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1828 Noah Webster Dictionary
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22251

 flake-white
[.] FLAKE-WHITE, n. Oxyd of bismuth.

35122

 milkwhite
[.] MILK'WHITE, a. White as milk.

50820

 snow-white
[.] SNOW-WHITE, a. [snow and white.] White as snow; very white.

51033

 somewhiter
[.] SOMEWHITER, adv. To some indeterminate place.

51269

 spanish-white
[.] SPANISH-WHITE, n. A white earth from Spain, used in paints.

62034

 white
[.] WHITE, a. [G.] [.] 1. Being in the color of pure snow; snowy; not dark; as white paper; a white skin. [.] 2. Pale; destitute of color in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; as white with fear. [.] 3. Having the color of purity; pure; clean; free from spot; ...

62035

 white-bait
[.] WHITE-BAIT, n. [white and bait.] A very small delicate fish, of the genus Clupea.

62036

 white-beam
[.] WHITE-BEAM, n. The white-leaf tree, a species of Crataegus.

62037

 white-bear
[.] WHITE-BEAR, n. [white and bear.] The bear that inhabits the polar regions.

62038

 white-blaze
[.] WHITE-FACE, WHITE-BLAZE, n. A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose.

62039

 white-brant
[.] WHITE-BRANT, n. [white and brant.] A species of the duck kind, the Anas hyperborea.

62040

 white-bug
[.] WHITE-BUG , n. [white and bug.] An insect of the bug kind, which injures vines and some other species of fruit.

62041

 white-campion
[.] WHITE-CAMPION, n. [white and campion.] A pernicious perennial weed, growing in corn land, pastures and hedges.

62042

 white-caterpillar
[.] WHITE-CATERPILLAR, n. An insect of a small size, called sometimes the borer, that injures the gooseberry bush.

62043

 white-centaury
[.] WHITE-CENTAURY, n. AN annual weed in woods and other places. It is said to form the basis of the famous Portland powder for the gout.

62044

 white-clover
[.] WHITE-CLOVER, n. A small species of perennial clover, bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for cattle and horses, as well as for the honey bee.

62045

 white-crop
[.] WHITE-CROP, n. White crops, in agriculture, are such as lose their green color or become white in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley and oats.

62046

 white-darnel
[.] WHITE-DARNEL, n. A prolific and troublesome weed, growing among corm.

62047

 white-ear
[.] WHITE-EAR, WHITE-TAIL, n. A bird, the fallow finch.

62048

 white-face
[.] WHITE-FACE, WHITE-BLAZE, n. A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose.

62049

 white-film
[.] WHITE-FILM, n. A white film growing over the eyes of sheep and causing blindness.

62050

 white-foot
[.] WHITE-FOOT, n. A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin.

62051

 white-honeysuckle
[.] WHITE-HONEYSUCKLE, n. A name sometimes given to the white clover.

62052

 white-horse-fish
[.] WHITE-HORSE-FISH, n. In ichthyology, the Raia aspera nostras of Willoughby, and the Raia fullonica of Linne. It has a rough spiny back, and on the tail are three rows of strong spines. It grows to the size of the skate.

62053

 white-land
[.] WHITE-LAND, n. A name which the English give to a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry, but blackish after rain.

62054

 white-lead
[.] WHITE-LEAD, n. A carbonate of lead, much used in painting. It is prepared by exposing sheets of lead to the fumes of an acid, usually vinegar, and suspending them in the air until the surface becomes incrusted with a white coat, which is the substance in question.

62055

 white-limed
[.] WHITE-LIMED, a. Whitewashed, or plastered with lime.

62056

 white-line
[.] WHITE-LINE, n. Among printers, a void space, broader than usual, left between lines.

62057

 white-livered
[.] WHITE-LIVERED, a. [white and liver.] [.] 1. Having a pale look; feeble; cowardly. [.] 2. Envious; malicious.

62058

 white-manganese
[.] WHITE-MANGANESE, n. An ore of manganese; carbonated oxydized manganese.

62059

 white-meat
[.] WHITE-MEAT, n. [white and meat.] Meats made of milk, butter, cheese, eggs and the like.

62060

 white-poplar
[.] WHITE-POPLAR, n. A tree of the poplar kind, sometimes called the abele tree.

62061

 white-poppy
[.] WHITE-POPPY, n. A species of poppy, sometimes cultivated fro the opium which is obtained from its juice by evaporation.

62062

 white-pot
[.] WHITE-POT, n. [white and pot.] A kind of food made of milk, cream, eggs, sugar, &c. baked in a pot.

62063

 white-precipitate
[.] WHITE-PRECIPITATE, n. Carbonate of mercury.

62064

 white-pyrite
[.] WHITE-PYRITE, WHITE-PYRITES, n. [white and pyrite.] An ore of a tin-white color, passing into a brass-yellow and steel-gray, occurring in octahedral crystals, sometimes stalactitical and botryoidal. It contains 46 parts of iron, and 54 of sulphur.

62065

 white-pyrites
[.] WHITE-PYRITE, WHITE-PYRITES, n. [white and pyrite.] An ore of a tin-white color, passing into a brass-yellow and steel-gray, occurring in octahedral crystals, sometimes stalactitical and botryoidal. It contains 46 parts of iron, and 54 of sulphur.

62066

 white-rent
[.] WHITE-RENT, n. [white and rent.] In Devon and Cornwall, a rent or duty of eight pence, payable yearly by every tinner to the duke of Cornwall, as lord of the soil.

62067

 white-salt
[.] WHITE-SALT, n. Salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.

62068

 white-swelling
[.] WHITE-SWELLING, n. [white and swelling.] A swelling or chronic enlargement of the joints, circumscribed, without any alteration in the color of the skin, sometimes hard, sometimes yielding to pressure, sometimes indolent, but usually painful.

62069

 white-tail
[.] WHITE-TAIL, n. A bird, the wheat-ear, a species of Motacilla.

62070

 white-thorn
[.] WHITE-THORN, n. A species of thorn, called also haw-thorn, of the genus Crataegus.

62071

 white-throat
[.] WHITE-THROAT, n. A small bird that frequents gardens and hedges, the Motacila sylvia.

62072

 white-vitriol
[.] WHITE-VITRIOL, n. In mineralogy, sulphate of zink, a natural salt.

62073

 white-washer
[.] WHITE-WASHER, n. One who whitewashes the walls or plastering of apartments.

62074

 white-water
[.] WHITE-WATER, n. A disease of sheep, of the dangerous stomachic kind.

62075

 white-wax
[.] WHITE-WAX, n. Bleached wax.

62076

 white-wine
[.] WHITE-WINE, n. Any wine of a clear transparent color, bordering on white, as Madeira, Sherry, Lisbon, &c.; opposed to wine of a deep red color, as Port and Burgundy.

62077

 whited
[.] WHITED, pp. Made white; whitened.

62078

 whitely
[.] WHITELY, adv. Coming near to white. [Not used.]

62079

 whiten
[.] WHITEN, v.t. hwitn. To make white; to bleach; to blanch; as, to whiten cloth. [.] WHITEN, v.i. To grow white; to turn or become white. The hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.

62080

 whitened
[.] WHITENED, pp. Made white; bleached.

62081

 whitener
[.] WHITENER, n. One who bleaches or makes white.

62082

 whiteness
[.] WHITENESS, n. [.] 1. The state of being white; white color, or freedom from any darkness or obscurity on the surface. [.] 2. Paleness; want of a sanguineous tinge in the face. [.] 3. Purity; cleanness; freedom from stain or blemish.

62083

 whites
[.] WHITES, n. The fluor albus, a disease of females.

62084

 whitester
[.] WHITESTER, n. A bleacher. [Local.]

62085

 whitestone
[.] WHITESTONE, n. IN geology, the weiss stein of Werner, and the eurite of some geologists; a species of rocks, composed essentially of feldspar, but containing mica and other minerals.

62086

 whitewash
[.] WHITEWASH, n. [white and wash.] [.] 1. A wash or liquid composition for whitening something; a wash for making the skin fair. [.] 2. A composition of lime and water, used for whitening the plaster of walls, &c. [.] WHITEWASH, v.t. [.] 1. To cover with a ...

62087

 whitewashed
[.] WHITEWASHED, pp. Covered or overspread with a white liquid composition.

62088

 whitewashing
[.] WHITEWASHING, ppr. Overspreading or washing with a white liquid composition.

62089

 whitewood
[.] WHITEWOOD, n. A species of timber tree growing in North America, the Liriodendron, or tulip tree. The name of certain species of Bignonia.

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importance

IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

Thy own importance know.

Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

3. Weight or consequence in self-estimation.

He believes himself a man of importance.

4. Thing implied; matter; subject; importunity. [In these senses, obsolete.]

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composition

COMPOSITION, n. s as z.

1. In a general sense, the act of composing, or that which is composed; the act of forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts or ingredients; or the whole body, mass or compound, thus formed. Thus we speak of the composition of medicines, by mixing divers ingredients, and call the whole mixture a composition. A composition of sand and clay is used for luting chimical vessels.

Vast pillars of stone, cased over with a composition that looks like marble.

Heat and vivacity, in age, is an excellent composition for business.

2. In literature, the act of inventing or combining ideas, clothing them with words, arranging them in order, and in general, committing them to paper, or otherwise writing them. Hence,

3. A written or printed work; a writing, pamphlet or book.

4. In music, the act or art of forming tunes; or a tune, song, anthem, air, or other musical piece.

5. The state of being placed together; union; conjunction; combination.

Contemplate things first in their simple natures, and then view them in composition.

6. The disposition or arrangement of figures connected in a picture.

By composition is meant the distribution and orderly placing of things, both in general and particular.

7. Adjustment; orderly disposition. Ben Jonson speaks of the composition of gesture, look, pronunciation and motion, in a preacher.

8. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy.

Thus we are agreed;

I crave our composition may be written.

9. Mutual agreement for the discharge of a debt, on terms or by means different from those required by the original contract, or by law, as by the payment of a different sum, or by making other compensation. Hence, the sum so paid, or compensation given, in lieu of that stipulated or required.

A read composition is when an agreement is made between the owner of lands and the parson or vicar, with the consent of the ordinary and the patron, that such lands shall for the future be discharged rom the payment of tithes, by reason of some land or other real recompense given to the parson, in lieu and satisfaction thereof.

A bankrupt is cleared by a commission of bankruptcy, or by composition with his creditors.

10. Consistency; congruity.

11. The act of uniting simple ideas in a complex idea or conception; opposed to analysis.

12. The joining of two words in a compound, as in book-case; or the act of forming a word with a prefix or affix, which varies its signification; as return, from turn; preconcert, from concert; endless from end.

13. The synthetical method of reasoning; synthesis; a method of reasoning from known or admitted truths or principles, as from axioms, postulates or propositions previously demonstrated, and from these deducing a clear knowledge of the thing to be proved; or the act of collecting scattered parts of knowledge, and combining them into a system, so that the understanding is enabled distinctly to follow truth through its different stages of gradation. This method of reasoning is opposed to analysis or resolution. It begins with first principles, and by a train of reasoning from them, deduces the propositions or truths sought. Composition or synthesis proceeds by collecting or combining; analysis or resolution, by separating or unfolding.

14. In printing, the act of setting types or characters in the composing-stick, to form lines, and of arranging the lines in a galley, to make a column or page, and from this to make a form.

15. In chimistry, the combination of different substances, or substances of different natures, by affinity; from which results a compound substance, differing in properties from either of the component parts. Thus water is a composition of hydrogen and oxygen, which are invisible gases.

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