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1084	aethel	[.] ATHEL, ADEL or AETHEL, nobel of illustrious birth.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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; ...
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."
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.
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.
2970	apathetic	[.] APATHET'IC, a. Void of feeling; free from passion; insensible.
3067	apophthegm	[.] AP'OPHTHEGM,
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.
4108	asthenology	[.] ASTHENOL'OGY, n. [Gr. priv., strength, and discourse.] [.] The doctrine of diseases arising from debility.
4144	astro-theology	[.] ASTRO-THEOL'OGY, n. [L. astrum, a star, and theologia, divinity.] [.] Theology founded on the observation of the celestial bodies.
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.
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.]
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.
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.
5420	bed-clothes	[.] BED'-CLOTHES, n. plu. [bed and clothes.] [.] Blankets, or coverlets, &c.,for beds.
5674	bell-wether	[.] BELL'-WETHER, n. [bell and wether.] A wether or sheep which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck.
5809	bequeathed	[.] BEQUE'ATHED, pp. Given or left by will.
5995	betrothed	[.] BETROTH'ED, pp. Contracted for future marriage.
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.
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.
6701	body-clothes	[.] BOD'Y-CLOTHES, n. plu. [body and cloth.] [.] Clothing or covering for the body, as for a horse.
6943	bother	[.] BOTH'ER, the vulgar pronunciation of pother. [See Pother.]
7251	breathe	[.] BREATHE, v.i. To respire; to inspire and expire air. Hence, to live. [.] 1. To take breath; to rest from action; as, let them have time to breathe. [.] 2. To pass as air. [.] [.] To whose foul mouth no wholesome air breathes in. [.] BREATHE, v.t. To ...
7252	breathed	[.] BRE'ATHED, pp. Inhaled and exhaled; respired; uttered.
7253	breather	[.] BRE'ATHER, n. One that breathes or lives; one that utters; an inspirer, one who animates or infuses by inspiration.
7501	brothel	[.] BROTH'EL, n. [A dialectical orthography of bordel, which see.] [.] A house of lewdness; a house appropriated to the purposes of prostitution; a bawdy house; a stew.
7502	brothel-house	[.] BROTH'EL-HOUSE, n. A brothel.
7503	brotheler	[.] BROTH'ELER, n. One that frequents brothels.
7504	brothelry	[.] BROTH'ELRY,n. Lewdness; obscenity.
7505	brother	[.] BROTHER, n. plu. brothers or brethren. [L. frater.] [.] 1. A human male born of the same father and mother. A male by one of the parents only is called a half-brother, or brother of the half blood. [.] 2. Any one closely united; an associate; as a band of brothers. [.] 3. ...
7506	brotherhood	[.] BROTH'ERHOOD, n. [brother and hood.] The state or quality of being a brother. [.] 1. An association of men for any purpose,as a society of monks; a fraternity. [.] 2. A class of men of the same kind, profession, or occupation.
7507	brotherless	[.] BROTH'ERLESS, a. Without a brother.
7508	brotherlike	[.] BROTH'ERLIKE, a. Becoming a brother.
7509	brotherlove	[.] BROTH'ERLOVE, n. Brotherly affection.
7510	brotherly	[.] BROTH'ERLY, a. Pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming brothers; kind; affectionate; as brotherly love. [.] [.] Shakespeare uses this word as an adverb. "I speak but brotherly." But the use is not authorized.
7802	burthen	[.] BURTHEN. [See Burden.]
7964	cacoethes	[.] CACOETHES, n. [.] 1. A bad custom or habit; a bad disposition. [.] 2. In medicine, an incurable ulcer.
8874	cathedral	[.] CATHEDRAL, n. The see or seat of a bishop; the principal church in a diocese. [.] CATHEDRAL, a. [.] 1. Pertaining to the church which is the bishops seat, or head church of a diocese; containing the see of a bishop; as a cathedral church; cathedral service. [.] 2. ...
8875	cathedrated	[.] CATHEDRATED, a. Relating to the authority of the chair or office of a teacher.
8876	catheter	[.] CATHETER, n. In surgery, a tubular instrument, usually made of silver, to be introduced into the bladder, to draw off the urine when the natural discharge is suppressed; also, a sound to search for the stone, or a bougie made of silver or elastic gum.
8877	cathetus	[.] CATHETUS n. In geometry, a line or radius, falling perpendicularly on another line or surface; as the two sides of a right-angled triangle. [.] Cathetus of incidence, in catoptries, is a right line drawn from a point of the object, perpendicular to the reflecting ...
10126	cithern	[.] CITHERN, n. A stringed musical instrument, among the ancients, the precise form of which is not known, but it bore some resemblance to the modern guitar, the name of which is evidently from this ancient word.
10462	clothe	[.] CLOTHE, v.t. pret. and pp. clothed, or clad. [See Cloth.] [.] 1. To put on garments; to invest the body with raiment; to cover with dress, for concealing nakedness and defending the body from cold or injuries. [.] [.] The Lord God made coats of skin and clothed ...
10463	clothed	[.] CLOTHED, pp. Covered with garments; dressed; invested; furnished with clothing.
10464	clothes	[.] CLOTHES, n. plu. Of cloth; pronounced cloze. [.] 1. Garments for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; a general term for whatever covering is worn, or made to be worn, for decency or comfort. [.] [.] If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. Mark ...
11244	commother	[.] COMMOTHER, n. A godmother.
13316	cradle-clothes	[.] CRADLE-CLOTHES, n. The clothes used for covering one in a cradle.
14703	deep-mouthed	[.] DEEP-MOUTHED, a. Having a hoarse, loud, hollow voice; as a deep-mouthed dog.
17140	disthene	[.] DISTHENE, n. [Gr., two; force.] A mineral so called by Hauy, because its crystals have the property of being electrified both positively and negatively. It is the sappare of Saussure, and the cyanite or kyanite of Werner.
17617	double-mouthed	[.] DOUBLE-MOUTHED, a. Having two mouths.
18254	earthen	[.] EARTH'EN, a. erth'n. Made of earth; made of clay; as an earthen vessel; earthen ware.
18535	either	[.] E'ITHER, a. or pron. [.] 1. One or another of any number. Here are ten oranges; take either orange of the whole number, or take either of them. In the last phrase, either stands as a pronoun or substitute. [.] 2. One of two. This sense is included in the foregoing. [.] [.] Lepidus ...
18888	embrothel	[.] EMBROTH'EL, v.t. [See Brothel.] To inclose in a brothel.
19497	entheastic	[.] ENTHEAS'TIC, a. [Gr. god.] Having the energy of God.
19498	entheastically	[.] ENTHEAS'TICALLY, adv. According to deific energy.
19499	entheat	[.] EN'THEAT, a. Enthusiastic. [Not in use.]
19622	epenthesis	[.] EPEN'THESIS
19623	epenthesy	[.] EPEN'THESY, n. [Gr. to put.] The insertion of a letter or syllable in the middle of a word, as alituum for alitum.
19624	epenthetic	[.] EPENTHET'IC, a. Inserted in the middle of a word.
19715	epithem	[.] EP'ITHEM, n. [Gr. to place.] In pharmacy, a kind of fomentation or poultice, to be applied externally to strengthen the part. [.] Any external application, or topical medicine. The term has been restricted to liquids in which cloths are dipped, to be applied to ...
19716	epithet	[.] EP'ITHET, n. [Gr. a name added; to place.] An adjective expressing some real quality of the thing to which it is applied, or an attributive expressing some quality ascribed to it; as a verdant lawn; a brilliant appearance; a just man; an accurate description. [.] It ...
19717	epithetic	[.] EPITHET'IC, a. Pertaining to an epithet or epithets. [.] 1. Abounding with epithets. A style or composition may be too epithetic.
20053	ethe	[.] ETHE, a. Easy.
20054	ethel	[.] E'THEL, a. Noble.
20055	ether	[.] E'THER, n. [L. oether; Gr. to burn, to shine; Eng. weather.] [.] 1. A thin, subtil matter, much finer and rarer than air, which, some philosophers suppose, begins from the limits of the atmosphere and occupies the heavenly space. [.] [.] There fields of light ...
20056	ethereal	[.] ETHE'REAL, a. Formed of ether; containing or filled with ether; as ethereal space; ethereal regions. [.] 1. Heavenly; celestial; as ethereal messenger. [.] 2. Consisting of ether or spirit. [.] [.] Vast chain of being, which from God began, [.] [.] Natures ...
20057	ethereous	[.] ETHE'REOUS, a. Formed of ether; heavenly.
20058	etherialize	[.] ETHERIALIZE, v.t. To convert into ether, or into a very subtil fluid.
20059	etherialized	[.] ETHERIALIZED, pp. Converted into ether or a very subtil fluid; as an etherialized and incorporeal substrate.
20060	etherize	[.] E'THERIZE, v.t. To convert into ether.
20061	etherized	[.] E'THERIZED, pp. Converted into ether.
20062	etherizing	[.] E'THERIZING, ppr. Converting into ether.
20348	exanthema	[.] EXAN'THEMA, n. plu. exanthem'ata. [Gr. to blossom; a flower.] [.] Among physicians, eruption; a breaking out; pustules, petechiae, or vibices; any efflorescence on the skin, as in measles, small pox, scarlatina, &c. [.] [.] This term is now limited by systematic nosologists, ...
20349	exanthematic	[.] EXANTHEMAT'IC
20350	exanthematous	[.] EXANTHEM'ATOUS, a. Eruptive; efflorescent; noting morbid redness of the skin. The measles is an exanthematous disease. Tooke uses exanthematic.
21184	fainthearted	[.] FAINTHEARTED, a. Cowardly; timorous; dejected; easily depressed, or yielding to fear. [.] Fear not, neither be fainthearted. Is. 7.
21185	faintheartedly	[.] FAINTHEARTEDLY, adv. In a cowardly manner.
21186	faintheartedness	[.] FAINTHEARTEDNESS, n. Cowardice; timorousness; want of courage.
21206	faithed	[.] FA'ITHED, a. Honest; sincere. [Not used.]
21378	farther	[.] F'ARTHER, a. comp. [.] 1. More remote; more distant than something else. [.] Let me add a farther truth. [.] 2. Longer; tending to a greater distance. [.] Before our farther way the fates allow. [.] F'ARTHER, adv. [.] 1. At or to a greater distance; ...
21379	fartherance	[.] F'ARTHERANCE, n. A helping forward; promotion. [Not used.]
21380	farthermore	[.] F'ARTHERMORE, adv. Besides; moreover. [Little used.]
21381	farthest	[.] F'ARTHEST, a. superl. [See Furthest.] [.] Most distant or remote; as the farthest degree. [.] F'ARTHEST, adv. At or to the greatest distance. [See Furthest.]
21442	father	[.] F'ATHER, n. [L. pater. The primary sense is obvious.] [.] 1. He who begets a child; in L. genitor or generator. [.] The father of a fool hath no joy. Prov. 17. [.] 2. The first ancestor; the progenitor of a race or family. Adam was the father of the human ...
21443	father-in-law	[.] F'ATHER-IN-LAW, n. The father of one's husband or wife; and a man who marries a woman who has children by a former husband is called the father in law or step-father of those children.
21444	fathered	[.] F'ATHERED, pp. [.] 1. Adopted; taken as one's own; ascribed to one as the author. [.] 2. Having had a father of particular qualities. [.] I am no stronger than my sex, being so father'd and so husbanded. [Unusual.]
21445	fatherhood	[.] F'ATHERHOOD, n. The state of being a father, or the character or authority of a father. [.] We might have had an entire notion of this fatherhood, or fatherly authority.
21446	fathering	[.] F'ATHERING, ppr. Adopting; taking or acknowledging as one's own; ascribing to the father or author.
21447	fatherlasher	[.] F'ATHERLASHER, n. A fish of the genus Cottus or bull-head, called scorpius or scolping. The head is large and its spines formidable. It is found on the rocky coasts of Britain, and near Newfoundland and Greenland. In the latter country it is a great article of ...
21448	fatherless	[.] F'ATHERLESS, a. [.] 1. Destitute of a living father; as a fatherless child. [.] 3. Without a known author.
21449	fatherlessness	[.] F'ATHERLESSNESS, n. The state of being without a father.
21450	fatherliness	[.] F'ATHERLINESS, n. [See Fatherly.] The qualities of a father; parental kindness, care and tenderness.
21451	fatherly	[.] F'ATHERLY, a. [father and like.] [.] 1. Like a father in affection and care; tender; paternal; protecting; careful; as fatherly care or affection. [.] 2. Pertaining to a father. [.] F'ATHERLY, adv. In the manner of a father. [.] Thus Adam, fatherly ...
21542	feather	[.] FEATH'ER,
21543	feather-bed	[.] FEATH'ER-BED
21544	feather-driver	[.] FEATH'ER-DRIVER,
21545	feather-few	[.] FEATH'ER-FEW, A corruption of feverfew.
21546	feather-grass	[.] FEATH'ER-GRASS,
21547	feather-seller	[.] FEATH'ER-SELLER,'ER-SELLER, n. One who sells fethers for beds.
21548	feathered	[.] FEATH'ERED,
21549	featheredge	[.] FEATH'EREDGE,
21550	featheredged	[.] FEATH'EREDGED,
21551	featherless	[.] FEATH'ERLESS,
21552	featherly	[.] FEATH'ERLY,
21553	feathery	[.] FEATH'ERY,
21808	fether	[.] FETH'ER, n. [.] 1. A plume; a general name of the covering of fowls. The smaller fethers are used for the filling of beds; the larger ones, called quills, are used for ornaments of the head, for writing pens, &c. The fether consists of a shaft or stem, corneous, ...
21809	fether-bed	[.] FETH'ER-BED, n. A bed filled with fethers; a soft bed.
21810	fether-driver	[.] FETH'ER-DRIVER, n. One who beats fethers to make them light or loose.
21811	fether-grass	[.] FETH'ER-GRASS, n. A plant, gramen plumosum.
21812	fethered	[.] FETH'ERED, pp. [.] 1. Covered with fethers; enriched. [.] 2. a. Clothed or covered with fethers. A fowl or bird is a fethered animal [.] Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury. [.] 3. Fitted or furnished with fethers; as a fethered arrow. [.] 4. ...
21813	fetheredge	[.] FETH'EREDGE, n. An edge like a fether. [.] A board that has one edge thinner than the other, is called featheredge stuff.
21814	fetheredged	[.] FETH'EREDGED, a. Having a thin edge.
21815	fetherless	[.] FETH'ERLESS, a. Destitute of fethers; unfledged.
21816	fetherly	[.] FETH'ERLY, a. Resembling fethers. [Not used.]
21817	fethery	[.] FETH'ERY, a. [.] 1. Clothed or covered with fethers. [.] 2. Resembling fethers.
22208	fivetoothed	[.] FI'VETOOTHED, a. Having five teeth.
22280	flapmouthed	[.] FLAP'MOUTHED, a. Having loose hanging lips.
22429	flintheart	[.] FLINT'HEART,
22430	flinthearted	[.] FLINT'HEARTED, a. Having a hard, unfeeling heart.
22782	forbathe	[.] FORBA'THE, v.t. To bathe. [Not in use.]
22846	forefather	[.] FOREF'ATHER, n. An ancestor; one who precedes another in the line of genealogy, in any degree; usually in a remote degree.
22890	foremother	[.] FO'REMOTHER, n. A female ancestor.
23126	foster-brother	[.] FOS'TER-BROTHER, n. A male nursed as the same breast, or fed by the same nurse.
23130	foster-father	[.] FOS'TER-FATHER, n. One who takes the place of a father in feeding and educating a child.
23131	foster-mother	[.] FOS'TER-MOTHER, n. A nurse.
23142	fother	[.] FOTH'ER, n. [See Food.] [.] A weight of lead containing eight pigs, and every pig twenty one stone and a half. But the fother is of different weights. With the plumbers in London it is nineteen hundred and a half, and at the mines, it is twenty two hundred and ...
23143	fothering	[.] FOTH'ERING, ppr. Stopping leaks, as above. [.] FOTH'ERING, n. The operation of stopping leaks in a ship, as above.
23154	foulmouthed	[.] FOUL'MOUTHED, a. Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene or profane; uttering abuse, or profane or obscene words; accustomed to use bad language. [.] So foulmouthed a witness never appeared in any cause.
23629	full-mouthed	[.] FULL-MOUTHED, a. Having a full or strong voice.
23749	further	[.] FUR'THER, a. [.] 1. More or most distant; as the further end of the field. [.] 2. Additional. We have a further reason for this opinion. We have nothing further to suggest. [.] What further need have we of witnesses? Matt. 26. [.] FUR'THER, adv. To ...
23750	furtherance	[.] FUR'THERANCE, n. A helping forward; promotion; advancement. [.] I know that I shall abide and continue with you all, for your furtherance and joy of faith. Phil. 1. [.]
23751	furthered	[.] FUR'THERED, pp. Promoted; advanced.
23752	furtherer	[.] FUR'THERER, n. One who helps to advance; a promoter.
23753	furthermore	[.] FUR'THERMORE, adv. Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been said.
23754	furthest	[.] FUR'THEST, a. Most distant either in time or place. [.] FUR'THEST, adv. At the greatest distance.
23985	gaptoothed	[.] GAP'TOOTHED, a. Having interstices between the teeth.
24070	gat-toothed	[.] GAT-TOOTHED, a. Goat-toothed; having a lickerish tooth.
24075	gather	[.] GATH'ER, v.t. [.] 1. To bring together; to collect a number of separate things into one place or into one aggregate body. [.] [.] Gather stones; and they took stones,and made a heap. Gen.31. [.] 2. To get in harvest; to reap or cut and bring into barns or ...
24076	gatherable	[.] GATH'ERABLE, a. That may be collected; that may be deduced. [Unusual.] [.]
24077	gathered	[.] GATH'ERED, pp. Collected; assembled; contracted; plaited; drawn by inference.
24078	gatherer	[.] GATH'ERER, n. One who gathers or collects; one who gets in a crop.
24079	gathering	[.] GATH'ERING, ppr. Collecting; assembling; drawing together; plaiting; wrinkling. [.] GATH'ERING, n. The act of collecting or assembling. [.] 1. Collection; a crowd; an assembly. [.] 2. Charitable contribution. 1 Cor.16. [.] 3. A tumor suppurated or maturated; ...
24080	gathers	[.] GATH'ERS, n. Plaits; folds; puckers; wrinkles in cloth.
24404	gilthead	[.] GILT'HEAD, n. [gilt and head.] In ichthyology, a fish or a genus of fishes, the Sparus, of many species; so named from their color, or from a golden spot between the eyes. [.] 1. A bird.
24727	goatherd	[.] GOATHERD, n. One whose occupation is to tend goats.
24745	godfather	[.] GOD'F`ATHER, n. The man who is sponsor for a child at baptism, who promises to answer for his future conduct and that he shall follow a life of piety, by this means laying himself under an indispensable obligation to instruct the child and watch over his conduct. ...
24755	godmother	[.] GOD'MOTHER, n. [god and mother.] A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism.
25022	grandfather	[.] GRAND'F`ATHER, n. A father's or mother's father; the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.
25029	grandmother	[.] GRAND'MOTHER, n. The mother of one's father or mother.
25112	grave-clothes	[.] GRA'VE-CLOTHES, n. The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.
25365	growthead	[.] GROWT'HEAD
25526	gunsmithery	[.] GUN'SMITHERY, n. The business of a gunsmith; the art of making small firearms.
25873	hard-mouthed	[.] H`ARD-MOUTHED, a. Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as a hard-mouthed horse.
26254	heathen	[.] HE'ATHEN, n. [Gr. from heath, that is, one who lives in the country or woods, as pagan from pagus, a village.] [.] 1. A pagan; a Gentile; one who worships idols, or is unacquainted with the true God. In the Scriptures, the word seems to comprehend all nations except ...
26255	heathenish	[.] HE'ATHENISH, a. Belonging to Gentiles or pagans; as heathenish rites. [.] 1. Rude; illiterate; wild; uncivilized. [.] 2. Barbarous; savage; cruel; rapacious.
26256	heathenishly	[.] HE'ATHENISHLY, adv. After the manner of heathens.
26257	heathenism	[.] HE'ATHENISM, n. Gentilism; paganism; ignorance of the true God; idolatry; the rites or system of religion of a pagan nation. [.] 1. Rudeness; barbarism; ignorance.
26258	heathenize	[.] HE'ATHENIZE, v.t. To render heathen or heathenish.
26259	heather	[.] HE'ATHER, n. Heath.
26904	hithe	[.] HITHE, n. A port or small haven; as in Queenhithe, and Lambhithe, now Lambeth.
26905	hither	[.] HITH'ER, adv. [.] 1. To this place; used with verbs signifying motion; as, to come hither; to proceed hither; to bring hither. [.] 2. Hither and thither, to this place and that. [.] 3. To this point; to this argument or topic; to this end. [Little used and ...
26906	hithermost	[.] HITH'ERMOST, a. Nearest on this side.
26907	hitherto	[.] HITH'ERTO, adv. To this time; yet. [.] [.] The Lord hath blessed me hitherto. Josh.17. [.] 1. In any time, or every time till now; in time preceding the present. [.] 2. To this place; to a prescribed limit. [.] [.] Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. ...
26908	hitherward	[.] HITH'ERWARD
26909	hitherwards	[.] HITH'ERWARDS, adv. This way; towards this place. [.] [.] A puissant and mighty power-- [.] [.] Is marching hitherward in proud array.
27098	honey-mouthed	[.] HON'EY-MOUTHED, a. Soft or smooth in speech.
27326	hotheaded	[.] HOT'HEADED, a. Of ardent passions; vehement; violent; rash.
27329	hotmouthed	[.] HOT'MOUTHED, a. Headstrong; ungovernable. [.] [.] That hotmouthed beast that bears against the curb.
27439	hulotheism	[.] HU'LOTHEISM, n. [Gr. matter, and God.] The doctrine or belief that matter is God, or that there is no God, except matter and the universe.
27460	humblemouthed	[.] HUM'BLEMOUTHED, a. Mild; meek; modest.
27739	hypersthene	[.] HY'PERSTHENE, n. A mineral, Labrador hornblend, or schillerspar. Its color is between grayish and greenish black, but nearly copper-red on the cleavage. So named from its difficult frangibility.
27774	hypothecate	[.] HYPOTH'ECATE, v.t. [L. hypotheca, a pledge; Gr. to put under, to suppose.] [.] 1. To pledge,and properly to pledge the keel of a ship, that is, the ship itself, as security for the repayment of money borrowed to carry on a voyage. In this case the lender hazards ...
27775	hypothecated	[.] HYPOTH'ECATED, pp. Pledged, as security for money borrowed.
27776	hypothecating	[.] HYPOTH'ECATING, ppr. Pledging as security.
27777	hypothecation	[.] HYPOTHECA'TION, n. The act of pledging, as a ship or goods, for the repayment of money borrowed to carry on a voyage; otherwise called bottomry.
27778	hypothecator	[.] HYPOTH'ECATOR, n. One who pledges a ship or other property, as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
27779	hypothesis	[.] HYPOTH'ESIS, n. [L. from Gr. a supposition; to suppose.] [.] 1. A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved,but assumed for the ...
27780	hypothetic	[.] HYPOTHET'IC
27781	hypothetical	[.] HYPOTHET'ICAL, a. Including a supposition; conditional; assumed without proof for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof.
27782	hypothetically	[.] HYPOTHET'ICALLY, adv. By way of supposition; conditionally.
27793	hythe	[.] HYTHE, n. A port. [See Hithe.]
28752	inbreathed	[.] IN'BREATHED, a. [in and breathe.] Infused by inspiration.
29577	infangthef	[.] INFANG'THEF, n. In English law, the privilege granted to lords to judge thieves taken on their manors, or within their franchises.
29742	ingathering	[.] INGATH'ERING, n. [in and gathering.] The act or business of collecting and securing the fruits of the earth; harvest; a the feast of ingathering. Ex.23.
30648	interwreathed	[.] INTERWRE'ATHED, a. Woven into a wreath.
30950	inwreathe	[.] INWREATHE, v.t. inre'the. [in and wreathe.] [.] To surround or encompass as with a wreath, or with something in the form of a wreath. [.] [.] Resplendent locks inwreathed with beams.
31162	isothermal	[.] ISOTHERM'AL, a. [Gr. equal, proper, and heat.] Having an equal degree of heat, or a like temperature.
31475	jolthead	[.] JOLTHEAD, n. A greathead; a dunce; a blockhead.
32278	lathe	[.] LATHE, n. [.] An engine by which instruments of wood, ivory, metals and other materials, are turned and cut into a smooth round form.
32279	lather	[.] LATH'ER, v.i. [.] To form a foam with water and soap; to become froth, or frothy matter. [.] LATH'ER, v.t. To spread over with the foam of soap. [.] LATH'ER, n. [.] 1. Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water. [.] 2. Foam or froth from profuse ...
32460	leather	[.] LEATH'ER,
32461	leather-coat	[.] LEATH'ER-COAT, n. An apple with a tough coat or rind.
32462	leather-dresser	[.] LEATH'ER-DRESSER, n. One who dresses leather; one who prepares hides for use.
32463	leather-jacket	[.] LEATH'ER-JACKET, n A fish of the Pacific ocean.
32464	leather-mouthed	[.] LEATH'ER-MOUTHED, a. [.] By leather-mouthed fish, I mean such as have their teeth in their throat, as the chub.
32465	leather-seller	[.] LEATH'ER-SELLER,
32466	leather-winged	[.] LEATH'ER-WINGED,
32467	leathern	[.] LEATH'ERN,
32468	leathery	[.] LEATH'ERY,
32585	lengthen	[.] LENGTH'EN, v.t. length'n. [.] 1. To extend in length; to make longer; to elongate; as, to lengthen a line. [.] 2. To draw out or extend in time; to protract; to continue in duration; as, to lengthen life. The days lengthen from December to June. [.] 3. To ...
32586	lengthened	[.] LENGTH'ENED, pp. Made longer; drawn out in length; continued in duration.
32587	lengthening	[.] LENGTH'ENING, ppr. Making longer; extending in length or in duration. [.] LENGTH'ENING, n. Continuation; protraction. Dan 4.
32652	lethe	[.] LE'THE, n. le'thee. [Gr. forgetfulness; L. lateo, to be hid.] Oblivion; a draught of oblivion.
32653	lethean	[.] LETHE'AN, a. Inducing forgetfulness or oblivion.
32654	lether	[.] LETH'ER, n. [.] 1. The skin of an animal dressed and prepared for use. [.] 2. Dressed hides in general. [.] 3. Skin; in an ironical sense.
32655	lether-seller	[.] LETH'ER-SELLER, n. A seller or dealer in leather.
32656	lether-winged	[.] LETH'ER-WINGED, a. Having wings like leather.
32657	lethern	[.] LETH'ERN, a. Made of leather; consisting of leather; as a lethern purse; a lethern girdle.
32658	lethery	[.] LETH'ERY, a. Resembling leather; tough.
32838	lightheaded	[.] LI'GHTHEADED, a. [See head.] [.] 1. Thoughtless; heedless; weak; volatile; unsteady. [.] 2. Disordered in the head; dizzy; delirious.
32839	lightheadedness	[.] LI'GHTHEADEDNESS, n. Disorder of the head; dizziness; deliriousness.
32840	lighthearted	[.] LI'GHTHE'ARTED, a. Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry.
33046	lithe	[.] LITHE, a. That may be easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as the elephant's lithe proboscis. [.] LITHE, v.t. [.] 1. To smooth; to soften; to palliate. Obs. [.] 2. To listen. Obs.
33047	litheness	[.] LI'THENESS, n. Flexibility; limberness.
33048	lither	[.] LI'THER, a. [.] 1. Soft; pliant. Obs. [.] 2. Bad; corrupt. Obs.
33049	litherly	[.] LI'THERLY, adv. Slowly; lazily. Obs.
33050	litherness	[.] LI'THERNESS, n. Idleness; laziness. Obs.
33158	loathe	[.] LOATHE,
33159	loather	[.] LOATHER, n. One that lothes.
33371	lothe	[.] LOTHE, v.t. To hate; to look on with hatred or abhorrence; particularly, to feel disgust at food or drink, either from natural antipathy, or a sickly appetite, or from satiety, or from its ill taste. [See Lothe.]
33372	lothed	[.] LO'THED, pp. Hatred; abhorred; turned from with disgust.
33373	lother	[.] LO'THER, n. One that lothes or abhors.
33631	lutheran	[.] LU'THERAN, a. Pertaining to Luther, the reformer; as the Lutheran church. [.] LU'THERAN, n. A disciple or follower of Luther; one who adheres to the doctrines of Luther.
33632	lutheranism	[.] LU'THERANISM, n. The doctrines of religion as taught by Luther.
33633	luthern	[.] LU'THERN, n. In architecture, a kind of window over the cornice, in the roof of a building, to admit light into the upper story.
34437	mathematic	[.] MATHEMAT'IC
34438	mathematical	[.] MATHEMAT'ICAL, a. [L. mathematicus.] Pertaining to mathematics; as mathematical knowledge; mathematical instruments. [.] 1. According to the principles of mathematics; as mathematical exactness.
34439	mathematically	[.] MATHEMAT'ICALLY, adv. According to the laws or principles of mathematical science. [.] 1. With mathematical certainty; demonstrably.
34440	mathematician	[.] MATHEMATI'CIAN, n. One versed in mathematics.
34441	mathematics	[.] MATHEMAT'ICS, n. [L. mathematica, from Gr. to learn.] The science of quantity; the science which treats of magnitude and number, or of whatever can be measured or numbered. This science is divided into pure or speculative, which considers quantity abstractly, without ...
34442	mathemeg	[.] MATH'EMEG, n. A fish of the cod kind, inhabiting Hudson's bay.
34443	mathes	[.] MATH'ES, n. An herb.
34444	mathesis	[.] MATH'ESIS, n. The doctrine of mathematics.
34496	mauther	[.] MAU'THER, n. A foolish young girl. [Not used.]
34564	mealy-mouthed	[.] ME'ALY-MOUTHED, a. Literally,having a soft mouth; hence,unwilling to tell the truth in plain language; inclined to speak of any thing in softer terms than the truth will warrant.
34565	mealy-mouthedness	[.] MEALY-MOUTH'EDNESS, n. Inclination to express the truth in soft words, or to disguise the plain fact; reluctance to tell the plain truth.
34592	meathe	[.] MEATHE, n. Liquor or drink. [Not used.]
34682	megatherium	[.] MEGATHE'RIUM
34683	megathery	[.] MEGATH'ERY , n. [Gr. great, and a wild beast.] A quadruped now extinct, but whose remains have been found in South America. It was larger than the megalonyx.
34957	metathesis	[.] METATH'ESIS, n. [Gr. over, and to set.] [.] 1. Transposition; a figure by which the letters or syllables of a word are transposed; as pistris for pristis. [.] 2. In medicine, a change or removal of a morbid cause, without expulsion.
34979	metheglin	[.] METHEG'LIN, n. A liquor made of honey and water boiled and fermented, often enriched with spices.
35977	monotheism	[.] MON'OTHEISM, n. [Gr. only, and God.] The doctrine or belief of the existence of one God only.
35978	monothelite	[.] MONOTH'ELITE, n. [Gr. one, and will.] One who holds that Christ had but one will.
36171	motheat	[.] MOTH'EAT, v.t. [moth and eat.] To eat or prey upon, as a moth eats a garment.
36172	motheaten	[.] MOTH'EATEN, a. Eaten by moths. Job.13.
36173	mothen	[.] MOTH'EN, a. Full of moths. [Not in use.]
36174	mother	[.] MOTHER, n. [L. mater, mother; matrix, the womb; materia, matter, stuff, materials of which any thing is made. We observe that in some other languages, as well as in English, the same word signifies a female parent, and the thick slime formed in vinegar; and in all ...
36175	mother-in-law	[.] MOTHER-IN-LAW, n. The mother of a husband or wife.
36176	mother-water	[.] MOTHER-WATER, n. A fluid remaining after the evaporation of salt water, and containing deliquescent salts and impurities.
36177	mother-wit	[.] MOTHER-WIT, n. Native wit; common sense.
36178	mother-wort	[.] MOTHER-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Leonurus.
36179	motherhood	[.] MOTHERHOOD, n. The state of being a mother.
36180	motherless	[.] MOTHERLESS, a. Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as motherless children.
36181	motherly	[.] MOTHERLY, a. Pertaining to a mother; as motherly power or authority. [.] 1. Becoming a mother; tender; parental; as motherly love or care. [.] MOTHERLY, adv. In the manner of a mother.
36182	mothery	[.] MOTHERY, a. Concreted; resembling or partaking of the nature of mother; as the mothery substance in liquors.
36239	mouthed	[.] MOUTH'ED,pp. Uttered with a full, swelling, affected voice. [.] 1. Taken into the mouth; chewed. [.] 2. a. Furnished with a mouth; used chiefly in composition; as well-mouthed; foul-mouthed, contumelious, reproachful or obscene; mealy-mouthed, bashful, reserved ...
36781	neatherd	[.] NEATHERD, n. A person who has the care of cattle; a cow-keeper.
36902	neither	[.] NEITHER, n. [Compound pronoun, pronominal adjective, or a substitute, and not either, or not other. Not either; not the one nor the other.] [.] 1. It refers to individual things or persons; as, which road shall I take? Neither, take neither road. The upright judge ...
36920	nepenthe	[.] NEPENTHE, n. [Gr. not, and grief.] A drug or medicine that drives away pain and grief. [Little used.]
36955	nether	[.] NETHER, a. [This word is of the comparative degree; the positive occurs only in composition, as in beneath. It is used only in implied comparison, as in the nether part, the nether millstone; but we never say, one part is nether than another. It is not much used.] [.] 1. ...
36956	nethermost	[.] NETHERMOST, a. Lowest; as the nethermost hell; the nethermost abyss.
36985	nevertheless	[.] NEVERTHELESS, adv. Not the less; notwithstanding; that is, in opposition to any thing, or without regarding it. It rained, nevertheless, we proceeded on our journey; we did not the less proceed on our journey; we proceeded in opposition to the rain, without regarding ...
37254	nomothetic	[.] NOMOTHETIC, a. Legislative; enacting laws.
37255	nomothetical	[.] NOMOTHETICAL, a. Legislative; enacting laws.
37348	northeast	[.] NORTHE'AST, n. The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each. [.] NORTHE'AST, a. Pertaining to the northeast, or proceeding from that point; as a northeast wind.
37349	northerly	[.] NORTH'ERLY, a. Being towards the north, or nearer towards the north than to any other cardinal point. [We use this word and northern with considerable latitude.] [.] NORTH'ERLY, adv. [.] 1. Towards the north; as, to sail northerly. [.] 2. In a northern direction; ...
37350	northern	[.] NORTH'ERN, a. [.] 1. Being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. [.] 2. In a direction towards the north, or a point near it; as, to steer a northern course.
37351	northernly	[.] NORTH'ERNLY, adv. Toward the north. [Not used.]
38131	openmouthed	[.] OPENMOUTHED, a. o'pnmouthed. Greedy; ravenous; clamorous; as an open-mouthed lion.
38534	other	[.] OTH'ER, a. [Heb.] [.] 1. Not the same; different; not this or these. [.] Then the other company which is left shall escape. Gen. 32. [.] Behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. Ex. 4. [.] Other lords besides thee have had dominion over us. Is. 26. [.] There ...
38535	othergates	[.] OTH'ERGATES, adv. [other and gate, for way, manner.] Of another manner. Obs.
38536	otherguise	[.] OTH'ERGUISE, adv. [other and guise, manner.] Of another kind. [corruptly pronounced otherguess.]
38537	otherwhere	[.] OTH'ERWHERE, adv. [other and where.] In some other place; or in other places.
38538	otherwhile	[.] OTH'ERWHILE,
38539	otherwhiles	[.] OTH'ERWHILES, adv. [other and while.] At other times.
38540	otherwise	[.] OTH'ERWISE, adv. [other and wise, manner.] [.] 1. In a different manner. [.] Thy father was a worthy prince, and merited, alas! a better fate; but heaven thought otherwise. [.] 2. By other causes. [.] Sir John Norris failed in the attempt of Lisborn, and ...
38577	outbreathe	[.] OUTBRE'ATHE, v.t. [.] 1. To weary by having better breath. [.] 2. To expire.
38616	outherod	[.] OUTHER'OD, v.t. To surpass in enormity, absurdity or cruelty.
38871	overleather	[.] O'VERLEATHER,
38873	overlether	[.] O'VERLETHER, n. The leather which forms or is intended to form the upper part of a shoe; that which is over the foot. [With us, this is called upper leather.]
39018	overweather	[.] OVERWEATHER, v.t. overweth'er. [See Weather.] To bruise or batter by violence of weather.
39349	pantheism	[.] PAN'THEISM, n. [Gr. all, and God, whence theism.] The doctrine that the universe is God, or the system of theology in which it is maintained that the universe is the supreme God.
39350	pantheist	[.] PANTHE'IST, n. One that believes the universe to be God; a name given to the followers of Spinosa. [.] [.] The earliest Grecian pantheist of whom we read is Orpheus.
39351	pantheistic	[.] PANTHEIS'TIC
39352	pantheistical	[.] PANTHEIS'TICAL, n. Pertaining to pantheism; confounding God with the universe.
39353	pantheon	[.] PANTHE'ON, n. [Gr. all, and God.] A temple or magnificent edifice at Rome, dedicated to all the gods. It is now converted into a church. It was built or embellished by Agrippa, son-in-law to Augustus, is of a round or cylindrical form, with a spherical dome, and ...
39354	panther	[.] PAN'THER, n. [L. from Gr.] A fierce, ferocious quadruped of the genus Felis, of the size of a large dog, with short hair, of a yellow color, diversified with roundish black spots. This animal is carnivorous, and will climb trees in pursuit of small animals. It is ...
39506	parathesis	[.] PARATH'ESIS, n. [Gr.] In grammar, apposition, or the placing of two or more nouns in the same case.
39546	parenthesis	[.] PAREN'THESIS, n. [Gr. to insert.] A sentence, or certain words inserted in a sentence, which interrupt the sense or natural connection of words, but serve to explain or qualify the sense of the principal sentence. The parenthesis is usually included in hooks or curved ...
39547	parentheticical	[.] PARENTHET'IC'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a parenthesis; expressed in a parenthesis. [.] 1. Using parenthesis.
39776	pathetic	[.] PATHET'IC
39777	pathetical	[.] PATHET'ICAL, a. [Gr. passion; to suffer.] Affecting or moving the passions, particularly pity, sorrow, grief or other tender emotion; as a pathetic song or discourse; pathetic expostulation. [.] [.] No theory of the passions can teach a man to be pathetic.
39778	pathetically	[.] PATHET'ICALLY, adv. In such a manner as to excite the tender passions.
39779	patheticalness	[.] PATHET'ICALNESS, n. The quality of moving the tender passions.
40844	physico-theology	[.] PHYSICO-THEOL'OGY, n. [physic or physical and theology.] Theology or divinity illustrated or enforced by physics or natural philosophy.
41755	polytheism	[.] POL'YTHEISM, n. [Gr. many and God.] The doctrine of a plurality of gods or invisible beings superior to man, and having an agency in the government of the world.
41756	polytheist	[.] POL'YTHEIST, n. A person who believes in or maintains the doctrine of a plurality of gods.
41757	polytheistic	[.] POLYTHEIS'TIC
41758	polytheistical	[.] POLYTHEIS'TICAL, a. Pertaining to polytheism; as polytheistic belief or worship. [.] 1. Holding a plurality of gods; as a polytheistic writer.
42086	pothecary	[.] POTH'ECARY, contracted from apothecary, and very vulgar. [See the latter.]
42087	pother	[.] POTH'ER, n. [This word is vulgarly pronounced bother. Its origin and affinities are not ascertained.] [.] 1. Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter. [Low.] [.] 2. A suffocating cloud. [.] POTH'ER, v.i. To make a blustering ineffectual effort; to make a stir. [.] POTH'ER, ...
42088	potherb	[.] POT'HERB, n. An herb for the pot or for cookery; a culinary plant.
42900	prithee	[.] PRITH'EE, a corruption of pray thee, as I prithee; but it is generally used without the pronoun, prithee.
43175	promethean	[.] PROMETHE'AN, a. Pertaining to Prometheus, who stole fire from heaven.
43376	prosthesis	[.] PROS'THESIS
43377	prosthetic	[.] PROSTHET'IC, a. [Gr.] Prefixed, as a letter to a word.
43415	prothesis	[.] PROTH'ESIS, n. [Gr.] In surgery, the addition of an artificial part to supply a defect of the body; as a wooden leg, &c.
44630	rather	[.] RATH'ER, adv. [I would rather go, or sooner go. The use is taken from pushing or moving forward.] [L. ante, before.] But he said, yea rather, happy are they that hear the word of God and keep it. Luke 11.] [.] 1. More readily or willingly; with better liking; ...
44935	rebreathe	[.] REBRE'ATHE, v.i. [re and breathe.] To breathe again.
45557	regather	[.] REGATH'ER, v.t. To gather or collect a second time.
45558	regathered	[.] REGATH'ERED, pp. Collected again.
45559	regathering	[.] REGATH'ERING, ppr. Gathering a second time.
47313	rother-beasts	[.] ROTH'ER-BEASTS, n. [.] Cattle of the bovine genus; called in England black cattle. [Not used in America.]
47314	rother-nails	[.] ROTH'ER-NAILS, n. [corrupted from rudder-nails.] [.] Among shipwrights, nails with very full heads, used for fastening the rudder irons of ships.
47571	ruthenus	[.] RUTHENUS, n. A fish of the genus Accipenser.
47629	sackclothed	[.] SACK'CLOTHED, a. Clothed in sackcloth.
48329	sciatheric	[.] SCIATHER'IC,
48330	sciatherical	[.] SCIATHER'ICAL, a. [Gr. a shadow, and a catching.] [.] Belonging to a sun-dial. [Little used.]
48331	sciatherically	[.] SCIATHER'ICALLY, adv. After the manner of a sun-dial.
48613	scythe	[.] SCYTHE, A wrong spelling. [See Sythe.]
48623	sea-bathed	[.] SEA-BA'THED, a. [sea and bathe.] Bathed dipped or washed in the sea.
48707	sea-panther	[.] SE'A-PANTHER, n. [sea and panther.] A fish like a lamprey.
48928	seethe	[.] SEETHE, v. t. pret. seethed, sod; pp. seethed, sodden. [Heb. to seethe, to boil, to swell, to be inflated.] To boil; to decoct or prepare for food in hot liquor; as, to seethe flesh. [.] Thou ...
48929	seethed	[.] SEE'THED, pp. Boiled; decoated.
48930	seether	[.] SEE'THER, n. A boiler; a pot for boiling things.
49643	sheathe	[.] SHEATHE, [.] 1. To put in a case or scabbard; as, the sheathe a sword or dagger. [.] 2. To inclose or cover with a sheath or case. [.] The leopard-deeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed ...
49644	sheathed	[.] SHE'ATHED, pp. [.] 1. Put in a sheath; inclosed or covered in a case; covered; lined; invested with a membrane. [.] 2. a. In botany, vaginate; invested by a sheath or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk ...
49802	shoe-leather	[.] SHOE-LEATHER, n. [shoe and lether.] Lether for shoes.
49803	shoe-lether	[.] SHOE-LETHER,
49842	short-breathed	[.] SHORT'-BREATHED, a. Having short breath or quick respiration.
50274	sithe	[.] SITHE, n. Time. [.] SITHE, [See Sythe.]
50275	sithence	[.] SITH'ENCE, SITH'ES, adv. Since; in later times.
50276	sithes	[.] SITH'ENCE, SITH'ES, adv. Since; in later times.
50673	smithery	[.] SMITH'ERY, n. [.] 1. The worshop of a smith. [.] 2. Work done by a smith.
50693	smoothed	[.] SMOOTH'ED, pp. Made smooth.
50694	smoothen	[.] SMOOTHEN, for smooth, is used by mechanics; though not, I believe, in the U. States.
50699	smother	[.] SMOTHER, v.t. [allied perhaps to smoke.] [.] 1. To suffocate of extinguish life by causing smoke or dust to enter the lungs; to stifle. [.] 2. To suffocate or extinguish by closely covering, and be the exclustion of air; as, to smother a child in bed. [.] 3. ...
50757	snathe	[.] SNATHE, v.t. To lop; to prune. [Not in use.]
50913	softhearted	[.] SOFT'HEARTED, a. Having tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection; gentle; meek.
51067	soothe	[.] SOOTHE, v.t. [The sense of setting, allaying of softening, would give that of truth, and of sweet, that is, smooth.] [.] 1. To flatter; to please with blandishments or soft words. Can I soothe tyranny? I've tried the force of every reason on him. Sooth'd and caress'd, ...
51068	soothed	[.] SOOTH'ED, pp. Flattered; softened; calmed; pleased.
51069	soother	[.] SOOTH'ER, n. A flatterer; he or that which softens or assuages.
51158	sothernwood	[.] SOTHERNWOOD, n. suth'ernwood, A plant agreeing in most parts with the wormwood. The southernwood is the Artemisia abrotanum, a different species form the wormwood.
51201	southeast	[.] SOUTHE'AST, n. The point of the compass equally distant from the south and east. [.] SOUTHE'AST, a. In the direction of southeast, or coming from the southeast; s a southeast wind.
51202	southeastern	[.] SOUTHE'ASTERN, a. Towards the southeast.
51203	southerly	[.] SOUTHERLY, a. suth'erly. [.] 1. Lying at the south, or in a direction nearly south; as a southerly point. [.] 2. Coming from the south or a point nearly south; as a southerly wind.
51204	southern	[.] SOUTHERN, a. suth'ern. [.] 1. Belonging to the south; meridional; as the southern hemisphere. [.] 2. Lying towards the south; as a southern country or climate. [.] 3. Coming form the south; as a southern breeze.
51205	southernly	[.] SOUTHERNLY, a. suth'ernly. Towards the south.
51206	southernmost	[.] SOUTHERNMOST, a. suth'ernmost. Furthest towards the south.
51315	spathe	[.] SPATHE, n. [L. spatha.] In botany, the calyx of a spadix opening or bursting longitudinally, in form of a sheath. It is also applied to the calyx of some flowers which have no spadix, as of narcissus, crocus, iris, &c.
51522	spinthere	[.] SPIN'THERE, n. A mineral of a greenish gray color.
52215	step-brother	[.] STEP-BROTHER, n. A brother-in-law, or by marriage.
52219	step-father	[.] STEP-FATHER, n. A father-in-law; a father by marriage only; [the father of an orphan.]
52220	step-mother	[.] STEP-MOTHER, n. A mother by marriage only; a mother-in-law; [the mother of an orphan.]
52276	stethescope	[.] STETHESCOPE, n. [Gr., the breast; to view.] A tubular instrument for distinguishing diseases of the stomach by sounds.
52395	stirrup-lether	[.] STIRRUP-LETHER, n. A strap that supports a stirrup.
52642	strengthen	[.] STRENGTHEN, v.t. [.] 1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to, either physical, legal or moral; as, to strengthen a limb; to strengthen an obligation. [.] 2. To confirm; to establish; as, to strengthen authority. [.] 3. To animate; to encourage; to fix ...
52643	strengthened	[.] STRENGTHENED, pp. Made strong or stronger; confirmed.
52644	strengthener	[.] STRENGTHENER, n. [.] 1. That which increases strength, physical or moral. [.] 2. In medicine, something which, taken into the system, increases the action and energy of the vital powers.
52645	strengthening	[.] STRENGTHENING, ppr. Increasing strength, physical or moral; confirming; animating.
53893	swathe	[.] SWATHE, v.t. To bind with a band, bandage or rollers; as, to swathe a child. [.] 1. To bind or wrap. [.] [.] Their children are never swathed or bound about with any thing when first born.
54105	sympathetic	[.] SYMPATHET'IC
54106	sympathetical	[.] SYMPATHET'ICAL, a. See Sympathy.] [.] 1. Pertaining to sympathy. [.] 2. Having common feeling with another; susceptible of being affected by feelings like those of another, or of feelings inconsequence of what another feels; as a sympathetic heart. [.] 3. Among ...
54107	sympathetically	[.] SYMPATHET'ICALLY, adv. With sympathy or common feeling; inconsequence of sympathy; by communication from something else.
54177	synthesis	[.] SYN'THESIS, n. [Gr. to put or set.] [.] 1. Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compound medicines. [.] 2. In logic, composition, or that process of reasoning in which we advance by a regular chain from principles before established ...
54178	synthetic	[.] SYNTHET'IC
54179	synthetical	[.] SYNTHET'ICAL, a. Pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to the analytical.
54180	synthetically	[.] SYNTHET'ICALLY, adv. By synthesis; by composition.
54181	synthetize	[.] SYN'THETIZE, v.t. To unite in regular structure. [Not much used.]
54210	sythe	[.] SYTHE, n. [Heb. an ax.] [.] 1. An instrument for mowing grass, or cutting other grain or vegetables. It consists of a long curving blade with a sharp edge, made fast to a handle, which in New England is called a snath, and which is bent into a convenient form for ...
54211	sythed	[.] SY'THED, a. Armed with sythes, as a chariot.
54212	sytheman	[.] SY'THEMAN, n. One who uses a sythe; a mower.
54591	teathe	[.] TEATHE, n. The soil or fertility left on lands by feeding them. [Local.] [.] TEATHE, v.t. To feed and enrich by live stock. [Local.]
54921	tether	...
55004	the	[.] THE, an adjective or definitive adjective. [.] 1. This adjective is used as a definitive, that is, before nouns which are specific or understood; or it is used to limit their signification to a specific thing or things, or to describe them; as the laws of the twelve ...
55005	thearchy	[.] THE'ARCHY, n. [Gr. God, and rule.] Government by God; more commonly called theocracy.
55006	theater	[.] THE'ATER
55007	theatins	[.] THE'ATINS, n. An order of regular priests in Naples, who have no property, nor do they beg, but wait for what providence sends them. They have their name from the chief of the order.
55008	theatral	[.] THE'ATRAL, a. Belonging to a theater. [Not in use.]
55009	theatre	[.] THE'ATRE, n. [L. theatrum; Gr. to see.] [.] 1. Among the ancients, an edifice in which spectacles or shows were exhibited for the amusement of spectators. [.] 2. In modern times, a house for the exhibition of dramatic performances, as tragedies, comedies and farces; ...
55010	theatric	[.] THEAT'RIC
55011	theatrical	[.] THEAT'RICAL, a. Pertaining to a theater or to scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; as theatrical dress; theatrical performances; theatrical gestures.
55012	theatrically	[.] THEAT'RICALLY, adv. In the manner of actors on the state; in a manner suiting the stage.
55013	theave	[.] THEAVE'
55014	thee	[.] THEE, pron. obj. case of thou. [.] THEE, v.i. To thrive; to prosper.
55015	theft	[.] THEFT, n. The act of stealing. In law, the private, unlawful, felonious taking of another person's goods or movables, with an intent to steal them. To constitute theft, the taking must be in private or without the owner's knowledge, and it must be unlawful or felonious, ...
55016	their	[.] THEIR, a pronom. [.] 1. Their has the sense of a pronominal adjective, denoting of them, or the possession of two or more; as their voices; their garments; their houses; their land; their country. [.] 2. Theirs is used as a substitute for the adjective and the ...
55017	theism	[.] THE'ISM, n. [from Gr. God.] The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opposed to atheism. Theism differs from deism, for although deism implies a belief in the existence of a God, yet it signifies in modern usage a denial of revelation, which theism ...
55018	theist	[.] THE'IST, n. One who believes in the existence of a God.
55019	theistic	[.] THEIS'TIC
55020	theistical	[.] THEIS'TICAL, a. Pertaining to theism, or to a theist; according to the doctrine of theists.
55021	them	[.] THEM, pron. the objective case of they, and of both genders. [In our mother tongue, them is an adjective, answering to the, in the dative and ablative cases of both numbers. The common people continue to use it in the plural number as an adjective, for they say, bring ...
55022	theme	[.] THEME, n. [L. thema; Gr. to set or place.] [.] 1. A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks. The preacher takes a text for the theme of his discourse. [.] [.] When a soldier was the theme, my name [.] [.] Was not far off. [.] 2. A short dissertation ...
55023	themselves	[.] THEMSELVES, a compound of them and selves, and added to they by way of emphasis or pointed distinction. Thus we say, they themselves have done the mischief; they cannot blame others. In this case, themselves is in the nominative case, and maybe considered as an emphatical ...
55024	then	[.] THEN, adv. [.] 1. At that time, referring to a time specified, either past or future. [.] [.] And the Canaanite was then in the land. Gen.12. [.] [.] That is, when Abram migrated and came into Canaan. [.] [.] Now I know in part, but then shall I know even ...
55025	thence	[.] THENCE, adv. thens. [.] 1. From that place. [.] [.] When you depart thence,shake off the dust of your feet. Mark 6. [.] It is more usual, though not necessary, to use from before thence. [.] [.] Then will I send and fetch thee from thence. Gen.27. [.] 2. ...
55026	thenceforth	[.] THENCEFORTH, adv. thens'forth. [thence and forth.] From that time. [.] [.] If the salt hath lost its savor, it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matt 5. [.] This is also preceded by from, though not from any necessity. [.] [.] And from thenceforth Pilate sought ...
55027	thenceforward	[.] THENCEFOR'WARD, adv. [thence and forward.] From that time onward.
55028	thencefrom	[.] THENCEFROM', adv. [thence and from.] From that place. [Not in use.]
55029	theocracy	[.] THEOC'RACY, n. [Gr. God, and power; to hold.] Government of a state by the immediate direction of God; or the state thus governed. Of this species the Israelites furnish an illustrious example. The theocracy lasted till the time of Saul.
55030	theocraticical	[.] THEOCRAT'IC'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a theocracy; administered by the immediate direction of God; as the theocratical state of the Israelites. The government of the Israelites was theocratic.
55031	theodicy	[.] THE'ODICY, n. [L. dico, to speak.] [.] The science of God; metaphysical theology.
55032	theodolite	[.] THEOD'OLITE, n. [Gr. to run, and long.] An instrument for taking the heights and distances of objects, or for measuring horizontal and vertical angles in land-surveying.
55033	theogony	[.] THEOG'ONY, n. [Gr. God, and to be born.] In mythology, the generation of the gods; or that branch of heathen theology which taught the genealogy of their deities. Hesiod composed a poem concerning that theogony, or the creation of the world and the descent of the ...
55034	theologaster	[.] THEOL'OGASTER, n. A kind of quack in divinity; as a quack in medicine is called medicaster.
55035	theologian	[.] THEOLO'GIAN, n. [See Theology.] A divine; a person well versed in theology, or a professor of divinity.
55036	theologic	[.] THEOLOG'IC
55037	theological	[.] THEOLOG'ICAL, a. [See Theology.] Pertaining to divinity, or the science of God and of divine things; as a theological treatise; theological criticism.
55038	theologically	[.] THEOLOG'ICALLY, adv. According to the principles of theology.
55039	theologist	[.] THEOL'OGIST, n. A divine; one studious in the science of divinity, or one well versed in that science.
55040	theologize	[.] THEOL'OGIZE, v.t. To render theological. [.] 1. v.i. To frame a system of theology. [Little used.]
55041	theologizer	[.] THEOL'OGIZER, n. A divine, or a professor of theology. [Unusual.]
55042	theologue	[.] THE'OLOGUE, for theologist, is not in use.
55043	theology	[.] THEOL'OGY, n. [Gr. God, and discourse.] Divinity; the science of God and divine things; or the science which teaches the existence, character and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe,and the duties we are to practice. Theology ...
55044	theomachist	[.] THEOM'ACHIST, n. [Gr. God, and combat.] [.] One who fights against the gods.
55045	theomachy	[.] THEOM'ACHY, n. [supra.] A fighting against the gods, as the battle of the giants with the gods. [.] 1. Opposition to the divine will.
55046	theopathy	[.] THEOP'ATHY, n. [Gr. God, and passion.] Religious suffering; suffering for the purpose of subduing sinful propensities.
55047	theorbo	[.] THEOR'BO, n. A musical instrument made like a large lute, except that it has two necks or juga, the second and longer of which sustains the four last rows of chords, which are to give the deepest sounds. The theorbo has eight base or thick strings twice as long as ...
55048	theorem	[.] THE'OREM, n. [Gr. to see.] [.] 1. In mathematics, a proposition which terminates in theory,and which considers the properties of things already made or done; or it is a speculative proposition deduced from several definitions compared together. [.] A theorem is ...
55049	theorematic	[.] THEOREMAT'IC
55050	theorematical	[.] THEOREMAT'ICAL
55051	theoremic	[.] THEOREM'IC, a. Pertaining to a theorem; comprised in a theorem; consisting of theorems; as theoremic truth.
55052	theoretic	[.] THEORET'IC
55053	theoretical	[.] THEORET'ICAL, a. [See Theory.] Pertaining to theory; depending on theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation; not practical; as theoretical learning; theoretic sciences. The sciences are divided into theoretical, as theology, philosophy ...
55054	theoretically	[.] THEORET'ICALLY, adv. In or by theory; in speculation; speculatively; not practically. Some things appear to be theoretically true, which are found to be practically false.
55055	theoric	[.] THE'ORIC, n. Speculation.
55056	theorist	[.] THE'ORIST, n. One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation. [.] [.] The greatest theorists have given the preference to such a government as that of this kingdom.
55057	theorize	[.] THE'ORIZE, v.i. To form a theory or theories; to speculate; as, to theorize on the existence of phlogiston.
55058	theory	[.] THE'ORY, n. [L. theoria; Gr. to see or contemplate.] [.] 1. Speculation; a doctrine or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice. It is here taken in an unfavorable sense, as implying something visionary. [.] 2. ...
55059	theosophic	[.] THEOSOPH'IC
55060	theosophical	[.] THEOSOPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to theosophism or to theosophists; divinely wise.
55061	theosophism	[.] THEOS'OPHISM, n. [Gr. God, and comment; wise.] [.] Pretension to divine illumination; enthusiasm.
55062	theosophist	[.] THEOS'OPHIST, n. One who pretends to divine illumination; one who pretends to derive his knowledge from divine revelation.
55063	theosophy	[.] THEOS'OPHY, n. Divine wisdom; godliness. [.] 1. Knowledge of God.
55064	therapeutic	[.] THERAPEU'TIC, a. [Gr. to nurse, serve or cure.] Curative; that pertains to the healing art; that is concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases. [.] [.] Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, ...
55065	therapeutics	[.] THERAPEU'TICS, n. That part of medicine which respects the discovery and application of remedies for diseases. Therapeutics teaches the use of diet and of medicines. [.] 1. A religious sect described by Philo. They were devotees to religion.
55066	there	[.] THERE, adv. [.] 1. In that place. [.] [.] The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed. Gen.2. [.] 2. It is sometimes opposed to here; there denoting the place most distant. [.] [.] Darkness there might well ...
55067	thereabout	[.] THEREABOUT'
55068	thereabouts	[.] THEREABOUTS', adv. [there and about. The latter is less proper, but most commonly used.] [.] 1. Near that place. [.] 2. Nearly; near that number, degree or quantity; as ten men or thereabouts. [.] 3. Concerning that. [Not much used.] Luke 24.
55069	thereafter	[.] THERE`AFTER, adv. [there and after.] [.] 1. According to that; accordingly. [.] [.] When you can draw the head indifferently well, proportion the body thereafter. [.] 2. After that.
55070	thereat	[.] THEREAT', adv. [there and at.] At that place. [.] [.] Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat. Matt 7. [.] 1. At that; at that thing or event; on that account. [.] [.] Every error is a stain ...
55071	thereby	[.] THEREBY', adv. [there and by.] By that; by that means; in consequence of that. [.] [.] Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace; thereby good shall come to thee. Job 22.
55072	therefor	[.] THEREFOR', adv. [there and for.] For that or this, or it.
55073	therefore	[.] THEREFORE, adv. ther'fore. [there and for.] [.] 1. For that; for that or this reason, referring to something previously stated. [.] [.] I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. [.] Luke 14. [.] 2. Consequently. [.] [.] He blushes; therefore he ...
55074	therefrom	[.] THEREFROM', adv. [there and from.] From this or that. [.] [.] --Turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left. Josh. 23.
55075	therein	[.] THEREIN', adv. [there and in.] In that or this place, time or thing. [.] [.] Bring forth abundantly in the earth and multiply therein. Gen.9. [.] [.] Ye shall keep the sabbath--whosoever doeth any work therein--that soul shall be cut off. Ex.31. [.] [.] ...
55076	thereinto	[.] THEREINTO', adv. [there and into.] Into that.
55077	thereof	[.] THEREOF',adv. [there and of.] Of that or this. [.] [.] In the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. Gen.2.
55078	thereon	[.] THEREON', adv. [there and on.] On that or this. [.] [.] Then the king said, hang him thereon. Esth.7.
55079	thereout	[.] THEREOUT', adv. [there and out.] Out of that or this. Lev.2.
55080	thereto	[.] THERETO'
55081	thereunder	[.] THEREUN'DER, adv. [there and under.] Under that or this.
55082	thereunto	[.] THEREUNTO', adv. [there and to or unto.] To that or this. [.] [.] Add the fifth part thereto. Lev.5.
55083	thereupon	[.] THEREUPON', adv. [there and upon.] Upon that or this. [.] [.] The remnant of the house of Judah, they shall feed thereupon. Zeph.2. [.] 1. In consequence of that. [.] [.] He hopes to find you forward, [.] [.] And thereupon he sends you this good news. [.] 2. ...
55084	therewhile	[.] THEREWHI'LE, adv. [there and while.] At the same time.
55085	therewith	[.] THEREWITH', adv. [there and with.] With that or this. [.] [.] I have learned in whatever state I am, therewith to be content. Phil.4.
55086	therewithal	[.] THEREWITHAL', adv. [there and withal.] [.] 1. Over and above. [.] 2. At the same time. [.] 3. With that. [This word is obsolete.] [.] [The foregoing compounds of there with the prepositions, are for the most part deemed inelegant and obsolete. Some of them ...
55087	therf-bread	[.] THERF-BREAD, a. therf'bred. Unleavened bread. [Not in use.]
55088	theriac	[.] THE'RIAC, n. [L. theriaca; Gr. treacle.] A name given by the ancients to various compositions esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison, but afterwards restrained chiefly to what has been called Theriaca Andromachi, or Venice-treacle,which is a compound of ...
55089	theriacal	[.] THERI'ACAL, a. Pertaining to theriac; medicinal.
55090	thermal	[.] THER'MAL, a. [L. thermoe, warm baths; Gr. to warm.] [.] Pertaining to heat; warm. [.] Thermal waters, are warm or tepid mineral waters, whose heat varies from 92 deg. to 112 deg.
55091	thermolamp	[.] THER'MOLAMP, n. [Gr. warm, from heat, and lamp.] [.] An instrument for furnishing light by means of inflammable gas.
55092	thermometer	[.] THERMOM'ETER, n. [Gr. warm, from heat, and measure.] An instrument for measuring heat; founded on the property which heat possesses of expanding all bodies, the rate or quantity of expansion being supposed proportional to the degree of heat applied, and hence indicating ...
55093	thermometrical	[.] THERMOMET'RICAL, a. Pertaining to a thermometer; as the thermometrical scale or tube. [.] 1. Made by a thermometer; as thermometrical observations.
55094	thermometrically	[.] THERMOMET'RICALLY, adv. By means of a thermometer.
55095	thermoscope	[.] THER'MOSCOPE, n. [Gr. heat, and to see.] An instrument showing the temperature of the air, or the degree of heat and cold.
55096	these	[.] THESE, pron. plu. of this. pronounced theez, and used as an adjective or substitute. These is opposed to those, as this is to that, and when two persons or things or collections of things are named, these refers to the things or persons which are nearest in place or ...
55097	thesis	[.] THE'SIS, n. [L. thesis; Gr. a position, to set.] [.] 1. A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument; a theme; a subject. [.] 2. In logic, every proposition may be divided into thesis and ...
55098	thetical	[.] THET'ICAL, a. [See Thesis.] Laid down.
55099	theurgic	[.] THEUR'GIC
55100	theurgical	[.] THEUR'GICAL, a. [from theurgy.] Pertaining to the power of performing supernatural things. [.] Theugic hymns, songs of incantation.
55101	theurgist	[.] THE'URGIST, n. One who pretends to or is addicted to theurgy.
55102	theurgy	[.] THE'URGY, n. [Gr. God, and work.] The art of doing things which it is the peculiar province of God to do; or the power or act of performing supernatural things by invoking the names of God or of subordinate agents; magic. This has been divided by some writers into ...
55103	thew	[.] THEW, n. Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior. [Not in use.] [.] 1. Brawn. [Not in use.]
55104	thewed	[.] THEW'ED, a. Accustomed; educated. [Not in use.]
55105	they	[.] THEY, pron. plu.; objective case, them.] [.] 1. The men, the women, the animals, the things. It is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun referring to persons, or as a substitute referring to things. [.] [.] They and their fathers have transgressed against ...
55163	thither	... [.] THITH'ER, adv. To that place; opposed to hither. [.] [.] ...
55164	thitherward	[.] THITH'ERWARD, adv. [thither and ward.] Toward that place. [.] [.] They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward. Jer. 1.
55557	tithe	[.] TITHE, n. The tenth part of any thing; but appropriately, the tenth part of the increase annually arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support. Tithes are personal, predial, or mixed; personal, when accruing from labor, art, ...
55558	tithe-free	[.] TI'THE-FREE, a. Exempt from the payment of tithes.
55559	tithe-paying	[.] TI'THE-PAYING, a. Paying tithes; subjected to pay tithes.
55560	tithed	[.] TI'THED, pp. Taxed a tenth.
55561	tither	[.] TI'THER, n. One who collects tithes.
55613	together	[.] TOGETH'ER, adv. [.] 1. In company. We walked together to the wood. [.] 2. In or into union. [.] [.] The king joined humanity and policy together. [.] 3. In the same place; as, to live together in one house. [.] 4. In the same time; as, to live together ...
55645	toll-gatherer	[.] TOLL-GATHERER, n. The man who takes toll.
55690	toothed	[.] TOOTH'ED, pp. or a. Having teeth or jags. In botany, dentate; having projecting points, remote from each other, about the edge.
56498	tritheism	[.] TRITHE'ISM, n. The opinion or doctrine that there are three Gods in the Godhead.
56499	tritheist	[.] TRITHE'IST, n. One who believes that there are three distinct Gods in the Godhead, that is, three distinct substances, essences of hypostases.
56500	tritheistic	[.] TRITHEIS'TIC, a. Pertaining to tritheism.
56501	tritheite	[.] TRITHE'ITE, n. A tritheist.
57316	unauthentic	[.] UNAUTHEN'TIC, a. Not authentic; not genuine or true.
57317	unauthenticated	[.] UNAUTHEN'TICATED, a. Not authenticated; not made certain by authority.
57349	unbathed	[.] UNBA'THED, a. Not bathed; not wet.
57388	unbequeathed	[.] UNBEQUE'ATHED, a. Not bequeathed; not given by legacy.
57463	unbreathed	[.] UNBRE'ATHED, a. Not exercised. [.] Our unbreath'd memories.
57473	unbrotherly	[.] UNBROTHERLY, a. Not becoming a brother; not suitable to the character and relation of a brother; unkind. [Unbrotherlike is not used.]
57487	unburthen	[.] UNBUR'THEN,
57488	unburthened	[.] UNBUR'THENED,
57489	unburthening	[.] UNBUR'THENING,
57607	unclothe	[.] UNCLO'THE, v.t. To strip of clothes; to make naked; to divest. [.] To have a distinct knowledge of things, we must unclothe them.
57608	unclothed	[.] UNCLO'THED, pp. Stripped of clothing or covering. [.] Nor for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon. [.] 2Cor. 5.
57609	unclothedly	[.] UNCLO'THEDLY, adv. Without clothing
58175	unearthed	[.] UNEARTHED, a. unerth'ed. Driven from a den, cavern or burrow.
58329	unfathered	[.] UNF'ATHERED, a. Fatherless.
58330	unfatherly	[.] UNF'ATHERLY, a. Not becoming a father; unkind.
58343	unfeathered	[.] UNFEATH'ERED,
58359	unfethered	[.] UNFETH'ERED, a. Having no feathers; unfledged; implumous; naked of feathers.
58455	ungathered	[.] UNGATH'ERED, a. Not gathered; not cropped; not picked.
58989	unnethes	[.] UNNETHES, adv. Scarcely; hardly. Obs. [See Uneath.]
59073	unpathed	[.] UNP'ATHED, a. [.] 1. Unmarked by passage; not trodden. [.] 2. Not being beaten into a path; as unpathed snow.
59074	unpathetic	[.] UNPATHET'IC, a. Not pathetic; not adapted to move the passions or excite emotion.
59592	unsheathe	[.] UNSHE'ATHE, v.t. To draw from the sheath or scabbard. [.] Unsheath thy sword. [.] To unsheath the sword, to make war.
59593	unsheathed	[.] UNSHE'ATHED, pp. Drawn from the sheath.
59728	unstrengthened	[.] UNSTRENGTH'ENED, a. Not strengthened; not supported; not assisted.
59783	unswathe	[.] UNSWA'THE, v.t. To take a swathe from; to relieve from a bandage.
60021	unwithered	[.] UNWITH'ERED, a. Not withered or faded.
60022	unwithering	[.] UNWITH'ERING, a. Not liable to wither or fade.
60070	upgather	[.] UPGATH'ER, v.t. To contract. [Not in use.]
61570	water-thermometer	[.] WATER-THERMOMETER, n. An instrument for ascertaining the precise degree of cold at which water ceases to be condensed.
61685	weather	[.] WEATHER, n. Wether. [G., The primary sense of this word is air, wind or atmosphere; probably the Gr., whence ether.] Properly, the air; hence, [.] 1. The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or ...
61686	weather-beaten	[.] WEATHER-BEATEN, a. [weather and beaten.] Beaten or harassed by the weather.
61687	weather-bit	[.] WEATHER-BIT, n. A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the knight-heads.
61688	weather-board	[.] WEATHER-BOARD, n. That side of a ship which is towards the wind; the windward side. So in other words, weather signifies towards the wind or windward; as, in weather-bow, weather-braces, weather-gage, weather-lifts, weather-quarter, weather-shrouds, weather-side, weather-shore, ...
61689	weather-boarding	[.] WEATHER-BOARDING, n. The act of nailing up boards against a wall; or the boards themselves.
61690	weather-boards	[.] WEATHER-BOARDS, n. Pieces of plank placed in the ports of a ship, when laid up in ordinary.
61691	weather-cloths	[.] WEATHER-CLOTHS, n. Long pieces of canvas or tarpaulin used to preserve the hammocks from injury by the weather when stowed, or to defend persons from the wind and spray.
61692	weather-cock	[.] WEATHER-COCK, n. [weather and cock.] [.] 1. Something in the shape of a cock placed on the stop of a spire, which by turning, shows the direction of the wind; a vane, or weather-vane. [.] 2. Any thing or person that turns easily and frequently; a fickle, inconstant ...
61693	weather-driven	[.] WEATHER-DRIVEN, a. [weather and driven.] Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather.
61694	weather-fend	[.] WEATHER-FEND, v.t. [weather and fend.] To shelter.
61695	weather-gage	[.] WEATHER-GAGE, n. [weather and gage.] Something that shows the weather. A ship is said to have the weather-gage of another, when she is at the windward of her.
61696	weather-glass	[.] WEATHER-GLASS, n. [weather and glass.] An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere. This word includes the barometer, thermometer, hygrometer, manometer, and anemometer.
61697	weather-helm	[.] WEATHER-HELM, n. [weather and helm.] A ship is said to carry a weather-helm, when she is inclined to come too near the wind.
61698	weather-proof	[.] WEATHER-PROOF, a. [weather and proof.] Proof against rough weather.
61699	weather-roll	[.] WEATHER-ROLL, n. [weather and roll.] The roll of a ship to the windward; opposed to lee-lurch.
61700	weather-spy	[.] WEATHER-SPY, n. [weather and spy.] A star-gazer; one that foretells the weather. [Little used.]
61701	weather-tide	[.] WEATHER-TIDE, n. [weather and tide.] The tide which sets against the lee side of a ship, impelling her to the windward.
61702	weather-wise	[.] WEATHER-WISE, a. [weather and wise.] Skillful in foreseeing the changes or state of the weather.
61703	weather-wiser	[.] WEATHER-WISER, n. Something that foreshows the weather. [Not used.]
61704	weathered	[.] WEATHERED, pp. Passed to the windward; passed with difficulty.
61705	weathering	[.] WEATHERING, ppr. Passing or sailing to the windward; passing with difficulty.
61706	weathermost	[.] WEATHERMOST, a. [weather and most.] Being farthest to the windward.
61717	wedding-clothes	[.] WEDDING-CLOTHES, n. [wedding and clothes.] Garments for a bride or a bridegroom, to be worn at marriage.
61855	wether	[.] WETHER, n. A ram castrated.
61935	whether	[.] WHETHER, pronoun or substitute. [L. The sense seems to be what, or which of two, referring either to persons or to sentences.] [.] [.] 1. Which of two. [.] [.] Whether of them twain did the will of his father? Matthew 21/ [.] Here whether is a substitute for one ...
62090	whither	[.] WHITHER, adv. [.] 1. To what place, interrogatively. Whither goest thou? [.] [.] Whither away so fast? [.] 2. To what place, absolutely. [.] [.] I strayd, I knew not whither. [.] 3. To which place, relatively. [.] [.] Whither when as they came, they fell ...
62091	whithersoever	[.] WHITHERSOEVER, adv. [whither and soever.] To whatever place. I will go whithersoever you lead.
62095	whitleather	[.] WHITLEATHER, WHITLETHER, n. [white and leather.] Lether dressed with alum, remarkable for its toughness. [.] In common use, the ligaments of animals, when in food.
62096	whitlether	[.] WHITLEATHER, WHITLETHER, n. [white and leather.] Lether dressed with alum, remarkable for its toughness. [.] In common use, the ligaments of animals, when in food.
62384	withe	[.] WITH, WITHE, n. [L., probably a shoot.] [.] 1. A willow twig. [.] 2. A band consisting of a twig, or twigs twisted.
62385	wither	[.] WITHER, v.i. [.] 1. To fade; to lose its native freshness; to become sapless; to dry. [.] [.] It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring. Ezekiel 17. [.] 2. To waste; to pine away; as animal bodies; as a withered hand. Matthew 12. [.] 3. To lose or want ...
62386	wither-band	[.] WITHER-BAND, n. [withers and band.] A piece of iron laid under a saddle near a horses withers, to strengthen the bow.
62387	wither-wrung	[.] WITHER-WRUNG, a. Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.
62388	withered	[.] WITHERED, pp. Faded; dried; shrunk.
62389	witheredness	[.] WITHEREDNESS, n. The state of being withered.
62390	withering	[.] WITHERING, ppr. Fading; becoming dry.
62391	witherite	[.] WITHERITE, n. In mineralogy, a carbonate of baryte, first discovered by Dr. Withering; rhomboidal baryte. It is white, gray, or yellow.
62392	withernam	[.] WITHERNAM, n. In withernam, in law, a second or reciprocal distress, in lieu of a first distress which has been eloigned; reprisal.
62393	withers	[.] WITHERS, n. [This seems to signify a joining, from the root of with.] The juncture of the shoulder bones of a horse, at the bottom of the neck.
62675	wreathed	[.] WREATHED, pp. Twisted; entwined; interwoven.
62716	writhe	[.] WRITHE, v.t. [.] 1. To twist; to distort. [.] [.] Her mouth she writhd. [.] 2. To twist with violence; as, to writhe the body. [.] 3. To wrest; to distort; to torture; as, to writhe words. [.] WRITHE, v.i. To twist; to be distorted; as, to writhe with ...
62717	writhed	[.] WRITHED, pp. Twisted; distorted.

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