4448	austere	[.] AUSTE'RE, a. [L. Austerus. [.] 1. Severe; harsh; rigid; stern; applied to persons; as an austere master; an austere look. [.] 2. Sour; harsh; rough to the taste; applied to things; as austere fruit, or wine.
4449	austerely	[.] AUSTE'RELY, adv. Severely; rigidly; harshly.
4450	austereness	[.] AUSTE'RENESS, n. [.] 1. Severity in manners; harshness; austerity. [.] 2. Roughness in taste.
4451	austerity	[.] AUSTER'ITY, n. [L. austeritas.] Severity of manners or life; rigor; strictness; harsh discipline. It is particularly applied to the mortifications of a monastic life, which are called austerities.
4452	austral	[.] AUS'TRAL, a. [L. australis, from auster, the south wind, or south.] [.] Southern; lying or being in the south; as austral land; austral signs.
4453	australasia	[.] AUSTRALA'SIA, n. [austral and Asia.] A name given to the countries situated to the south of Asia; comprehending New Holland, New Guinea, New Zealand, &c.
4454	austrian	[.] AUS'TRIAN, a. [from Austria. This word is formed with the Latin termination, ia, country.] [.] Pertaining to Austria, a circle or district of Germany, and an empire, lying on the Danube north of the gulf of Venice. [.] AUS'TRIAN, n. A native of Austria.
4455	austrine	[.] AUS'TRINE, a. [L. austrinus, from auster, south.] [.] South; southerly; southern.
4456	austromancy	[.] AUS'TROMANCY, n. [from auster, the south wind, and Gr. divination.] [.] Soothsaying, or prediction of future events, from observations of the winds. [.] Auterfoits, a word composed of the French autre, another, and foits, fois, time, introduced into law language, ...
4457	authentic	[.] AUTHEN'TIC,
4458	authentical	[.] AUTHEN'TICAL, a. [Low L. authenticus, from the Gr. from an author or maker; one who does any thing by his own right; also one who kills himself. The first syllable is from Gr. which is probably from the root of author, auctor; and the sense of self-murderer seems ...
4459	authentically	[.] AUTHEN'TICALLY, adv. In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority.
4460	authenticalness	[.] AUTHEN'TICALNESS, n. The quality of being authentic; genuineness; the quality of being of good authority; authenticity. [.] [The latter word is generally used.]
4461	authenticate	[.] AUTHEN'TICATE, v.t. To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities, required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. [.] The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges.
4462	authenticated	[.] AUTHEN'TICATED, pp. Rendered authentic; having received the forms which prove genuineness.
4463	authenticating	[.] AUTHEN'TICATING, ppr. Giving authority by the necessary signature, seal, attestation or other forms.
4464	authentication	[.] AUTHENTICA'TION, n. The act of authenticating; the giving of authority by the necessary formalities.
4465	authenticity	[.] AUTHENTIC'ITY, n. Genuineness; the quality of being of genuine original; as the authenticity of the scriptures.
4466	authenticness	[.] AUTHEN'TICNESS, n. Authenticity. [Rarely used.]
4467	author	[.] AU'THOR, n. [L. auctor. The Latin word is from the root of augeo, to increase, or cause to enlarge. The primary sense is one who brings or causes to come forth.] [.] 1. One who produces, creates, or brings into being; as, God is the author of the Universe. [.] 2. ...
4468	authoress	[.] AU'THORESS, n. A female author.
4469	authoritative	[.] AUTHOR'ITATIVE, a. [.] 1. Having due authority. [.] 2. Having an air of authority; positive; peremptory.
4470	authoritatively	[.] AUTHOR'ITATIVELY, adv. In an authoritative manner; with a show of authority; with due authority.
4471	authoritativeness	[.] AUTHOR'ITATIVENESS, n. The quality of being authoritative; an acting by authority; authoritative appearance.
4472	authority	[.] AUTHOR'ITY, n. [L. auctoritas.] [.] 1. Legal power, or a right to command or to act; as the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children. Power; rule; sway. [.] 2. The power derived from opinion, respect or esteem; influence of character ...
4473	authorization	[.] AUTHORIZA'TION, n. The act of giving authority, or legal power; establishment by authority.
4474	authorize	[.] AU'THORIZE, v.t. [.] 1. To give authority, warrant or legal power to; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle the boundary of the state. [.] 2. To make legal; as, to authorize a marriage. [.] 3. To establish by authority, ...
4475	authorized	[.] AU'THORIZED, pp. Warranted by right; supported by authority; derived from legal or proper authority; having power or authority.
4476	authorizing	[.] AU'THORIZING, ppr. Giving authority to, or legal power, credit, or permission.
4477	authorship	[.] AU'THORSHIP, n. [author and ship.] The quality or state of being an author.
4478	autobiography	[.] AUTOBIOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. biography.] [.] Biography or memoirs of one's life written by himself.
4479	autochthon	[.] AUTOCHTHON, n. [Gr.] One who rises or grows out of the earth.
4480	autocrasy	[.] AUTOC'RASY, n. [Gr. self, and power, or to govern, to take or hold.] [.] Independent power; supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority or right of governing, in a single person.
4481	autocrat	[.] AU'TOCRAT,
4482	autocrater	[.] AU'TOCRATER,
4483	autocratic	[.] AUTOCRAT'IC,
4484	autocratical	[.] AUTOCRAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to autocracy; absolute; holding independent and unlimited powers of government.
4485	autocrator	[.] AU'TOCRATOR, n. [.] 1. An absolute prince or sovereign; a ruler or monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by inherent right, not subject to restriction; a title assumed by the Emperors of Russia. [.] 2. This title was sometimes conferred by ...
4486	autocratrix	[.] AU'TOCRATRIX, n. A female sovereign, who is independent and absolute; a title given to the Empresses of Russia. [.] 1. In the Romish church, a solemn day held by the Inquisition, for the punishment of heretics, and the absolution of the innocent accused. [.] 2. ...
4487	autograph	[.] AU'TOGRAPH,
4488	autographic	[.] AUTOGRAPH'IC,
4489	autographical	[.] AUTOGRAPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to an autograph, or one's own hand writing.
4490	autography	[.] AUTOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. self, and writing.] [.] A person's own hand writing; an original manuscript.
4491	automalite	[.] AUTOM'ALITE, n. A mineral called by Hauy, spinelle zincifere. it is classed with the spinel ruby. it occurs imbedded in talcky slate; the color, a dark green. It is crystallized in regular octahedrons, or in tetrahedrons with truncated angles. It is harder than ...
4492	automath	[.] AU'TOMATH, n. [Gr. to learn.] One who is self taught.
4493	automatic	[.] AUTOMAT'IC,
4494	automatical	[.] AUTOMAT'ICAL, a. [.] 1. Belonging to an automation; having the power of moving itself; mechanical. [.] 2. Not voluntary; not depending on the will. Dr. Hartley has demonstrated that all our motions are originally automatic, and generally produced by the action ...
4495	automation	[.] AUTOM'ATION, n. [Gr. self. The Greek plural, automata, is sometimes used; but the regular English plural, automatons, is preferable.] [.] A self-moving machine, or one which moves by invisible springs.
4496	automatous	[.] AUTOM'ATOUS, a. Having in itself the power of motion.
4497	autonomous	[.] AUTON'OMOUS, a. [Infra.] Independent in government; having the right of self government.
4498	autonomy	[.] AUTON'OMY, n. [Gr. self, and law, rule.] [.] This word is rarely used. It signifies the power or right of self government, whether in a city which elects its own magistrates and makes its own laws, or in an individual who lives according to his own will.
4499	autopsy	[.] AU'TOPSY, n. [Gr. self, and sight.] [.] Personal observation; ocular view.
4500	autoptical	[.] AUTOP'TICAL, a. Seen with one's own eyes.
4501	autoptically	[.] AUTOP'TICALLY, adv. By means of ocular view, or one's own observation. [.] [Autopsy and its derivatives are rarely used.]
4502	autumn	[.] AU'TUMN, n. au'tum. [L. autumnus, "Etymon multum torquetur."] [.] The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter. Astronomically, it begins at the equinox, when the sun enters libra, and ends at the winter solstice; but in popular language ...
4503	autumnal	[.] AUTUM'NAL,a. Belonging to autumn; produced or gathered in autumn; as autumnal fruits. [.] AUTUM'NAL, n. A plant that flowers in Autumn. The autumnals form the third division of plants in Du Pas' arrangement.
4504	auxesis	[.] AUXE'SIS, n. [Gr. increase.] [.] In rhetoric, a figure by which any thing is magnified too much; an increasing, or exornation, when, for amplification, a more grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word.
4505	auxiliar	[.] AUXIL'IAR,
4506	auxiliaries	[.] AUXIL'IARIES, n. plu. Foreign troops in the service of nations at war.
4507	auxiliary	[.] AUXIL'IARY, a. [L. auxiliaris, from auxilium, aid, uuxilior, to aid.] [.] Helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; conferring aid or support by joint exertion, influence or use; as auxiliary troops.
4508	avail	[.] AVA'IL, v.t. [L. valeo, to be strong or able, to profit, to be of force or authority; Eng. well. The primary sense is, to stretch or extend, whence strength, value.] [.] 1. To profit one's self; to turn to advantage; followed by the pronouns, myself, thyself, himself, ...
4509	available	[.] AVA'ILABLE, a. [.] 1. Profitable; advantageous; having efficacy; as, a measure is more or less available. [.] 2. Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy,for the object; valid; as an available plea. [.] Laws are available by consent.
4510	availableness	[.] AVA'ILABLENESS, n. [.] 1. Power or efficacy, in promoting an end in view. [.] 2. Competent power; legal force; validity; as the availableness of a title.
4511	availably	[.] AVA'ILABLY, adv. Powerfully; profitably; advantageously; validly; efficaciously.
4512	availing	[.] AVA'ILING, pp. Turning to profit; using to advantage or effect.
4513	availment	[.] AVA'ILMENT, n. Profit; efficacy; successful issue. [Little used.]
4514	avails	[.] AVA'ILS, n. plu. Profits or proceeds. [.] It is used in New England, for the proceeds of goods sold, or for rents, issues or profits.
4515	avalanche	[.] AVALANCHE,
4516	avalange	[.] AVALANGE, n. [.] A snow-slip; a vast body of snow sliding down a mountain.
4517	avant	[.] AVANT', n. The front of an army. [Not used. See Van.] [.]
4518	avantguard	[.] AVANT'GUARD, n. The van or advanced body of an army. [See Vanguard.]
4519	avanturine	[.] AVANT'URINE, n. A variety of quartz rock containing spangles.
4520	avarice	[.] AV'ARICE, n. [L. avaritia, from avarus, from aveo, to covet.] [.] An inordinate desire of gaining and possessing wealth; covetousness; greediness or insatiable desire of gain. [.] Avarice sheds a blasting influence over the finest affections and sweetest comforts ...
4521	avaricious	[.] AVARI'CIOUS, a. Covetous; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
4522	avariciously	[.] AVARI'CIOUSLY, adv. Covetously; with inordinate desire of gaining wealth.
4523	avariciousness	[.] AVARI'CIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being avaricious; insatiable or inordinate passion for property.
4524	avarous	[.] AV'AROUS, a. Covetous. [Not used.]
4525	avast	[.] AV'AST, exclam. In seamen's language, cease; stop; stay.
4526	avaunt	[.] AVAUNT, exel. [.] Begone; depart; a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase, "Get thee behind me."
4527	avegeance	[.] AVEG'EANCE, n. Punishment. [Not used. See vengeance.]
4528	avemary	[.] A'VEMARY, n. [from the first words of Gabriel's salutation to the Virgin Mary; L. ave, hail.] [.] A form of devotion in the Romish Church. Their chaplets and rosaries are divided into a certain number of ave-marys and paternosters.
4529	avenaceous	[.] AVENA'CEOUS, a. [L. avenacceus, from avena, oats.] [.] Belonging to, or partaking of the nature of oats.
4530	avenage	[.] AV'ENAGE, n. A certain quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent or other duty.
4531	avener	[.] AV'ENER,
4532	avenge	[.] AVENGE, v.t. avenj'. [L. vindex.] [.] 1. To take satisfaction for an injury by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on the wrong doer. [.] Shall not God avenge his own elect. Luke 18. [.] Avenge me of my adversary. [.] In ...
4533	avenged	[.] AVENG'ED, pp. Satisfied by the punishment of the offender; vindicated; punished.
4534	avengement	[.] AVENG'EMENT, n. Vengeance; punishment; the act of taking satisfaction for an injury in inflicting pain or evil on the offender; satisfaction taken; revenge.
4535	avenger	[.] AVENG'ER, n. One who avenges or vindicates; a vindicator; a revenger.
4536	avengeress	[.] AVENG'ERESS, n. A female avenger.
4537	avenging	[.] AVENG'ING, ppr. Executing vengeance; taking satisfaction for an injury by the punishment of the offender; vindicating.
4538	avenor	[.] AV'ENOR, n. [.] In English feudal law, an officer of the king's stable whose duty was to provide oats.
4539	avens	[.] AV'ENS, n. The herb bennet.
4540	aventine	[.] AV'ENTINE, a. Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood.
4541	aventure	[.] AVEN'TURE, n. [L. venio, to come.] [.] A mischance causing a person;s death without felony; as by drowning, or falling from a house. [See Adventure.]
4542	avenue	[.] AV'ENUE, n. [L. venio.] [.] 1. A passage; away or opening for entrance into a place; any opening or passage by which a thing is or may be introduced. [.] 2. An alley, or walk in a garden, planted with trees, and leading to a house, gate, wood, &c., and generally ...
4543	aver	[.] AVER', v.t [See Verify.] [.] To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive or peremptory manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.
4544	average	[.] AV'ERAGE, n. [.] 1. In commerce, a contribution to a general loss. When for the safety of a ship in distress, any destruction of property is incurred, either by cutting away the masts, throwing goods overboard, or other means, all persons who have goods on board, ...
4545	averaged	[.] AV'ERAGED, pp. Reduced or formed into a mean proportion, or into shares proportioned to each man's property.
4546	averaging	[.] AV'ERAGING, ppr. Forming a mean proportion out of unequal sums or quantities, or reducing to just shares according to each man's property.
4547	averment	[.] AVER'MENT, n. [See Aver.] [.] 1. Affirmation; positive assertion; the act of averring. [.] 2. Verification; establishment by evidence. [.] 3. In pleading, an offer of either party to justify or prove what he alleges. In any stage of pleadings, when either ...
4548	avernat	[.] AVER'NAT, n. A sort of grape.
4549	avernian	[.] AVER'NIAN, a. Pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania in Italy, famous for its poisonous qualities, which the poets represent as so malignant, as to kill fowls flying over. Hence, as authors tell us, its name, without birds.
4550	averpenny	[.] AV'ERPENNY, n. Money paid towards the kings carriages by land, instead of service by the beasts in kind.
4551	averred	[.] AVER'RED, pp. Affirmed; laid with an averment.
4552	averring	[.] AVER'RING, ppr. Affirming; declaring positively; offering to justify or verify.
4553	averroist	[.] AVERROIST, n. One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who were so demoninated from Averroes, a celebrated Arabian author. They held the soul to be mortal, though they pretended to submit to the christian theology.
4554	averruncate	[.] AVERRUNC'ATE, v.t [L. averrunco, of ab and erunco, from runco, to weed, or rake away.] [.] To root up; to scrape or tear away by the roots.
4555	averruncation	[.] AVERRUNCA'TION, n. The act of tearing up or raking away by the roots.
4556	aversation	[.] AVERSA'TION, n. [L. aversor. See Avert.] [.] A turning from with disgust or dislike; aversion; hatred; disinclination. [.] It is nearly superseded by aversion.
4557	averse	[.] AVERSE, a. avers'. [See Avert.] The literal sense of this word is, turned from, in manifestation of dislike. Hence the real sense is, [.] 1. Disliking; unwilling; having a repugnance of mind. [.] Averse alike to flatter or offend. [.] 2. Unfavorable; indisposed; ...
4558	aversely	[.] AVERSELY, adv. avers'ly. With repugnance; unwillingly.
4559	averseness	[.] AVERSENESS, n. avers'ness. Opposition of mind; dislike; unwillingness; backwardness.
4560	aversion	[.] AVER'SION, n. [L. averto.] [.] 1. Opposition or repugnance of mind; dislike; disinclination; reluctance; hatred. Usually this word expresses moderate hatred, or opposition of mind, not amounting to abhorrence or detestation. It ought generally to be followed by ...
4561	avert	[.] AVERT', v.t. [L. averto, a, from, and verto, to turn, anciently, vorto; hence vertex, vortex, averto; probably allied to L. vario; Eng. veer.] [.] 1. To turn from; to turn off or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object. [.] 2. To keep off, divert or prevent; ...
4562	averter	[.] AVERT'ER, n. One that turns away; that which turns away.
4563	averting	[.] AVERT'ING, ppr. Turning from; turning away.
4564	aviary	[.] A'VIARY, n. [L. aviarium, from avis, a fowl.] [.] A bird cage; an inclosure for keeping birds confined.
4565	avidiously	[.] AVID'IOUSLY, adv. [See Avidity.] Eagerly; with greediness.
4566	avidity	[.] AVID'ITY, n. [L. aviditas, from avidus, and this from aveo, to desire, to have appetite; Heb. to desire, or covet.] [.] 1. Greediness; strong appetite; applied to the senses: [.] 2. Eagerness; intenseness of desire; applied to the mind.
4567	avigato	[.] AVIGA'TO,
4568	avile	[.] AVI'LE, v.t. [See Vile.] To depreciate. [Not in use.]
4569	avise	[.] AVI'SE,
4570	avisement	[.] AVI'SEMENT, n. Advisement. [See Advice and Advise.]
4571	aviso	[.] AVI'SO, n. Advice; intelligence. [Not in use.]
4572	avocado	[.] AVOCA'DO, n. The Persea, or alligator-pear, a species ranked under the genus Laurus, a native of the W. Indies. The tree has a straight trunk, long oval pointed leaves, and flowers of six petals disposed like a star, produced in clusters, on the extremities of the ...
4573	avocate	[.] AV'OCATE, v.t. [L. avoco, from a and voco, to call. See Voice and Vocal.] [.] To call off, or away. [Not used.]
4574	avocation	[.] AVOCA'TION, n. [See Vocation, Voice, Vocal.] [.] 1. The act of calling aside, or diverting from some employment; as an avocation from sin or from business. [.] 2. The business which calls aside. The word is generally used for the smaller affairs of life, or ...
4575	avocative	[.] AVO'CATIVE, a. Calling off. [Not used.]
4576	avoid	[.] AVOID', v.t. [Eng. side, void, widow; L. vidua, vito, evito. See Void.] [.] 1. To shun; to keep at a distance from; that is, literally, to go or be wide from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters. [.] 2. To shift off, or clear off; as, to avoid expense. [.] 3. ...
4577	avoidable	[.] AVOID'ABLE, a. [.] 1. That may be avoided, left at a distance, shunned or escaped. [.] 2. That may be vacated; liable to be annulled.
4578	avoidance	[.] AVOID'ANCE, n. [.] 1. The act of avoiding, or shunning. [.] 2. The act of vacating, or the state of being vacant. It is appropriately used for the state of a benefice becoming void, by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. [.] 3. The act ...
4579	avoided	[.] AVOID'ED, pp. Shunned; evaded; made void; ejected.
4580	avoider	[.] AVOID'ER, n. [.] 1. One who avoids, shuns or escapes. [.] 2. The person who carries any thing away; the vessel in which things are carried away.
4581	avoiding	[.] AVOID'ING, ppr. Shunning, escaping; keeping at a distance; ejecting; evacuating; making void, or vacant.
4582	avoidless	[.] AVOID'LESS, a. That cannot be avoided; inevitable.
4583	avoirdupois	[.] AVOIRDUPOIS', n. s as z. [See Poise.] [.] A weight, of which a pound contains 16 ounces. Its proportion to a pound Troy is as 17 to 14. this is the weight for the larger and coarser commodities, as hay, iron, cheese, groceries, &c.
4584	avolation	[.] AVOLA'TION, n. [L. avolo, to fly away, of a and volo. See Volatile.] [.] The act of flying away; flight; escape. [Little used.]
4585	avoset	[.] AV'OSET,
4586	avosetta	[.] AVOSET'TA, n. In ornithology, a species of fowls, arranged under the genus, recurvirostra, and placed by Linne in the grallic order, but by Pennant and Latham, among the palmipeds. The bill is long, slender, flexible and bent upward towards the tip. This bird is ...
4587	avouch	[.] AVOUCH', v.t. [L. voco, advoco. See Voice.] [.] 1. To affirm; to declare or assert with positiveness. [.] 2. To produce or call in; to affirm in favor of, maintain or support. [.] Such antiquities could be avouched for the Irish. [.] 3. To maintain, vindicate ...
4588	avouchable	[.] AVOUCH'ABLE, a. That may be avouched. [Little used.]
4589	avouched	[.] AVOUCH'ED, pp. Affirmed; maintained; called in to support.
4590	avoucher	[.] AVOUCH'ER, n. One who avouches.
4591	avouching	[.] AVOUCH'ING, ppr. Affirming; calling in to maintain; vindicating.
4592	avouchment	[.] AVOUCH'MENT, n. Declaration; the act of avouching.
4593	avow	[.] AVOW', v.t. [L. voveo.] [.] 1. To declare openly, with a view to justify, maintain or defend; or simply to own, acknowledge or confess frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes. [.] 2. In law, to acknowledge and justify; as when the distrainer of ...
4594	avowable	[.] AVOW'ABLE, a. That may be avowed, or openly acknowledged with confidence.
4595	avowal	[.] AVOW'AL, n. An open declaration; frank acknowledgment.
4596	avowant	[.] AVOW'ANT, n. The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking.
4597	avowed	[.] AVOW'ED, pp. Openly declared; owned; frankly acknowledged.
4598	avowedly	[.] AVOW'EDLY, adv. In an open manner; with frank acknowledgment.
4599	avowee	[.] AVOW'EE, n. Sometimes used for advowee, the person who has a right to present to a benefice, the patron. [See Advowson.]
4600	avower	[.] AVOW'ER, n. One who avows, owns, or asserts.
4601	avowing	[.] AVOW'ING, ppr. Openly declaring; frankly acknowledging; justifying.
4602	avowry	[.] AVOW'RY, n. In law, the act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking; the act of maintaining the right to distrain, by the distrainer, or defendant in replevin.
4603	avowtry	[.] AVOW'TRY, [See Advowtry.]
4604	avulsed	[.] AVULS'ED, a. [See Avulsion.] Plucked or pulled off.
4605	avulsion	[.] AVUL'SION, n. [L. avulsio, from avello, a and vello, to pull coinciding with Heb. to separate; Eng. pull.] [.] A pulling or tearing asunder; a rending or violent separation.
4606	await	[.] AWA'IT, v.t. [a and wait. See Wait.] [.] Literally, to remain, hold or stay. [.] 1. To wait for; to look for, or expect. [.] Betwixt the rocky pillars, Gabriel sat, [.] Chief of the Angelic guards, awaiting night. [.] 2. To be in store for; to attend; ...
4607	awaiting	[.] AWA'ITING, ppr. Waiting for; looking for; expecting; being ready or in store for.
4608	awake	[.] AWA'KE, v.t. pret. awoke, awaked; pp. awaked. [The L. vigilo seems to be formed on this root. See Wake.] [.] 1. To rouse from asleep. [.] I go that I may awake him out of sleep. John 11. [.] 2. To excite from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity ...
4609	awaken	[.] AWA'KEN, v.t. awa'kn. This is the word awake, with its Saxon infinitive. It is transitive or intransitive; but more frequently transitive, as awake is more frequently intransitive. its significations are the same as those of awake.
4610	awakened	[.] AWA'KENED, pp. Roused from sleep, in a natural or moral sense.
4611	awakener	[.] AWA'KENER, n. He or that which awakens.
4612	awakening	[.] AWA'KENING, n. A revival of religion, or more general attention to religion, than usual.
4613	award	[.] AWARD', v.t. [See Guard and Regard.] [.] To adjudge; to give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign by sentence. This word is appropriately used to express the act of arbitrators in pronouncing upon the rights of parties; as, the arbitrators awarded damages ...
4614	awarded	[.] AWARD'ED, pp. Adjudged, or given by judicial sentence, or by the decision of arbitrators.
4615	awarder	[.] AWARD'ER, n. One that awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge.
4616	awarding	[.] AWARD'ING, ppr. Adjudging; assigning by judicial sentence; determining.
4617	aware	[.] AWA'RE, a. [See Ware and Wary.] [.] Watchful; vigilant; guarded; but more strictly in modern usage, apprised; expecting an event from information, or probability; as, the general was aware of the enemy's designs. [.] AWA'RE, v.i. To beware; to be cautious. ...
4618	awarn	[.] AWARN', v.t. To warn, which see.
4619	awatcha	[.] AWAT'CHA, n. A bird of Kamtchatka, enumerated by Pennant, among the warblers. The upper parts of the body are of a deep brown color; the throat and breast white, with black spots.
4620	away	[.] AWA'Y, adv. [See Way.] [.] 1. Absent; at a distance; as, the master is away from home. [.] Have me away, for I am wounded. 2Chron. 35. [.] 2. It is much used with words signifying moving or going from; as, go away, send away, run away, &c.; all signifying ...
4621	awe	[.] AWE, n. aw. [Gr. to be astonished.] [.] 1. Fear mingled with admiration or reverence; reverential fear. [.] Stand in awe and sin not. Ps. 4. [.] 2. Fear; dread inspired by something great, or terrific. [.] AWE, v.t. To strike with fear and reverence; ...
4622	awe-commanding	[.] AWE-COMMAND'ING, a. Striking or influencing by awe.
4623	awe-inspiring	[.] AWE-INSPI'RING, a. Impressing with awe.
4624	aweary	[.] AWE'ARY, a. Weary, which see.
4625	aweather	[.] AWEATHER, adv. aweth'er. [a and weather.] [.] On the weather-side, or towards the wind; as, the helm is aweather; opposed to alee.
4626	awed	[.] AW'ED, pp. Struck with fear; influenced by fear or reverence.
4627	aweigh	[.] AWEIGH', adv. [a and weigh.] Atrip. The anchor is aweigh, when it is just drawn out of the ground, and hangs perpendicular. [See Atrip.]
4628	awestruck	[.] AWE'STRUCK, a. Impressed or struck with awe.
4629	awful	[.] AWFUL, a. [awe and full.] [.] 1. That strikes with awe; that fills with profound reverence; as the awful majesty of Jehovah. [.] 2. That fills with terror and dread; as the awful approach of death. [.] 3. Struck with awe; scrupulous. [.] A weak and awful ...
4630	awfully	[.] AW'FULLY, adv. In a manner to fill with awe; in a reverential manner.
4631	awfulness
4632	awhape	[.] AWHAPE, v.t. awhap'. To strike; to confound. Obs. [.] [This is our vulgar shop.]
4633	awhile	[.] AWHILE, adv. [a and while, time, or interval.] [.] A space of time; for some time; for a short time.
4634	awk	[.] AWK, a. [.] 1. Odd; out of order. [.] 2. Clumsy in performance, or manners; unhandy; not dexterous. [Vulgar.]
4635	awkward	[.] AWK'WARD, a. [awk and ward.] [.] 1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands or of instruments; unready; not dexterous; bungling; untoward. [.] 2. Inelegant; unpolite; ungraceful in manners; clumsy; unnatural; bad.
4636	awkwardly	[.] AWK'WARDLY, adv. Clumsily; in a rude or bungling manner; inelegantly; badly.
4637	awkwardness	[.] AWK'WARDNESS, n. Clumsiness; ungracefulness in manners; want of dexterity in the use of the hands or instruments; unsuitableness.
4638	awl	[.] AWL, n. [.] An iron instrument for piercing small holes in leather, for sewing and stitching; used by shoemakers, sadlers, &c. The blade is either straight, or a little bent and flattened.
4639	awless	[.] AW'LESS, a. [awe and less.] [.] 1. Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear; as awless insolence. [.] 2. Wanting the power of causing reverence; not exciting awe; as an awless throne.
4640	awlwort	[.] AWL'WORT, n. [awl and wort. See Wort.] [.] The popular name of the Subularia aquatica, or rough leaved alyssum; so called from its awl-shaped leaves, which grow in clusters round the root. It is a native of Britain and Ireland.
4641	awm	[.] AWM,
4642	awn	[.] AWN, n. [Gr.] [.] The beard of corn or grass, as it is usually understood. But technically, a slender sharp process issuing from the chaff or glume in corn and grasses.
4643	awning	[.] AWN'ING, n. [.] 1. A cover of canvas,usually a sail or tarpaulin, spread over a boat or ship's deck, to shelter from the sun's rays, the officers and crew, and preserve the decks. [.] 2. That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulk head ...
4644	awnless	[.] AWN'LESS, a. Without awn or beard.
4645	awny	[.] AWN'Y, a. Having awns' full of beard.
4646	awoke	[.] AWO'KE, The preterit of awake.
4647	awork	[.] AWORK', adv. [.] At work; in a state of labor or action. [Not used.]
4648	aworking	[.] AWORK'ING, adv. At work; into a state of working or action.
4649	awry	[.] AWRY', a. or adv. [.] 1. Turned or twisted towards one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; asquint; with oblique vision; as, "to glance a look awry;" the lady's cap is awry. [.] 2. In a figurative sense, turned aside from the line of truth, ...
4650	ax	[.] AX, n. improperly written axe. [Gr.] [.] An instrument usually of iron, for hewing timber and chopping wood. It consists of a head with an arching edge, and a helve or handle. The ax is of two kinds, the broad ax for hewing, and the narrow ax for rough-hewing ...
4651	axayacat	[.] AXAYA'CAT, n. A fly in Mexico, whose eggs, deposited on rushes and flags, in large quantities, are sold and used as a sort of caviare, called ahuauhtli. This was a dish among the Mexicans, as it now is among the Spaniards.
4652	axestone	[.] AXESTONE,
4653	axiform	[.] AX'IFORM a. [L. axis, and forma.] In the form of an axis.
4654	axil	[.] AX'IL, n. [L. axilla; Heb. to separate or set apart; whence armpits.] [.] 1. The armpit; a cavity under the upper part of the arm or shoulder. [.] 2. In botany, the space or angle formed by a branch with the stem, or by a leaf with the stem or branch.
4655	axillar	[.] AX'ILLAR,
4656	axillary	[.] AX'ILLARY, a. Pertaining to the armpit, or to the axil of plants. Axillary leaves are those which proceed from the angle formed by the stem and branch.
4657	axinite	[.] AX'INITE, n. A mineral which sometimes occurs in lamellar masses, but commonly in crystals, whose general form is that of a very oblique rhomb, or rather, four-sided prism, so flattened that some of its edges become thin and sharp, like that of an ax; whence its name, ...
4658	axinomancy	[.] AXINOM'ANCY, n. [Gr. an ax, and divination.] [.] Among the ancients, a species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet, performed by laying an agate-stone on a red hot hatchet, or by fixing a hatchet on a round stake, so as to be poised; then the names of those ...
4659	axiom	[.] AX'IOM, n. [Gr. authority, an authoritative sentence, or that which is assumed, from worthy, and to think worthy, to esteem; Eng. to ask, that which is asked, sought or esteemed.] [.] 1. A self evident truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident at first ...
4660	axiomatic	[.] AXIOMAT'IC,
4661	axiomatical	[.] AXIOMAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of self evident truths or received principles.
4662	axis	[.] AX'IS, n. plu. axes. [L.; Gr.] [.] 1. The straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, or which it revolves, or may revolve; as the axis of the earth. [.] 2. In geometry, a straight line in a plain figure, about which it revolves to produce a solid. [.] 3. ...
4663	axle	[.] AX'LE,
4664	axle-tree	[.] AX'LE-TREE, n. [See Axis.] [.] A piece of timer or bar of iron, fitted for insertion in the hobs or naves of wheels, on which the wheels turn.
4665	axolote	[.] AX'OLOTE, n. A water lizard found in the Mexican lake, about eight inches in length, sometimes much larger. The skin is black and soft. It swims with its feet, which resemble those of a frog. It has a periodical evacuation of blood, like the human female.
4666	axstone	[.] AXSTONE, n. A mineral, a subspecies of jade; less hard than nephrite; of a leek or grass green, olive green or greenish gray color. It occurs amorphous, or in rolled fragments. It is found chiefly in New Zealand and the S. Sea isles, where it is used by the rude ...
4667	ay	[.] AY,
4668	aye	[.] AYE, adv. [.] Yes, yea, a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. It is used also to enforce the sense of what is asserted, equivalent to even so, truly, certainly. [.] AYE, adv. [L. avum, which, without its termination, is av, aw; probably ...
4669	ayle	[.] AYLE, n. In law, a grandfather.
4670	ayry	[.] A'YRY. [See Aerie.]
4671	azarole	[.] AZ'AROLE, n. A species of thorn; the three grained medlar, a species of crataegus.
4672	azerira	[.] AZERI'RA, n. A species of plum or prunus.
4673	azerit	[.] AZ'ERIT,'TA,
4674	azimuth	[.] AZ'IMUTH, n. [.] 1. In astronomy, an arch of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place, and the azimuth or vertical circle, passing through the center of the object. [.] 2. Magnetical azimuth, an arch of the horizon, intercepted between the azimuth ...
4675	azote	[.] AZOTE, n. [Gr. priv. and life, or vital.] [.] A species of gas, called also mephitic air, and atmospheric mephitis, on account of it fatal effects upon animal life. It is tasteless, and inodorous: it exists in common air, mixed with oxygen, and constitutes about ...
4676	azoth	[.] AZ'OTH, n. [.] 1. Among alchimists, the first principle of metals; the mercury of metals; a universal medicine. obs. [.] 2. The liquor of sublimated quicksilver; brass.
4677	azotic	[.] AZOT'IC, a. Pertaining to azote; fatal to animal life.
4678	azotite	[.] AZ'OTITE, n. A salt formed by a combination of the protoxyd of azote, or nitrous oxyd, with an alkali.
4679	azure	[.] AZ'URE, a. azh'ur. [.] Of a sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the sky.
4680	azure-stone	[.] AZURE-STONE, AZURITE, n. Another name of the lazulite.
4681	azured	[.] AZURED, a. Colored azure; being of an azure color.
4682	azurite	[.] AZURE-STONE, AZURITE, n. Another name of the lazulite.
4683	azurn	[.] AZURN, a. Of a blue color. [Little used.]
4684	azyme	[.] AZYME, n. [See Azymous.] Unleavened bread. [Not in use.]
4685	azymite	[.] AZYMITE, n. [See Azymous.] In church history, azymites are Christians who administer the eucharist with unleavened bread.
4686	azymous	[.] AZYMOUS, a. [Gr., leaven.] Unleavened; unfermented; as sea-biscuit.
4687	b	[.] B is the second letter, and the first articulation, or consonant, in the English, as in the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and most other alphabets. In the Ethiopic, it is the ninth letter, and its shape is that of a hut. Perhaps from this or other like figure, it received ...
4688	baa	[.] B'AA, n. The cry or appropriate bleating of sheep. [.] B'AA, v.i. To cry or bleat as sheep.
4689	baal	[.] BA'AL, n. An idol among the ancient Chaldeans and Syrians, representing the sun. The word signifies also lord, or commander; and the character of the idol was varied by different nations, at different times. Thus Baal Berith is supposed to signify the Lord of the ...
4690	babble	[.] BAB'BLE, v.i. [.] 1. To utter words imperfectly or indistinctly, as children. [.] 2. To talk idly or irrationally; to talk thoughtlessly. [.] 3. To talk much; to prate; hence to tell secrets. [.] 4. To utter sounds frequently, incessantly, or indistinctly; ...
4691	babblement	[.] BAB'BLEMENT, n. Idle talk; senseless prate; unmeaning words.
4692	babbler	[.] BAB'BLER, n. An idle talker; an irrational prattler; a teller of secrets.
4693	babbling	...
4694	babe	[.] BABE, n. [L. pupus,a word of endearment; pupa, little girl; whence pupillus, pupilla, pupil.] [.] An infant; a young child of either sex.
4695	babel	[.] BA'BEL, n. [Heb.] Confusion; disorder.
4696	babery	[.] BA'BERY, n. Finery to please a child; any trifling toy for children.
4697	babish	[.] BA'BISH, a. Like a babe; childish.
4698	babishly	[.] BA'BISHLY, adv. Childishly.
4699	baboon	[.] BABOON', n. A monkey of the largest species; a quadruped belonging to the genus Simia, in the class Mammalia, and order Primates, according to the system of Linne; but by Pennant arranged under the digitated quadrupeds. Baboons have short tails; a long face; a broad ...
4700	baby	[.] BA'BY, a. Like a young child; pertaining to an infant. [.] BA'BY, n. [See Babe.] An infant or young child of either sex; a babe; [used in familiar language.] [.] 2. A small image in form of an infant, for girls to play with; a doll. [.] BA'BY, v.t. To ...
4701	baby-house	[.] BA'BY-HOUSE, n. A place for children's dolls and babies.
4702	babyhood	[.] BA'BYHOOD, n. The state of being a baby.
4703	babylonian	[.] BABYLO'NIAN
4704	babylonic	[.] BABYLON'IC
4705	babylonical	[.] BABYLON'ICAL, a. Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as Babylonic garments, carpets or hangings. [.] 2. Tumultuous; disorderly.
4706	babylonics	[.] BABYLON'ICS, n.plu. The title of a fragment of the history of the world, ending 267 years before Christ, composed by Berosus, a priest of Babylon.
4707	babylonish	[.] BABYLO'NISH, a. Pertaining to Babylon, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia, or to the kingdom. The city stood on the river Frat, or Euphrates, and it is supposed, on the spot where the tower of Babel was founded. [.] 2. Like the language of Babel; mixed; ...
4708	babyroussa	[.] BABYROUS'SA, n. In zoology, the Indian hog, a native of Celebes, and of Buero, but not found on the continent of Asia or of Africa. This quadruped belongs to the genus,Sus, in the class Mammalia, and order Bellua. From the outside of the upper jaw, spring two teeth ...
4709	bac	[.] BAC or BACK, n. [.] 1. In navigation, a ferry-boat or praam. [.] 2. In brewing, a large flat tub, or vessel, in which wort is cooled before boiling; hence called a cooler. [.] 3. In distilleries, a vessel into which the liquor to be fermented is pumped, ...
4710	bacca	[.] BAC'CA, n.[L.] In botany, a berry; a fruit which consists of a pulpy pericarp, without valves, inclosing several naked seeds.
4711	baccalaureate	[.] BACCALAU'REATE, n. [The first part of this word is from the same root as bachelor; or as Bailey supposes, from bacca, berry; and the latter part, from laurea, a laurel, from the practice of wearing a garland of bay berries.] [.] The degree of bachelor of arts.
4712	baccated	[.] BAC'CATED, a. [L. baccatus, garnished with pearls, from bacca, a berry.] [.] Set or adorned with pearls; having many berries.
4713	bacchanal	[.] BAC'CHANAL,
4714	bacchanalian	[.] BACCHANA'LIAN, n.[from Bacchus, Gr.,the deity of wine and revelling. L. poculum.] [.] One who indulges in drunken revels; a drunkard; one who is noisy and riotous, when intoxicated. [.] 3
4715	bacchanals	[.] BAC'CHANALS, n.plu. Drunken feasts; the revels of bacchanalians. In antiquity, feasts in honor of Bacchus, the god of wine. These were celebrated in spring and autumn, with games and shows.
4716	bacchic	[.] BAC'CHIC, a. Jovial; drunken; mad with intoxication. [.] 2. Relating to Bacchus, the god of wine; as, a bacchic feast or song; bacchic mysteries.
4717	bacchius	[.] BAC'CHIUS, n. In ancient poetry, a foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; as in avari.
4718	baccifferous	[.] BACCIF'FEROUS, a.[L.baccifer,of bacca, a berry, and fero, to bear.] [.] That produces berries. [See Bacca.] Bacciferous plants formerly included all such plants as have a pulpy fruit, whether of the apple, berry or cherry kind; but the modern systems of botany comprehend ...
4719	baccivorous	[.] BACCIV'OROUS, a.[L. bacca,berry, and voro, to eat.] [.] Eating or subsisting on berries; as baccivorous birds.
4720	bachelor	[.] BACH'ELOR, n.[L.baculus, a stick, that is, a shoot.] [.] 1. A young man who has not been married. [.] 2. A man of any age, who has not been married; often with the word old. [.] 3. A person who has taken the first degree in the liberal arts and sciences, at ...
4721	bachelorship	[.] BACH'ELORSHIP, n. The state of being a bachelor. [.] 2. The state of one who has taken his first degree in a college or university.
4722	back	[.] BACK, n. [.] 1. The upper part of an animal, particularly of a quadruped, whose back is a ridge. In human beings, the hinder part of the body. [.] 4
4723	backbite	[.] BACK'BITE, v.t. [back and bite] To censure, slander, reproach, or speak evil of the absent. Prov.xxv.
4724	backbiter	[.] BACK'BITER, n. One who slanders, calumniates or speaks ill of the absent.
4725	backbiting	[.] BACK'BITING, n. The act of slandering the absent; secret calumny. 2Cor.xii.
4726	backbitingly	[.] BACKBI'TINGLY, adv. With secret slander.
4727	backboard	[.] BACK'BOARD, n. [back and board.] A board placed across the after part of a boat.
4728	backbone	[.] BACKBO'NE, n. [back and bone.] The bone of the back; or the spine.
4729	backcarry	[.] BACK'CARRY, n. A having on the back; a term of law.
4730	backdoor	[.] BACKDOOR, n. [back and door.] A door on the back part of a bulding; a private passage; and indirect way.
4731	backed	[.] BACK'ED, pp. Mounted; having on the back; supported by aid; seconded; moved backward. [.] BACK'ED, a. Having a back; a word used in composition; as broad-backed, hump-backed.
4732	backfriend	[.] BACK'FRIEND, n. [back and friend.] A secret enemy.
4733	backgammon	[.] BACKGAM'MON, n. A game played by two persons, upon a table, with box and dice. The table is in two parts, on which are 24 black and white spaces, called points. Each player has 15 men of different colors for the purpose of distinction.
4734	background	[.] BACK'GROUND, n. [back and ground.] Ground in the rear or behind, as opposed to the front. [.] 2. A place of obscurity, or shade; a situation little seen, or noticed.
4735	backhanded	[.] BACK'HANDED,a. [back and hand.] With the hand turned backward; as a backhanded blow. [.] BACK'HANDED, adv. With the hand directed backward; as, to strike backhanded.
4736	backhouse	[.] BACK'HOUSE, n.[back and house.] A building behind the main or front building. [.] 6
4737	backing	[.] BACK'ING, ppr. Mounting; moving back, as a horse; seconding.
4738	backpainting	[.] BACK'PAINTING, n.[back and paint.] The method of painting mezzotinto prints, pasted on glass of a size to fit the print.
4739	backpiece	[.] BACK'PIECE, n.[back and piece.] The piece of armor which covers the back.
4740	backreturn	[.] BACK'RETURN, n. Repeated return.
4741	backroom	[.] BACK'ROOM, n.[back and room.] A room behind the front room, or in the back part of the house.
4742	backs	[.] BACKS, n. Among dealers in leather, the thickest and best tanned hides.
4743	backset	[.] BACK'SET, a.[back and set.] Set upon in the rear.
4744	backside	[.] BACK'SIDE, n. [back and side.] The back part of anything; the part behind that which is presented to the face of a spectator. Ex.iii. [.] 2. The hind part of an animal. [.] 3. The yard, ground or place behind a house.
4745	backslide	[.] BACKSLI'DE, v.i. [back and slide.] To fall off; to apostatize; to turn gradually from the faith and practice of christianity. Jer.iii. Hos.iv.
4746	backslider	[.] BACKSLI'DER, n. An apostate; one who falls from the faith and practice of religion. Prov.xiv. [.] 2. One who neglects his vows of obedience and falls into sin.
4747	backsliding	[.] BACKSLI'DING, n. The act of apostatizing from faith or practice; a falling insensibly from religion into sin or idolatry. Jer. v.6.
4748	backstaff	[.] BACK'STAFF, n. [back and staff, so called from its being used with the observer's back toward the sun.] [.] A quadrant; an instrument for taking the sun's altitude at sea; called also, from its inventor, Davis's quadrant.
4749	backstairs	[.] BACK'STAIRS, n.[back and stairs.] [.] Stairs in the back part of a house; private stairs; and figuratively, a private or indirect way.
4750	backstays	[.] BACK'STAYS, n. [back and stay.] [.] Long ropes or stays extending from the top-mast heads to both sides of a ship, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast, when strained by a weight of sail, and prevent it from giving way and falling overboard.
4751	backsword	[.] BACK'SWORD,n. [back and sword.] [.] A sword with one sharp edge. In England, a stick with a basket handle used in rustic amusements. [.] 7
4752	backward	[.] BACK'WARD
4753	backwardly	[.] BACK'WARDLY, adv. Unwillingly; reluctantly; adversely; perversely.
4754	backwardness	[.] BACK'WARDNESS, n. Unwillingness; reluctance, dilatoriness, or dullness in action. [.] 2. A state of being behind in progress; slowness; tardiness; as the backwardness of the spring.
4755	backwards	[.] BACK'WARDS, adv.[back and ward. See Ward.] With the back in advance; as, to move backward. [.] 2. Toward the back; as, to throw the arms backward; to move backwards and forwards. [.] 3. On the back, or with the back downwards; as, to fall backward. [.] 4. ...
4756	backworm	[.] BACK'WORM, n.[back and worm.] A small worm, in a thin skin, in the reins of a hawk. [See Filanders.]
4757	bacon	[.] BA'CON, n. ba'kn. [.] Hog's flesh, salted or pickled and dried, usually in smoke. [.] To save one's bacon, is to preserve one's self from harm.
4758	bacule	[.] BAC'ULE, n. In fortification, a kind of portcullis or gate, made [.] 8 [.] like a pit-fall, with a counterpoise, and supported by two great stakes.
4759	baculite	[.] BAC'ULITE, n.[L.baculus.] [.] A genus of fossil shells, of a straight form, in their cellular structure resembling the ammonites.
4760	baculometry	[.] BACULOM'ETRY, n. [L. baculus, a staff, and Gr. measure.] [.] The act of measuring distance of altitude by a staff or staves.
4761	bad	[.] BAD, a.[Heb. to perish or destroy] [.] 1. Ill; evil; opposed to good; a word of general use, denoting physical defects and moral faults, in men and things; as a bad man, a bad heart, a bad design, bad air, bad water, bad books. [.] 2. Vicious; corrupt; depraved, ...
4762	bade	[.] BAD,BADE, the past tense of bid. [See Bid.]
4763	badge	[.] BADGE, n.[I know not the affinities of this word, not having found it in any other language. Probably it belongs to class Bg.] [.] 1. A mark, sign, token or thing, by which a person is distinguished, in a particular place or employment, and designating his relation ...
4764	badger	[.] BADG'ER, n. In law, a person who is licensed to buy corn in one place and sell it in another, without incurring the penalties of engrossing. [.] BADG'ER, n. A quadruped of the genus Ursus, of a clumsy make, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. ...
4765	badger-legged	[.] BADG'ER-LEGGED, a. Having legs like a badger. Johnson says having legs of unequal length; but, qu.short thick legs.
4766	badiaga	[.] BADIA'GA, n. A small spunge, common in the North of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises.
4767	badiane	[.] BAD'IANE
4768	badigeon	[.] BADIGE'ON, n. A mixture of plaster and free stone, ground together and sifted, used by statuaries to fill the small holes and repair the defects of the stones, of which they make their statues.
4769	badinage	[.] BAD'INAGE, n. Light or playful discourse.
4770	badly	[.] BAD'LY, adv. [from bad.] In a bad manner; not well, unskillfully; grievously; unfortunately; imperfectly.
4771	badness	[.] BAD'NESS, n. The state of being bad, evil, vicious or depraved; want of good qualities, natural or moral; as the badness of the heart, of the season, of the roads, & c.
4772	baffetas	[.] BAF'FETAS
4773	baffle	[.] BAF'FLE, v.t. To mock or elude by artifice; to elude by shifts and turns; hence to defeat, or confound; as, to baffle the designs of an enemy. [.] Fashionable follies baffle argument.
4774	baffled	[.] BAF'FLED, pp. Eluded; defeated; confounded.
4775	baffler	[.] BAF'FLER, n. One that baffles.
4776	baffling	[.] BAF'FLING, ppr. Eluding by shifts, and turns, or by stratagem; defeating; confounding. A baffling wind, among seamen, is one that frequently shifts, from one point to another.
4777	baftas	[.] BAF'TAS
4778	bag	[.] BAG, n.[Norm. bage, a bag, a coffer, bagnes, baggage. This word seems to be from the root of pack, pouch.] [.] 1. A sack; a pouch, usually of cloth or leather, used to [.]
4779	bagatelle	[.] BAGATELLE, n. bagatel'. [.] A trifle; a thing of no importance.
4780	baggage	[.] BAG'GAGE, n. [Eng.package.] [.] 1. The tents, clothing, utensils, and other necessaries of an army. [.] 2. The clothing and other conveniencies which a traveller carries with him, on a journey. [.] Having dispatched my baggage by water to Altdorf. [.] ...
4781	bagging	[.] BAG'GING, ppr. Swelling; becoming protuberant. [.] BAG'GING, n. The cloth or materials for bags. U.States. Edwards' W. Indies.
4782	bagnio	[.] BAGNIO, n. ban'yo.[L.balneum.] [.] 1. A bath; a house for bathing, cupping, sweating and otherwise cleansing the body. In Turkey, it is the name of prisons where slaves are kept; so called from the baths which they contain. [.] 2. A brothel.
4783	bagpipe	[.] BAG'PIPE, N.[bag and pipe.] [.] A musical wind instrument, used chiefly in Scotland and Ireland. It consists of a leathern bag, which receives the air by a tube, which is stopped by a valve; and pipes, into which the air is pressed by the performer. The base-pipe is ...
4784	bagpiper	[.] BAG'PIPER, n. One who plays on a bag-pipe.
4785	bagre	[.] BAG'RE, n. A small bearded fish, a species of Silurus, anguilliform, of a silvery hue, without scales,and delicious food.
4786	bagreef	[.] BAG'REEF, n.[bag and reef.] A fourth and lower reef used in the British navy.
4787	baguet	[.] BAGUET', n. In architecture, a little round molding, less than an astragal, sometimes carved and enriched.
4788	bahar	[.] BAHAR'
4789	baigne	[.] BAIGNE, v.t. To soak or drench. [Not used.]
4790	baikalite	[.] BA'IKALITE, n.[From Baikal, a lake in Northern Asia.] [.] A mineral occurring in acicular prisms, sometimes long, and either confusedly grouped or radiating from a center. Its color is greenish, or yellowish white. It is regarded as a variety of Tremolite. This name ...
4791	bail	[.] BAIL [.] , v.t. [.] 1. To set free, deliver, or liberate from arrest and imprisonment, upon security given that the person bailed shall appear and answer in court. The word is applied to the magistrate, or the surety. The magistrate bails a man, when he liberates ...
4792	bailable	[.] BA'ILABLE, a. That may be set free upon bond with sureties; that may be admitted to bail; used of persons. [.] 2. That admits of bail; as a bailable offense.
4793	bailbond	[.] BA'ILBOND, n. A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ.
4794	bailed	[.] BA'ILED, pp. Released from custody on bonds for appearance in court. [.] 2. Delivered in trust, to be carried and deposited, redelivered, or otherwise accounted for. [.] 3. Freed from water, as a boat.
4795	bailee	[.] BAILEE',n. The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust.
4796	bailer	[.] BA'ILER
4797	bailif	[.] BA'ILIF, n.[Heb.lord,chief.] In England, an officer appointed by the sheriff. Bailiffs are either special, and appointed, for their adroitness, to arrest persons; or bailiffs of hundreds, who collect fines, summon juries, attend the assizes, and execute writs and ...
4798	bailiwick	[.] BA'ILIWICK, n.[bailli, an officer, see bailiff.] [.] The precincts in which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority; as a hundred, a liberty, a forest, over which a bailiff is appointed. In the liberties and franchises of lords, the bailiff has ...
4799	bailment	[.] BA'ILMENT, n. [from bail.] [.] A delivery of goods, in trust, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed.
4800	bailor	[.] BA'ILOR, n. One who delivers goods to another in trust, for some particular purpose.
4801	bailpiece	[.] BA'ILPIECE, n. A slip of parchment or paper containing a recognizance of bail above or bail to the action.
4802	bairn	[.] BAIRN
4803	bait	[.] BAIT, n. [.] 1. Any substance for food, proper to be used or actually used, to catch fish, or other animals, by alluring them to swallow a hook, or to be caught in snares, or in an inclosure or net. [.] 2. A portion of food and drink, or a refreshment taken on ...
4804	baited	[.] BA'ITED, pp. Furnished with bait; allured; tempted. [.] 2. Fed, or refreshed, on the road. [.] 3. Harassed by dogs or other small animals; attacked.
4805	baiting	[.] BA'ITING, ppr. Furnishing with bait; tempting; alluring. [.] 2. Feeding; refreshing at an inn. [.] 3. Harassing, with dogs; attacking.
4806	baize	[.] BAIZE, n. A coarse woolen stuff, with a long nap, sometimes frized on one side, without wale, being wove with two treadles like flannel.
4807	bake	[.] BAKE, v.t. [.] 14 [.] 1. To heat, dry and harden, as in an oven or furnace, or under coals of fire; to dress and prepare for food, in a close place heated; as, to bake bread. [.] 2. To dry and harden by heat, either in an oven, kiln or furnace, or by the solar rays; ...
4808	baked	[.] BA'KED, pp. Dried and hardened by heat; dressed in heat; as baked meat.
4809	bakehouse	[.] BA'KEHOUSE, n. [bake and house.] A house or building for baking.
4810	bakemeats	[.] BA'KEMEATS, n. Meats prepared for food in an oven. Gen.xl.
4811	baken	[.] BA'KEN, pp. The same as baked, and nearly obsolete.
4812	baker	[.] BA'KER, n. One whose occupation is to bake bread, biscuit, &c.
4813	baker-foot	[.] BA'KER-FOOT, n. An ill-shaped or distorted foot.
4814	baker-legged	[.] BA'KER-LEGGED, a. One who has crooked legs, or legs that bend inward at the knees.
4815	bakery	[.] BA'KERY, n. The trade of a baker. [.] 2. A place occupied with the business of baking bread, &c.
4816	baking	[.] BA'KING, ppr. Drying and hardening in heat; dressing or cooking in a close place, or in heat.
4817	balan	[.] BAL'AN, n. A fish of a beautiful yellow, variegated with orange, a species of wrasse, caught on the shores of England.
4818	balance	[.] BAL'ANCE, n. [L.bilanx, bis, twice, and lanz, a dish, the double dish.] [.] 1. A pair of scales, for weighing commodities. It consists of a beam or lever suspended exactly in the middle, with a scale or basin hung to each extremity, of precisely equal weight. [.] The ...
4819	balance-reef	[.] BAL'ANCE-REEF, n. A reef band that crosses a sail diagonally, used to contract it in a storm.
4820	balanced	[.] BAL'ANCED, pp. Charged with equal weights; standing on an equipoise, regulated so as to be equal; settled; adjusted; made
4821	balancer	[.] BAL'ANCER,n. The person who weighs, or who uses a balance. [.] 2. A member of an insect useful in balancing the body. [.] 3. One skilled in balancing.
4822	balancing	[.] BAL'ANCING, ppr. Charging with equal weights; being in a state of equipoise; bringing to a state of equality; regulating respective forces or sums to make them equal; settling; adjusting; paying a difference of accounts; hesitating; contracting a sail by rolling up ...
4823	balanite	[.] BAL'ANITE, n. A fossil shell of the genus Balanus.
4824	balas	[.] BAL'AS, n. A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. Its crystals are usually octahedrons, composed of two four-sided pyramids, applied base to base. [See Spinel.]
4825	balass	[.] BAL'ASS
4826	balcony	[.] BAL'CONY, n. In architecture, a frame of wood, iron or stone, in front of a house or other building, supported by columns, pillars or consoles and encompassed with a balustrade. Balconies are common before windows.
4827	bald	[.] BALD, a. bauld. [.] 1. Destitute of hair, especially on the top and back of the head. [.] 2. Destitute of the natural covering; as a bald oak. [.] 3. Without feathers on the head; as a bald vulture. [.] 4. Destitute of trees on the top; as a bald mountain. [.] 5. ...
4828	balda-chin	[.] BALD'A-CHIN,
4829	baldaquin	[.] BALD'AQUIN, n. In architecture, a building in form of a canopy, supported by columns, and often used as a covering to insulated altars; sometimes used for a shell over a door. [.] 17
4830	balderdash	[.] BALD'ERDASH, n. Mean, senseless prate; a jargon of words; ribaldry; anything jumbled together without judgment. [.] BALD'ERDASH, v.t. To mix or adulterate liquors.
4831	baldlly	[.] BALDL'LY, adv. Nakedly; meanly; inelegantly; openly.
4832	baldness	[.] BALD'NESS, n. Want of hair on the top and back of the head; loss of hair; meanness or inelegance of writing; want of ornament.
4833	baldpate	[.] BALD'PATE, n. A pate without hair.
4834	baldpated	[.] BALD'PATED, a. Destitute of hair; shorn of hair.
4835	baldrick	[.] BALD'RICK, n. [L.balleus, a belt, and rick, rich. See these words.] [.] 1. A girdle, or richly ornamented belt; a war girdle. [.] A radiant baldrick o'er his shoulders tied. [.] 2. The zodiac.
4836	bale	[.] BALE, n.[Heb. to bind, to pledge, and its derivative.] [.] 1. A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for carriage or transportation. [.] 2. Formerly, a pair of dice [.] BALE, v.t. To make up in a bale. [.] BALE, n. [Heb. to grieve ...
4837	balearic	[.] BALEAR'IC, a. [Gr. to throw, because the inhabitants were good slingers.] [.] Pertaining to the isles of Majorca and Minorca, in the Mediterranean sea.
4838	baleful	[.] BA'LEFUL, a.[See Bale.] Woeful; sad; sorrowful; full of grief; producing misery; as, a baleful smart; baleful eyes. [.] 2. Mischievous; destructive; pernicious; calamitous; deadly; as, baleful enemies; baleful war.
4839	balefully	[.] BA'LEFULLY, adv. Sorrowfully; perniciously; in a calamitous manner.
4840	balister	[.] BALIS'TER, n. [L.balista, from Gr.to throw.] A cross bow.
4841	balize	[.] BALIZE, n. A sea-mark; a pole raised on a bank.
4842	balk	[.] BALK, n. bauk. [.] 1. A ridge of land, left unplowed, between furrows, or at the end of a field. [.] 2. A great beam, or rafter. [.] 3. Any thing left untouched, like a ridge in plowing. [.] 4. A frustration; disappointment. [.] 18
4843	balked	[.] BALK'ED, pp. Plowed in ridges between furrows, as in American husbandry. [.] 2. Frustrated; disappointed.
4844	balker	[.] BALK'ER, n. One who balks. In fishery, balkers are persons who stand on rocks and eminences to espy the sholes of herring, and to give notice to the men in boats, which way they pass.
4845	balking	[.] BALK'ING, ppr. Plowing in ridges; frustrating.
4846	ball	[.] BALL, n.[L. pila; A ball may signify a mass from collecting, or it may be that which is driven, from the root of L. pello; probably the former.] [.] 1. A round body; a spherical substance, whether natural or artificial; or a body nearly round; as, a ball for play; ...
4847	ballad	[.] BAL'LAD, n. A song; originally, a solemn song of praise; but now a meaner kind of popular song. [.] BAL'LAD, v.i. To make or sing ballads.
4848	ballad-maker	[.] BAL'LAD-MAKER, n. A maker or composer of ballads.
4849	ballad-monger	[.] BAL'LAD-MONGER, n. [See Monger] A dealer in writing ballads.
4850	ballad-singer	[.] BAL'LAD-SINGER, n. One whose employment is to sing ballads.
4851	ballad-style	[.] BAL'LAD-STYLE, n. The air or manner of a ballad.
4852	ballad-tune	[.] BAL'LAD-TUNE, n. The tune of a ballad.
4853	ballad-writer	[.] BAL'LAD-WRITER, n. A composer of ballads.
4854	ballader	[.] BAL'LADER, n. A writer of ballads.
4855	balladry	[.] BAL'LADRY, n. The subject or style of ballads.
4856	ballarag	[.] BAL'LARAG, v.t. To bully; to threaten. [Not in use.]
4857	ballast	[.] BAL'LAST, n. [.] 1. Heavy matter, as stone, sand or iron, laid on the bottom of a ship or other vessel, to sink it in the water, to such a depth, as to enable it to carry sufficient sail, without oversetting. [.] Shingle ballast is ballast of coarse gravel. [.] 2. ...
4858	ballasted	[.] BAL'LASTED, pp. Furnished with ballast; kept steady by a counterpoising force.
4859	ballasting	[.] BAL'LASTING, ppr. Furnishing with ballast; keeping steady. [.] BAL'LASTING, n. Ballast; that which is used for ballast.
4860	ballated	[.] BAL'LATED, a. Sung in a ballad. [Little used.]
4861	ballatoon	[.] BALLATOON', n. A heavy luggage boat employed on the rivers about the Caspian Lake.
4862	ballatry	[.] BAL'LATRY, n. A song; a jig.
4863	ballaustine	[.] BALLAUS'TINE, n. The wild pomegranate tree.
4864	ballet	[.] BAL'LET, n. [.] 20 [.] 1. A kind of dance; an interlude; a comic dance, consisting of a series of several airs, with different movements, representing some subject or action. [.] 2. A kind of dramatic poem, representing some fabulous action or subject, in which ...
4865	balliage	[.] BAL'LIAGE, or more correctly bailage. n. [.] A small duty paid to the city of London by aliens, and even by denizens, for certain commodities exported by them.
4866	balliards	[.] BALLIARDS. [See Billiards.]
4867	ballister	[.] BALLISTER. [See Baluster.]
4868	ballistic	[.] BALLIS'TIC, a. [L. balista, an engine to throw stones, or shoot darts, from Gr.to throw or shoot.] Pertaining to the balista, or to the art of shooting darts, and other missive weapons, by means of an engine.
4869	ballistics	[.] BALLIS'TICS, n. The science or art of throwing missive weapons, by the use of an engine. The balista was a machine resembling a cross-bow.
4870	balloen	[.] BAL'LOEN, n. A state barge of Siam, made of a single piece of timber, very long, and managed with oars.
4871	balloon	[.] BALLOON', n. [.] 1. In general, any spherical hollow body. [.] 2. In chimistry, a round vessel with a short neck, to receive whatever is distilled; a glass receiver of a spherical form. [.] 3. In architecture, a ball or globe, on the top of a pillar. [.] 4. ...
4872	ballot	[.] BAL'LOT, n. [.] 1. A ball used in voting. Ballots are of different colors; those of one color give an affirmative; those of another, a (p.21) negative. They are privately put into a box or urn. [.] 2. A ticket or written vote, being given in lieu of a ballot, ...
4873	ballot-box	[.] BAL'LOT-BOX, n. A box for receiving ballots.
4874	ballotade	[.] BAL'LOTADE
4875	ballotation	[.] BALLOTA'TION, n. A voting by ballot. [Little used.]
4876	balm	[.] B'ALM, n. bam. [.] 1. The sap or juice of trees or shrubs remarkable odoriferous or aromatic. [.] 2. Any fragrant or valuable ointment. [.] 3. Anything which heals, or which soothes or mitigates pain. [.] 4. In botany, the name of several plants, particularly ...
4877	balmy	[.] B'ALMY, a. Having the qualities of balm; aromatic. [.] 2. Producing balm; as the balmy tree. [.] 3. Soothing; soft; mild; as balmy slumbers. [.] 4. Fragrant; odoriferous; as balmy wings. [.] 5. Mitigating; easing; assuaging; as balmy breath.
4878	balneal	[.] BAL'NEAL, a. [L.balneum.] Pertaining to a bath.
4879	balneary	[.] BAL'NEARY, n. [L.balnearium, from balneum.] [.] A bathing room.
4880	balneation	[.] BALNEA'TION, n. The act of bathing.
4881	balneatory	[.] BAL'NEATORY, a. Belonging to a bath or stove.
4882	balotade	[.] BAL'OTADE, n. In the menage, a leap of pillars, or upon a strait line, so that when his fore feet are in the air, he shrews nothing but the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out. In a capriole, the horse yerks out his hind legs.
4883	balsam	[.] BAL'SAM, n. [L.balsamum.] An oily, aromatic, resinous substance, flowing spontaneously or by incision, from certain plants. A (p.22) [.] great variety of substances pass under this denomination. But in modern chimistry, the term is confined to such vegetable juices, ...
4884	balsam-sweating	[.] BAL'SAM-SWEATING, a. Yielding balsam.
4885	balsamation	[.] BALSAMA'TION, n. The act of rendering balsamic.
4886	balsami-cal	[.] BALSAM'I-CAL, a. Having the qualities of balsam; stimulating; unctuous; soft; mitigating; mild.
4887	balsamic	[.] BALSAM'IC
4888	balsamine	[.] BAL'SAMINE, n. touch-me-not, or Impatiens, a genus of plants.
4889	baltic	[.] BALT'IC, n. [From balte, belt, from certain straits or channels, surrounding its isles, called belts. See Belt.] [.] The sea which separates Norway and Sweden from Jutland, Holstein and Germany. [.] BALT'IC, a. Pertaining to the sea of that name; situated on the ...
4890	baluster	[.] BAL'USTER, n. [L. palus; Eng.pole,pale. This is corrupted into bannister, which I have rejected.] [.] A small column or pilaster, of various forms and dimension, often adorned with moldings, used for balustrades.
4891	balustered	[.] BAL'USTERED, a. Having balusters. [.] 23
4892	balustrade	[.] BAL'USTRADE, n. A row of balusters,joined by a rail, serving as a fence or inclosure, for altars, balconies, stair-cases, terraces. tops of buildings, &c.
4893	bam	[.] BAM or BEAM, as an initial syllable in names of places, signifies wood; implying that the place took its name from a grove, or forest.
4894	bamboo	[.] BAM'BOO, n. A plant of the reed kind, or genus Arundo, growing in the East Indies, and in some other warm climates, and sometimes attaining to the height of 60 feet. From the main root, which is long, thick and jointed,spring several round, jointed stalks, which at ...
4895	bamboozle	[.] BAMBOO'ZLE, v.t. To confound; to deceiving; to play low tricks. [ A low word.]
4896	bamboozler	[.] BAMBOO'ZLER, n. A cheat; one who plays low tricks.
4897	ban	[.] BAN, n. [.] 1. A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory. [.] In a more particular sense, [.] 2. Notice of a marriage proposed, or of a matrimonial contract, proclaimed in a church, that any person may object, if he ...
4898	banana	[.] BAN'ANA, n. A species of the genus Musa, or plantain tree, and its fruit. It rises 15 or 20 feet high, with a soft stalk, marked with dark purple stripes and spots,with leaves six feet long, and a foot broad. The flowers grow in bunches, covered with a sheath of ...
4899	band	[.] BAND, n.[See Bind and Bend.] [.] 1. A fillet; a cord; a tie; a chain; any narrow ligament with which a thing is bound, tied or fastened, or by which a number of things are confined together. [.] 2. In architecture, any flat low member of molding, broad but not ...
4900	bandage	[.] BAND'AGE, n. A fillet, roller, or swath, used in dressing and binding up wounds, restraining hemorrhages, and joining fractured and dislocated bones. Sometimes, the act or practice of applying bandages. [.] 2. Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound ...
4901	bandana	[.] BANDAN'A, n. A species of silk handkerchief.
4902	bandbox	[.] BAND'BOX, n. A slight paper box for bands, caps, bonnets, muffs, or other light articles.
4903	banded	[.] BAND'ED, pp. Bound with a band; united in a band.
4904	bandelet	[.] BAND'ELET, n. Any little band or flat molding, as that which [.] crowns the Doric architrave.
4905	bander	[.] BAND'ER, n. One that bands or associates with others.
4906	banderet	[.] BAND'ERET, n. [from band.] In Swisserland, a general in chief of military forces.
4907	bandian	[.] BAN'DIAN, n. The seed of a tree in China, which smells like anise seeds; used by the Chinese and Dutch to give their tea an aromatic taste.
4908	bandied	[.] BAND'IED, pp. Beat or tossed to and fro; agitated; controverted without ceremony.
4909	banding	[.] BAND'ING, ppr. Binding with a band; uniting in a band or company.
4910	bandit	[.] BAN'DIT, n.plu. BAN'DITS or BANDIT'TI, An outlaw; also in a general sense, a robber; a highwayman; a lawless or desperate fellow.
4911	bandle	[.] BAN'DLE, n. An Irish measure of two feet in length.
4912	bandlet	[.] BAND'LET
4913	bandog	[.] BAN'DOG, n, A large species of dog.
4914	bandoleers	[.] BANDOLEE'RS, n. A large leathern belt, thrown over the right shoulder, and hanging under the left arm; worn by ancient musketeers for sustaining their fire arms, and their musket charges, which being put into little wooden cases, and coated with leather, were hung, ...
4915	bandon	[.] BAN'DON, n. Disposal; license. [Not in use.]
4916	bandore	[.] BAN'DORE, n. A musical stringed instrument, like a lute.
4917	bandrol	[.] BAND'ROL, n. [.] 1. A little flag or streamer, in form of a guidon, used to be hung on the masts of vessels. [.] 2. The little fringed silk flag that hangs on a trumpet.
4918	bandstring	[.] BAND'STRING, n. A string appendant to a band.
4919	bandy	[.] BAND'Y, n. [L.pando.] A club for striking a ball at play. [.] BAND'Y, v.t. To beat to and fro, as a ball in play. [.] 2. To exchange; to give and receive reciprocally; as, to bandy looks. [.] 3. To agitate; to toss about, as from man to man. [.] Let ...
4920	bandy-legged	[.] BAND'Y-LEGGED, a. Having crooked legs.
4921	bandying	[.] BAND'YING, ppr. Beating, impelling or tossing from one to another; agitating in controversy without ceremony.
4922	bane	[.] BANE, n.[Gr. is to kill; in L. venenum is poison.] [.] Poison of a deadly quality; hence, any fatal cause of mischief, injury or destruction; as, vice is the bane of society. [.] BANE, v.t. To poison.
4923	baneberry	[.] BA'NEBERRY, n. A name of the herb christopher, actaea, or aconitum racemosum.
4924	baneful	[.] BA'NEFUL, a. Poisonous; pernicious; destructive.
4925	banefully	[.] BA'NEFULLY, adv. Perniciously; destructively.
4926	banefulness	[.] BA'NEFULNESS, n. Poisonousness; destructiveness.
4927	bang	[.] BANG, v.t. [.] 1. To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to thump; to cudgel. [A low word.] [.] 2. To beat or handle roughly; to treat with violence. [.] BANG, n. A blow with a club; a heavy blow.
4928	bangle	[.] BAN'GLE, v.t. To waste by little and little; to squander carelessly.
4929	banian	[.] BAN'IAN, n. A man's undress or morning gown, as worn by the Banians in the E. Indies. [.] 2. A Gentoo servant, employed as an agent in commerce. [.] 3. A tree in India. [.] Banian days, in seamen's language, are three days in a week, in which the sailors have no ...
4930	banish	[.] BAN'ISH, v.t. [.] 1. To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the prince or government, either for life or for a limited time. It is common for Russians to be banished to Siberia. [.] 27 [.] 2. To drive away; to compel to depart; as, ...
4931	banished	[.] BAN'ISHED, pp. Compelled to leave one's country; driven away.
4932	banisher	[.] BAN'ISHER, n. One who compels another to quit his country.
4933	banishing	[.] BAN'ISHING, ppr. Compelling to quit one's country; driving away.
4934	banishment	[.] BAN'ISHMENT, n. The act of a prince or government, compelling a citizen to leave his country, either for a limited time or forever, as for some crime. [.] 2. A voluntary forsaking of one's country upon oath, called abjuration. [This practice has now ceased in G.Britain.] [.] 3. ...
4935	bank	[.] BANK, n. [Bank and bench are radically the same word. The sense is, that which is set, laid or extended. Applied to a mass of earth, it is a collection, that which is thrown or laid together.] [.] 1. A mound, pile or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding ...
4936	bank-bill	[.] BANK-BILL
4937	bank-note	[.] BANK-NOTE, n. A promissory note, issued by a banking company, signed by their President and countersigned by the Cashier,payable to the bearer in gold or silver at the bank, on demand. If payable to order, the note is called a post-note.
4938	bank-stock	[.] BANK-STOCK, n. A share or shares in the capital stock of a bank.
4939	bankable	[.] BANK'ABLE, a. Receivable at a bank, as bills; or discountable, as notes. [Of recent origin.]
4940	banked	[.] BANK'ED, pp. Raised in a ridge or mound of earth; inclosed, or fortified with a bank.
4941	banker	[.] BANK'ER, n. One who keeps a bank; one who trafficks in money, receives and remits money, negotiates bills of exchange, &c. [.] 2. A vessel employed in the codfishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
4942	banking	[.] BANK'ING, ppr. Raising a mound or bank; inclosing with a bank. When we speak of restraining water, we usually call it banking; when we speak of defending the land, we call it imbanking. [.] BANK'ING, n. The business or employment of a banker; the business of ...
4943	bankrupt	[.] BANK'RUPT, n. [Eng.rout,defeat. This [.] may signify bench-broken, or bank-broken; most probably the latter, referring to the fund or stock. The last syllable is the Latin ruptus contracted; Norm.roupt,rous,broken.] [.] 1. A trader who secretes himself, or does ...
4944	bankrupt-law	[.] BANK'RUPT-LAW, n. A law, which, upon a bankrupt's surrendering all his property to commissioners for the benefit of his creditors, discharges him from the payment of his debts,and all liability to arrest or suit for the same, and secures his future acquired property ...
4945	bankrupt-system	[.] BANKRUPT-SYSTEM, n. A system of laws and legal proceedings in regard to bankrupts and their property.
4946	bankruptcy	[.] BANK'RUPTCY, n. The state of being a bankrupt, or insolvent; inability to pay all debts. [.] 2. The act of becoming a bankrupt; the act of rendering one's self a bankrupt, as by absconding, or otherwise; failure in trade.
4947	bankrupted	[.] BANK'RUPTED, pp. Rendered insolvent. [.] 29
4948	bankrupting	[.] BANK'RUPTING, ppr. Breaking in trade; rendering insolvent.
4949	banner	[.] BAN'NER, n. [L.pannus.] [.] 1. A square flag; a military ensign; the principal standard of a prince or state. [.] 2. A streamer borne at the end of a lance or elsewhere. [.] 3. In botany, the upper petal of a papilionaceous corol.
4950	bannered	[.] BAN'NERED, a. Furnished with or bearing banners. [.] Shield the strong foes, and rake the bannered shore.
4951	banneret	[.] BAN'NERET, n. A knight made in the field. Bannerets formerly constituted an order of knights or feudal lords, who led their vassals to battle under their own flags. On the day of battle, the candidates presented their flags to the king or general, who cut off the ...
4952	bannerol	[.] BAN'NEROL, [See Bandrol.]
4953	bannock	[.] BAN'NOCK, n. A cake made of oatmeal or peas-meal, baked on an iron plate over the fire; used in Scotland, and the northern counties of England.
4954	banoy	[.] BAN'OY, n. A species of hawk, somewhat larger than the English sparrow hawk; the back and wings yellow, and the belly white; a native of the Philippine isles.
4955	banquet	[.] BAN'QUET, n. A feast; a rich entertainment of meat and drink. Esther v. Job xli. Amos vi.
4956	banquet-house	[.] BAN'QUET-HOUSE, n. A house where entertainments are made. Cant.xxiv. Dan v.
4957	banqueted	[.] BAN'QUETED, pp. Feasted; richly entertained at the table.
4958	banqueter	[.] BAN'QUETER, n. A feaster; one who lives deliciously. [.] 2. One who makes feasts, or rich entertainments. [.] 30
4959	banqueting	[.] BAN'QUETING, ppr. Feasting; entertaining with rich fare. [.] 2. Partaking of rich fare. [.] BAN'QUETING, n. A feast; luxurious living; rich entertainment. lPet.iv.
4960	banqueting-house	[.] BAN'QUETING-HOUSE
4961	banqueting-room	[.] BAN'QUETING-ROOM, n. A saloon, or spacious hall for public entertainments.
4962	banquette	[.] BANQUETTE or BANQUET, n. banket. In fortification, a little raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy in the moat or covered way.
4963	banshee	[.] BAN'SHEE or BEN'SHI, n. An Irish fairy.
4964	banstickle	[.] BAN'STICKLE, n. A small fish, called also stickle-back. This fish falls under the genus Gasterosteus.
4965	banter	[.] BAN'TER, v.t. [Gr. to mock, or deride.] To play upon in words and in good humor; to rally; to joke, or jest with. Banter hardly amounts to ridicule, much less to derision. It consists in being pleasant and witty with the actions of another, and raising a humorous ...
4966	bantered	[.] BAN'TERED, pp. Rallied; laughed at in good humor.
4967	banterer	[.] BAN'TERER, n. One who banters, or laughs at with pleasantry.
4968	bantering	[.] BAN'TERING, ppr. Joking; laughing at with good humor.
4969	bantling	[.] BANT'LING, n. A young child; an infant.
4970	baptism	[.] BAP'TISM, n. [Gr. to baptize.] [.] 1. The application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of Christ. This is usually performed by sprinkling or immersion. [.] 2. The sufferings of Christ. ...
4971	baptismal	[.] BAPTIS'MAL, a. Pertaining to baptist; as a baptismal vow.
4972	baptist	[.] BAP'TIST, n. One who administers baptism. This appellation is [.] [.] 31 [.] appropriately given to John, the forerunner of Christ. [.] 2. As a contraction of Anabaptist, one who denies the doctrine of infant baptism, and maintains that baptism ought to be administered ...
4973	baptistery	...
4974	baptistic	[.] BAPTIS'TIC
4975	baptistical	[.] BAPTIS'TICAL, a. Pertaining to baptism.
4976	baptize	[.] BAPTI'ZE, v.t. [See Baptism.] To administer the sacrament of baptism to; to christen. By some denominations of christians, baptism is performed by plunging, or immersing the whole body in water, and this is done to none but adults. More generally the ceremony is ...
4977	baptized	[.] BAPTI'ZED, pp. Having received baptism; christened.
4978	baptizer	[.] BAPTI'ZER, n. One who christens, or administers baptism.
4979	baptizing	[.] BAPTI'ZING, ppr. Administering baptism to; christening.
4980	bar	[.] B'AR, n. [If these words are the Eng.bar, the sense is a shoot, that which shoots, passes or is driven.] [.] 1. A piece of wood,iron or other solid matte, long in proportion to its diameter, used for various purposes, but especially for a hindrance or obstruction; ...
4981	barb	[.] B'ARB, n. [L.barba; This is beard, with a different ending. The sense may be, that which shoots out.] [.] 1. Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it; as the barb of a fish, the smaller claws of the polypus,&c. [.] 2. The down, or pubes, ...
4982	barbadoes-cherry	[.] BARBA'DOES-CHERRY, n. The Malpighia, a tree growing in the W. Indies, fifteen feet high and producing a pleasant tart fruit.
4983	barbarian	[.] BARBA'RIAN, n. [L. barbarus;. The sense is, foreign, wild, fierce.] [.] 1. A man in his rude, savage state; an uncivilized person. [.] 2. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity. [.] 3. A foreigner. The Greeks and Romans denominated most ...
4984	barbaric	[.] BARBAR'IC, a. [L. barbaricus. See Barbarian. The Romans applied this word to designate things foreign; Barbaricum aurum, gold from Asia, Virg. AEn.2.504; Barbaricoe vestes,embroidered garments from foreign nations. English writers use the word in a like sense.] [.] Foreign; ...
4985	barbarity	[.] BARBAR'ITY, n. [See Barbarian.] The manners of a barbarian; savageness; cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity. [.] 2. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [The use of the word in this sense, is now superseded by barbarism.]
4986	barbarize	[.] B'ARBARIZE, v.t. To make barbarous. [.] Hideous changes have barbarized France.
4987	barbarous	[.] B'ARBAROUS, a. Uncivilized; savage; unlettered; untutored; ignorant; unacquainted with arts; stranger to civility of manners. [.] Thou are a roman; be not barbarous. [.] 2. Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; as barbarous.
4988	barbarously	[.] B'ARBAROUSLY, adv. In the manner of a barbarian; ignorantly; without knowledge or arts; contrary to the rules of speech. [.] 2. In a savage, cruel, ferocious or inhuman manner.
4989	barbarousness	[.] B'ARBAROUSNESS, n. Rudeness or incivility of manners. [.] 2. Impurity of language. [.] 3. Cruelty; inhumanity; barbarity.
4990	barbary	[.] B'ARBARY, n. A barbary horse; a barb.
4991	barbastel	[.] B'ARBASTEL, n. A bat with hairy lips.
4992	barbate	[.] B'ARBATE
4993	barbated	[.] B'ARBATED, a. [L. barbatus, from barba. See Barb.] [.] In botany, bearded; also gaping or ringent. Barbatus flos, a gaping or ringent flower; synonymous with the ringent flower of Linne, and the labiate of Tournefort.
4994	barbe	[.] B'ARBE. In the military art, to fire in barbe, is to fire the cannon over the parapet, instead of firing through the embrasures.
4995	barbecue	[.] B'ARBECUE, n. In the West Indies, a hog roasted whole. It is, with us, used for an ox or perhaps any other animal dressed in like manner. [.] 35 [.] B'ARBECUE, v.t. To dress and roast a hog whole, which is done by splitting the hog to the back bone, and roasting ...
4996	barbed	[.] B'ARBED, pp. [See Barb.] [.] 1. Furnished with armor; as barbed steeds. [.] 2. Bearded; jagged with hooks or points; as barbed arrows. [.] 3. Shaved or trimmed; having the beard dressed.
4997	barbel	[.] B'ARBEL, n. [L. barba.] [.] 1. A fish of the genus Cyprinus, of the order of abdominals. The mouth is toothless; the gill has three rays; the body is smooth and white. This fish is about three feet long, and weighs 18 pounds. It is a very coarse fish, living ...
4998	barber	[.] B'ARBER, n. One whose occupation is to shave men, or to shave and dress hair. [.] B'ARBER, v.t. To shave and dress hair.
4999	barber-chirurgeon	[.] B'ARBER-CHIRURGEON, n. One who joins the practice of surgery with that of a barber; a practice now unusual. A low practitioner of surgery.
5000	barber-monger	[.] B'ARBER-MONGER, n. A man who frequents the barber's shop, or prides himself in being dressed by a barber; a fop.
5001	barberness	[.] B'ARBERNESS, n. A female barber. [Not used.]
5002	barberry	[.] B'ARBERRY, n. [L. berberis.] [.] 1. A plant of the genus berberis, common in hedges; called in England, pipperidge bush. The berries are used in housewifery, and are deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, especially the bark of the ...
5003	barbet	...
5004	bard	[.] B'ARD, n. [.] 1. A poet and a singer among the ancient Celts; one whose occupation was to compose and sing verses, in honor of the heroic [.] 36 [.] achievements of princes and brave men. The bards used an instrument of music like a lyre or guitar, and not only praised ...
5005	barded	[.] B'ARDED, a. In heraldry, a caparisoned.
5006	bardesanists	[.] BARDES'ANISTS, n. A sect of heretics, who sprung from Bardesanes, of Edessa, in Mesopotamia, in the 2d century, who taught that the actions of men depend on fate, to which God himself is subject. His followers went farther, and denied the incarnation of Christ and ...
5007	bardic	[.] B'ARDIC, a. Pertaining to bards, or to their poetry.
5008	bardish	[.] B'ARDISH, a. Pertaining to bards; written by a bard.
5009	bardism	[.] B'ARDISM, n. The science of bards; the learning and maxims of bards.
5010	bare	[.] BARE, a. [This word is from opening, separating, stripping.] [.] 1. Naked, without covering; as, the arm is bare; the trees are bare. [.] 2. With the head uncovered, from respect. [.] 3. Plain; simple; unadorned; without the polish of refined manners. [.] 4. ...
5011	barebone	[.] BA'REBONE, n. [See Bone.] A very lean person.
5012	bareboned	[.] BA'REBONED, a. Lean, so that the bones appear, or rather so that the bones show their forms.
5013	bared	[.] BA'RED, pp. Made bare; made naked.
5014	barefaced	[.] BA'REFACED, pp. [See Face.] [.] 1. With the face uncovered; not masked. [.] 2. Undisguised; unreserved; without concealment; hence shameless; impudent; audacious; as a barefaced falsehood. [.] 37
5015	barefacedly	[.] BA'REFACEDLY, adv. Without disguise or reserve; openly; impudently.
5016	barefacedness	[.] BA'REFACEDNESS, n. Effrontery; assurance; audaciousness.
5017	barefoot	[.] BA'REFOOT, a. [See Foot.] [.] With the feet bare; without shoes and stockings. 2 Sam.xv. Isaiah xx. [.] BA'REFOOT, a. or adv. With the feet bare; as, to dance barefoot.
5018	barefooted	[.] BA'REFOOTED, a. Having the feet bare.
5019	baregnawn	[.] BA'REGNAWN, a. [See Gnaw.] Eaten bare.
5020	bareheaded	[.] BA'REHEADED, [See Head.] Having the head uncovered, either from respect or other cause.
5021	bareheadedness	[.] BAREHEADEDNESS, n. State of being bareheaded.
5022	barelegged	[.] BA'RELEGGED, a. Having the legs bare.
5023	barely	[.] BA'RELY, adv. Nakedly; poorly; indigently; without decoration; merely; only; without any thing more; as a price barely in title.
5024	barenecked	[.] BA'RENECKED, a. Having the neck uncovered; exposed.
5025	bareness	[.] BA'RENESS, n. Nakedness; leanness; poverty; indigence; defect of clothes, or the usual covering.
5026	barepicked	[.] BA'REPICKED, a. Picked to the bone.
5027	bareribbed	[.] BA'RERIBBED, a. Lean.
5028	bargain	[.] B'ARGAIN, n. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property, for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration. [.] 2. ...
5029	bargainee	[.] BARGAINEE', n. The party in a contract who receives or agrees to receive the property sold.
5030	bargainer	[.] B'ARGAINER, n. The party in a contract who stipulates to sell and convey property to another.
5031	barge	[.] B'ARGE, n. barj. [Barge, and bark or barque, a ship, are radically one word.] [.] 1. A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, furnished with elegant apartments, canopies and cushions, equipped with a band of rowers, and decorated with flags and streamers; used ...
5032	barge-couples	[.] B'ARGE-COUPLES, n. In architecture, a beam mortised into another, to strengthen the building.
5033	barge-course	[.] B'ARGE-COURSE, n. In bricklaying, a part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in building where there is a gable,or kirkinhead.
5034	bargeman	[.] B'ARGEMAN, n. The man who manages a barge.
5035	bargemaster	[.] B'ARGEMASTER, n. The proprietor of a barge, conveying goods for hire.
5036	barger	[.] B'ARGER, n. The manager of a barge.
5037	barilla	[.] BARIL'LA, n. A plant cultivated in Spain for its ashes, from which the purest kind of mineral alkali is obtained; used in making glass and soap, and in bleaching linen. The plant is cut and laid in heaps, and burnt, the salts running into a hole in the ground where ...
5038	baritone	[.] BAR'ITONE, [See Barytone.]
5039	barium	[.] BAR'IUM, n. The metallic basis of baryte or baryta, which is an oxyd of barium.
5040	bark	[.] B'ARK, n. [Probably from stripping, separating.] [.] 1. The rind or exterior covering of a tree, corresponding to the skin of an animal. This is composed of the cuticle or epidermis, the outer bark or cortex, and the inner bark or liber. The rough broken matter ...
5041	bark-bared	[.] B'ARK-BARED, a. Stripped of the bark.
5042	bark-bound	[.] B'ARK-BOUND, a. Having the bark too firm or close, as with trees. This disease is cured by slitting the bark.
5043	bark-galled	[.] B'ARK-GALLED, a. Having the bark galled, as with thorns. This defect is cured by binding on clay.
5044	barked	[.] B'ARKED, pp. Stripped of the bark; peeled; also covered with bark.
5045	barker	[.] B'ARKER, n. One who barks, or clamors unreasonably; one who strips trees of their bark.
5046	barking	[.] B'ARKING, ppr. Stripping off bark; making the noise of dogs; clamoring; covering with bark.
5047	barky	[.] B'ARKY, a. Consisting of bark; containing bark.
5048	barley	[.] B'ARLEY, n. [L. far; Heb. bar,corn.] A species of valuable grain, used especially for making malt, from which are distilled liquors of extensive use, as beer, ale and porter. It is of the genus hordeum, consisting of several species. Those principally cultivated ...
5049	barley-brake	[.] B'ARLEY-BRAKE, n. A rural play; a trial of swiftness.
5050	barley-broth	[.] B'ARLEY-BROTH, N. A low word for strong beer.
5051	barley-corn	[.] B'ARLEY-CORN, n. [See Corn.] A grain of barley;; the third part of an inch in length; hence originated our measure of length. [.] 40
5052	barley-mow	[.] B'ARLEY-MOW, n. A mow of barley, or the place where barley is deposited.
5053	barley-sugar	[.] B'ARLEY-SUGAR, n. Sugar boiled till it is brittle, formerly with a decoction of barley.
5054	barley-water	[.] B'ARLEY-WATER, n. A decoction of barley, which is reputed soft and lubricating, and much used in medicine. [.] French barley and pearl barley are used for making decoctions. These are made by separating the grain from its coat. The pearl barley is reduced to the size ...
5055	barm	[.] B'ARM, n. [L, fermentum, from ferveo; or beer-rahm, beer cream.] [.] Yeast; the scum rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in bread to make it swell, causing it to be softer, lighter, and more delicate. It may be used in liquors ...
5056	barmy	[.] B'ARMY, a. Containing barm, or yeast.
5057	barn	[.] BARN, n.[Eng.born.] A child. [Little used in English.]
5058	barnacle	[.] B'ARNACLE, n. [L.perna, a shell-fish.] [.] 1. A shell which is often found on the bottoms of ships, rocks and timber, below the surface of the sea. [.] 2. A species of goose, found in the northern seas, but visiting more southern climates in winter. The forehead ...
5059	barolite	[.] BAR'OLITE, n. [Gr.weight, and a stone.] Carbonate of baryte. Its color is usually a light yellowish gray; sometimes whitish, or with a tinge of green. It is strongly translucent. It usually occurs in small masses, which have a fibrous structure; sometimes in distinct ...
5060	barom	[.] BAROM,'ETER, n. [Gr.weight, and measure.] [.] An instrument for measuring the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, consisting of a glass tube,hermetically sealed at one end, filled with quicksilver, well defecated and purged of air, and inverted in a basin of quicksilver. ...
5061	barometrical	[.] BAROMET'RICAL, a. Pertaining or relating to the barometer; made by a barometer; as barometrical experiments.
5062	barometrically	[.] BAROMET'RICALLY, adv. By means of a barometer.
5063	baron	[.] BAR'ON, n. [L.vir, is doubtless the Shemitic, a man, so named from strength.] [.] 1. In Great Britain, a title or degree of nobility; a lord; a peer; one who holds the rank of nobility next below that of a viscount, and above that of a knight or baronet. Originally, ...
5064	baronage	[.] BAR'ONAGE, n. The whole body of barons or peers. [.] 2. The dignity of a baron. [.] 3. The land which gives title to a baron.
5065	baroness	[.] BAR'ONESS, n. A baron's wife or lady.
5066	baronet	[.] BAR'ONET, n. A dignity or degree of honor, next below a baron, and above a knight;; having precedency of all knights except those of the garter, and being the only knighthood that is hereditary. The [.] 42 [.] order was founded by James I. in 1611, and is given by ...
5067	baronial	[.] BARO'NIAL, a Pertaining to a baron.
5068	barony	[.] BAR'ONY, n. The lordship, honor, or fee of a baron, whether spiritual or temporal. This lordship is held in chief of the king, and gives title to the possessor,or baron.
5069	baroscope	[.] BAR'OSCOPE, n. [Gr.weight, and to view.] An instrument to show the weight of the atmosphere; superseded by the Barometer.
5070	baroscopic	[.] BAROS'COP'IC, a. Pertaining to or determined by the baroscope.
5071	baroselenite	[.] BAROSEL'ENITE, n. [Gr.weight, or heavy, and selenite.] [.] A mineral; sulphate of baryte; heavy spar.
5072	barque	[.] BARQUE, n. A small ship; but appropriately, a ship which carries three masts without a mizen top sail. The English mariners, in the coal trade, apply this name to a broadsterned ship without a figure-head. [.] Water-barks, in Holland, are small vessels, for conveying ...
5073	barra	[.] BAR'RA, n. In Portugal and Spain, a long measure for cloths. In Valencia, 13 barras make 12 6/7 yards English; in Castile, 7 are equal to 6 4/7 yards; in Arragon, 3 make 2 4/7 yards.
5074	barracada	[.] BARRACA'DA, n. A fish, about fifteen inches in length, of a dusky color on the back, and a white belly, with small black spots.
5075	barracan	[.] BAR'RACAN, n. A thick, strong stuff, something like camelot; used for clokes, surtouts,and other outer garments.
5076	barrack	[.] BAR'RACK, n. A hut or house for soldiers, especially in garrison. In Spain, a hut or cabin for fishermen.
5077	barrack-master	[.] BAR'RACK-MASTER, n. The officer who superintends the barracks of soldiers.
5078	barracuda	[.] BARRACU'DA, n. A species of fish of the pike kind, found in the seas about the Bahamas and W.Indies, of ten feet in length. The color is deep brown, and the fish is very voracious. The flesh is disagreeable and sometimes poisonous.
5079	barrator	[.] BAR'RATOR, n. [L. ferto; Eng.barter. See Barter.] [.] 1. One who frequently excites suits at law; a common mover and maintainer of suits and controversies; an encourager of litigation. [.] 2. The master of a ship, who commits any fraud, in the management of the ...
5080	barratrous	[.] BARRATROUS, a. Tainted with barratry.
5081	barratrously	[.] BARRATROUSLY, adv. In a barratrous manner.
5082	barratry	[.] BAR'RATRY, n. The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels. [.] 2. In commerce, any species of cheating or fraud, in a shipmaster, by which the owners or insurers are injured; as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, by wilful ...
5083	barre	[.] BAR'RE, n. Weights used in the E.Indies. The great bahar, for weighing pepper, cloves, nutmegs,&c., is 524 lb.9 oz. avoirdupoise. The little bahar, for weighing quicksilver, vermilion, ivory, silk, &c.,is 437 lbs. 9 oz.
5084	barred	[.] B'ARRED, pp. Fastened with a bar; hindered; restrained; excluded; forbid; striped; checkered.
5085	barrel	[.] BAR'REL, n. [.] 1. A vessel or cask, of more length than breadth, round and bulging in the middle, made of staves and heading, and bound with hoops. [.] 2. The quantity which a barrel contains. Of wine measure, the English barrel contains 31 l/2 gallons, of beer ...
5086	barrel-bellied	[.] BAR'REL-BELLIED, a. [See Belly.] Having a large belly.
5087	barreled	[.] BAR'RELED, pp. [.] 1. Put or packed in a barrel. [.] 2. In composition, having a barrel or tube; as a double-barreled gun.
5088	barrelling	[.] BAR'RELLING, ppr. Putting or packing in a barrel.
5089	barren	[.] BAR'REN, a. [from the same root as bare.] [.] 1. Not producing young, or offspring; applied to animals. [.] 2. Not producing plants; unfruitful; steril; not fertile; or producing little; unproductive; applied to the earth. [.] 3. Not producing the usual fruit; ...
5090	barrenly	[.] BAR'RENLY, adv. Unfruitfully.
5091	barrenness	[.] BAR'RENNESS, adv. The quality of not producing its kind; want of the power of conception; applied to animals. [.] 2. Unfruitfulness; sterility, infertility. The quality of not producing at all, or in small quantities; as the barrenness of soil. [.] 3. Want of ...
5092	barrenwort	[.] BAR'RENWORT, n. [See Wort.] A plant, constituting the genus Epimedium, of which the alpinum is the only species; a low herbaceous plant, with a creeping root, having many stalks, each of which has three flowers.
5093	barrful	[.] B'ARRFUL, a. Full of obstructions.
5094	barricade	[.] BARRICA'DE, n. [.] 1. A fortification made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or any thing that will obstruct the progress of an enemy, or serve for defense or security, against his shot. [.] 2. Any bar or obstruction; that which defends. [.] 3. In ...
5095	barricado	[.] BARRICA'DO. The same as barricade.
5096	barrier	[.] BAR'RIER. [See bar] [.] 1. In fortification, a kind of fence made in a passage or retrenchment, composed of great stakes, with transums or overthwart rafters, to stop an enemy. [.] 2. A wall for defense. [.] 3. A fortress or fortified town on the frontier of ...
5097	barring	[.] B'ARRING, ppr. Making fast with a bar; obstructing; excluding; preventing; prohibiting; crossing with stripes. [.] 45
5098	barrister	[.] BAR'RISTER, n. [from bar.] A counselor, learned in the laws, qualified and admitted to please at the bar, and to take upon him the defense of clients; answering to the advocate or licentiate of other countries. Anciently, barristers were called, in England, apprentices ...
5099	barrow	[.] BAR'ROW, n. [.] 1. A light small carriage. A hand-barrow is a frame covered in the middle with boards, and borne by and between two men. [.] A wheel-barrow, is a frame with a box, supported by one wheel, and rolled by a single man. [.] 2. A wicker case, ...
5100	barse	[.] B'ARSE, n. An English name for the common perch.
5101	barshot	[.] B'ARSHOT, n. [See Bar and Shoot.] Double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a half ball or round head at each end; used for destroying the masts and rigging in naval combat.
5102	barter	[.] B'ARTER, v.i. [L.vario,vertol Class Br.] To traffick or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred. [.] B'ARTER, v.t. To give one thing for another in commerce. ...
5103	bartered	[.] B'ARTERED,pp. Given in exchange.
5104	barterer	[.] B'ARTERER, n. One who trafficks by exchange of commodities.
5105	bartering	[.] B'ARTERING, ppr. Trafficking or trading by an exchange of [.] [.] 46 [.] commodities.
5106	bartery	[.] B'ARTERY, n. Exchange of commodities in trade. [Not used.]
5107	barton	[.] B'ARTON, n. The demain lands of a manor; the manor itself; and sometimes the out-houses.
5108	bartram	[.] B'ARTRAM, n. [L. pyrethrum.] A plant; pellitory.
5109	barystrontianite	[.] BARYSTRON'TIANITE, n. [Gr.heavy and strontian.] A mineral, called also stromnite, from Stromness, in Orkney. It has been found in masses of a grayish white color internally, but externally of a yellowish white.
5110	baryta	[.] BARY'TA
5111	baryte	[.] BAR'YTE, n. [Gr.heavy; weight.] Ponderous earth; so called from its great weight, it being the heaviest of the earths. Spec.grav. about 4. Recent discoveries have shown that baryte is an oxyd, the basis of which is a metallic substance called barium. It is generally ...
5112	barytic	[.] BARY'TIC, a. Pertaining to baryte; formed of baryte, or containing it.
5113	baryto-calcite	[.] BARYTO-CAL'CITE, n. [baryte and calx. See Cals.] [.] A mixture of carbonate of lime with sulphate of baryte, of a dark or light gray color, of various forms.
5114	barytone	[.] BARY'TONE, a. [Gr. heavy, and tone.] Pertaining to or noting a grave deep sound,or male voice.
5115	basal	[.] BA'SAL, a. Pertaining to the base; constituting the base.
5116	basalt	[.] BASALT', n. bazalt'. [Pliny informs us that the Egyptians found in Ethiopia, a species of marble, called basaltes, of an iron color and hardness, whence it received its name. Nat.Hist.Lib.36.Ca.7. But according to Da Costa, that stone was not the same which now bears ...
5117	basaltic	[.] BASALT'IC, a. Pertaining to basalt; formed of or containing basalt.
5118	basaltiform	[.] BASALT'IFORM, a. In the form of basalt; columnar.
5119	basaltine	[.] BASALT'INE, n. Basaltic Hornblend; a variety of common hornblend, so called from its being often found in Basalt. It is also found in lavas and volcanic scoriae. It is generally in distinct crystals, and its color is a pure black,or slightly tinged with green. It ...
5120	basanite	[.] BAS'ANITE, n. [Gr. the trier. Plin.Lib.36. Ca.22. See Basalt.] [.] Lydian stone, or black jasper; a variety of siliceous or flinty slate. Its color is a grayish or bluish black, interspersed with veins of quartz. It is employed to test the purity of gold.
5121	base	[.] BASE, a. [.] 1. Low in place. Obs. [.] 2. Mean; vile; worthless; that is, low in value or estimation; used of things. [.] 3. Of low station; of mean account; without rank, dignity or estimation among men; used of persons. [.] The base shall behave ...
5122	base-born	[.] BA'SE-BORN, a. [base and born.] Born out of wedlock. [.] 2. Born of low parentage. [.] 49 [.] 3. Vile; mean.
5123	base-court	[.] BA'SE-COURT, n. [See Court.] [.] The back yard, opposed to the chief court in front of a house; the farm yard.
5124	base-minded	[.] BA'SE-MINDED, a. Of a low spirit or mind; mean.
5125	base-mindedness	[.] BA'SE-MINDEDNESS, n. Meanness of spirit.
5126	base-string	[.] BA'SE-STRING, n. The lowest note.
5127	base-viol	[.] BA'SE-VIOL, n. [See Viol.] A musical instrument, used for playing the base or gravest part.
5128	based	[.] BA'SED, pp. Reduced in value; founded.
5129	baseless	[.] BA'SELESS, a. Without a base; having no foundation, or support. [.] The baseless fabric of a vision. [.] The fame how poor that swells our baseless pride.
5130	basely	[.] BA'SELY, adv. In a base manner; meanly; dishonorable. [.] 2. Illegitimately; in bastardy.
5131	basement	[.] BA'SEMENT, n. In architecture, the ground floor, on which the order or columns which decorate the principal story, are placed.
5132	baseness	[.] BA'SENESS, n. Meanness; vileness; worthlessness. [.] 2. Vileness of metal; the quality of being of little comparative value. [.] 3. Bastardy; illegitimacy of birth. [.] 4. Deepness of sound.
5133	basenet	[.] BA'SENET, n. A helmet.
5134	bash	[.] BASH, v.i. [Heb.bosh, to be cast down, or confounded. See Abash.] [.] To be ashamed; to be confounded with shame.
5135	bashaw	[.] BASHAW', n. [This word is often written most absurdly pasha, both by the English and Americans. It should be written and pronounced pashaw.] [.] 1. A title of honor in the Turkish dominions; appropriately, the title of the prime vizer, but given to viceroys or ...
5136	bashful	[.] BASH'FUL, a. [See Bash and Abash.] [.] 1. Properly, having a downcast look; hence very modest. [.] 2. Modest to excess; sheepish. [.] 3. Exciting shame. [.] 50
5137	bashfully	[.] BASH'FULLY, adv. Very modestly; in a timorous manner.
5138	bashfulness	[.] BASH'FULNESS, n. Excessive or extreme modesty; a quality of mind often visible in external appearance, as in blushing, a downcast look , confusion. &c. [.] 2. Vicious or rustic shame.
5139	bashless	[.] BASH'LESS, a Shameless; unblushing.
5140	basil	[.] BAS'IL, n. s as z. The slope or angle of a tool or instrument as of a chisel or plane; usually of 12 degrees, but for hard wood, 18 degrees. [.] BAS'IL, v.t. To grind or form the edge of a tool to an angle. [.] BAS'IL, n. s as z. [.] 1. A plant of ...
5141	basil-weed	[.] BAS'IL-WEED, n. Wild basil, a plant of the genus Clinopodium.
5142	basilar	[.] BAS'ILAR
5143	basilary	[.] BAS'ILARY, a. s as z. [See Basilic.] [.] Chief; an anatomical term applied to several bones, and to an artery of the brain. [.] Basilian monks, monks of the order of St. Basil, who founded the order in Pontus. The order still exists, but has less power and celebrity ...
5144	basilic	[.] BAS'ILIC, n. s as z. [L. basilica; Gr. a king.] [.] Anciently, a public hall or court of judicature, where princes and magistrates sat to administer justice. It was a large hall, with aisles, porticoes, tribunes, and tribunals. The bankers also had a part allotted ...
5145	basilical	[.] BASIL'ICAL, a. Belonging to the middle vein of the arm. [.] 2. Noting a particular nut, the walnut, basilica nux.
5146	basilicon	[.] BASIL'ICON, n. s as z. [Gr.royal.] [.] An ointment. This name is given to several compositions in ancient medical writers. At present it is confined to three officinal ointments, distinguished into black,yellow and green basilicon. [.] 51
5147	basilisk	[.] BAS'ILISK, n. s as z. [L. basiliscus.] [.] 1. A fabulous serpent, called a cockatrice, and said to be produced from a cock's egg brooded by a serpent. The ancients alledged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath and even its look ...
5148	basin	[.] BA'SIN, n. basn. [.] 1. A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses. [.] 2. In hydraulics, any reservoir of water. [.] 3. That which resembles a basin in containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a hollow place for liquids, ...
5149	basis	[.] BA'SIS, n. plu.bases. [L.and Gr.; the same as base, which see.] [.] 1. The foundation of any thing; that on which a thing stands or lies; the bottom or foot of the thing itself, or that on which it rests. See a full explanation under base. [.] 2. The ground ...
5150	bask	[.] B'ASK, v.i. [The origin of this word is not obvious.] [.] To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat; to be at ease and thriving under benign influences; as, to bask in the blaze of day; to bask in the sunshine of royal favor. The word includes the idea of some ...
5151	basked	[.] B'ASKED, pp. Exposed to warmth, or genial heat.
5152	basket	[.] B'ASKET, n. [.] 1. A domestic vessel made of twigs, rushes,splinters or other [.] 52 [.] flexible things interwoven. The forms and sizes of baskets are very various, as well as the uses to which they are applied; as corn-baskets, clothes-baskets, fruit-baskets, ...
5153	basket-fish	[.] B'ASKET-FISH, n. A species of sea-star, or star-fish, of the genus Asterias, and otherwise called the Magellanic star-fish. It has five rays issuing from an angular body, and dividing into innumerable branches. These when extended form a circle of three feet diameter. ...
5154	basket-hilt	[.] B'ASKET-HILT, n. [See Hilt.] A hilt which covers the hand, and defends it from injury, as of a sword.
5155	basket-hilted	[.] B'ASKET-HILTED, a. Having a hilt of basket-work.
5156	basket-salt	[.] B'ASKET-SALT, n. Salt made from salt-springs, which is purer, whiter and finer, than common brine salt.
5157	basket-woman	[.] B'ASKET-WOMAN, n. A woman who carries a basket, to and from market.
5158	basking	[.] B'ASKING, ppr. Exposing or lying exposed to the continued action of heat or genial warmth.
5159	basking-shark	[.] B'ASKING-SHARK, n. The sun-fish of the Irish; a species of squalus or shark. This fish is from three to twelve yards in length, or even longer. The upper jaw is much longer than the lower one; the tail is large and the upper part much longer than the lower; the skin ...
5160	basquish	[.] B'ASQUISH, a. baskish. Pertaining to the people or language of Biscay.
5161	bass	[.] B'ASS, n. [It has no plural.] The name of several species of fish. In England, this name is given to a species of perch, called by some the sea-wolf, from its voracity, and resembling, in a degree, the trout in shape, but having a larger head. It weighs about fifteen ...
5162	bass-relief	[.] BASS-RELIE'F, n. In English, base-relief. [See Lift and Relief.] [.] Sculpture, whose figures do not stand out far from the ground or plane on which they are formed. When figures do not protuberate so as to exhibit the entire body, they are said to be done in relief; ...
5163	bass-viol	[.] BASS-VIOL, n. [See Base-viol]
5164	bassa	[.] BAS'SA [See Bashaw.]
5165	basset	[.] BAS'SET, n. A game at cards, said to have been invented at Venice, by a nobleman, who was banished for the invention. The game being introduced into France by the Venetian embassador, Justiniani, in 1674, it was prohibited by severe edicts. [.] BAS'SET, v.i. ...
5166	basseting	[.] BAS'SETING, ppr. Having a direction upwards. [.] BAS'SETING, n. The upward direction of a vein in a coal mine.
5167	basso-concertante	[.] BASSO-CONCERTANTE, in music, is the base of the little chorus, or that which plays throughout the whole piece.
5168	basso-continuo	[.] BASSO-CONTINUO, thorough base, which see under base.
5169	basso-relievo	[.] BASSO-RELIEVO. [See Bass-relief.]
5170	basso-repieno	[.] BASSO-REPIENO, is the base of the grand chorus, which plays only occasionally, or in particular parts. [.] 54
5171	basso-violino	[.] BASSO-VIOLINO, is the base of the base-viol.
5172	bassock	[.] BAS'SOCK, n. The same as bass, a mat.
5173	bassoon	[.] BASSOON', n. A musical wind instrument, blown with a reed, and furnished with eleven holes, which are stopped, as in other large flutes. Its compass comprehends three octaves. Its diameter at bottom is nine inches, and for convenience of carriage it is divided into ...
5174	bassoonist	[.] BASSOON'IST, n. A performer on the bassoon.
5175	bast	[.] B'AST, n. A rope or cord, made of the bark of the lime tree, bass-wood or linden; or the bark made into ropes and mats.
5176	bastard	[.] B'ASTARD, n. A natural child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or spurious child. By the civil and canon laws, a bastard becomes a legitimate child, by the intermarriage of the parents, at any future time. But by the laws of this country, ...
5177	bastardism	[.] B'ASTARDISM, n. The state of a bastard.
5178	bastardize	[.] B'ASTARDIZE, v.t. To make or prove to be a bastard; to convict of being a bastard; to declare legally, or decide a person to be illegitimate. [.] 55 [.] The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten,in lawful wedlock. [.] 2. ...
5179	bastardly	[.] B'ASTARDLY, adv. In the manner of a bastard; spuriously.
5180	bastards	[.] B'ASTARDS, an appellation given to a faction or troop of bandits, who ravaged Guienne in France in the 14th century; supposed to have been headed by the illegitimate sons of noblemen, who were excluded from the rights of inheritance.
5181	bastardy	[.] B'ASTARDY, n. A state of being a bastard, or begotten and born out of lawful wedlock, which condition disables the person from inheriting an estate.
5182	bastarnic	[.] BASTARN'IC, a. Pertaining to the Basternae, ancient inhabitants of the Carpathian mountains. [.] Bastarnic Alps, the Carpathian mountains, between Poland, Hungary and Transvlvania; so called from the ancient inhabitants, the Bastarnoe.
5183	bastas	[.] BAS'TAS, n. An India cloth or plain muslin. That of Surat is said to be the best.
5184	baste	[.] BASTE, v.t. [.] 1. To beat with a stick. [.] 2. To drip butter or fat upon meat, as it turns upon the spit,in roasting; to moisten with fat or other liquid. [.] BASTE, v.t. To sew with long stitches; to sew slightly.
5185	basted	[.] BASTED, pp. Beat with a stick; moistened with fat or other matter in roasting; sewed together with long stitches,or slightly.
5186	bastile	[.] BAS'TILE, n. An old castle in Paris, built between 1369 and 1383, used as a state prison, and converted to the purpose of confining men for life, who happened to incur the resentment or jealousy of the French monarchs. It was demolished by the enraged populace in ...
5187	bastinade	[.] BASTINA'DE
5188	bastinado	[.] BASTINA'DO, n. [See Baste.] A sound beating with a stick or cudgel; the blows given with a stick or staff. This name is given to a punishment in use among the Turks, of beating an offender on the soles of his feet.
5189	basting	[.] BASTING, ppr. Beating with a stick; moistening with dripping; sewing together with long stitches. [.] BASTING, n. A beating with a stick; a moistening with dripping; a sewing together slightly with long stitches.
5190	bastion	[.] BAS'TION, n. bas'chun. A huge mass of earth, usually faced with [.] 56 [.] sods, sometimes with brick, or stones, standing out from a rampart, of which it is a principal part; formerly called a bulwark. Bastions are solid or hollow. A flat bastion is made in the middle ...
5191	basto	[.] BAS'TO, n. The ace of clubs at quadrille.
5192	baston	[.] BAS'TON, or BATOON', n. In architecture, a round molding in the base of a column; called also a tore, [torus.]
5193	bat	[.] BAT, n. [.] 1. A heavy stick or club; a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other. [.] 2. Bat or bate, a small copper coin of Germany, with a small mixture of silver, worth four crutzers. Also a coin of Switzerland, worth five livres. [.] 3. ...
5194	batable	[.] BA'TABLE, a. [See Bate and Debate.] Disputable. The land between England and Scotland, which, when the kingdoms were distinct, was [.] 57 [.] a subject of contention, was called batable ground.
5195	batatas	[.] BATA'TAS, n. A species of tick or mite, found on the potatoes of Surinam. Also the Peruvian name of the sweet potatoe.
5196	batavian	[.] BATA'VIAN, a. [from Batavi, the people who inhabited the isle.] [.] Pertaining to the isle of Betaw in Holland, between the Rhine and the Waal. But more generally, the word denotes what appertains to Holland in general. [.] BATA'VIAN, n. A native of Betaw, or ...
5197	batch	[.] BATCH, n. [from bake.] [.] 1. The quantity of bread baked at one time; a baking of bread. [.] 2. Any quantity of a thing made at once, or so united as to have like qualities.
5198	bate	[.] BATE, n. [It is probably from the root of beat. See Debate.] [.] Strife; contention; retained in make-bate. [.] BATE, v.t. [The literal sense is, to beat, strike, thrust; to force down. See Beat.] [.] To lessen by retrenching, deducting or reducing; as, to bate ...
5199	bate-breeding	[.] BATE-BREEDING, a. Breeding strife. [Not used.]
5200	bateau	[.] BATEAU, n. batto'. [L. batillum.] A light boat, long in proportion to its breadth, and wider in the middle than at the ends.
5201	bateful	[.] BA'TEFUL, a. Contentious; given to strife; exciting contention.
5202	bateless	[.] BA'TELESS, a. Not to be abated.
5203	batement	[.] BA'TEMENT, n. Abatement; deduction; diminution. [Bate, with its derivatives, is, I believe, little used, or wholly obsolete in the United States.]
5204	batenists	[.] BAT'ENITES, BAT'ENISTS, or BATE'NIANS, n. A sect of apostates from Mohammedism, who professed the abominable practices of the Ismaelians and Kirmatians. The word signified esoteric,or persons of inward light. [See Assassins.] [.] 58
5205	batenites	[.] BAT'ENITES, BAT'ENISTS, or BATE'NIANS, n. A sect of apostates from Mohammedism, who professed the abominable practices of the Ismaelians and Kirmatians. The word signified esoteric,or persons of inward light. [See Assassins.] [.] 58
5206	batfowler	[.] BAT'FOWLER, n. One who practices,or is pleased with bat-fowling.
5207	batfowling	[.] BAT'FOWLING, n. A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds flying to the light are caught with nets or otherwise.
5208	batful	[.] BAT'FUL, a. [See Batten.] Rich, fertile, as land. [Not in use.]
5209	bath	[.] B'ATH, n. [.] 1. A place for bathing; a convenient vat or receptacle of water for persons to plunge or wash their bodies in. Baths are warm or tepid, hot or cold, more generally called warm and cold. They are also natural or artificial. Natural baths are those ...
5210	bath-room	[.] B'ATH-ROOM, n. An apartment for bathing.
5211	bathe	[.] BATHE, v.t. [.] 1. To wash the body, or some part of it, by immersion, as in a bath; it often differs from ordinary washing in a longer application of water, to the body or to a particular part, as for the purpose of cleansing or stimulating the skin. [.] 2. To ...
5212	bathed	[.] BA'THED, pp. Washed as in a bath; moistened with a liquid; bedewed.
5213	bather	[.] BA'THER, n. One who bathes; one who immerses himself in water, or who applies a liquid to himself or to another.
5214	bathing	[.] BA'THING, ppr. Washing by immersion, or by applying a liquid; moistening; fomenting. [.] BA'THING, n. The act of bathing, or washing the body in water.
5215	bathing-tub	[.] BA'THING-TUB, n. A vessel for bathing, usually made either of wood or tin. In the Royal Library at Paris, I saw a bathing-tub of porphyry, of beautiful form and exquisite workmanship.
5216	bathos	[.] BA'THOS, n. The art of sinking in poetry.
5217	bating	[.] BA'TING, ppr. [from bate.] Abating; taking away; deducting; excepting. [.] Children have few ideas, bating some faint ideas of hunger and thirst.
5218	batinist	[.] BAT'INIST. [See Batenites.]
5219	batist	[.] BAT'IST, n. A fine linen cloth made in Flanders and Picardy, of three different kinds or thicknesses.
5220	batlet	[.] BAT'LET, n. [from bat.] A small bat, or square piece of wood with a handle, for beating linen when taken out of the buck.
5221	batman	[.] BAT'MAN, n. A weight used in Smyrna, of six okes, each of 400 drams; equal to 16 lbs.6 ox. 15 dr. English.
5222	baton	[.] BATOON' or BAT'ON, n. A staff or club; a marshal's staff; a truncheon; a badge of military honors.
5223	batoon	[.] BATOON' or BAT'ON, n. A staff or club; a marshal's staff; a truncheon; a badge of military honors.
5224	batrachite	[.] BAT'RACHITE, n. [Gr.a frog.] A fossil or stone in color resembling a frog.
5225	batrachomyomachy	[.] BAT'RACHOMYOM'ACHY, n. [Gr.a frog, a mouse, and a battle.] [.] The battle between the frogs and mice; a burlesque poem ascribed to Homer.
5226	batracian	[.] BATRA'CIAN, a. [Gr.a frog.] Pertaining to frogs; an epithet designating an order of animals, including frogs, toads and similar animals. [.] BATRA'CIAN, n. An animal of the order above mentioned.
5227	battable	[.] BAT'TABLE, a. Capable of cultivation. [Not in use.]
5228	battailant	[.] BAT'TAILANT, n. [See Battle.] A combatant. [Not used.]
5229	battailous	[.] BAT'TAILOUS, a. [See Battle.] Warlike; having the form or appearance of an army arrayed for battle;; marshaled, as for an attack.
5230	battalia	[.] BATTAL'IA, n. [See Battle.] [.] 1. The order of battle; troops arrayed in their proper brigades,regiments, battalions, &c.,for action. [.] 2. The main body of any army in array, distinguished from the wings.
5231	battalion	[.] BATTAL'ION, n. [See Battle.] A body of infantry, consisting of from 500 to 800 men; so called from being originally a body of men arrayed for battle. A battalion is generally a body of troops next below a regiment. Sometimes a battalion composed a regiment; more ...
5232	battalioned	[.] BATTAL'IONED, a. Formed into battalions.
5233	battel	[.] BAT'TEL, n. [See Battle.] In law, wager of battle, a species of trial for the decision of causes between parties. This species of trial is of high antiquity, among the rude military people of Europe. It was introduced into England, by William, the Norman Conqueror, ...
5234	batteler	[.] BAT'TELER
5235	battement	[.] BAT'TEMENT, n. A beating; striking;; impulse. [Not in use.]
5236	batten	[.] BAT'TEN, v.t. bat'n. [See Fat.] [.] 1. To fatten; to make fat; to make plump by plenteous feeding. [.] 2. To fertilize or enrich land. [.] BAT'TEN, v.i. To grow or become fat; to live in luxury, or to grow fat in ease and luxury. [.] The pampered ...
5237	batter	[.] BAT'TER, v.t. [L. batuo, to beat. See Beat.] [.] 1. To beat with successive blows; to beat with violence, so as to bruise, shake, or demolish;, as, to batter a wall. [.] 2. To wear or impair with beating; as a battered pavement; a battered jade. [.] 3. To ...
5238	battered	[.] BAT'TERED, pp. Beaten; bruised, broken, impaired by beating or wearing.
5239	batterer	[.] BAT'TERER, n. One who batters or beats.
5240	battering	[.] BAT'TERING, ppr. Beating; dashing against; bruising or demolishing by beating.
5241	battering-ram	[.] BAT'TERING-RAM, n. In antiquity, a military engine used to beat down the walls of besieged places. It was a large beam, with a head of iron somewhat resembling the head of a ram, whence its name. It was suspended by ropes in the middle to a beam which was supported ...
5242	battery	[.] BAT'TERY, n. [See Beat.] [.] 1. The act of battering, or beating. [.] 2. The instrument of battering. [.] 3. In the military art, a parapet thrown up to cover the gunners and others employed about them, from the enemy's shot, with the guns employed. Thus, ...
5243	batting	[.] BAT'TING, n. The management of a bat play.
5244	battish	[.] BAT'TISH, a. [from bat, an animal.] Resembling a bat; as a battish humor.
5245	battle	[.] BAT'TLE, n. [See Beat.] Owen supposes the Welsh batel, to be from tel, tight, stretched, compact, and the word primarily to have expressed the drawing of the bow. This is probably an error. The first battles of men were with clubs, or some weapons used in beating, ...
5246	battle-array	[.] BATTLE-ARRA'Y, n. [battle and array.] Array or order of battle; the disposition of forces preparatory to a battle.
5247	battle-ax	[.] BAT'TLE-AX
5248	battle-axe	[.] BAT'TLE-AXE, n. An ax anciently used as a weapon of war. It has been used till of late years by the highlanders in Scotland; and is still used by the city guards in Edinburg, in quelling mobs, &c.
5249	battle-door	[.] BAT'TLE-DOOR, n. bat'tl-dore. An instrument of play,with a handle and a flat board or palm, used to strike a ball or shuttle-cock; a racket. [.] 1. A child's horn book. [Not in use in U.S.]
5250	battlement	[.] BAT'TLEMENT, n. [This is said to have been bastillement, from bastille, a fortification.] [.] A wall raised on a building with openings or embrasures, or the [.] embrasure itself.
5251	battlemented	[.] BAT'TLEMENTED, a. Secured by battlements.
5252	battler	[.] BAT'TLER , n. A student at Oxford.
5253	battling	[.] BAT'TLING, n. Conflict.
5254	battologist	[.] BATTOL'OGIST,n. [See Battology.] One that repeats the same thing in speaking or writing. [Little used.]
5255	battologize	[.] BATTOL'OGIZE, v.t. To repeat needlessly the same thing. [Little used.]
5256	battology	[.] BATTOL'OGY, n. [Gr. from Barros, a garrulous person, and discourse.] [.] A needless repetition of woods in speaking.
5257	batton	[.] BAT'TON, n. [from bat.] In commerce, pieces of wood or deal for flooring, or other purposes.
5258	battory	[.] BAT'TORY, n. Among the Hans-Towns, a factory or magazine which the merchants have in foreign countries.
5259	battulate	[.] BAT'TULATE, v.t. To interdict commerce. [A word used by the Levant company.]
5260	battulation	[.] BATTULA'TION,n. A prohibition of commerce.
5261	batty	[.] BAT'TY, a. [from bat, an animal.] Belonging to a bat.
5262	batz	[.] BATZ, n. A small copper coin with a mixture of silver,current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland.
5263	baubee	[.] BAUBEE', n. In Scotland the North of England, a half penny.
5264	bauge	[.] BAUGE, n. A drugget manufactured in Burgundy, with thread spun thick, and of coarse wool.
5265	baulk	[.] BAULK [See Balk.]
5266	bavaroy	[.] BAV'AROY, n. A king of cloke or surtout.
5267	bavin	[.] BAV'IN, n. A stick like those bound up in faggots; a piece of waste wood. In war, brush, faggots.
5268	bawble	[.] BAW'BLE, n. [ According to Spelman, baubella are gems or jewels.] [.] A trifling piece of finery; a gew-gaw; that which is gay or showy without real value.
5269	bawbling	[.] BAWB'LING, a. Trifling; contemptible.
5270	bawcock	[.] BAW'COCK, n. A fine fellow.
5271	bawd	[.] BAWD,n. [Gr.,a procurer or procuress.] [.] A procurer or procuress. A person who keeps a house of prostitution, and conducts criminal intrigues. [Usually applied to females.]
5272	bawdily	[.] BAWD'ILY, adv. Obscenely; lewdly.
5273	bawdiness	[.] BAWD'INESS, n. Obscenity; lewdness.
5274	bawdrick	[.] BAWD'RICK, n. [See Baldrick.] A belt.
5275	bawdry	[.] BAWD'RY, n. [See Bawd.] The abominable practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust. [.] 1. Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.
5276	bawdy	[.] BAWD'Y, a. Obscene; filthy, unchaste; applied to language.
5277	bawdy-house	[.] BAWD'Y-HOUSE, a. A house of lewdness and prostitution.
5278	bawl	[.] BAWL, v.i. [L. balo, to bleat; Heb. the blast of a trumpet;to weep, to wail. These all coincide in elements with L. pello, appello, Eng. peal, and the primary sense is the same.] [.] 1. To cry out with a loud full sound; to hoot; to cry with vehemence, as in calling, ...
5279	bawled	[.] BAWL'ED, pp. Proclaimed by outcry.
5280	bawler	[.] BAWLER, n. One who bawls.
5281	bawling	[.] BAWL'ING, ppr. Crying aloud. [.] BAWL'ING,n. The act of crying with a loud sound.
5282	bawn	[.] BAWN, n. An inclosure with mud or stone walls for keeping cattle; a fortification. [Not used.]
5283	bawrel	[.] BAW'REL, n. A kind of hawk.
5284	bawsin	[.] BAW'SIN, n. A badger.
5285	baxterian	[.] BAXTE'RIAN, a. Pertaining to Baxter, a celebrated English divine; as the Baxterian scheme.
5286	bay	[.] BAY, a. [L.badius. Blass Bd.] Red, or reddish, inclining to a chestnut color; applied to the color of horses. The shades of this color are called light bay, dark bay, dappled bay, gilded bay, chestnut bay. In popular language, in England, all bay horses are called ...
5287	bay-salt	[.] BAY-SALT, is salt which crystallizes or receives its consistence from the heat of the sun or action of the air. It forms in pits or basins, and from this circumstance receives its denomination. It appears first in a slight incrustation upon the surface of the water ...
5288	bay-window	[.] BAY-WINDOW, n. A window jutting out from the wall, as in shops.
5289	bay-yarn	[.] BAY-YARN, n. A denomination sometimes used promiscuously with woolen yard.
5290	bayard	[.] BA'YARD, n. [bay and ard, kind.] [.] 1. A bay horse. [.] 2. An unmannerly beholder.
5291	bayardly	[.] BA'YARDLY, a. Blind; stupid.
5292	bayed	[.] BA'YED, a. Having bays, as a building.
5293	bayonet	[.] BA'YONET, n. A short pointed instrument of iron or broad dagger, formerly with a handle fitted to the bore of a gun, where it was inserted for use, after the soldier had fired; but now made with an iron handle and ring which go over the muzzle of the piece, so that ...
5294	bays	[.] BAYS, or BAYZE. [See Baize.]
5295	baza	[.] BAZ'A , n. A long, fine spun cotton from Jerusalem, whence it is called Jerusalem cotton.
5296	bazar	[.] BAZ'AR,n. Among the Turks and Persians, an exchange, market-place, or place where goods are exposed to sale. Some bazars are open, others are covered with lofty ceilings or domes, pierced to give light. The bazar at Tauris will contain 30,000 men.
5297	bazat	[.] BAZ'AT
5298	bbarbacan	[.] B'BARBACAN, n. [.] 1. A fortification or outer defense to a city or castle, consisting of an elevation of earth about three feet high, along the foot of the rampart. [.] 2. A fortress at the end of a bridge, or at the outlet of a city, having a double wall with ...
5299	bbarbarism	[.] B'BARBARISM, n. [L. Barbarisums. See Barbarian.] [.] 1. An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. [.] 2. Ignorance of arts; want of learning. [.] 3. Rudeness of manners; savagism; ...
5300	bdellium	[.] BDEL'LIUM, n. [ Bochard and Parkhurst translate it, pearl. Gen.2. But it is doubtful whether the bdellium of the scriptures is that now used.] [.] A gummy resinous juice, produced by a tree in the East Indies, of which we have no satisfactory account. It is brought from ...
5301	be	[.] BE, v.i. substantive, ppr.being; pp.been.[The sense is to stand, remain or be fixed; hence to continue. This verb is defective, and its defects are supplied by verbs from other roots, as, is, was, were, which have no radical connection with be. The case is the same ...
5302	beach	[.] BEACH, n. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the tide and waves; the strand. It may be sometimes used for the shore of large rivers.
5303	beached	[.] BE'ACHED, a. Exposed to the wares; washed by the tide and waves.
5304	beachy	[.] BE'ACHY, a. Having a beach or beaches.
5305	beacon	[.] BE'ACON, n. beekn. [.] 1. A signal erected on a long pole, upon an eminence, consisting of a pitch barrel, or some combustible matter, to be fired at night, or to cause a smoke by day, to notify the approach of an enemy. [.] 2. A light-house; a house erected ...
5306	beaconage	[.] BE'ACONAGE, n. Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon.
5307	bead	[.] BEAD, n. [.] 1. A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn about the neck, for ornament. A string of beads is called a necklace. Beads are made of gold, pearl, amber, steel, garnet, coral, diamond, crystal, pastes, glasses, &c. The Romanists ...
5308	bead-maker	[.] BE'AD-MAKER,n. One who makes beads. In French, paternostrier is one who makes, strings, and sells beads. In Paris are three companies of paternostriers; one that works in glass or crystal; one, in wood and horn; a third, in amber, coral, &c.
5309	bead-proof	[.] BE'AD-PROOF, a. Spirit is bead-proof, when, after being shaken, a crown of bubbles will stand, for some time after, on the surface, manifesting a certain standard of strength.
5310	bead-roll	[.] BE'AD-ROLL, n. Among Catholics, a list or catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls, they are to repeat a certain number of prayers, which they count by their beads.
5311	bead-tree	[.] BE'AD-TREE, n. The azederach, a species of Melia, a native of the Indies, growing about 20 feet high, adorned with large pinnated or winged leaves, and clusters of pentapetalous flowers.
5312	beadle	[.] BE'ADLE, n. [.] 1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites persons to appear and answer; called also an apparitor or summoner. [.] 2. An officer in a university, whose chief business is to walk with a mace, before the masters, in a public ...
5313	beadleship	[.] BE'ADLESHIP, n. The office of a beadle.
5314	beads-man	[.] BE'ADS-MAN, n. A man employed in praying, generally in praying for another.
5315	beads-woman	[.] BE'ADS-WOMAN, n. A praying woman; a woman who resides in an alms-house.
5316	beagle	[.] BE'AGLE, n. [Gr. a pygmy.] [.] A small hound, or hunting dog. Beagles are of different sorts; as the southern beagle, shorter and less, but thicker, than the deep-mouthed hound; the fleet northern, or cat beagle, smaller, and of a finer shape than the southern. From ...
5317	beak	[.] BEAK, n. [Eng. peak,pike, &c. The sense is, a shoot, or a point, from thrusting; and this word is connected with a numerous family. See Class Bg.] [.] 1. The bill, or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny substance, either straight or curving, and ending in a point. [.] 2. ...
5318	beaked	[.] BE'AKED, a. Having a beak; ending in a point, like a beak.
5319	beaker	[.] BE'AKER, n. A cup or glass.
5320	beakiron	[.] BE'AKIRON, n. A bickern; an iron tool, ending in a point,used by blacksmiths.
5321	beal	[.] BEAL, n. [See Boil] A pimple; a whelk; a small inflammatory tumor, a pustule. [.] BEAL v.i. To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a pimple.
5322	beam	[.] BEAM, n. [We see by the Gothic, that the word belongs to Class Bg. It properly signifies the stock or stem of a tree; that is, the fixed, firm part.] [.] 1. The largest, or a principal piece in a building, that lies across the walls, and serves to support the principal ...
5323	beam-bird	[.] BE'AM-BIRD, n. In Yorkshire, England, the petty chaps, a species of Motacilla; called in Dorsetshire, the hay-bird. [.] The spotted fly-catcher, a species of Muscicapa.
5324	beam-tree	[.] BE'AM-TREE, n. A species of wild service. [.] The Crataegus Aria.
5325	beaming	[.] BE'AMING, ppr. Emitting rays of light or beams. [.] BE'AMING, n. Radiation; the emission or darting of light in rays. [.] 1. The issuing of intellectual light; dawn; prophetic intimation; first indication.
5326	beamless	[.] BE'AMLESS, a. Emitting no rays of light.
5327	beamy	[.] BE'AMY, a. Emitting rays of light; radiant; shining. [.] 1. Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy. [.] 2. Having horns, or antlers.
5328	bean	[.] BEAN, n. A name given to several kinds of pulse, or leguminous seeds, and the plants producing them. They belong to several genera, particularly Vicia, Phaseolus and Dolichos. The varieties most usually cultivated are, the horse bean, the mazagan, the kidney bean, ...
5329	bean-caper	[.] BE'AN-CAPER, n. A plant, a species of zygophyllum, a native of warm climates.
5330	bean-cod	[.] BE'AN-COD, n. A small fishing vessel or pilot boat, used in the rivers of Portugal. It is sharp forward,having its stem bent above into a great curve, and plated with iron.
5331	bean-fed	[.] BE'AN-FED, a. Fed with beans.
5332	bean-fly	[.] BE'AN-FLY, n. A beautiful fly, of a pale purple color,found on bean flowers, produced from a maggot called mida.
5333	bean-goose	[.] BE'AN-GOOSE, n. A species of Anas; a migratory bird, which arrives in England in autumn, and retires to the north in summer. It is so named, from the likeness of the nail of the bill to a horse-bean. [.] Bean-tree of America, a name given to the Erythrina. [.] Kidney-Bean-tree, ...
5334	bear	[.] BEAR, v.t. pret.bore; pp. born,borne. [L. fero, pario, porto. The primary sense is to throw out, to bring forth, or in general, to thrust or drive along. ] [.] 1. To support; to sustain; as, to bear a weight or burden. [.] 2. To carry; to convey; to support and ...
5335	bear-baiting	[.] BEAR-BAITING, n. The sport of baiting bears with dogs.
5336	bear-berry	[.] BEAR-BERRY, n. A plant, a species of Arbutus.
5337	bear-bind	[.] BEAR-BIND, n. A species of bind weed, or Convolvulus.
5338	bear-cloth	[.] BEAR-CLOTH
5339	bear-fly	[.] BEAR-FLY, An insect.
5340	bear-garden	[.] BEAR-GARDEN, n. A place where bears are kept for diversion. [.] BEAR-GARDEN, a. Rude; turbulent; as bear-garden sport.
5341	bear-whelp	[.] BEAR-WHELP, n. The whelp of a bear.
5342	beard	[.] BEARD, n. berd. [L.barba.] [.] 1. The hair that grows on the chin,lips and adjacent parts of the face,chiefly of male adults; hence a mark of virility. A gray beard, long beard and reverend beard, are terms for old age. [.] 2. Beard is sometimes used for the ...
5343	bearded	[.] BEARD'ED, a. berd'ed. Having a beard, as a man. Having parallel hairs or tufts of hair, as the leaves of plants. [.] 1. Barbed or jagged, as an arrow. [.] BEARD'ED, pp. berd'ed. Taken by the beard; opposed to the face.
5344	bearding	[.] BEARD'ING, ppr. berd'ing. Taking by the beard; opposing to the face.
5345	beardless	[.] BEARD'LESS, a. berd'less. Without a beard; young; not having arrived to manhood. In botany, not having a tuft of hairs.
5346	beardlessness	[.] BEARD'LESSNESS, n. The state or quality of being destitute of beard.
5347	bearer	[.] BEARER, n. [See Bear.] One who bears, sustains, or carries; a carrier, especially of a corpse to the grave. [.] 1. One who wears any thing, as a badge or sword. [.] 2. A tree or plant that yields its fruit; as a good bearer. [.] 3. In architecture, a post ...
5348	bearherd	[.] BEARHERD, n. [bear and herd.] A man that tends bears.
5349	bearing	[.] BEARING, ppr. Supporting; carrying; producing.
5350	bearing-cloth	[.] BEARING-CLOTH, N. A cloth in which a new born child is covered when carried to church to be baptized.
5351	bearish	[.] BEARISH, a. Partaking of the qualities of a bear.
5352	bearlike	[.] BEARLIKE, a. Resembling a bear.
5353	bearn	[.] BEARN,n. a. A child. In Scotland, bairn.
5354	bears-breech	[.] BEAR'S-BREECH, n. Brank-ursine or Acanthus, a genus of plants.
5355	bearward	[.] BEARWARD, n. A keeper of bears.
5356	beast	[.] BEAST, n. [L. bestia. See Boisterous.] [.] 1. Any four footed animal, which may be used for labor, food or sport; distinguished from fowls, insects, fishes and man; as beasts of burden, beasts of the chase, beasts of the forest. It is usually applied to large ...
5357	beastish	[.] BEASTISH, a. Like a beast; brutal.
5358	beastlike	[.] BE'ASTLIKE, a. Like a beast; brutal.
5359	beastliness	[.] BE'ASTLINESS, n. [from beastly.] Brutality; coarseness, vulgarity; [.] filthiness; a practice contrary to the rules of humanity. [.]
5360	beastly	[.] BE'ASTLY, a. Like a beast; brutal; coarse; filthy; contrary to the nature and dignity of man. [.] 1. Having the form or nature of a beast.
5361	beat	[.] BEAT, v.t. pret. beat; pp. beat, beaten. [L. batuo. See Abate.] [.] 1. To strike repeatedly; to lay on repeated blows, with a stick, with the hand or fist, or with any instrument, and for any cause,just or unjust, or for punishment. Luke 12. Deut.25. [.] 2. To ...
5362	beaten	[.] BE'ATEN, pp. Struck; dashed against; pressed or laid down; hammered; pounded; vanquished; make smooth by treading; worn by use; tracked.
5363	beater	[.] BE'ATER, n. One who beats, or strikes; one whose occupation is to hammer metals. [.] 1. An instrument for pounding, or comminuting substances.
5364	beater-up	[.] BE'ATER-UP, n. One who beats for game; a sportsman's term.
5365	beath	[.] BEATH, v.t. To bathe. [Not in use.]
5366	beatific	[.] BEATIF'IC
5367	beatifical	[.] BEATIF'ICAL, a. [L. beatus, blessed, from beo, to bless, and facio, to make. See Beatify.] [.] That has the power to bless or make happy, or the power to complete blissful enjoyment; used only of heavenly fruition after death; as beatific vision.
5368	beatifically	[.] BEATIF'ICALLY, adv. In such a manner as to complete happiness.
5369	beatification	[.] BEATIFICA'TION, n. In the Romish church, an act of the Pope by which he declares a person beatifies or blessed after death. This is the first step towards canonization, or the raising of one to the dignity of a saint. No person can be beatified till 50 years after ...
5370	beatify	[.] BEAT'IFY, v.t. [L. beatus, happy, from beo, to bless, and facio, to make.] [.] 1. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. [.] 2. In the Romish church, to declare, by a decree or public act, that a person is received into heaven, and ...
5371	beating	[.] BE'ATING, ppr. Laying on blows; striking; dashing against; conquering; pounding; sailing against the direction of the wind; &c. [.] BE'ATING,n. The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows. [.] The beating of flax and hemp is an operation ...
5372	beatitude	[.] BEAT'ITUDE, n. [L. beatitudo, from beatus, beo. See Beatify.] [.] 1. Blessedness; felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss; used of the joys of heaven. [.] 2. The declaration of blessedness made by our Savior to particular virtues.
5373	beau	[.] BEAU, n. bo. plu. beaux, boze.[L. bellus.] [.] A man of dress; a fine, gay man; one whose great care is to deck his person. In familiar language, a man who attends a lady.
5374	beau-monde	[.] BEAU-MONDE, n. bomond'. The fashionable world; people of fashion and gaiety.
5375	beauish	[.] BEAUISH, a. bo'ish. Like a beau; foppish; fine.
5376	beauteous	[.] BEAU'TEOUS, a. bu'teous. [See Beauty.] Very fair; elegant in form; pleasing to the sight; beautiful; very handsome. It expresses a greater degree of beauty than handsome, and is chiefly used in poetry.
5377	beauteously	[.] BEAU'TEOUSLY, adv. bu'teously. In a beauteous manner; in a manner pleasing to the sight; beautifully.
5378	beauteousness	[.] BEAU'TEOUSNESS, n. bu'teousness. The state or quality of being beauteous; beauty.
5379	beautifier	[.] BEAU'TIFIER, n. bu'tifier. He or that which makes beautiful.
5380	beautiful	[.] BEAU'TIFUL, a. bu'tiful. [beauty and full.] [.] 1. Elegant in form, fair,having the form that pleases the eye. It expresses more than handsome. [.] A beautiful woman is one of the most attractive objects in all nature's works. [.] A circle is more beautiful ...
5381	beautifully	[.] BEAU'TIFULLY, adv. bu'tifully. In a beautiful manner.
5382	beautifulness	[.] BEAU'TIFULNESS, n. bu'tifulness. Elegance of form; beauty; the quality of being beautiful.
5383	beautify	[.] BEAU'TIFY, v.t. bu'tify. [beauty and L. facio.] [.] To make or render beautiful; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to add beauty to; to embellish. [.] BEAU'TIFY, v.i. bu'tify. To become beautiful; to advance in beauty.
5384	beauty	[.] BEAU'TY, n. bu'ty. [.] 1. An assemblage of graces, or an assemblage of properties in the form of the person or any other object, which pleases the eye. In the person, due proportion or symmetry of parts constitutes the most essential property to which we annex the ...
5385	beauty-spot	[.] BEAU'TY-SPOT, n. bu'ty-spot. A patch; a foil, a spot placed on the face to heighten beauty.
5386	beauty-waning	[.] BEAU'TY-WANING, a. Declining in beauty.
5387	beaver	[.] BE'AVER, n. [L.fiber.] [.] 1. An amphibious quadruped, of the genus Castor. It has short ears, a blunt nose, small fore feet, large hind feet, with a flat ovate tail. It is remarkable for its ingenuity in construction its lodges or habitations, and from this animal ...
5388	beavered	[.] BE'AVERED, a. Covered with or wearing a beaver.
5389	bebleed	[.] BEBLEE'D, v.t [be and bleed.] To make bloody. Obs.
5390	beblood	[.] BEBLOOD'
5391	bebloody	[.] BEBLOOD'Y, v.t. [be and blood.] To make bloody. Obs.
5392	beblot	[.] BEBLOT', v.t. [be and blot.] To blot; to stain. Obs.
5393	beblubbered	[.] BEBLUB'BERED, a. [be and blubber.] Foul or swelled with weeping.
5394	becabunga	[.] BECABUN'GA, n. Brooklime speedwell; veronica becabunga; a plant common in ditches and shallow streams.
5395	becafi-co	[.] BECAFI-CO, n. [See Beak.] A fig-pecker; a bird like a nightingale which feeds on figs and grapes.
5396	becalm	[.] BECALM, v.t. becam. [be calm. See Calm.] [.] 1. To still; to make quiet; to appease; to stop, or repress motion in a body; used of the elements and of the passions; as, to becalm the ocean, or the mind. But calm is generally used. [.] 2. To intercept the current ...
5397	becalmed	[.] BECALMED, pp. becamed. Quieted; appeased. [.] 1. a. Hindered from motion or progress by a calm; as a ship becalmed.
5398	becalming	[.] BECALMING, ppr. becaming. Appeasing; keeping from motion or progress. [.] [.] BECALMING, n. becaming. A calm at sea.
5399	became	[.] BECA'ME, pret. of become [See Become.]
5400	because	[.] BECAUSE, becauz' a compound word. [ See By and Cause.] [.] By cause, or by the cause; on this account; for the cause which is explained in the next proposition; for the reason next explained. Thus, I fled, because I was afraid, is to be thus resolved; I fled, by the ...
5401	bechance	[.] BECH'ANCE, v.i. [be, by, and chance.] To befall; to happen to.
5402	becharm	[.] BECH'ARM, v.t. [be and charm.] To charm; to captivate.
5403	bechic	[.] BE'CHIC, n. [Gr.a cough.] A medicine for relieving coughs, synonymous with pectoral, which is now the term mostly used.
5404	beck	[.] BECK, n. A small brook. Gray. Heb. a brook or rivulet; in the sense of flowing, as tears, weeping. Gen.32.22. It is obsolete in English, but is found in the names of towns situated near streams, as in Walbeck; but is more frequent in names on the continent,as in ...
5405	becked	[.] BECK'ED, pp. Called or notified by a nod.
5406	becket	[.] BECK'ET, n. A thing used in ships to confine loose ropes, tackles or spars; as a large hook, a rope, with an eye at one end, or a wooden bracket.
5407	becking	[.] BECK'ING, ppr. Nodding significantly; directing by a nod.
5408	beckon	[.] BECK'ON, v.t. bek'n. [See Beck.] [.] To make a sign to another, by nodding, winking, or a motion of the hand or finger, &c.,intended as a hint or intimation. Acts.19. [.] BECK'ON, v.t. bek'n. To make a significant sign to.
5409	beckoned	[.] BECK'ONED, pp. Having a sign made to.
5410	beckoning	[.] BECK'ONING, ppr. Making a significant sign, as a hint.
5411	beclip	[.] BECLIP', v.t. To embrace. [Not in use.]
5412	becloud	[.] BECLOUD', v.t. [See Cloud.] To cloud; to obscure; to dim.
5413	become	[.] BECOME, v.i. becum'. pret. became, pp. become. [.] 1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state or condition, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character; ...
5414	becoming	[.] BECOM'ING,ppr., but used rarely or never except as an adjective. Fit; suitable; congruous; proper; graceful; belonging to the character, or adapted to circumstances; as, he speaks with becoming boldness; a dress is very becoming. [.] Some writers formerly used of, after ...
5415	becomingly	[.] BECOM'INGLY, adv. After a becoming or proper manner.
5416	becomingness	[.] BECOM'INGNESS, n. Fitness, congruity; propriety; decency; gracefulness arising from fitness.
5417	becripple	[.] BECRIP'PLE, v.t. [See Cripple.] To make lame; to cripple [Little used.]
5418	becurl	[.] BECURL', v.t. To curl. [Not used.]
5419	bed	[.] BED, n. [The sense is a lay or spread, from laying or setting.] [.] 1. A place or an article of furniture to sleep and take rest on; in modern times, and among civilized men, a sack or tick filled with feathers or wool; but a bed may be made of straw or any other ...
5420	bed-clothes	[.] BED'-CLOTHES, n. plu. [bed and clothes.] [.] Blankets, or coverlets, &c.,for beds.
5421	bed-hangings	[.] BED-HANGINGS, n. Curtains.
5422	bedabble	[.] BEDAB'BLE, v.t. [be and dabble.] To wet; to sprinkle [.] Bedabbled with the dew.
5423	bedabbled	[.] BEDAB'BLED, pp. Wet; sprinkled.
5424	bedabbling	[.] BEDAB'BLING, ppr. Wetting; sprinkling.
5425	bedaff	[.] BEDAFF', v.t. To make a fool of. [Not in use.]
5426	bedaggle	[.] BEDAG'GLE, v.t. [be and daggle.] To soil, as clothes, by drawing the ends in the mud, or spattering them with dirty water.
5427	bedaggled	[.] BEDAG'GLED, pp. Soiled by reaching the mud in walking; bespattering.
5428	bedare	[.] BEDA'RE, v.t. [be and dare.] To dare; to defy. [Not used.]
5429	bedark	[.] BEDARK', v.t. [be and dark.] To darken. [Not used.]
5430	bedash	[.] BEDASH', v.t. [be and dash.] To wet, by throwing water, or other liquor upon; to bespatter, with water or mud.
5431	bedashed	[.] BEDASH'ED, pp. Bespattered with water or other liquid.
5432	bedashing	[.] BEDASH'ING, ppr. Bespattering; dashing water upon, or other liquid.
5433	bedaub	[.] BEDAUB', v.t. [be and daub.] To daub over; to besmear with viscous, slimy matter; to soil with any thing thick and dirty.
5434	bedaubed	[.] BEDAUB'ED, pp. Daubed over; besmeared.
5435	bedaubing	[.] BEDAUB'ING, ppr. Daubing over; besmearing.
5436	bedazzle	[.] BEDAZ'ZLE, v.t. [be and dazzle.] To confound the sight by too strong a light; to make dim by luster.
5437	bedazzled	[.] BEDAZ'ZLED, pp. Having the sight confounded by too strong a light.
5438	bedazzling	[.] BEDAZ'ZLING, ppr. Confounding or making dim by a too brilliant luster.
5439	bedchamber	[.] BED'CHAMBER, n. [bed and chamber.] An apartment or chamber intended or appropriated for a bed, or for sleep and repose.
5440	bedded	[.] BED'DED, pp. Laid in a bed; inclosed as in a bed.
5441	bedder	[.] BED'DER
5442	bedding	[.] BED'DING, ppr. Laying in a bed; inclosing as in a bed. [.] BED'DING, n. A bed and its furniture; a bed; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast.
5443	bedeck	[.] BEDECK', v.t. [be and deck.] To deck; to adorn; to grace.
5444	bedecked	[.] BEDECK'ED, pp. Adorned; ornamented.
5445	bedecking	[.] BEDECK'ING, ppr. Adorning; decking.
5446	bedehouse	[.] BE'DEHOUSE, n. Formerly, a hospital or alms house, where the poor prayed for their founders and benefactors.
5447	bedel	[.] BE'DEL, n. An officer in the universities of England. [A peculiar orthography of beadle.]
5448	bedelry	[.] BE'DELRY, n. The extent of a bedel's office.
5449	bedetter	[.] BEDET'TER, n. [from bed.] The nether stone of an oil mill.
5450	bedew	[.] BEDEW', v.t. [be and dew.] To moisten, as with dew; to moisten in a gentle manner with any liquid; as, tears bedew her face.
5451	bedewed	[.] BEDEW'ED, pp. Moistened, as if with dew; gently moistened.
5452	bedewer	[.] BEDEW'ER, n. That which bedews.
5453	bedewing	[.] BEDEW'ING, ppr. Moistening gently, as with dew; wetting.
5454	bedewy	[.] BEDEW'Y, a. Moist with dew. [Little used.]
5455	bedfellow	[.] BED'FELLOW, n. [bed and fellow.] One who lies in the same bed.
5456	bedight	[.] BEDI'GHT, v.t. bedi'te. [be and dight.] To adorn; to dress; set off with ornaments. [Little used.]
5457	bedighted	[.] BEDI'GHTED, pp. Adorned; set off with ornaments.
5458	bedighting	[.] BEDI'GHTING, ppr. Adorning.
5459	bedim	[.] BEDIM', v.t. [be and dim.] To make dim; to obscure or darken.
5460	bedimmed	[.] BEDIM'MED, pp. Made dim; obscured.
5461	bedimming	[.] BEDIM'MING, ppr. Making dim; obscuring; darkening.
5462	bedizen	[.] BEDIZ'EN, v.t. bediz'n. [be and dizen.] To adorn; to deck; a low word.
5463	bedizened	[.] BEDIZ'ENED, pp. Bedecked; adorned.
5464	bedizening	[.] BEDIZ'ENING, ppr. Adorning.
5465	bedlam	[.] BED'LAM, n. [Corrupted from Bethlehem, the name of a religious house in London, afterward converted into a hospital for lunatics.] [.] 1. A mad house; a place appropriated for lunatics.] [.] 2. A madman; a lunatic; one who lives in Bedlam. [.] 3. A place of ...
5466	bedlamite	[.] BED'LAMITE, n. An inhabitant of a madhouse, a madman.
5467	bedmaker	[.] BED'MAKER, n. [bed and maker.] One whose occupation is to make beds, as a college or university.
5468	bedmate	[.] BED'MATE, n. [bed and mate.] A bedfellow.
5469	bedote	[.] BEDO'TE, v.t. [be and dote.] To make to dote. [Not in use.]
5470	bedpost	[.] BED'POST, n. [bed and post.] The post of a bedstead.
5471	bedpresser	[.] BED'PRESSER, n. [bed and press.] A lazy fellow; one who loves his bed.
5472	bedraggle	[.] BEDRAG'GLE, v.t. [be and draggle.] To soil, as garments which are suffered, in walking, to reach the dirt; to soil by drawing along on mud.
5473	bedraggled	[.] BEDRAG'GLED, pp. Soiled by reaching the dirt, in walking.
5474	bedraggling	[.] BEDRAG'GLING, ppr. Soiling by drawing along in dirt or mud.
5475	bedrenched	[.] BEDRENCH'ED, pp. Drenched; soaked.
5476	bedrenching	[.] BEDRENCH'ING, ppr. Soaked; drenching.
5477	bedrid	[.] BED'RID
5478	bedridden	[.] BED'RIDDEN, a. [bed and ride.] Confined to the bed, by age or infirmity.
5479	bedrite	[.] BED'RITE, n. [bed and rite.] The privilege of the marriage bed.
5480	bedroom	[.] BED'ROOM, n. [bed and room.] A room or apartment intended or used for a bed; a lodging room. [.] 1. Room in a bed. [Not in use.]
5481	bedrop	[.] BEDROP' v.t. [be and drop.] To sprinkle, as with drops.
5482	bedropped	[.] BEDROP'PED, pp. Sprinkled as with drops; speckled; variegated with spots.
5483	bedside	[.] BED'SIDE, n. The side of the bed.
5484	bedstaff	[.] BED'STAFF, n. [bed and staff.] A wooden pin anciently inserted on the sides of bedsteads, to keep the clothes from slipping on either side.
5485	bedstead	[.] BED'STEAD, n. bed'sted. [bed and stead.] A frame for supporting a bed.
5486	bedstraw	[.] BED'STRAW, n. [bed and straw.] Straw laid under a bed to make it soft; also the name of a plant, a species of galium.
5487	bedswerver	[.] BED'SWERVER, n. [bed and swerve.] One that swerves from his bed; that is one who is false and unfaithful to the marriage vow.
5488	bedtime	[.] BED'TIME, n. [bed and time.] The time to go to rest; the usual hour of going to bed.
5489	beduck	[.] BEDUCK', v.t. [be and duck.] To duck; to put the head under water; to immerse.
5490	bedust	[.] BEDUST', v.t. [be and dust.] To sprinkle, soil or cover with dust.
5491	bedward	[.] BED'WARD, adv. [bed and ward.] Toward bed.
5492	bedwarf	[.] BEDWARF', v.t. [be and dwarf.] To make little; to stunt or hinder growth.
5493	bedwork	[.] BED'WORK, n. [bed and work.] Work done in bed, without toil of the hands or with ease.
5494	bedye	[.] BEDY'E, v.t. [be and dye.] To dye; to stain.
5495	bedyed	[.] BEDY'ED, pp. Dyed; stained.
5496	bee	[.] BEE, n. An insect of the genus Apis. [See Apis.] The species are numerous, of which the honey-bee is the most interesting to man. It has been cultivated from the earliest periods, for its wax and honey. It lives in swarms or societies, of from 10,000 to 50,000 individuals. ...
5497	bee-bread	[.] BEE'-BREAD, n. [bee and bread.] The pollen of flowers collected by bees, as food for their young. [See Bee.]
5498	bee-eater	[.] BEE'-EATER,n. [bee and eat.] A bird that feeds on bees. There are several species included in the genus merops, of which the apiaster of Europe is remarkable for the brilliancy of its plumage.
5499	bee-flower	[.] BEE'-FLOWER, n. [bee and flower.] A plant; a species of Ophrys or twyblade, whose flowers represent singular figures of bees, flies and other insects.
5500	beech	[.] BEECH, n. [Gr. payos; L. fagus.] A tree arranged by Linne under the genus fagus, with the chestnut. The beech grows to a large size, with branches forming a beautiful head, with thick foliage. The bark is smooth and of a silvery cast. The mast or nuts are the food ...
5501	beech-coal	[.] BEE'CH-COAL, n. [beech and coal.] Charcoal from beech wood.
5502	beech-oil	[.] BEE'CH-OIL, n. [beech and oil.] Oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech-tree. It is used in Picardy, and in other parts of France, instead of butter; but is said to occasion heaviness and pains in the stomach.
5503	beech-tree	[.] BEE'CH-TREE, n. [beech and tree.] The beech.
5504	beechen	[.] BEE'CHEN, a. bee'chn. Consisting of the wood or bark of the beech; belonging to the beech; as a beechen vessel.
5505	beechmast	[.] BEE'CHMAST, n. The fruit or nuts of the beech.
5506	beef	[.] BEEF, n. [L. bos,bovis; Gr.Bous.] [.] 1. An animal of the bovine genus,whether ox, bull or cow; but used of those which are full grown or nearly so. In this, which is the original sense, the word has a plural, beeves. [.] 2. The flesh of an ox, bull, or cow, ...
5507	beef-eater	[.] BEE'F-EATER, n. [beef and eat.] One that eats beef. [.] 1. A yeoman of the guards, in England. [.] 2. The Buphaga, an African bird that feeds on the larvas which nestle under the hides of oxen. [.] 3. In popular use, a stout fleshy man.
5508	beef-steak	[.] BEE'F-STEAK, n. [beef and steak.] A steak of slice of beef for broiling.
5509	beef-witted	[.] BEE'F-WITTED, a.[beef and wit.] Dull in intellects; stupid; heavy-headed.
5510	beeld	[.] BEELD, n. Protection; refuge. [Not in use.]
5511	been	[.] BEEN, Part.perf. of be; pronounced bin. In old authors, it is also the present tense plural of be. [.] BEEN, n. A fretted stringed instrument of music of the guitar kind, having nineteen frets; used in India.
5512	beer	[.] BEER, n. [.] 1. A spirituous liquor made from any farinaceous grain; but generally from barley, which is first malted and ground, and its fermentable substance extracted by hot water. This extract or infusion is evaporated by boiling in caldrons, and hops or some ...
5513	beer-barrel	[.] BEE'R-BARREL, n. A barrel for holding beer.
5514	beer-house	[.] BEE'R-HOUSE, n. A house where malt liquors are sold; an ale house.
5515	beestings	[.] BEESTINGS, [See Biestings.]
5516	beet	[.] BEET, n. [L. beta.] A plant of the genus Beta. The species cultivated in gardens are the cicla and vulgaris,or white and red beet. There are many varieties; some with long taper roots, and others with flat roots, like turnips. The root furnishes a large portion ...
5517	beet-radish	[.] BEE'T-RADISH, n. A kind of beet, used for salad.
5518	beet-rave	[.] BEET-RAVE
5519	beetle	[.] BEE'TLE, n. [.] 1. A heavy mallet or wooden hammer,used to drive wedges, beat pavements, &c.; called also a stamper, or rammer. [.] 2. In zoology, a genus of insects, the scarabaeus, of many species. The generic characters are, clavated antennae, fissile longitudinally, ...
5520	beetle-brow	[.] BEE'TLE-BROW, n. [beetle and brow.] A prominent brow.
5521	beetle-browed	[.] BEE'TLE-BROWED, a. Having prominent brows.
5522	beetle-head	[.] BEE'TLE-HEAD, n. [beetle and head.] A stupid fellow.
5523	beetle-headed	[.] BEE'TLE-HEADED, a Having a head like a beetle; dull; stupid.
5524	beetle-stock	[.] BEE'TLE-STOCK, n. [beetle and stock.] The handle of a beetle.
5525	beetling	[.] BEE'TLING, ppr. Jutting; being prominent; standing out from the main body.
5526	beeves	[.] BEEVES, n. plu. of beef. Cattle; quadrupeds of the bovine genus, called in England, black cattle.
5527	befall	[.] BEFALL', v.t. pret. befell; part. befallen. [.] To happen to; to occur to; as, let me know the worst that can befall me. It usually denotes ill. It is generally transitive in form, but there seems to be an ellipsis of to,and to sometimes follows it. [.] BEFALL', ...
5528	befalling	[.] BEFALL'ING,ppr. Happening to; occurring to; coming to pass.
5529	befell	[.] BEFELL', pret. of befall.
5530	befit	[.] BEFIT', v.t. [be and fit.] To suit; to be suitable to; to become. [.] That name best befits thee.
5531	befitting	[.] BEFIT'TING, ppr. or a. Suiting; becoming.
5532	befoam	[.] BEFOAM, v.t. [be and foam.] To cover with foam. [Little used.]
5533	befool	[.] BEFOOL', v.t. [be and fool.] To fool; to infatuate; to delude or lead into error. [.] Men befool themselves.
5534	befooled	[.] BEFOOL'ED, pp. Fooled; deceived; led into error.
5535	befooling	[.] BEFOOL'ING, ppr. Fooling; making a fool of; deceiving; infatuating.
5536	before	[.] BEFO'RE, prep. [be and fore, that is by fore, near the fore part.] [.] 1. In front; on the side with the face, at any distance; used of persons. [.] 2. In presence of, with the idea of power, authority, respect. [.] Abraham bowed before the people of the ...
5537	before-time	[.] BEFO'RE-TIME, adv. [before and time.] Formerly; of old time. 1 Sam.9. Josh 20.
5538	beforehand	[.] BEFO'REHAND, adv. [before and hand.] In a state of anticipation or preoccupation; often followed by with; as, you are before hand with me. [.] 1. Antecedently; by way of preparation or preliminary; aforetime. Math.13. 1 Tim.5. [.] 2. In a state of accumulation, ...
5539	befortune	[.] BEFOR'TUNE, v.t. [be and fortune.] To happen to; to betide.
5540	befoul	[.] BEFOUL', v.t. To make foul; to soil.
5541	befriend	[.] BEFRIEND, v.t. befrend'. [be and friend.] To favor; to act as a friend to; to countenance,aid or benefit.
5542	befriended	[.] BEFRIEND'ED, pp. Favored; countenanced.
5543	befriending	[.] BEFRIEND'ING, ppr. Favoring; assisting as a friend; showing kindness to.
5544	befringe	[.] BEFRINGE, v.t. befrinj'. [be and fringe.] To furnish with a fringe; to adorn as with fringe.
5545	befringed	[.] BEFRING'ED, pp. Adorned as with a fringe.
5546	beg	[.] BEG , n. In the Turkish dominions, a governor of a town or country; more particularly, the lord of a sangiac or banner. Every province is divided into seven sangiacs or banners, each of which qualifies a bey; and these are commanded by the governor of the province, ...
5547	beget	[.] BEGET', v.t. pret. begot, begat; pp. begot, begotten. [.] 1. To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; as, to beget a son. [.] 2. [.] To produce, as an effect; to cause to exist; to generate; as, luxury begets vice.
5548	begetter	[.] BEGET'TER, n. One who begets or procreates; a father.
5549	beggable	[.] BEG'GABLE, a. That may be begged.
5550	beggar	[.] BEG'GAR, n. [See Beg.] One that lives by asking alms, or makes it his business to beg for charity. [.] 1. One who supplicates with humility; a petitioner; but in this sense rarely used, as the word has become a term of contempt. [.] 2. One who assumes in argument ...
5551	beggar-maid	[.] BEG'GAR-MAID,n. A maid that is a beggar.
5552	beggar-man	[.] BEG'GAR-MAN, n. A man that is a beggar.
5553	beggar-woman	[.] BEG'GAR-WOMAN, n. A female beggar.
5554	beggared	[.] BEG'GARED, pp. Reduced to extreme poverty.
5555	beggaring	[.] BEG'GARING, ppr. Reducing to indigence or a state of beggary.
5556	beggarliness	[.] BEG'GARLINESS, n. The state of being beggarly; meanness; extreme poverty.
5557	beggarly	[.] BEG'GARLY, a. Mean; poor; in the condition of a beggar; extremely indigent.
5558	beggary	[.] BEG'GARY, n. A state of extreme indigence.
5559	begged	[.] BEG'GED, pp. Entreated; supplicated; asked in charity.
5560	begging	[.] BEG'GING, ppr. Asking alms; supplicating; assuming without proof. [.] BEG'GING, n. The act of soliciting alms; the practice of asking alms; as, he lives by begging.
5561	beghards	[.] BEGHARDS'
5562	begilt	[.] BEGILT', a. Gilded.
5563	begin	[.] BEGIN', v.i. pret. began; pp. begun. [L.genero,gigno; Heb.to make ready, to adapt,prepare, establish.] [.] 1. To have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence. [.] As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world ...
5564	beginner	[.] BEGIN'NER, n. The person who begins; he that gives an original; the agent who is the cause; an author. [.] 1. One who first enters upon any art, science or business; one who is in his rudiments; a young practitioner; often implying want of experience.
5565	beginning	[.] BEGIN'NING, ppr. First entering upon; commencing; giving rise or original; taking rise or origin. [.] BEGIN'NING, n. The first cause; origin. [.] I am the beginning and the ending. Rev.1. [.] 1. That which is first; the first state; commencement; entrance ...
5566	beginningless	[.] BEGIN'NINGLESS, a. That hath no beginning. [A bad word and not used.]
5567	begird	...
5568	begirded	[.] BEGIRD'ED
5569	begirding	[.] BEGIRD'ING, ppr. Binding with a girdle; surrounding; besieging.
5570	begirt	[.] BEGIRT, pp. Bound with a girdle; surrounded; inclosed; besieged.
5571	beglerbeg	[.] BEG'LERBEG, n. [See Beg.] The governor of a province in the Turkis empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier. Each has three ensigns or staves, trimmed with a horse tail, to distinguish him from a bashaw, who has two, and a beg, who has one. His province is called ...
5572	begnaw	[.] BEGNAW', v.t. benaw'. To bite or gnaw, to eat away; to corrode; to nibble.
5573	begone	[.] BEGONE. Go away; depart. These two words have been improperly united. Be retains the sense of a verb, and gone, that of a participle.
5574	begored	[.] BEGO'RED, a. [be and gore.] Besmeared with gore.
5575	begot	[.] BEGOT', BEGOT'TEN, pp. of get. Procreated; generated.
5576	begotten	[.] BEGOT', BEGOT'TEN, pp. of get. Procreated; generated.
5577	begrave	[.] BEGRA'VE, v.t. To deposit in the grave; to bury. [Not used.]
5578	begrease	[.] BEGRE'ASE, v.t. s as z. [be and grease.] To soil or daub with grease, or other oily matter.
5579	begrime	[.] BEGRI'ME, v.t. [be and grime.] To soil with dirt deep-impressed, so that the natural hue cannot easily be recovered.
5580	begrimed	[.] BEGRI'MED, pp. Deeply soiled.
5581	begrudge	[.] BEGRUDGE, v.t. begrudj'. [See Grudge.] To grudge; to envy the possession of.
5582	beguards	[.] BEGUARDS', n. A religious order of St. Francis in Flanders, established at Antwerp in 1228, and so named from St. Begghe, their patroness. They at first employed themselves in making linen cloth,united in bonds of charity, without any rule; but in 1290, they embraced ...
5583	beguile	[.] BEGUI'LE, v.t. begi'le. [be and guile.] To delude; to deceive; to impose on by artifice or craft. [.] The serpent beguiled me and I did eat Gen.3. [.] 1. To elude by craft. [.] When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage. [.] 2. To elude any thing disagreeable ...
5584	beguiled	[.] BEGUI'LED, pp. Deluded; imposed on; misled by craft; eluded by stratagem; passed pleasingly.
5585	beguiler	[.] BEGUI'LER, n. He or that which beguiles or deceives.
5586	beguiling	[.] BEGUI'LING, ppr. Deluding; deceiving by craft; eluding by artifice, amusing.
5587	beguilty	[.] BEGUIL'TY, v.t. To render guilty. A barbarous word.]
5588	beguin	[.] BE'GUIN, n. The beguins are a congregation of nuns in Flanders, so called from their founder, or from their head dress. Beguin, in French, is a linen cap. From this order sprung the Beguinages in Flanders.
5589	begun	[.] BEGUN', pp. or begin. Commenced; originated.
5590	behalf	[.] BEHALF, n. behaf. [See Behoof.] [.] 1. Favor; advantage; convenience, profit; support, defense, vindication. The advocate pleads in behalf of the prisoner. The patriot suffers in behalf of his country. [.] 2. Part; side; noting substitution, or the act of ...
5591	behappen	[.] BEHAP'PEN, v.i. [be and happen.] To happen to.
5592	behave	[.] BEHA'VE, v.t. [.] 1. To restrain; to govern; to subdue. [.] He did behave his anger e'er 'twas spent. [.] This sense is obsolete. Yet it often seems to be implied; for to behave one's self, is really, to govern one's self; to have in command. [.] 2. To carry; ...
5593	behaved	[.] BEHA'VED, pp. Conducted.
5594	behaving	[.] BEHA'VING, ppr. Carrying; conducting.
5595	behavior	[.] BEHA'VIOR, n. behavyur. [See Behave.] [.] Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; conduct; manners; carriage of one's self, with respect to propriety, or morals; deportment. It expresses external appearance or action; sometimes in a particular character; more generally ...
5596	behead	[.] BEHEAD', v.t. behed'. [be and head.] [.] To cut off the head; to sever the head from the body, with a cutting instrument; appropriately used of the execution of men for crimes.
5597	beheaded	[.] BEHEAD'ED, pp. behed'ed. Having the head cut off.
5598	beheading	[.] BEHEAD'ING, ppr. behed'ing. Severing the head from the body. [.] BEHEAD'ING,n. behed'ing. The act of separating the head from the body by a cutting instrument; decollation.
5599	beheld	[.] BEHELD', pret. and pp. of behold, which see.
5600	behemoth	[.] BE'HEMOTH, n.]Heb. a beast or brute; from an Arabic vert, which signifies, to shut, to lie hid, to be dumb. In Eth.dumb.] [.] Authors are divided in opinion as to the animal intended in scripture by this anme; some supposing it to be an ox, others, an elephant; and Bochart ...
5601	behen	[.] BE'HEN, BEN, OR BEK'EN, n. A plant. The white behen is a species of Cucubalus, called Swedish Lychnis, or gum sepungar. The empalement of its flower resembles net-work, and its leaves have somewhat of the flavor of pease. [.] The behen of the shops, or white behen, ...
5602	behest	[.] BEHEST', n. Command; precept; mandate.[Antiquated, except in poetry.]
5603	behight	[.] BEHI'GHT, v.t. behite; pret. behot. [.] To promise; to entrust; to call, or name; to command; to adjudge; to address; to inform; to mean; to reckon. The orthography is corrupt; it should be behite.
5604	behind	[.] BEHIND, prep. [.] 1. At the back of another; as, to ride behind a horseman. [.] 2. On the back part, at any distance; in the rear; as, to walk behind another. [.] 3. Remaining; left after the departure of another, whether by removing to a distance, or by death; ...
5605	behindhand	[.] BEHINDHAND, a. [behind and hand.] In arrear; in an exhausted state; in a state in which rent or profit has been anticipated, and expenditures precede the receipt of funds to supply them. In popular use, a state of poverty, in which the means of living are not adequate ...
5606	behold	[.] BEHO'LD, v.t. pret. and pp. beheld' [L.observo, from servo, to keep.] [.] 1. To fix the eyes upon; to see with attention; to observe with care. [.] Behold the lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. John 1. [.] 2. In a less intensive sense, ...
5607	beholden	[.] BEHO'LDEN, pp. or a. beholdn. [The participle of behold, to keep, guard, or bind. See Behold.] [.] Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted. [.] Little are we beholden to your love.
5608	beholder	[.] BEHO'LDER, n. One who beholds; a spectator; one who looks upon, or sees.
5609	beholding	[.] BEHO'LDING, ppr. Fixing the eyes upon; looking on; seeing. [.] 1. Fixing the attention; regarding with attention. [.] 2. Obligation. [Not used.] [.] 3. Obliged. Bacon on Love. A mistaken use of the word for beholden.
5610	beholdingness	[.] BEHO'LDINGNESS, n. The state of being obliged. [.] [An error, and not in use.]
5611	behoney	[.] BEHON'EY, v.t. To sweeten with honey.
5612	behoof	[.] BEHOOF', n. [.] 1. Radically, need, necessity; whence, by an easy analogy, the word came to signify that which supplies want. Hence, in present usage. [.] 2. That which is advantageous; advantage; profit; benefit. [.] No mean recompense it brings to ...
5613	behoovable	[.] BEHOOV'ABLE, a. Needful; profitable.
5614	behoove	[.] BEHOOVE, v.t. behoof'. To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience. [.] And thus it behooved Christ to suffer. Luke 24. [.] It may perhaps be used intransitively; as, let him behave as it behooveth; but ...
5615	behooveful	[.] BEHOOVEFUL, a. behoov'ful. Needful; useful; profitable; advantageous.
5616	behoovefully	[.] BEHOOVEFULLY, adv. behoov'fully. Usefully, profitably.
5617	behot	[.] BEHOT', pret. of behight.
5618	behove	[.] BEHOVE, and its derivatives. [See Behoove.]
5619	behowl	[.] BEHOWL', v.i. [be and howl.] To howl at. [Not used.]
5620	being	[.] BE'ING, ppr. [See Be.] Existing in a certain state. [.] Man, being in honor, abideth not. Ps.49. [.] BE'ING,n. Existence; as, God is the author of our being. [.] In God we live, and move, and have our being. Acts 17. [.] 1. A particular state ...
5621	bejade	[.] BEJA'DE, v.t. [be and jade.] To tire. [Not used.]
5622	bejape	[.] BEJA'PE, v.t. To laugh at; to deceive. [Not used.]
5623	beken	[.] BE'HEN, BEN, OR BEK'EN, n. A plant. The white behen is a species of Cucubalus, called Swedish Lychnis, or gum sepungar. The empalement of its flower resembles net-work, and its leaves have somewhat of the flavor of pease. [.] The behen of the shops, or white behen, ...
5624	bekiss	[.] BEKISS', v.t. [be and kiss.] To kiss or salute. [Not in use.]
5625	beknave	[.] BEKNA'VE, v.t. [be and knave.] To call knave. [Not used.]
5626	beknow	[.] BEKNO'W, v.t. [be and know.] To acknowledge. [Not used.]
5627	belabor	[.] BELA'BOR, v.t. [perhaps from be and labor; but in Russ. bulava is a club.] To beat soundly; to thump. [.] Ajax belabors there a harmless ox.
5628	belace	[.] BELA'CE, v.t. [be and lace.] To fasten, as with a lace or cord. [.] 1. To beat; to whip.
5629	belaced	[.] BELA'CED, a. Adorned with lace.
5630	belamour	[.] BEL'AMOUR, n. A gallant; a consort. [Not used.]
5631	belamy	[.] BEL'AMY, n. A good friend; an intimate. [Not used.]
5632	belate	[.] BELA'TE, v.t. [be and late.] To retard or make too late. [Not used.]
5633	belated	[.] BELA'TED, a. [be and lated.] Benighted; abroad late at night. [.] 1. Too late for the hour appointed or intended; later than the proper time.
5634	belatedness	[.] BELA'TEDNESS, n. A being too late.
5635	belave	[.] BELA'VE, v.t. [be and lave.] To wash. [Not used.]
5636	belawgive	[.] BELAW'GIVE, v.t. To give a law to. [Barbarous and not used.]
5637	belay	[.] BELA'Y, v.t. [This word is composed of be and lay, to lay to, lay by, or close. See Beleaguer.] [.] 1. To block up, or obstruct. [.] 2. To place in ambush. [.] 3. To adorn, surround, or cover. [.] 4. In seamanship, to fasten, or make fast, by winding a ...
5638	belayed	[.] BELA'YED,pp. Obstructed; ambushed; made fast.
5639	belaying	[.] BELA'YING,ppr. Blocking up; laying an ambush; making fast.
5640	belch	[.] BELCH, v.t.[Eng. bulge,bilge, bulk.] [.] 1. To throw or eject wind from the stomach with violence. [.] 2. To eject violently from a deep hollow place, as, a volcano belches flames and lava. [.] BELCH, n. The act of throwing out from the stomach, or from ...
5641	belched	[.] BELCH'ED, pp. Ejected from the stomach, or from a hollow place.
5642	belching	[.] BELCH'ING, ppr. Ejecting from the stomach or any deep hollow place. [.] BELCH'ING, n. Eructation.
5643	beldam	[.] BEL'DAM, n. [.] 1. An old woman. [.] Spenser seems to have used the word in its true sense for good dame. [.] 2. A hag.
5644	beleaguer	[.] BELE'AGUER, v.t. belee'ger. To besiege; to block up; to surround with an army, so as to preclude escape.
5645	beleaguered	[.] BELE'AGUERED, pp. Besieged.
5646	beleaguerer	[.] BELE'AGUERER, n. One who besieges.
5647	beleaguring	[.] BELE'AGURING, ppr. Besieging; blocking up.
5648	beleave	[.] BELE'AVE, v.t. [be and leave.] To leave. [Not used.]
5649	belee	[.] BELEE', v.t. [be and lee.] To place on the lee, or in a position unfavorable to the wind. [Not used.]
5650	belemnite	[.] BELEM'NITE, n. [Gr.a dart,or arrow, from the root of pello, to throw.] [.] Arrow-head, or finger stone; vulgarly called thunder-bolt, or thunder stone. A genus of fossil shells, common in chalk and limestone. These shells consist of an interior cone, divided into partitions ...
5651	beleper	[.] BELEP'ER, v.t. To infect with leprosy. [Not used.]
5652	belfry	[.] BEL'FRY, n. [L. belfredus.] [.] 1. Among military writers of the middle age, a tower erected by besiegers to overlook the place besieged, in which sentinels were placed to watch the avenues, and to prevent surprise from parties of the enemy, or to give notice of ...
5653	belgard	[.] BELGARD', n. A soft look or glance. [Not used.]
5654	belgian	[.] BEL'GIAN, a. [See Belgic.] Belonging to Belgica,or the Netherlands. [.] BEL'GIAN, n. A native of Belgica,or the Low Countries.
5655	belgic	[.] BEL'GIC, a. [L.belgicus, from Belgae, the inhabitants of the Netherlands and the country bordering on the Rhine, from that river to the Seine and the ocean. The name may have been given to them from their bulk or large stature; Eng.bulge;] [.] Pertaining to the Belgae, ...
5656	belial	[.] BE'LIAL, n. As a noun, unprofitableness; wickedness. As an adjective, worthless; wicked. In a collective sense, wicked men.
5657	belibel	[.] BELI'BEL, v.t. [be and libel.] To libel or traduce. [Not used.]
5658	belie	[.] BELI'E, v.t. [be and lie. See Lie.] [.] 1. To give the lie to; to show to be false; to charge with falsehood; as, the heart belies the tongue. It is rarely used of declarations; but of appearances and facts which show that declarations, or certain appearances and ...
5659	belied	[.] BELI'ED,pp. Falsely represented either by word or obvious evidence and indication; counterfeited; mimicked.
5660	belief	[.] BELIE'F, n. [.] 1. A persuasion of the truth, or an assent of mind to the truth of a declaration, proposition or alleged fact, on the ground of evidence, distinct from personal knowledge; as the belief of the gospel; belief of a witness. Belief may also by founded ...
5661	believabale	[.] BELIE'VABALE, a. That may be believed; credible.
5662	believe	[.] BELIE'VE, v.t. To credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of something upon the declaration of another, or upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by other circumstances, than personal knowledge. ...
5663	believed	[.] BELIE'VED, pp. Credited; assented to, as true.
5664	believer	[.] BELIE'VER, n. One who believes; one who gives credit to other evidence than that of personal knowledge. [.] 1. In theology, one who gives credit to the truth of the scriptures, as a revelation from God. In a more restricted sense, a professor of christianity; one ...
5665	believing	[.] BELIE'VING, ppr. Giving credit to testimony or to other evidence than personal knowledge.
5666	believingly	[.] BELIE'VINGLY, adv. In a believing manner.
5667	belike	[.] BELI'KE, adv. [be and like.] Probably; likely; perhaps. [Nearly antiquated.]
5668	belikely	[.] BELI'KELY, adv. Probably. [Not used.]
5669	belive	[.] BELI'VE, adv. [See Live.] Speedily; quickly.
5670	bell	[.] BELL, n. [.] 1. A vessel or hollow body,used for making sounds. Its constituent parts are a barrel or hollow body, enlarged or expanded at one end, an ear or cannon by which it is hung to a beam, and a clapper on the inside. It is formed of a composition of metals. ...
5671	bell-flower	[.] BELL'-FLOWER, n. [bell and flower.] A genus of plants, so named from the shape of the corol or flower which resembles a bell, L. Campanula, a genus of monogynian pentanders, comprehending many species.
5672	bell-metal	[.] BELL'-METAL, n. [bell and metal] A mixture of copper and tin, in the proportion of about ten parts of copper to one of tin, or according to Thomson, three parts to one, and usually a small portion of brass or zink; used for making bells.
5673	bell-shaped	[.] BELL'-SHAPED, a. [bell and shape.] Having the form of a bell.
5674	bell-wether	[.] BELL'-WETHER, n. [bell and wether.] A wether or sheep which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck.
5675	belladonna	[.] BEL'LADONNA, n. A plant, a species of Atropa, or deadly nightshade.
5676	bellatrix	[.] BEL'LATRIX, n. [L.] A ruddy, glittering star of the second magnitude, in the left shoulder of Orion; so named from its imagined influence in exciting war.
5677	belle	[.] BELLE, n. bel. [L.bellus.] A young lady. In popular use, a lady of superior beauty and much admired.
5678	belled	[.] BELL'ED, a. Hung with bells.
5679	belles-letters	[.] BELLES-LETTERS, n. plu. bel' letter, or anglicized, bell-letters. Polite literature; a word of very vague signification. It includes poetry and oratory; but authors are not agreed to what particular branches of learning the term should be restricted.
5680	belligerent	...
5681	belligerous	[.] BELLIG'EROUS, a. The same as belligerent. [Not used.]
5682	belling	[.] BELL'ING, n. The noise of a roe in rutting time; a huntsman's term. [.] 1. Growing or forming like a bell; growing full and ripe; used of hops; from bell.
5683	bellipotent	[.] BELLIP'OTENT, a. [L. bellum, war, and potens,powerful, bellipotens.] [.] Powerful or mighty in war. [Little used.]
5684	bellique	[.] BELLIQUE, a. bellee'k. War-like. [Not used.]
5685	belllibone	[.] BELL'LIBONE, n. A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness. [Not in use.]
5686	bellon	[.] BEL'LON, n. A disease, attended with languor and intolerable griping of the bowels, common in places where lead ore is smelted.
5687	bellona	[.] BELLO'NA, n. [from L. bellum,war.] The goddess of war.
5688	bellow	[.] BEL'LOW, v.i. [L.balo.] [.] 1. To make a hollow, loud noise, as a bull; to make a loud outcry; to roar. In contempt, to vociferate or clamor. [.] 2. To roar, as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound. [.] BEL'LOW, ...
5689	bellowing	[.] BEL'LOWING, ppr. Making a loud hollow sound, as a bull, or as the roaring of billows. [.] BEL'LOWING, n. A loud hollow sound or roar.
5690	bellows	[.] BEL'LOWS, n. sing.and plu.[L.bulga] An instrument, utensil or machine for blowing fire, either in private dwellings or in forges, furnaces and shops. It is so formed as by being dilated and contracted, to inhale air by a lateral orifice which is opened and closed ...
5691	bellows-fish	[.] BEL'LOWS-FISH, n. The trumpet-fish, about four inches long, with a long snout; whence its name.
5692	belluine	[.] BEL'LUINE, a. [L. belluinus, brom bellua, a beast.] Beastly; pertaining to or like a beast; brutal. [Little used.]
5693	belly	[.] BEL'LY, n. [.] 1. That part of the human body which extends from the breast to the thighs, containing the bowels. It is called also the abdomen or lower belly, to distinguish it from the head and breast, which are sometimes called bellies, from their cavity. [.] 2. ...
5694	belly-ache	[.] BEL'LY-ACHE,n. [belly and ache.] Pain in the bowels; the colic.
5695	belly-band	[.] BEL'LY-BAND, n. A band that encompasses the belly of a horse, and fastens the saddle; a girth.
5696	belly-bound	[.] BEL'LY-BOUND, a. Diseased in the belly, so as to be costive, and shrunk in the belly.
5697	belly-cheer	[.] BEL'LY-CHEER, n. Good cheer, [Not used.]
5698	belly-fretting	[.] BEL'LY-FRETTING, n. The chafing of a horse's belly, with a fore girt. [.] 1. A violent pain in a horse's belly, caused by worms.
5699	belly-god	[.] BEL'LY-GOD, n. [belly and god.] A glutton; one who makes a god of his belly; that is, whose great business or pleasure is to gratify his appetite.
5700	belly-pinched	[.] BEL'LY-PINCHED, a. [See Pinch.] Starved; pinched with hunger.
5701	belly-slave	[.] BEL'LY-SLAVE, n. A slave to the appetite.
5702	belly-timber	[.] BEL'LY-TIMBER, n. [See Timber.[ Food; that which supports the belly.
5703	belly-worm	[.] BEL'LY-WORM, n. [See Worm.] A worm that breeds in the belly or stomach.
5704	bellyful	[.] BEL'LYFUL, n. [belly and full.] As much as fills the belly, or satisfies the appetite. In familiar and ludicrous language, a great abundance; more than enough.
5705	bellying	[.] BEL'LYING, ppr. Enlarging capacity; swelling out,like the belly.
5706	belock	[.] BELOCK', v.t. To lock or fasten as with a lock.
5707	belomancy	[.] BEL'OMANCY, n. [Gr.an arrow, and divination.] [.] A kind of divination, practiced by the ancient Scythians, Babylonians, and other nations, and by the Arabians. A number of arrows, being marked, were put into a bag or quiver, and drawn out at random; and the marks or ...
5708	belone	[.] BELO'NE, n. [Gr. a needle.] The gar, garfish,or sea-needle, a species of Esox. It grows to the length of two or three feet, with long pointed jaws, the edges of which are armed with small teeth.
5709	belong	[.] BELONG', v.i. [.] 1. To be the property of; as, a field belongs to Richard Roe; Jamaica belongs to G.Britain. [.] 2. To be the concern or proper business of; to appertain; as, it belongs to John Doe to prove his title. [.] 3. To be appendant to. [.] ...
5710	belonging	[.] BELONG'ING, ppr. Pertaining; appertaining; being the property of; being a quality of; being the concern of; being appendant to; being a native of, or having a legal or permanent settlement in. [.] BELONG'ING, n. A quality. [Not in use..]
5711	beloved	[.] BELOV'ED, ppr. [be and loved, from love. Belove, as a verb, is not used.] [.] Loved; greatly loved; dear to the heart.
5712	below	[.] BELOW, prep. [be and low] Under in place; beneath; not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. [.] 1. Inferior in rank, excellence or dignity. [.] 2. Unworthy of; unbefitting. [.] BELOW, adv. In a lower place, with respect to any object; as, the heavens ...
5713	belowt	[.] BELOWT', v.t. [See Lowt.] To treat with contemptuous language. [Not in use.]
5714	belswagger	[.] BEL'SWAGGER, n. A lewd man.
5715	belt	[.] BELT, n. [L.balteus.] [.] [.] 1. A girdle; a band,usually of leather, in which a sword or other weapon is hung. [.] 2. A narrow passage, or strait between the isle of Zealand and that of Funen at the entrance of the Baltic,usually called the Great Belt. The Lesser ...
5716	beluga	[.] BELU'GA, n. A fish of the cetaceous order, and genus Delphinus, from 12 to 18 feet in length. The tail is divided into two lobes, lying horizontally, and there is no dorsal fin. In swimming, this fish bends its tail under its body like a lobster, and thrusts itself ...
5717	belvidere	[.] BEL'VIDERE,n. [L.bellus,fine and video, to see.] [.] 1. A plant, a species of chenopodium, goosefoot or wild orach, called scoparia or annual mock cypress. It is of a beautiful pyramidical form, and much esteemed in China, as a salad, and for other uses. [.] 2. ...
5718	belye	[.] BELYE. [See Belie.]
5719	bema	[.] BE'MA, n. A chancel. [Not in use.] [.] 1. In ancient Greece, a state or kind of pulpit, on which speakers stood when addressing an assembly.
5720	bemangle	[.] BEMAN'GLE, v.t. [be and mangle.] To mangle; to tear asunder. [Little used.]
5721	bemask	[.] BEM'ASK, v.t. [be and mask.] To mask; to conceal.
5722	bemaze	[.] BEMA'ZE, v.t. To bewilder. [See Maze.] [Little used.]
5723	bemete	[.] BEME'TE, v.t. [be and mete.] To measure. [Not in use.]
5724	bemingle	[.] BEMIN'GLE, v.t. [be and mingle.] To mingle; to mix. [Little used.]
5725	bemire	[.] BEMI'RE, v.t. [be and mire.] To drag or incumber in the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirty places.
5726	bemist	[.] BEMIST', v.t. [be and mist.] To cover or involve in mist. [Not used.]
5727	bemoan	[.] BEMOAN, v.t. [be and moan.] To lament; to bewail; to express sorrow for; as, to bemoan the loss of a son.
5728	bemoanable	[.] BEMOANABLE, a. That may be lamented. [Not used.]
5729	bemoaned	[.] BEMOANED, pp. Lamented; bewailed.
5730	bemoaner	[.] BEMOANER, n. One who laments.
5731	bemoaning	[.] BEMOANING, ppr. Lamenting; bewailing.
5732	bemock	[.] BEMOCK', v.t. [be and mock.] To treat with mockery. [Little used.] [.] BEMOCK', v.i. To laugh at.
5733	bemoil	[.] BEMOIL', v.t. [be and moil.] To bedraggle; to bemire; to soil or incumber with mire and dirt. [Not in use.]
5734	bemol	[.] BEMOL, n. In music,a half note.
5735	bemonster	[.] BEMON'STER, v.t. [be and monster.] To make monstrous. [Not in use.]
5736	bemourn	[.] BEMOURN, v.t. To weep or mourn over. [Little used.]
5737	bemused	[.] BEMU'SED, a. [be and muse.] Overcome with musing; dreaming; a word of contempt.
5738	ben	[.] BEN or BEN'-NUT, n. A purgative fruit or nut, the largest of which resembles a filbert, yielding an oil used in pharmacy.
5739	bench	[.] BENCH, n. [.] 1. A long seat,usually of board or plank, differing from a stool in its greater length. [.] 2. The seat where judges sit in court; the seat of justice. Hence, [.] 3. The persons who sit as judges; the court. [.] Free bench, in England, the estate ...
5740	bencher	[.] BENCH'ER, n. In England, the benchers in the inns of court, are the senior members of the society who have the government of it. They have been readers,and being admitted to please within the bar, are called inner barristers. They annually elect a treasurer. [.] 1. ...
5741	bend	[.] BEND, [L.pando,pandare, to bend in; pando, pandere, to open; pandus, bent, crooked] [.] 1. To strain, or to crook by straining; as, to bend a bow. [.] 2. To crook; to make crooked; to curve; to inflect; as, to bend the arm. [.] 3. To direct to a certain point; ...
5742	bendable	[.] BEND'ABLE, a. That may be bent or incurvated.
5743	bended	[.] BEND'ED
5744	bender	[.] BEND'ER, n. The person who bends,or makes crooked; also, an instrument for bending other things.
5745	bending	[.] BEND'ING, ppr. Incurvating; forming into a curve; stooping subduing; turning as a road or river;inclining; leaning; applying closely, as the mind; fastening.
5746	bendlet	[.] BEND'LET, n. In heraldry, a little bend, which occupies a sixth part of a shield.
5747	bendy	[.] BEND'Y, n. In heraldry, the field divided into four, six or more parts, diagonally, and varying in metal and color.
5748	bene	[.] BENE, n. ben'y. The popular name of the sesamum orientale, called in the West Indies vangloe, an African plant.
5749	beneaped	[.] BENE'APED, a. [be and neap.] Among seamen, a ship is beneaped, when the water does not flow high enough to float her from a dock or over a bar.
5750	beneath	[.] BENE'ATH, prep. [.] 1. Under; lower in place, with something directly over or on, as to place a cushion beneath one; often with the sense of pressure or oppression, as to sink beneath a burden, in a literal sense. [.] 2. Under, in a figurative sense; bearing heavy ...
5751	benedict	[.] BEN'EDICT, a. [L. benedictus.] Having mild and salubrious qualities. [ Not in use.]
5752	benedictine	[.] BENEDIC'TINE, a. Pertaining to the order or monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet.
5753	benedictines	...
5754	benediction	[.] BENEDIC'TION, n. [L. benedictio, from bene, well, and dictio, speaking. See Boon and Diction.] [.] 1. The act of blessing; a giving praise to God or rendering thanks for his favors; a blessing pronounced; hence grace before and after meals. [.] 2. Blessing, prayer, ...
5755	benefaction	[.] BENEFAC'TION, n. [L.benefacio, of bene, well, and facio, to make or do.] [.] 1. The act of conferring a benefit. [.] More generally, [.] 2. A benefit conferred, especially a charitable donation.
5756	benefactor	[.] BENEFAC'TOR, n. He who confers a benefit, especially one who makes charitable contributions either for public institutions or for private use.
5757	benefactress	[.] BENEFAC'TRESS, n. A female who confers a benefit.
5758	benefice	[.] BEN'EFICE, n. [L. beneficium.] [.] 1. Literally, a benefit, advantage or kindness. But in present usage, en ecclesiastical living; a church endowed with a revenue, for the maintenance of divine service,or the revenue itself. All church preferments are called benefices, ...
5759	beneficed	[.] BEN'EFICED, a. Possessed of a benefice or church preferment.
5760	beneficeless	[.] BEN'EFICELESS, a. Having no benefice. [Not used.]
5761	beneficence	[.] BENEF'ICENCE, n. [L.beneficentia, from the participle of benefacio.] The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity.
5762	beneficent	[.] BENEF'ICENT, a. Doing good; performing acts of kindness and charity. It differs from benign, as the act from the disposition; beneficence being benignity or kindness exerted in action.
5763	beneficently	[.] BENEF'ICENTLY, adv. In a beneficent manner.
5764	beneficial	[.] BENEFI'CIAL, a. Advantageous; conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; contributing to a valuable end; followed by to; as, industry is beneficial to the body, as well as to the property. [.] 1. Receiving or entitled to have or receive advantage, use or ...
5765	beneficially	[.] BENEFI'CIALLY, adv. Advantageously; profitably; helpfully.
5766	beneficialness	[.] BENEFI'CIALNESS, n. Usefulness; profitableness.
5767	beneficiary	[.] BENEFI'CIARY, a. [L.beneficiarius. See Benefaction.] [.] Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; having a dependent and secondary possession. [.] BENEFI'CIARY, n. One who holds a benefice. A beneficiary is not the proprietor of ...
5768	beneficiency	[.] BENEFI'CIENCY, n. Kindness or favor bestowed.
5769	beneficient	[.] BENEFI'CIENT, a. Doing good.
5770	benefit	[.] BEN'EFIT, n. [Primarily from L. beneficium, or benefactum.] [.] 1. An act of kindness; a favor conferred. [.] Bless the Lord,O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps.103. [.] 2. Advantage; profit; a word of extensive use, and expressing whatever contributes ...
5771	benefited	[.] BEN'EFITED, pp. Profited; having received benefit.
5772	benefiting	[.] BEN'EFITING, ppr. Doing good to; profiting; gaining advantage.
5773	beneme	[.] BENE'ME, v.t. To name. [Not in use.] [.] 1. To promise; to give. [Not in use.]
5774	benempne	[.] BENEMP'NE, v.t. To name. [Not in use.]
5775	beneplaciture	[.] BENEPLAC'ITURE, n. [L.beneplacitum, bene, well, and placitum, from placeo, to please.] [.] Will; choice. [Not in use.]
5776	benet	[.] BENET', v.t. [be and net.] To catch in a net; to ensnare. [Not used.]
5777	benevolence	[.] BENEV'OLENCE, n. [L. benevolentia, of bene, well and volo, to will or wish. See Will.] [.] 1. The disposition to do good; good will; kindness; charitableness; the love,of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness. [.] The benevolence of God ...
5778	benevolent	[.] BENEV'OLENT, a. [L. benevolens, of bene and volo.] [.] Having a disposition to do good; possessing love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; kind.
5779	benevolently	[.] BENEV'OLENTLY, adv. In a kind manner; with good will.
5780	bengal	[.] BENGAL', n. A thin stuff made of silk and hair, for women's apparel, so called from Bengal in the E.Indies.
5781	bengalee	[.] BENGALEE', n. The language or dialect spoken in Bengal.
5782	bengalese	[.] BENGALE'SE, n. sing. and plu. A native or the natives of Bengal. As.Res.7.171.
5783	benight	[.] BENI'GHT, v.t. [be and night.] To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night. [.] The clouds benight the sky. [.] 1. To overtake with night; as a benighted traveler. [.] 2. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual ...
5784	benighted	[.] BENI'GHTED, pp. Involved in darkness, physical or moral; overtaken by the night.
5785	benign	[.] BENI'GN, a. beni'ne. [L.benignus, from the same root, as bonus, bene, ancient L. benus, Eng. boon.] [.] 1. Kind; of a kind disposition; gracious; favorable. [.] Our Creator, bounteous and benign. [.] 2. Generous; liberal; as a benign benefactor. [.] 3. ...
5786	benignant	[.] BENIG'NANT, a. Kind; gracious; favorable.
5787	benignity	[.] BENIG'NITY, n. Goodness of disposition or heart; kindness of nature; graciousness. [.] 1. Actual goodness; beneficence. [.] 2. Salubrity; wholesome quality; or that which tends to promote health.
5788	benignly	[.] BENI'GNLY, adv. beni'nely. Favorably;; kindly; graciously.
5789	benison	[.] BEN'ISON, n. s as z. Blessing; benediction. [Nearly antiquated.]
5790	benjamin	[.] BEN'JAMIN, n. A tree, the Laurus Benzoin, a native of America, called also spicebush. It grows to the height of 15 or 20 feet, with a very branchy head. [.] 1. A gum or resin, or rather a balsam. [See Benzoin.]
5791	bennet	[.] BEN'NET, n. The herb bennet, or avens, known in botany by the generic term Geum. [.] BEN'NET FISH, n. A fish of two feet in length, caught in the African seas, having scales of a deep purple, streaked with gold.
5792	bent	[.] BENT, pp. Strained; incurvated; made crooked; inclined; subdued.
5793	benting-time	[.] BENT'ING-TIME, n. The time when pigeons feed on bents, before peas are ripe.
5794	benum	[.] BENUM', corruptly BENUMB', v.t. [.] 1. To make torpid; to deprive of sensation; as, a hand or foot benummed by cold. [.] 2. To stupify; to render inactive; as, to benum the senses.
5795	benummed	[.] BENUM'MED, pp. Rendered torpid; deprived of sensation; stupified.
5796	benumming	[.] BENUM'MING, ppr. Depriving of sensation; stupifying.
5797	benzoate	[.] BEN'ZOATE,n. [See Benzoin.] A salt formed by the union of the benzoic acid with any salifiable base.
5798	benzoic	[.] BENZO'IC, a. Pertaining to benzoin. [.] Benzoic acid, or flowers of Benzoin, is a peculiar vegetable acid, obtained from Benzoin and other balsams, by sublimation or decoction. It is a fine light white matter in small needles; its taste pungent and bitterish, its odor ...
5799	benzoin	[.] BENZOIN'
5800	bepaint	[.] BEPA'INT, v.t. [be and paint.] To paint; to cover with paint. [Little used.]
5801	bepale	[.] BEPA'LE, v.t. [be and pale.] To make pale. [Not in use.]
5802	bepinch	[.] BEPINCH', v.t. [be and pinch.] To mark with pinches.
5803	bepinched	[.] BEPINCH'ED
5804	bepincht	[.] BEPINCHT' , pp. Marked with pinches.
5805	bepowder	[.] BEPOW'DER, v.t. [be and powder.] To powder; to sprinkle or cover with powder.
5806	bepraise	[.] BEPRA'ISE, v.t. [be and praise.] To praise greatly or extravagantly.
5807	bepurple	[.] BEPUR'PLE, v.t. [be and purple.] To tinge or dye with a purple color.
5808	bequeath	[.] BEQUE'ATH, v.t. [Eng.quoth.] To give or leave by will; to devise some species of property by testament; as, to bequeath an estate or a legacy.
5809	bequeathed	[.] BEQUE'ATHED, pp. Given or left by will.
5810	bequeathing	[.] BEQUE'ATHING, ppr. Giving or devising by testament.
5811	bequeathment	[.] BEQUE'ATHMENT, n. The act of bequeathing; a bequest.
5812	bequest	[.] BEQUEST', n. Something left by will; a legacy.
5813	berain	[.] BERA'IN, v.t. To rain upon. [Not in use.]
5814	berate	[.] BERA'TE, v.t. [be and rate.] To chide vehemently; to scold.
5815	berattle	[.] BERAT'TLE, v.t. [be and rattle.] To fill with rattling sounds or noise.
5816	beray	[.] BERA'Y, v.t. To make foul; to soil. [Not in use.]
5817	berberry	[.] BER'BERRY, n. [L.berberis.] [See Barberry.]
5818	bere	[.] BERE, n. The name of a species of barley in Scotland.
5819	bereave	[.] BERE'AVE, v.t. pret.bereaved, bereft: pp.bereaved, bereft. [.] 1. To deprive; to strip; to make destitute; with of before the thing taken away. [.] Me have ye bereaved of my children. Gen.42. [.] It is sometimes used without of, and is particularly applied to ...
5820	bereaved	[.] BERE'AVED, pp. Deprived; stripped and left destitute.
5821	bereavement	[.] BERE'AVEMENT, n. Deprivation, particularly by the loss of a friend by death.
5822	bereaving	[.] BERE'AVING, ppr. Stripping bare; depriving.
5823	bereft	[.] BEREFT', pp. of bereave. Deprived; made destitute.
5824	berengarianism	[.] BERENGA'RIANISM, n. The opinions or doctrines of Berengarius, archdeacon of St.Mary at Anjou, and of his followers, who deny the reality of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
5825	berg	[.] BERG, n. A borough; a town that sends burgesses to Parliament; a castle. [See Burg.]
5826	bergamot	[.] BERG'AMOT,n. [.] 1. A species of pear. [.] 2. A species of citron, at first casually produced by an Italian, who grafted a citron on the stock of a bergamot pear tree. The fruit has a fine taste and smell, and its essential oil is in high esteem as a perfume. ...
5827	bergander	[.] BERG'ANDER, n. [berg, a cliff] A burrow duck; a duck that breeds in holes under cliffs.
5828	bergeret	[.] BER'GERET, n. A song. [Not used.]
5829	bergmanite	[.] BERG'MANITE, n. [from Bergman, the mineralogist.] [.] A mineral classed with scapolite, in the family of felspath. It occurs massive, with gray and red quartz in Norway. Its colors are greenish and grayish white.
5830	bergmaster	[.] BERG'MASTER, n. The bailiff or chief officer among the Derbyshire miners.
5831	bergmote	[.] BERG'MOTE, n. A court held on a hill in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between the miners.
5832	berhyme	[.] BERHY'ME, v.t. [be and rhyme.] To mention in rhyme or verse; used in contempt.
5833	berlin	[.] BER'LIN, n. A vehicle of the chariot kind, supposed to have this name from berlin, the chief city of Prussia, where it was first made, or from the Italian berlina, a sort of state or pillory, and a coach.
5834	berluccio	[.] BERLUC'CIO, n. A small bird, somewhat like the yellow hammer, but less and more slender.
5835	berme	[.] BERME, n. In fortification, a space of ground of three, four or five feet in width, left between the rampart and the moat or foss, designed to receive the ruins of the rampart, and prevent the earth from filling the foss. Sometimes, it is palisaded, and in Holland, ...
5836	bernacle	[.] BER'NACLE, [See Barnacle.]
5837	bernardine	[.] BER'NARDINE, a. Pertaining to St. Bernard, and the monks of the order.
5838	bernardins	[.] BER'NARDINS, n. An order of monks, founded by Robert, abbot of Moleme, and reformed by St. Bernard. The order originated about the beginning of the 12th century. They wear a white robe, with a black scapulary; and when they officiate, they are clothed with a large ...
5839	berob	[.] BEROB', v.t. [be and rob.] To rob. [Not in use.]
5840	beroe	[.] BER'OE, n. A marine animal of an oval or spherical form, nearly an inch in diameter, and divided into longitudinal ribs, like a melon.
5841	berried	[.] BER'RIED, a. Furnished with berries.
5842	berry	[.] BER'RY, n. [.] 1. A succulent or pulpy fruit, containing naked seeds. Or in more technical language, a succulent pulpy pericarp, or seed vessel, without valves, containing several seeds, which are naked, that is, which have no covering but the pulp and rind. It ...
5843	berry-bearing	[.] BER'RY-BEARING, a. Producing berries.
5844	bert	[.] BERT [Eng.bright.] [See bright.]
5845	berth	[.] BERTH, n. [from the root of bear.] [.] 1. A station in which a ship rides at anchor, comprehending the space in which she ranges. In more familiar usage, the word signifies any situation or place, where a vessel lies or can lie, whether at anchor or at a wharf. [.] 2. ...
5846	bertram	[.] BER'TRAM, n. [L.pyrethrum, said to be from fire, from its acrid quality.] [.] Bastard pellitory, a plant.
5847	beryl	[.] BER'YL,n. [L.beryllus; Eng.brilliant.] [.] A mineral, considered by Cleaveland as a subspecies of Emerald. Its prevailing color is green of various shades,but always pale. Its crystals are usually longer and larger than those of the precious emerald, and its structure ...
5848	beryl-crystal	[.] BER'YL-CRYSTAL, n. A species of imperfect crystal, of a very pure, clear, and equal texture. It is always of the figure of a long and slender column, irregularly hexangular, and tapering at the top. Its color is a pale brown, of a fine transparency.
5849	berylline	[.] BER'YLLINE, a. Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green.
5850	besaint	[.] BESA'INT, v.t. [be and saint.] To make a saint. [Not in use.]
5851	besayle	[.] BESA'YLE, n. A great grandfather. [.] If the abatement happened on the death of one's grandfather or grandmother, a writ of ayle lieth; if on the death of the great grandfather, then a writ of besayle; but if it mounts one degree higher, to the tresayle, or grandfather's ...
5852	bescatter	[.] BESCAT'TER, v.t. [be and scatter.] To scatter over. [Not used.]
5853	bescorn	[.] BESCORN', v.t. [be and scorn.] To treat with scorn; to mock at. [Not used.]
5854	bescratch	[.] BESCRATCH', v.t. [be and scratch.] To scratch; to tear with the nails. [Not in use.]
5855	bescrawl	[.] BESCRAWL', v.t. [be and scrawl.] To scrawl; to scribble over.
5856	bescreen	[.] BESCREE'N, v.t. [be and screen.] To cover with a screen; to shelter; to conceal.
5857	bescreened	[.] BESCREE'NED, pp. Covered; sheltered; concealed.
5858	bescribble	[.] BESCRIB'BLE, v.t. To scribble over.
5859	bescumber	[.] BESCUM'BER, v.t. [from cumber.] To encumber. [Not legitimate nor used.]
5860	besee	[.] BESEE', v.i. [be and see.] To look; to mind. [Not in use.]
5861	beseech	[.] BESEE'CH, v.t. pret. and pp.besought. [.] To entreat; to supplicate; to implore; to ask or pray with urgency; followed by a person; as, "I Paul beseech you by the meekness of Christ,", 2 Cor.10.; or by a thing; as, I beseech your patience.
5862	beseecher	[.] BESEE'CHER,n. One who beseeches.
5863	beseeching	[.] BESEE'CHING, ppr. Entreating.
5864	beseek	[.] BESEE'K, v.t. to beseech. [Not used.]
5865	beseem	[.] BESEE'M, v.t. [be and seem.] To become; to be fit for, or worthy of; to be decent for. [.] What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to god?
5866	beseeming	[.] BESEE'MING, ppr. or a. Becoming; fit; worthy of. [.] BESEE'MING, n. Comeliness.
5867	beseemly	[.] BESEE'MLY, A. Becoming; fit; suitable.
5868	beseen	[.] BESEE'N, a. Adapted; adjusted. [Not used.]
5869	beset	[.] BESET', v.t. pret. and pp. beset. [.] 1. To surround; to inclose; to hem in; to besiege; as, we are beset with enemies; a city is beset with troops. Hence, [.] 2. To press on all sides, so as to perplex; to entangle, so as to render escape difficult or impossible. [.] ...
5870	besetting	[.] BESET'TING, ppr. Surrounding; besieging; waylaying. [.] BESET'TING, a. Habitually attending, or pressing; as a besetting sin.
5871	beshine	[.] BESHI'NE, v.t. To shine upon. [Not used.]
5872	beshrew	[.] BESHREW', v.t. [be and shrew.] To wish a curse to; to execrate. [.] 1. To happen ill to. [Not in use.]
5873	beshut	[.] BESHUT', v.t. To shut up. [Not used.]
5874	beside	[.] BESI'DE, prep. [be and side, by the side.] [.] 1. At the side of a person or thing; near; as, sit down beside me, or beside the stream. [.] 2. Over and above; distinct from. [.] Beside all this, between us and you, there is a great gulf fixed. Luke 16. [.] 3. ...
5875	besidery	[.] BESID'ERY, n. A species of pear.
5876	besides	[.] BESI'DES, prep. Over and above; separate or distinct from. [.] And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine. Gen.26. [.] Note. This word, though radically the same as beside, and a corruption of it, ought not to be confounded with it, for it is never ...
5877	besiege	...
5878	besieged	[.] BESIE'GED, pp. Surrounded or beset with hostile troops.
5879	besieger	[.] BESIE'GER, n. One who lays siege, or is employed in a siege.
5880	besieging	[.] BESIE'GING,, ppr. Laying siege; surrounding with armed forces.
5881	besit	[.] BESIT', v.t. [be and sit.] To suit; to become. [Not used.]
5882	beslave	[.] BESLA'VE, v.t. To subjugate; to enslave. [Not used.]
5883	beslime	[.] BESLI'ME, v.t. To daub with slime;; to soil. [Not used.]
5884	beslubber	[.] BESLUB'BER, v.t. [be and slubber,slabber.] To soil or smear with spittle, or any thing running from the mouth or nose. [Vulgar.]
5885	besmear	[.] BESME'AR, v.t. [be and smear.] To bedaub; to overspread with any viscous, glutinous matter, or with any soft substance that adheres. Hence, to foul; to soil.
5886	besmeared	[.] BESME'ARED, pp. Bedaubed; overspread with any thing soft, viscous,or adhesive; soiled.
5887	besmearer	[.] BESME'ARER, n. One that besmears.
5888	besmearing	[.] BESME'ARING, ppr. Bedaubing; soiling.
5889	besmirch	[.] BESMIRCH', v.t. [be and smirch.] To soil; to foul; to discolor. [Little used.]
5890	besmoke	[.] BESMO'KE, v.t. [be and smoke.] To foul with smoke; to harden or dry in smoke. [Little used.]
5891	besmoked	[.] BESMO'KED, pp. Fouled or soiled with smoke; dried in smoke.
5892	besmut	[.] BESMUT', v.t. [be and smut.] To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.
5893	besmutted	[.] BESMUT'TED, pp. Blackened with smut or soot.
5894	besnow	[.] BESNOW, v.t. [be and snow.] To scatter like snow. [Little used.]
5895	besnowed	[.] BESNOWED, a. or pp. [be and snow.] Covered or sprinkled with snow, or with white blossoms.
5896	besnuff	[.] BESNUFF', v.t. To befoul with snuff.
5897	besnuffed	[.] BESNUFF'ED, pp. Foul with snuff.
5898	besom	[.] BE'SOM, n. s as z. A broom; a brush of twigs for sweeping. [.] I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts. Is.14. [.] BE'SOM, v.t. To sweep, as with a besom. [.] Rolls back all Greece,and besoms wide the plain.
5899	besort	[.] BESORT', v.t. [be and sort.] To suit; to fit; to become. [.] BESORT', n. Company; attendance; train.
5900	besot	[.] BESOT'v.t. [be and sot.] To make sottish; to infatuate; to stupify; to make dull or senseless. [.] 1. To make to dote.
5901	besotted	[.] BESOT'TED, pp. Made sottish or stupid. Besotted on, infatuated with foolish affection.
5902	besottedly	[.] BESOT'TEDLY, adv. In a foolish manner.
5903	besottedness	[.] BESOT'TEDNESS, n. Stupidity; arrant folly; infatuation.
5904	besotting	[.] BESOT'TING, ppr. Infatuating; making sottish or foolish.
5905	besought	[.] BESOUGHT', besaut'. pp. of beseech. Entreated; implored; sought by entreaty.
5906	bespangle	[.] BESPAN'GLE, v.t. [be and spangle.] To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant; as, the heavens bespangled with stars.
5907	bespangled	[.] BESPAN'GLED, pp. Adorned with spangles or something shining.
5908	bespangling	[.] BESPAN'GLING, ppr. Adorning with spangles or glittering objects.
5909	bespatter	[.] BESPAT'TER, v.t. [be and spatter.] To soil by spattering; to sprinkle with water, or with dirt and water. [.] 1. To asperse with calumny or reproach.
5910	bespattered	[.] BESPAT'TERED, pp. Spattered over; soiled with dirt and water; aspersed; calumniated.
5911	bespattering	[.] BESPAT'TERING, ppr. Spattering with water; soiling with dirt and water; aspersing.
5912	bespawl	[.] BESPAWL', v.t. [be and spawl.] To soil or make foul with spittle.
5913	bespeaak	[.] BESPEA'AK, v.t. pret. bespoke; pp. bespoke, bespoken. [be and speak.] [.] 1. To speak for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak a seat in a public coach. [.] My lade is bespoke. [.] 2. To forebode; to foretell. [.] They started ...
5914	bespeaker	[.] BESPE'AKER, n. One who bespeaks.
5915	bespeaking	[.] BESPE'AKING, ppr. Speaking for or ordering beforehand; foreboding; addressing; showing; indicating. [.] BESPE'AKING, n. A previous speaking or discourse,by way of apology, or to engage favor.
5916	bespeckle	[.] BESPECK'LE, v.t. [be and speckle.] To mark with speckles or spots.
5917	bespice	[.] BESPI'CE, v.t. [be and spice.] To season with spices.
5918	bespirit	[.] BESPIRIT'
5919	bespit	[.] BESPIT', v.t. pret. bespit; pp. bespit, bespitten. [be and spit.] To daub or soil with spittle.
5920	bespoke	[.] BESPO'KE, pret. and pp. of bespeak.
5921	bespot	[.] BESPOT', v.t. [be and spot.] To mark with spots.
5922	bespotted	[.] BESPOT'TED, pp. Marked with spots.
5923	bespotting	[.] BESPOT'TING, ppr. Marking with spots.
5924	bespread	[.] BESPREAD', v.t. bespred'. pret. and pp. bespread. [be and spread.] To spread over; to cover over; as, to bespread with flowers.
5925	bespringkle	[.] BESPRINGK'LE, v.t. [be and sprinkle.] To sprinkle over; to scatter over; as, to besprinkle with dust.
5926	besprinkled	[.] BESPRINK'LED, pp. Sprinkled over.
5927	besprinkler	[.] BESPRINK'LER, n. One that sprinkles over.
5928	besprinkling	[.] BESPRINK'LING, ppr. Sprinkling over.
5929	bespurt	[.] BESPURT', v.t. To spurt out,or over; to throw out in a stream or streams. [Not used.]
5930	best	[.] BEST, a. superlative. [Eng.but;] Literally, most advanced, Hence, [.] 1. Most good; having good qualities in the highest degree; applied indifferently to physical or moral subjects; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities. This, like ...
5931	best-tempered	[.] BEST-TEM'PERED, a. Having the most kind or mild temper.
5932	bestain	[.] BESTA'IN, v.t. [be and stain.] To mark with stains; to discolor, either the whole surface of a thing, or in spots.
5933	bestead	[.] BESTEAD', v.t. bested' pret.and pp. bested. [be and stead.] To profit. [.] How little you bestead. [.] 1. To accommodate. [.] They shall pass through it, hardly bestead. Is.8. [.] That is, distressed; perplexed. [.] 2. To dispose.
5934	bestial	[.] BES'TIAL, a. [from beast.] [.] 1. Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts. [.] [.] 2. Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; carnal; as a bestial appetite.
5935	bestiality	[.] BESTIAL'ITY, n. The quality of beasts; the state or manners of man which resemble those of brutes. [.] 1. Unnatural connection with a beast.
5936	bestialize	[.] BES'TIALIZE, v.t. To make like a beast.
5937	bestially	[.] BES'TIALLY, adv. Brutally; in a manner below humanity.
5938	bestick	[.] BESTICK', v.t. pret. and pp. bestuck. [be and stick.] [.] To stick over, as with sharp points; to mark, by infixing points or spots here and there. [.] Truth shall retire, bestuck with slanderous darts.
5939	bestir	[.] BESTIR', v.t. bestur' [be and stir.] To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; usually with the reciprocal pronoun; as, rise and bestir yourselves.
5940	bestirred	[.] BESTIR'RED, pp. Roused into vigorous action; quickened in action.
5941	bestirring	[.] BESTIR'RING,ppr. Moving briskly; putting into vigorous action.
5942	bestness	[.] BEST'NESS, n. The state of being best. [Not used.]
5943	bestor	[.] BESTOR, v.t. [be and stow, a place. See Stow. Literally, to set or place.] [.] 1. To give; to confer; to impart; with the sense of gratuity, and followed by on or upon. [.] Consecrate yourselves to the Lord, that he may bestow on you a blessing. Ex.32. [.] ...
5944	bestorm	[.] BESTORM', v.i. [be and storm.] To storm; to rage. [Not used.]
5945	bestowal	[.] BESTOWAL, n. A conferring; disposal. [Little used.
5946	bestowed	[.] BESTOWED, ppr. Given gratuitously; conferred; laid out; applied; deposited for safe-keeping.
5947	bestower	[.] BESTOWER, n. One who bestows; a giver; a disposer.
5948	bestowing	[.] BESTOWING, ppr. Conferring gratuitously; laying out; applying; depositing in store.
5949	bestowment	[.] BESTOWMENT, n. The act of giving gratuitously; a conferring. [.] God the father had committed the bestowment of the blessings purchased, to his son. [.] If we consider this bestowment of gifts in this view. [.] Whatever may be the secret counsel ...
5950	bestraddle	[.] BESTRAD'DLE, v.t. To bestride. [See Straddle.]
5951	bestraught	[.] BESTRAUGHT', a. Distracted; mad. [Not used.]
5952	bestrew	[.] BESTREW', v.t. pret. bestrewed; pp. bestrewed, bestrown. [be and strew.] To scatter over; to besprinkle; to strow.
5953	bestrewed	[.] BESTREW'ED, pp. of bestrew.
5954	bestride	[.] BESTRI'DE, v.t. pret.bestrid; pp. bestrid, bestridden. [be and stride.] [.] 1. To stride over; to stand or sit with any thing between the legs, or with the legs extended across; as, to bestride the world, like a colossus; to bestride a horse. [.] 2. To step over; ...
5955	bestriding	[.] BESTRI'DING, ppr. Extending the legs over any thing, so as to include it between them.
5956	bestrown	[.] BESTROWN, pp. of bestrew. Sprinkle over.
5957	bestuck	[.] BESTUCK', pp. of bestick. Pierced in various places with sharp points.
5958	bestud	[.] BESTUD', v.t. [be and stud.] To set with studs; to adorn with bosses; as, to bestud with stars.
5959	bestudded	[.] BESTUD'DED,pp. Adorned with studs.
5960	bestudding	[.] BESTUD'DING, ppr. Setting with studs; adorning as with bosses.
5961	beswike	[.] BESWIKE, v.t. beswik'. To allure. [Not used.]
5962	bet	[.] BET, n. A wager; that which is laid, staked or pledges in a contest, to be won, either by the victorious party himself, or by another person, in consequence of his victory. At a race, a man lays a bet on his own horse, or on the horse of another man. [.] BET, ...
5963	betake	[.] BETA'KE, v.t. pret. betook; pp. betaken. [be and take.] [.] 1. To take to; to have recourse to; to apply; to resort; with the reciprocal pronoun; as, to betake ourselves to arms, or to action. It generally implies a motion towards an object, as to betake ourselves ...
5964	betaken	[.] BETA'KEN, part of betake.
5965	betaking	[.] BETA'KING, ppr. Having recourse to; applying; resorting.
5966	betaught	[.] BETAUGHT', pret. of betake. [Not used.]
5967	beteem	[.] BETEE'M, v.t. [be and teem.] To bring forth; to produce; to shed; to bestow. [Not used.]
5968	betel	[.] BE'TEL
5969	bethink	[.] BETHINK', v.t. pret. and pp.bethought. [be and think.] [.] To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; generally followed by a reciprocal pronoun, with of before the subject of thought. [.] I have bethought myself of another ...
5970	bethlehem	[.] BETH'LEHEM, n. [Heb. the house of food or bread.] [.] 1. A town or village in Judea, about six miles south-east of Jerusalem; famous for its being the place of Christ's nativity. [.] 2. A hospital for lunatics; corrupted into bedlam.
5971	bethlemite	[.] BETH'LEMITE, n. An inhabitant of Bethlehem; a lunatic. [.] 1. In church history, the Bethlemites were a sort of Monks, introduced into England in the year 1257, who were habited like the Dominicans, except that they wore a star with five rays, in memory of the comet ...
5972	bethought	[.] BETHOUGHT', bethaut;, pret. and pp. of bethink.
5973	bethrall	[.] BETHRALL', v.t. [be and thrall.] To enslave; to reduce to bondage; to bring into subjection. [Little used.]
5974	bethump	[.] BETHUMP', v.t. [be and thump.] To beat soundly. [Little used.]
5975	betide	[.] BETI'DE, v.t. pret. betid, or betided; pp.betid. [be and tide.] [.] To happen; to befall; to come to; used of good or evil. [.] What will betide the few? [.] BETI'DE, v.i. To come to pass; to happen. [.] What news else betideth here? [.] Shakespeare ...
5976	betime	[.] BETI'ME
5977	betimes	[.] BETI'MES, adv. [be and time, that is, by the time.] [.] 1. Seasonably; in good season or time; before it is late. [.] To measure life learn thou betimes. [.] 2. Soon; in a short time. [.] He tires betimes, that spurs too fast betimes.
5978	betle	[.] BE'TLE, n. A species of pepper, the leaves of which are chewed by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a creeping or climbing plant like the ivy, the leaves somewhat resembling those of the citron. It is planted by a tree, or supported by props. In India, betel ...
5979	betoken	[.] BETO'KEN, v.t. beto'kn. [be and token.] [.] 1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs. [.] A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow [.] Betokening peace from God. [.] 2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that ...
5980	betokened	[.] BETO'KENED, pp. Foreshown; previously indicated.
5981	betokening	[.] BETO'KENING, ppr. Indicating by previous signs.
5982	betony	[.] BET'ONY, n. [L. betonica.] A genus of plants of several species. The purple or wood betony grows in woods and shady places, and is deemed useful as a mild corroborant.
5983	betook	[.] BETOOK', pret. of betake.
5984	betorn	[.] BETO'RN, a. Torn in pieces.
5985	betoss	[.] BETOSS', v.t. [be and toss.] To toss; to agitate; to disturb; to put in violent motion.
5986	betrap	[.] BETRAP', v.t. [from trap.] To entrap; to ensnare. [Not used.]
5987	betray	[.] BETRA'Y, v.t. [L.traho.] [.] 1. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; as, an officer betrayed the city. [.] The son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men. Matt.17. [.] 2. To violate by fraud, or unfaithfulness; ...
5988	betrayed	[.] BETRA'YED, pp. Delivered up in breach of trust; violated by unfaithfulness; exposed by breach of confidence; disclosed contrary to expectation or intention; made known; discoverd.
5989	betrayer	[.] BETRA'YER, n. One who betrays; a traitor.
5990	betraying	[.] BETRA'YING, ppr. Delivering up treacherously; violating confidence; disclosing contrary to intention; exposing; discovering.
5991	betrim	[.] BETRIM', v.t. [be and trim.] To deck; to dress; to adorn; to grace; to embellish; to beautify; to decorate.
5992	betrimmed	[.] BETRIM'MED, pp. Adorned; decorated.
5993	betrimming	[.] BETRIM'MING,ppr. Decking; adorning; embellishing.
5994	betroth	[.] BETROTH', v.t. [be and troth, truth, faith. See Truth, and Troth.] [.] 1. To contract to any one, in order to a future marriage; to promise or pledge one to be the future spouse of another; to affiance; used of either sex. "The father betroths his daughter.' [.] 2. ...
5995	betrothed	[.] BETROTH'ED, pp. Contracted for future marriage.
5996	betrothing	[.] BETROTH'ING, ppr. Contracting to any one, in order to a future marriage, as the father or guardian; contracting with one for a future wife, as the intended husband; espousing.
5997	betrothment	[.] BETROTH'MENT, n. A mutual promise or contract between two parties, for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; espousals.
5998	betrust	[.] BETRUST', v.t. [be and trust.] To entrust; to commit to another in confidence of fidelity; to confide. This is less used than entrust.
5999	betrusted	[.] BETRUST'ED, pp. Entrusted; confided; committed in trust.
6000	betrusting	[.] BETRUST'ING, ppr. Entrusting; committing in trust.
6001	betrustment	[.] BETRUST'MENT, n. The act of entrusting; the thing entrusted.
6002	betso	[.] BET'SO, n. The smallest Venetian coin.
6003	better	[.] BET'TER, a comp. of bet. See Best.] [.] 1. Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; applied to physical, acquired or moral qualities; as a better soil, a better man, a better physician, a better house, a better air, a better harvest. [.] 2. More ...
6004	bettered	[.] BET'TERED, pp. Improved; meliorated; made better.
6005	bettering	[.] BET'TERING, ppr. Making better; improving.
6006	bettering-house	[.] BETTERING-HOUSE, n. A house for the reformation of offenders.
6007	bettor	[.] BET'TOR, n. [from bet.] One who bets or lays a wager.
6008	betty	[.] BET'TY, n. [Supposed to be a cant word from the name of a maid; but qu. is it not from the root of beat or L.peto?] [.] An instrument to break open doors.
6009	betumbled	[.] BETUM'BLED, a. [be and tumble.] Rolled about; tumbled; disordered.
6010	between	[.] BETWEE'N, prep. [.] 1. In the intermediate space, without regard to distance; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia; the Delaware river runs between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. [.] 2. From one another; passing from one to another, noting exchange of ...
6011	betwixt	[.] BETWIXT', prep. [.] 1. Between; in the space that separates two persons or things; as, betwixt two oaks. [.] 2. Passing between; from one to another, noting intercourse. [See Between.]
6012	bevel	[.] BEV'EL, n. [.] Among masons, carpenters,joiners, &c., an instrument, or kind of square, one leg of which is frequently crooked, according to the sweep of an arch or vault. It is movable on a point or center, and so may be set to any angle. An angle that is not square ...
6013	beveled	[.] BEV'ELED, pp. Formed to a bevel angle.
6014	beveling	...
6015	bevelment	[.] BEV'ELMENT, n. In mineralogy, bevelment supposes the removal of two contiguous segments from the edges, angles or terminal faces of the predominant form, thereby producing two new faces, inclined to each other at a certain angle and forming an edge.
6016	bever	[.] BEV'ER, n. A collation or small repast between meals. [Not used.] [.] BEV'ER, v.i. To take a small repast between meals.
6017	beverage	[.] BEV'ERAGE, n. [L.bibo;] Drink; liquor for drinking. It is generally used of a mixed liquor. Nectar is called the beverage of the gods. [.] In the middle ages, beverage, beveragium, or biberagium was money for drink given to an artificer of other person over and above ...
6018	bevile	[.] BEV'ILE, n. [See Bevel.] In heraldry, a thing broken or opening, like a carpenter's bevel.
6019	bevy	[.] BEV'Y, n. [I know not the origin or affinities of this word. The etymologies I have seen are not worth notice.] [.] A flock of birds;hence, a company; an assembly or collection of persons; usually applied to females.
6020	bewail	[.] BEWA'IL, v.t. [be and wail.] To bemoan; to lament; to express sorrow for. It expresses deep sorrow; as, to bewail the loss of a child. [.] The true penitent bewails his ingratitude to God. [.] BEWA'IL, v.i. To express grief.
6021	bewailable	[.] BEWA'ILABLE, a. That may be lamented.
6022	bewailed	[.] BEWA'ILED, pp. Lamented; bemoaned.
6023	bewailer	[.] BEWAILER, n. One who laments.
6024	bewailing	[.] BEWA'ILING, ppr. Lamenting; bemoaning; expressing grief for. [.] BEWA'ILING, n. Lamentation.
6025	bewake	[.] BEWA'KE, v.t. [be and wake.] To keep awake. [Not used.]
6026	beware	[.] BEWA'RE, v.i. [.] 1. Literally, to restrain or guard one's self from. Hence, to regard with caution; to restrain one's self from anything that may be dangerous, injurious or improper; to avoid; to take care; followed by of before the thing that is to be avoided. [.] ...
6027	beweep	[.] BEWEE'P, v.t. [be and weep.] To weep over; to bedew with tears. [Little used.] [.] BEWEE'P, v.i. To make lamentation. [Little used.]
6028	bewept	[.] BEWEPT', pp. Wept over; bedewed with tears. [Little used.]
6029	bewet	[.] BEWET', v.t. [be and wet.] To wet; to moisten. [Not used.]
6030	bewilder	[.] BEWIL'DER, v.t. To lead into perplexity or confusion; to lose in pathless places; to confound for want of a plain road; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex. [.] [.] Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search.
6031	bewildered	[.] BEWIL'DERED, pp. Lost in mazes; perplexed with disorder, confusion, or intricacy.
6032	bewildering	[.] BEWIL'DERING, ppr. Losing in a pathless place; perplexing with confusion or intricacy.
6033	bewinter	[.] BEWIN'TER, v.t. To make like winter. [Not used.]
6034	bewitch	[.] BEWITCH', v.t. [be and witch.] To fascinate; to gain an ascendancy over by charms or incantation; an operation which was formerly supposed to injure the person bewitched, so that he lost his flesh, or behaved in a strange unaccountable manner; ignorant people being ...
6035	bewitched	[.] BEWITCH'ED, pp. Fascinated; charmed.
6036	bewitcher	[.] BEWITCH'ER, n. One that bewitches or fascinates.
6037	bewitchery	[.] BEWITCH'ERY, n. Fascination; charm;; resistless power of anything that pleases.
6038	bewitchful	[.] BEWITCH'FUL, a. Alluring; fascinating.
6039	bewitching	[.] BEWITCH'ING, ppr. Fascinating; charming. [.] BEWITCH'ING, a. That has power to bewitch or fascinate; that has power to control by the arts of pleasing.
6040	bewitchingly	[.] BEWITCH'INGLY, adv. In a fascinating manner.
6041	bewitchment	[.] BEWITCH'MENT, n. Fascination; power of charming.
6042	bewondered	[.] BEWON'DERED, a. [be and wonder.] Amazed. [Not used.]
6043	bewrap	[.] BEWRAP', v.t. berap'. [be and wrap.] To wrap up.
6044	bewray	[.] BEWRA'Y, v.t. beray. To disclose perfidiously; to betray; to show or make visible. [.] [.] Thy speech bewrayeth thee. Matt.23. [.] [This word is nearly antiquated.] [.]
6045	bewrayed	[.] BEWRA'YED, pp. Disclosed; indicated; betrayed; exposed to view.
6046	bewrayer	[.] BEWRA'YER, n. A divulger of secrets; a discoverer.
6047	bewraying	[.] BEWRA'YING, ppr. Disclosing; making known or visible.
6048	bewreck	[.] BEWRECK', v.t. bereck'. [be and wreck.] To ruin; to destroy. [Not used.]
6049	bewrought	[.] BEWROUGHT', a. beraut' [be and work.] Worked. [Not used.]
6050	bey	[.] BEY, n. In the Turkish dominions, a governor of a town or particular district of country; also,in some places, a prince; the same as the Arabic Beg. [See Beg.]
6051	beyond	[.] BEYOND', prep. [.] 1. On the further side of; on the side most distant, at any indefinite distance from that side; as beyond a river, or the sea, either a mile beyond, or a hundred miles beyond the river. [.] 2. Before; at a place not yet reached. [.] [.] A ...
6052	bezan	[.] BEZ'AN, n. A cotton cloth from Bengal, white or striped.
6053	bezant	[.] BEZ'ANT, n. A gold coin of Byzantium. [See Byzant.]
6054	bezantler	[.] BEZANT'LER, n. [from antler.] The branch of a deer's horn, next above the brow antler.
6055	bezel	[.] BEZ'EL, n. The upper part of the collet of a ring, which encompasses and fastens the stone.
6056	bezoar	[.] BE'ZOAR, n. [.] 1. An antidote; a general name for certain animal substances supposed to be efficacious in preventing the fatal effects of poison. Bezoar is a calcarious concretion found in the stomach of certain ruminant animals, composed of concentric coats ...
6057	bezoardic	[.] BEZOAR'DIC, a. Pertaining to or compounded of bezoar. [.] BEZOAR'DIC, n. A medicine compounded with bezoar.
6058	bezola	[.] BEZ'OLA, n. A fish of the truttaceous kind, of a dusky blue color, nearly of the size of a herring.
6059	bezzle	[.] BEZ'ZLE, v.t. To waste in riot. [Not used.] [See Embezzle.]
6060	bhuchampac	[.] BHUCHAMP'AC, n. A beautiful plant of India, known in Linne's system, under the name of Koempferia rotunda. The blossoms rise from the ground with a short scape, and scarce live a whole day.
6061	bia	[.] BI'A, n. In commerce, a small shell called a cowry, much valued in the East Indies.
6062	biangulate	[.] BIAN'GULATE
6063	biangulated	[.] BIAN'GULATED
6064	biangulous	[.] BIAN'GULOUS , a. [L.bis, twice, and angulus, an angle.] [.] Having two angles or corners. [Little used.]
6065	biarmian	[.] BIARM'IAN, a. Noting a race of Finns in Perme, in the north of Europe, on the Dvina, and about the White Sea; written also Permian. The Biarmians or Permians are said to be the most wealthy and powerful of the Finnish tribes.
6066	bias	[.] BI'AS, n. [.] 1. A weight on the side of a bowl which turns it from a straight line. [.] 2. A leaning of the mind; inclination; prepossession; propensity towards an object, not leaving the mind indifferent; as, education gives a bias to the mind. [.] 3. That ...
6067	bias-drawing	[.] BI'AS-DRAWING, n. Partiality. [Not used.]
6068	biased	[.] BI'ASED, pp. Inclined from a right line; warped; prejudiced.
6069	biasing	[.] BI'ASING, ppr. Giving a bias, particular direction or propensity; warping; prejudicing.
6070	bib	[.] BIB, n. A small piece of linen or other cloth worn by children over the breast. [.] 1. A fish about a foot in length, the back of a light olive, the sides yellow, and the belly white.
6071	bibacious	[.] BIBA'CIOUS, a. [L. bibax. See Bib.] Addicted to drinking; disposed to imbibe.
6072	bibacity	[.] BIBAC'ITY, n. The quality of drinking much. [Not used.]
6073	bibber	[.] BIB'BER, n. A tippler; a man given to drinking; chiefly used in composition, as winebibber.
6074	bibble-babble	[.] BIB'BLE-BABBLE, n. Idle talk; prating to no purpose. [A low word, and not used.]
6075	bibio	[.] BIB'IO, n. A name of the wine fly, a small insect found in empty wine casks.
6076	bible	[.] BI'BLE, n. [Gr. a book.]
6077	bibler	[.] BIB'LER, n. [See Bib.] A tipler; a great drinker.
6078	biblical	[.] BIB'LICAL, a. Pertaining to the Bible, or to the sacred writings; as biblical criticism.
6079	bibliographer	[.] BIBLIOG'RAPHER, n. [Gr. a book.] One who composes or compiles the history of books; one skilled in literary history; a transcriber.
6080	bibliographic	[.] BIBLIOGRAPH'IC
6081	bibliographical	[.] BIBLIOGRAPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the history of books.
6082	bibliography	[.] BIBLIOG'RAPHY, n. A history or description of books; the perusal of books, and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, and other information tending to illustrate the history of literature.
6083	bibliolite	[.] BIB'LIOLITE, n. [Gr. a book, and a stone; called also phytobiblia and lithobiblia.] [.] Bookstone; a species of shistous stones, mostly calcarious, which present, between their lamens, the figures of leaves, or sometimes simple dendrites.
6084	bibliomancy	[.] BIBLIOM'ANCY, n. [Gr.a book, and divination.] [.] A kind of divination, performed by means of the bible; consisting in selecting passages of scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning things future.
6085	bibliomania	[.] BIBLIOMA'NIA, n. [Gr.book, and madness.] [.] Book-madness; a rage for possessing rare and curious books.
6086	bibliomaniac	[.] BIBLIOMA'NIAC, n. One who has a rage for books.
6087	bibliopolist	[.] BIBLIOP'OLIST, n. [Gr. book, and to sell.] A Bookseller.
6088	bibliothecal	[.] BIBLIOTH'ECAL, a. [L. bibliotheca, a library.] [.] Belonging to a library.
6089	bibliothecary	[.] BIBLIOTH'ECARY, n. A librarian.
6090	bibliotheke	[.] BIBLIOTHE'KE, n. A library.
6091	biblist	[.] BIB'LIST, n. [from bible.] With the Romanists, one who makes the scriptures the sole rule of faith. [.] 1. One who is conversant with the bible.
6092	bibracteate	[.] BIBRAC'TEATE, a. Double bracteate.
6093	bibulous	[.] BIB'ULOUS, a. [L. bibulus, from bibo, to drink.] [.] Spungy; that has the quality of imbibing fluids or moisture.
6094	bicapsular	[.] BICAP'SULAR, a. [L. bis,double, and capsula, a little chest, from capsa, a chest. See Capsular.] [.] In botany, having two capsules containing seeds, to each flower; as a bicapsular pericarp.
6095	bicarbonate	[.] BIC'ARBONATE, n. Supercarbonate; a carbonate containing two primes of carbonic acid.
6096	bicauda	[.] BICAU'DA, n. A fish of the sword-fish kind, about five feet in length; its back and sides of a brown color, and its belly white.
6097	bice	[.] BICE or BISE, n. Among painters, a blue color prepared from the lapis armenus, Armenican stone. [.] Bice is smalt reduced to a fine power by levigation.
6098	bicipital	[.] BICIP'ITAL
6099	bicipitous	[.] BICIP'ITOUS, a. [L. biceps, of bis, twice,and caput, head.] [.] Having two heads. Applied to the muscles, it signifies having two heads or origins; and any such muscle is denominated biceps.
6100	bicker	[.] BICK'ER, v.i. [.] 1. To skirmish; to fight off and on; that is, to make repeated attacks. [But in this sense I believe rarely used.] [.] 2. To quarrel; to contend in words; to scold; to contend in petulant altercation. [This is the usual signification.] [.] 3. ...
6101	bickerer	[.] BICK'ERER, n. One who bickers, or engages in a petty quarrel.
6102	bickering	[.] BICK'ERING, ppr. Quarreling; contending; quivering.
6103	bickerment	[.] BICK'ERMENT, n. Contention. [Not used.]
6104	bickern	[.] BICK'ERN, n. An iron ending in a beak or point.
6105	bicorn	[.] BI'CORN, n. [L. bis, twice, and cornu, a horn, bicornis.] [.] A plant whose anthers have the appearance of two horns. [.] BI'CORN
6106	bicornous	[.] BICORN'OUS, a. Having two horns.
6107	bid	[.] BID, v.t. pret. bid, or bade; pp. bid, bidden. [L. peto, to drive at, to attack, to ask, to desire, to beseech, anciently beto; impetus. Applied to the voice, it denotes utterance, a driving of sounds, which is applied to asking, prayer, and command. Class Bd.] [.] 1. ...
6108	bidale	[.] BID'ALE, n. [bid and ale.] In England, an invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity; an ancient and still a local custom.
6109	bidder	[.] BID'DER, n. One who offers a price. [.] [.] Bidders at the auction of popularity.
6110	bidding	[.] BID'DING, ppr. Inviting; offering; commanding. [.] BID'DING, n. Invitation; command; order; a proclamation or notifying.
6111	bide	[.] BIDE, v.i. To dwell; to inhabit. [.] 1. To remain; to continue or be permanent, in a place or state. [Nearly antiquated.] [.] BIDE, v.t. To endure; to suffer. [See Abide.]
6112	bidens	[.] BI'DENS, n. A plant, bur marigold.
6113	bidental	[.] BIDENT'AL, a. [L.bidens, of bis,twice,and dens, a tooth.] Having two teeth.
6114	bidet	[.] BIDET', n. A small horse, formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.
6115	biding	[.] BI'DING, ppr. Dwelling; continuing; remaining. [See Abiding.] [.] BI'DING, n. Residence; habitation.
6116	bidon	[.] BID'ON, n. A measure of liquids, of about five quarts, wine measure, used by seamen.
6117	biennial	[.] BIEN'NIAL, a. [L. biennis, of bis,twice, and annus, a year.] [.] 1. Continuing for two years and then perishing; as plants, whose root and leaves are formed the first year, and which produce fruit the second. [.] 2. In botany, continuing for two years and then ...
6118	biennially	[.] BIEN'NIALLY, adv. Once in two years; at the return of two years.
6119	bier	[.] BIER, n. [L. feretrum, from fero. See Bear.] [.] A carriage or frame of wood for conveying dead human bodies to the [.] grave.
6120	bier-balk	[.] BIE'R-BALK,n. The church road for burials. [Not used in America.]
6121	biestings	[.] BIE'STINGS, n. plu. The first milk given by a cow after calving.
6122	bifarious	[.] BIFA'RIOUS, a. [L. bifarius; bis and fero, or Teutonic, faran, to go.] [.] Two-fold. In botany, pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch.
6123	bifariously	[.] BIFA'RIOUSLY, adv. In a bifarious manner. A stem or branch is bifariously hairy, when the hairs between any two joints come out on the front and back, and in the two adjoining internodes, on the right and left side.
6124	biferous	[.] BIF'EROUS, a. [L. bifer, biferus; of bis, twice, and fero, to bear.] [.] Bearing fruit twice a year, as plants do in warm climates.
6125	bifid	[.] BIF'ID
6126	bifidate	[.] BIF'IDATE, a. [L. bifidus, bifidatus, of bis, twice, and findo, fidi, to split or cleave. See Divide and Wide.] [.] In botany, two-cleft; divided; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins.
6127	biflorous	[.] BIF'LOROUS, a. [L. bis,twice, and floreo.] Bearing two flowers.
6128	bifold	[.] BI'FOLD, a. [L.bis, twice, and fold.] Two-fold; double; of two kinds, degrees, &c.
6129	biform	[.] BI'FORM, a. [L. biformis, of bis, twice, and forma, form.] [.] Having two forms, bodies or shapes.
6130	biformed	[.] BI'FORMED, a. Compounded of two forms.
6131	biformity	[.] BIFORM'ITY, n. A double form.
6132	bifurcate	[.] BI'FURCATE
6133	bifurcated	[.] BI'FURCATED, a. [L. bifurcus, of bis, twice, and furca, a fork.] [.] Forked; divided into two branches.
6134	bifurcation	[.] BIFURCA'TION, n. A forking, or division into two branches.
6135	big	[.] BIG, a. [.] 1. Bulky; protuberant; pregnant, applied to females. Big, in the sense of pregnant, is followed by with; as, big with child. The use of of, big of child, is not good English. [.] 2. Great; large; in a more general sense; applied to any body or object. [.] 3. ...
6136	bigam	[.] BIG'AM, n. A bigamist. [Not used.]
6137	bigamist	[.] BIG'AMIST, n. [See Bigamy.] One who has committed bigamy, or had two wives at one.
6138	bigamy	[.] BIG'AMY, n. [L.bis,twice, and Gr. to marry, marriage.] [.] The crime of having two wives at once. But the term is ordinarily used as synonymous with Polygamy, and may be more justly defined, the crime of having a plurality of wives. [.] In the canon law, bigamy was the ...
6139	bigbellied	[.] BIG'BELLIED, a. Having a great belly; advanced in pregnancy.
6140	bigboned	[.] BIGBO'NED, a. Having large bones.
6141	bigcorned	[.] BIG'CORNED, a. Having large grains.
6142	bigeminate	[.] BIGEM'INATE, a. [L.bis, twice, and geminus, double.] [.] Twin-forked; used of a decompound leaf having a forked petiole, with several leaflets, at the end of each division.
6143	biggel	[.] BIG'GEL, n. A quadruped of the East Indies, somewhat like a rane or rein-deer, but its head resembles that of a horse. It has two horns, cloven feet and a mane like an ass.
6144	biggin	[.] BIG'GIN, n. [.] 1. A child's cap, or something worn about the head. [.] 2. A building.
6145	bight	[.] BIGHT, n. [.] 1. A bend, or small bay between two points of land. [.] 2. The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the end; that is, a round, bend or coil anywhere except at the ends. [.] 3. The inward bent of a horse's chambrel,and the bend ...
6146	bigly	[.] BIG'LY, adv. [from big.] In a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily.
6147	bignamed	[.] BIG'NAMED, a. Having a great or famous name.
6148	bigness	[.] BIG'NESS, n. Bulk; size; largeness; dimensions. It is used of any object,animate or inanimate, and with or without comparison. Thus we speak of the bigness of a tree, of a rock, of a house, without instituting a comparison with other objects of the kind. Yet in this ...
6149	bigot	[.] BIG'OT, n. [.] 1. A person who is obstinately and unreasonably wedded to a particular religious creed, opinion, practice or ritual. The word is sometimes used in an enlarged sense, for a person who is illiberally attached to any opinion, or system of belief; as ...
6150	bigoted	[.] BIG'OTED, a. Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion, practice or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal towards the opinions of others.
6151	bigotedly	[.] BIG'OTEDLY, adv. In the manner of a bigot; pertinaciously.
6152	bigotry	[.] BIG'OTRY, n. Obstinate or blind attachment to a particular creed, or to certain tenets; unreasonable zeal or warmth in favor of a party, sect or opinion; excessive prejudice. [.] 1. The practice or tenet of a bigot.
6153	bigsounding	[.] BIG'SOUNDING, a. Having a pompous sound.
6154	bigswoln	[.] BIG'SWOLN, a. [big and swoln. See Swell.] [.] Swelled to a large size; turgid; greatly swelled; ready to burst.
6155	biguddered	[.] BIG'UDDERED, a. [big and udder.] [.] Having large udders, or udders swelled with milk.
6156	bihydroguret	[.] BIHYDROG'URET, n. A double hydroguret, or with two atoms of hydrogen.
6157	bijugous	[.] BIJU'GOUS, a. [L. bis, twice, and jugum, a yoke, a pair.] [.] Having two pairs of leaflets; used of pinnated leaves.
6158	bilabiate	[.] BILA'BIATE, a. [L. bis, twice, and labium, a lip.] [.] Having two lips, as the corols of flowers.
6159	bilamellate	[.] BILAM'ELLATE, a. [L. bis, twice, and lamella, a plate.] [.] Having the form of a flatted sphere, longitudinally bifid; used of the stigma of plants.
6160	bilander	[.] BI'LANDER, n. A small merchant vessel with two masts, distinguished from other vessels of two masts, by the form of the main-sail, which is bent to the whole length of a yard, hanging fore and aft, and inclined to the horizon in an angle of about 45 degrees; the foremost ...
6161	bilateral	[.] BILAT'ERAL, a. [L. bis and latus,side.] Having two sides.
6162	bilberry	[.] BIL'BERRY, n. The name of a shrub and its fruit; a species of Vaccinium or whortle-berry. The name with us is given to the taller shrub and its fruit which is of a bluish color.
6163	bilbo	[.] BIL'BO, n. [from Bilboa, in Spain.] [.] A rapier; a sword; so named, it is said, from Bilboa in Spain, where the best are made.
6164	bilboes	[.] BIL'BOES, n. plu. On board of ships, long bars or bolts of iron with shackles sliding on them, and a lock at the end, used to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders. Hence the punishment of offenders in this manner is called by the same name.
6165	bild	[.] BILD, v.t. pret. bilded, bilt; pp.id. [.] To construct; to erect; to set up and finish; as, to bild a house or ship; to bild a wall. [This is the true orthography; the common spelling is incorrect. See Build.]
6166	bildstein	[.] BILD'STEIN, n. Agalmatolite, or figure-stone. A massive mineral, with sometimes a slaty structure; of a color gray, brown, flesh red, sometimes spotted, or with blue veins. It fuses into a transparent glass. Brongniart calls it steatite pagodite, from its coming from ...
6167	bile	...
6168	bileduct	[.] BI'LEDUCT, n. [bile and L. ductus, a conduit.] [.] A vessel or canal to convey bile.
6169	bilestone	[.] BI'LESTONE, n. [bile and stone.] A concretion of viscid.bile.
6170	bilge	[.] BILGE, n. [A different orthography of bulge, and belly, a protuberance.] [.] 1. The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle. [.] 2. The breadth of a ship's bottom, or that part of her floor which approaches to a horizontal direction, on which ...
6171	bilge-pump	[.] BILGE-PUMP, n. A burr-pump; a pump to draw the bilge-water from a ship.
6172	bilge-water	[.] BILGE-WATER, n. Water which enters a ship, and lies upon her bilge or bottom.
6173	bilged	[.] BILG'ED, pp. or a. Having a fracture in the bilge. This participle is often used, as if the verb were transitive; and perhaps it is sometimes so used.
6174	biliary	[.] BIL'IARY, n. Water which enters a ship, and lies upon her bilge or bottom. [.] BIL'IARY, a. [from L. bilis.] Belonging to the bile; conveying the bile; as a biliary duct.
6175	bilingsgate	[.] BIL'INGSGATE, n. [from a place of this name in London frequented by low people who use foul language.] [.] Foul language; ribaldry.
6176	bilinguous	[.] BILIN'GUOUS, a. [L. bis, and lingua, tongue.] [.] Having two tongues, or speaking two languages.
6177	bilious	[.] BIL'IOUS, a. [L. biliosus, from bilis, the bile.] [.] Pertaining to bile; consisting or partaking of bile; caused by a redundancy, or bad state of the bile; as a bilious fever.
6178	biliteral	[.] BILIT'ERAL, a. [L. bis, twice, and litera, letter.] [.] Consisting of two letters; as a biliteral root in language.
6179	bilk	[.] BILK, v.t. To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by non-fulfillment of engagement; as, to bilk a creditor.
6180	bilked	[.] BILK'ED, pp. Disappointed; deceived; defrauded.
6181	bilking	[.] BILK'ING, ppr. Frustrating; defrauding.
6182	bill	...
6183	billard	[.] BILL'ARD, n. A bastard or imperfect capon; also a fish of the cod kind.
6184	billet	[.] BILL'ET, n. [dim. of bill;] [.] A small paper or note in writing, used for various purposes; sometimes it is a short letter, addressed to some person; sometimes a ticket directing soldiers at what house to lodge. [.] In heraldry, billet is a bearing in the form of a ...
6185	billet-doux	[.] BILLET-DOUX, bil'le-doo. A love billet.
6186	billeting	[.] BILL'ETING, ppr. Quartering, as soldiers in private houses.
6187	billiard	[.] BILL'IARD, a bil'yard. Pertaining to the game of billiards.
6188	billiards	[.] BILL'IARDS, n. plu. bil'yards. [.] A game played on a rectangular table, covered with a green cloth, with small ivory balls, which the players aim to drive into hazardnets or pockets at the sides and corners of the tables, by impelling one ball against another, with maces, ...
6189	billion	[.] BILL'ION, n. bil'yun. [bis and million.] [.] A million of millions; as many millions as there are units in a million.
6190	billow	[.] BIL'LOW, n. A great wave or surge of the sea, occasioned usually by violent wind. It can hardly be applied to the waves of a river, unless in poetry, or when the river is very large. [.] BIL'LOW, v.i. To swell; to rise and roll in large waves, or surges.
6191	billow-beaten	[.] BIL'LOW-BEATEN, a. Tossed by billows.
6192	billowing	[.] BIL'LOWING, ppr. Swelled into a large waves or surges.
6193	billowy	[.] BIL'LOWY, a. Swelling, or swelled into large waves; wavy; full of billows, or surges.
6194	bilobate	[.] BILO'BATE, a. [L. bis,twice. See Lobe.] Divided into two lobes; as a bilobate leaf.
6195	bilobed	[.] BILO'BED
6196	bilocular	[.] BILOC'ULAR, a. [L. bis, twice, and loculus, from locus, a place.] [.] Divided into two cells, or containing two cells internally; as a bilocular pericarp.
6197	bilva	[.] BIL'VA, n. The Hindu name of a plant, the Crataeva Marmelos of Linne.
6198	bimanous	[.] BIMA'NOUS, a. [bis and manus.] Having two hands. Man is bimanous.
6199	bimbow	[.] BIM'BOW, a. Crooked; arched; bent; as a kimbo handle. [.] To set the arms a kimbo, is to set the hands on the hips, with the elbows projecting outward.
6200	bimedial	[.] BIME'DIAL, a. [L. bis,twice,and medial.] In mathematics, if two medial lines, A B and B C, commensurable only in power, and containing a rational rectangle, are compounded, the whole line A C will be irrational, and is called a first bimedial line. [.] 1. Belonging ...
6201	bin	[.] BIN, n. A wooden box or chest used as a repository of corn or other commodities.
6202	binacle	...
6203	binary	[.] BI'NARY, a. [L. binus, two and two.] [.] Binary arithmetic, the invention of Leibnitz, is that in which two figures only, 0 and 1, are used, in lieu of ten; the cypher multiplying every thing by two, as in common arithmetic by 10. Thus, 1 is one; 10 is two; 11 is three; ...
6204	binate	[.] BI'NATE, a. [L. biinus. See Binary.] Being double or in couples; growing in pairs. A binate leaf has a simple petiole, connecting two leaflets on the top; a species of digitate leaf.
6205	bind	[.] BIND, v.t. [.] 1. To tie together,or confine with a cord, or any thing that is flexible; to fasten as with a band, fillet or ligature. [.] 2. To gird, inwrap or involve; to confine by a wrapper, cover or bandage; sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound. [.] 3. ...
6206	bind-weed	[.] BI'ND-WEED, n. A genus of plants, called Convolvulus, comprehending many species, as the white, the blue, the [.] Syrian bind-weed, &c. The black briony or Tamus is called black bind-weed; and the Smilax is called rough bind-weed.
6207	binder	[.] BI'NDER, n. A person who binds; one whose occupation is to bind books; also, one who binds sheaves. [.] 1. Anything that binds, as a fillet, cord, rope, or band.
6208	bindery	[.] BI'NDERY, n. A place where books are bound.
6209	binding	[.] BI'NDING, ppr. Fastening with a band; confining; restraining; covering or wrapping; obliging by a promise or other moral tie; making costive; contracting; making hard or stiff. [.] BI'NDING, a. That obliges; obligatory; as the binding force of a moral duty or ...
6210	bing	[.] BING, n. In alum works, a heap of alum thrown together in order to drain.
6211	binocle	[.] BIN'OCLE, n. [binus, double, and oculus, and eye.] [.] A dioptric telescope,fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once.
6212	binocular	[.] BINOC'ULAR, a. [See Binocle.] Having two eyes; also, having two apertures or tubes, so joined that one may use both eyes at once in viewing a distant object; as a binocular telescope.
6213	binomial	[.] BINO'MIAL, a. [L. bis, twice, and nomen, name.] [.] In algebra, a root consisting of two members connected by the sign plus or minus; as a+b, or 7-3. [.]
6214	binominous	[.] BINOM'INOUS, a. [L. bis,twice,and nomen, name.] [.] Having two names.
6215	binotonous	[.] BINOT'ONOUS, a. [bis and note.] Consisting of two notes; as a binotonous cry.
6216	biographer	[.] BIOG'RAPHER, n. [See Biography.] One who writes an account of history of the life and actions of a particular person; a writer of lives, as Plutarch.
6217	biographic	[.] BIOGRAPH'IC
6218	biographical	[.] BIOGRAPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to biography, or the history of the life of a person; containing biography.
6219	biography	[.] BIOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr.life, and to write.] [.] The history of the life and character of a particular person.
6220	biotina	[.] BIOTINA, n. [from Biot, a French naturalist.] [.] A newly discovered Vesuvian mineral, whose primitive form is that of an obtuse rhomboid.
6221	biparous	[.] BIP'AROUS, a. [L. bis,twice, and pario, to bear.] [.] Bringing forth two at a birth.
6222	bipartible	[.] BIPART'IBLE
6223	bipartient	[.] BIPAR'TIENT, [L. bis, twice,and partio, partiens, to divide.] Dividing into two parts.
6224	bipartile	[.] BIP'ARTILE , a. [L. bis,twice, and partio, to divide.] [.] That may be divided in two parts.
6225	bipartite	[.] BIP'ARTITE, a. [L. bis, twice,and partitus, divided.] [.] [.] 1. Having two correspondent parts, as a legal contract or writing, one for each party. [.] 2. In botany, divided into two parts to the base, as a leaf.
6226	bipartition	[.] BIPARTI'TION, n. The act of dividing into two parts, or of making two correspondent parts.
6227	biped	[.] BI'PED, n. [L. bipes, of bis,twice, and pes, pedis, a foot.] [.] An animal having two feet, as man.
6228	bipedal	[.] BIP'EDAL, a. Having two feet, or the length of two feet.
6229	bipennate	[.] BIPEN'NATE,a. [L. bis, and penna, a wing or feather.] Having two wings. [.] 1. In botany, having pinnate leaves on each side of the petiole, as a leaf or frond.
6230	bipennatifid	[.] BIPEN'NATIFID, a. [L. bis, twice, pinna, a wing or feather, and findo, to divide.] [.] Doubly-pinnatifid; having pinnatifid leaves on each side of the petiole.
6231	bipetalous	[.] BIPET'ALOUS, a. [L. bis, twice, and Gr. a leaf.] [.] Consisting of two flower leaves; having two petals.
6232	bipinnatifid	[.] BIPIN'NATIFID
6233	biquadrate	[.] BIQUAD'RATE, n. [L. bis, twice, and quadratus, squared.] [.] In mathematics the fourth power, arising from the multiplication of a square number or quantity by itself. Thus 4x4=16, which is the square of 4, and 16x16=256, the biquadrate of that number.
6234	biquadratic	[.] BIQUADRAT'IC, n. The same as biquadrate. [.] BIQUADRAT'IC, a. Pertaining to the biquadratic or fourth power. [.] Biquadratic equation, in algebra, is an equation raised to the fourth power, or where the unknown quantity of one of the terms has four dimensions. ...
6235	biquintile	[.] BIQUIN'TILE, n. [L. bis, twice, and quintus, fifth.] [.] An aspect of the planets, when they are distant from each other, by twice the fifth part of a great circle, that is 144 degrees or twice 72 degrees.
6236	biradiate	[.] BIRA'DIATE
6237	biradiated	[.] BIRA'DIATED, a. [L. bis, twice, and radiatus, set with rays.] [.] Having two rays; as a biradiate fin.
6238	birch	[.] BIRCH, n. burch. A genus of trees, the Betula, of which there are several species; as the white or common birch, the dwarf birch, the Canada birch, of which there are several varieties, and the common black birch. [.] Birch of Jamaica, a species of the Pistacia or turpentine ...
6239	birchen	[.] BIRCH'EN, a. Made of birch; consisting of birch.
6240	bird	[.] BIRD, n. burd. [.] 1. Properly, a chicken, the young of fowls, and hence a small fowl. [.] 2. In modern use, any fowl or flying animal. [.] It is remarkable that a nation should lay aside the use of the proper generic name of flying animals, and substitute the ...
6241	bird-cage	[.] BIRD'-CAGE, n. [bird and cage.] A box or case with wires, small sticks, or wicker, forming open work, for keeping birds.
6242	bird-catcher	[.] BIRD'-CATCHER, n. [bird and catch.] One whose employment is to catch birds; a fowler.
6243	bird-catching	[.] BIRD'-CATCHING, n. [bird and catch.] The art of taking birds or wild fowls, either for food, for pleasure, or for their destruction, when pernicious to the husbandman.
6244	bird-eye	[.] BIRD'-EYE
6245	bird-lime	...
6246	birdbolt	[.] BIRD'BOLT, n. [bird and bolt.] An arrow, broad at the end, for shooting birds.
6247	birder	[.] BIRD'ER, n. A bird-catcher.
6248	birdeyed	[.] BIRD'EYED, a. Of quick sight.
6249	birding-piece	[.] BIRD'ING-PIECE, n. [bird and piece.] A fowling-piece.
6250	birds-eye	[.] BIRD'S-EYE, a. [bird and eye.] Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; as a bird-eye landscape.
6251	birdseye	[.] BIRDS'EYE, n. [bird and eye.] A genus of plants, called also pheasant's eye, known in botany by the generic term Adonis. There are several species,some of which produce beautiful flowers.
6252	birdsfoot	[.] BIRDS'FOOT, n. [bird and foot.] A plant, the Ornithopus, whose legumen is articulated, cylindrical, and bent in the form of a bow.
6253	birdsfoot-trefoil	[.] BIRDSFOOT-TREFOIL, n. A genus of plants,the Lotus, of several species.
6254	birdsnest	[.] BIRDS'NEST, n. [bird and nest.] The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young. [.] 1. A plant, a species of Ophrys or twyblade; also a species of Orchis. [.] 2. In cookery, the nest of a small swallow, of China, and the neighboring countries, delicately ...
6255	birdstares	[.] BIRDSTARES and BIRDSTONGUE; names of plants.
6256	bireme	[.] BI'REME, n. [L. biremis, bis and remus, and oar.] [.] A vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.
6257	birgander	[.] BIRG'ANDER, n. The name of a wild goose.
6258	birhomboidal	[.] BIRHOMBOID'AL, a. [bis and rhomboid.] [.] Having a surface composed of twelve rhombic faces, which, being taken six and six, and prolonged in idea, till they intercept each other, would form two different rhombs.
6259	birken	[.] BIRK'EN, v.t. [from birch.] To beat with a burch or rod.
6260	birostrate	[.] BIROS'TRATE
6261	birostrated	[.] BIROS'TRATED, a. [L. bis, twice, and rostrum, a beak.] [.] Having a double beak, or process resembling a beak. [.] [.] The capsule is bilocular and birostrated.
6262	birt	[.] BIRT, n. burt. A fish, called also turbot.
6263	birth	[.] BIRTH, n. berth. [L. partus, the participle of pario, to bear.] [.] 1. The act of coming into life, or of being born. Except in poetry, it is generally applied to human beings; as the birth of a son. [.] 2. Lineage; extraction; descent; as, Grecian birth. [.] [.] It ...
6264	birthday	...
6265	birthdom	[.] BIRTH'DOM, n. [birth and dom.] Privilege of birth. [Not used.]
6266	birthing	[.] BIRTH'ING, n. Any thing added to raise the sides of a ship.
6267	birthnight	[.] BIRTH'NIGHT, n. [birth and night.] The night in which a person is born; and the anniversary of that night in succeeding years.
6268	birthplace	[.] BIRTH'PLACE, n. [birth and place.] The town, city or country, where a person is born; more generally, the particular town, city, or other local district.
6269	birthright	[.] BIRTH'RIGHT, n. [birth and right.] Any right or privilege, to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution. [.] [.] Esau, for a morsel, sold his birthright. Heb.12. [.] It may be ...
6270	birthwort	[.] BIRTH'WORT, n. [birth and wort.] A genus of plants, Aristolochia, of many species. Of these are the snake root of America, and the contrayerva of Jamaica.
6271	bisa	[.] BISA
6272	biscotin	[.] BIS'COTIN, n. A confection, made of flour, sugar, marmalade and eggs.
6273	biscuit	[.] BIS'CUIT, n. bis'kit. [L. bis, twice,and cuit, baked.] [.] 1. A kind of bread, formed into cakes, and baked hard for seamen. [.] 2. A cake, variously made, for the use of private families. The name, in England, is given to a composition of flour, eggs, and sugar. ...
6274	bisdiapason	[.] DISDIAPASON, BISDIAPASON, n. [See Diapason.] In music, a compound concord in the quadruple ratio of 4:1 or 8:2. [.] Disdiapason diapente, a cocord in a sectuple ratio of 1:6. [.] Disdiapason semi-diapente, a compound concord in the proportion of 16:3. [.] Disdiapason ...
6275	bisect	[.] BISECT', v.t. [L. bis, twice, and seco, sectum, to cut. See Section.] [.] To cut or divide into two parts. In geometry, one line bisects another when it crosses it, leaving an equal part of the line on each side of the point where it is crossed.
6276	bisected	[.] BISECT'ED, pp. Divided into two equal parts.
6277	bisecting	[.] BISECT'ING, ppr. Dividing into two equal parts.
6278	bisection	[.] BISEC'TION, n. The act of cutting into two equal parts; the division of any line or quantity into two equal parts.
6279	bisegment	[.] BISEG'MENT, n. [bis and segment.] One of the parts of a line, divided into two equal parts.
6280	bisexous	[.] BISEX'OUS, a. Consisting of both sexes.
6281	bishop	[.] BISH'OP, n. [L. episcopus; Gr. of, over, and inspector, or visitor; to view, or inspect; whence, to visit; also, to view. This Greek and Latin word accompanied the introduction of christianity into the west and north of Europe.] [.] 1. An overseer; a spiritual superintendent, ...
6282	bishoplike	[.] BISH'OPLIKE, a. Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop.
6283	bishopric	[.] BISH'OPRIC,n. [bishop and ric, jurisdiction.] [.] 1. A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of bishop extends. in England, are twenty-four bishoprics, besides that of Sodor and Man; in Ireland, eighteen. [.] 2. The charge of instructing and governing ...
6284	bishopsweed	[.] BISH'OPSWEED, n. [bishop and used.] A genus of plants, with the generic name Ammi.
6285	bishopswort	[.] BISH'OPSWORT, n. A plant.
6286	bisk	[.] BISK, n. Soup or broth, made by boiling several sorts of flesh together.
6287	bisket	[.] BISK'ET, a biscuit. This orthography is adopted by many respectable writers.
6288	bismuth	[.] BIS'MUTH, n. s as z. A metal of a yellowish or reddish white color, and a lamellar texture. It is somewhat harder than lead, and scarcely, of at all, malleable, being so brittle as to break easily under the hammer, and it is reducible to powder. Its internal face ...
6289	bismuthal	[.] BIS'MUTHAL, a. Consisting of bismuth, or containing it.
6290	bismuthic	[.] BIS'MUTHIC, a. Pertaining to bismuth; as bismuthic acid.
6291	bison	[.] BIS'ON, n. [L. A quadruped of the bovine genus, usually but improperly called the buffalo. The proper buffalo is a distinct species, peculiar to the warmer climates of the Eastern Continent. The bison is a wild animal, with short, black, rounded horns, with a great ...
6292	bissextile	[.] BISSEX'TILE, n. [L.bissextilis, leap year, from bissextus, [bis and sextus] the sixth of the calends of March, or twenty-fourth day of February, which was reckoned twice every fourth year, by the interrelation of a day.] [.] Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day ...
6293	bisson	[.] BIS'SON, a. Blind. [Not used.]
6294	bister	[.] BIS'TER, n. Among painters, the burnt oil extracted from the soot of wood; a brown pigment. To prepare it, soot [that os beach is the best' is put into water, in the proportion of two pounds to a gallon, and boiled half an hour; after standing to settle, and while ...
6295	bistort	[.] BIS'TORT, n. [L. bistorta, bis and tortus, twisted.] [.] A plant, a species of polygonum, or many-knotted or angled. In popular language, it is called snake-weed.
6296	bistoury	[.] BIS'TOURY, n. bis'tury. A surgical instrument for making incisions. It is either straight and fixed in a handle like a knife, or its blade turns like a lancet, or it is crooked, with the sharp edge on the inside. [.]
6297	bisulcous	[.] BISULC'OUS, a. [L. bisulcus, of bis and sulcus, a furrow.] [.] Cloven footed, as swine or oxen.
6298	bisulphuret	[.] BISUL'PHURET, n. [bis and sulphuret.] In chimistry, a sulphuret, with a double proportion of sulphur.
6299	bit	[.] BIT, n. The iron part of a bridle which is inserted in the mouth of a horse,and its appendages, to which the reins are fastened. It includes the bit mouth, the branches, the curb, the sevel holes, the tranchefil and cross chains. Bits are of various kinds, as the ...
6300	bitch	[.] BITCH, n. [.] 1. The female of the canine kind, as of the dog,wolf,and fox. [.] 2. A name of reproach for a woman.
6301	bite	[.] BITE, v.t. pret. bit; pp. bit, bitten. [.] 1. To break or crush with the teeth, as in eating; to pierce with the teeth, as a serpent; to seize with the teeth, as a dog. [.] 2. To pinch or pain, as with cold; as a biting north wind; the frost bites. [.] 3. To ...
6302	biter	[.] BI'TER, n. One who bites; that which bites; a fish apt to take bait. [.] 1. One who cheats or defrauds.
6303	biternate	[.] BITERN'ATE, a. [L. bis and ternus, three.] In botany, doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets.
6304	biting	[.] BI'TING, ppr. Seizing, wounding, or crushing with the teeth; pinching,paining, causing to smart with cold; reproaching with severity, or treating sarcastically; chesting. [.] BI'TING, a. Sharp; severe; sarcastic.
6305	bitingly	[.] BI'TINGLY, adv. In a sarcastic or jeering manner.
6306	bitless	[.] BIT'LESS, a. Not having a bit or bridle.
6307	bitmouth	[.] BIT'MOUTH, n. [bit and mouth.] The bit, or that part of a bridle which is put in a horse's mouth.
6308	bittacle	[.] BIT'TACLE, n. The box for the compasses and lights on board a ship. [See Binnacle.]
6309	bitten	[.] BIT'TEN, pp. of bite. bit'tn. Seized or wounded by the teeth; cheated.
6310	bitter	[.] BIT'TER, a. [.] 1. Sharp, or biting to the taste; acrid; like wormwood. [.] 2. Sharp; cruel; severe; as bitter enmity. Heb.1. [.] 3. Sharp, as words, reproachful; sarcastic. [.] 4. Sharp to the feeling; piercing; painful; that makes to smart; as a bitter ...
6311	bitter-gourd	[.] BIT'TER-GOURD, n. [bitter and gourd.] A plant, a species of Cucumis, called Colocynthis, Colocynth, Coloquintada. The fruit is of the gourd kind, having a shell inclosing a bitter pulp, which is a very drastic purgative. It is brought from the Levant, and is the ...
6312	bitter-salt	[.] BIT'TER-SALT, n. Epsom salt.
6313	bitter-spar	[.] BIT'TER-SPAR, n. Rhombspar, a mineral that crystallizes in rhomboids. It is the crystallized variety of magnesian limestone.
6314	bitter-sweet	[.] BIT'TER-SWEET, n. [bitter and sweet.] A species of Solanum, a slender climbing plant, whose root,when chewed, produces first a bitter, then a sweet taste.
6315	bitter-wort	[.] BIT'TER-WORT, n. [bitter and wort.] The plant called gentian, Gentiana, which has a remarkable bitter taste.
6316	bitterish	[.] BIT'TERISH, a. Somewhat bitter; bitter in a moderate degree.
6317	bitterishness	[.] BIT'TERISHNESS, n. The quality of being moderately bitter.
6318	bitterly	[.] BIT'TERLY, adv. With a bitter taste. [.] 1. In a severe manner; in a manner expressing poignant grief; as, to weep bitterly. [.] 2. In a manner severely reproachful; sharply; severely; angrily; as, to censure bitterly.
6319	bittern	[.] BIT'TERN, n. A fowl of the grallic order, the Ardea stellaris, a native of Europe. This fowl has long legs and neck, and stalks among reeds and sedge, feeding upon fish. It makes a singular noise, called by Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. [.] BIT'TERN, ...
6320	bitterness	[.] BIT'TERNESS, n. [from bitter.] A bitter taste; or rather a quality in things which excites a biting disagreeable sensation in the tongue. [.] 1. In a figurative sense, extreme enmity, grudge, hatred; or rather an excessive degree or implacableness of passions and ...
6321	bitters	[.] BIT'TERS, n. A liquor in which bitter herbs or roots are steeped; generally a spirituous liquor, the bitter cause of intemperance, of disease, and of premature death!
6322	bittervetch	[.] BIT'TERVETCH, n. [bitter and vetch.] A species of Ervum, or lentil, cultivated for fodder. [.] 1. A genus of plants, known by the generic name Orobus, remarkable for their beautiful papilionaceous flowers. The tubercles of one species are in great esteem among the ...
6323	bittour	[.] BIT'TOUR, or BIT'TOR, n. The bittern.
6324	bitts	[.] BITTS, n. plu. [from the same root as bite.] A frame of two strong pieces of timber fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables,when she rides at anchor. There are also top-sail sheet bitts, paul-bitts, carrick-bitts, &c. [.] BITTS, ...
6325	bitume	[.] BITU'ME, n. Bitumen, so written for the sake of the rhyme.
6326	bitumen	[.] BIT'UMEN
6327	bituminate	[.] BITU'MINATE, v.t. To impregnate with bitumen.
6328	bituminated	[.] BITU'MINATED, a. Impregnated with bitumen.
6329	bituminiferous	[.] BITUMINIF'EROUS, a. [bitumen and fero, to produce.] [.] Producing bitumen.
6330	bituminize	[.] BITU'MINIZE, v.t. To form into, or impregnate with bitumen.
6331	bituminous	[.] BITU'MINOUS, a. Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen; containing bitumen.Limestone is of a lamellar structure, susceptible of polish, of a brown or black color,and when rubbed emitting an unpleasant smell. That of Dalmatia is so charged with bitumen, ...
6332	bivalve	[.] BI'VALVE, n. [L. bis, twice, and valve. L. valva] [.] An animal having two valves, or a shell consisting of two parts which open and shut. Also a pericarp in which the seed-case opens or splits into two parts. [.] BI'VALVE
6333	bivalvous	[.] BIVALV'OUS, a. Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and the seed cases of certain plants.
6334	bivalvular	[.] BIVALV'ULAR
6335	bivaulted	[.] BIVAULT'ED, a. [L. bis, twice,and vault.] Having two vaults or arches.
6336	biventral	[.] BIVENT'RAL, a. [L. bis and venter, belly.] Having two bellies; as a biventral muscle.
6337	bivious	[.] BIV'IOUS, a. [L. bivius; bis and via, way.] Having two ways, or leading two ways.
6338	bivouac	[.] BIVOUAC, n. [L. vigilo.] The guard or watch of a whole army, as in cases of great danger of surprise or attack. [.] BIVOUAC, v.t. To watch or be on guard, as a whole army. [.] [.] [This word anglicized would be bewatch.]
6339	bixwort	[.] BIX'WORT, n. A plant.
6340	biza	[.] BIZA, n. A coin of Pegu, of the value of half a ducat; also, a weight.
6341	blaast	[.] BLA'AST, n. [Eng. blaze, which is primarily a blowing or swelling.] [.] 1. A gust or puff of wind; or a sudden gust of wind. [.] 2. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument. [.] 3. Any pernicious or destructive influence upon animals or plants. [.] 4. ...
6342	blab	[.] BLAB, v.t. [.] 1. To utter or tell in a thoughtless manner; to publish secrets or trifles without discretion. It implies, says Johnson, rather thoughtlessness than treachery, but may be used in either sense. [.] 2. To tell, or utter; in a good sense. [.] BLAB, ...
6343	blabber	[.] BLAB'BER, n. A tattler; a tell-tale.
6344	blabbing	[.] BLAB'BING, ppr. Telling indiscreetly what ought to be concealed; tattling.
6345	black	[.] BLACK, a. [.] 1. Of the color of night; destitute of light; dark. [.] 2. Darkened by clouds; as the heavens black with clouds. [.] 3. Sullen; having a cloudy look or countenance. [.] 4. Atrociously wicked; horrible; as a black deed or crime. [.] 5. ...
6346	black-bird	[.] BLACK'-BIRD, n. [black and bird.] In England, the merula, a species of turdus, a singing bird with a fine note, but very loud. In America, this name is given to different birds,as to the gracula quiscula, or crow black-bird, and to the oriolus phaeniceus, or red winged ...
6347	black-browed	[.] BLACK'-BROWED, a. [black and brow.] Having black eye-brows; gloomy; dismal; threatening; as a black-browed gust.
6348	black-bryony	[.] BLACK-BRY'ONY, n. [black and bryony.] A plant, the Tamus.
6349	black-cap	[.] BLACK-CAP, n. [black and cap.] A bird, the Motacilla atricapilla, or mock-nightingale; so called from its black crown. It is common in Europe. [.] 1. In cookery, an apple roasted till black, to be served up in a dish of boiled custard.
6350	black-chalk	[.] BLACK-CHALK, n. A mineral of a bluish black color, of a slaty texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety of argillaceous slate.
6351	black-faced	[.] BLACK'-FACED, a. Having a black face.
6352	black-forest	[.] BLACK-FOREST, n. [black and forest.] A forest in Germany, in Swabia; a part of the ancient Hercynian forest.
6353	black-friar	[.] BLACK-FRIAR, n. Black-friars is a name given to the Dominican Order, called also Predicants and preaching friars; in France, Jacobins.
6354	black-lead	...
6355	blacked	[.] BLACK'ED, pp. Made black; soiled.
6356	blacken	[.] BLACK'EN, v.t. [.] 1. To make black. [.] [.] The importation of slaves that has blackened half America. [.] 2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. [.] 3. To soil. [.] 4. To sully reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character. [.] BLACK'EN, ...
6357	blackener	[.] BLACK'ENER, n. He that blackens.
6358	blacking	[.] BLACK'ING, ppr. Making black. [.] BLACK'ING, n. A substance used for blacking shoes, variously made; any factitious matter for making things black.
6359	blackish	[.] BLACK'ISH, a. Somewhat black; moderately black or dark.
6360	blackly	[.] BLACK'LY, adv. Darkly; atrociously.
6361	blackness	[.] BLACK'NESS, n. The quality of being black; black color; darkness; atrociousness or enormity in wickedness.
6362	blacksea	[.] BLACK'SEA, n. [black and sea.] The Euxine Sea, on the eastern border of Europe.
6363	blacksmith	[.] BLACK'SMITH, n. [black and smith.] A smith who works in iron, and makes iron utensils; more properly, an iron-smith. [.] Black'-strakes, in a ship, are a range of planks immediately above the wales in a ship's side, covered with tar and lamp-black.
6364	bladder	[.] BLAD'DER, n.[Eng.a blade; L.latus.] [.] 1. A thin membranous bag in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some secreted fluid, as the urinary bladder, the gall bladder, &c. By way of eminence, the word, in common language, denotes the urinary bladder, either ...
6365	bladder-nut	[.] BLAD'DER-NUT, n. [bladder and nut.] A genus of plants, with the generic name of Staphyloea. They have three capsules, inflated and joined by a longitudinal suture. [.] 1. The African bladder nut is the Royena. [.] 2. The laurel-leaved bladder-nut is a species ...
6366	bladder-senna	[.] BLAD'DER-SENNA, or bastard-senna, a genus of plants, called in botany Colutea. [.] The jointed-podded bladder-senna is the Coronilla.
6367	bladdered	[.] BLAD'DERED, a. Swelled like a bladder.
6368	bladdery	[.] BLAD'DERY, a. Resembling a bladder; containing bladders.
6369	blade	[.] BLADE, n. [Gr.broad.] [.] 1. The stalk or spire of a plant,particularly of grass and corn; but applicable to the stalk of any herbaceous plant, whether green or dry. [.] 2. A leaf. In this sense much used in the Southern States of N. America, for the leaves ...
6370	blade-bone	[.] BLA'DE-BONE, n. The scapula, or upper bone in the shoulder.
6371	blade-smith	[.] BLA'DE-SMITH, n. A sword cutler.
6372	bladed	[.] BLA'DED, pp. Having a blade or blades. It may be used of blade in the sense of a leaf, a spire, or the cutting part of an instrument. [.] 1. In mineralogy, composed of long and narrow plates, like the blade of a knife.
6373	blain	[.] BLAIN, n. A pustule; a botch; a blister. In farriery, a bladder growing on the root of the tongue, against the wind pipe,which swells so as to stop the breath.
6374	blamable	[.] BLA'MABLE, a. [See Blame.] Faulty; culpable; reprehensible; deserving of censure. [.]
6375	blamableness	[.] BLA'MABLENESS, n. Culpableness; fault; the state of being worthy of censure.
6376	blamably	[.] BLA'MABLY, adv. Culpably; in a manner deserving of censure.
6377	blame	[.] BLAME, v.t. [The Greeks have the root of this word, to blaspheme.] [.] 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; opposed to praise or commend, and applicable most properly to persons, but applied also to things. [.] [.] I withstood him, because ...
6378	blamed	[.] BLA'MED, pp. Censured; disapproved.
6379	blameful	[.] BLA'MEFUL, a. Faulty; meriting blame; reprehensible.
6380	blameless	[.] BLA'MELESS, a. Without fault; innocent; guiltless; not meriting censure. [.] [.] A bishop then must be blameless. 1 Tim.3. [.] Sometimes followed by of. [.] [.] We will be blameless of this thine oath. Josh.2.
6381	blamelessly	[.] BLA'MELESSLY, adv. Innocently; without fault or crime.
6382	blamelessness	[.] BLA'MELESSNESS,n. Innocence; a state of being not worthy of censure.
6383	blamer	[.] BLA'MER, n. One who blames, finds fault or censures.
6384	blameworthiness	[.] BLA'MEWORTHINESS, n. The quality of deserving censure.
6385	blameworthy	[.] BLA'MEWORTHY, a. [blame and worthy.] Deserving blame; censurable; culpable; reprehensible.
6386	blaming	[.] BLA'MING, ppr. Censuring; finding fault.
6387	blanc-manger	[.] BLANC-MANGER, pron. blomonge. In cookery, a preparation of dissolved isinglass, milk, sugar, cinnamon, &c., boiled into a thick consistence,and garnished for the table with blanched almonds. [.]
6388	blancard	[.] BLANC'ARD, n. A kind of linen cloth, manufactured in Normandy, so called because the thread is half blanched before it is woven.
6389	blanch	[.] BL'ANCH, v.t. [.] 1. To whiten; to take out the color, and make white; to obliterate. [.] 2. To slur; to balk; to pass over; that is to avoid; to make empty. [.] 3. To strip or peel; as, to blanch almonds. [.] BL'ANCH, v.i. To evade; to shift; to speak ...
6390	blanched	[.] BL'ANCHED, pp. Whitened.
6391	blancher	[.] BL'ANCHER, n. One who whitens; also, one who anneals, and cleanses money.
6392	blanchimeter	[.] BLANCHIM'ETER, n. [blanch, and Gr. measure.] [.] An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of oxymuriate [chloride] of lime, and potash.
6393	blanching	[.] BL'ANCHING, ppr. Whitening. In coinage, the operation of giving brightness to pieces of silver,by heating them on a peel, and afterwards boiling them successively in two pans of copper, with aqua fortis, common salt, and tartar of Montpelier; then draining off the ...
6394	bland	[.] BLAND, a. [L. blandus.] Mild; soft; gentle; as bland words; bland zephyrs.
6395	blandiloquence	[.] BLANDIL'OQUENCE, n. [L. blandus, mild, and loquor, to speak.] [.] Fair, mild, flattering speech.
6396	blandish	[.] BLAND'ISH, v.t. [L. blandior; Old Eng. blandise.] [.] To soften; to caress; to flatter by kind words or affectionate actions.
6397	blandisher	[.] BLAND'ISHER, n. One that flatters with soft words.
6398	blandishing	[.] BLAND'ISHING, , ppr. Soothing or flattering with fair words.
6399	blandishment	[.] BLAND'ISHMENT, n. Soft words;kind speeches; caresses; expression of kindness; words or actions expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart.
6400	blank	[.] BLANK, a. [.] 1. Void; empty; consequently white; as a blank paper. [.] 2. White or pale; as the blank moon. [.] 3. Pale from fear or terror; hence confused; confounded; dispirited; dejected. [.] [.] Adam--astonished stood, and blank. [.] 4. Without rhyme; ...
6401	blanked	[.] BLANK'ED, pp. Confused; dispirited.
6402	blanket	[.] BLANK'ET, n. [.] 1. A cover for a bed, made of coarse wool loosely woven, and used for securing against cold. Blankets are used also by soldiers,and seamen, for covering. [.] 2. A kind of pear, sometimes written after the French, blanquet. [.] 3. Among printers, ...
6403	blanketing	[.] BLANK'ETING, ppr. Tossing in a blanket. [.] BLANK'ETING, n. The punishment of tossing in a blanket. [.] 1. Cloth for blankets.
6404	blankly	[.] BLANK'LY, adv. In a blank manner; with paleness or confusion.
6405	blare	[.] BLARE, v.i. [L. ploro, to dry out, to bawl, to weep.] [.] 1. To roar; to bellow. [Little used.] [.] 2. To sweal or melt away, as a candle. [.] [.] This is, I believe, usually called flare. [.] [.] BLARE, n. Roar; noise. [Little used.] [.] [.] And ...
6406	blaspheme	[.] BLASPHE'ME, v.t. [Gr. The first syllable is the same as in blame, blasme, denoting injury; L. loedo, loesus; The last syllable is the Gr.,to speak.] [.] 1. To speak of the Supreme Being in terms of impious irreverence; to revile or speak reproachfully of God, or ...
6407	blasphemer	[.] BLASPHE'MER, n. One who blasphemes; one who speaks of God in impious and irreverent terms. 1 Tim.1.
6408	blaspheming	[.] BLASPHE'MING, ppr. Uttering impious or reproachful words concerning God.
6409	blasphemous	[.] BLAS'PHEMOUS, a. Containing blasphemy; calumnious; impiously irreverent or reproachful towards God.
6410	blasphemously	[.] BLAS'PHEMOUSLY, adv. Impiously; with impious irreverence to God.
6411	blasphemy	[.] BLAS'PHEMY, n. An indignity offered to God by words or writing; reproachful, contemptuous or irreverent words uttered impiously against Jehovah. [.] [.] [.] Blasphemy is an injury offered to God, by denying that which is due and belonging to him, or attributing ...
6412	blast	[.] BL'AST, v.t. [Literally, to strike.] To make to wither by some pernicious influence, as too much heat or moisture, or other destructive cause; or to check growth and prevent from coming to maturity and producing fruit; to blight, as trees or plants. [.] 1. To ...
6413	blasted	[.] BL'ASTED, pp. Affected by some cause that checks growth, injures, impairs, destroys, or renders abortive; split by an explosion of gunpowder.
6414	blaster	[.] BL'ASTER, n. He or that which blasts or destroys.
6415	blasting	[.] BL'ASTING, ppr. Affecting by a blast; preventing from coming to maturity; frustrating; splitting by an explosion of gun powder. [.] BL'ASTING, n. A blast; destruction by a pernicious cause; explosion.
6416	blastment	[.] BL'ASTMENT, n. Blast; sudden stroke of some destructive cause. [Superseded by blast and blasting.]
6417	blatant	[.] BLA'TANT, a. [See Bleat.] Bellowing as a calf. [Not used.]
6418	blatter	[.] BLAT'TER, v.i. [from the root of bleat.] [.] To make a senseless noise.
6419	blatterer	[.] BLAT'TERER, n. A noisy blustering boaster. [Not used.] [.]
6420	blay	[.] BLAY, n. [See Bleak.] A small river fish, the bleak.
6421	blaze	[.] BLAZE, n. [Eng.to blush.] [.] 1. Flame; the stream of light and heat from any body when burning, proceeding from the combustion of inflammable gas. [.] 2. Publication; wide diffusion of report. In this sense, we observe the radical sense of dilatation, as well ...
6422	blazed	[.] BLA'ZED, pp. Published far and wide.
6423	blazer	[.] BLA'ZER, n. One who publishes and spreads reports.
6424	blazing	[.] BLA'ZING, ppr. Flaming; publishing far and wide. [.] BLA'ZING, a. Emitting flame, or light; as a blazing star.
6425	blazing-star	[.] BLAZ'ING-STAR, n. A comet; a star that is accompanied with a coma or train of light.
6426	blazon	[.] BLA'ZON, v.t. bla'zn. [.] 1. To explain, in proper terms, the figures on ensigns armorial. [.] 2. To deck; to embellish; to adorn. [.] [.] She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form. [.] 3. To display; to set to show; to celebrate by words or writing. [.] 4. ...
6427	blazoned	[.] BLA'ZONED, pp. Explained, deciphered in the manner of heralds; published abroad; displayed pompously.
6428	blazoner	[.] BLA'ZONER, n. One that blazons; a herald; an evil speaker, or propagator of scandal.
6429	blazoning	[.] BLA'ZONING, ppr. Explaining, describing as heralds; showing; publishing; blazing abroad; displaying.
6430	blazonry	[.] BLA'ZONRY, n. The art of describing coats of arms, in proper terms.
6431	blea	[.] BLEA, n. The part of a tree, which lies immediately under the bark.
6432	bleach	[.] BLEACH, v.t. [Eng. bleak.] [.] To whiten; to make white or whiter; to take out color; applied to many things, but particularly to cloth and thread. Bleaching is variously performed, but in general by steeping the cloth in lye, or a solution of pot or pearl ashes, and ...
6433	bleached	[.] BLE'ACHED, pp. Whitened; made white.
6434	bleacher	[.] BLE'ACHER, n. One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten cloth.
6435	bleachery	[.] BLE'ACHERY, n. A place for bleaching; as a wax bleachery.
6436	bleaching	[.] BLE'ACHING, ppr. Whitening; making white; becoming white. [.] BLE'ACHING, n. The act or art of whitening, especially cloth.
6437	bleak	[.] BLEAK, a. [.] 1. Pale. [But not often used in this sense, in America, as far as my observations extend.] [.] 2. Open; vacant; exposed to a free current of air; as a bleak hill or shore. This is the true sense of the word; hence cold and cheerless. A bleak ...
6438	bleakish	[.] BLEAKISH, a. Moderately bleak.
6439	bleakness	[.] BLE'AKNESS, n. Openness of situation;exposure to the wind; hence coldness.
6440	bleaky	[.] BLE'AKY a. Bleak; open unsheltered; cold; chill.
6441	blear	[.] BLEAR, a. Sore, with a watery rheum; applied only to the eyes; as the blear-eyed owl. [.] BLEAR, v.t. To make sore; to affect with soreness of eyes,or a watery humor; to make dim or partially obscure the sight.
6442	blear-eyed	[.] BLE'AR-EYED, a. Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim-sighted.
6443	blearedness	[.] BLE'AREDNESS, n. The state of being bleared, or dimmed with rheum.
6444	bleat	[.] BLEAT, v.i. [L. blatero; plaudo.] To make the noise of a sheep; to cry as a sheep. [.] BLEAT, n. The cry of a sheep.
6445	bleating	[.] BLE'ATING, ppr. or a. Crying as a sheep. [.] BLE'ATING, n. The cry of a sheep.
6446	bleb	[.] BLEB, n. [This word belongs to the root of blab, blubber.] [.] A little tumor, vesicle or blister. [.] [.] Arsenic abounds with air blebs.
6447	blebby	[.] BLEBBY, a. Full of blebs.
6448	bled	[.] BLED, pret. and pp. of bleed.
6449	bleed	[.] BLEED, v.i. pret. and pp. bled. [.] 1. To lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds. [.] 2. To die a violent death, or by slaughter. [.] [.] The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to day. [.] 3. To issue forth, or drop as blood, from an ...
6450	bleeding	[.] BLEE'DING, ppr. Losing blood;letting blood; losing sap or juice. [.] BLEE'DING, n. a running or issuing of blood, as from the nose; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; the drawing of sap from a tree or plant.
6451	bleit	[.] BLEIT, a. Bashful; used in Scotland and the northern counties of England.
6452	blemish	[.] BLEM'ISH, v.t. [.] 1. Too mark with any deformity; to injure or impair any thing which is well formed, or excellent; to mar,or make defective,either the body or mind. [.] 2. To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame. [.] BLEM'ISH, n. Any mark of deformity; ...
6453	blemished	[.] BLEM'ISHED, pp. Injured or marred by any mark of deformity; tarnished; soiled.
6454	blemishing	[.] BLEM'ISHING, ppr. Marking with deformity; tarnishing.
6455	blemishless	[.] BLEM'ISHLESS, a. Without blemish; spotless.
6456	blemishment	[.] BLEM'ISHMENT, n. Disgrace. [Little used.]
6457	blench	[.] BLENCH, v.i. [This evidently is the blanch of Bacon [see Blanch.] and perhaps the modern flinch.] [.] To shrink; to start back to give way. [.] BLENCH, v.t. To hinder or obstruct, says Johnson. But the etymology explains the passage he cites in a different manner. ...
6458	blencher	[.] BLENCH'ER, n. That which frustrates.
6459	blend	[.] BLEND, n. [.] An ore of zink, called also mock-lead, false galena and black jack. Its color is mostly yellow, brown and black. There are several varieties, but in general, this ore contains more than half its weight of zink, about one fourth sulphur, and usually a small ...
6460	blended	[.] BLEND'ED, pp. Mixed; confounded by mixture.
6461	blender	[.] BLEND'ER, n. One that mingles or confounds.
6462	blending	[.] BLEND'ING, ppr. Mingling together; confounding by mixture.
6463	blendous	[.] BLEND'OUS, a. Pertaining to blend.
6464	blenny	[.] BLEN'NY, n. A genus of fishes, of the order of Jugulars, in Ichthyology called Blennius. There are several species; the size from five inches to a foot in length.
6465	blent	[.] BLENT, the obsolete participle of blend.
6466	bless	[.] BLESS, v.t. pret. and ppr. blessed or blest. [.] 1. To pronounce a wish of happiness to one; to express a wish or desire of happiness. [.] [.] And Isaac called Jacob and blessed him. Gen.28. [.] 2. To make happy; to make successful; to prosper in temporal ...
6467	blessed	[.] BLESS'ED, pp. Made happy or prosperous; extolled; pronounced happy. [.] BLESS'ED, a. Happy; prosperous in worldly affairs; enjoying spiritual happiness and the favor of God; enjoying heavenly felicity. [.] Blessed-Thistle. A plant of the genus Cnicus, sometimes ...
6468	blessedly	[.] BLESS'EDLY, adv. Happily; in a fortunate manner.
6469	blessedness	[.] BLESS'EDNESS, n. Happiness; felicity; heavenly joys; the favor of God. [.] 1. Sanctity.
6470	blesser	[.] BLESS'ER, n. One that blesses or prospers; one who bestows a blessing.
6471	blessing	[.] BLESS'ING, ppr. Making happy; wishing happiness to; praising or extolling; consecrating by prayer. [.] BLESS'ING,n. Benediction; a wish of happiness pronounced; a prayer imploring happiness upon another. [.] 1. A solemn prophetic benediction, in which happiness ...
6472	blest	[.] BLEST, pp. of bless. [.] BLEST, a. Made happy. [.] 1. Making happy; cheering. [.] [.] While these blest sounds my rafish'd ear assail. [.] [.]
6473	bletonism	[.] BLE'TONISM, n. The faculty of perceiving and indicating subterraneous springs and currents by sensation; so called from one Bleton of France who possessed this faculty.
6474	bletonist	[.] BLE'TONIST, n. One who possesses the faculty of perceiving subterraneous springs by sensation.
6475	blew	[.] BLEW, pret. of blow.
6476	bleyme	[.] BLEYME, n. An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone.
6477	blicea	[.] BLICE'A, n. A small fish caught in the German seas,somewhat resembling the English sprat.
6478	blight	[.] BLIGHT, n. [.] 1. A disease incident to plants, affecting them variously. sometimes the whole plant perishes; sometimes only the leaves and blossoms, which will shrivel, as if scorched. [.] 2. Any thing nipping or blasting. [.] In America, I have often heard a cutaneous ...
6479	blin	[.] BLIN, v.t. To stop or cease.
6480	blind	[.] BLIND, a. [.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect, or by deprivation;not having sight. [.] 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable to understand or judge; ignorant; as authors are blind to their ...
6481	blinded	[.] BLINDED, pp. Deprived of sight; deprived of intellectual discernment; made dark or obscure.
6482	blindfold	[.] BLINDFOLD, a. [blind and fold.] Having the eyes covered; having the mental eye darkened. [.] BLINDFOLD, v.t. To cover the eyes; to hinder from seeing.
6483	blindfolded	[.] BLINDFOLDED, pp. Having the eyes covered; hindered from seeing.
6484	blindfolding	[.] BLINDFOLDING, ppr. Covering the eyes;hindering from seeing.
6485	blinding	[.] BLINDING, ppr. Depriving of sight,or of understanding; obscuring.
6486	blindly	[.] BLINDLY, adv. Without sight, or understanding. [.] 1. Without discerning the reason; implicitly; without examination; as, to be blindly led by another. [.] 2. Without judgment or direction.
6487	blindness	[.] BLINDNESS, n. Want of bodily sight; want of intellectual discernment; ignorance.
6488	blindnettle	[.] BLINDNETTLE, n. A plant.
6489	blinds	[.] BLINDS, n. In the military art, a defense made of osiers or branches interwoven, and laid across two rows of stakes, four or five feet asunder, of the highth of a man, to shelter the workmen, and prevent their being overlooked by the enemy.
6490	blindside	[.] BLINDSIDE, n. [blind and side.] The side which is most easily assailed; or the side on which the party is least able or disposed to see danger; weakness; foible; weak part.
6491	blindworm	[.] BLINDWORM, n. [blind and worm.] A small reptile, called also slow worm, a species of Anguis, about eleven inches long, covered with scales, with a forked tongue, but harmless.
6492	blink	[.] BLINK, v.i. [.] 1. To wink; to twinkle with the eye. [.] 2. To see obscurely. Johnson. Is it not to see with the eyes half shut, or with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes? [.] [.] One eye was blinking and one leg was lame. [.] BLINK, n. A glimpse ...
6493	blinkard	[.] BLINK'ARD, n. [blink and ard,kind.] A person who blinks or has bad eyes; that which twinkles, or glances, as a dim star, which appears and disappears.
6494	blinking	[.] BLINK'ING, ppr. Winking; twinkling.
6495	bliss	[.] BLISS, n. The highest degree of happiness; blessedness; felicity; used of felicity in general, when of an exalted kind, but appropriately, of heavenly joys.
6496	blissful	[.] BLISS'FUL, a. Full ofjoy and felicity; happy in the highest degree.
6497	blissfully	[.] BLISS''FULLY, adv. In a blissful manner.
6498	blissfulness	[.] BLISS'FULNESS, n. Exalted happiness; felicity; fullness ofjoy.
6499	blissless	[.] BLISS'LESS, a. Destitute of bliss.
6500	blissom	[.] BLIS'SOM, v.i. To be lustful; to caterwaul. [Little used.]
6501	blister	[.] BLIS'TER, n. [.] 1. A pustule; a thin bladder on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn, or other injury, or by a vesicatory. It is formed by raising the cuticle. [.] 2. Any tumor made by the separation of the film or skin, ...
6502	blistered	[.] BLIS'TERED, pp. Having blisters or tumors.
6503	blistering	[.] BLIS'TERING, ppr. Raising a blister; applying a blistering plaster, or vesicatory.
6504	blite	[.] BLITE, n. [L. blitum.] A genus of plants, called strawberry spinach. [.] 1. A species of amaranth, or flower gentle.
6505	blithe	[.] BLITHE, a. [L. loetus; Eng. glad. See Bliss and glad.] [.] Gay; merry; joyous; sprightly; mirthful. [.] [.] For that fair female troop thou sawest, that seemed [.] [.] Of goddesses, so blithe, so smooth, so gay.
6506	blitheful	[.] BLI'THEFUL, a. Gay; full of gayeta.
6507	blithely	[.] BLI'THELY, adv. In a gay, joyful manner. [.]
6508	blitheness	[.] BLI'THENESS, n. Gayety; sprightliness; the quality of being blithe.
6509	blithesome	[.] BLI'THESOME, a. Gay; merry; cheerful.
6510	blithesomeness	[.] BLI'THESOMENESS, n. The quality of being blithesome; gayety.
6511	bloat	[.] BLOAT, v.t.[This word may be allied to bladder, from the sense of inflating, swelling.] [.] 1. To swell or make turgid, as with air; to inflate; to puff up; hence, to make vain; followed by up, but without necessity. To bloat up with praise is less elegant than ...
6512	bloated	[.] BLOATED, pp. Swelled; grown turgid; inflated.
6513	bloatedness	[.] BLOATEDNESS, n. A turgid state;turgidness; dilation from inflation, debility, or any morbid cause.
6514	bloating	[.] BLOATING, ppr. Swelling; inflating.
6515	blobberlipped	[.] BLOB'BERLIPPED, a. Having thick lips.
6516	blobberllip	[.] BLOB'BERLLIP, n. [blobber and lip.] A thick lip.
6517	blober	[.] BLO'BER, n. A bubble; pronounced by the common people in America, blubber, It is a legitimate word, but not elegant.
6518	block	[.] BLOCK, n. [.] 1. A heavy piece of timber or wood, usually with one plain surface;or it is rectangular, and rather thick than long. [.] 2. Any mass of matter with an extended surface; as a block of marble, a piece rough from the quarry. [.] 3. A massy body, ...
6519	block-tin	[.] BLOCK'-TIN, n. [block and tin.] Tin which is pure, unmixed, and unwrought.
6520	blockade	[.] BLOCKA'DE, n. The siege of a place,formed by surrounding it with hostile troops or ships, or by posting them at all the avenues, to prevent escape,and hinder supplies of provisions and ammunition from entering, with a view to compel a surrender,by hunger and want, ...
6521	blockaded	[.] BLOCKA'DED, pp. Shut up or inclosed by an enemy.
6522	blockading	[.] BLOCKA'DING, ppr. Besieging by a blockade.
6523	blockhead	[.] BLOCK'HEAD, n. [block and head.] A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
6524	blockheaded	[.] BLOCK'HEADED, a. Stupid; dull.
6525	blockheadly	[.] BLOCK'HEADLY, a. Like a blockhead.
6526	blockhouse	[.] BLOCK'HOUSE, n. [block and house.] A house or fortress, erected to block up a pass, and defend against the entrance of an enemy.
6527	blockish	[.] BLOCK'ISH, a. Stupid; dull; deficient in understanding.
6528	blockishly	[.] BLOCK'ISHLY, adv. In a stupid manner.
6529	blockishness	[.] BLOCK'ISHNESS, n. Stupidity; dullness.
6530	blocklike	[.] BLOCK'LIKE, a. Like a block; stupid.
6531	blomary	[.] BLO'MARY, n. [See Bloom, a mass if iron.] The first forge through which iron passes, after it is melted from the ore.
6532	blonket	[.] BLONK'ET, a. Gray. [Not used.]
6533	blood	[.] BLOOD, n. [.] 1. The fluid which circulates through the arteries and veins of the human body, and of other animals,which is essential to the preservation of life. This fluid is generally red. If the blood of an animal is not red, such animal is called exsanguious, ...
6534	blood-bespotted	[.] BLOOD-BESPOT'TED, a. Spotted with blood.
6535	blood-boltered	[.] BLOOD-BOLTERED, a. [blood and bolter.] Sprinkled with blood. [Not used.]
6536	blood-consuming	[.] BLOOD-CONSU'MING, a. Wasting the blood.
6537	blood-frozen	[.] BLOOD-FROZEN, a. Having the blood chilled.
6538	blood-hot	[.] BLOOD-HOT, a. [blood and hot.] As warm as blood in its natural temperature.
6539	blood-hound	[.] BLOOD-HOUND, n. [blood and hound.] A species of canis or dog, with long, smooth and pendulous ears, remarkable for the acuteness of its smell, and employed to recover game which had escaped wounded from the hunter, by tracing the lost animal by the blood it had spilt; ...
6540	blood-let	[.] BLOOD-LET, v.t. To bleed; to let blood.
6541	blood-letter	[.] BLOOD'-LETTER, n. One who lets blood, as in diseases; a phlebotomist.
6542	blood-root	[.] BLOOD'-ROOT, n. A plant so named from its color;a species of sanguinaria, called also puccoon, turmeric and red root.
6543	blood-sucker	[.] BLOOD'-SUCKER, n. [blood and suck.] Any animal that sucks blood, as a leech, a fly, &c. A cruel man; a murderer.
6544	blood-thirsty	[.] BLOOD'-THIRSTY, a. [blood and thirst.] Desirous to shed blood; murderous.
6545	blood-vessel	[.] BLOOD'-VESSEL, n. [blood and vessel.] Any vessel in which blood circulates in an animal body; an artery or a vein.
6546	blooded	[.] BLOOD'ED, pp. Bled; stained with blood; inured to blood.
6547	bloodguiltiness	[.] BLOOD'GUILTINESS, n. [blood and guilt.] The guilt or crime of shedding blood. Ps.51.
6548	bloodily	[.] BLOOD'ILY, adv. In a bloody manner; cruelly; with a disposition to shed blood.
6549	bloodiness	[.] BLOOD'INESS, n. The state of being bloody; disposition to shed blood.
6550	blooding	[.] BLOOD'ING, ppr. Letting blood; staining with blood; inuring to blood, as a hound.
6551	bloodless	[.] BLOOD'LESS, a. Without blood; dead. [.] 1. Without shedding of blood or slaughter; as a bloodless victory. [.] 2. Without spirit or activity.
6552	bloodletting	[.] BLOOD'LETTING, n. [blood and let.] The act of letting blood, or bleeding by opening a vein.
6553	bloodpudding	[.] BLOOD'PUDDING, n. [blood and pudding.] A pudding made with blood and other materials.
6554	bloodshed	[.] BLOOD'SHED, n. [blood and shed.] The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; waste of life; the crime of shedding blood.
6555	bloodshedder	[.] BLOOD'SHEDDER, n. One who sheds blood; a murderer.
6556	bloodshedding	[.] BLOOD'SHEDDING, n. The shedding of blood; the crime of shedding blood.
6557	bloodshot	[.] BLOOD'SHOT, a. [blood and shoot.] Red and inflamed by a turgid state of the blood vessels, as in diseases of the eye.
6558	bloodsnake	[.] BLOOD'SNAKE, n. A species of snake, the haemorrhus.
6559	bloodstone	[.] BLOOD'STONE, n. [blood and stone.] A stone, imagined, if worn as an amulet, to be a good preventive of bleeding at the nose. [See Hematite.]
6560	bloody	[.] BLOOD'Y, a. Stained with blood. [.] 1. Cruel; murderous; given to the shedding of blood; or having a cruel, savage disposition; applied to animals. [.] 2. Attended with bloodshed; marked by cruelty; applied to things; as a bloody battle. [.] BLOOD'Y, v.t. ...
6561	bloody-eyed	[.] BLOOD'Y-EYED, a. Having bloody or cruel eyes.
6562	bloody-faced	[.] BLOOD'Y-FACED, a. Having a bloody face or appearance.
6563	bloody-flux	[.] BLOOD'Y-FLUX, n. [blood and flux.] The dysentery, a disease in which the discharges from the bowels have a mixture of blood.
6564	bloody-hand	[.] BLOOD'Y-HAND, n. [blood and hand.] A hand stained with the blood of a deer,which,in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison.
6565	bloody-hunting	[.] BLOOD'Y-HUNTING, a. Hunting for blood.
6566	bloody-minded	[.] BLOOD'Y-MINDED, a. [blood and mind.] Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; barbarous; inclined to shed blood.
6567	bloody-red	[.] BLOOD'Y-RED, a. Having the color blood.
6568	bloody-sceptered	[.] BLOODY-SCEP'TERED, a. Having a scepter obtained by blood or slaughter.
6569	bloody-sweat	[.] BLOOD'Y-SWEAT, n. [blood and sweat.] A sweat, accompanied by a discharge of blood; also a disease, called sweating sickness, which formerly prevailed in England and other countries.
6570	bloom	[.] BLOOM n. [.] 1. Blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud. [.] [.] While opening blooms diffuse their sweets around. [.] 2. The opening of flowers in general; flowers open, or in a state of blossoming; as, the trees are clothed with bloom. [.] 3. ...
6571	blooming	[.] BLOOM'ING, ppr. Opening in blossoms; flowering; thriving in the health, beauty, and vigor of youth; showing the beauties of youth. [.] [.] His blooming laurels graced the muse's seat.
6572	bloomingly	[.] BLOOM'INGLY, adv. In a blooming manner.
6573	bloomy	[.] BLOOM'Y, a. Full of bloom; flowery; flourishing with the vigor of youth; as a bloomy spray; bloomy beauties.
6574	blore	[.] BLORE, n. [This is a different orthography of blare, which see.] [.] The act of blowing; a blast. [Not used.]
6575	blossom	[.] BLOS'SOM, n. [Gr. a bud, probably from the same root.] [.] 1. The flower or corol of a plant; a general term, applicable to every species of tree or plant, but more generally used than flower or bloom, when we have reference to the fruit which is to succeed. Thus ...
6576	blossoming	[.] BLOS'SOMING, ppr. Putting forth flowers; blowing. [.] BLOS'SOMING, n. The blowing or flowering of plants.
6577	blot	[.] BLOT, v.t. [L. litura,[whence lituro, oblitero.] without the prefix.] [.] 1. To spot with ink; to stain or bespatter with ink; as, to blot a paper. [.] 2. To obliterate writing or letters with ink, so as to render the characters invisible, or not distinguishable; ...
6578	blotch	[.] BLOTCH, n. A pustule upon the skin; an eruption, usually of a large kind. [.] BLOTCH, v.t. To blacken.
6579	blote	[.] BLOTE, v.t. [The affinities of this word are not clearly ascertained.] [.] To dry and smoke; as, to blote herrings.
6580	bloted	[.] BLO'TED, pp. Smoked and dried.
6581	blotted	[.] BLOT'TED, pp. Stained; spotted; erased.
6582	blotter	[.] BLOT'TER, n. In counting houses, a waste book.
6583	blotting	[.] BLOT'TING, ppr. Spotting with ink; obliterating; staining.
6584	blow	[.] BLOW, n. [This probably is a contracted word, and the primary sense must be, to strike, thrust, push, or throw, that is, to drive. I have not found it in the cognate dialects. If g or other palatal letter is lost, it corresponds in elements with the L.plaga [.] fligo; ...
6585	blow-ball	[.] BLOW-BALL, n. [blow and ball.] The flower of the dandelion.
6586	blow-pipe	[.] BLOW-PIPE, , n. [blow and pipe.] An instrument by which a blast or current of air is driven through the flame of a lamp or candle,and that flame directed upon a mineral substance, to fuse or vitrify it. [.] Blow-pipe of the artist, a conical tube of brass, glass or ...
6587	blow-point	[.] BLOW-POINT, n. [blow and point.] A kind of play among children.
6588	blower	[.] BLOWER, n. One who blows; one who is employed in melting tin. [.] 1. A plate of iron for drawing up a fire in a stove chimney.
6589	blowing	[.] BLOWING, ppr. Making a current of air; breathing quick; sounding a wind instrument; inflating; impelling by wind; melting tin. [.] BLOWING, n. The motion of wind or act of blowing.
6590	blown	[.] BLOWN, pp. Driven by wind; fanned; sounded by blowing; spread by report; swelled; inflated; expanded as a blossom.
6591	blowth	[.] BLOWTH, n. Bloom or blossom, or that which is expanded. It signifies bloom or blossoms in general, or the state of blossoming. Thus we say, trees are now in their blowth, or they have a full blowth.
6592	blowze	[.] BLOWZE, n. blowz. [From the same root as blush, which see.] [.] A ruddy fat-faced woman.
6593	blowzy	[.] BLOWZ'Y, a. Ruddy-faced; fat and ruddy; high colored.
6594	blub	[.] BLUB, v.t. To swell. [Not in use. See Bleb.]
6595	blubber	[.] BLUB'BER, n. [See Blobber, Blob and Bleb.] [.] 1. A blobber, or bubble; a common vulgar word, but legitimate. [.] 2. The fat of whales and other large sea animals, of which is made train-oil. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh. [.] 3. ...
6596	blubbered	[.] BLUB'BERED, pp. Swelled; big; turgid; as a blubbered lip.
6597	blubbering	[.] BLUB'BERING, ppr. Weeping so as to swell the cheeks.
6598	bludgeon	[.] BLUD'GEON, n. A short stick, with one end loaded or thicker and heavier than the other, and used as an offensive weapon by low persons.
6599	blue	[.] BLUE, a. blu. One of the seven colors, into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism. There are various shades of blue, as sky-blue, or azure, Prussian blue, indigo blue, smalt blue, &c. [.] Prussian blue, a combination of the ...
6600	blue-bird	[.] BLU'E-BIRD, n. [blue and bird.] A small bird, a species of Motacilla, very common in the U. States. The upper part of the body is blue,and the throat and breast, of a dirty red. It makes its nest in the hole of a tree.
6601	blue-bonnet	[.] BLU'E-BONNET, n. [blue and bonnet.] A plant, a species of Centaurea.
6602	blue-bottle	[.] BLU'E-BOTTLE, an. [blue and bottle.] A plant, a species of Centaurea, called Cyanus, which grows among corn. This and the former plant receive their names from their blue funnel-shaped flowers. [.] 1. A fly with a large blue belly.
6603	blue-cap	[.] BLU'E-CAP, n. [blue and cap.] A fish of the salmon kind, with blue spots on its head.
6604	blue-eyed	[.] BLU'E-EYED, a. Having blue eyes.
6605	blue-fish	[.] BLU'E-FISH, n. [blue and fish.] A fish, a species of Coryphaena, of the order of thoracics, found about the Bahamas, and on the coast of Cuba.
6606	blue-haired	[.] BLU'E-HAIRED, a. Having hair of a blue color.
6607	blue-john	[.] BLU'E-JOHN, n. Among miners, fluor spar, a mineral, found in the mines of Derbyshire, and fabricated into vases and other ornamental figures.
6608	blue-throat	[.] BLU'E-THROAT, n. [blue and throat.] A bird with a tawny breast, marked with a sky-blue crescent, inhabiting the northern parts of Europe and Asia.
6609	blue-veined	[.] BLU'E-VEINED, a. Having blue veins or streaks.
6610	bluely	[.] BLU'ELY, adv. With a blue color.
6611	blueness	[.] BLU'ENESS, n. The quality of being blue; a blue color.
6612	bluff	[.] BLUFF, a. [Eng.leap, from shooting forward.]surly; blustering. [.] BLUFF, n. A high bank, almost perpendicular, projecting into the sea; a high bank presenting a steep front.
6613	bluffness	[.] BLUFF'NESS, n. A swelling or bloatedness; surliness.
6614	bluish	[.] BLU'ISH, a. Blue in a small degree.
6615	bluishness	[.] BLU'ISHNESS, n. A small degree of blue color.
6616	blunder	[.] BLUN'DER, v.i. [This word seems to be allied to the Gr.,to err, and to flounder. The sense of the latter is to move with sudden jerks, and irregular motions.] [.] 1. To mistake grossly; to err widely or stupidly. [.] 2. To move without direction, or steady guidance; ...
6617	blunderbuss	[.] BLUN'DERBUSS, n. [blunder.] A short gun or fire-arm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim.
6618	blunderer	[.] BLUN'DERER, n. One who is apt to blunder, or to make gross mistakes; a careless person.
6619	blunderhead	[.] BLUN'DERHEAD, n. [blunder and head.] A stupid fellow; one who blunders.
6620	blundering	[.] BLUN'DERING, ppr. Moving or acting with blind precipitance; mistaking grossly; stumbling.
6621	blunderingly	[.] BLUN'DERINGLY, adv. In a blundering manner.
6622	blunt	[.] BLUNT, a. [from the root of Gr.to dull.] [.] 1. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp. [.] 2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment. [.] 3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners ...
6623	blunted	[.] BLUNT'ED, pp. Made dull; weakened; impaired; repressed.
6624	blunting	[.] BLUNT'ING, ppr. Making dull; repressing; impairing. [.] BLUNT'ING, n. Restraint.
6625	bluntly	[.] BLUNT'LY, adv. IN a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.
6626	bluntness	[.] BLUNT'NESS, n. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness. [.] 1. Coarseness of address; roughness of manners, rude sincerity or plainness.
6627	bluntwitted	[.] BLUNT'WITTED, a. [blunt and wit.] Dull; stupid.
6628	blur	...
6629	blurred	[.] BLUR'RED, pp. Darkened or stained; obscured.
6630	blurring	[.] BLUR'RING, ppr. Darkening or staining; spotting.
6631	blurt	[.] BLURT, v.t. [Allied probably to flirt, to throw.] [.] To throw out, or throw at random, hastily, or unadvisedly; to utter suddenly or inadvertently; commonly with out, and applied to words.
6632	blush	[.] BLUSH, v.i. [.] 1. To redden in the cheeks or face; to be suddenly suffused with a red color in the cheeks or face, from a sense of guilt, shame, confusion, modesty, diffidence or surprise; followed by at or for, before the cause of blushing; as, blush at your ...
6633	blushet	[.] BLUSH'ET, n. A young modest girl. [Not used.]
6634	blushing	[.] BLUSH'ING, ppr. Reddening in the cheeks or face; bearing a bright color.
6635	blushless	[.] BLUSH'LESS, a. Unblushing; past blushing; impudent.
6636	blushy	[.] BLUSH'Y, a. Like a blush; having the color of a blush.
6637	bluster	[.] BLUS'TER, v.i. [Probably allied to blaze, blast.] [.] 1. To be loud, noisy or swaggering; to bully; to purr; to swagger; as a turbulent or boasting person. [.] 2. To roar, and be tumultuous, as wind; to be boisterous; to be windy;; to hurry. [.] BLUS'TER, ...
6638	blusterer	[.] BLUS'TERER, n. A swaggerer; a bully; a noisy, tumultuous fellow, who makes great pretensions from vanity.
6639	blustering	[.] BLUS'TERING, ppr. Making a noise; puffing; boasting. [.] BLUS'TERING, a. Noisy; tumultuous; windy.
6640	blustrous	[.] BLUS'TROUS, a. Noisy; tumultuous; boastful.
6641	bo	[.] BO, exclam. A word of terror; a customary sound uttered by children to frighten their fellows.
6642	boa	[.] BO'A,n. A genus of serpents, of the class Amphibia, the characters of which are, the belly and tail are furnished with scuta. It includes the largest species of serpent, the constrictor, sometimes 30 or 40 feet long.
6643	boar	[.] BOAR, n. [L. aper, and verres.] The male of swine not castrated.
6644	boar-spear	[.] BOAR-SPEAR, n. A spear used in hunting boars.
6645	board	[.] BOARD, n. [.] 1. A piece of timber sawed thin and of considerable length and breadth, compared with the thickness, used for building and other purposes. [.] 2. A table. The table of our rude ancestors was a piece of board, perhaps originally laid upon the knees. ...
6646	board-load	[.] BOARD-LOAD, n. [bord and load.] The service required of a tenant to carry timber from the woods to the lord's house; also, the quantity of provision paid by a bord-man for bord-land.
6647	board-wages	[.] BOARD-WAGES, n. Wages allowed to servants to keep themselves in victuals.
6648	boardable	[.] BOARDABLE, a. That may be boarded, as a ship.
6649	boarded	[.] BOARDED, pp. Covered with boards; entered by armed men, as a ship; furnished with food for a compensation.
6650	boarder	[.] BOARDER, n. One who has food or diet and lodging in another's family for a reward. [.] 1. One who boards a ship in action; one who is selected to board ships.
6651	boarding	[.] BOARDING, ppr. Covering with boards; entering a ship by force; furnishing or receiving board, as a lodger, for a reward.
6652	boarding-school	[.] BOARDING-SCHOOL, n. A school, the scholars of which board with the teacher.
6653	boarish	[.] BOARISH, a. [from boar.] Swinish; brutal; cruel.
6654	boast	[.] BOAST, v.i. [Gr. to inflate; L. fastus.] [.] 1. To brag,or vaunt one's self; to make an ostentatious display, in speech, of one's own worth, property, or actions. [.] 2. To glory; to speak with laudable pride and ostentation of meritorious persons or things. [.] [.] I ...
6655	boaster	[.] BOASTER, n. One who boasts, glories or vaunts ostentatiously.
6656	boastful	[.] BOASTFUL,a. Given to boasting; ostentatious of personal worth or actions.
6657	boasting	[.] BOASTING, ppr. Talking ostentatiously; glorying; vaunting. [.] BOASTING, n. Ostentatious display of personal worth, or actions; a glorying or vaunting. [.] [.] Where is boasting then? Rom.3.
6658	boastingly	[.] BOASTINGLY, adv. In an ostentatious manner; with boasting.
6659	boastive	[.] BOASTIVE, a. Presumptuous. [Unusual.]
6660	boastless	[.] BOASTLESS, a. Without ostentation.
6661	boat	[.] BOAT, n. [.] 1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by oars, or rowing. The forms, dimensions and uses of boats are very various, and some of them carry a light sail. The different kinds of boats have different names, as, long-boat,lanch, barge, ...
6662	boat-bill	[.] BOAT-BILL, n. [boat and bill.] A genus of birds, the Cancroma, of two species, the crested and the brown; but by some ornithologists, they are considered as varieties of the same species. They are of the grallic order, with a bill four inches long, not unlike a boat ...
6663	boat-fly	[.] BOAT-FLY or BOAT-INSECT,n. A genus of insects, hemipters, known in zoology by the generic term Notonecta.
6664	boat-hook	[.] BOAT-HOOK, n. [boat and hook.] an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat.
6665	boat-rope	[.] BOAT-ROPE, n. [boat and rope.] A rope to fasten a boat,usually called a painter.
6666	boat-shaped	[.] BOAT-SHAPED, a. Having the shape of a boat; navicular; cymbiform; hollow like a boat; as the valve of some pericarps.
6667	boatable	[.] BOATABLE, a. Navigable for boats, or small river craft.
6668	boating	[.] BOATING, ppr. Transporting in boats. [.] BOATING, n. The act of practice of transporting in boats. [.] 1. In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders by laying them on the back in a boat which is covered, where they perish.
6669	boation	[.] BOA'TION, n. [L. boo.] A crying out; a roar. [Not used.]
6670	boatman	[.] BOATMAN
6671	boatsman	[.] BOATSMAN, n. [boat and man.] A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat.
6672	boatswain	[.] BOATSWAIN, n. In seamen's language, bosn. [.] An officer on board of ships, who has charge of the boats,sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables and cordage. His office is also, to summon the crew to their duty. to relieve the watch, assist in the necessary business ...
6673	bob	[.] BOB, n. Any little round thing, that plays loosely at the end of a string, cord, or movable machine; a little ornament or pendant that hangs so as to play loosely. [.] Our common people apply the word to a knot of worms, on a string,used in fishing for eels. [.] 1. ...
6674	bob-tailed	[.] BOB'-TAILED, a. Having the hair cut short.
6675	bob-wig	[.] BOB-WIG, n. [bob and wig.] A short wig.
6676	bobance	[.] BOBANCE, n. bobans'. A boasting. [Not in use.]
6677	bobbed	[.] BOB'BED, pp. Beat of shaken; cheated; gained by fraud; deluded.
6678	bobbin	[.] BOB'BIN, n. A small pin or cylindrical piece of wood, with a head, on which thread is wound for making lace. A similar instrument, bored through to receive an iron pivot, and with a border at each end,is used in spinning, to wind thread or silk on; a spool.
6679	bobbing	[.] BOB'BING, ppr. Playing back and forth; striking; cheating; angling for eels.
6680	bobbinwork	[.] BOB'BINWORK, n. [bobbin and work.] Work woven with bobbins.
6681	bobo	[.] BO'BO, n. A Mexican fish, two feet long, in high esteem for food.
6682	bobstays	[.] BOB'STAYS, n. [bob and stay.] Ropes to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem.
6683	bobtail	[.] BOB'TAIL, n. [bob and tail.] A short tail, or a tail cut short. [.] 1. The rabble; used in contempt.
6684	bocaque	[.] BOCAQUE or BOCAKE, n. An animal found on the banks of the Nieper, resembling a rabbit, except that its ears are shorter, and it has no tail.
6685	bocasine	[.] BOC'ASINE, n. A sort of fine linen or buckram.
6686	boce	[.] BOCE, n. The sparus, a beautiful fish.
6687	bockelet	[.] BOCK'ELET
6688	bockeret	[.] BOCK'ERET, n. A kind of long-winged hawk.
6689	bockland	[.] BOCK'LAND, n. [book and land.] In old English laws,charter land,held by deed under certain rents and free-services, which differed nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds.
6690	bode	[.] BODE, v.t. To portend; to foreshow; to presage; to indicate something future by signs; to be the omen of; most generally applied to things; as, our vices bode evil to the country. [.] BODE, v.i. To foreshow; to presage. [.] [.] This bodes well to you. [.] BODE, ...
6691	bodement	[.] BO'DEMENT, n. An omen; portent; prognostic; a fore-showing.
6692	bodge	[.] BODGE, v.i. [See Boggle.] To boggle; to stop. [Not used.] [.] BODGE, n. A botch. [Not used.]
6693	bodice	[.] BOD'ICE, n. Stays; a waistcoat, quilted with whalebone; worn by women.
6694	bodied	[.] BOD'IED, a. [from body.] Having a body.
6695	bodiless	[.] BOD'ILESS, a. [See Body.] Having no body or material form; incorporeal.
6696	bodily	[.] BOD'ILY, a. Having or containing a body or material form; corporeal; as bodily dimensions. [.] 1. Relating or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind; as bodily defects; bodily pain. [.] 2. Real; actual; as bodily act. [.] BOD'ILY, adv. Corporeally; ...
6697	boding	[.] BO'DING, ppr. [from bode.] Foreshowing; presaging. [.] BO'DING, n. An omen.
6698	bodkin	[.] BOD'KIN, n. [Gr.a thorn.] [.] 1. An instrument of steel; bone, ivory or the like, with a small blade, and a sharp point, for making holes by piercing. A like instrument with an eye, for drawing thread, tape, or ribin through a loop, &c. An instrument to dress ...
6699	bodleian	[.] BOD'LEIAN, a. Pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, who founded a celebrated library in the 16th century.
6700	body	[.] BOD'Y, n. [.] 1. The frame of an animal; the material substance of an animal, in distinction from the living principle of beasts, and the soul of man. [.] [.] Be not anxious for your body. [.] 2. Matter, as opposed to spirit. [.] 3. A person; a human being; ...
6701	body-clothes	[.] BOD'Y-CLOTHES, n. plu. [body and cloth.] [.] Clothing or covering for the body, as for a horse.
6702	body-guard	[.] BOD'Y-GUARD, n. The guard that protects or defense the person; the life guard. Hence, security.
6703	bog	[.] BOG, n. [.] 1. A quagmire covered with grass or other plants. It is defined by marsh, and morass, but differs from a marsh, as a part from the whole. Wet grounds are bogs, which are the softest and too soft to bear a man; marshes or fens, which are less soft, ...
6704	bog-ore	[.] BOG'-ORE, n. An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land.
6705	boggle	[.] BOG'GLE, v.i. [.] 1. To doubt; to hesitate; to stop, as if afraid to proceed, or as if impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to play fast and loose. We boggle at every unusual appearance. [.] 2. To dissemble. [.] BOG'GLE, v.t. To embarrass with difficulties; ...
6706	boggled	[.] BOG'GLED, pp. Perplexed and impeded by sudden difficulties; embarrassed.
6707	boggler	[.] BOG'GLER, n. A doubter; a timorous man.
6708	boggling	[.] BOG'GLING, ppr. Starting or stopping at difficulties; hesitating.
6709	bogglish	[.] BOG'GLISH, a. Doubtful. [Not used.]
6710	boggy	[.] BOG'GY, a. [from bog.] Containing bogs; full of bogs.
6711	boghouse	[.] BOG'HOUSE,n. [bog and house.] A house of office.
6712	bogle	[.] BO'GLE, or BOG'GLE, n. A bugbear.
6713	bohea	[.] BOHE'A, n. A species of coarse or low priced tea from China; a species of black tea.
6714	boiar	[.] BOI'AR or BOY'AR, n. In the Russian Empire, a nobleman; a lord; a person of quality; a soldier. This word answers nearly to Baron in Great Britain, and other countries in the west of Europe.
6715	boiarin	[.] BOI'ARIN, n. In Russia, a gentleman; a person of distinction; the master of a family.
6716	boil	[.] BOIL, v.i. [L. bullio, bulla, a bubble.] [.] 1. To swell,heave, or be agitated by the action of heat; to bubble; to rise in bubbles; as, the water boils. In a chimical sense, to pass from a liquid to an aeriform state or vapor, with a bubbling motion. [.] 2. ...
6717	boiled	[.] BOIL'ED, pp. Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of boiling liquor.
6718	boiler	[.] BOIL'ER, n. A person who boils. [.] 1. A vessel in which any thing is boiled. A large pan, or vessel of iron, copper or brass, used in distilleries, pot-ash works and the like, for boiling large quantities of liquor at once.
6719	boilery	[.] BOIL'ERY, n. A place for boiling and the apparatus.
6720	boiling	[.] BOIL'ING, ppr. Bubbling; heaving in bubbles; being agitated as boiling liquor; swelling with heat, ardor or passion; dressing or preparing for some purpose by hot water. [.] BOIL'ING, n. The act or state of bubbling; agitation by heat; ebullition; the act of ...
6721	boiobi	[.] BOIO'BI, n. A green snake, found in America, an ell in length, called by the Portuguese, cobra de verb. It is harmless, unless provoked; but its bite is noxious.
6722	boisterous	[.] BOIS'TEROUS, a. [.] 1. Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; as a boisterous wind. [.] 2. Turbulent; furious; tumultuous; noisy; as a boisterous man. [.] 3. Large; unwieldy; huge; clumsily violent; as a boisterous club. [.] 4. Violent; as a boisterous heat. ...
6723	boisterously	[.] BOIS'TEROUSLY, adv. Violently; furiously; with loud noise; tumultuously.
6724	boisterousness	[.] BOIS'TEROUSNESS, n. The state or quality of being boisterous; turbulence; disorder; tumultuousness.
6725	boitiapo	[.] BOITI'APO, n. A Brazilian serpent, about eight feet long, covered with triangular scales, of an olive or yellowish color, whose bite is mortal.
6726	bolary	[.] BO'LARY, a. [See Bole.] Pertaining to bole or clay, or partaking of its nature and qualities.
6727	bolbitine	[.] BOL'BITINE, a. An epithet given to one of the channels of the Nile, by which its waters are discharged into the Mediterranean. It is the second from West to East, but nearly filled with sand.
6728	bold	[.] BOLD, a. [.] 1. Daring; courageous; brave; intrepid; fearless; applied to men or other animals; as, bold as a lion. [.] 2. Requiring courage in the execution; executed with spirit or boldness; planned with courage and spirit; as a bold enterprise. [.] 3. ...
6729	bold-face	[.] BOLD-FACE, n. [bold and face.] Impudence; sauciness; a term of reprehension, and reproach.
6730	bold-faced	[.] BOLD-FACED, a. Impudent.
6731	bolden	[.] BOLDEN, v.t. To make bold; to give confidence. This is nearly disused; being superseded by embolden.
6732	boldly	[.] BOLDLY, adv. In a bold matter; courageously; intrepidly; without timidity or fear; with confidence. Sometimes, perhaps, in a bad sense, for impudently.
6733	boldness	[.] BOLDNESS, n. Courage; bravery; intrepidity; spirit; fearlessness. I cannot, with Johnson, interpret this word by fortitude or magnanimity. Boldness does not, I think, imply the firmness of mind, which constitutes fortitude,nor the elevation and generosity of magnanimity. [.] 1. ...
6734	bole	[.] BOLE, n. [.] 1. The body, or stem of a tree. [Not in use.] [.] 2. A measure of corn, containing six bushels. [.] [.] BOLE, n. A kind of fine clay, often highly colored by iron. Its color is reddish yellow of various shades, often with a tinge of brown, ...
6735	boletic	[.] BOLET'IC, a. Boletic acid is the acid of Boletus, a genus of mushrooms.
6736	boletus	[.] BOLE'TUS, n. [L.] A genus of mushrooms, containing many species.
6737	bolguacu	[.] BOLGU'ACU, n. The largest of the serpent kind, and said to be forty feet long.
6738	bolis	[.] BO'LIS,n. [L. from Gr.,a dart; to throw.] [.] A fire-ball darting through the air, followed by a train of light or sparks.
6739	boll	[.] BOLL, n. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax; a pericarp. Bole, a measure of six bushels, is sometimes written in this manner. [.] BOLL, v.i. To form into a pericarp or seed-vessel. [.] [.] The barley was in the ear and the flax was bolled. Exodus 9. [.] [.] Heb.,Gr., ...
6740	bolster	[.] BOLSTER, n. [.] 1. A long pillow or cushion,used to support the head of persons lying on a bed; generally laid under the pillows. [.] 2. A pad, or quilt,used to hinder pressure,support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part a compress. [.] 3. ...
6741	bolstered	[.] BOLSTERED, a. Swelled out.
6742	bolsterer	[.] BOLSTERER, n. A supporter.
6743	bolstering	[.] BOLSTERING,n. A prop or support.
6744	bolt	[.] BOLT,n. [L. pello.] [.] 1. An arrow; a dart; a pointed shaft. [.] 2. A strong cylindrical pin, of iron or other metal, used to fasten a door, a plank, a chain, &c. In ships, bolts are used in the sides and decks, and have different names, as rag-bolts, eye-bolts, ...
6745	bolt-auger	[.] BOLT-AUGER, n. [bolt and auger.] A large borer, used in ship-building.
6746	bolt-boat	[.] BOLT-BOAT, N. [bolt and boat.] A strong boat that will endure a rough sea.
6747	bolt-head	[.] BOLT-HEAD, n. [bolt and head.] A long straight-necked glass vessel for chimical distillations, called also a matrass or receiver.
6748	bolt-rope	[.] BOLT-ROPE, n. [bolt and rope.] A rope to which the edges of sails are sewed to strengthen them. That part of it on the perpendicular side is called the leech-rope; that at the bottom, the foot-rope; that at the top, the head-rope.
6749	bolt-sprit	[.] BOLT-SPRIT, n. [From the universal popular pronunciation of this word, this may have been the original word; but I doubt it. See. Bowspirit.]
6750	bolted	[.] BOLTED, pp. Made a fast with a bolt; shot forth; sifted; examined.
6751	bolter	[.] BOLTER, n. An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour or the coarser part of meal from the finer. [.] 1. A kind of net.
6752	bolting	[.] BOLTING,ppr. Fastening with a bolt, or bolts; blurting out; shooting forth suddenly; separating bran from flour; sifting; examining; discussing; dislodging. [.] BOLTING, n. The act of fastening with a bolt or bolts; a sifting; discussion.
6753	bolting-cloth	[.] BOLTING-CLOTH, n. [bolt and cloth.] A linen or hair cloth of which bolters are made for sifting meal.
6754	bolting-house	[.] BOLTING-HOUSE, n. [bolt and house.] The house or place where meal is bolted.
6755	bolting-hutch	[.] BOLTING-HUTCH, n. A tub for bolted flour.
6756	bolting-mill	[.] BOLTING-MILL, n, [bolt and mill.] A machine or engine for sifting meal.
6757	bolting-tub	[.] BOLTING-TUB, n. A tub to sift meal in.
6758	bolus	[.] BO'LUS, n. [L. bolus; Gr. a mass.] A soft mass of any thing medicinal to be swallowed at once, like a pill. It may be of any ingredients, made a little thicker than honey.
6759	bom	[.] BOM, n. A large serpent found in America, of a harmless nature, and remarkable for uttering a sound like bom.
6760	bomb	[.] BOMB, [L. bombus.] A great noise. [.] 1. A large shell of cast iron, round and hollow, with a vent to receive a fusee, which is made of wood. This being filled with gunpowder and the fusee driven into the vent, the fusee is set on fire and the bomb is thrown from ...
6761	bombard	[.] BOM'BARD, n. [bomb and ard, kind.] [.] 1. A piece of short thick ordnance with a large mouth, formerly used; some of them carrying a ball of three hundred pounds weight. It is called also basilisk, and by the Dutch, donderbuss, thunder-gun. But the thing and the ...
6762	bombarded	[.] BOMB'ARDED, pp. Attacked with bombs.
6763	bombardier	[.] BOMBARDIE'R, n. One whose business is to attend the loading and firing of mortars. [.] 1. Carabus, a genus of insects of the beetle kind.
6764	bombarding	[.] BOMB'ARDING, ppr. Attacking with shells or bombs.
6765	bombardment	[.] BOMB'ARDMENT, n. An attack with bombs; the act of throwing bombs into a town, fort or ship.
6766	bombardo	[.] BOMB'ARDO, n. A musical instrument of the wind kind,much like the bassoon, and used as a base to the hautboy.
6767	bombasin	[.] BOMBASIN, n. s as z. A name given to two sorts of stuffs, one of silk, the other crossed of cotton.
6768	bombast	[.] BOM'BAST, n. Originally a stuff of soft loose texture, used to swell garments. Hence, high sounding words; an inflated style; fustian; a serious attempt, by strained description, to raise a low or familiar subject beyond its rank, which, instead of being sublime, ...
6769	bombastic	[.] BOMBAS'TIC, a. Swelled; high sounding; bombast.
6770	bombastry	[.] BOM'BASTRY, n. Swelling words without much meaning; fustian.
6771	bombiat	[.] BOM'BIAT, n. A salt formed by the bombic acid and any base saturated.
6772	bombic	[.] BOM'BIC, a. [L.bombyx, a silk worm.] [.] Pertaining to the silk worm; as bombic acid.
6773	bombilation	[.] BOMBILA'TION, n. [L. bombilo.] Sound; report; noise. [Little used.]
6774	bombycinous	[.] BOMBYC'INOUS, a. [L. bombycinus, from bombyx, a silk worm.] [.] 1. Silken; made of silk. [.] 2. Being of the color of the silk worm; transparent, with a yellow tint.
6775	bon-chretien	[.] BON-CHRETIEN, n. A species of pear.
6776	bona-fide	[.] BO'NA-FIDE, [L.] With good faith; without fraud or deception.
6777	bona-roba	[.] BONA-ROBA, n. A showy wanton.
6778	bonair	[.] BONA'IR, a. [L. bonus.] Complaisant; yielding. [Not used.]
6779	bonasus	[.] BONA'SUS, n. [L.] A species of Bos, or wild ox, with a long mane; a native of Asia and Africa. It is of the size of a bull.
6780	bond	[.] BOND, n. [.] 1. Anything that binds, as a cord, a chain, a rope; a band. [.] 2. Ligament; that which holds things together. [.] 3. Union; connection; a binding. [.] [.] Let walls be so constructed as to make a good bond. [.] 4. In the plural, chains; ...
6781	bondage	[.] BOND'AGE, n. Slavery or involuntary servitude; captivity; imprisonment; restraint of a person's liberty by compulsion. In ancient English law, villenage. [.] 1. Obligation; tie of duty. [.] [.] He must resolve not to be brought under the bondage of observing ...
6782	bonded	[.] BOND'ED, pp. Secured by bond, as duties. Bonded goods are those for the duties on which bonds are given at the custom house.
6783	bondmaid	[.] BOND'MAID, n. [bond and maid.] A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, in opposition to a hired servant.
6784	bondman	[.] BOND'MAN, n. [bond and man.] A man slave, or one bound to service without wages. In old English law, a villain, or tenant in villenage.
6785	bondservant	[.] BOND'SERVANT, n. [bond and servant.] A slave; one who is subjected to the authority of another, or whose person and liberty are restrained.
6786	bondservice	[.] BOND'SERVICE, n. [bond and service.] The condition of a bond-servant;slavery.
6787	bondslave	[.] BOND'SLAVE, n. [bond and slave.] A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.
6788	bondsman	[.] BONDS'MAN, n. [bond and man.] A slave. [.] 1. A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another.
6789	bondswoman	[.] BONDS'WOMAN,
6790	bonduc	[.] BON'DUC, n. A species of Guilandina, or nickar tree, the yellow nickar, a climbing plant, a native of the West Indies, bearing a pod containing two hard seeds of the size of a child's marble.
6791	bone	[.] BONE, n. [.] 1. A firm hard substance of a dull white color, composing some part of the frame of an animal body. The bones of an animal support all the softer parts, as the flesh and vessels. They vary in texture in different bones, and in different parts of the ...
6792	bone-ace	[.] BO'NE-ACE, n. [bone and ace.] A game at cards, in which he who has the highest card turned up to him, wins the bone, that is, one half the state.
6793	bone-ache	[.] BO'NE-ACHE, n. Pain in the bones.
6794	bone-set	[.] BO'NE-SET, v.t. [bone and set.] To set a dislocated bone; to unite broken bones. [.] BO'NE-SET, n. A plant, the thorough-wort, a species of Eupatorium.
6795	bone-setter	[.] BO'NE-SETTER, n. [bone and set.] One whose occupation is to set, and restore broken and dislocated bones.
6796	bone-setting	[.] BO'NE-SETTING, n. That branch of surgery which consists in replacing broken and luxated bones; the practice of setting bones.
6797	bone-spavin	[.] BO'NE-SPAVIN, n. [bone and spavin.] A bony excrescence, or hard swelling, on the inside of the hock of a horse's leg; usually cured by blistering and firing, or caustic blisters.
6798	boned	[.] BO'NED, pp. Deprived of bones, as in cookery. [.] BO'NED a. Having bones; used in composition; as high-boned; strong-boned.
6799	bonelacae	[.] BO'NELACAE, n. [bone and lace.] A lace made of linen thread, so called because made with bobbins of bone, or for its stiffness.
6800	boneless	[.] BO'NELESS, a. Without bones; wanting bones; as boneless gums.
6801	bonetta	[.] BONET'TA, n. A sea fish.
6802	bonfire	[.] BON'FIRE, n. A fire made as an expression of public joy and exultation.
6803	bongrace	[.] BON'GRACE, n. A covering for the forehead.
6804	bonify	[.] BO'NIFY, v.t. To convert into good. [Not used.]
6805	bonito	[.] BONITO, n. A fish of the tunny kind, growing to the length of three feet, and found on the American coast, and in the tropical climates. It has a greenish back, and a white silvery belly.
6806	bonmot	[.] BON'MOT, n. A jest; a witty repartee. This word is not anglicized, and may be pronounced bomo.
6807	bonnet	[.] BON'NET, n. [.] 1. A covering for the head, in common use before the introduction of hats. The word, as now used, signifies a cover for the head, worn by females, close at the sides, and projecting over the forehead.
6808	bonnet-pepper	[.] BON'NET-PEPPER, n. A species of Capsicum, or guinea pepper.
6809	bonnibel	[.] BON'NIBEL, n. A handsome girl.
6810	bonnilass	[.] BON'NILASS, n. A beautiful girl.
6811	bonnily	[.] BON'NILY, adv. Gayly; handsomely; plumply.
6812	bonniness	[.] BON'NINESS, n. Gayety; handsomeness; plumpness. [Little used.]
6813	bonny	[.] BON'NY, a. [L.bonus.] [.] 1. Handsome; beautiful. [.] [.] Till bonny Susan sped across the plain. [.] 2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. [.] [.] Blithe and bonny. [.] 3. In familiar language, plump, as plump and healthful persons are most inclined ...
6814	bonny-clabber	[.] BON'NY-CLABBER, n. A word used in Ireland for sour buttermilk. [.] It is used, in America, for any milk that is turned or become thick in the process of souring, and applied only to that part which is thick.
6815	bonten	[.] BON'TEN, n. A narrow woolen stuff.
6816	bonus	[.] BONUS, n. [L.] A premium given for a charter or other privilege granted to a company.
6817	bony	[.] BO'NY, a. [from bone.] Consisting of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones. [.] 1. Having large or prominent bones; stout;strong.
6818	bonze	[.] BON'ZE, n. bon'zy. An Indian priest; a name used in China, Tunkin and the neighboring countries. In China, the Bonzes are the priests of the Fohists, or sect of Fohi. They are distinguished from the laity by their dress. In Japan, they are gentlemen of family. ...
6819	booby	[.] BOO'BY, n. [.] 1. A dunce; a stupid fellow; a lubber; one void of wisdom, or intellect. [.] 2. A fowl of the pelican genus, of a brown and white color, much varied in different individuals. This fowl is found among the Bahama isles, feeds upon fish and lays ...
6820	book	[.] BOOK, n. [Like the Latin liber, book signifies primarily bark and beech, the tree being probably named from its bark.] [.] A general name of every literary composition which is printed; but appropriately, a printed composition bound; a volume. The name is given also ...
6821	book-account	[.] BOOK-ACCOUNT',n. [book and account.] An account or register of debt or credit in a book.
6822	book-keeping	[.] BOOK'-KEEPING, n. [book and keep.] The art of recording mercantile transactions in a regular and systematic manner; the art of keeping accounts in such a manner, that a man may know the true state of his business and property, or of his debts and credits, by an inspection ...
6823	bookbinder	[.] BOOK'BINDER, n. [book and bind.] One whose occupation is to bind books. [.]
6824	bookbinding	[.] BOOK'BINDING,n. The art or practice of binding books; or of sewing [.] the sheets,and covering them with leather or other material.
6825	booked	[.] BOOK'ED, pp. Written in a book; registered.
6826	bookful	[.] BOOK'FUL, a. [book and full.] Full of notions gleaned from books; crowded with undigested learning.
6827	booking	[.] BOOK'ING, ppr. Registering in a book.
6828	bookish	[.] BOOK'ISH, a. Given to reading; fond of study; more acquainted with books than with men.
6829	bookishly	[.] BOOK'ISHLY, adv. In the way of being addicted to books or much reading.
6830	bookishness	[.] BOOK'ISHNESS, n. Addictedness to books; fondness for study.
6831	bookland	[.] BOOK'LAND
6832	booklearned	[.] BOOK'LEARNED, a. [book and learn.] Versed in books; acquainted with books and literature; a term sometimes implying an ignorance of men, or of the common concerns of life. [.] [.]
6833	booklearning	[.] BOOK'LEARNING, n. Learning acquired by reading; acquaintance with books and literature; sometimes implying want of practical knowledge.
6834	bookless	[.] BOOK'LESS, a. [book and less.] Without books;unlearned.
6835	bookmaking	[.] BOOK'MAKING, n. The practice of writing and publishing books.
6836	bookman	[.] BOOK'MAN, n. [book and man.] A man whose profession is the study of books.
6837	bookmate	[.] BOOK'MATE,n. [book and mate.] A school-fellow.
6838	bookoath	[.] BOOK'OATH, n. The oath made on the book, or Bible.
6839	bookseller	[.] BOOK'SELLER, n. [book and sell.] One whose occupation is to see books.
6840	bookstore	[.] BOOKSTORE, n. A shop where books are sold.
6841	bookworm	[.] BOOK'WORM, n. [book and worm.] A worm or mite that eats holes in books. [.] 1. A student closely attached to books,or addicted to study; also, a reader without judgment.
6842	booley	[.] BOO'LEY, n. In Ireland, one who has not settled habitation,but wanders from place to place, with his flocks and herds, living on their milk, like the Tartars.
6843	boom	[.] BOOM, n. A long pole or spar, run out from various parts of a ship, or other vessel, for the purpose of extending the bottom of particular sails; as the jib-boom, studding-sail boom, main-boom, square-sail boom. &c. [.] 1. A strong iron chain, fastened to spars, ...
6844	boon	[.] BOON, n. [L. bonus.] [.] 1. A gift; a grant; a benefaction; a present; a favor granted. [.] 2. A prayer, or petition. [.] BOON, a. [L. bonus.] Gay; merry; kind; bountiful; as a boon companion.
6845	boops	[.] BO'OPS, n. The pike-headed whale, with a double pipe in its snout,and a hard horny ridge on its back; so names from its sharp pointed nose.
6846	boor	[.] BOOR, n. A countryman; a peasant; a rustic; a plowman; a clown; hence, one who is rude in manners, and illiterate.
6847	boorish	[.] BOOR'ISH, a. Clownish; rustic; awkward in manners, and illiterate.
6848	boorishly	[.] BOOR'ISHLY, adv. In a clownish manner.
6849	boorishness	[.] BOOR'ISHNESS, n. Clownishness; rusticity, coarseness of manners.
6850	boose	[.] BOOSE, n. [Heb. a stall or crib.] A stall or inclosure for an ox, cow or other cattle. Not used or local.] [.] BOOSE
6851	boost	[.] BOOST, v.t. To lift or raise by pushing; to push up. [A common vulgar wood in N. England.]
6852	boosy	[.] BOO'SY, a. boo'zy. A little intoxicated; merry with liquor. [Vulgar.]
6853	boot	[.] BOOT, v.t. [Eng. but. The primary sense of the root is to advance, or carry forward.] [.] 1. To profit; to advantage [.] [.] It shall not boot them. [.] 2. To enrich; to benefit. [.] [.] I will boot thee. [.] BOOT, n. Profit; gain; advantage; that which ...
6854	bootcatcher	[.] BOOT'CATCHER, n. [boot and catch.] The person at an inn whose business is to pull off boots.
6855	booted	[.] BOOT'ED, pp. Having boots on.
6856	bootee	[.] BOOTEE', n. A word sometimes used for a half or short boot.
6857	bootes	[.] BOO'TES,n. A northern constellation; consisting, according to Flamstead's catalogue, of fifty-four stars.
6858	booth	[.] BOOTH, n. [Heb. beth, a house or booth, a nest for birds.] [.] A house or shed built of boards, boughs of trees, or other slight materials, for a temporary residence.
6859	bootleg	[.] BOOT'LEG, n. [boot and leg.] Leather cutout for the leg of a boot.
6860	bootless	[.] BOOT'LESS, a. [from boot.] Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or success.
6861	bootlessly	[.] BOOT'LESSLY, adv. Without use or profit.
6862	booty	[.] BOOT'Y, n. [.] 1. Spoil taken from an enemy in war; plunder; pillage. [.] 2. That which is seized by violence and robbery. [.] To play booty is to play dishonestly with an intent to lose.
6863	booze	[.] BOOZE, v.i. booz. To drink freely; to tope; to guzzle. [A vulgar word.]
6864	bopeep	[.] BOPEE'P,n. [bo, an exclamation, and peep.] The act of looking out or from behind something and drawing back, as children in play, for the purpose of frightening each other.
6865	bor	[.] BOR, Sav. bur, signifies a chamber or a cottage.
6866	borable	[.] BO'RABLE, a. [See Bore.] That may be bored. [Little used.]
6867	borachio	[.] BORACH'IO, n. A drunkard. [.] 1. A bottle or cask. [Not used.]
6868	boracic	[.] BORAC'IC, a. [See Borax.] Pertaining to or produced from borax. [.] Boracic acid, a compound of a peculiar base, boron, with oxygen. It is generally obtained from borax, by adding sulfuric acid. It is also found native, in certain mineral springs in Italy.
6869	boracite	[.] BO'RACITE, n. Borate of magnesia; magnesian earth combined with boracic acid. It is generally of a cubic form, and remarkable for its electrical properties when heated.
6870	boracited	[.] BO'RACITED, a. Combined with boracic acid.
6871	borage	[.] BORAGE,n. bur'rage. A plant of the genus Borago.
6872	borate	[.] BO'RATE, n. A salt formed by a combination of boracic acid with any base saturated.
6873	borax	[.] BO'RAX, n. Sub-borate of soda; a salt formed by the combination of boracic acid with the marine alkali or soda. It is brought from the East Indies, where it is said to be found at the bottom or on the margin of certain lakes,particularly in Thibet. It is said to ...
6874	bord-halfpenny	[.] BORD-HALFPENNY, n. Money paid for setting up boards or a stall in market.
6875	bord-land	[.] BORD-LAND, n. [bord and land.] See Board.] [.] In old law, the demain land which a lord kept in his hands for the maintenance of his bord, board, or table.
6876	bord-lode	[.] BORD-LODE
6877	bord-man	[.] BORD-MAN, n. [bord and man.] A tenant of bord-land, who supplied his lord with provisions.
6878	bordage	[.] BORDAGE, n. [See Bordlands.]
6879	bordel	[.] BORD'EL
6880	bordeller	[.] BORD'ELLER, n. The keeper of a brothel.
6881	bordello	[.] BORDEL'LO, n. [This is the Eng. brothel.] A brothel; a bawdy-house; a house devoted to prostitution.
6882	border	[.] BORD'ER, n. The outer edge of any thing; the extreme part or surrounding line; the confine or exterior limit of a country, or of any region or tract of land; the exterior part or edge of a garment, or of the corol of plants; the rim or brim of a vessel, but not often ...
6883	bordered	[.] BORD'ERED, pp. Adorned or furnished with a border.
6884	borderer	[.] BORD'ERER, n. One who dwells on a border, or at the extreme part or confines of a country, region or tract of land; one who dwells near to a place.
6885	bordering	[.] BORD'ERING, ppr. Lying adjacent to; forming a border.
6886	bordure	[.] BORD'URE, n. In heraldry, a tract or compass of metal, color or fur, within the escutcheon, and around it.
6887	bore	[.] BORE, v.t. [L. foro and perforo, to bore, to perforate; Gr. to pierce or transfix; also, to pass over, in which sense it coincides with ferry; L. veru, from thrusting or piercing, coincide in elements with this root. [.] 1. To perforate or penetrate a solid body ...
6888	bore-cole	[.] BO'RE-COLE, n. A species of Brassica or cabbage.
6889	boreal	[.] BO'REAL, a. [L. borealis. See Boreas.] Northern; pertaining to the north or the north wind.
6890	boreas	[.] BO'REAS, n. [L. boreas; Gr. the north wind.] The northern wind; a cold northerly wind.
6891	bored	[.] BO'RED, pp. Perforated by an auger or other turning instrument; made hollow.
6892	boree	[.] BOREE', n. A certain dance, or movement in common time, of four crotchets in a bar; always beginning in the last quaver or last crotchet of the measure.
6893	borer	[.] BO'RER, n. One who bores; also an instrument to make holes with by turning. [.] 1. Terebella, the piercer, a genus of sea worms, that pierce wood.
6894	born	[.] BORN, pp. of bear. baurn. Brought forth, as an animal. A very useful distinction is observed by good authors, who, in the sense of produced or brought forth, write this word born; but in the sense of carried, write it borne. This difference of orthography renders ...
6895	borne	[.] BORNE, pp. of bear. Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. [.] BORNE,n. The more correct orthography of bourn, a limit or boundary. [See Bourn.]
6896	boron	[.] BO'RON, n. The undecomposable base of boracic acid.
6897	borough	[.] BOROUGH, n. bur'ro. [L.parcus, saving.] Originally, a fortified city or town; hence a hill, for hills were selected for places of defense. But in later times, the term city was substituted to denote an episcopal town, in which was the see of a bishop, and that of ...
6898	borough-holder	[.] BOROUGH-HOLDER, n. A head-borough; a borsholder.
6899	borough-master	[.] BOROUGH-MASTER,n. The mayor, governor or baliff of a borough.
6900	borrachio	[.] BORRACH'IO, n. The caoutchouc, India rubber, or elastic gum. [See caoutchouc.]
6901	borrelists	[.] BOR'RELISTS, n. In church history, a sect of Christians in Holland, so called from Borrel, their founder, who reject the use of the sacraments, public prayer and all external worship. They lead a very austere life.
6902	borrow	[.] BOR'ROW, v.t. [.] 1. To take from another by request and consent, with a view to use the thing taken for a time, and return it, or if the thing taken is to be consumed or transferred in the use, then to return an equivalent in kind; as, to borrow a book, a sum of ...
6903	borrowed	[.] BOR'ROWED, pp. Taken by consent of another, to be returned or its equivalent in kind; copies; assumed.
6904	borrower	[.] BOR'ROWER, n. One who borrows; opposed to lender. [See the verb.] [.] 1. One who takes what belongs to another to use as one's own.
6905	borrowing	[.] BOR'ROWING, ppr. Taking by consent to use and return, or to return its equivalent; taking what belongs to another to use as one's own; copying; assuming; imitating. [.] BOR'ROWING, n. The act of borrowing. [See the verb.]
6906	borsholder	[.] BORS'HOLDER, n. [A contraction of burh's ealdor, borough's elder, the elder or chief of a borough.] [.] The head or chief of a tithing or burg of ten men;; the head-borough.
6907	bos	[.] BOS, n. [L.] In zoology, the technical name of a genus of quadrupeds. The characters are, the horns are hollow within and turned outward in the form of crescents; there are eight fore teeth in the under jaw, but none in the upper; there are no dog teeth. The species ...
6908	boscage	[.] BOSC'AGE, n. [Eng.bush.] [.] 1. Wood; under-wood; perhaps, sometimes, lands covered with underwood; also, a thicket. [.] 2. In old laws, food or sustenance for cattle, which is yielded by bushes and trees. [.] 3. With painters, a landscape, representing thickets ...
6909	boschas	[.] BOS'CHAS, n. The common wild duck, or mallard, belonging to the genus Anas.
6910	bosh	[.] BOSH, n. Outline; figure.
6911	bosket	[.] BOSK'ET
6912	bosky	[.] BOSK'Y, a. [See Boscage.] Woody; covered with thickets.
6913	bosom	[.] BO'SOM, n. s as z. [.] 1. The breast of a human being and the parts adjacent. [.] 2. The folds or covering of clothes about the breast. [.] [.] Put thy hand in thy bosom. Ex.4. [.] 3. Embrace, as with the arms; inclosure; compass; often implying friendship ...
6914	bosomed	[.] BO'SOMED, pp. Inclosed in the breast; concealed.
6915	boson	[.] BO'SON, n. A boatswain; a popular, but corrupt pronunciation. [.] [.] The merry bosom.
6916	bosporian	[.] BOSPO'RIAN, a. [from Bosporus.] Pertaining to a bosporus, a strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a sea and a lake. [.] [.] The Alans forced the Bosporian kings to pay them tribute, and exterminated the Taurians.
6917	bosporus	[.] BOS'PORUS, n. [Gr. an ox, and a passage.] [.] A narrow sea or a strait, between two seas or between a sea and a lake, so called, it is supposed, as being an ox-passage, a strait over which an ox may swim. So our northern ancestors called a strait, a sound, that is, ...
6918	bosquet	[.] BOS'QUET
6919	boss	[.] BOSS, n. [.] 1. A stud or knob; a protuberant ornament, of silver, ivory, or other material, used on bridles,harness, &c. [.] 2. A protuberant part; a prominence; as the boss of a buckler. [.] 3. A round or swelling body of any kind; as a boss of wood. [.] 4. ...
6920	bossage	[.] BOSS'AGE, n. [.] 1. A stone in a building which has a projecture, and is laid rough, to be afterwards carved into moldings, capitals, coats of arms, &c. [.] 2. Rustic work, consisting of stones which advance beyond the naked or level of the building, by reason ...
6921	bossed	[.] BOSS'ED, pp. Studded; ornamented with bosses.
6922	bossive	[.] BOSS'IVE, a. Crooked; deformed.
6923	bossy	[.] BOSS'Y, a. Containing a boss; ornamented with bosses. [.] [.] His head reclining on his bossy shield.
6924	bostry-chite	[.] BOS'TRY-CHITE, n. A gem in the form of a lock of hair.
6925	bosvel	[.] BOS'VEL, n. A plant, a species of crowfoot.
6926	bot	[.] BOT. [See Bots.]
6927	botanic	[.] BOTAN'IC
6928	botanical	[.] BOTAN'ICAL, a. [See Botany.] Pertaining to botany; relating to plants in general; also, containing plants, as a botanic garden.
6929	botanically	[.] BOTAN'ICALLY, adv. According to the system of botany.
6930	botanist	[.] BOT'ANIST, n. One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants or vegetables,their structure, and generic and specific differences. [.] [.] The botanist is he who can affix similar names to similar vegetables, and different names to different ones, so ...
6931	botanize	[.] BOT'ANIZE, v.i. To seek for plants; to investigate the vegetable kingdom; to study plants. [.] [.] He could not obtain permission to botanize upon mount Sabber.
6932	botanology	[.] BOTANOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a plant, and discourse.] A discourse upon plants.
6933	botanomancy	[.] BOTANOM'ANCY, n. An ancient species of divination by means of plants, especially sage and fig leaves. Persons wrote their names and questions on leaves, which they exposed to the wind, and as many of the letters as remained in their places were taken up, and being ...
6934	botany	[.] BOTANY, n. [Gr. a plant.] That branch of natural history which treats of vegetables; a science which treats of the different plants, and of the distinguishing marks by which each individual species may be known from every other. [.] Or, botany is the science of the ...
6935	botargo	[.] BOTAR'GO, n. A relishing sort of food, made of the roes of the mullet, much used on the coast of the Mediterranean, as an incentive to drink.
6936	botch	[.] BOTCH, n. [Eng.patch.] [.] 1. A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection. [.] [.] Botches and blains must all his flesh imboss. [.] 2. A patch,or the part of a garment patched or mended in a [.] clumsy manner; ill-finished work in mending. [.] 3. That ...
6937	botcher	[.] BOTCH'ER, n. A clumsy workman at mending of old clothes, whether a tailor or cobbler.
6938	botchy	[.] BOTCH'Y, a. Marked with botches; full of botches.
6939	bote	[.] BOTE, n. [The old orthography of boot, but retained in law, in composition. [.] 1. In law, compensation; amends; satisfaction; as manbote, a compensation for a man slain. Also,payment of any kind. [.] 2. A privilege or allowance of necessaries, used in composition ...
6940	boteless	[.] BO'TELESS, a In vain. [See Bootless.]
6941	botetto	[.] BOTET'TO, n. A small thick fish of Mexico, about eight inches long, with a flat belly, and convex back. When taken out of the water it swells, and if kicked, will burst. Its liver is deadly poison.
6942	both	[.] BOTH, a. Two, considered as distinct from others or by themselves; the one and the other. [.] This word is often placed before the nouns with which it is connected. [.] [.] He understands how to manage both public and private concerns. [.] It is often used as a substitute ...
6943	bother	[.] BOTH'ER, the vulgar pronunciation of pother. [See Pother.]
6944	bothnian	[.] BOTH'NIAN, a. Pertaining to Bothnia, a province of Sweden, and to a gulf of the Baltic sea, which is so called from the province, which it penetrates. Pinkerton uses Bothnic, as a noun for the gulf, and Barlow uses Bothnian, in the same manner.
6945	bothnic	[.] BOTH'NIC
6946	botoched	[.] BOTOCH'ED, pp. Patched clumsily; mended unskillfully; marked with botches.
6947	bototoe	[.] BOTO'TOE, n. A bird of the parrot kind, of a fine blue color, found in the Philippine isles.
6948	botryoid	[.] BO'TRYOID
6949	botryoidal	[.] BOTRYOI'DAL, a. [Gr. a bunch of grapes, and form.] [.] Having the form of a bunch of grapes; like grapes; as a mineral presenting an aggregation of small gloves. [.]
6950	botryolite	[.] BO'TRYOLITE, n. [Gr. supra, and stone.] [.] Literally, grape-stone. This mineral occurs in mammilliary or botryoidal concretions, in a bed of magnetic iron in gneiss, near Arendal in Norway. Its colors are pearl-gray, grayish or reddish white, and pale rose-red, and ...
6951	bots	[.] BOTS, n. Generally used in the plural. [.] A species of small worms found in the intestines of horses. They are the larvas of a species of OEstrus or gad-fly, which deposits its eggs on the tips of the hairs, generally of the fore-legs and mane, whence they are taken ...
6952	bottle	[.] BOT'TLE, n. [.] 1. A hollow vessel of glass, wood, leather or other material, with a narrow mouth, for holding and carrying liquors. The oriental nations use skins or leather for the conveyance of liquors; and of this kind are the bottles mentioned in scripture. ...
6953	bottle-ale	[.] BOT'TLE-ALE, n. Bottled ale.
6954	bottle-companion	[.] BOT'TLE-COMPANION
6955	bottle-flower	[.] BOT'TLE-FLOWER, n. A plant, the cyanus,or blue bottle, a species of Centaurea.
6956	bottle-friend	[.] BOT'TLE-FRIEND , n. A friend or companion in drinking.
6957	bottle-screw	[.] BOT'TLE-SCREW, n. A screw to draw corks out of bottles.
6958	bottled	[.] BOT'TLED, pp. Put into bottles; inclosed in bottles. [.] 1. Having a protuberant belly.
6959	bottling	[.] BOT'TLING, ppr. Putting into bottles. [.] BOT'TLING, n. The act of putting into bottles and corking.
6960	bottom	[.] BOT'TOM, n. [.] 1. The lowest part of any thing; as the bottom of a well, vat or ship; the bottom of a hill. [.] 2. The ground under any body of water; as the bottom of the sea, of a river or lake. [.] 3. The foundation or ground work of any thing, as of ...
6961	bottomed	[.] BOT'TOMED, pp. Furnished with a bottom; having a bottom [.] This word is often used in composition, as a flat-bottomed boat, in which case the compound becomes an adjective.
6962	bottoming	[.] BOT'TOMING, ppr. Founding; building upon; furnishing with a bottom.
6963	bottomless	[.] BOT'TOMLESS, a. Without a bottom; applied to water, caverns &c., it signified fathomless, whose bottom cannot be found by sounding; as a bottomless abyss or ocean.
6964	bottomry	[.] BOT'TOMRY, n. [from bottom.] The act of borrowing money, and pledging the keel or bottom of the ship, that is, the ship itself, as security for the repayment of the money. The contract of bottomry is in the nature of a mortgage; the owner of a ship borrowing money ...
6965	bottony	[.] BOT'TONY, n. [from the same root as bud, button.] [.] In heraldry, a cross bottony terminates at each end in three buds, knots or buttons, resembling in some measure the three-leaved grass.
6966	bouchet	[.] BOUCHET', n. A sort of pear.
6967	boud	[.] BOUD, n. An insect that breeds in malt or other grain; called also a weevil.
6968	bouge	[.] BOUGE, v.i. booj. To swell out. [Little used.] [.] BOUGE, n. Provisions. [Not in use.]
6969	bough	[.] BOUGH, n. bou. The branch of a tree; applied to a branch of size, not to a small shoot.
6970	boughhty	[.] BOUGHHT'Y, a. baw'ty. Bending.
6971	bought	[.] BOUGHT, bast, pret. and pp. of buy. [See Buy.] [.] BOUGHT, n. bawt. [.] 1. A twist; a link; a knot; a flexure, or bend. [.] 2. The part of a sling that contains the stone.
6972	bougie	[.] BOUGIE,n. boogee'. [.] In Surgery, a long slender instrument, that is introduced through the urethra into the bladder, to remove obstructions. It is usually made of slips of waxed linen, coiled into a slightly conical form by rolling them on any hard smooth surface. ...
6973	bouillon	[.] BOUILLON, n. Broth; soup.
6974	boulder-wall	[.] BOULDER-WALL, n. [rather bowlder-wall. See Bowlder.] [.] A wall built of round flints or pebbles laid in a strong mortar, used where the sea has a beach cast up, or where there is a plenty of flints.
6975	boulet	[.] BOULET', n. [from the root of ball, or bowl.] [.] In the manege, a horse is so called,when the fetlock or pastern joint bends forward, and out of its natural position.
6976	boult	[.] BOULT, an incorrect orthography. [See Bolt.]
6977	boultin	[.] BOULTIN, n. [from the root of bolt.] [.] In architecture, a molding, the convexity of which is just one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the plinth in the Tuscan and Doric capital.
6978	bounce	[.] BOUNCE, v.i. [.] 1. To leap or spring; to fly or rush out suddenly. [.] [.] Out bounced the mastiff. [.] 2. To spring or leap against any thing, so as to rebound; to beat or thump by a spring. [.] [.] Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart. [.] 3. ...
6979	bouncer	[.] BOUN'CER, n. A boaster; a bully; in familiar language.
6980	bouncing	[.] BOUN'CING, ppr. Leaping; bounding with violence, as a heavy body; springing out; thumping with a loud noise; boasting; moving with force, as a heavy bounding body. [.] BOUN'CING, a. Stout; strong; large and heavy; a customary sense in the United States; as a ...
6981	bouncingly	[.] BOUN'CINGLY, adv. Boastingly.
6982	bound	[.] BOUND, n. [.] 1. A limit; the line which comprehends the whole of any given object or space. It differs from boundary. See the latter. Bound is applied to kingdoms, states,cities, towns, tracts of land, and to territorial jurisdiction. [.] 2. A limit by which ...
6983	bound-bailiff	[.] BOUND-BAILIFF, n. An officer appointed by a sheriff to execute process; so denominated from the bond given for the faithful discharge of his trust.
6984	boundary	[.] BOUND'ARY, n. A limit; a bound. This word is thus used as synonymous with bound. But the real sense is, a visible mark designating a limit. Bound is the limit itself or furthest point of extension, and may be an imaginary line; but boundary is the thing which ascertains ...
6985	bounded	[.] BOUND'ED, pp. Limited; confined; restrained.
6986	bounden	[.] BOUND'EN, pp. of bind. [See Bind, and pp. Bound.]
6987	bounder	[.] BOUND'ER, n. One that limits; a boundary.
6988	bounding	[.] BOUND'ING, ppr Limiting; confining; restraining; leaping; springing; rebounding; advancing with leaps.
6989	bounding-stone	[.] BOUND'ING-STONE
6990	boundless	[.] BOUND'LESS, a. Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; as boundless space; boundless power.
6991	boundlessness	[.] BOUND'LESSNESS, n. The quality of being without limits.
6992	bounteous	[.] BOUN'TEOUS, a. [See Bounty.] Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generous; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as bounteous nature. It is used chiefly in poetry for bountiful.
6993	bounteously	[.] BOUN'TEOUSLY, adv. Liberally; generously; largely; freely.
6994	bounteousness	[.] BOUN'TEOUSNESS, n. Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; munificence; kindness.
6995	bountiful	[.] BOUN'TIFUL, a. [bounty and full.] Free to give; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors; munificent; generous. [.] [.] God, the bountiful author of our being. [.] It is followed by of before the thing given, and to before the person receiving.
6996	bountifully	[.] BOUN'TIFULLY, adv. Liberally; largely; in a bountiful manner.
6997	bountifulness	[.] BOUN'TIFULNESS, n. The quality of being bountiful; liberality in the bestowment of gifts and favors.
6998	bountihead	[.] BOUN'TIHEAD, n. Goodness.
6999	bountihede	[.] BOUN'TIHEDE
7000	bounty	[.] BOUN'TY, n. [L.bonitas, from bonus, good.] [.] 1. Liberality in bestowing gifts and favors; generosity; munificence. The word includes the gift or favor and the kindness of disposition with which it is bestowed; or a favor bestowed with benevolent disposition. This ...
7001	bouquet	[.] BOUQUET, n. booka'y. A nosegay; a bunch of flowers.
7002	bour	[.] BOUR,
7003	bourd	[.] BOURD, n. A just.
7004	bourder	[.] BOURD'ER, n. A jester.
7005	bourgeois	[.] BOURGEOIS', n. burjois'. A small kind of printing types, in size between long primer and brevier. The type on which the main body of this work is printed.
7006	bourgeon	[.] BOUR'GEON, v.i. bur'jun. To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth as a branch.
7007	bourn	[.] BOURN, rather BORNE, n. [.] 1. A bound; a limit. [.] [.] That undiscovered country, from whose bourn [.] [.] No traveller returns.------- [.] 2. A brook; a torrent; a rivulet. [In this sense obsolete; but retained in many names of towns, seated on ...
7008	bournonite	[.] BOURNONITE, n. Antimonial sulphuret of lead.
7009	bouse	[.] BOUSE, v.i. booz. To drink hard; to guzzle. [Vulgar.]
7010	bousy	[.] BOUS'Y, a. booz'y. Drunken; intoxicated. [Vulgar.]
7011	bout	[.] BOUT, n. A turn; as much of an action as is performed at one time; a single part of an action carried on at successive intervals; essay; attempt. [.] BOUT, n. [L. bibo.] We use this word tautologically in the phrase, a drinking-bout; or the word is the same ...
7012	boutade	[.] BOUTA'DE, n. [Eng.put.] Properly, a start; hence, a whim. [Not English.]
7013	boutefeu	[.] BOUTEFEU, n. An incendiary; a make-bate. [Not English.]
7014	boutisale	[.] BOUTISALE, n. A cheap sale; or according to others, a sale by a lighted match, during the burning of which a man may bid. [Not used.]
7015	bovate	[.] BO'VATE, n. [In Law L. bovata, from bos, bovis, an ox.] [.] An ox-gate, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; Cowell says 28 acres.
7016	bovey-coal	[.] BO'VEY-COAL, n. Brown lignite, an inflammable fossil, resembling, in many of its properties, bituminous wood. Its structure is a little slaty; its cross fracture, even or conchoidal, with a resinous luster, somewhat shining. It is brittle, burns with a weak flame, ...
7017	bovine	[.] BO'VINE, a. [Los L. bovinus, from bos, bovis, an ox.] [.] Pertaining to oxen and cows, or the quadrupeds of the genus bos. [.] [.] This animal is the strongest and fiercest of the bovine genus. [.] [.] The ox-born souls mean nothing more than the eight living souls, ...
7018	bow	[.] BOW, v.t. [.] 1. To bend; to inflect; as, to bow vines. [.] 2. To bend the body in token of respect or civility; as, to bow the head. [.] 3. To bend or incline towards, in condescension. [.] [.] Bow down thine ear to the poor. Eccles. [.] 4. To depress; ...
7019	bow-bearer	[.] BOW-BEARER, n. [bos and bear.] An under officer of the forest, whose duty is to inform of trespasses.
7020	bow-bent	[.] BOW-BENT, a. [bow and bend.] Crooked.
7021	bow-dye	[.] BOW-DYE, n. A kind of scarlet color, superior to madder, but inferior to the true scarlet grain for fixedness, and duration; first used at Bow, near London.
7022	bow-hand	[.] BOW-HAND, n. [bow and hand.] The hand that draws a bow.
7023	bow-legged	[.] BOW-LEGGED, a. [bow and leg.] Having crooked legs.
7024	bow-shot	[.] BOW-SHOT, n. [bow and shot.] The space which an arrow may pass when shot from a bow. Gen.21.16.
7025	bow-string	[.] BOW-STRING, n. [bow and string.] The string of a bow.
7026	bow-window	[.] BOW-WINDOW. [See Bay-window.]
7027	bowable	[.] BOW'ABLE, a. Of a flexible disposition. [Not in use.]
7028	bowed	[.] BOW'ED, pp. Bent; crushed; subdued.
7029	bowel	[.] BOW'EL, v.t. To take out the bowels; to eviscerate; to penetrate the bowels.
7030	bowelless	[.] BOW'ELLESS, a. Without tenderness of pity.
7031	bowels	[.] BOW'ELS, n. plu. [.] 1. The intestines of an animal; the entrails, especially of man. The heart. 2.Cor.6.12. [.] 2. The interior part of any thing; as the bowels of the earth. [.] 3. The seat of pity or kindness; hence, tenderness, compassion, a scriptural ...
7032	bower	[.] BOW'ER,n. [from bow.] An anchor carried at the bow of a ship. There are generally two bowers, called first and second, great and little, or best and small. [.] BOW'ER, n. [.] 1. A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees bent and ...
7033	bowers	[.] BOW'ERS
7034	bowery	[.] BOW'ERY, a. Covering; shading as a bower; also, containing bowers. [.] [.] A bowery maze that shades the purple streams.
7035	bowess	[.] BOW'ESS, BOW'ET, n. A young hawk, when it begins to get out of the nest; a term in falconry.
7036	bowet	[.] BOW'ESS, BOW'ET, n. A young hawk, when it begins to get out of the nest; a term in falconry.
7037	bowge	[.] BOWGE, v.i. To swell out. [See Bouge.] [.] BOWGE, v.t. To perforate; as, to bowge a ship. [.] [I do not find this word in any other author.]
7038	bowing	[.] BOW'ING, ppr. Bending; stooping; making a bow.
7039	bowingly	[.] BOW'INGLY, adv. In a bending manner.
7040	bowl	[.] BOWL, n. [In Latin, vola is the hollow of the hand.] [.] 1. A concave vessel to hold liquors, rather wide than deep, and thus distinguished from a cup, which is rather deep than wide. [.] 2. The hollow part of any thing; as the bowl of a spoon. [.] 3. A basin; ...
7041	bowlder	[.] BOWLDER, n. [from bowl.] A small stone of a roundish form, and of no determinate size, found on the sea shore and on the banks or in the channels of rivers, &c., worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a pebble. [.] The term bowlder is now used in Geology for ...
7042	bowlder-stone	[.] BOWLDER-STONE. [See Bowlder.]
7043	bowlder-wall	[.] BOWLDER-WALL, n. A wall constructed of pebbles or bowlders of flint or other siliceous stones, which have been rounded by the action of water.
7044	bowler	[.] BOWLER, n. One who plays at bowls.
7045	bowline	[.] BOWLINE, n. A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate parts, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward,when the ship is close hauled.bridles, are the ropes by which the bowline ...
7046	bowling	[.] BOWLING, ppr. Playing at bowls.
7047	bowling-green	[.] BOWLING-GREEN, n. [bowl and green.] A level piece of ground kept smooth for bowling. [.] 1. In gardening, a parterre in a grove,laid with fine turf, with compartments of divers figures, with dwarf trees and other decorations. It may be used for bowling; but the ...
7048	bowman	[.] BOWMAN,n. [bow and man.] A man who uses a bow; an archer. Jerem. 4.29.
7049	bownet	[.] BOWNET, n. [bow and net.] An engine for catching lobsters and crawfish, called also bow-wheel. It is made of two round wicker baskets, pointed at the end, one of which is thrust into the other, and at the mouth is a little rim bent inwards.
7050	bowrs	[.] BOW'RS , n. [from bos.] Muscles that bend the joints.
7051	bowse	[.] BOWSE, v.i. In seaman's language, to pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, to pull all together.
7052	bowsprit	[.] BOWSPRIT, n. [bow and sprit.] A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward. [This is probably the true orthography.]
7053	bowssen	[.] BOWSS'EN, v.t. To drink; to drench. [Not used.]
7054	bowyer	[.] BOWYER, n. [from bow, a corruption of bower,like sawyer.] [.] An archer; one who uses a bow; one who makes bows. [Little used.]
7055	box	[.] BOX, n. [Lat. buxus, the tree, and pyxis, a box; Gr. a box, and the tree.] [.] A coffer or chest, either of wood or metal. In general, the word box is used for a case of rough boards, or more slightly made than a chest,and used for the conveyance of goods. But the name ...
7056	boxed	[.] BOX'ED, pp. Inclosed in a box; struck on the head with the fist or hand; furnished with a box or hollow iron, as a wheel.
7057	boxen	[.] BOX'EN, a. Made of box-wood; resembling box.
7058	boxer	[.] BOX'ER, n. One who fights with his fist.
7059	boxing	[.] BOX'ING, ppr. Inclosing in a box; striking with the fist; furnishing with a box. [.] BOX'ING, n. The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist.
7060	boy	[.] BOY, n. [L. puer for puger, for we see by puella, that r is not radical. So the Gr. probably is contracted, for the derivative verb, forms.] [.] A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; but in general, applied to males under ten or twelve years of age; a lad. ...
7061	boyar	[.] BOY'AR, n. A Russian nobleman. [See Boiar.]
7062	boyau	[.] BOY'AU, n. boy'o. In fortification, a ditch covered with a parapet, serving as a communication between two trenches.
7063	boyer	[.] BOY'ER, n. A Flemish sloop, with a castle at each end.
7064	boyhood	[.] BOY'HOOD, a. [boy and hood.] The state of a boy, or of immature age.
7065	boyish	[.] BOY'ISH, a. Belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; resembling a boy in manners or opinions; puerile.
7066	boyishly	[.] BOY'ISHLY, adv. Childishly; in a trifling manner.
7067	boyishness	[.] BOY'ISHNESS, n. Childishness; the manners or behavior of a boy.
7068	boyism	[.] BOY'ISM, n. Childishness; puerility. [.] 1. The state of a boy.
7069	boys-play	[.] BOYS-PLAY, n. Childish amusement; any thing trifling.
7070	boyuna	[.] BOYU'NA, n. A large serpent of America, black and slender, having an intolerable smell. Also, a harmless reptile.
7071	bp	[.] BP. An abbreviation of Bishop.
7072	brabantine	[.] BRABANT'INE, a. Pertaining to Brabant, a province of the Netherlands, of which Brussels is the capital.
7073	brabble	[.] BRAB'BLE, n. A broil; a clamorous contest; a wrangle. [.] BRAB'BLE, v.i. To clamor; to contest noisily.
7074	brabbler	[.] BRAB'BLER, n. A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy fellow; a wrangler.
7075	brabbling	[.] BRAB'BLING, ppr. Clamoring; wrangling.
7076	brace	[.] BRACE, n. [L. brachium; Gr. the arm.] [.] 1. In architecture, a piece of timber framed in with bevel joints, to keep the building from swerving either way. It extends like an arm from the post or main timber. [.] 2. That which holds any thing tight; a cincture ...
7077	braced	[.] BRA'CED, pp. Furnished with braces; drawn close and tight; made tense.
7078	bracelet	[.] BRA'CELET, n. [.] 1. An ornament for the wrist, worn by ladies. This ornament seems anciently to have been worn by men as well as women. [.] 2. A piece of defensive armor for the arm.
7079	bracer	[.] BRA'CER, n. That which braces, binds or makes firm; a band or bandage; also, armor for the arm. [.] 1. An astringent medicine, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body.
7080	brach	[.] BRACH, n. A bitch of the hound kind.
7081	brachial	[.] BRACH'IAL, a. [L. brachium, form the Celtic braic, brac, the arm.] [.] Belonging to the arm; as the brachial artery.
7082	brachiate	[.] BRACH'IATE, a. [See Brachial.] In botany, having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next.
7083	brachman	[.] BRACH'MAN
7084	brachygrapher	[.] BRACHYG'RAPHER, n. [See the next word.] A writer in short hand.
7085	brachygraphy	[.] BRACHYG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. short, and a writing.] The art or practice of writing in shorthand; stenography.
7086	brachylogy	[.] BRACHYL'OGY, n. [Gr. short, and expression.] In rhetoric, the expressing of any thing in the most concise manner.
7087	brack	[.] BRACK, n. An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a breach; a broken part.
7088	bracken	[.] BRACK'EN, n. Fern. [See Brake.]
7089	bracket	[.] BRACK'ET, [Heb. to bend the knee; hence it signifies the knee.] [.] 1. Among workers in timber, an angular wooden stay, in form of the knee bent, to support shelves, scaffolds and the like. [.] 2. The cheek of a mortar carriage, made of strong plank. [.] 3. ...
7090	brackish	[.] BRACK'ISH, a. [Gr. to water.] Salt, or salt in a moderate degree; it is applied to any water partially saturated with salt.
7091	brackishness	[.] BRACK'ISHNESS, n. The quality of being brackish; saltness in a small degree.
7092	bracky	[.] BRACK'Y, a. Brackish. [Not used.]
7093	bracte	[.] BRACTE, n. [L. Ainswroth writes, bractea or brattea.] [.] In botany, a floral leaf, one of the seven fulcrums or props of plants. It differs from other leaves in shape and color, and is generally situated on the peduncle, so near the corol, as easily to be mistaken for ...
7094	bractea	[.] BRAC'TEA
7095	bracteate	[.] BRAC'TEATE, a. [from bractea.] Furnished with bractes.
7096	bracted	[.] BRAC'TED, a. Furnished with bractes.
7097	bracteolate	[.] BRAC'TEOLATE, a. Furnished with bracteoles.
7098	bracteole	[.] BRAC'TEOLE, n. A little bract.
7099	brad	[.] BRAD, in Sax., is broad, and occurs in names; as in Bradford, broadford. [.] BRAD, n. A particular kind of nail,used in floors and other work, where it is deemed proper to drive nails entirely into the wood. For this purpose, it is made without a broad head or ...
7100	bradypus	[.] BRAD'YPUS, n. The sloth,which see.
7101	brag	[.] BRAG, v.i. [Eng. to brag.] [.] To boast; to display one's actions, merits or advantages ostentatiously; to tell boastful stories; followed by of; as, to brag of a good horse, or of a feat. [.] To brag on is vulgar; indeed the word itself is become low, and is not to be ...
7102	braggadocio	[.] BRAGGADO'CIO, n. A puffing, boasting fellow.
7103	braggardism	[.] BRAG'GARDISM, n. Boastfulness; vain ostentation.
7104	braggart	[.] BRAG'GART, n. [brag and art, ard,kind.] A boaster; a vain fellow. [.] BRAG'GART, a. Boastful; vainly ostentatious.
7105	bragger	[.] BRAG'GER, n. One who brags; a boaster.
7106	bragget	[.] BRAG'GET, n. A liquor made by fermenting the wort of ale and mead.
7107	bragging	[.] BRAG'GING, ppr. Boasting.
7108	braggingly	[.] BRAG'GINGLY, adv. Boastingly.
7109	bragless	[.] BRAG'LESS, a. Without bragging, or ostentation. [Unusual.]
7110	bragly	[.] BRAG'LY, adv. Finely; so as it may be bragged of. [Not used.]
7111	brahma	[.] BRAH'MA, n. [L. primus.] The chief deity of the Indian nations, considered as the creator of all things.
7112	brahmanic	[.] BRAHMAN'IC, a. Pertaining to the Brachmans or Bramins of India.
7113	brahmin	[.] BRAH'MIN, n. [See Brachman.] [.] A priest among the Hindoos and other nations of India. There are several orders of Bramins, many of whom are very corrupt in their morals; others live sequestered from the world devoted to superstition and indolence. They are the only ...
7114	braid	[.] BRAID, v.t. [Old Eng. brede.] [.] 1. To weave or infold three or more strands to form one. [.] 2. To reproach. [See Upbraid.] [.] BRAID, n. A string, cord or other texture, formed by weaving together different strands. [.] 1. A start.
7115	brail	[.] BRAIL, n. [.] 1. A piece of leather to bind up a hawk's wing. [.] 2. In navigation, brails are ropes passing through pulleys,on the mizen mast and yard, and fastened to the aftmost leech of the sail in different places, to truss it up close. Also, all ropes employed ...
7116	brain	[.] BRAIN, n. [Gr. properly the fore part of the head or sinciput, also the brain.] [.] [.] 1. That soft whitish mass,or viscus,inclosed in the cranium or skull, in which the nerves and spinal marrow terminate, and which is supposed to be the seat of the soul or intelligent ...
7117	brainish	[.] BRA'INISH, a. Hot-headed; furious; as L. cerebrosus.
7118	brainless	[.] BRA'INLESS, a. Without understanding; silly; thoughtless; witless.
7119	brainpan	[.] BRA'INPAN, n. [brain and pan.] The skull which incloses the brain.
7120	brainsick	[.] BRA'INSICK, a. [brain and sick.] Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.
7121	brainsickly	[.] BRA'INSICKLY, adv. Weakly; with a disordered understanding.
7122	brainsickness	[.] BRA'INSICKNESS, n. Disorder of the understanding; giddiness; indiscretion.
7123	brait	[.] BRAIT, n. Among jewelers, a rough diamond.
7124	brake	[.] BRAKE, pp. of break. [See Break.] [.] BRAKE, n. [L. erica; Gr. to break.] [.] 1. Brake is a name given to fern, or rather to the female fern, a species of cryptogamian plants, of the genus Pteris, whose fructification is in lines under the margin of the leaf ...
7125	braky	[.] BRA'KY, a. Full of brakes; abounding with brambles or shrubs; rough; thorny.
7126	brama	[.] BRAM'A, n. The bream, a fish. [See Bream.] [.] BRAM'A
7127	bramble	[.] BRAM'BLE, n. The raspberry bush or blackberry bush; a general name of the genus rubus, of which there are several species. They are armed with prickles; hence in common language, any rough, prickly shrub.
7128	bramble-net	[.] BRAM'BLE-NET, n. [bramble and net.] A hallier, or a net to catch birds.
7129	bramblebush	[.] BRAM'BLEBUSH, n. [bramble and bush.] The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together.
7130	brambled	[.] BRAM'BLED, a. Overgrown with brambles.
7131	brambling	[.] BRAM'BLING
7132	bramin	[.] BRAM'IN , n. An ancient philosopher of India. The brachmans are a branch of the ancient gymnosophists, and remarkable for the severity of their lives and manners.
7133	braminee	[.] BRAMINEE' n. The wife of a Bramin.
7134	braminess	[.] BRAM'INESS
7135	braminical	[.] BRAMIN'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the Bramins, or their doctrines and worship; as the Braminical system.
7136	braminism	[.] BRAM'INISM, n. The religion,or system of doctrines of the Bramins.
7137	bran	[.] BRAN, n. The outer coat of wheat, rye or other farinaceous grain, separated from the flour by grinding.
7138	bran-new	[.] BRAN-NEW, [.] a. Properly brand-new. Quite new, [fire new]; bright or shining.
7139	brancard	[.] BRANC'ARD, n. A horse litter. [Not in use.]
7140	branch	[.] BR'ANCH, n. [.] 1. The shoot of a tree or other plant; a limb; a bough shooting from the stem, or from another branch or bough. Johnson restricts the word to a shoot from a main bough; but the definition warranted neither by etymology nor usage. [.] [.] A division ...
7141	branch-leaf	[.] BR'ANCH-LEAF, n. A leaf growing on a branch.
7142	branch-peduncle	[.] BR'ANCH-PEDUNCLE, n. A peduncle springing from a branch.
7143	branch-pilot	[.] BR'ANCH-PILOT, n. A pilot who has a branch or public commission.
7144	branched	[.] BR'ANCHED, pp. Divided or spread into branches; separated into subordinate parts; adorned with branches; furnished with branches.
7145	brancher	[.] BR'ANCHER, n. One that shoots forth branches. [.] 1. A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to the branches.
7146	branchery	[.] BR'ANCHERY, n. The ramifications or ramified vessels dispersed through the pulpy part of fruit.
7147	branchiness	[.] BR'ANCHINESS, n. Fullness of branches.
7148	branching	[.] BR'ANCHING, ppr. Shooting in branches; dividing into several subordinate parts. [.] BR'ANCHING,a. Furnished with branches; shooting out branches.
7149	branchiostegous	[.] BRANCHIOS'TEGOUS, a. [Gr. gills, and a covering.] [.] Having gill-covers, or covered gills, as a branchiostegous fish; covering the gills, as the branchiostegous membrane. The branchiostegi are an order of fish in the Linnean system, the rays of whose fins are bony,but ...
7150	branchless	[.] BR'ANCHLESS, a. Destitute of branches, or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.
7151	branchlet	[.] BR'ANCHLET, n. A little branch; a twig; the subdivision of a branch.
7152	branchy	[.] BR'ANCHY, a. Full of branches; having wide spreading branches.
7153	brand	[.] BRAND, n. [.] 1. A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct. [.] 2. A sword, either from brandishing, or from its glittering brightness; now obsolete,unless in poetry. [.] 3. A thunder-bolt. [.] 4. ...
7154	brand-goose	[.] BRAND'-GOOSE, n. A species of Anas,or the goose kind; usually called in America brant or brent.
7155	brand-new	[.] BRAND'-NEW, a. Quite new; bright as a brand of fire.
7156	branded	[.] BRAND'ED, pp. Marked with a hot iron; stigmatized.
7157	branding	[.] BRAND'ING, ppr. Impressing a mark with a hot iron; fixing a stigma or mark of reproach.
7158	branding-iron	[.] BRAND'ING-IRON, n. An iron to brand with.
7159	brandish	[.] BRAND'ISH, v.t. [.] 1. To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise, and move in various directions; to shake or flourish; as, to brandish a sword or a cane. It often indicates threatening. [.] 2. To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms.
7160	brandished	[.] BRAND'ISHED, pp. Raised and waved in the air with a flourish.
7161	brandisher	[.] BRAND'ISHER, n. One who brandishes.
7162	brandishing	[.] BRAND'ISHING, ppr. Raising and waving in the air; flourishing.
7163	brandling	[.] BRAND'LING, n. A kind of worm.
7164	brandy	[.] BRAN'DY, n. An ardent spirit distilled from wine. The same name is now given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the U. States particularly to that which is distilled from cyder and peaches.
7165	brandy-wine	[.] BRAN'DY-WINE, n. Brandy.
7166	brangle	[.] BRAN'GLE, n. [L. frendeo.] A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. [.] BRAN'GLE, v.i. To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble.
7167	branglement	[.] BRAN'GLEMENT, n. Wrangle; brangle.
7168	brangling	[.] BRAN'GLING, n. A quarrel.
7169	brank	[.] BRANK, n. [.] 1. Buckwheat, a species of polygonum; a grain cultivated mostly for beasts and poultry; but in the U. States, the flour is much used for making breakfast cakes. [.] 2. In some parts of England and Scotland, a scolding-bridle, an instrument for correcting ...
7170	brankursine	[.] BRANK'URSINE, n. [brank and ursus, a bear.] [.] Bear's-breech, or acanthus, a genus of plants of several species. The leaves of the common sort are said to have furnished the model of the Corinthian capitals.
7171	branlin	[.] BRAN'LIN, n. A species of fish of the salmon kind, in some places called the fingry, from five or six black lines or marks on each side resembling fingers. It is found in rapid streams.
7172	branny	[.] BRAN'NY, a. [from bran.] Having the appearance of bran; consisting of bran.
7173	bransle	[.] BRAN'SLE, n. A brawl, or dance. [Not used.]
7174	brant	[.] BRANT, n. A species of anas or the goose kind; called also brent and brand-goose, which see.
7175	brasen	[.] BRA'SEN, a. brazn. Made of brass. [See Brass and Brazen.]
7176	brasier	[.] BRA'SIER, n. brazhur. An artificer who works in brass. [.] 1. A pan for holding coals.
7177	brasil	[.] BRASIL. [See Brazil.]
7178	brass	[.] BR'ASS, n. [.] 1. An alloy of copper and zink,of a yellow color; usually containing about one third of its weight of zink, but the proportions are variable. The best brass is made by cementation of calamine or the oxyd of zink with granulated copper. [.] 2. Impudence; ...
7179	brass-paved	[.] BR'ASS-PAVED, a. Hard as brass.
7180	brass-visaged	[.] BR'ASS-VISAGED, a. Impudent.
7181	brasse	[.] BR'ASSE,n. The pale spotted perch,with two long teeth on each side; the lucio-perca.
7182	brassica	[.] BRAS'SICA, n. [L.] Cabbage.
7183	brassiness	[.] BR'ASSINESS, n. A quality of brass; the appearance of brass.
7184	brassy	[.] BR'ASSY, a. Pertaining to brass; partaking of brass; hard as brass; having the color of brass. [.] 1. Impudent; impudently bold.
7185	brast	[.] BRAST, a. Burst. [Not in use.]
7186	brat	[.] BRAT, n. A child, so called in contempt. [.] 1. Offspring; progeny.
7187	braul	[.] BRAUL, n. Indian cloth with blue and white striped, called turbants.
7188	bravado	[.] BRAVA'DO, n. A boast or brag; an arrogant menace, intended to intimidate.
7189	brave	[.] BRAVE, a. [.] 1. Courageous; bold; daring; intrepid; fearless of danger; as a brave warrior. It usually unites the sense of courage with generosity and dignity of mind; qualities often united. [.] [.] The brave man will not deliberately do an injury to his fellow ...
7190	braved	[.] BRA'VED, pp. Defied; set at defiance; met without dismay, or being moved.
7191	bravely	[.] BRA'VELY, adv. Courageously; gallantly; splendidly; in a brave manner; heroically. In Spenser,finely; gaudily.
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