What is "stake-driver"

Celebration \Cel`e*bra"tion\, n. [L. celebratio.] The act, process, or time of celebrating.

His memory deserving a particular celebration.
--Clarendok.

Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass
--Cath. Dict.

To hasten the celebration of their marriage.
--Sir P. Sidney.

Illiteracy \Il*lit"er*a*cy\, n.; pl. Illiteracies. [From Illiterate.]

1. The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; lack of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.

2. An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder.

   The many blunders and illiteracies of the first publishers of his [Shakespeare's] works.
   --Pope.

Tariff \Tar"iff\, n. [F. tarif; cf. Sp. & Pg. tarifa, It. tariffa; all fr. Ar. ta'r[=i]f information, explanation, definition, from 'arafa, to know, to inform, explain.]

1. A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective tariff; Clay's compromise tariff. (U. S. 1833).

   Note: The United States and Great Britain impose no duties on exports; hence, in these countries the tariff refers only to imports.

   Note: A tariff may be imposed solely for, and with reference to, the production of revenue (called a

   revenue tariff, or

   tariff for revenue, or for the artificial fostering of home industries (

   a projective tariff), or as a means of coercing foreign governments, as in case of

   retaliatory tariff.

2. The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a pound.

3. Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares.
   --Bolingbroke.

Alibility \Al`i*bil"i*ty\, n. Quality of being alible.

anaphylactic \anaphylactic\ n. of or pertaining to anaphylaxis; caused by anaphylaxis.

Buckwheat \Buck"wheat`\, n. [Buck a beech tree + wheat; akin to D. boekweit, G. buchweizen.]

1. (Bot.) A plant ( Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food.

2. The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc.

Fagopyrum \Fagopyrum\ prop. n. a genus of plants of the buckwheat family, including the buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum.

Syn: genus Fagopyrum.

Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.]

1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.

   That finer matter, called sand, is no other than very small pebbles.
   --Woodward.

2. A single particle of such stone. [R.]
   --Shak.

3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.

   The sands are numbered that make up my life.
   --Shak.

4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide. ``The Libyan sands.''
   --Milton. ``The sands o' Dee.''
   --C. Kingsley.

5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang] Sand badger (Zo["o]l.), the Japanese badger ( Meles ankuma). Sand bag.

   1. A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc.

   2. A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. Sand ball, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet. Sand bath.

      1. (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed.

      2. A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand. Sand bed, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace. Sand birds (Zo["o]l.), a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also shore birds. Sand blast, a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process. Sand box.

         1. A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand.

         2. A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping. Sand-box tree (Bot.), a tropical American tree ( Hura crepitans). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma. Sand bug (Zo["o]l.), an American anomuran crustacean ( Hippa talpoidea) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under Anomura. Sand canal (Zo["o]l.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function. Sand cock (Zo["o]l.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] Sand collar. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Sand saucer, below. Sand crab. (Zo["o]l.)

            1. The lady crab.

            2. A land crab, or ocypodian. Sand crack (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness. Sand cricket (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States. Sand cusk (Zo["o]l.), any ophidioid fish. See Illust. under Ophidioid. Sand dab (Zo["o]l.), a small American flounder ( Limanda ferruginea); -- called also rusty dab. The name is also applied locally to other allied species. Sand darter (Zo["o]l.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley ( Ammocrypta pellucida). Sand dollar (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially Echinarachnius parma of the American coast. Sand drift, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand. Sand eel. (Zo["o]l.)

               1. A lant, or launce.

               2. A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus Gonorhynchus, having barbels about the mouth. Sand flag, sandstone which splits up into flagstones. Sand flea. (Zo["o]l.)

                  1. Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea.

                  2. The chigoe.

   3. Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See Beach flea, under Beach. Sand flood, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. --James Bruce. Sand fluke. (Zo["o]l.)

      1. The sandnecker.

      2. The European smooth dab ( Pleuronectes microcephalus); -- called also kitt, marysole, smear dab, town dab. Sand fly (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also no-see-um, punky, and midge. Sand gall. (Geol.) See Sand pipe, below. Sand grass (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass ( Triplasis purpurea) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast. Sand grouse (Zo["o]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also rock grouse, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species ( P. exustus). The large sand grouse ( P. arenarius), the painted sand grouse ( P. fasciatus), and the pintail sand grouse ( P. alchata) are also found in India. See Illust. under Pterocletes. Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune. Sand-hill crane (Zo["o]l.), the American brown crane ( Grus Mexicana). Sand hopper (Zo["o]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. Sand hornet (Zo["o]l.), a sand wasp. Sand lark. (Zo["o]l.)

         1. A small lark ( Alaudala raytal), native of India.

         2. A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.

      3. The Australian red-capped dotterel ( [AE]gialophilus ruficapillus); -- called also red-necked plover. Sand launce (Zo["o]l.), a lant, or launce. Sand lizard (Zo["o]l.), a common European lizard ( Lacerta agilis). Sand martin (Zo["o]l.), the bank swallow. Sand mole (Zo["o]l.), the coast rat. Sand monitor (Zo["o]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ( Monitor arenarius) which inhabits dry localities. Sand mouse (Zo["o]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle. Sand partridge (Zo["o]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ( A. Heeji) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ( A. Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also seesee partridge, and teehoo. Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. Sand pike. (Zo["o]l.)

         1. The sauger.

         2. The lizard fish. Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also sand gall. Sand pride (Zo["o]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also sand prey. Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. Sand rat (Zo["o]l.), the pocket gopher. Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand. Sand runner (Zo["o]l.), the turnstone. Sand saucer (Zo["o]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o["o]thec[ae], of any mollusk of the genus Natica and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also sand collar. Sand screw (Zo["o]l.), an amphipod crustacean ( Lepidactylis arenarius), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. Sand shark (Zo["o]l.), an American shark ( Odontaspis littoralis) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also gray shark, and dogfish shark. See Illust. under Remora. Sand skink (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the ocellated sand skink ( Seps ocellatus) of Southern Europe. Sand skipper (Zo["o]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. Sand smelt (Zo["o]l.), a silverside. Sand snake. (Zo["o]l.)

            1. Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially E. jaculus of India and E. Johnii, used by snake charmers.

            2. Any innocuous South African snake of the genus Psammophis, especially P. sibilans. Sand snipe (Zo["o]l.), the sandpiper. Sand star (Zo["o]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. Sand sucker, the sandnecker. Sand swallow (Zo["o]l.), the bank swallow. See under Bank. Sand trap, (Golf) a shallow pit on a golf course having a layer of sand in it, usually located near a green, and designed to function as a hazard, due to the difficulty of hitting balls effectively from such a position. Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially:

               1. A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite.

               2. (Zo["o]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand.

         3. (Zo["o]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate.

            Sand viper. (Zo["o]l.) See Hognose snake.

            Sand wasp (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families Pompilid[ae] and Spherid[ae], which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young.

What \What\, pron., a., & adv. [AS. hw[ae]t, neuter of hw[=a] who; akin to OS. hwat what, OFries. hwet, D. & LG. wat, G. was, OHG. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, Sw. & Dan. hvad, Goth. hwa.

1. As an interrogative pronoun, used in asking questions regarding either persons or things; as, what is this? what did you say? what poem is this? what child is lost?

   What see'st thou in the ground?
   --Shak.

   What is man, that thou art mindful of him?
   --Ps. viii. 4.

   What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
   --Matt. viii. 27.

   Note: Originally, what, when, where, which, who, why, etc., were interrogatives only, and it is often difficult to determine whether they are used as interrogatives or relatives. [1913 Webster] What in this sense, when it refers to things, may be used either substantively or adjectively; when it refers to persons, it is used only adjectively with a noun expressed, who being the pronoun used substantively.

2. As an exclamatory word:

   1. Used absolutely or independently; -- often with a question following. ``What welcome be thou.''
      --Chaucer.

      What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
      --Matt. xxvi. 40.

   2. Used adjectively, meaning how remarkable, or how great; as, what folly! what eloquence! what courage!

      What a piece of work is man!
      --Shak.

      O what a riddle of absurdity!
      --Young.

      Note: What in this use has a or an between itself and its noun if the qualitative or quantitative importance of the object is emphasized.

   3. Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as, what happy boys!

      What partial judges are our love and hate!
      --Dryden.

3. As a relative pronoun:

   1. Used substantively with the antecedent suppressed, equivalent to that which, or those [persons] who, or those [things] which; -- called a compound relative.

      With joy beyond what victory bestows.
      --Cowper.

      I'm thinking Captain Lawton will count the noses of what are left before they see their whaleboats.
      --Cooper.

      What followed was in perfect harmony with this beginning.
      --Macaulay.

      I know well . . . how little you will be disposed to criticise what comes to you from me.
      --J. H. Newman.

   2. Used adjectively, equivalent to the . . . which; the sort or kind of . . . which; rarely, the . . . on, or at, which.

      See what natures accompany what colors.
      --Bacon.

      To restrain what power either the devil or any earthly enemy hath to work us woe.
      --Milton.

      We know what master laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel.
      --Longfellow.

   3. Used adverbially in a sense corresponding to the adjectival use; as, he picked what good fruit he saw.

4. Whatever; whatsoever; what thing soever; -- used indefinitely. ``What after so befall.''
   --Chaucer.

   Whether it were the shortness of his foresight, the strength of his will, . . . or what it was.
   --Bacon.

5. Used adverbially, in part; partly; somewhat; -- with a following preposition, especially, with, and commonly with repetition.

   What for lust [pleasure] and what for lore.
   --Chaucer.

   Thus, what with the war, what with the sweat, what with the gallows, and what with poverty, I am custom shrunk.
   --Shak.

   The year before he had so used the matter that what by force, what by policy, he had taken from the Christians above thirty small castles.
   --Knolles.

   Note: In such phrases as I tell you what, what anticipates the following statement, being elliptical for what I think, what it is, how it is, etc. ``I tell thee what, corporal Bardolph, I could tear her.''
   --Shak. Here what relates to the last clause, ``I could tear her;'' this is what I tell you. [1913 Webster] What not is often used at the close of an enumeration of several particulars or articles, it being an abbreviated clause, the verb of which, being either the same as that of the principal clause or a general word, as be, say, mention, enumerate, etc., is omitted. ``Men hunt, hawk, and what not.''
   --Becon. ``Some dead puppy, or log, or what not.''
   --C. Kingsley. ``Battles, tournaments, hunts, and what not.''
   --De Quincey. Hence, the words are often used in a general sense with the force of a substantive, equivalent to anything you please, a miscellany, a variety, etc. From this arises the name whatnot, applied to an ['e]tag[`e]re, as being a piece of furniture intended for receiving miscellaneous articles of use or ornament. [1913 Webster] But what is used for but that, usually after a negative, and excludes everything contrary to the assertion in the following sentence. ``Her needle is not so absolutely perfect in tent and cross stitch but what my superintendence is advisable.''
   --Sir W. Scott. ``Never fear but what our kite shall fly as high.''
   --Ld. Lytton.

   What ho! an exclamation of calling.

   What if, what will it matter if; what willhappen or be the result if. ``What if it be apoison?''
   --Shak.

   What of this? What of that? What of it? etc., what follows from this, that, it, etc., often with the implication that it is of no consequence. ``All this is so; but what of this, my lord?''
   --Shak. ``The night is spent, why, what of that?''
   --Shak.

   What though, even granting that; allowing that; supposing it true that. ``What though the rose have prickles, yet't is plucked.''
   --Shak.

   What time, or What time as, when. [Obs. or Archaic] ``What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.''
   --Ps. lvi. 3.

   What time the morn mysterious visions brings.
   --Pope.

Woden \Wo"den\, n. [AS. W[=o]den; akin to OS. W[=o]dan, OHG. Wuotan, Icel. O[eth]inn, and probably to E. wood, a. Cf. Wednesday.] (Northern Myth.) A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the Scandinavians. Wednesday is named for him. See Odin.

Sparada \Spar"a*da\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small California surf fish ( Micrometrus aggregatus); -- called also shiner.

Rowel \Row"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roweledor Rowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Roweling or Rowelling.] (Far.) To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of a horse).
--Mortimer.

Rowel \Row"el\, n. [OF. roele, rouele, properly, a little wheel, F. rouelle collop, slice, LL. rotella a little wheel, dim. of L. rota a wheel. See Roll, and cf. Rota.]

1. The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points.

   With sounding whip, and rowels dyed in blood.
   --Cowper.

2. A little flat ring or wheel on horses' bits.

   The iron rowels into frothy foam he bit.
   --Spenser.

3. (Far.) A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery.

Phenic \Phe"nic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, phenyl or phenol.

Phenic acid (Chem.), a phenol. [Obsoles.]

Interchangement \In`ter*change"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. entrechangement.] Mutual transfer; exchange. [Obs.]
--Shak.

Ulcer \Ul"cer\, n. [F. ulc[`e]re, L. ulcus, gen. ulceris, akin to Gr. ?.]

1. (Med.) A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a constitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished from an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the depth of the tissues.

2. Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

   Cold ulcer (Med.), an ulcer on a finger or toe, due to deficient circulation and nutrition. In such cases the extremities are cold.

Ulcer \Ul"cer\, v. t. To ulcerate. [R.]
--Fuller.

Wealden \Weald"en\ (?; 277), a. [AS. weald, wald, a forest, a wood. So called because this formation occurs in the wealds, or woods, of Kent and Sussex. See Weald.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceous formation in England and on the Continent, which overlies the O["o]litic series.

Wealden \Weald"en\, n. (Geol.) The Wealden group or strata.

Encage \En*cage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Engaging.] [Pref. en- + cage: cf. F. encager.] To confine in a cage; to coop up.
--Shak.

Numididae \Numididae\, Numidinae \Numidinae\prop. n. (Zool.) A subfamily of birds including the guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar.

Syn: subfamily Numididae, subfamily Numidinae.

Betacism \Be"ta*cism\, ||Betacismus \Be`ta*cis"mus\, n. Excessive or extended use of the b sound in speech, due to conversion of other sounds into it, as through inability to distinguish them from b, or because of difficulty in pronouncing them.

Quicksand \Quick"sand`\, n. Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it.

Life hath quicksands, -- Life hath snares!
--Longfellow.

Write \Write\, v. t. [imp. Wrote; p. p. Written; Archaic imp. & p. p. Writ; p. pr. & vb. n. Writing.] [OE. writen, AS. wr[=i]tan; originally, to scratch, to score; akin to OS. wr[=i]tan to write, to tear, to wound, D. rijten to tear, to rend, G. reissen, OHG. r[=i]zan, Icel. r[=i]ta to write, Goth. writs a stroke, dash, letter. Cf. Race tribe, lineage.]

1. To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures.

2. To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter.

   Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to one she loves.
   --Shak.

   I chose to write the thing I durst not speak To her I loved.
   --Prior.

3. Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.

   I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time within the memory of men still living.
   --Macaulay.

4. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.

5. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively.

   He who writes himself by his own inscription is like an ill painter, who, by writing on a shapeless picture which he hath drawn, is fain to tell passengers what shape it is, which else no man could imagine.
   --Milton.

   To write to, to communicate by a written document to.

   Written laws, laws deriving their force from express legislative enactment, as contradistinguished from unwritten, or common, law. See the Note under Law, and Common law, under Common, a.

Writ \Writ\, obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth.
--Chaucer.

Writ \Writ\, archaic imp. & p. p. of Write.
--Dryden.

Writ \Writ\, n. [AS. writ, gewrit. See Write.]

1. That which is written; writing; scripture; -- applied especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ. ``Though in Holy Writ not named.''
   --Milton.

   Then to his hands that writ he did betake, Which he disclosing read, thus as the paper spake.
   --Spenser.

   Babylon, so much spoken of in Holy Writ.
   --Knolles.

2. (Law) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like.

   Note: Writs are usually witnessed, or tested, in the name of the chief justice or principal judge of the court out of which they are issued; and those directed to a sheriff, or other ministerial officer, require him to return them on a day specified. In former English law and practice, writs in civil cases were either original or judicial; the former were issued out of the Court of Chancery, under the great seal, for the summoning of a defendant to appear, and were granted before the suit began and in order to begin the same; the latter were issued out of the court where the original was returned, after the suit was begun and during the pendency of it. Tomlins. Brande. Encyc. Brit. The term writ is supposed by Mr. Reeves to have been derived from the fact of these formul[ae] having always been expressed in writing, being, in this respect, distinguished from the other proceedings in the ancient action, which were conducted orally.

   Writ of account, Writ of capias, etc. See under Account, Capias, etc.

   Service of a writ. See under Service.

Obscure \Ob*scure"\ ([o^]b*sk[=u]r"), v. i. To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark. [Obs.]

How! There's bad news. I must obscure, and hear it.
--Beau. & Fl.

Obscure \Ob*scure"\, n. Obscurity. [Obs.]
--Milton.

Obscure \Ob*scure"\ ([o^]b*sk[=u]r"), a. [Compar. Obscurer ([o^]b*sk[=u]r"[~e]r); superl. Obscurest.] [L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob- (see Ob-) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf. F. obscur. Cf. Sky.]

1. Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim.

   His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
   --Prov. xx. 20.

2. Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed.

   The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night.
   --Shak.

   The obscure corners of the earth.
   --Sir J. Davies.

3. Not noticeable; humble; mean. ``O base and obscure vulgar.''
   --Shak. ``An obscure person.''
   --Atterbury.

4. Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or incomprehensible; as, an obscure passage or inscription.

5. Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects.

   Obscure rays (Opt.), those rays which are not luminous or visible, and which in the spectrum are beyond the limits of the visible portion.

   Syn: Dark; dim; darksome; dusky; shadowy; misty; abstruse; intricate; difficult; mysterious; retired; unnoticed; unknown; humble; mean; indistinct.

Obscure \Ob*scure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obscured ([o^]b*sk[=u]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Obscuring.] [L. obscurare, fr. obscurus: cf. OF. obscurer. See Obscure,

1. ] To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.

   They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights.
   --Shak.

   Why, 't is an office of discovery, love, And I should be obscured.
   --Shak.

   There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured by the writings of learned men as this.
   --Wake.

   And seest not sin obscures thy godlike frame?
   --Dryden.

Chondrite \Chon"drite\, n. [Gr. ? a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage.] (Min.) A meteoric stone characterized by the presence of chondrules.

Potichomania \Po`ti*cho*ma"ni*a\, Potichomanie \Po`ti*cho*ma"nie\, n. [F. potichomanie; potiche a porcelain vase + manie mania.] The art or process of coating the inside of glass vessels with engravings or paintings, so as to give them the appearance of painted ware.

Saengerbund \Saeng"er*bund`\, n.; G. pl. Saengerb["u]nde. [G. s["a]ngerbund.] (Music) A singers' union; an association of singers or singing clubs, esp. German.

Intrinsicalness \In*trin"sic*al*ness\, n. The quality of being intrinsical; intrinsicality.

Madden \Mad"den\, v. i. To become mad; to act as if mad.

They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
--Pope.

Madden \Mad"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maddened; p. pr. & vb. n. Maddening.]

1. To make mad; to drive to madness; to drive to insanity; to craze.

2. To make very angry; to enrage; to excite violently with passion.

Metaphrastic \Met`a*phras"tic\, Metaphrastical \Met`a*phras"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?.] Close, or literal.

Crow-trodden \Crow"-trod`den\ (kr[=o]"tr?d`d'n), a. Marked with crow's-feet, or wrinkles, about the eyes.

Do I look as if I were crow-trodden?
--Beau. & FL.

Kilt \Kilt\, p. p. from Kill. [Obs.]
--Spenser.

Kilt \Kilt\, n. [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan. kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.] A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. [Written also kelt.]

Kilt \Kilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Kilting.] To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.]
--Sir W. Scott.

menhaden \men*ha"den\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American marine fish ( Brevoortia tyrannus) of the Herring family ( Clupeidae), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc.

Whistlefish \Whis"tle*fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A gossat, or rockling; -- called also whistler, three-bearded rockling, sea loach, and sorghe.

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.

Yaffle \Yaf"fle\, n. [Probably imitative of its call or cry.] (Zo["o]l.) The European green woodpecker ( Picus viridis syn. Genius viridis). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler, yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack.

Unset \Un*set"\, a. Not set; not fixed or appointed.

Incriminate \In*crim"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incriminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incriminating.] [LL. incriminatus, p. p. of incriminare; in- in + criminare, criminari, to accuse one of a crime. See Criminate.] To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to criminate.

Krishna \Krish"na\ (kr[i^]sh"n[.a]), n. [Skr. k[.r]sh[.n]a ' The black.'.] (Hindu Myth.) The most popular of the Hindu divinities, usually held to be the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu.

Note: Krishna is a well-known Hindu deity. Originally the ethnic god of some powerful confederation of Rajput clans, by fusion with the Vishnu of the older theology Krishna becomes one of the chief divinities of Hinduism. He is indeed an avatar of Vishnu, or Vishnu himself. In his physical character mingle myths of fire, lightning, and storm, of heaven and the sun. In the epic he is a hero invincible in war and love, brave, but above all crafty. He was the son of Vasudeva and Devaki, and born at Mathura, on the Yamuna, between Delhi and Agra, among the Yadavas. Like that of many solar heroes, his birth was beset with peril. On the night when it took place, his parents had to remove him from the reach of his uncle, King Kansa, who sought his life because he had been warned by a voice from heaven that the eighth son of Devaki would kill him, and who had regularly made away with his nephews at their birth. Conveyed across the Yamuna, Krishna was brought up as their son by the shepherd Nanda and his wife Yashoda, together with his brother Balarama, 'Rama the strong,' who had been likewise saved from massacre. The two brothers grew up among the shepherds, slaying monsters and demons and sporting with the Gopis, the female cowherds of Vrindavana. Their birth and infancy, their juvenile exploits, and their erotic gambols with the Gopis became in time the essential portion of the legend of Krishna, and their scenes are today the most celebrated centers of his worship. When grown, the brothers put their uncle Kansa to death, and Krishna became king of the Yadavas. He cleared the land of monsters, warred against impious kings, and took part in the war of the sons of Pandu against those of Dhritarashtra, as described in the Mahabharata. He transferred his capital to Dvaraka ('the city of gates'), the gates of the West, since localized in Gujarat. There he and his race were overtaken by the final catastrophe. After seeing his brother slain, and the Yadavas kill each other to the last man, he himself perished, wounded in the heel, like Achilles, by the arrow of a hunter. The bible of the worshipers of Vishnu in his most popular manifestation, that of Krishna, consists of the Bhagavatapurana and the Bhagavadgita. See these words.

Hare Krishnas A popular name for the group International Society for Krishna Consciousness (abbreviated ISKCON), devotees of Krishna, founded in 1966 by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (born 1896, died 1977). They are called thus because of their frequent public chanting of the words ``Hare Krishna''.

Nosophen \Nos"o*phen\, n. [Nose + phenol; orig. used for affections of the nose.] (Pharm.) An iodine compound obtained as a yellowish gray, odorless, tasteless powder by the action of iodine on phenolphthalein.

enclosed \enclosed\ adj. surrounded or closed in, usually on all sides. Opposite of unenclosed. [Narrower terms: basined; capsulate, capsulated; closed, closed in(predicate); coarctate; confined, fenced in, penned; embedded, fixed; embedded, surrounded; encircled; enveloped; fogbound; self-enclosed; surrounded, encircled]

Entice \En*tice"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Enticing.] [OE. entisen, enticen, OF. enticier, entichier; pref. en- (L. in) + a word of uncertain origin, cf. OF. atisier to stir a fire, provoke, L. titio firebrand, or MHG. zicken to push.] To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen.

Roses blushing as they blow, And enticing men to pull.
--Beau. & Fl.

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
--Prov. i. 10.

Go, and thine erring brother gain, Entice him home to be forgiven.
--Keble.

Syn: To allure; lure; coax; decoy; seduce; tempt; inveigle; incite; persuade; prevail on. See Allure.

Cirrhotic \Cir*rhot"ic\, a. Pertaining to, caused by, or affected with, cirrhosis; as, cirrhotic degeneration; a cirrhotic liver.

Slight \Slight\, a. [Compar. Slighter; superl. Slightest.] [OE. sli?t, sleght, probably from OD. slicht, slecht, simple, plain, D. slecht; akin to OFries. sliucht, G. schlecht, schlicht, OHG. sleht smooth, simple, Icel. sl?ttr smooth, Sw. sl["a]t, Goth. sla['i]hts; or uncertain origin.]

1. Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like. ``At one slight bound.''
   --Milton.

   Slight is the subject, but not so the praise.
   --Pope.

   Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.
   --Locke.

2. Not stout or heavy; slender.

   His own figure, which was formerly so slight.
   --Sir W. Scott.

3. Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
   --Hudibras.

maidenhair tree \maidenhair tree\ n. A deciduous dioecious gymnospermous Chinese tree ( Ginkgo biloba) having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds, also called the ginkgo; it exists almost exclusively in cultivation esp. as an ornamental street tree.

Ginkgo \Gink"go\, n.; pl. Ginkgoes. [Chin., silver fruit.] (Bot.) A large ornamental tree ( Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Conifer[ae]. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhair tree.

Ouroscopy \Ou*ros"co*py\, n. [Gr. ? urine + -scopy.] Ourology.

Ziggurat \Zig"gu*rat\, n. A temple tower of the Babylonians or Assyrians, consisting of a lofty pyramidal structure, built in successive stages, with outside staircases, and a shrine at the top; -- called also zikkurat.

Hold \Hold\ (h[=o]ld), n.

1. The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; grip; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay.

   Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold.
   --Chaucer.

   Thou should'st lay hold upon him.
   --B. Jonson.

   My soul took hold on thee.
   --Addison.

   Take fast hold of instruction.
   --Pror. iv. 13.

2. The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.

   The law hath yet another hold on you.
   --Shak.

3. Binding power and influence.

   Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest hold of.
   --Tillotson.

4. Something that may be grasped; means of support.

   If a man be upon an high place without rails or good hold, he is ready to fall.
   --Bacon.

5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.

   They . . . put them in hold unto the next day.
   --Acts. iv. 3.

   King Richard, he is in the mighty hold Of Bolingbroke.
   --Shak.

6. A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.
   --Chaucer.

   New comers in an ancient hold
   --Tennyson.

7. (Mus.) A character [thus ?] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona.

Corona \Co*ro"na\ (k?-r?"n?), n.; pl. L. Coron[ae] (-n?), E. Coronas (-n?z). [L. corona crown. See Crown.]

1. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.

2. (Arch.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column.

3. (Anat.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.

4. (Zo["o]l.) The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin.

5. (Astronomy) A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.

6. (Bot.)

   1. An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.

   2. Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ.

7. (Meteorol.)

   1. A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon.

   2. A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle.

8. A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis.
   --Fairholt.

9. (Mus.) A character [[pause]] called the pause or hold.

Cartouch \Car*touch"\, cartouche \car*touche"\, n.; pl. Cartouches. [F. cartouche, It. cartuccia, cartoccio, cornet, cartouch, fr. L. charta paper. See 1st Card, and cf. Cartridge.]

1. (Mil.)

   1. A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge.

   2. A cartridge box.

   3. A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon.

   4. A gunner's bag for ammunition.

   5. A military pass for a soldier on furlough.

2. (Arch.)

   1. A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper.

   2. A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of ornamental form.

3. (Egyptian Antiq.) An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign.

Buffalo \Buf"fa*lo\, n.; pl. Buffaloes. [Sp. bufalo (cf. It. bufalo, F. buffle), fr. L. bubalus, bufalus, a kind of African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr. Gr. ? buffalo, prob. fr. ? ox. See Cow the animal, and cf. Buff the color, and Bubale.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus ( Bubalus bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A very large and savage species of the same genus ( Syncerus Caffer syn. Bubalus Caffer) found in South Africa; -- called also Cape buffalo.

3. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of wild ox.

4. (Zo["o]l.) The bison of North America.

5. A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below.

6. (Zo["o]l.) The buffalo fish. See Buffalofish, below.

   Buffalo berry (Bot.), a shrub of the Upper Missouri ( Sherherdia argentea) with acid edible red berries.

   Buffalo bird (Zo["o]l.), an African bird of the genus Buphaga, of two species. These birds perch upon buffaloes and cattle, in search of parasites.

   Buffalo bug, the carpet beetle. See under Carpet.

   Buffalo chips, dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for fuel. [U.S.]

   Buffalo clover (Bot.), a kind of clover ( Trifolium reflexum and Trifoliumsoloniferum) found in the ancient grazing grounds of the American bison.

   Buffalo cod (Zo["o]l.), a large, edible, marine fish ( Ophiodon elongatus) of the northern Pacific coast; -- called also blue cod, and cultus cod.

   Buffalo fly, or Buffalo gnat (Zo["o]l.), a small dipterous insect of the genus Simulium, allied to the black fly of the North. It is often extremely abundant in the lower part of the Mississippi valley and does great injury to domestic animals, often killing large numbers of cattle and horses. In Europe the Columbatz fly is a species with similar habits.

   Buffalo grass (Bot.), a species of short, sweet grass ( Buchlo["e] dactyloides), from two to four inches high, covering the prairies on which the buffaloes, or bisons, feed. [U.S.]

   Buffalo nut (Bot.), the oily and drupelike fruit of an American shrub ( Pyrularia oleifera); also, the shrub itself; oilnut.

   Buffalo robe, the skin of the bison of North America, prepared with the hair on; -- much used as a lap robe in sleighs.

Captation \Cap*ta`tion\, n. [L. captatio, fr. captare to catch, intens. of caper to take: cf. F. captation.] A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction. [Obs.]

Without any of those dresses, or popular captations, which some men use in their speeches.
--Eikon Basilike.

Plaything \Play"thing`\, n. A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.

A child knows his nurse, and by degrees the playthings of a little more advanced age.
--Locke.

Tola \To"la\, n. [Hind., from Skr. tul[=a] a balance.] A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains.

Dastardly \Das"tard*ly\, a. Meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage.

Perfect \Per"fect\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perfected; p. pr. & vb. n. Perfecting.] [L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere. See Perfect,

1. ] To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to its nature and kind.

   God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us.
   --1 John iv. 12.

   Inquire into the nature and properties of the things, . . . and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct species.
   --Locke.

   Perfecting press (Print.), a press in which the printing on both sides of the paper is completed in one passage through the machine.

   Syn: To finish; accomplish; complete; consummate.

Seleniureted \Sel`e*ni"u*ret`ed\, a. (Chem.) Combined with selenium as in a selenide; as, seleniureted hydrogen. [Written also seleniuretted.] [Obsoles.]

Unrazored \Un*ra"zored\, a. Not shaven. [R.]
--Milton.

Molto \Mol"to\, adv. [It.] (Mus.) Much; very; as, molto adagio, very slow.

Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant ( Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa. [Written also lucerne.]

Alfalfa \Al*fal"fa\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) The lucern ( Medicago sativa), a leguminous plant having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, and cultivated for fodder; -- so called in California, Texas, etc.

Medic \Med"ic\, n. [L. medica, Gr. ? (sc. ?) a kind of clover introduced from Media, from ? Median.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is Medicago sativa.

Grayness \Gray"ness\, n. The quality of being gray.

Demesne \De*mesne"\, n. [OE. demeine, demain, rule, demesne, OF. demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine, power, F. domaine domain, fr. L. dominium property, right of ownership, fr. dominus master, proprietor, owner. See Dame, and cf. Demain, Domain, Danger, Dungeon.] (Law) A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use. [Written also demain.]
--Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill.

Ancient demesne. (Eng. Law) See under Ancient.

Bittern \Bit"tern\, n. [OE. bitoure, betore, bitter, fr. F. butor; of unknown origin.] (Zo["o]l.) A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.

Note: The common European bittern is Botaurus stellaris. It makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. The American bittern is Botaurus lentiginosus, and is also called stake-driver and meadow hen. See Stake-driver.

Note: The name is applied to other related birds, as the least bittern ( Ardetta exilis), and the sun bittern.

n. 1 The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament 2 The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities 3 The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event. 4 A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The inability to read. 2 (context uncountable English) The portion of a population unable to read, generally given as a percentage. 3 (context countable English) A word, phrase(,) or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person.

n. (plural of dimestore English)

n. (plural of identikit English)

vb. (context archaic English) (en-third-person singular of: sprawl)

n. 1 (context British informal English) Short form of pantomime 2 (context rail transport informal English) Short form of pantograph

n. The quality of being alible; nourishingness.

n. (plural of shovelard English)

n. (plural of positronium English)

a. Pertaining to anaphylaxis.

vb. To conjure back; to bring something back as if by magic

vb. (en-past of: demineralise)

a. (en-comparativefabby)

n. (plural of substudy English)

interj. (context British colloquial dated English) A greeting.

n. (plural of seminist English)

n. The scientific study correlate ethnic groups, their health, and how it relates to their physical habits and methodology in creating and using medicines.

n. (context enzyme English) amidoligase

vb. (en-past of: consternate)

n. 1 The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur. 2 A little flat ring or wheel on a horse's bit. 3 A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of a horse in the manner of a seton in human surgery. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To use a rowel on something, especially to drain fluid. 2 (context transitive English) To incite, to goad.

n. (plural of translavation English)

a. (context chemistry English) Of, relating to, derived from, or resembling, phenyl or phenol.

vb. (en-archaic third-person singular of: inhabit)

n. interchange, exchange

n. 1 (context pathology English) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection. 2 (context pathology English) peptic ulcer 3 (context figurative English) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

n. (plural of divergence English)

a. dominated or plagued by violence.

vb. (en-past of: encage)

n. The belief that dualism or dichotomy are illusory phenomena, that things such as mind and body may remain distinct while not actually being separate.

n. (plural of nanowall English)

n. (context rare English) A counter bond, or a surety to secure one who has given security.

n. 1 (context linguistics English) A sound change in which [b] (the voiced bilabial plosive) shifts to [v] (the voiced labiodental fricative). 2 A speech disorder involving excessive use of the [b] sound, or conversion of other sounds into it.

abbr. engineering

n. Storage space on a ship.

n. (plural of clergywoman English)

n. (context physics English) an idealized solid whose size and shape are fixed and remain unaltered when forces are applied; used in Newtonian mechanics to model real objects

n. 1 Wet sand that things readily sink in, often found near rivers or coasts 2 Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically

a. Not feline, or not pertaining to felines. n. A creature that is not feline.

n. 1 (context legal English) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something. 2 authority, power to enforce compliance 3 (context obsolete English) that which is written; writing vb. (context dated nonstandard English) (past participle of write English)

a. Pertaining to erosion.

a. Having exaggerated articulation.

vb. (en-third-person singular of: unindent)

1. 1 dark, faint or indistinct. 2 hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous. 3 Difficult to understand. v

2. (label en transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.

n. A meteorite consisting of rock containing chondrules

adv. In an intercurrent way.

n. (plural of ambisexual English)

n. (eight-thousander English)

n. (plural of catchword English)

vb. (en-third-person singular of: eventuate)

n. (alternative form of potichomania English)

a. Referring or relating to real estate.

n. (chain gang English)

a. Not implied; unimplied.

n. (plural of zigzagging English)

n. The quality of being intrinsical; intrinsicality.

vb. 1 To make angry. 2 To make insane; to inflame with passion. 3 (context obsolete English) To become furious.

n. (plural of elbaite English)

n. A phenothiazine used for the treatment of migraine.

vb. (present participle of repunctuate English)

n. (plural of pretest English)

vb. (en-third-person singular of: bedaub)

n. (plural of downgrader English)

a. (alternative form of metaphrastic English)

alt. 1 (context British Canada informal English) A dense, yellowish fog. 2 (context Canada slang derogatory English) A French-Canadian person, especially a Francophone from the province of Québec. n. 1 (context British Canada informal English) A dense, yellowish fog. 2 (context Canada slang derogatory English) A French-Canadian person, especially a Francophone from the province of Québec.

a. (context poetic English) Marked with crow's feet, wrinkles about the eyes.

n. 1 A traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern. (from 18th c.) 2 (label en historical) Any Scottish garment from which the above lies in a direct line of descent, such as the philibeg, or the great kilt or belted plaid; 3 A plaid, pleated school uniform skirt sometimes structured as a wrap around, sometimes pleated throughout the entire circumference; also used as boys' wear in 19^th century USA. vb. To gather up (skirts) around the body. (from 14th c.)

n. (plural of auscultation English)

n. (plural of defibrillator English)

vb. (en-third-person singular of: endark)

a. 1 Of or pertaining to the exterior of the nose 2 Of or pertaining to that part of the brain exterior to the entorhinal cortex

n. Any of several species of fish in the genus (taxlink Brevoortia genus noshow=1) and (taxlink Ethmidium genus noshow=1), used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait.

n. (context geology English) The mechanics of rocks and soil

n. (context biochemistry English) Either of a pair of subunits of a complex

a. (context philosophy English) Of or pertaining to reliabilism n. (context philosophy English) A person who supports the doctrine of reliabilism

n. A fish, the three-bearded rockling.

n. (context organic chemistry English) Any salt or ester of diazoacetic acid; the esters react with alkenes to form cyclopropane derivatives

1. Not set; not fixed or appointed. v

2. (label en transitive) To make not set.

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To accuse or bring criminal charges against. 2 (context transitive English) To indicate the guilt of.

adv. (misspelling of in fact English)

n. (alternative form of catastasis English)

a. of, pertaining to or situated on a waterside n. The land bordering a body of water

n. (context zoology English) Any member of the Rajidae.

n. (plural of vigily English)

a. Of or pertaining to erythropoiesis.

a. (alternative form of unhandseled English)

n. (context music English) A non-musician who is active in a particular musical scene.

vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To perform an action which is illegal, prohibited, forbidden or proscribed and to become subject to punishment for such action. 2 (context intransitive English) To fall into difficulty. 3 (context slang English) (Usually said of an unmarried woman) to become pregnant.

n. (misspelling of kindergarten English)

vb. 1 In card playing, to accidentally reveal one's cards or hand. 2 (context idiomatic English) To inadvertently reveal any secret, particularly a secret that puts one at an advantage or disadvantage.

n. (plural of coowner English)

n. (plural of typo English)

a. Not waived.

n. An antiplatelet drug.

n. (alternative spelling of vidéo vérité English)

a. dominated or plagued by crime.

n. a mermaid, a maiden of the sea; siren

n. (plural of schlich English)

n. (plural of decorament English)

vb. To drag one's feet.

n. (plural of lipidoid English)

n. 1 (context countable English) One of several natural languages, typically used by the deaf, where the words and phrases consist of hand shapes, motions, positions, and facial expressions. 2 (context uncountable English) The sign language (sense 1) that is used locally or that is mistakenly believed to be the only one. 3 (context uncountable English) Sign languages (sense 1) considered collectively. 4 (context countable or uncountable English) communication through gestures used when speech is impossible, for example, between monks under a vow of silence or people speaking different languages.

n. (context finance English) A schedule defining the dates and amounts of payments to be made for a financial instrument such as a bond and a derivative.

vb. (context biology English) To transform solitary insects etc. into a swarm or gregaria due to rapid growth in population

n. (alternate form of lang=en AC72s) (plural of lang=en AC72)

vb. (en-third-person singular of: survive)

vb. (en-past of: entice)

a. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from cirrhosis.

a. (en-superlative of: slight).

n. ''Ginkgo biloba.

n. (plural of abomasus English)

vb. To drag one's feet.

n. (context pathology English) Inflammation of one or both adrenal glands, leading to an insufficiency of cortisol and/or aldosterone.

vb. (en-third-person singular of: laconize)

vb. (en-third-person singular of: emblaze)

n. (plural of filtride English)

n. An individual daily combat food ration introduced by the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Army during World War II and comprising three courses for breakfast, dinner and supper.

n. (context legal English) Any portion of the testator's estate that is not specifically devised to someone in the will, or any property that is part of such a specific devise that fails (for example, due to the death of the intended beneficiary preceding that of the testator).

n. (alternative spelling of ziggurat English)

n. A brief slump in performance

vb. To clear or excuse.

a. Resembling an intestine or intestines.

a. (context simile English) Very quiet, so as to not be heard

n. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. vb. (context intransitive English) To interrupt an activity and wait.

n. (alternative spelling of indomethacin English)

n. (micro-organism English)

n. (context colloquial English) A type of slang used by geeks, especially computer geeks. It incorporates several terms derived from science fiction, as well as neologisms and grammar quirks, and is frequently found in combination with computer jargon.

a. Having the characteristics of a blog; resembling a blog

n. 1 (context architecture English) An ornamental figure, often on an oval shield. 2 (context Egyptian hieroglyphics English) an oval figure containing characters that represent the names of royal or divine people. 3 A paper cartridge. 4 A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon. 5 A gunner's bag for ammunition. 6 A military pass for a soldier on furlough.

n. The regnal year, reign period, or regnal title used when traditionally numbering years in a Chinese emperor's reign and in name certain Chinese rulers.

vb. (context intransitive English) To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music.

n. (context physics English) a theory that organizes subatomic particles into octets

n. (plural of spanning English)

n. (context organic compound English) The diketone CH₃-CO-CO-CH₃ that is used in organic synthesis

n. (context linguistics English) A generative grammar, especially of a natural language, developed in the Chomskyan tradition of phrase structure grammars (as opposed to dependency grammars), and involving the use of defined operations called transformations to produce new sentences from existing ones.

a. (attributive of metabolic pathway lang=en nodot=1), ''noun''.

n. A β2-agonist.

n. (plural of superhumeral English)

n. (plural of spillage English)

n. (context obsolete English) A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction.

n. An ophthalmic instrument that is used to test for glaucoma by blowing a puff of air at the cornea and measuring the subsequent flattening

n. A thing or person intended for playing with.

n. a slave girl, a servant-girl

n. (context rare music English) A musician who plays the ukulele.

vb. (present participle of resculpture English)

a. Of or pertaining to radiation

n. (context computing programming English) The declaration of variables or objects as immutable.

n. a unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains ((nowrap: 11.663 8038 grams)) in 1833, of a similar but slightly variable value before that date

a. 1 in the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous 2 treacherous; given to backstabbing

n. (plural of spleenwort English)

n. (context printing English) The process of printing on both sides of the print material during its single pass through the printing press. vb. (present participle of perfect English)

n. (obligate carnivore English)

n. (plural of onanist English)

n. (context medicine English) The turning outwards of a lip, a deformation accompanying certain forms of ichthyosis.

n. (plural of forebeam English)

a. Not shaven.

n. (plural of chaetognath English)

a. (en-comparative of: gloopy)

vb. (en-third-person singular of: resurge)

n. (alternative form of greyness English)

a. 1 (context rare English) Without a category or categories. 2 (context rare English) That does not belong to any category.

a. Resembling a ridge.

n. (context obsolete British legal English) A demesne, especially the Ancient demesne claimed by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20the%20Conqueror.

vb. (en-third-person singular of: thwap)

n. 1 A herb of the mint family, (taxlink Origanum vulgare species noshow=1), having aromatic leaf. 2 Other herbs with a similar flavor, including other species in the genus (taxlink Origanum genus noshow=1), and Mexican oregano, (taxlink Lippia graveolens species noshow=1) 3 The leaves of these plants used in flavouring food.

n. A bird, the American bittern.