Tadjik
         n 1: a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia
               to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet [syn:
               {Tajikistan}, {Republic of Tajikistan}, {Tadzhikistan},
               {Tadzhik}, {Tadjik}, {Tajik}]

English Dictionary: Tadjik	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tadzhik n a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China Synonym(s): Tajik, Tadzhik a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet Synonym(s): Tajikistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Tadzhikistan, Tadzhik, Tadjik, Tajik an ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China Synonym(s): Tajik, Tadzhik the Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan Synonym(s): Tajiki, Tajik, Tadzhik
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tadzhikistan n a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet Synonym(s): Tajikistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Tadzhikistan, Tadzhik, Tadjik, Tajik
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Ted Hughes n English poet (born in 1930) [syn: Hughes, Ted Hughes, Edward James Hughes]
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Thaddeus Kosciusko n Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817) Synonym(s): Kosciusko, Thaddeus Kosciusko, Kosciuszko, Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko
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Theodosius n the last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths; he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395) Synonym(s): Theodosius, Theodosius I, Theodosius the Great, Flavius Theodosius
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Theodosius I n the last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths; he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395) Synonym(s): Theodosius, Theodosius I, Theodosius the Great, Flavius Theodosius
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Theodosius the Great n the last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths; he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395) Synonym(s): Theodosius, Theodosius I, Theodosius the Great, Flavius Theodosius
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Tietze's syndrome n syndrome characterized by swelling of rib cartilage (causing pain)
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to the highest degree adv used to form the superlative; "the king cobra is the most dangerous snake" Synonym(s): most, to the highest degree Antonym(s): least, to the lowest degree
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tooth socket n a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth Synonym(s): tooth socket, alveolus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tautoousian \Tau`to*ou"si*an\, Tautoousious \Tau`to*ou"si*ous\,       a. [Gr. [?]; [?], for [?] [?] the same + [?] being, essence.]       Having the same essence; being identically of the same       nature. [R.] --Cudworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thatch \Thatch\, n. [OE. thak, AS. [ed][91]c a roof; akin to       [ed]eccean to cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G. dach       a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. [ed]ak a roof, Sw. tak, Dan.       tag, Lith. st[d3]gas, Ir. teagh a house, Gael. teach, tigh,       W. ty, L. tegere to cover, toga a toga, Gr. [?], [?], a roof,       [?] to cover, Skr. sthag. Cf. {Deck}, {Integument}, {Tile},       {Toga}.]       1. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering             the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.          2. (Bot.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of             palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.          {Thatch sparrow}, the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
--Simonds.          {House car} (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides             and a roof; a box car.          {House of correction}. See {Correction}.          {House cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a European cricket ({Gryllus             domesticus}), which frequently lives in houses, between             the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the             loud chirping or stridulation of the males.          {House dog}, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house.          {House finch} (Zo[94]l.), the burion.          {House flag}, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a             merchant vessel belongs.          {House fly} (Zo[94]l.), a common fly (esp. {Musca             domestica}), which infests houses both in Europe and             America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying             substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc.          {House of God}, a temple or church.          {House of ill fame}. See {Ill fame} under {Ill}, a.          {House martin} (Zo[94]l.), a common European swallow             ({Hirundo urbica}). It has feathered feet, and builds its             nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also             {house swallow}, and {window martin}.          {House mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the common mouse ({Mus musculus}).                      {House physician}, the resident medical adviser of a hospital             or other public institution.          {House snake} (Zo[94]l.), the milk snake.          {House sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European sparrow             ({Passer domesticus}). It has recently been introduced             into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in             cities. Called also {thatch sparrow}.          {House spider} (Zo[94]l.), any spider which habitually lives             in houses. Among the most common species are {Theridium             tepidariorum} and {Tegenaria domestica}.          {House surgeon}, the resident surgeon of a hospital.          {House wren} (Zo[94]l.), the common wren of the Eastern             United States ({Troglodytes a[89]don}). It is common about             houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and             loud musical notes. See {Wren}.          {Religious house}, a monastery or convent.          {The White House}, the official residence of the President of             the United States; -- hence, colloquially, the office of             President.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thatch \Thatch\, n. [OE. thak, AS. [ed][91]c a roof; akin to       [ed]eccean to cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G. dach       a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. [ed]ak a roof, Sw. tak, Dan.       tag, Lith. st[d3]gas, Ir. teagh a house, Gael. teach, tigh,       W. ty, L. tegere to cover, toga a toga, Gr. [?], [?], a roof,       [?] to cover, Skr. sthag. Cf. {Deck}, {Integument}, {Tile},       {Toga}.]       1. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering             the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.          2. (Bot.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of             palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.          {Thatch sparrow}, the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
--Simonds.          {House car} (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides             and a roof; a box car.          {House of correction}. See {Correction}.          {House cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a European cricket ({Gryllus             domesticus}), which frequently lives in houses, between             the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the             loud chirping or stridulation of the males.          {House dog}, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house.          {House finch} (Zo[94]l.), the burion.          {House flag}, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a             merchant vessel belongs.          {House fly} (Zo[94]l.), a common fly (esp. {Musca             domestica}), which infests houses both in Europe and             America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying             substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc.          {House of God}, a temple or church.          {House of ill fame}. See {Ill fame} under {Ill}, a.          {House martin} (Zo[94]l.), a common European swallow             ({Hirundo urbica}). It has feathered feet, and builds its             nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also             {house swallow}, and {window martin}.          {House mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the common mouse ({Mus musculus}).                      {House physician}, the resident medical adviser of a hospital             or other public institution.          {House snake} (Zo[94]l.), the milk snake.          {House sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European sparrow             ({Passer domesticus}). It has recently been introduced             into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in             cities. Called also {thatch sparrow}.          {House spider} (Zo[94]l.), any spider which habitually lives             in houses. Among the most common species are {Theridium             tepidariorum} and {Tegenaria domestica}.          {House surgeon}, the resident surgeon of a hospital.          {House wren} (Zo[94]l.), the common wren of the Eastern             United States ({Troglodytes a[89]don}). It is common about             houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and             loud musical notes. See {Wren}.          {Religious house}, a monastery or convent.          {The White House}, the official residence of the President of             the United States; -- hence, colloquially, the office of             President.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deceased \De*ceased"\, a.       Passed away; dead; gone.          {The deceased}, the dead person.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Die \Die\, n.; pl. in 1 and (usually) in 2, {Dice} (d[c6]s); in       4 & 5, {Dies} (d[c6]z). [OE. dee, die, F. d[82], fr. L. datus       given, thrown, p. p. of dare to give, throw. See {Date} a       point of time.]       1. A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to             six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box             and thrown from it. See {Dice}.          2. Any small cubical or square body.                         Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or dies.                                                                               --Watts.          3. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the             die; hazard; chance.                         Such is the die of war.                     --Spenser.          4. (Arch.) That part of a pedestal included between base and             cornice; the dado.          5. (Mach.)             (a) A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or                   shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or                   impress any desired device on, an object or surface,                   by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals,                   coining, striking up sheet metal, etc.             (b) A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in                   connection with a punch, for punching holes, as                   through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming                   cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing.             (c) A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made                   in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming                   screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate                   parts which make up such a tool.          {Cutting die} (Mech.), a thin, deep steel frame, sharpened to             a cutting edge, for cutting out articles from leather,             cloth, paper, etc.          {The die is cast}, the hazard must be run; the step is taken,             and it is too late to draw back; the last chance is taken.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tide \Tide\, n. [AS. t[c6]d time; akin to OS. & OFries. t[c6]d,       D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. z[c6]t, Icel. t[c6][?], Sw. & Dan.       tid, and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a-       is a negative prefix. [fb]58. Cf. {Tidings}, {Tidy}, {Till},       prep., {Time}.]       1. Time; period; season. [Obsoles.] [bd]This lusty summer's             tide.[b8] --Chaucer.                         And rest their weary limbs a tide.      --Spenser.                         Which, at the appointed tide, Each one did make his                      bride.                                                --Spenser.                         At the tide of Christ his birth.         --Fuller.          2. The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the             ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The             tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space             of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned             by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of             the latter being three times that of the former), acting             unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth,             thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one             side of the earth is accompanied by a high tide upon the             opposite side. Hence, when the sun and moon are in             conjunction or opposition, as at new moon and full moon,             their action is such as to produce a greater than the             usual tide, called the {spring tide}, as represented in             the cut. When the moon is in the first or third quarter,             the sun's attraction in part counteracts the effect of the             moon's attraction, thus producing under the moon a smaller             tide than usual, called the {neap tide}.          Note: The flow or rising of the water is called flood tide,                and the reflux, ebb tide.          3. A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood. [bd]Let in             the tide of knaves once more; my cook and I'll             provide.[b8] --Shak.          4. Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events;             course; current.                         There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken                      at the flood, leads on to fortune.      --Shak.          5. Violent confluence. [Obs.] --Bacon.          6. (Mining) The period of twelve hours.          {Atmospheric tides}, tidal movements of the atmosphere             similar to those of the ocean, and produced in the same             manner by the attractive forces of the sun and moon.          {Inferior tide}. See under {Inferior}, a.          {To work double tides}. See under {Work}, v. t.          {Tide day}, the interval between the occurrences of two             consecutive maxima of the resultant wave at the same             place. Its length varies as the components of sun and moon             waves approach to, or recede from, one another. A             retardation from this cause is called the lagging of the             tide, while the acceleration of the recurrence of high             water is termed the priming of the tide. See {Lag of the             tide}, under 2d {Lag}.          {Tide dial}, a dial to exhibit the state of the tides at any             time.          {Tide gate}.             (a) An opening through which water may flow freely when                   the tide sets in one direction, but which closes                   automatically and prevents the water from flowing in                   the other direction.             (b) (Naut.) A place where the tide runs with great                   velocity, as through a gate.          {Tide gauge}, a gauge for showing the height of the tide;             especially, a contrivance for registering the state of the             tide continuously at every instant of time. --Brande & C.          {Tide lock}, a lock situated between an inclosed basin, or a             canal, and the tide water of a harbor or river, when they             are on different levels, so that craft can pass either way             at all times of the tide; -- called also {guard lock}.          {Tide mill}. (a) A mill operated by the tidal currents.             (b) A mill for clearing lands from tide water.          {Tide rip}, a body of water made rough by the conflict of             opposing tides or currents.          {Tide table}, a table giving the time of the rise and fall of             the tide at any place.          {Tide water}, water affected by the flow of the tide; hence,             broadly, the seaboard.          {Tide wave}, [or] {Tidal wave}, the swell of water as the             tide moves. That of the ocean is called primitive; that of             bays or channels derivative. --Whewell.          {Tide wheel}, a water wheel so constructed as to be moved by             the ebb or flow of the tide.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gauge \Gauge\, n. [Written also gage.]       1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to             determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.                         This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and                      groove to equal breadth by.               --Moxon.                         There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds.                                                                               --I. Taylor.          2. Measure; dimensions; estimate.                         The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and                      contempt.                                          --Burke.          3. (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or             regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or             template; as, a button maker's gauge.          4. (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the             state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical             elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some             particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.          5. (Naut.)             (a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with                   reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather                   gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and                   the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.             (b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.                   --Totten.          6. The distance between the rails of a railway.          Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is                four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad,                gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England,                seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard                gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called                narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six                inches.          7. (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with             common plaster to accelerate its setting.          8. (Building) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which             is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of             such shingles, slates, or tiles.          {Gauge of a carriage}, {car}, etc., the distance between the             wheels; -- ordinarily called the {track}.          {Gauge cock}, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining             the height of the water level in a steam boiler.          {Gauge concussion} (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel             flange striking the edge of the rail.          {Gauge glass}, a glass tube for a water gauge.          {Gauge lathe}, an automatic lathe for turning a round object             having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round,             to a templet or gauge.          {Gauge point}, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is             one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given             measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc.          {Gauge rod}, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of             barrels, casks, etc.          {Gauge saw}, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of             cut. --Knight.          {Gauge stuff}, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making             cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet.          {Gauge wheel}, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to             determine the depth of the furrow.          {Joiner's gauge}, an instrument used to strike a line             parallel to the straight side of a board, etc.          {Printer's gauge}, an instrument to regulate the length of             the page.          {Rain gauge}, an instrument for measuring the quantity of             rain at any given place.          {Salt gauge}, or {Brine gauge}, an instrument or contrivance             for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its             specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers.          {Sea gauge}, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea.                      {Siphon gauge}, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with             mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the             degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air             pump or other vacuum; a manometer.          {Sliding gauge}. (Mach.)             (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted                   dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use,                   as screws, railway-car axles, etc.             (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges,                   and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the                   working gauges.             (c) (Railroads) See Note under {Gauge}, n., 5.          {Star gauge} (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the             diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its             length.          {Steam gauge}, an instrument for measuring the pressure of             steam, as in a boiler.          {Tide gauge}, an instrument for determining the height of the             tides.          {Vacuum gauge}, a species of barometer for determining the             relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a             steam engine and the air.          {Water gauge}.             (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water                   surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or                   glass.             (b) The height of the water in the boiler.          {Wind gauge}, an instrument for measuring the force of the             wind on any given surface; an anemometer.          {Wire gauge}, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or             the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size.             See under {Wire}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shoot \Shoot\, n. [F. chute. See {Chute}. Confused with shoot to       let fly.]       An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which       timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow       passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the       water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift       current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as       to shorten the course. [Written also {chute}, and {shute}.]       [U. S.]          {To take a shoot}, to pass through a shoot instead of the             main channel; to take the most direct course. [U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Account \Ac*count"\, n. [OE. acount, account, accompt, OF.       acont, fr. aconter. See {Account}, v. t., {Count}, n., 1.]       1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a             record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.                         A beggarly account of empty boxes.      --Shak.          2. A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed             statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and             also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review;             as, to keep one's account at the bank.          3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc.,             explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has             been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often             used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive,             etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all             accounts.          4. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of             transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a             description; as, an account of a battle. [bd]A laudable             account of the city of London.[b8] --Howell.          5. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's             conduct with reference to judgment thereon.                         Give an account of thy stewardship.   --Luke xvi. 2.          6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. [bd]To             stand high in your account.[b8] --Shak.          7. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. [bd]Men of             account.[b8] --Pope. [bd]To turn to account.[b8] --Shak.          {Account current}, a running or continued account between two             or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such             an account.          {In account with}, in a relation requiring an account to be             kept.          {On account of}, for the sake of; by reason of; because of.                      {On one's own account}, for one's own interest or behalf.          {To make account}, to have an opinion or expectation; to             reckon. [Obs.]                         This other part . . . makes account to find no                      slender arguments for this assertion out of those                      very scriptures which are commonly urged against it.                                                                               --Milton.          {To make account of}, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as,             he makes small account of beauty.          {To take account of}, or {to take into account}, to take into             consideration; to notice. [bd]Of their doings, God takes             no account.[b8]                                          --Milton             .          {A writ of account} (Law), a writ which the plaintiff brings             demanding that the defendant shall render his just             account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called             also an {action of account}. --Cowell.          Syn: Narrative; narration; relation; recital; description;                explanation; rehearsal.          Usage: {Account}, {Narrative}, {Narration}, {Recital}. These                   words are applied to different modes of rehearsing a                   series of events. {Account} turns attention not so                   much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more                   properly applies to the report of some single event,                   or a group of incidents taken as whole; as, an                   {account} of a battle, of a shipwreck, etc. A                   {narrative} is a continuous story of connected                   incidents, such as one friend might tell to another;                   as, a {narrative} of the events of a siege, a                   {narrative} of one's life, etc. {Narration} is usually                   the same as {narrative}, but is sometimes used to                   describe the {mode} of relating events; as, his powers                   of {narration} are uncommonly great. {Recital} denotes                   a series of events drawn out into minute particulars,                   usually expressing something which peculiarly                   interests the feelings of the speaker; as, the                   {recital} of one's wrongs, disappointments,                   sufferings, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acquaintance \Ac*quaint"ance\, n. [OE. aqueintance, OF.       acointance, fr. acointier. See {Acquaint}.]       1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or             more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal             knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of             friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no             acquaintance with him.                         Contract no friendship, or even acquaintance, with a                      guileful man.                                    --Sir W.                                                                               Jones.          2. A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.                         Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson.                                                                               --Macaulay.          Note: In this sense the collective term acquaintance was                formerly both singular and plural, but it is now                commonly singular, and has the regular plural                acquaintances.          {To be of acquaintance}, to be intimate.          {To take acquaintance of} or {with}, to make the acquaintance             of. [Obs.]          Syn: Familiarity; intimacy; fellowship; knowledge.          Usage: {Acquaintance}, {Familiarity}, {Intimacy}. These words                   mark different degrees of closeness in social                   intercourse. Acquaintance arises from occasional                   intercourse; as, our acquaintance has been a brief                   one. We can speak of a slight or an intimate                   acquaintance. Familiarity is the result of continued                   acquaintance. It springs from persons being frequently                   together, so as to wear off all restraint and reserve;                   as, the familiarity of old companions. Intimacy is the                   result of close connection, and the freest interchange                   of thought; as, the intimacy of established                   friendship.                               Our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our                            nearer acquaintance with him.      --Addison.                               We contract at last such a familiarity with them                            as makes it difficult and irksome for us to call                            off our minds.                              --Atterbury.                               It is in our power to confine our friendships                            and intimacies to men of virtue.   --Rogers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Take \Take\, v. t. [imp. {Took}; p. p. {Takend}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth.       t[c7]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.]       1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the             hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or             possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to             convey. Hence, specifically:             (a) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get                   the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection                   to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make                   prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship;                   also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack;                   to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the                   like.                               This man was taken of the Jews.   --Acts xxiii.                                                                               27.                               Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take;                            Not that themselves are wise, but others weak.                                                                               --Pope.                               They that come abroad after these showers are                            commonly taken with sickness.      --Bacon.                               There he blasts the tree and takes the cattle                            And makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak.             (b) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to                   captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.                               Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.                                                                               --Prov. vi.                                                                               25.                               Cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect,                            that he had no patience.               --Wake.                               I know not why, but there was a something in                            those half-seen features, -- a charm in the very                            shadow that hung over their imagined beauty, --                            which took me more than all the outshining                            loveliness of her companions.      --Moore.             (c) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to                   have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.                               Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my                            son. And Jonathan was taken.         --1 Sam. xiv.                                                                               42.                               The violence of storming is the course which God                            is forced to take for the destroying . . . of                            sinners.                                       --Hammond.             (d) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to                   require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat.                               This man always takes time . . . before he                            passes his judgments.                  --I. Watts.             (e) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to                   picture; as, to take picture of a person.                               Beauty alone could beauty take so right.                                                                               --Dryden.             (f) To draw; to deduce; to derive. [R.]                               The firm belief of a future judgment is the most                            forcible motive to a good life, because taken                            from this consideration of the most lasting                            happiness and misery.                  --Tillotson.             (g) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit                   to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to;                   to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest,                   revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a                   resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a                   following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as,                   to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say.             (h) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.             (i) To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand                   over; as, he took the book to the bindery.                               He took me certain gold, I wot it well.                                                                               --Chaucer.             (k) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as,                   to take the breath from one; to take two from four.          2. In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to             endure; to acknowledge; to accept. Specifically:             (a) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to                   refuse or reject; to admit.                               Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a                            murderer.                                    --Num. xxxv.                                                                               31.                               Let not a widow be taken into the number under                            threescore.                                 --1 Tim. v.                                                                               10.             (b) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to                   partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.             (c) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to                   clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.             (d) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to;                   to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will                   take an affront from no man.             (e) To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to                   dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought;                   to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret;                   to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as,                   to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man's                   motive; to take men for spies.                               You take me right.                        --Bacon.                               Charity, taken in its largest extent, is nothing                            else but the science love of God and our                            neighbor.                                    --Wake.                               [He] took that for virtue and affection which                            was nothing but vice in a disguise. --South.                               You'd doubt his sex, and take him for a girl.                                                                               --Tate.             (f) To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept;                   to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with;                   -- used in general senses; as, to take a form or                   shape.                               I take thee at thy word.               --Rowe.                               Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . .                            Not take the mold.                        --Dryden.          {To be taken aback}, {To take advantage of}, {To take air},             etc. See under {Aback}, {Advantage}, etc.          {To take aim}, to direct the eye or weapon; to aim.          {To take along}, to carry, lead, or convey.          {To take arms}, to commence war or hostilities.          {To take away}, to carry off; to remove; to cause deprivation             of; to do away with; as, a bill for taking away the votes             of bishops. [bd]By your own law, I take your life             away.[b8] --Dryden.          {To take breath}, to stop, as from labor, in order to breathe             or rest; to recruit or refresh one's self.          {To take care}, to exercise care or vigilance; to be             solicitous. [bd]Doth God take care for oxen?[b8] --1 Cor.             ix. 9.          {To take care of}, to have the charge or care of; to care             for; to superintend or oversee.          {To take down}.             (a) To reduce; to bring down, as from a high, or higher,                   place; as, to take down a book; hence, to bring lower;                   to depress; to abase or humble; as, to take down                   pride, or the proud. [bd]I never attempted to be                   impudent yet, that I was not taken down.[b8]                   --Goldsmith.             (b) To swallow; as, to take down a potion.             (c) To pull down; to pull to pieces; as, to take down a                   house or a scaffold.             (d) To record; to write down; as, to take down a man's                   words at the time he utters them.          {To take effect}, {To take fire}. See under {Effect}, and             {Fire}.          {To take ground to the right} [or] {to the left} (Mil.), to             extend the line to the right or left; to move, as troops,             to the right or left.          {To take heart}, to gain confidence or courage; to be             encouraged.          {To take heed}, to be careful or cautious. [bd]Take heed what             doom against yourself you give.[b8] --Dryden.          {To take heed to}, to attend with care, as, take heed to thy             ways.          {To take hold of}, to seize; to fix on.          {To take horse}, to mount and ride a horse.          {To take in}.             (a) To inclose; to fence.             (b) To encompass or embrace; to comprise; to comprehend.             (c) To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to brail                   or furl; as, to take in sail.             (d) To cheat; to circumvent; to gull; to deceive.                   [Colloq.]             (e) To admit; to receive; as, a leaky vessel will take in                   water.             (f) To win by conquest. [Obs.]                               For now Troy's broad-wayed town He shall take                            in.                                             --Chapman.             (g) To receive into the mind or understanding. [bd]Some                   bright genius can take in a long train of                   propositions.[b8] --I. Watts.             (h) To receive regularly, as a periodical work or                   newspaper; to take. [Eng.]          {To take in hand}. See under {Hand}.          {To take in vain}, to employ or utter as in an oath. [bd]Thou             shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.[b8]             --Ex. xx. 7.          {To take issue}. See under {Issue}.          {To take leave}. See {Leave}, n., 2.          {To take a newspaper}, {magazine}, or the like, to receive it             regularly, as on paying the price of subscription.          {To take notice}, to observe, or to observe with particular             attention.          {To take notice of}. See under {Notice}.          {To take oath}, to swear with solemnity, or in a judicial             manner.          {To take off}.             (a) To remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove                   from the top of anything; as, to take off a load; to                   take off one's hat.             (b) To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a limb.             (c) To destroy; as, to take off life.             (d) To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of                   an argument.             (e) To withdraw; to call or draw away. --Locke.             (f) To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine.             (g) To purchase; to take in trade. [bd]The Spaniards                   having no commodities that we will take off.[b8]                   --Locke.             (h) To copy; to reproduce. [bd]Take off all their models                   in wood.[b8] --Addison.             (i) To imitate; to mimic; to personate.             (k) To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars                   than preferments can take off. [R.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Take \Take\, v. t. [imp. {Took}; p. p. {Takend}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth.       t[c7]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.]       1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the             hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or             possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to             convey. Hence, specifically:             (a) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get                   the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection                   to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make                   prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship;                   also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack;                   to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the                   like.                               This man was taken of the Jews.   --Acts xxiii.                                                                               27.                               Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take;                            Not that themselves are wise, but others weak.                                                                               --Pope.                               They that come abroad after these showers are                            commonly taken with sickness.      --Bacon.                               There he blasts the tree and takes the cattle                            And makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak.             (b) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to                   captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.                               Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.                                                                               --Prov. vi.                                                                               25.                               Cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect,                            that he had no patience.               --Wake.                               I know not why, but there was a something in                            those half-seen features, -- a charm in the very                            shadow that hung over their imagined beauty, --                            which took me more than all the outshining                            loveliness of her companions.      --Moore.             (c) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to                   have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.                               Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my                            son. And Jonathan was taken.         --1 Sam. xiv.                                                                               42.                               The violence of storming is the course which God                            is forced to take for the destroying . . . of                            sinners.                                       --Hammond.             (d) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to                   require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat.                               This man always takes time . . . before he                            passes his judgments.                  --I. Watts.             (e) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to                   picture; as, to take picture of a person.                               Beauty alone could beauty take so right.                                                                               --Dryden.             (f) To draw; to deduce; to derive. [R.]                               The firm belief of a future judgment is the most                            forcible motive to a good life, because taken                            from this consideration of the most lasting                            happiness and misery.                  --Tillotson.             (g) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit                   to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to;                   to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest,                   revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a                   resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a                   following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as,                   to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say.             (h) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.             (i) To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand                   over; as, he took the book to the bindery.                               He took me certain gold, I wot it well.                                                                               --Chaucer.             (k) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as,                   to take the breath from one; to take two from four.          2. In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to             endure; to acknowledge; to accept. Specifically:             (a) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to                   refuse or reject; to admit.                               Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a                            murderer.                                    --Num. xxxv.                                                                               31.                               Let not a widow be taken into the number under                            threescore.                                 --1 Tim. v.                                                                               10.             (b) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to                   partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.             (c) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to                   clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.             (d) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to;                   to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will                   take an affront from no man.             (e) To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to                   dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought;                   to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret;                   to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as,                   to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man's                   motive; to take men for spies.                               You take me right.                        --Bacon.                               Charity, taken in its largest extent, is nothing                            else but the science love of God and our                            neighbor.                                    --Wake.                               [He] took that for virtue and affection which                            was nothing but vice in a disguise. --South.                               You'd doubt his sex, and take him for a girl.                                                                               --Tate.             (f) To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept;                   to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with;                   -- used in general senses; as, to take a form or                   shape.                               I take thee at thy word.               --Rowe.                               Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . .                            Not take the mold.                        --Dryden.          {To be taken aback}, {To take advantage of}, {To take air},             etc. See under {Aback}, {Advantage}, etc.          {To take aim}, to direct the eye or weapon; to aim.          {To take along}, to carry, lead, or convey.          {To take arms}, to commence war or hostilities.          {To take away}, to carry off; to remove; to cause deprivation             of; to do away with; as, a bill for taking away the votes             of bishops. [bd]By your own law, I take your life             away.[b8] --Dryden.          {To take breath}, to stop, as from labor, in order to breathe             or rest; to recruit or refresh one's self.          {To take care}, to exercise care or vigilance; to be             solicitous. [bd]Doth God take care for oxen?[b8] --1 Cor.             ix. 9.          {To take care of}, to have the charge or care of; to care             for; to superintend or oversee.          {To take down}.             (a) To reduce; to bring down, as from a high, or higher,                   place; as, to take down a book; hence, to bring lower;                   to depress; to abase or humble; as, to take down                   pride, or the proud. [bd]I never attempted to be                   impudent yet, that I was not taken down.[b8]                   --Goldsmith.             (b) To swallow; as, to take down a potion.             (c) To pull down; to pull to pieces; as, to take down a                   house or a scaffold.             (d) To record; to write down; as, to take down a man's                   words at the time he utters them.          {To take effect}, {To take fire}. See under {Effect}, and             {Fire}.          {To take ground to the right} [or] {to the left} (Mil.), to             extend the line to the right or left; to move, as troops,             to the right or left.          {To take heart}, to gain confidence or courage; to be             encouraged.          {To take heed}, to be careful or cautious. [bd]Take heed what             doom against yourself you give.[b8] --Dryden.          {To take heed to}, to attend with care, as, take heed to thy             ways.          {To take hold of}, to seize; to fix on.          {To take horse}, to mount and ride a horse.          {To take in}.             (a) To inclose; to fence.             (b) To encompass or embrace; to comprise; to comprehend.             (c) To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to brail                   or furl; as, to take in sail.             (d) To cheat; to circumvent; to gull; to deceive.                   [Colloq.]             (e) To admit; to receive; as, a leaky vessel will take in                   water.             (f) To win by conquest. [Obs.]                               For now Troy's broad-wayed town He shall take                            in.                                             --Chapman.             (g) To receive into the mind or understanding. [bd]Some                   bright genius can take in a long train of                   propositions.[b8] --I. Watts.             (h) To receive regularly, as a periodical work or                   newspaper; to take. [Eng.]          {To take in hand}. See under {Hand}.          {To take in vain}, to employ or utter as in an oath. [bd]Thou             shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.[b8]             --Ex. xx. 7.          {To take issue}. See under {Issue}.          {To take leave}. See {Leave}, n., 2.          {To take a newspaper}, {magazine}, or the like, to receive it             regularly, as on paying the price of subscription.          {To take notice}, to observe, or to observe with particular             attention.          {To take notice of}. See under {Notice}.          {To take oath}, to swear with solemnity, or in a judicial             manner.          {To take off}.             (a) To remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove                   from the top of anything; as, to take off a load; to                   take off one's hat.             (b) To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a limb.             (c) To destroy; as, to take off life.             (d) To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of                   an argument.             (e) To withdraw; to call or draw away. --Locke.             (f) To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine.             (g) To purchase; to take in trade. [bd]The Spaniards                   having no commodities that we will take off.[b8]                   --Locke.             (h) To copy; to reproduce. [bd]Take off all their models                   in wood.[b8] --Addison.             (i) To imitate; to mimic; to personate.             (k) To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars                   than preferments can take off. [R.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Check \Check\, n. [OE. chek, OF. eschec, F. [82]chec, a stop,       hindrance, orig. check in the game of chess, pl. [82]checs       chess, through AR., fr. Pers. sh[be]h king. See {Shah}, and       cf. {Checkmate}, {Chess}, {Checker}.]       1. (Chess) A word of warning denoting that the king is in             danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's             move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to             immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in             check, and must be made safe at the next move.          2. A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest;             stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check.                         Which gave a remarkable check to the first progress                      of Christianity.                                 --Addison.                         No check, no stay, this streamlet fears.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          3. Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle,             guard, restraint, or rebuff.                         Useful check upon the administration of government.                                                                               --Washington.                         A man whom no check could abash.         --Macaulay.          4. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be             prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as,             checks placed against items in an account; a check given             for baggage; a return check on a railroad.          5. A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as             therein stated. See {Bank check}, below.          6. A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten             of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design;             also, cloth having such a figure.          7. (Falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to             follow other birds.          8. Small chick or crack.          {Bank check}, a written order on a banker or broker to pay             money in his keeping belonging to the signer.          {Check book}, a book containing blank forms for checks upon a             bank.          {Check hook}, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a             checkrein is looped.          {Check list}, a list or catalogue by which things may be             verified, or on which they may be checked.          {Check nut} (Mech.), a secondary nut, screwing down upon the             primary nut to secure it. --Knight.          {Check valve} (Mech.), a valve in the feed pipe of a boiler             to prevent the return of the feed water.          {To take check}, to take offense. [Obs.] --Dryden.          Syn: Hindrance; setback; interruption; obstruction;                reprimand; censure; rebuke; reproof; repulse; rebuff;                tally; counterfoil; counterbalance; ticket; draft.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Take \Take\, v. t. [imp. {Took}; p. p. {Takend}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth.       t[c7]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.]       1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the             hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or             possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to             convey. Hence, specifically:             (a) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get                   the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection                   to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make                   prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship;                   also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack;                   to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the                   like.                               This man was taken of the Jews.   --Acts xxiii.                                                                               27.                               Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take;                            Not that themselves are wise, but others weak.                                                                               --Pope.                               They that come abroad after these showers are                            commonly taken with sickness.      --Bacon.                               There he blasts the tree and takes the cattle                            And makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak.             (b) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to                   captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.                               Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.                                                                               --Prov. vi.                                                                               25.                               Cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect,                            that he had no patience.               --Wake.                               I know not why, but there was a something in                            those half-seen features, -- a charm in the very                            shadow that hung over their imagined beauty, --                            which took me more than all the outshining                            loveliness of her companions.      --Moore.             (c) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to                   have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.                               Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my                            son. And Jonathan was taken.         --1 Sam. xiv.                                                                               42.                               The violence of storming is the course which God                            is forced to take for the destroying . . . of                            sinners.                                       --Hammond.             (d) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to                   require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat.                               This man always takes time . . . before he                            passes his judgments.                  --I. Watts.             (e) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to                   picture; as, to take picture of a person.                               Beauty alone could beauty take so right.                                                                               --Dryden.             (f) To draw; to deduce; to derive. [R.]                               The firm belief of a future judgment is the most                            forcible motive to a good life, because taken                            from this consideration of the most lasting                            happiness and misery.                  --Tillotson.             (g) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit                   to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to;                   to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest,                   revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a                   resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a                   following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as,                   to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say.             (h) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.             (i) To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand                   over; as, he took the book to the bindery.                               He took me certain gold, I wot it well.                                                                               --Chaucer.             (k) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as,                   to take the breath from one; to take two from four.          2. In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to             endure; to acknowledge; to accept. Specifically:             (a) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to                   refuse or reject; to admit.                               Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a                            murderer.                                    --Num. xxxv.                                                                               31.                               Let not a widow be taken into the number under                            threescore.                                 --1 Tim. v.                                                                               10.             (b) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to                   partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.             (c) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to                   clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.             (d) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to;                   to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will                   take an affront from no man.             (e) To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to                   dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought;                   to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret;                   to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as,                   to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man's                   motive; to take men for spies.                               You take me right.                        --Bacon.                               Charity, taken in its largest extent, is nothing                            else but the science love of God and our                            neighbor.                                    --Wake.                               [He] took that for virtue and affection which                            was nothing but vice in a disguise. --South.                               You'd doubt his sex, and take him for a girl.                                                                               --Tate.             (f) To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept;                   to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with;                   -- used in general senses; as, to take a form or                   shape.                               I take thee at thy word.               --Rowe.                               Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . .                            Not take the mold.                        --Dryden.          {To be taken aback}, {To take advantage of}, {To take air},             etc. See under {Aback}, {Advantage}, etc.          {To take aim}, to direct the eye or weapon; to aim.          {To take along}, to carry, lead, or convey.          {To take arms}, to commence war or hostilities.          {To take away}, to carry off; to remove; to cause deprivation             of; to do away with; as, a bill for taking away the votes             of bishops. [bd]By your own law, I take your life             away.[b8] --Dryden.          {To take breath}, to stop, as from labor, in order to breathe             or rest; to recruit or refresh one's self.          {To take care}, to exercise care or vigilance; to be             solicitous. [bd]Doth God take care for oxen?[b8] --1 Cor.             ix. 9.          {To take care of}, to have the charge or care of; to care             for; to superintend or oversee.          {To take down}.             (a) To reduce; to bring down, as from a high, or higher,                   place; as, to take down a book; hence, to bring lower;                   to depress; to abase or humble; as, to take down                   pride, or the proud. [bd]I never attempted to be                   impudent yet, that I was not taken down.[b8]                   --Goldsmith.             (b) To swallow; as, to take down a potion.             (c) To pull down; to pull to pieces; as, to take down a                   house or a scaffold.             (d) To record; to write down; as, to take down a man's                   words at the time he utters them.          {To take effect}, {To take fire}. See under {Effect}, and             {Fire}.          {To take ground to the right} [or] {to the left} (Mil.), to             extend the line to the right or left; to move, as troops,             to the right or left.          {To take heart}, to gain confidence or courage; to be             encouraged.          {To take heed}, to be careful or cautious. [bd]Take heed what             doom against yourself you give.[b8] --Dryden.          {To take heed to}, to attend with care, as, take heed to thy             ways.          {To take hold of}, to seize; to fix on.          {To take horse}, to mount and ride a horse.          {To take in}.             (a) To inclose; to fence.             (b) To encompass or embrace; to comprise; to comprehend.             (c) To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to brail                   or furl; as, to take in sail.             (d) To cheat; to circumvent; to gull; to deceive.                   [Colloq.]             (e) To admit; to receive; as, a leaky vessel will take in                   water.             (f) To win by conquest. [Obs.]                               For now Troy's broad-wayed town He shall take                            in.                                             --Chapman.             (g) To receive into the mind or understanding. [bd]Some                   bright genius can take in a long train of                   propositions.[b8] --I. Watts.             (h) To receive regularly, as a periodical work or                   newspaper; to take. [Eng.]          {To take in hand}. See under {Hand}.          {To take in vain}, to employ or utter as in an oath. [bd]Thou             shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.[b8]             --Ex. xx. 7.          {To take issue}. See under {Issue}.          {To take leave}. See {Leave}, n., 2.          {To take a newspaper}, {magazine}, or the like, to receive it             regularly, as on paying the price of subscription.          {To take notice}, to observe, or to observe with particular             attention.          {To take notice of}. See under {Notice}.          {To take oath}, to swear with solemnity, or in a judicial             manner.          {To take off}.             (a) To remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove                   from the top of anything; as, to take off a load; to                   take off one's hat.             (b) To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a limb.             (c) To destroy; as, to take off life.             (d) To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of                   an argument.             (e) To withdraw; to call or draw away. --Locke.             (f) To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine.             (g) To purchase; to take in trade. [bd]The Spaniards                   having no commodities that we will take off.[b8]                   --Locke.             (h) To copy; to reproduce. [bd]Take off all their models                   in wood.[b8] --Addison.             (i) To imitate; to mimic; to personate.             (k) To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars                   than preferments can take off. [R.] --Bacon.
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Take \Take\, v. t. [imp. {Took}; p. p. {Takend}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth.       t[c7]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.]       1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the             hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or             possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to             convey. Hence, specifically:             (a) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get                   the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection                   to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make                   prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship;                   also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack;                   to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the                   like.                               This man was taken of the Jews.   --Acts xxiii.                                                                               27.                               Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take;                            Not that themselves are wise, but others weak.                                                                               --Pope.                               They that come abroad after these showers are                            commonly taken with sickness.      --Bacon.                               There he blasts the tree and takes the cattle                            And makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak.             (b) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to                   captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.                               Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.                                                                               --Prov. vi.                                                                               25.                               Cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect,                            that he had no patience.               --Wake.                               I know not why, but there was a something in                            those half-seen features, -- a charm in the very                            shadow that hung over their imagined beauty, --                            which took me more than all the outshining                            loveliness of her companions.      --Moore.             (c) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to                   have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.                               Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my                            son. And Jonathan was taken.         --1 Sam. xiv.                                                                               42.                               The violence of storming is the course which God                            is forced to take for the destroying . . . of                            sinners.                                       --Hammond.             (d) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to                   require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat.                               This man always takes time . . . before he                            passes his judgments.                  --I. Watts.             (e) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to                   picture; as, to take picture of a person.                               Beauty alone could beauty take so right.                                                                               --Dryden.             (f) To draw; to deduce; to derive. [R.]                               The firm belief of a future judgment is the most                            forcible motive to a good life, because taken                            from this consideration of the most lasting                            happiness and misery.                  --Tillotson.             (g) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit                   to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to;                   to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest,                   revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a                   resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a                   following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as,                   to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say.             (h) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.             (i) To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand                   over; as, he took the book to the bindery.                               He took me certain gold, I wot it well.                                                                               --Chaucer.             (k) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as,                   to take the breath from one; to take two from four.          2. In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to             endure; to acknowledge; to accept. Specifically:             (a) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to                   refuse or reject; to admit.                               Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a                            murderer.                                    --Num. xxxv.                                                                               31.                               Let not a widow be taken into the number under                            threescore.                                 --1 Tim. v.                                                                               10.             (b) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to                   partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.             (c) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to                   clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.             (d) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to;                   to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will                   take an affront from no man.             (e) To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to                   dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought;                   to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret;                   to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as,                   to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man's                   motive; to take men for spies.                               You take me right.                        --Bacon.                               Charity, taken in its largest extent, is nothing                            else but the science love of God and our                            neighbor.                                    --Wake.                               [He] took that for virtue and affection which                            was nothing but vice in a disguise. --South.                               You'd doubt his sex, and take him for a girl.                                                                               --Tate.             (f) To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept;                   to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with;                   -- used in general senses; as, to take a form or                   shape.                               I take thee at thy word.               --Rowe.                               Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . .                            Not take the mold.                        --Dryden.          {To be taken aback}, {To take advantage of}, {To take air},             etc. See under {Aback}, {Advantage}, etc.          {To take aim}, to direct the eye or weapon; to aim.          {To take along}, to carry, lead, or convey.          {To take arms}, to commence war or hostilities.          {To take away}, to carry off; to remove; to cause deprivation             of; to do away with; as, a bill for taking away the votes             of bishops. [bd]By your own law, I take your life             away.[b8] --Dryden.          {To take breath}, to stop, as from labor, in order to breathe             or rest; to recruit or refresh one's self.          {To take care}, to exercise care or vigilance; to be             solicitous. [bd]Doth God take care for oxen?[b8] --1 Cor.             ix. 9.          {To take care of}, to have the charge or care of; to care             for; to superintend or oversee.          {To take down}.             (a) To reduce; to bring down, as from a high, or higher,                   place; as, to take down a book; hence, to bring lower;                   to depress; to abase or humble; as, to take down                   pride, or the proud. [bd]I never attempted to be                   impudent yet, that I was not taken down.[b8]                   --Goldsmith.             (b) To swallow; as, to take down a potion.             (c) To pull down; to pull to pieces; as, to take down a                   house or a scaffold.             (d) To record; to write down; as, to take down a man's                   words at the time he utters them.          {To take effect}, {To take fire}. See under {Effect}, and             {Fire}.          {To take ground to the right} [or] {to the left} (Mil.), to             extend the line to the right or left; to move, as troops,             to the right or left.          {To take heart}, to gain confidence or courage; to be             encouraged.          {To take heed}, to be careful or cautious. [bd]Take heed what             doom against yourself you give.[b8] --Dryden.          {To take heed to}, to attend with care, as, take heed to thy             ways.          {To take hold of}, to seize; to fix on.          {To take horse}, to mount and ride a horse.          {To take in}.             (a) To inclose; to fence.             (b) To encompass or embrace; to comprise; to comprehend.             (c) To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to brail                   or furl; as, to take in sail.             (d) To cheat; to circumvent; to gull; to deceive.                   [Colloq.]             (e) To admit; to receive; as, a leaky vessel will take in                   water.             (f) To win by conquest. [Obs.]                               For now Troy's broad-wayed town He shall take                            in.                                             --Chapman.             (g) To receive into the mind or understanding. [bd]Some                   bright genius can take in a long train of                   propositions.[b8] --I. Watts.             (h) To receive regularly, as a periodical work or                   newspaper; to take. [Eng.]          {To take in hand}. See under {Hand}.          {To take in vain}, to employ or utter as in an oath. [bd]Thou             shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.[b8]             --Ex. xx. 7.          {To take issue}. See under {Issue}.          {To take leave}. See {Leave}, n., 2.          {To take a newspaper}, {magazine}, or the like, to receive it             regularly, as on paying the price of subscription.          {To take notice}, to observe, or to observe with particular             attention.          {To take notice of}. See under {Notice}.          {To take oath}, to swear with solemnity, or in a judicial             manner.          {To take off}.             (a) To remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove                   from the top of anything; as, to take off a load; to                   take off one's hat.             (b) To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a limb.             (c) To destroy; as, to take off life.             (d) To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of                   an argument.             (e) To withdraw; to call or draw away. --Locke.             (f) To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine.             (g) To purchase; to take in trade. [bd]The Spaniards                   having no commodities that we will take off.[b8]                   --Locke.             (h) To copy; to reproduce. [bd]Take off all their models                   in wood.[b8] --Addison.             (i) To imitate; to mimic; to personate.             (k) To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars                   than preferments can take off. [R.] --Bacon.
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Keep \Keep\, n.       1. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed;             charge. --Chaucer.                         Pan, thou god of shepherds all, Which of our tender                      lambkins takest keep.                        --Spenser.          2. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition;             case; as, to be in good keep.          3. The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance;             support; as, the keep of a horse.                         Grass equal to the keep of seven cows. --Carlyle.                         I performed some services to the college in return                      for my keep.                                       --T. Hughes.          4. That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a             castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a             castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of             the castle, especially during a siege; the donjon. See             Illust. of {Castle}.                         The prison strong, Within whose keep the captive                      knights were laid.                              --Dryden.                         The lower chambers of those gloomy keeps. --Hallam.                         I think . . . the keep, or principal part of a                      castle, was so called because the lord and his                      domestic circle kept, abode, or lived there. --M. A.                                                                               Lower.          5. That which is kept in charge; a charge. [Obs.]                         Often he used of his keep A sacrifice to bring.                                                                               --Spenser.          6. (Mach.) A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in             place.          {To take keep}, to take care; to heed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Shape \Shape\, n. [OE. shap, schap, AS. sceap in gesceap       creation, creature, fr. the root of scieppan, scyppan,       sceppan, to shape, to do, to effect; akin to OS. giskeppian,       OFries. skeppa, D. scheppen, G. schaffen, OHG. scaffan,       scepfen, skeffen, Icer. skapa, skepja, Dan. skabe, skaffe,       Sw. skapa, skaffa, Goth. gaskapjan, and perhaps to E. shave,       v. Cf. {-ship}.]       1. Character or construction of a thing as determining its             external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form;             guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an             elegant shape.                         He beat me grievously, in the shape of a woman.                                                                               --Shak.          2. That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a             being.                         Before the gates three sat, On either side, a                      formidable shape.                              --Milton.          3. A model; a pattern; a mold.          4. Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or             conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some             quality. --Milton.          5. Dress for disguise; guise. [Obs.]                         Look better on this virgin, and consider This                      Persian shape laid by, and she appearing In a                      Greekish dress.                                 --Messinger.          6. (Iron Manuf.)             (a) A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle                   iron, etc., having a cross section different from                   merchant bar.             (b) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the                   form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.          {To take shape}, to assume a definite form.
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Shipping \Ship"ping\, n.       1. The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the             shipping of flour to Liverpool.          2. The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to             one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.          3. Navigation. [bd]God send 'em good shipping.[b8] --Shak.          {Shipping articles}, articles of agreement between the             captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to             the amount of wages, length of time for which they are             shipping, etc. --Bouvier.          {To take shipping}, to embark; to take ship. [Obs.] --John             vi. 24. --Shak.
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Looking round on every side beheld A pathless desert.                                                                               --Milton.          4.             (a) One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man,                   on either side of the mesial plane; or that which                   pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of                   sole leather.             (b) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the                   body; as, a pain in the side.                               One of the soldiers with a spear pierced his                            side.                                          --John xix.                                                                               34.          5. A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed             to another slope over the ridge.                         Along the side of yon small hill.      --Milton.          6. The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to             another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a             body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the             interest or cause which one maintains against another; a             doctrine or view opposed to another.                         God on our side, doubt not of victory. --Shak.                         We have not always been of the . . . same side in                      politics.                                          --Landor.                         Sets the passions on the side of truth. --Pope.          7. A line of descent traced through one parent as             distinguished from that traced through another.                         To sit upon thy father David's throne, By mother's                      side thy father.                                 --Milton.          8. Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some             other; as, the bright side of poverty.          {By the side of}, close at hand; near to.          {Exterior side}. (Fort.) See {Exterior}, and Illust. of             {Ravelin}.          {Interior side} (Fort.), the line drawn from the center of             one bastion to that of the next, or the line curtain             produced to the two oblique radii in front. --H. L. Scott.          {Side by side}, close together and abreast; in company or             along with.          {To choose sides}, to select those who shall compete, as in a             game, on either side.          {To take sides}, to attach one's self to, or give assistance             to, one of two opposing sides or parties.
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Sight \Sight\, n. [OE. sight, si[?]t, siht, AS. siht, gesiht,       gesih[?], gesieh[?], gesyh[?]; akin to D. gezicht, G. sicht,       gesicht, Dan. sigte, Sw. sigt, from the root of E. see. See       {See}, v. t.]       1. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view;             as, to gain sight of land.                         A cloud received him out of their sight. --Acts. i.                                                                               9.          2. The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of             perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.                         Thy sight is young, And thou shalt read when mine                      begin to dazzle.                                 --Shak.                         O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! --Milton.          3. The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility;             open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space             through which the power of vision extends; as, an object             within sight.          4. A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.                         Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great                      sight, why the bush is not burnt.      --Ex. iii. 3.                         They never saw a sight so fair.         --Spenser.          5. The instrument of seeing; the eye.                         Why cloud they not their sights?         --Shak.          6. Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the             sight of only one person.          7. Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was             harmless. --Wake.                         That which is highly esteemed among men is                      abomination in the sight of God.         --Luke xvi.                                                                               15.          8. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and             by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as,             the sight of a quadrant.                         Thier eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel.                                                                               --Shak.          9. A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech,             muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and             the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the             eye is guided in aiming. --Farrow.          10. In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as             of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the             border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open space,             the opening.          11. A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money.             [Now colloquial]          Note: Sight in this last sense was formerly employed in the                best usage. [bd]A sight of lawyers.[b8] --Latimer.                            A wonder sight of flowers.            --Gower.          {At sight}, as soon as seen, or presented to sight; as, a             draft payable at sight: to read Greek at sight; to shoot a             person at sight.          {Front sight} (Firearms), the sight nearest the muzzle.          {Open sight}. (Firearms)             (a) A front sight through which the objects aimed at may                   be seen, in distinction from one that hides the                   object.             (b) A rear sight having an open notch instead of an                   aperture.          {Peep sight}, {Rear sight}. See under {Peep}, and {Rear}.          {Sight draft}, an order, or bill of exchange, directing the             payment of money at sight.          {To take sight}, to take aim; to look for the purpose of             directing a piece of artillery, or the like.          Syn: Vision; view; show; spectacle; representation;                exhibition.
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Soil \Soil\, n. [OF. soil, souil, F. souille, from OF. soillier,       F. souiller. See {Soil} to make dirty.]       A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for       refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought       for by other game, as deer.                   As deer, being stuck, fly through many soils, Yet still                the shaft sticks fast.                           --Marston.          {To take soil}, to run into the mire or water; hence, to take             refuge or shelter.                         O, sir, have you taken soil here? It is well a man                      may reach you after three hours' running. --B.                                                                               Jonson.
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Step \Step\, n. [AS. st[91]pe. See {Step}, v. i.]       1. An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a             pace.          2. A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in             ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a             ladder.                         The breadth of every single step or stair should be                      never less than one foot.                  --Sir H.                                                                               Wotton.          3. The space passed over by one movement of the foot in             walking or running; as, one step is generally about three             feet, but may be more or less. Used also figuratively of             any kind of progress; as, he improved step by step, or by             steps.                         To derive two or three general principles of motion                      from phenomena, and afterwards to tell us how the                      properties and actions of all corporeal things                      follow from those manifest principles, would be a                      very great step in philosophy.            --Sir I.                                                                               Newton.          4. A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.          5. A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.          6. Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is             often known by his step.          7. Proceeding; measure; action; an act.                         The reputation of a man depends on the first steps                      he makes in the world.                        --Pope.                         Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day, Live                      till to-morrow, will have passed away. --Cowper.                         I have lately taken steps . . . to relieve the old                      gentleman's distresses.                     --G. W. Cable.          8. pl. Walk; passage.                         Conduct my steps to find the fatal tree. --Dryden.          9. pl. A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in             reaching to a high position.          10. (Naut.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is             intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of             wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting             the heel of the mast.          11. (Mach.)             (a) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the                   steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a                   cone pulley on which the belt runs.             (b) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle                   or a vertical shaft revolves.          12. (Mus.) The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the             csale.          Note: The word tone is often used as the name of this                interval; but there is evident incongruity in using                tone for indicating the interval between tones. As the                word scale is derived from the Italian scala, a ladder,                the intervals may well be called steps.          13. (Kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of             translation. --W. K. Clifford.          {Back step}, {Half step}, etc. See under {Back}, {Half}, etc.                      {Step grate}, a form of grate for holding fuel, in which the             bars rise above one another in the manner of steps.          {To take steps}, to take action; to move in a matter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Stock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the mallard.          {Stock exchange}.             (a) The building or place where stocks are bought and                   sold; stock market; hence, transactions of all kinds                   in stocks.             (b) An association or body of stockbrokers who meet and                   transact business by certain recognized forms,                   regulations, and usages. --Wharton. Brande & C.          {Stock farmer}, a farmer who makes it his business to rear             live stock.          {Stock gillyflower} (Bot.), the common stock. See {Stock},             n., 18.          {Stock gold}, gold laid up so as to form a stock, or hoard.                      {Stock in trade}, the goods kept for sale by a shopkeeper;             the fittings and appliances of a workman. --Simmonds.          {Stock list}, a list of stocks, or shares, dealt in, of             transactions, and of prices.          {Stock lock}, a lock inclosed in a wooden case and attached             to the face of a door.          {Stock market}.             (a) A place where stocks are bought and sold; the stock                   exchange.             (b) A market for live stock.          {Stock pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stockdove}.          {Stock purse}.             (a) A common purse, as distinguished from a private                   purse.             (b) (Mil.) Moneys saved out of the expenses of a company                   or regiment, and applied to objects of common                   interest. [Eng.]          {Stock shave}, a tool used by blockmakers.          {Stock station}, a place or district for rearing stock.             [Australia] --W. Howitt.          {Stock tackle} (Naut.), a tackle used when the anchor is             hoisted and secured, to keep its stock clear of the ship's             sides. --Totten.          {Stock taking}, an examination and inventory made of goods or             stock in a shop or warehouse; -- usually made             periodically.          {Tail stock}. See {Tailstock}.          {To have something on the stock}, to be at work at something.                      {To take stock}, to take account of stock; to make an             inventory of stock or goods on hand. --Dickens.          {To take stock in}.             (a) To subscribe for, or purchase, shares in a stock                   company.             (b) To put faith in; to accept as trustworthy; as, to                   take stock in a person's fidelity. [Slang]          {To take stock of}, to take account of the stock of; to take             an inventory of; hence, to ascertain the facts in regard             to (something). [Eng.]                         At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take                      stock of the results obtained by previous explorers                      of the same field.                              --Leslie                                                                               Stephen.          Syn: Fund; capital; store; supply; accumulation; hoard;                provision.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Stock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the mallard.          {Stock exchange}.             (a) The building or place where stocks are bought and                   sold; stock market; hence, transactions of all kinds                   in stocks.             (b) An association or body of stockbrokers who meet and                   transact business by certain recognized forms,                   regulations, and usages. --Wharton. Brande & C.          {Stock farmer}, a farmer who makes it his business to rear             live stock.          {Stock gillyflower} (Bot.), the common stock. See {Stock},             n., 18.          {Stock gold}, gold laid up so as to form a stock, or hoard.                      {Stock in trade}, the goods kept for sale by a shopkeeper;             the fittings and appliances of a workman. --Simmonds.          {Stock list}, a list of stocks, or shares, dealt in, of             transactions, and of prices.          {Stock lock}, a lock inclosed in a wooden case and attached             to the face of a door.          {Stock market}.             (a) A place where stocks are bought and sold; the stock                   exchange.             (b) A market for live stock.          {Stock pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stockdove}.          {Stock purse}.             (a) A common purse, as distinguished from a private                   purse.             (b) (Mil.) Moneys saved out of the expenses of a company                   or regiment, and applied to objects of common                   interest. [Eng.]          {Stock shave}, a tool used by blockmakers.          {Stock station}, a place or district for rearing stock.             [Australia] --W. Howitt.          {Stock tackle} (Naut.), a tackle used when the anchor is             hoisted and secured, to keep its stock clear of the ship's             sides. --Totten.          {Stock taking}, an examination and inventory made of goods or             stock in a shop or warehouse; -- usually made             periodically.          {Tail stock}. See {Tailstock}.          {To have something on the stock}, to be at work at something.                      {To take stock}, to take account of stock; to make an             inventory of stock or goods on hand. --Dickens.          {To take stock in}.             (a) To subscribe for, or purchase, shares in a stock                   company.             (b) To put faith in; to accept as trustworthy; as, to                   take stock in a person's fidelity. [Slang]          {To take stock of}, to take account of the stock of; to take             an inventory of; hence, to ascertain the facts in regard             to (something). [Eng.]                         At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take                      stock of the results obtained by previous explorers                      of the same field.                              --Leslie                                                                               Stephen.          Syn: Fund; capital; store; supply; accumulation; hoard;                provision.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Stock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the mallard.          {Stock exchange}.             (a) The building or place where stocks are bought and                   sold; stock market; hence, transactions of all kinds                   in stocks.             (b) An association or body of stockbrokers who meet and                   transact business by certain recognized forms,                   regulations, and usages. --Wharton. Brande & C.          {Stock farmer}, a farmer who makes it his business to rear             live stock.          {Stock gillyflower} (Bot.), the common stock. See {Stock},             n., 18.          {Stock gold}, gold laid up so as to form a stock, or hoard.                      {Stock in trade}, the goods kept for sale by a shopkeeper;             the fittings and appliances of a workman. --Simmonds.          {Stock list}, a list of stocks, or shares, dealt in, of             transactions, and of prices.          {Stock lock}, a lock inclosed in a wooden case and attached             to the face of a door.          {Stock market}.             (a) A place where stocks are bought and sold; the stock                   exchange.             (b) A market for live stock.          {Stock pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stockdove}.          {Stock purse}.             (a) A common purse, as distinguished from a private                   purse.             (b) (Mil.) Moneys saved out of the expenses of a company                   or regiment, and applied to objects of common                   interest. [Eng.]          {Stock shave}, a tool used by blockmakers.          {Stock station}, a place or district for rearing stock.             [Australia] --W. Howitt.          {Stock tackle} (Naut.), a tackle used when the anchor is             hoisted and secured, to keep its stock clear of the ship's             sides. --Totten.          {Stock taking}, an examination and inventory made of goods or             stock in a shop or warehouse; -- usually made             periodically.          {Tail stock}. See {Tailstock}.          {To have something on the stock}, to be at work at something.                      {To take stock}, to take account of stock; to make an             inventory of stock or goods on hand. --Dickens.          {To take stock in}.             (a) To subscribe for, or purchase, shares in a stock                   company.             (b) To put faith in; to accept as trustworthy; as, to                   take stock in a person's fidelity. [Slang]          {To take stock of}, to take account of the stock of; to take             an inventory of; hence, to ascertain the facts in regard             to (something). [Eng.]                         At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take                      stock of the results obtained by previous explorers                      of the same field.                              --Leslie                                                                               Stephen.          Syn: Fund; capital; store; supply; accumulation; hoard;                provision.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Question \Ques"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. quaestio, fr. quaerere,       quaesitum, to seek for, ask, inquire. See {Quest}, n.]       1. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine             by question and answer.          2. Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as,             the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without             question.                         There arose a question between some of John's                      disciples and the Jews about purifying. -- John iii.                                                                               25.                         It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for                      Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for                      the propagation of the faith.            -- Bacon.          3. Examination with reference to a decisive result;             investigation; specifically, a judicial or official             investigation; also, examination under torture.             --Blackstone.                         He that was in question for the robbery. Shak. The                      Scottish privy council had power to put state                      prisoners to the question.                  --Macaulay.          4. That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.                         But this question asked Puts me in doubt. Lives                      there who loves his pain ?                  --Milton.          5. Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate;             theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a             delicate or doubtful question.          6. Talk; conversation; speech; speech. [Obs.] --Shak.          {In question}, in debate; in the course of examination or             discussion; as, the matter or point in question.          {Leading question}. See under {Leading}.          {Out of question}, unquestionably. [bd]Out of question, 't is             Maria's hand.[b8] --Shak.          {Out of the question}. See under {Out}.          {Past question}, beyond question; certainly; undoubtedly;             unquestionably.          {Previous question}, a question put to a parliamentary             assembly upon the motion of a member, in order to             ascertain whether it is the will of the body to vote at             once, without further debate, on the subject under             consideration.          Note: The form of the question is: [bd]Shall the main                question be now put?[b8] If the vote is in the                affirmative, the matter before the body must be voted                upon as it then stands, without further general debate                or the submission of new amendments. In the House of                Representatives of the United States, and generally in                America, a negative decision operates to keep the                business before the body as if the motion had not been                made; but in the English Parliament, it operates to                postpone consideration for the day, and until the                subject may be again introduced. In American practice,                the object of the motion is to hasten action, and it is                made by a friend of the measure. In English practice,                the object is to get rid of the subject for the time                being, and the motion is made with a purpose of voting                against it. --Cushing.          {To beg the question}. See under {Beg}.          {To the question}, to the point in dispute; to the real             matter under debate.          Syn: Point; topic; subject.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Touch \Touch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Touched}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Touching}.] [F. toucher, OF. touchier, tuchier; of Teutonic       origin; cf. OHG. zucchen, zukken, to twitch, pluck, draw, G.       zukken, zukken, v. intens. fr. OHG. ziohan to draw, G.       ziehen, akin to E. tug. See {Tuck}, v. t., {Tug}, and cf.       {Tocsin}, {Toccata}.]       1. To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against;             to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or             rest on.                         Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched                      lightly.                                             --Milton.          2. To perceive by the sense of feeling.                         Nothing but body can be touched or touch. --Greech.          3. To come to; to reach; to attain to.                         The god, vindictive, doomed them never more- Ah, men                      unblessed! -- to touch their natal shore. --Pope.          4. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone. [Obs.]                         Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed. --Shak.          5. To relate to; to concern; to affect.                         The quarrel toucheth none but us alone. --Shak.          6. To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.                         Storial thing that toucheth gentilesse. --Chaucer.          7. To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the             books. --Pope.          8. To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to             melt; to soften.                         What of sweet before Hath touched my sense, flat                      seems to this and harsh.                     --Milton.                         The tender sire was touched with what he said.                                                                               --Addison.          9. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke             to with the pencil or brush.                         The lines, though touched but faintly, are drawn                      right.                                                --Pope.          10. To infect; to affect slightly. --Bacon.          11. To make an impression on; to have effect upon.                         Its face . . . so hard that a file will not touch                      it.                                                   --Moxon.          12. To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an             instrument of music.                         [They] touched their golden harps.   --Milton.          13. To perform, as a tune; to play.                         A person is the royal retinue touched a light and                      lively air on the flageolet.            --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          14. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly. [bd] No             decree of mine, . . . [to] touch with lightest moment of             impulse his free will,[b8] --Milton.          15. To harm, afflict, or distress.                         Let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do                      us no hurt, as we have not touched thee. --Gen.                                                                               xxvi. 28, 29.          16. To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree;             to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the             past participle.                         She feared his head was a little touched. --Ld.                                                                               Lytton.          17. (Geom.) To be tangent to. See {Tangent}, a.          18. To lay a hand upon for curing disease.          {To touch a sail} (Naut.), to bring it so close to the wind             that its weather leech shakes.          {To touch the wind} (Naut.), to keep the ship as near the             wind as possible.          {To touch up}, to repair; to improve by touches or             emendation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Toothache \Tooth"ache`\, n. (Med.)       Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia.          {Toothache grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Ctenium             Americanum}) having a very pungent taste.          {Toothache tree}. (Bot.)       (a) The prickly ash.       (b) A shrub of the genus {Aralia} ({A. spinosa}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twitch grass \Twitch" grass`\ (Bot.)       See {Quitch grass}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quitch grass \Quitch" grass`\ [Properly quick grass, being       probably so called from its vigorous growth, or from its       tenacity of life. See {Quick}, and cf. {Couch grass}.] (Bot.)       A perennial grass ({Agropyrum repens}) having long running       rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously,       and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called {couch grass},       {quick grass}, {quick grass}, {twitch grass}. See       Illustration in Appendix.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twitch grass \Twitch" grass`\ (Bot.)       See {Quitch grass}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quitch grass \Quitch" grass`\ [Properly quick grass, being       probably so called from its vigorous growth, or from its       tenacity of life. See {Quick}, and cf. {Couch grass}.] (Bot.)       A perennial grass ({Agropyrum repens}) having long running       rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously,       and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called {couch grass},       {quick grass}, {quick grass}, {twitch grass}. See       Illustration in Appendix.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy    Douglas Adams    Pocket Books, 1981    ISBN 0-671-46149-4          This `Monty Python in Space' spoof of SF genre traditions has been    popular among hackers ever since the original British radio show.   Read    it if only to learn about Vogons (see {bogon}) and the significance of    the number 42 (see {random numbers}) -- and why the winningest chess    program of 1990 was called `Deep Thought'.