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Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.] 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke xxiii. 43. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow. 3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness. The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton. Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. --Beaconsfield. 4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. 5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss. {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}. {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under {Pepper}. {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise} in the Vocabulary. {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}. [Local, U. S.] {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}. | |
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Clover \Clo"ver\ (kl[omac]"v[etil]r), n. [OE. claver, clover, AS. cl[aemac]fre; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. kl[94]fver.] (Bot.) A plant of different species of the genus {Trifolium}; as the common red clover, {T. pratense}, the white, {T. repens}, and the hare's foot, {T. arvense}. {Clover weevil} (Zo[94]l.) a small weevil ({Apion apricans}), that destroys the seeds of clover. {Clover worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth ({Asopia costalis}), often very destructive to clover hay. {In clover}, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. [Colloq.] {Sweet clover}. See {Meliot}. | |
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Tabard \Tab"ard\, n. [OE. tabard, tabart; cf. Sp. & Pg. tabardo, It. tabarro, W. tabar, LGr. [?], LL. tabardum.] A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds. [Spelt also {taberd}.] In a tabard he [the Plowman] rode upon a mare. --Chaucer. | |
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Tabarder \Tab"ard*er\, n. 1. One who wears a tabard. 2. A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford, England, whose original dress was a tabard. --Nares. | |
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Tabaret \Tab"a*ret\, n. [Cf. {Tabby}.] A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture. | |
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Tabard \Tab"ard\, n. [OE. tabard, tabart; cf. Sp. & Pg. tabardo, It. tabarro, W. tabar, LGr. [?], LL. tabardum.] A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds. [Spelt also {taberd}.] In a tabard he [the Plowman] rode upon a mare. --Chaucer. | |
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Taberd \Tab"erd\, n. See {Tabard}. | |
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Tabard \Tab"ard\, n. [OE. tabard, tabart; cf. Sp. & Pg. tabardo, It. tabarro, W. tabar, LGr. [?], LL. tabardum.] A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds. [Spelt also {taberd}.] In a tabard he [the Plowman] rode upon a mare. --Chaucer. | |
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Taberd \Tab"erd\, n. See {Tabard}. | |
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Tabor \Ta"bor\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tabored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taboring}.] [Cf. OF. taborer.] [Written also {tabour}.] 1. To play on a tabor, or little drum. 2. To strike lightly and frequently. | |
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Taboret \Tab"o*ret\, n. [Dim. of tabor. Cf. {Tabret}.] (Mus.) A small tabor. [Written also {tabouret}.] | |
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Taborite \Ta"bor*ite\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; -- so called from Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles. | |
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Taboret \Tab"o*ret\, n. [Dim. of tabor. Cf. {Tabret}.] (Mus.) A small tabor. [Written also {tabouret}.] | |
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Tabouret \Tab"ou*ret\, n. [F., dim. of OF. tabor, tabour, drum. See {Tabor}.] 1. Same as {Taboret}. 2. A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high stool; -- so called from its resemblance to a drum. 3. An embroidery frame. --Knight. {Right of the tabouret}, the privilege of sitting on a tabouret in the presence of the severeign, formerly granted to certain ladies of high rank at the French court. | |
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Taboret \Tab"o*ret\, n. [Dim. of tabor. Cf. {Tabret}.] (Mus.) A small tabor. [Written also {tabouret}.] | |
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Tabouret \Tab"ou*ret\, n. [F., dim. of OF. tabor, tabour, drum. See {Tabor}.] 1. Same as {Taboret}. 2. A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high stool; -- so called from its resemblance to a drum. 3. An embroidery frame. --Knight. {Right of the tabouret}, the privilege of sitting on a tabouret in the presence of the severeign, formerly granted to certain ladies of high rank at the French court. | |
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Tabret \Tab"ret\, n. A taboret. --Young. | |
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Taper \Ta"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tapered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tapering}.] To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end. | |
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Tapered \Ta"pered\, a. Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir. [R.] --T. Warton. | |
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Wallah \Wal"lah\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A black variety of the jaguar; -- called also {tapir tiger}. [Written also {walla}.] | |
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Tapir \Ta"pir\, n. [Braz. tapy'ra: cf. F. tapir.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates belonging to {Tapirus}, {Elasmognathus}, and allied genera. They have a long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and stout legs, a short, thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three toes on the hind feet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost toe is of little use. Note: The best-known species are the Indian tapir ({Tapirus Indicus}), native of the East Indies and Malacca, which is black with a broad band of white around the middle, and the common American tapir ({T. Americanus}), which, when adult, is dull brown. Several others species inhabit the Andes and Central America. {Tapir tiger} (Zo[94]l.), the wallah. | |
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Wallah \Wal"lah\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A black variety of the jaguar; -- called also {tapir tiger}. [Written also {walla}.] | |
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Tapir \Ta"pir\, n. [Braz. tapy'ra: cf. F. tapir.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates belonging to {Tapirus}, {Elasmognathus}, and allied genera. They have a long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and stout legs, a short, thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three toes on the hind feet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost toe is of little use. Note: The best-known species are the Indian tapir ({Tapirus Indicus}), native of the East Indies and Malacca, which is black with a broad band of white around the middle, and the common American tapir ({T. Americanus}), which, when adult, is dull brown. Several others species inhabit the Andes and Central America. {Tapir tiger} (Zo[94]l.), the wallah. | |
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Tapiroid \Ta"pir*oid\, a. [Tapir + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir family. | |
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Taproot \Tap"root`\, n. (Bot.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing. | |
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Tea \Tea\, n. [Chin. tsh[be], Prov. Chin. te: cf. F. th[82].] 1. The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree ({Thea, [or] Camellia, Chinensis}). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries. Note: Teas are classed as green or black, according to their color or appearance, the kinds being distinguished also by various other characteristic differences, as of taste, odor, and the like. The color, flavor, and quality are dependent upon the treatment which the leaves receive after being gathered. The leaves for green tea are heated, or roasted slightly, in shallow pans over a wood fire, almost immediately after being gathered, after which they are rolled with the hands upon a table, to free them from a portion of their moisture, and to twist them, and are then quickly dried. Those intended for black tea are spread out in the air for some time after being gathered, and then tossed about with the hands until they become soft and flaccid, when they are roasted for a few minutes, and rolled, and having then been exposed to the air for a few hours in a soft and moist state, are finally dried slowly over a charcoal fire. The operation of roasting and rolling is sometimes repeated several times, until the leaves have become of the proper color. The principal sorts of green tea are Twankay, the poorest kind; Hyson skin, the refuse of Hyson; Hyson, Imperial, and Gunpowder, fine varieties; and Young Hyson, a choice kind made from young leaves gathered early in the spring. Those of black tea are Bohea, the poorest kind; Congou; Oolong; Souchong, one of the finest varieties; and Pekoe, a fine-flavored kind, made chiefly from young spring buds. See {Bohea}, {Congou}, {Gunpowder tea}, under {Gunpowder}, {Hyson}, {Oolong}, and {Souchong}. --K. Johnson. Tomlinson. Note: [bd]No knowledge of . . . [tea] appears to have reached Europe till after the establishment of intercourse between Portugal and China in 1517. The Portuguese, however, did little towards the introduction of the herb into Europe, and it was not till the Dutch established themselves at Bantam early in 17th century, that these adventurers learned from the Chinese the habit of tea drinking, and brought it to Europe.[b8] --Encyc. Brit. 2. A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage. 3. Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea. 4. The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper. {Arabian tea}, the leaves of {Catha edulis}; also (Bot.), the plant itself. See {Kat}. {Assam tea}, tea grown in Assam, in India, originally brought there from China about the year 1850. {Australian}, [or] {Botany Bay}, {tea} (Bot.), a woody clambing plant ({Smilax glycyphylla}). {Brazilian tea}. (a) The dried leaves of {Lantana pseodothea}, used in Brazil as a substitute for tea. (b) The dried leaves of {Stachytarpheta mutabilis}, used for adulterating tea, and also, in Austria, for preparing a beverage. {Labrador tea}. (Bot.) See under {Labrador}. {New Jersey tea} (Bot.), an American shrub, the leaves of which were formerly used as a substitute for tea; redroot. See {Redroot}. {New Zealand tea}. (Bot.) See under {New Zealand}. {Oswego tea}. (Bot.) See {Oswego tea}. {Paraguay tea}, mate. See 1st {Mate}. {Tea board}, a board or tray for holding a tea set. {Tea bug} (Zo[94]l.), an hemipterous insect which injures the tea plant by sucking the juice of the tender leaves. {Tea caddy}, a small box for holding tea. {Tea chest}, a small, square wooden case, usually lined with sheet lead or tin, in which tea is imported from China. {Tea clam} (Zo[94]l.), a small quahaug. [Local, U. S.] {Tea garden}, a public garden where tea and other refreshments are served. {Tea plant} (Bot.), any plant, the leaves of which are used in making a beverage by infusion; specifically, {Thea Chinensis}, from which the tea of commerce is obtained. {Tea rose} (Bot.), a delicate and graceful variety of the rose ({Rosa Indica}, var. {odorata}), introduced from China, and so named from its scent. Many varieties are now cultivated. {Tea service}, the appurtenances or utensils required for a tea table, -- when of silver, usually comprising only the teapot, milk pitcher, and sugar dish. {Tea set}, a tea service. {Tea table}, a table on which tea furniture is set, or at which tea is drunk. {Tea taster}, one who tests or ascertains the quality of tea by tasting. {Tea tree} (Bot.), the tea plant of China. See {Tea plant}, above. | |
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Tephrite \Teph"rite\, n. [Gr. [?] ashes.] (Geol.) An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both. | |
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Tephroite \Teph"ro*ite\, n. [See {Tephrosia}.] (Min.) A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray color. | |
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Border \Bor"der\, n. [OE. bordure, F. bordure, fr. border to border, fr. bord a border; of German origin; cf. MHG. borte border, trimming, G. borte trimming, ribbon; akin to E. board in sense 8. See {Board}, n., and cf. {Bordure}.] 1. The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink. Upon the borders of these solitudes. --Bentham. In the borders of death. --Barrow. 2. A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district. 3. A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish. 4. A narrow flower bed. {Border land}, land on the frontiers of two adjoining countries; debatable land; -- often used figuratively; as, the border land of science. {The Border}, {The Borders}, specifically, the frontier districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent. {Over the border}, across the boundary line or frontier. Syn: Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine. | |
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Border \Bor"der\, n. [OE. bordure, F. bordure, fr. border to border, fr. bord a border; of German origin; cf. MHG. borte border, trimming, G. borte trimming, ribbon; akin to E. board in sense 8. See {Board}, n., and cf. {Bordure}.] 1. The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink. Upon the borders of these solitudes. --Bentham. In the borders of death. --Barrow. 2. A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district. 3. A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish. 4. A narrow flower bed. {Border land}, land on the frontiers of two adjoining countries; debatable land; -- often used figuratively; as, the border land of science. {The Border}, {The Borders}, specifically, the frontier districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent. {Over the border}, across the boundary line or frontier. Syn: Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine. | |
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Fourth \Fourth\, n. 1. One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four; one coming next in order after the third. 2. (Mus.) The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key. {The Fourth}, specifically, in the United States, the fourth day of July, the anniversary of the declaration of American independence; as, to celebrate the Fourth. | |
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Estate \Es*tate"\, n. [OF. estat, F. [82]tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {State}.] 1. Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation. [bd]When I came to man's estate.[b8] --Shak. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. --Romans xii. 16. 2. Social standing or rank; quality; dignity. God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several estates of men. --Jer. Taylor. 3. A person of high rank. [Obs.] She's a duchess, a great estate. --Latimer. Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee. --Mark vi. 21. 4. A property which a person possesses; a fortune; possessions, esp. property in land; also, property of all kinds which a person leaves to be divided at his death. See what a vast estate he left his son. --Dryden. 5. The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs. [Obs.] I call matters of estate not only the parts of sovereignty, but whatsoever . . . concerneth manifestly any great portion of people. --Bacon. 6. pl. The great classes or orders of a community or state (as the clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or their representatives who administer the government; as, the estates of the realm (England), which are (1) the lords spiritual, (2) the lords temporal, (3) the commons. 7. (Law) The degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in, or ownership of, lands, tenements, etc.; as, an estate for life, for years, at will, etc. --Abbott. {The fourth estate}, a name often given to the public press. | |
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8. (Med.) The time of the exacerbation and remission of a disease, or of the paroxysm and intermission. 9. (Mus.) A complete musical sentence. {The period}, the present or current time, as distinguished from all other times. Syn: Time; date; epoch; era; age; duration; limit; bound; end; conclusion; determination. | |
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Rid \Rid\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rid} [or] {Ridded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ridding}.] [OE. ridden, redden, AS. hreddan to deliver, liberate; akin to D. & LG. redden, G. retten, Dan. redde, Sw. r[84]dda, and perhaps to Skr. [?]rath to loosen.] 1. To save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of. [Obs.] Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand of the wicked. --Ps. lxxxii. 4. 2. To free; to clear; to disencumber; -- followed by of. [bd]Rid all the sea of pirates.[b8] --Shak. In never ridded myself of an overmastering and brooding sense of some great calamity traveling toward me. --De Quincey. 3. To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy. [Obs.] I will red evil beasts out of the land. --Lev. xxvi. 6. Death's men, you have rid this sweet young prince! --Shak. 4. To get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish. [R.] [bd]Willingness rids way.[b8] --Shak. Mirth will make us rid ground faster than if thieves were at our tails. --J. Webster. {To be rid of}, to be free or delivered from. {To get rid of}, to get deliverance from; to free one's self from. | |
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Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and tin. {The Liberty Bell}, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words [bd]Proclaim liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants thereof.[b8] 2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved. 3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower. [bd]In a cowslip's bell I lie.[b8] --Shak. 4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital. 5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated. Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after it has struck [bd]eight bells[b8] it is struck once, and at every succeeding half hour the number of strokes is increased by one, till at the end of the four hours, which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times. {To bear away the bell}, to win the prize at a race where the prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something. --Fuller. {To bear the bell}, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a team or drove, when wearing a bell. {To curse by bell}, {book}, {and candle}, a solemn form of excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose being used, and three candles being extinguished with certain ceremonies. --Nares. {To lose the bell}, to be worsted in a contest. [bd]In single fight he lost the bell.[b8] --Fairfax. {To shake the bells}, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak. Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as, bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed; bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are self-explaining. {Bell arch} (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the curve of an ogee. {Bell cage}, or {Bell carriage} (Arch.), a timber frame constructed to carry one or more large bells. {Bell cot} (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction, frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and used to contain and support one or more bells. {Bell deck} (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a roof to the rooms below. {Bell founder}, one whose occupation it is to found or cast bells. {Bell foundry}, or {Bell foundery}, a place where bells are founded or cast. {Bell gable} (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction, pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain bells. {Bell glass}. See {Bell jar}. {Bell hanger}, a man who hangs or puts up bells. {Bell pull}, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled. --Aytoun. {Bell punch}, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell when used. {Bell ringer}, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of musical bells for public entertainment. {Bell roof} (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general lines of a bell. {Bell rope}, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung. {Bell tent}, a circular conical-topped tent. {Bell trap}, a kind of bell shaped stench trap. | |
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Date \Date\, n. [F. date, LL. data, fr. L. datus given, p. p. of dare to give; akin to Gr. [?], OSlaw. dati, Skr. d[be]. Cf. {Datum}, Dose, {Dato}, {Die}.] 1. That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc. And bonds without a date, they say, are void. --Dryden. 2. The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle. He at once, Down the long series of eventful time, So fixed the dates of being, so disposed To every living soul of every kind The field of motion, and the hour of rest. --Akenside. 3. Assigned end; conclusion. [R.] What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date. --Pope. 4. Given or assigned length of life; dyration. [Obs.] Good luck prolonged hath thy date. --Spenser. Through his life's whole date. --Chapman. {To bear date}, to have the date named on the face of it; -- said of a writing. | |
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Bear \Bear\ (b[acir]r), v. t. [imp. {Bore} (b[omac]r) (formerly {Bare} (b[acir]r)); p. p. {Born} (b[ocir]rn), {Borne} (b[omac]r); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bearing}.] [OE. beren, AS. beran, beoran, to bear, carry, produce; akin to D. baren to bring forth, G. geb[84]ren, Goth. ba[a1]ran to bear or carry, Icel. bera, Sw. b[84]ra, Dan. b[91]re, OHG. beran, peran, L. ferre to bear, carry, produce, Gr. fe`rein, OSlav brati to take, carry, OIr. berim I bear, Skr. bh[rsdot] to bear. [root]92. Cf. {Fertile}.] 1. To support or sustain; to hold up. 2. To support and remove or carry; to convey. I 'll bear your logs the while. --Shak. 3. To conduct; to bring; -- said of persons. [Obs.] Bear them to my house. --Shak. 4. To possess and use, as power; to exercise. Every man should bear rule in his own house. --Esther i. 22. 5. To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription. 6. To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name. 7. To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor --Dryden. The ancient grudge I bear him. --Shak. 8. To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne. --Pope. I cannot bear The murmur of this lake to hear. --Shelley. My punishment is greater than I can bear. --Gen. iv. 13. 9. To gain or win. [Obs.] Some think to bear it by speaking a great word. --Bacon. She was . . . found not guilty, through bearing of friends and bribing of the judge. --Latimer. 10. To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc. He shall bear their iniquities. --Is. liii. 11. Somewhat that will bear your charges. --Dryden. 11. To render or give; to bring forward. [bd]Your testimony bear[b8] --Dryden. 12. To carry on, or maintain; to have. [bd]The credit of bearing a part in the conversation.[b8] --Locke. 13. To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change. In all criminal cases the most favorable interpretation should be put on words that they can possibly bear. --Swift. 14. To manage, wield, or direct. [bd]Thus must thou thy body bear.[b8] --Shak. Hence: To behave; to conduct. Hath he borne himself penitently in prison ? --Shak. 15. To afford; to be to; to supply with. His faithful dog shall bear him company. --Pope. 16. To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest. Here dwelt the man divine whom Samos bore. --Dryden. Note: In the passive form of this verb, the best modern usage restricts the past participle born to the sense of brought forth, while borne is used in the other senses of the word. In the active form, borne alone is used as the past participle. {To bear down}. (a) To force into a lower place; to carry down; to depress or sink. [bd]His nose, . . . large as were the others, bore them down into insignificance.[b8] --Marryat. (b) To overthrow or crush by force; as, to bear down an enemy. {To bear a hand}. (a) To help; to give assistance. (b) (Naut.) To make haste; to be quick. {To bear in hand}, to keep (one) up in expectation, usually by promises never to be realized; to amuse by false pretenses; to delude. [Obs.] [bd]How you were borne in hand, how crossed.[b8] --Shak. {To bear in mind}, to remember. {To bear off}. (a) To restrain; to keep from approach. (b) (Naut.) To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything; as, to bear off a blow; to bear off a boat. (c) To gain; to carry off, as a prize. {To bear one hard}, to owe one a grudge. [Obs.] [bd]C[91]sar doth bear me hard.[b8] --Shak. {To bear out}. (a) To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last. [bd]Company only can bear a man out in an ill thing.[b8] --South. (b) To corroborate; to confirm. {To bear up}, to support; to keep from falling or sinking. [bd]Religious hope bears up the mind under sufferings.[b8] --Addison. Syn: To uphold; sustain; maintain; support; undergo; suffer; endure; tolerate; carry; convey; transport; waft. | |
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Bear \Bear\, v. i. 1. To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness. This age to blossom, and the next to bear. --Dryden. 2. To suffer, as in carrying a burden. But man is born to bear. --Pope. 3. To endure with patience; to be patient. I can not, can not bear. --Dryden. 4. To press; -- with on or upon, or against. These men bear hard on the suspected party. --Addison. 5. To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear. 6. To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question? 7. To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect. Her sentence bore that she should stand a certain time upon the platform. --Hawthorne. 8. To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E. {To bear against}, to approach for attack or seizure; as, a lion bears against his prey. [Obs.] {To bear away} (Naut.), to change the course of a ship, and make her run before the wind. {To bear back}, to retreat. [bd]Bearing back from the blows of their sable antagonist.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. {To bear down upon} (Naut.), to approach from the windward side; as, the fleet bore down upon the enemy. {To bear in with} (Naut.), to run or tend toward; as, a ship bears in with the land. {To bear off} (Naut.), to steer away, as from land. {To bear up}. (a) To be supported; to have fortitude; to be firm; not to sink; as, to bear up under afflictions. (b) (Naut.) To put the helm up (or to windward) and so put the ship before the wind; to bear away. --Hamersly. {To bear upon} (Mil.), to be pointed or situated so as to affect; to be pointed directly against, or so as to hit (the object); as, to bring or plant guns so as to bear upon a fort or a ship; the artillery bore upon the center. {To bear up to}, to tend or move toward; as, to bear up to one another. {To bear with}, to endure; to be indulgent to; to forbear to resent, oppose, or punish. | |
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Bear \Bear\ (b[acir]r), v. t. [imp. {Bore} (b[omac]r) (formerly {Bare} (b[acir]r)); p. p. {Born} (b[ocir]rn), {Borne} (b[omac]r); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bearing}.] [OE. beren, AS. beran, beoran, to bear, carry, produce; akin to D. baren to bring forth, G. geb[84]ren, Goth. ba[a1]ran to bear or carry, Icel. bera, Sw. b[84]ra, Dan. b[91]re, OHG. beran, peran, L. ferre to bear, carry, produce, Gr. fe`rein, OSlav brati to take, carry, OIr. berim I bear, Skr. bh[rsdot] to bear. [root]92. Cf. {Fertile}.] 1. To support or sustain; to hold up. 2. To support and remove or carry; to convey. I 'll bear your logs the while. --Shak. 3. To conduct; to bring; -- said of persons. [Obs.] Bear them to my house. --Shak. 4. To possess and use, as power; to exercise. Every man should bear rule in his own house. --Esther i. 22. 5. To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription. 6. To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name. 7. To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor --Dryden. The ancient grudge I bear him. --Shak. 8. To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne. --Pope. I cannot bear The murmur of this lake to hear. --Shelley. My punishment is greater than I can bear. --Gen. iv. 13. 9. To gain or win. [Obs.] Some think to bear it by speaking a great word. --Bacon. She was . . . found not guilty, through bearing of friends and bribing of the judge. --Latimer. 10. To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc. He shall bear their iniquities. --Is. liii. 11. Somewhat that will bear your charges. --Dryden. 11. To render or give; to bring forward. [bd]Your testimony bear[b8] --Dryden. 12. To carry on, or maintain; to have. [bd]The credit of bearing a part in the conversation.[b8] --Locke. 13. To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change. In all criminal cases the most favorable interpretation should be put on words that they can possibly bear. --Swift. 14. To manage, wield, or direct. [bd]Thus must thou thy body bear.[b8] --Shak. Hence: To behave; to conduct. Hath he borne himself penitently in prison ? --Shak. 15. To afford; to be to; to supply with. His faithful dog shall bear him company. --Pope. 16. To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest. Here dwelt the man divine whom Samos bore. --Dryden. Note: In the passive form of this verb, the best modern usage restricts the past participle born to the sense of brought forth, while borne is used in the other senses of the word. In the active form, borne alone is used as the past participle. {To bear down}. (a) To force into a lower place; to carry down; to depress or sink. [bd]His nose, . . . large as were the others, bore them down into insignificance.[b8] --Marryat. (b) To overthrow or crush by force; as, to bear down an enemy. {To bear a hand}. (a) To help; to give assistance. (b) (Naut.) To make haste; to be quick. {To bear in hand}, to keep (one) up in expectation, usually by promises never to be realized; to amuse by false pretenses; to delude. [Obs.] [bd]How you were borne in hand, how crossed.[b8] --Shak. {To bear in mind}, to remember. {To bear off}. (a) To restrain; to keep from approach. (b) (Naut.) To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything; as, to bear off a blow; to bear off a boat. (c) To gain; to carry off, as a prize. {To bear one hard}, to owe one a grudge. [Obs.] [bd]C[91]sar doth bear me hard.[b8] --Shak. {To bear out}. (a) To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last. [bd]Company only can bear a man out in an ill thing.[b8] --South. (b) To corroborate; to confirm. {To bear up}, to support; to keep from falling or sinking. [bd]Religious hope bears up the mind under sufferings.[b8] --Addison. Syn: To uphold; sustain; maintain; support; undergo; suffer; endure; tolerate; carry; convey; transport; waft. | |
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Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and tin. {The Liberty Bell}, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words [bd]Proclaim liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants thereof.[b8] 2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved. 3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower. [bd]In a cowslip's bell I lie.[b8] --Shak. 4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital. 5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated. Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after it has struck [bd]eight bells[b8] it is struck once, and at every succeeding half hour the number of strokes is increased by one, till at the end of the four hours, which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times. {To bear away the bell}, to win the prize at a race where the prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something. --Fuller. {To bear the bell}, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a team or drove, when wearing a bell. {To curse by bell}, {book}, {and candle}, a solemn form of excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose being used, and three candles being extinguished with certain ceremonies. --Nares. {To lose the bell}, to be worsted in a contest. [bd]In single fight he lost the bell.[b8] --Fairfax. {To shake the bells}, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak. Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as, bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed; bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are self-explaining. {Bell arch} (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the curve of an ogee. {Bell cage}, or {Bell carriage} (Arch.), a timber frame constructed to carry one or more large bells. {Bell cot} (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction, frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and used to contain and support one or more bells. {Bell deck} (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a roof to the rooms below. {Bell founder}, one whose occupation it is to found or cast bells. {Bell foundry}, or {Bell foundery}, a place where bells are founded or cast. {Bell gable} (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction, pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain bells. {Bell glass}. See {Bell jar}. {Bell hanger}, a man who hangs or puts up bells. {Bell pull}, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled. --Aytoun. {Bell punch}, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell when used. {Bell ringer}, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of musical bells for public entertainment. {Bell roof} (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general lines of a bell. {Bell rope}, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung. {Bell tent}, a circular conical-topped tent. {Bell trap}, a kind of bell shaped stench trap. | |
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Bear \Bear\, v. i. 1. To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness. This age to blossom, and the next to bear. --Dryden. 2. To suffer, as in carrying a burden. But man is born to bear. --Pope. 3. To endure with patience; to be patient. I can not, can not bear. --Dryden. 4. To press; -- with on or upon, or against. These men bear hard on the suspected party. --Addison. 5. To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear. 6. To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question? 7. To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect. Her sentence bore that she should stand a certain time upon the platform. --Hawthorne. 8. To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E. {To bear against}, to approach for attack or seizure; as, a lion bears against his prey. [Obs.] {To bear away} (Naut.), to change the course of a ship, and make her run before the wind. {To bear back}, to retreat. [bd]Bearing back from the blows of their sable antagonist.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. {To bear down upon} (Naut.), to approach from the windward side; as, the fleet bore down upon the enemy. {To bear in with} (Naut.), to run or tend toward; as, a ship bears in with the land. {To bear off} (Naut.), to steer away, as from land. {To bear up}. (a) To be supported; to have fortitude; to be firm; not to sink; as, to bear up under afflictions. (b) (Naut.) To put the helm up (or to windward) and so put the ship before the wind; to bear away. --Hamersly. {To bear upon} (Mil.), to be pointed or situated so as to affect; to be pointed directly against, or so as to hit (the object); as, to bring or plant guns so as to bear upon a fort or a ship; the artillery bore upon the center. {To bear up to}, to tend or move toward; as, to bear up to one another. {To bear with}, to endure; to be indulgent to; to forbear to resent, oppose, or punish. | |
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Borrow \Bor"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Borrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Borrowing}.] [OE. borwen, AS. borgian, fr. borg, borh, pledge; akin to D. borg, G. borg; prob. fr. root of AS. beorgan to protect. [?]95. See 1st {Borough}.] 1. To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend. 2. (Arith.) To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend. 3. To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another. Rites borrowed from the ancients. --Macaulay. It is not hard for any man, who hath a Bible in his hands, to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above. --Milton. 4. To feign or counterfeit. [bd]Borrowed hair.[b8] --Spenser. The borrowed majesty of England. --Shak. 5. To receive; to take; to derive. Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother. --Shak. {To borrow trouble}, to be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive. | |
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Breathe \Breathe\, v. t. 1. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire. To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air. --Dryden. 2. To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into. Able to breathe life into a stone. --Shak. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. --Gen. ii. 7. 3. To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow. He softly breathed thy name. --Dryden. Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse, A mother's curse, on her revolting son. --Shak. 4. To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes. 5. To express; to manifest; to give forth. Others articles breathe the same severe spirit. --Milner. 6. To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing. [bd]They breathe the flute.[b8] --Prior. 7. To promote free respiration in; to exercise. And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon thee. --Shak. 8. To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse. A moment breathed his panting steed. --Sir W. Scott. 9. To put out of breath; to exhaust. Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little breathed by the journey up. --Dickens. 10. (Phonetics) To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants. The same sound may be pronounces either breathed, voiced, or whispered. --H. Sweet. Breathed elements, being already voiceless, remain unchanged Note: [in whispering]. --H. Sweet. {To breathe again}, to take breath; to feel a sense of relief, as from danger, responsibility, or press of business. {To breathe one's last}, to die; to expire. {To breathe a vein}, to open a vein; to let blood. --Dryden. | |
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Breathe \Breathe\, v. t. 1. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire. To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air. --Dryden. 2. To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into. Able to breathe life into a stone. --Shak. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. --Gen. ii. 7. 3. To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow. He softly breathed thy name. --Dryden. Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse, A mother's curse, on her revolting son. --Shak. 4. To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes. 5. To express; to manifest; to give forth. Others articles breathe the same severe spirit. --Milner. 6. To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing. [bd]They breathe the flute.[b8] --Prior. 7. To promote free respiration in; to exercise. And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon thee. --Shak. 8. To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse. A moment breathed his panting steed. --Sir W. Scott. 9. To put out of breath; to exhaust. Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little breathed by the journey up. --Dickens. 10. (Phonetics) To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants. The same sound may be pronounces either breathed, voiced, or whispered. --H. Sweet. Breathed elements, being already voiceless, remain unchanged Note: [in whispering]. --H. Sweet. {To breathe again}, to take breath; to feel a sense of relief, as from danger, responsibility, or press of business. {To breathe one's last}, to die; to expire. {To breathe a vein}, to open a vein; to let blood. --Dryden. | |
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{At last}, at the end of a certain period; after delay. [bd]The duke of Savoy felt that the time had at last arrived.[b8] --Motley. {At the last}. [Prob. fr. AS. on l[be]ste behind, following behind, fr. l[be]st race, track, footstep. See {Last} mold of the foot.] At the end; in the conclusion. [Obs.] [bd]Gad, a troop shall overcome him; but he shall overcome at the last.[b8] --Gen. xlix. 19. {Last heir}, the person to whom lands escheat for want of an heir. [Eng.] --Abbott. {On one's last legs}, at, or near, the end of one's resources; hence, on the verge of failure or ruin, especially in a financial sense. [Colloq.] {To breathe one's last}, to die. {To the last}, to the end; till the conclusion. And blunder on in business to the last. --Pope. Syn: {At Last}, {At Length}. Usage: These phrases both denote that some delayed end or result has been reached. At length implies that a long period was spent in so doing; as, after a voyage of more than three months, we at Length arrived safe. At last commonly implies that something has occurred (as interruptions, disappointments, etc.) which leads us to emphasize the idea of having reached the end; as, in spite of every obstacle, we have at last arrived. | |
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Breathe \Breathe\, v. t. 1. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire. To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air. --Dryden. 2. To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into. Able to breathe life into a stone. --Shak. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. --Gen. ii. 7. 3. To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow. He softly breathed thy name. --Dryden. Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse, A mother's curse, on her revolting son. --Shak. 4. To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes. 5. To express; to manifest; to give forth. Others articles breathe the same severe spirit. --Milner. 6. To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing. [bd]They breathe the flute.[b8] --Prior. 7. To promote free respiration in; to exercise. And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon thee. --Shak. 8. To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse. A moment breathed his panting steed. --Sir W. Scott. 9. To put out of breath; to exhaust. Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little breathed by the journey up. --Dickens. 10. (Phonetics) To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants. The same sound may be pronounces either breathed, voiced, or whispered. --H. Sweet. Breathed elements, being already voiceless, remain unchanged Note: [in whispering]. --H. Sweet. {To breathe again}, to take breath; to feel a sense of relief, as from danger, responsibility, or press of business. {To breathe one's last}, to die; to expire. {To breathe a vein}, to open a vein; to let blood. --Dryden. | |
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Breed \Breed\, v. i. 1. To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant. That they breed abundantly in the earth. --Gen. viii. 17. The mother had never bred before. --Carpenter. Ant. Is your gold and silver ewes and rams? Shy. I can not tell. I make it breed as fast. --Shak. 2. To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth. 3. To have birth; to be produced or multiplied. Heavens rain grace On that which breeds between them. --Shak. 4. To raise a breed; to get progeny. The kind of animal which you wish to breed from. --Gardner. {To breed in and in}, to breed from animals of the same stock that are closely related. | |
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Bury \Bur"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Burying}.] [OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to beorgan to protect, OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw. berga, Dan. bierge, Goth. ba[a1]rgan. [root]95. Cf. {Burrow}.] 1. To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands. And all their confidence Under the weight of mountains buried deep. --Milton. 2. Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume. Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. --Matt. viii. 21. I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. --Shak. 3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife. Give me a bowl of wine In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. --Shak. {Burying beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the general name of many species of beetles, of the tribe {Necrophaga}; the sexton beetle; -- so called from their habit of burying small dead animals by digging away the earth beneath them. The larv[91] feed upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers. {To bury the hatchet}, to lay aside the instruments of war, and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace. Syn: To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal; overwhelm; repress. | |
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{Hatchet face}, a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a hatchet; hence: {Hatchet-faced}, sharp-visaged. --Dryden. {To bury the hatchet}, to make peace or become reconciled. {To take up the hatchet}, to make or declare war. The last two phrases are derived from the practice of the American Indians. | |
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Gizzard \Giz"zard\, n. [F. g[82]sier, L. gigeria, pl., the cooked entrails of poultry. Cf. {Gigerium}.] 1. (Anat.) The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals. (b) A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks. {Gizzard shad} (Zo[94]l.), an American herring ({Dorosoma cepedianum}) resembling the shad, but of little value. {To fret the gizzard}, to harass; to vex one's self; to worry. [Low] --Hudibras. {To stick in one's gizzard}, to be difficult of digestion; to be offensive. [Low] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fritter \Frit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frittering}.] 1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. 2. To break into small pieces or fragments. Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense. --Pope. {To fritter away}, to diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Measure \Meas"ure\, n. [OE. mesure, F. mesure, L. mensura, fr. metiri, mensus, to measure; akin to metrum poetical measure, Gr. [?], E. meter. Cf. {Immense}, {Mensuration}, {Mete} to measure.] 1. A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged. 2. An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like. False ells and measures be brought all clean adown. --R. of Gloucester. 3. The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat. The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. --Job xi. 9. 4. The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount. It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal. --Luke xiii. 21. 5. Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure. Hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure. --Is. v. 14. 6. Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion. Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days. --Ps. xxxix. 4. 7. The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure. 8. Undefined quantity; extent; degree. There is a great measure of discretion to be used in the performance of confession. --Jer. Taylor. 9. Regulated division of movement: (a) (Dancing) A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet. (b) (Mus.) (1) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats. (2) The space between two bars. See {Beat}, {Triple}, {Quadruple}, {Sextuple}, {Compound time}, under {Compound}, a., and {Figure}. (c) (Poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure. 10. (Arith.) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers. 11. A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure. His majesty found what wrong measures he had taken in the conferring that trust, and lamented his error. --Clarendon. 12. The act of measuring; measurement. --Shak. 13. pl. (Geol.) Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures. {Lineal}, [or] {Long}, {measure}, measure of length; the measure of lines or distances. {Liquid measure}, the measure of liquids. {Square measure}, the measure of superficial area of surfaces in square units, as inches, feet, miles, etc. {To have hard measure}, to have harsh treatment meted out to one; to be harshly or oppressively dealt with. {To take measures}, to make preparations; to provide means. {To take one's measure}, to measure one, as for a garment; hence, to form an opinion of one's disposition, character, ability, etc. {To tread a measure}, to dance in the style so called. See 9 (a) . Say to her, we have measured many miles To tread a measure with her on this grass. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Part \Part\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Parting}.] [F. partir, L. partire, partiri, p. p. partitus, fr. pars, gen. partis, a part. See {Part}, n.] 1. To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever. [bd]Thou shalt part it in pieces.[b8] --Lev. ii. 6. There, [celestial love] parted into rainbow hues. --Keble. 2. To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share. To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee. --Pope. They parted my raiment among them. --John xix. 24. 3. To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me. --Ruth i. 17. While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. --Luke xxiv. 51. The narrow seas that part The French and English. --Shak. 4. Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants. The stumbling night did part our weary powers. --Shak. 5. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver. The liver minds his own affair, . . . And parts and strains the vital juices. --Prior. 6. To leave; to quit. [Obs.] Since presently your souls must part your bodies. --Shak. {To part a cable} (Naut.), to break it. {To part company}, to separate, as travelers or companions. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Part \Part\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Parting}.] [F. partir, L. partire, partiri, p. p. partitus, fr. pars, gen. partis, a part. See {Part}, n.] 1. To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever. [bd]Thou shalt part it in pieces.[b8] --Lev. ii. 6. There, [celestial love] parted into rainbow hues. --Keble. 2. To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share. To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee. --Pope. They parted my raiment among them. --John xix. 24. 3. To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me. --Ruth i. 17. While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. --Luke xxiv. 51. The narrow seas that part The French and English. --Shak. 4. Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants. The stumbling night did part our weary powers. --Shak. 5. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver. The liver minds his own affair, . . . And parts and strains the vital juices. --Prior. 6. To leave; to quit. [Obs.] Since presently your souls must part your bodies. --Shak. {To part a cable} (Naut.), to break it. {To part company}, to separate, as travelers or companions. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protest \Pro*test"\, v. t. 1. To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to proclaim; to display; as, to protest one's loyalty. I will protest your cowardice. --Shak. 2. To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to. Fiercely [they] opposed My journey strange, with clamorous uproar Protesting fate supreme. --Milton. {To protest a bill [or] note} (Law), to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by the nonacceptance or the nonpayment of the bill or note, as the case may be. This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix. --Kent. Story. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cable \Ca"ble\ (k[amac]"b'l), n. [F. c[83]ble, LL. capulum, caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G. kabel, from the French. See {Capable}.] 1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links. 2. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable. 3. (Arch) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also {cable molding}. {Bower cable}, the cable belonging to the bower anchor. {Cable road}, a railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor. {Cable's length}, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile). {Cable tier}. (a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed. (b) A coil of a cable. {Sheet cable}, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor. {Stream cable}, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas. {Submarine cable}. See {Telegraph}. {To pay out the cable}, {To veer out the cable}, to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole. {To serve the cable}, to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et. {To slip the cable}, to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Top-proud \Top"-proud`\, a. Proud to the highest degree. [R.] [bd]This top-proud fellow.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Two-parted \Two"-part`ed\ (-p[aum]rt`[ecr]d), a. (Bot.) Divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts; bipartite. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Two-port \Two"-port`\, a. Having two ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the admission of the mixture to the crank case is through a suction valve. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Typewrite \Type"write`\, v. t. & i. To write with a typewriter. [Recent] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Typewriter \Type"writ`er\, n. 1. An instrument for writing by means of type, a typewheel, or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of keyboard, in order to obtain printed impressions of the characters upon paper. 2. One who uses such an instrument. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Typewriting \Type"writ`ing\, n. The act or art of using a typewriter; also, a print made with a typewriter. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tiverton, RI (CDP, FIPS 70700) Location: 41.65419 N, 71.20091 W Population (1990): 7259 (2919 housing units) Area: 10.8 sq km (land), 6.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 02878 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Tabret (Heb. toph), a timbrel (q.v.) or tambourine, generally played by women (Gen. 31:27; 1 Sam. 10:5; 18:6). In Job 17:6 the word (Heb. topheth) "tabret" should be, as in the Revised Version, "an open abhorring" (marg., "one in whose face they spit;" lit., "a spitting in the face"). |