What is "fosterment"

Votary \Vo"ta*ry\, a. [From L. votus, p. p. vovere to vow, to devote. See Vote, Vow.] Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.

Votary resolution is made equipollent to custom.
--Bacon.

Votary \Vo"ta*ry\, n.; pl. Votaries. One devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise; hence, especially, one devoted, given, or addicted, to some particular service, worship, study, or state of life. ``You are already love's firm votary.''
--Shak.

'T was coldness of the votary, not the prayer, that was in fault.
--Bp. Fell.

But thou, my votary, weepest thou?
--Emerson.

Unsorted \Un*sort"ed\, a.

1. Not sorted; not classified; as, a lot of unsorted goods.

2. Not well selected; ill-chosen.

   The purpose you undertake is dangerous; the friends you named uncertain; the time itself unsorted.
   --Shak.

Pelasgian \Pe*las"gi*an\, Pelasgic \Pe*las"gic\, a. [L. Pelasgus, Gr. ? a Pelasgian.]

1. Of or pertaining to the Pelasgians, an ancient people of Greece, of roving habits.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Wandering.

ocher mutation \o"cher mu"tation\ n. [A humorous variation on the term amber mutation.] (Microbiology, Molecular biology) A mutation in which the base sequence of one of the codons in the messenger RNA has been converted to UAA. Such a mutation may be conditionally suppressed, as can an amber mutation, by the presence of a special transfer RNA. -- ocher mutant, n.

Endophragmal \En`do*phrag"mal\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the endophragma.

Pot \Pot\, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta, Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.]

1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.

2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.

3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale. ``Give her a pot and a cake.''
   --De Foe.

4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.

5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.

6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.

7. A perforated cask for draining sugar.
   --Knight.

8. A size of paper. See Pott.

9. marijuana. [slang]

10. The total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing or card playing; the pool; also (Racing, Eng.) a horse heavily backed; a favorite. [Slang]

11. (Armor) A plain defensive headpiece; later, and perhaps in a jocose sense, any helmet; -- called also pot helmet.

12. (Card Playing) The total of the bets at one time; the pool. Jack pot. See under 2d Jack. Pot cheese, cottage cheese. See under Cottage. Pot companion, a companion in drinking. Pot hanger, a pothook. Pot herb, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane, and many others. Pot hunter, one who kills anything and everything that will help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for the table or for the market. Pot metal.

    1. The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron.

    2. An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts.
       --Ure.

    3. A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are incorporated with the melted glass in the pot.
       --Knight.

       Pot plant (Bot.), either of the trees which bear the monkey-pot.

       Pot wheel (Hydraul.), a noria.

       To go to pot, to go to destruction; to come to an end of usefulness; to become refuse. [Colloq.]
       --Dryden.
       --J. G. Saxe.

Mistful \Mist"ful\, a. Clouded with, or as with, mist.

Lead \Lead\, v. i.

1. To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or pre["e]minence; to be first or chief; -- used in most of the senses of lead, v. t.

2. To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices.

   The mountain foot that leads towards Mantua.
   --Shak.

   To lead off or To lead out, to go first; to begin; as, Mickey Mantle led off in the fifth inning of the game.

Tabes \Ta"bes\ (t[=a]"b[=e]z), n. [L., a wasting disease.] (Med.) Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic fever, with no well-marked local symptoms.

Tabes dorsalis (t[=a]"b[=e]z d[^o]r*s[=a]"l[i^]s) [NL., tabes of the back], locomotor ataxia; -- sometimes called simply tabes.

Tabes mesenterica[NL., mesenteric tabes], a wasting disease of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous degeneration.

Ransom \Ran"som\ (r[a^]n"s[u^]m), n. [OE. raunson, raunsoun, OF. ran[,c]on, raen[,c]on, raan[,c]on, F. ran[,c]on, fr. L. redemptio, fr. redimere to redeem. See Redeem, and cf. Redemption.]

1. The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom.
   --Dryden.

2. The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit.

   Thy ransom paid, which man from death redeems.
   --Milton.

   His captivity in Austria, and the heavy ransom he paid for his liberty.
   --Sir J. Davies.

3. (O. Eng. Law) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
   --Blackstone.

   Ransom bill (Law), a war contract, valid by the law of nations, for the ransom of property captured at sea and its safe conduct into port.
   --Kent.

Ransom \Ran"som\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ransomed (-s[u^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Ransoming.] [Cf. F. ran[,c]onner. See Ransom, n.]

1. To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy.

2. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on. [R.]

   Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and would tax the men two or three times in a year.
   --Berners.

Peltryware \Pelt"ry*ware`\, n. Peltry. [Obs.]

Birthright \Birth"right`\, n. Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born.

Lest there be any . . . profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
--Heb. xii. 16.

Jabber \Jab"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jabbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Jabbering.] [Cf. Gibber, Gabble.] To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense; to chatter.
--Swift.

Jabber \Jab"ber\, v. t. To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble; as, to jabber French.
--Addison.

Jabber \Jab"ber\, n. Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.
--Swift.

Windward \Wind"ward\, n. The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward.

To lay an anchor to the windward, a figurative expression, signifying to adopt precautionary or anticipatory measures for success or security.

Windward \Wind"ward\, a. Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands.

Windward \Wind"ward\, adv. Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.

Block \Block\ (bl[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blocked (bl[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Blocking.] [Cf. F. bloquer, fr. bloc block. See Block, n.]

1. To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor; to block an entrance.

   With moles . . . would block the port.
   --Rowe.

   A city . . . besieged and blocked about.
   --Milton.

2. To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each.

3. To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.

4. to cause (any activity) to halt by creating an obstruction; as, to block a nerve impulse; to block a biochemical reaction with a drug.

   To block out, to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out; to outline; as, to block out a plan.

Soothsayer \Sooth"say`er\, n.

1. One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A mantis.

Mismatch \Mis*match"\, v. t. To match unsuitably.

Ectopia \Ec*to"pi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ek out + ? place.] (Med.) A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.

Ord \Ord\ ([^o]rd), n. [AS. ord point.] An edge or point; also, a beginning. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
--Chaucer.

Ord and end, the beginning and end. Cf. Odds and ends, under Odds. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
--Chaucer.
--Halliwell.

Butment \But"ment\, n. [Abbreviation of Abutment.]

1. (Arch.) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.

2. (Masonry) The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported.

   Butment cheek (Carp.), the part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear.
   --Knight.

Cheek \Cheek\ (ch[=e]k), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ce[`a]ce, ce[`o]ce; cf. Goth. kukjan to kiss, D. kaak cheek; perh. akin to E. chew, jaw.]

1. The side of the face below the eye.

2. The cheek bone. [Obs.]
   --Caucer.

3. pl. (Mech.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc.

4. pl. The branches of a bridle bit.
   --Knight.

5. (Founding) A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the middle part of a flask.

6. Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. [Slang]

   Cheek of beef. See Illust. of Beef.

   Cheek bone (Anat.) the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone.

   Cheek by jowl, side by side; very intimate.

   Cheek pouch (Zo["o]l.), a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food.

   Cheeks of a block, the two sides of the shell of a tackle block.

   Cheeks of a mast, the projection on each side of a mast, upon which the trestletrees rest.

   Cheek tooth (Anat.), a hinder or molar tooth.

   Butment cheek. See under Butment.

Drunkard \Drunk"ard\, n. [Drunk + -ard.] One who habitually drinks strong liquors immoderately; one whose habit it is to get drunk; a toper; a sot.

The drunkard and glutton shall come to poverty. -- Prov. xxiii. 21.

Ichthin \Ich"thin\ ([i^]k"th[i^]n), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s fish.] (Physiol. Chem.) A nitrogenous substance resembling vitellin, present in the egg yolk of cartilaginous fishes.

Watches \Watch"es\ (-[e^]z), n. pl. (Bot.) The leaves of Saracenia flava. See Trumpets.

Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), a. [Compar. Greener (gr[=e]n"[~e]r); superl. Greenest.] [OE. grene, AS. gr[=e]ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr[=o]ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr["u]n, Dan. & Sw. gr["o]n, Icel. gr[ae]nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See Grow.]

1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.

2. Having a sickly color; wan.

   To look so green and pale.
   --Shak.

3. Full of life and vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound.

   As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
   --Burke.

4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.

5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]

   We say the meat is green when half roasted.
   --L. Watts.

6. Immature in age, judgment, or experience; inexperienced; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment.

   I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs.
   --Sir W. Scott.

7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc.
   --Shak.

8. (Politics) Concerned especially with protection of the enviroment; -- of political parties and political philosophies; as, the European green parties. Green brier (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ( Emilaz rotundifolia) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; -- called also cat brier. Green con (Zo["o]l.), the pollock. Green crab (Zo["o]l.), an edible, shore crab ( Carcinus menas) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally named joe-rocker. Green crop, a crop used for food while in a growing or unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root crop, etc. Green diallage. (Min.)

   1. Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.

   2. Smaragdite. Green dragon (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant ( Aris[ae]ma Dracontium), resembling the Indian turnip; -- called also dragon root. Green earth (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a pigment by artists; -- called also mountain green. Green ebony.

      1. A south American tree ( Jacaranda ovalifolia), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing.

      2. The West Indian green ebony. See Ebony. Green fire (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due. Green fly (Zo["o]l.), any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants. Green gage, (Bot.) See Greengage, in the Vocabulary. Green gland (Zo["o]l.), one of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[ae]. Green hand, a novice. [Colloq.] Green heart (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the Nectandra Rodi[oe]i, that of Martinique is the Colubrina ferruginosa. Green iron ore (Min.) dufrenite. Green laver (Bot.), an edible seaweed ( Ulva latissima); -- called also green sloke. Green lead ore (Min.), pyromorphite. Green linnet (Zo["o]l.), the greenfinch. Green looper (Zo["o]l.), the cankerworm. Green marble (Min.), serpentine. Green mineral, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See Greengill. Green monkey (Zo["o]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey ( Cercopithecus callitrichus), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there. Green salt of Magnus (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum. Green sand (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made. Green sea (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck. Green sickness (Med.), chlorosis. Green snake (Zo["o]l.), one of two harmless American snakes ( Cyclophis vernalis, and C. [ae]stivus). They are bright green in color. Green turtle (Zo["o]l.), an edible marine turtle. See Turtle. Green vitriol.

         1. (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc.

         2. (Min.) Same as copperas, melanterite and sulphate of iron.

            Green ware, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked.

            Green woodpecker (Zo["o]l.), a common European woodpecker ( Picus viridis); -- called also yaffle.

Etiquette \Et"i*quette`\, n. [F. prop., a little piece of paper, or a mark or title, affixed to a bag or bundle, expressing its contents, a label, ticket, OF.estiquete, of German origin; cf. LG. stikke peg, pin, tack, stikken to stick, G. stecken. See Stick, and cf. Ticket.] The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society.

The pompous etiquette to the court of Louis the Fourteenth.
--Prescott.

Extolment \Ex*tol"ment\, n. Praise. [Obs.]
--Shak.

Fosterment \Fos"ter*ment\, n. Food; nourishment. [Obs.]

n. (alternative spelling of hemolysin English)

n. (plural of biodiversity English)

a. That can be evaded.

n. Somebody whose words are being quoted.

a. Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised. n. 1 A person, such as a monk or nun, who lives a religious life according to vows they have made 2 A devotee of a particular religion or cult 3 A devout or zealous worshipper 4 Someone who is devoted to a particular pursuit etc; an enthusiast.

n. (context medicine English) Any of a class of tyrosine phosphorylation inhibitors

n. (context civil engineering English) A structure inserted in the ground and used to maintain an excavation open or to isolate portions of contaminated ground. It can be built of any material from steel to reinforced concrete.

a. 1 Not in a particular order. 2 Mixed, not separated by property.

n. A neuropsychological condition in which, after damage to one hemisphere of the brain, the patient exhibits a deficit in attention to and awareness of one side of space.

n. A specialised hand-held power tool used for cutting narrow grooves in walls, for instance when laying electrical cable.

n. 1 An element, such as a tree, that contributes to evapotranspiration 2 Something that causes the transfer of water from the surface of the earth to the atmosphere by evaporation, sublimation and transpiration

n. A particular retroprogesterone.

n. Any interface through which there is no transfer of heat or entropy

n. (plural of linoleoyl English)

a. clouded with, or as with, mist.

n. (context medical English) A kind of slow bodily waste#Verb or emaciate disease, often accompanying a chronic disease.

n. 1 money paid for the freeing of a hostage. 2 The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration. 3 (context historical legal UK English) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment. vb. 1 (context 14th century English) To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties. 2 To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment. 3 To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.

n. (context baseball slang English) a ball which falls over the infielders' heads for a hit as if it were a bird shot by a hunter

n. (alternative form of printout English) vb. (context computing English) to print (a computer document)

n. The game rock paper scissors.

n. something owed since birth, due to inheritance.

n. Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish. vb. 1 (label en intransitive) To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense. 2 (label en transitive) To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble.

n. 1 (context music English) A musical phrase constructed from one or more statements of one modal pattern and ending in a rest. 2 (context Roman Catholicism English) A calendar which prescribes the Mass and office which is to be celebrated each day.

n. Any device which generates or is powered by compressed air

vb. (context intransitive English) To party to rock music.

n. (plural of desanctification English)

vb. (en-past of: scope out)

vb. 1 (context idiomatic English) To get engaged 2 (context idiomatic English) To begin any major commitment

n. (context botany English) The production of very many spores; the condition of being polysporous

a. 1 Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing. 2 On the side exposed to the wind. adv. In a direction from which the wind blows, against the wind. n. 1 The direction from which the wind blows. 2 The side receiving the wind's force.

vb. (en-third-person singularkick out)

vb. (present participle of hang out to dry English)

n. 1 (context obsolete English) One who tells the truth; a truthful person. 2 One who predicts the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner. 3 A mantis or rearhorse.

Etymology 1 vb. To match unsuitably; to fail to match Etymology 2

n. Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable.

n. (plural of hypernephroma English)

n. A test that is part of a larger one

n. (context pathology English) The condition such that an organ or other body part has an abnormal position.

n. (plural of minx English)

alt. 1 (&lit hold out English) 2 (context transitive English) To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward. 3 (context idiomatic often with ''for'' English) To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.) 4 (context idiomatic English) To survive, endure. n. (alternative spelling of holdout English). vb. 1 (&lit hold out English) 2 (context transitive English) To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward. 3 (context idiomatic often with ''for'' English) To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.) 4 (context idiomatic English) To survive, endure.

a. (context idiomatic English) In a situation which is unsuitable, unfamiliar, or unenjoyable.

Etymology 1 n. 1 (abbreviation of: order) 2 (context legal English) (abbreviationordinance) Etymology 2

alt. 1 (context now chiefly UK dialectal English) A point. 2 (context now chiefly UK dialectal English) A point of origin; a beginning. 3 (context now chiefly UK dialectal English) A point of land; a promontory. 4 (context now chiefly UK dialectal English) The point or edge of a weapon. n. 1 (context now chiefly UK dialectal English) A point. 2 (context now chiefly UK dialectal English) A point of origin; a beginning. 3 (context now chiefly UK dialectal English) A point of land; a promontory. 4 (context now chiefly UK dialectal English) The point or edge of a weapon.

vb. (present participle of repaganize English)

n. (plural of wormal English)

n. (context carpentry English) The part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear.

n. (plural of comboloio English)

n. (context somewhat derogatory English) A person who is habitually drunk.

vb. (en-pastcall out)

n. (context mineral English) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing nickel and oxygen.

n. (context astronomy English) A technique to isolate signals from those of nearby sources

vb. 1 To sell all of a product that is in stock. 2 (context idiomatic English) To abandon or betray one's supporters or principles to seek profit or other personal advantage.

n. (alternative spelling of short list English) vb. (alternative spelling of shortlist English)

a. not adhesive; slippery. n. an abhesive substance, such as Teflon.

n. (context slang English) A cowardly or timid person; a wimp.

n. (plural of spare English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: spare)

vb. (context ambitransitive English) to spend a lot of money on something pleasant, but not necessary.

vb. (en-past of: ebulliate)

n. 1 The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society. 2 The customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other.

n. (plural of webconference lang=en nodot=1) ((alternative spelling of web conferences lang=en nocap=1 nodot=1)).

phr. (context rhetorical often humorous or ironic English) (non-gloss definition: Used to announce a fact of which the addressee was, or appeared to be, ignorant.)

vb. 1 (context dated English) gallop in a triumphant manner '' 2 (present participle of galumph English)

n. (air lane English)

n. One who unmasks.

n. (plural of partridge English)

n. (context chemistry English) A powerful biocide and preservative within the group of isothiazolinones, used in shampoos etc.

alt. The lipids in milk. n. The lipids in milk.

a. Resembling or pertaining to donuts.

n. A place or receptacle for depositing the ashes of cremated people.

n. 1 The act of fostering or encourage something. 2 (context obsolete English) food; nourishment