take to task
         v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
               for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
               Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for
               bringing cold soup" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {take to
               task}, {rebuke}, {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture},
               {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {call down}, {scold},
               {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out},
               {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]

English Dictionary: take to task	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
take to the woods v flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" Synonym(s): scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
taste tester n someone who samples food or drink for its quality [syn: taster, taste tester, taste-tester, sampler]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
taste-tester n someone who samples food or drink for its quality [syn: taster, taste tester, taste-tester, sampler]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tax deduction n a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket Synonym(s): tax write-off, tax deduction, deduction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Taxidea taxus n a variety of badger native to America [syn: {American badger}, Taxidea taxus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tektite n thought to derive from meteorites
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
testate adj having made a legally valid will before death [ant: intestate] n a person who makes a will Synonym(s): testator, testate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
testator n a person who makes a will Synonym(s): testator, testate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
testatrix n a female testator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tested adj tested and proved useful or correct; "a tested method" Synonym(s): tested, tried, well-tried tested and proved to be reliable Synonym(s): tested, time- tested, tried, tried and true
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Testudinata n tortoises and turtles [syn: Chelonia, order Chelonia, Testudinata, order Testudinata, Testudines, order Testudines]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Testudines n tortoises and turtles [syn: Chelonia, order Chelonia, Testudinata, order Testudinata, Testudines, order Testudines]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Testudinidae n land tortoises Synonym(s): Testudinidae, family Testudinidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
testudo n a movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification type genus of the Testudinidae Synonym(s): Testudo, genus Testudo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Testudo graeca n small land tortoise of southern Europe [syn: {European tortoise}, Testudo graeca]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
text edition n a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy" Synonym(s): textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school text Antonym(s): trade book, trade edition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
text editor n an editor who prepares text for publication [syn: {copy editor}, copyreader, text editor] (computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text files
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
the States n North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Synonym(s): United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thickheaded adj (used informally) stupid [syn: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Thucydides n ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ticket tout n someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit Synonym(s): tout, ticket tout
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tightwad n a miserly person Synonym(s): cheapskate, tightwad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toasted adj browned over by exposure to heat; "he liked toasted marshmallows"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tostada n a flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it a crisp flat tortilla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Toxotidae n archerfishes Synonym(s): Toxotidae, family Toxotidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tuxedoed adj dressed in a tuxedo; "a tuxedoed gentleman"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twist wood n vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along waysides; red berries turn black Synonym(s): wayfaring tree, twist wood, twistwood, Viburnum lantana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twisted adj having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem" Synonym(s): distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twistwood n vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along waysides; red berries turn black Synonym(s): wayfaring tree, twist wood, twistwood, Viburnum lantana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
two-sided adj capable of being reversed or used with either side out; "a reversible jacket" Synonym(s): reversible, two-sided Antonym(s): nonreversible, one-sided having two sides or parts Synonym(s): bilateral, two-sided
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tachydidaxy \Tach"y*di*dax`y\, n. [Gr. tachy`s quick + [?]       teaching.]       A short or rapid method of instructing. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Taste \Taste\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Tasting}.] [OE. tasten to feel, to taste, OF. taster, F.       tater to feel, to try by the touch, to try, to taste,       (assumed) LL. taxitare, fr. L. taxare to touch sharply, to       estimate. See {Tax}, v. t.]       1. To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. [Obs.]             --Chapman.                         Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find.                                                                               --Chaucer.          2. To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish             or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a             mouth. Also used figuratively.                         When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water                      that was made wine.                           --John ii. 9.                         When Commodus had once tasted human blood, he became                      incapable of pity or remorse.            --Gibbon.          3. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.                         I tasted a little of this honey.         --1 Sam. xiv.                                                                               29.          4. To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to             experience; to undergo.                         He . . . should taste death for every man. --Heb.                                                                               ii. 9.          5. To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an             implied sense of relish or pleasure.                         Thou . . . wilt taste No pleasure, though in                      pleasure, solitary.                           --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Testate \Tes"tate\, n. (Law)       One who leaves a valid will at death; a testate person. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Testate \Tes"tate\, a. [L. testatus, p. p. of testari. See       {Testament}.] (Law)       Having made and left a will; as, a person is said to die       testate. --Ayliffe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Testation \Tes*ta"tion\, n. [L. testatio.]       A witnessing or witness. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Testator \Tes*ta"tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. testateur.] (Law)       A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Testatrix \Tes*ta"trix\, n. [L.] (Law)       A woman who makes and leaves a will at death; a female       testator.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Test \Test\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tested}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Testing}.]       1. (Metal.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or             cupel; to subject to cupellation.          2. To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or             quality of by experiment, or by some principle or             standard; to try; as, to test the soundness of a             principle; to test the validity of an argument.                         Experience is the surest standard by which to test                      the real tendency of the existing constitution.                                                                               --Washington.          3. (Chem.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent;             as, to test a solution by litmus paper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Testudinal \Tes*tu"di*nal\, a. [See {Testudo}.] (Zo[94]l.)       Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tortoise.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Elephant apple} (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough,             hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by {Feronia elephantum},             a large tree related to the orange.          {Elephant bed} (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in             fossil remains of elephants. --Mantell.          {Elephant beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any very large beetle of the             genus {Goliathus} (esp. {G. giganteus}), of the family             {Scarab[91]id[91]}. They inhabit West Africa.          {Elephant fish} (Zo[94]l.), a chim[91]roid fish             ({Callorhynchus antarcticus}), with a proboscis-like             projection of the snout.          {Elephant paper}, paper of large size, 23 [times] 28 inches.                      {Double elephant paper}, paper measuring 26[frac34] [times]             40 inches. See Note under {Paper}.          {Elephant seal} (Zo[94]l.), an African jumping shrew             ({Macroscelides typicus}), having a long nose like a             proboscis.          {Elephant's ear} (Bot.), a name given to certain species of             the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves.          {Elephant's foot} (Bot.)             (a) A South African plant ({Testudinaria Elephantipes}),                   which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of                   bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also                   {tortoise plant}. The interior part is barely edible,                   whence the plant is also called {Hottentot's bread}.             (b) A genus ({Elephantopus}) of coarse, composite weeds.                            {Elephant's tusk} (Zo[94]l.), the tooth shell. See             {Dentalium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Testudinarious \Tes*tu`di*na"ri*ous\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Of or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise; resembling a       tortoise shell; having the color or markings of a tortoise       shell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Testudinate \Tes*tu"di*nate\, Testudinated \Tes*tu"di*na`ted\,       a. [L. testudinatus, fr. testudo, -inis, a tortoise, an arch       or vault.]       Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure;       roofed; arched; vaulted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Testudinate \Tes*tu"di*nate\, Testudinated \Tes*tu"di*na`ted\,       a. [L. testudinatus, fr. testudo, -inis, a tortoise, an arch       or vault.]       Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure;       roofed; arched; vaulted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Testudineous \Tes`tu*din"e*ous\, a. [L. testudineus.]       Resembling the shell of a tortoise.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Testudo \[d8]Tes*tu"do\, n.; pl. {Testudines}. [L., from testa       the shell of shellfish, or of testaceous animals.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of tortoises which formerly included a             large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to             certain terrestrial species, such as the European land             tortoise ({Testudo Gr[91]ca}) and the gopher of the             Southern United States.          2. (Rom. Antiq.) A cover or screen which a body of troops             formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over             their heads when standing close to each other. This cover             resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter             the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar             defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on             wheels.          3. (Mus.) A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; --             so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to             have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gopher \Go"pher\, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See       {Gauffer}.] (Zo[94]l.)       1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the             genera {Geomys} and {Thomomys}, of the family             {Geomyid[91]}; -- called also {pocket gopher} and {pouched             rat}. See {Pocket gopher}, and {Tucan}.          Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to                many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the                earth.          2. One of several western American species of the genus             {Spermophilus}, of the family {Sciurid[91]}; as, the gray             gopher ({Spermophilus Franklini}) and the striped gopher             ({S. tridecemlineatus}); -- called also {striped prairie             squirrel}, {leopard marmot}, and {leopard spermophile}.             See {Spermophile}.          3. A large land tortoise ({Testudo Carilina}) of the Southern             United States, which makes extensive burrows.          4. A large burrowing snake ({Spilotes Couperi}) of the             Southern United States.          {Gopher drift} (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift,             following or seeking the ore without regard to regular             grade or section. --Raymond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elephantine \El`e*phan"tine\, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr.       [?]: cf. F. [82]l[82]phantin.]       Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant       (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of       elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.          {Elephantine epoch} (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the             existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell.          {Elephantine tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), a huge land tortoise;             esp., {Testudo elephantina}, from islands in the Indian             Ocean; and {T. elephantopus}, from the Galapagos Islands.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Testudo \[d8]Tes*tu"do\, n.; pl. {Testudines}. [L., from testa       the shell of shellfish, or of testaceous animals.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of tortoises which formerly included a             large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to             certain terrestrial species, such as the European land             tortoise ({Testudo Gr[91]ca}) and the gopher of the             Southern United States.          2. (Rom. Antiq.) A cover or screen which a body of troops             formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over             their heads when standing close to each other. This cover             resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter             the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar             defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on             wheels.          3. (Mus.) A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; --             so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to             have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thick-headed \Thick"-head`ed\, a.       Having a thick skull; stupid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ticket \Tick"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ticketed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Ticketing}.]       1. To distinguish by a ticket; to put a ticket on; as, to             ticket goods.          2. To furnish with a tickets; to book; as, to ticket             passengers to California. [U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
[Colloq.]                An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop             whenever he can do so with impunity.            --Thomas                                                                               Hamilton.          {To cut a caper}. See under {Caper}.          {To cut the cards}, to divide a pack of cards into portions,             in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change             the cards to be dealt.          {To cut a dash} [or] {a figure}, to make a display. [Colloq.]                      {To cut down}.             (a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate.                   [bd]Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of                   Cilicia.[b8] --Knolles.             (b) To put down; to abash; to humble. [Obs] [bd]So great                   is his natural eloquence, that he cuts doun the finest                   orator.[b8] --Addison             (c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down                   expenses.             (d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a                   sloop.          {To cut the knot} [or] {the Gordian knot}, to dispose of a             difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary             action, rather than by skill or patience.          {To cut lots}, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw             lots.          {To cut off}.             (a) To sever; to separate.                               I would to God, . . . The king had cut off my                            brother's.                                    --Shak.             (b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to                   destroy. [bd]Iren[91]us was likewise cut off by                   martyrdom.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off                   (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam                   engine.             (d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat.             (e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate.          {To cut out}.             (a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a                   piece from a board.             (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment.                   [bd] A large forest cut out into walks.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out                   work for another day. [bd]Every man had cut out a                   place for himself.[b8] --Addison.             (d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to                   cut out a rival. [Colloq.]             (e) To debar. [bd]I am cut out from anything but common                   acknowledgments.[b8] --Pope.             (f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or                   from under the guns of an enemy.          {To cut to pieces}.             (a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces.             (b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces.          {To cut a play} (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out             passages, to adapt it for the stage.          {To cut rates} (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for             transportation below the rates established between             competing lines.          {To cut short}, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a             sudden termination. [bd]Achilles cut him short, and thus             replied.[b8] --Dryden.          {To cut stick}, to make off clandestinely or precipitately.             [Slang]          {To cut teeth}, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce             through the gum and appear.          {To have cut one's eyeteeth}, to be sharp and knowing.             [Colloq.]          {To cut one's wisdom teeth}, to come to years of discretion.                      {To cut under}, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor             in trade.          {To cut up}.             (a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes.             (b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut                   up a book or its author by severe criticism. [bd]This                   doctrine cuts up all government by the roots.[b8]                   --Locke.             (c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the                   death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.]                   --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dido \Di"do\, n.; pl. {Didos}.       A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.          {To cut a dido}, to play a trick; to cut a caper; -- perhaps             so called from the trick of Dido, who having bought so             much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it             into thin strips long enough to inclose a spot for a             citadel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cut \Cut\, v. t.          {To cut out}, to separate from the midst of a number; as, to             cut out a steer from a herd; to cut out a car from a             train. Cut \Cut\, n.       1. (Lawn Tennis, etc.) A slanting stroke causing the ball to             spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin so given to the             ball.          2. (Cricket) A stroke on the off side between point and the             wicket; also, one who plays this stroke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Out of harm's way}, beyond the danger limit; in a safe             place.          {Out of joint}, not in proper connection or adjustment;             unhinged; disordered. [bd]The time is out of joint.[b8]             --Shak.          {Out of mind}, not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit             of memory; as, time out of mind.          {Out of one's head}, beyond commanding one's mental powers;             in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.]          {Out of one's time}, beyond one's period of minority or             apprenticeship.          {Out of order}, not in proper order; disarranged; in             confusion.          {Out of place}, not in the usual or proper place; hence, not             proper or becoming.          {Out of pocket}, in a condition of having expended or lost             more money than one has received.          {Out of print}, not in market, the edition printed being             exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc.          {Out of the question}, beyond the limits or range of             consideration; impossible to be favorably considered.          {Out of reach}, beyond one's reach; inaccessible.          {Out of season}, not in a proper season or time; untimely;             inopportune.          {Out of sorts}, wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell;             unhappy; cross. See under {Sort}, n.          {Out of temper}, not in good temper; irritated; angry.          {Out of time}, not in proper time; too soon, or too late.          {Out of time}, not in harmony; discordant; hence, not in an             agreeing temper; fretful.          {Out of twist}, {winding}, [or] {wind}, not in warped             condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of             surfaces.          {Out of use}, not in use; unfashionable; obsolete.          {Out of the way}.             (a) On one side; hard to reach or find; secluded.             (b) Improper; unusual; wrong.          {Out of the woods}, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or             doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.]          {Out to out}, from one extreme limit to another, including             the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to             measurements.          {Out West}, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some             Western State or Territory. [U. S.]          {To come out}, {To cut out}, {To fall out}, etc. See under             {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, etc.          {To put out of the way}, to kill; to destroy.          {Week in, week out}. See {Day in, day out} (above).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
[Colloq.]                An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop             whenever he can do so with impunity.            --Thomas                                                                               Hamilton.          {To cut a caper}. See under {Caper}.          {To cut the cards}, to divide a pack of cards into portions,             in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change             the cards to be dealt.          {To cut a dash} [or] {a figure}, to make a display. [Colloq.]                      {To cut down}.             (a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate.                   [bd]Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of                   Cilicia.[b8] --Knolles.             (b) To put down; to abash; to humble. [Obs] [bd]So great                   is his natural eloquence, that he cuts doun the finest                   orator.[b8] --Addison             (c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down                   expenses.             (d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a                   sloop.          {To cut the knot} [or] {the Gordian knot}, to dispose of a             difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary             action, rather than by skill or patience.          {To cut lots}, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw             lots.          {To cut off}.             (a) To sever; to separate.                               I would to God, . . . The king had cut off my                            brother's.                                    --Shak.             (b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to                   destroy. [bd]Iren[91]us was likewise cut off by                   martyrdom.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off                   (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam                   engine.             (d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat.             (e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate.          {To cut out}.             (a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a                   piece from a board.             (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment.                   [bd] A large forest cut out into walks.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out                   work for another day. [bd]Every man had cut out a                   place for himself.[b8] --Addison.             (d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to                   cut out a rival. [Colloq.]             (e) To debar. [bd]I am cut out from anything but common                   acknowledgments.[b8] --Pope.             (f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or                   from under the guns of an enemy.          {To cut to pieces}.             (a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces.             (b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces.          {To cut a play} (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out             passages, to adapt it for the stage.          {To cut rates} (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for             transportation below the rates established between             competing lines.          {To cut short}, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a             sudden termination. [bd]Achilles cut him short, and thus             replied.[b8] --Dryden.          {To cut stick}, to make off clandestinely or precipitately.             [Slang]          {To cut teeth}, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce             through the gum and appear.          {To have cut one's eyeteeth}, to be sharp and knowing.             [Colloq.]          {To cut one's wisdom teeth}, to come to years of discretion.                      {To cut under}, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor             in trade.          {To cut up}.             (a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes.             (b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut                   up a book or its author by severe criticism. [bd]This                   doctrine cuts up all government by the roots.[b8]                   --Locke.             (c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the                   death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.]                   --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
[Colloq.]                An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop             whenever he can do so with impunity.            --Thomas                                                                               Hamilton.          {To cut a caper}. See under {Caper}.          {To cut the cards}, to divide a pack of cards into portions,             in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change             the cards to be dealt.          {To cut a dash} [or] {a figure}, to make a display. [Colloq.]                      {To cut down}.             (a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate.                   [bd]Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of                   Cilicia.[b8] --Knolles.             (b) To put down; to abash; to humble. [Obs] [bd]So great                   is his natural eloquence, that he cuts doun the finest                   orator.[b8] --Addison             (c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down                   expenses.             (d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a                   sloop.          {To cut the knot} [or] {the Gordian knot}, to dispose of a             difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary             action, rather than by skill or patience.          {To cut lots}, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw             lots.          {To cut off}.             (a) To sever; to separate.                               I would to God, . . . The king had cut off my                            brother's.                                    --Shak.             (b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to                   destroy. [bd]Iren[91]us was likewise cut off by                   martyrdom.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off                   (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam                   engine.             (d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat.             (e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate.          {To cut out}.             (a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a                   piece from a board.             (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment.                   [bd] A large forest cut out into walks.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out                   work for another day. [bd]Every man had cut out a                   place for himself.[b8] --Addison.             (d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to                   cut out a rival. [Colloq.]             (e) To debar. [bd]I am cut out from anything but common                   acknowledgments.[b8] --Pope.             (f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or                   from under the guns of an enemy.          {To cut to pieces}.             (a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces.             (b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces.          {To cut a play} (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out             passages, to adapt it for the stage.          {To cut rates} (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for             transportation below the rates established between             competing lines.          {To cut short}, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a             sudden termination. [bd]Achilles cut him short, and thus             replied.[b8] --Dryden.          {To cut stick}, to make off clandestinely or precipitately.             [Slang]          {To cut teeth}, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce             through the gum and appear.          {To have cut one's eyeteeth}, to be sharp and knowing.             [Colloq.]          {To cut one's wisdom teeth}, to come to years of discretion.                      {To cut under}, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor             in trade.          {To cut up}.             (a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes.             (b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut                   up a book or its author by severe criticism. [bd]This                   doctrine cuts up all government by the roots.[b8]                   --Locke.             (c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the                   death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.]                   --Thackeray.
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Get \Get\ (g[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive             accessions; to be increased.                         We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state,             condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with             a following adjective or past participle belonging to the             subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to             get beaten; to get elected.                         To get rid of fools and scoundrels.   --Pope.                         His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.                                                                               --Coleridge.          Note: It [get] gives to the English language a middle voice,                or a power of verbal expression which is neither active                nor passive. Thus we say to get acquitted, beaten,                confused, dressed. --Earle.          Note: Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following                preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the                part of the subject of the act, movement or action of                the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in                the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way,                to advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave,                to escape; to disengage one's self from; to get down,                to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or                figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress;                hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to                enter; to get out, to extricate one's self, to escape;                to get through, to traverse; also, to finish, to be                done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to                alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to escape,                to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to                convene.          {To get ahead}, to advance; to prosper.          {To get along}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get a mile} (or other distance), to pass over it in             traveling.          {To get among}, to go or come into the company of; to become             one of a number.          {To get asleep}, to fall asleep.          {To get astray}, to wander out of the right way.          {To get at}, to reach; to make way to.          {To get away with}, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get             the better of; to defeat.          {To get back}, to arrive at the place from which one             departed; to return.          {To get before}, to arrive in front, or more forward.          {To get behind}, to fall in the rear; to lag.          {To get between}, to arrive between.          {To get beyond}, to pass or go further than; to exceed; to             surpass. [bd]Three score and ten is the age of man, a few             get beyond it.[b8] --Thackeray.          {To get clear}, to disengage one's self; to be released, as             from confinement, obligation, or burden; also, to be freed             from danger or embarrassment.          {To get drunk}, to become intoxicated.          {To get forward}, to proceed; to advance; also, to prosper;             to advance in wealth.          {To get home}, to arrive at one's dwelling, goal, or aim.          {To get into}.             (a) To enter, as, [bd]she prepared to get into the                   coach.[b8] --Dickens.             (b) To pass into, or reach; as, [bd] a language has got                   into the inflated state.[b8] --Keary.          {To get} {loose [or] free}, to disengage one's self; to be             released from confinement.          {To get near}, to approach within a small distance.          {To get on}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get over}.             (a) To pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or                   difficulty.             (b) To recover from, as an injury, a calamity.          {To get through}.             (a) To pass through something.             (b) To finish what one was doing.          {To get up}.             (a) To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc.             (b) To ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of                   stairs, etc.
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Ahead \A*head"\, adv. [Pref. a- + head.]       1. In or to the front; in advance; onward.                         The island bore but a little ahead of us.                                                                               --Fielding.          2. Headlong; without restraint. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.          {To go ahead}.             (a) To go in advance.             (b) To go on onward.             (c) To push on in an enterprise. [Colloq]          {To get ahead of}.             (a) To get in advance of.             (b) To surpass; to get the better of. [Colloq.]
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Get \Get\ (g[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive             accessions; to be increased.                         We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state,             condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with             a following adjective or past participle belonging to the             subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to             get beaten; to get elected.                         To get rid of fools and scoundrels.   --Pope.                         His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.                                                                               --Coleridge.          Note: It [get] gives to the English language a middle voice,                or a power of verbal expression which is neither active                nor passive. Thus we say to get acquitted, beaten,                confused, dressed. --Earle.          Note: Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following                preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the                part of the subject of the act, movement or action of                the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in                the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way,                to advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave,                to escape; to disengage one's self from; to get down,                to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or                figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress;                hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to                enter; to get out, to extricate one's self, to escape;                to get through, to traverse; also, to finish, to be                done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to                alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to escape,                to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to                convene.          {To get ahead}, to advance; to prosper.          {To get along}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get a mile} (or other distance), to pass over it in             traveling.          {To get among}, to go or come into the company of; to become             one of a number.          {To get asleep}, to fall asleep.          {To get astray}, to wander out of the right way.          {To get at}, to reach; to make way to.          {To get away with}, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get             the better of; to defeat.          {To get back}, to arrive at the place from which one             departed; to return.          {To get before}, to arrive in front, or more forward.          {To get behind}, to fall in the rear; to lag.          {To get between}, to arrive between.          {To get beyond}, to pass or go further than; to exceed; to             surpass. [bd]Three score and ten is the age of man, a few             get beyond it.[b8] --Thackeray.          {To get clear}, to disengage one's self; to be released, as             from confinement, obligation, or burden; also, to be freed             from danger or embarrassment.          {To get drunk}, to become intoxicated.          {To get forward}, to proceed; to advance; also, to prosper;             to advance in wealth.          {To get home}, to arrive at one's dwelling, goal, or aim.          {To get into}.             (a) To enter, as, [bd]she prepared to get into the                   coach.[b8] --Dickens.             (b) To pass into, or reach; as, [bd] a language has got                   into the inflated state.[b8] --Keary.          {To get} {loose [or] free}, to disengage one's self; to be             released from confinement.          {To get near}, to approach within a small distance.          {To get on}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get over}.             (a) To pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or                   difficulty.             (b) To recover from, as an injury, a calamity.          {To get through}.             (a) To pass through something.             (b) To finish what one was doing.          {To get up}.             (a) To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc.             (b) To ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of                   stairs, etc.
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Get \Get\ (g[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive             accessions; to be increased.                         We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state,             condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with             a following adjective or past participle belonging to the             subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to             get beaten; to get elected.                         To get rid of fools and scoundrels.   --Pope.                         His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.                                                                               --Coleridge.          Note: It [get] gives to the English language a middle voice,                or a power of verbal expression which is neither active                nor passive. Thus we say to get acquitted, beaten,                confused, dressed. --Earle.          Note: Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following                preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the                part of the subject of the act, movement or action of                the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in                the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way,                to advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave,                to escape; to disengage one's self from; to get down,                to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or                figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress;                hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to                enter; to get out, to extricate one's self, to escape;                to get through, to traverse; also, to finish, to be                done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to                alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to escape,                to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to                convene.          {To get ahead}, to advance; to prosper.          {To get along}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get a mile} (or other distance), to pass over it in             traveling.          {To get among}, to go or come into the company of; to become             one of a number.          {To get asleep}, to fall asleep.          {To get astray}, to wander out of the right way.          {To get at}, to reach; to make way to.          {To get away with}, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get             the better of; to defeat.          {To get back}, to arrive at the place from which one             departed; to return.          {To get before}, to arrive in front, or more forward.          {To get behind}, to fall in the rear; to lag.          {To get between}, to arrive between.          {To get beyond}, to pass or go further than; to exceed; to             surpass. [bd]Three score and ten is the age of man, a few             get beyond it.[b8] --Thackeray.          {To get clear}, to disengage one's self; to be released, as             from confinement, obligation, or burden; also, to be freed             from danger or embarrassment.          {To get drunk}, to become intoxicated.          {To get forward}, to proceed; to advance; also, to prosper;             to advance in wealth.          {To get home}, to arrive at one's dwelling, goal, or aim.          {To get into}.             (a) To enter, as, [bd]she prepared to get into the                   coach.[b8] --Dickens.             (b) To pass into, or reach; as, [bd] a language has got                   into the inflated state.[b8] --Keary.          {To get} {loose [or] free}, to disengage one's self; to be             released from confinement.          {To get near}, to approach within a small distance.          {To get on}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get over}.             (a) To pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or                   difficulty.             (b) To recover from, as an injury, a calamity.          {To get through}.             (a) To pass through something.             (b) To finish what one was doing.          {To get up}.             (a) To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc.             (b) To ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of                   stairs, etc.
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Bottom \Bot"tom\ (b[ocr]t"t[ucr]m), n. [OE. botum, botme, AS.       botm; akin to OS. bodom, D. bodem, OHG. podam, G. boden,       Icel. botn, Sw. botten, Dan. bund (for budn), L. fundus (for       fudnus), Gr. pyqmh`n (for fyqmh`n), Skr. budhna (for       bhudhna), and Ir. bonn sole of the foot, W. bon stem, base.       [fb]257. Cf. 4th {Found}, {Fund}, n.]       1. The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a             tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.                         Or dive into the bottom of the deep.   --Shak.          2. The part of anything which is beneath the contents and             supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person             sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or             the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface.                         Barrels with the bottom knocked out.   --Macaulay.                         No two chairs were alike; such high backs and low                      backs and leather bottoms and worsted bottoms. --W.                                                                               Irving.          3. That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal             or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.          4. The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.          5. The fundament; the buttocks.          6. An abyss. [Obs.] --Dryden.          7. Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river;             low-lying ground; a dale; a valley. [bd]The bottoms and             the high grounds.[b8] --Stoddard.          8. (Naut.) The part of a ship which is ordinarily under             water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship.                         My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. --Shak.                         Not to sell the teas, but to return them to London                      in the same bottoms in which they were shipped.                                                                               --Bancroft.          {Full bottom}, a hull of such shape as permits carrying a             large amount of merchandise.          9. Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.          10. Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment. --Johnson.          {At bottom}, {At the bottom}, at the foundation or basis; in             reality. [bd]He was at the bottom a good man.[b8] --J. F.             Cooper.          {To be at the bottom of}, to be the cause or originator of;             to be the source of. [Usually in an opprobrious sense.]             --J. H. Newman.                         He was at the bottom of many excellent counsels.                                                                               --Addison.          {To go to the bottom}, to sink; esp. to be wrecked.          {To touch bottom}, to reach the lowest point; to find             something on which to rest.
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Dog \Dog\ (d[ocr]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan.       dogge, Sw. dogg.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the             domestic dog ({C. familiaris}).          Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the                inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and                attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred                varieties, as the beagle, bloodhound, bulldog,                coachdog, collie, Danish dog, foxhound, greyhound,                mastiff, pointer, poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel,                spitz dog, terrier, etc. There are also many mixed                breeds, and partially domesticated varieties, as well                as wild dogs, like the dingo and dhole. (See these                names in the Vocabulary.)          2. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.                         What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he                      should do this great thing?               -- 2 Kings                                                                               viii. 13 (Rev.                                                                               Ver. )          3. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly             dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.]          4. (Astron.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and             Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis             Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).          5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an             andiron.          6. (Mech.)             (a) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening                   into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of                   raising or moving them.             (b) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on                   the carriage of a sawmill.             (c) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch;                   especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an                   adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine                   tool.          Note: Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in                the sense of relating to, or characteristic of, a dog.                It is also used to denote a male; as, dog fox or g-fox,                a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; --                also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as,                dog Latin.          {A dead dog}, a thing of no use or value. --1 Sam. xxiv. 14.          {A dog in the manger}, an ugly-natured person who prevents             others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them             but is none to him.          {Dog ape} (Zo[94]l.), a male ape.          {Dog cabbage}, [or] {Dog's cabbage} (Bot.), a succulent herb,             native to the Mediterranean region ({Thelygonum             Cynocrambe}).          {Dog cheap}, very cheap. See under {Cheap}.          {Dog ear} (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.]          {Dog flea} (Zo[94]l.), a species of flea ({Pulex canis})             which infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to             man. In America it is the common flea. See {Flea}, and             {Aphaniptera}.          {Dog grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Triticum caninum}) of the same             genus as wheat.          {Dog Latin}, barbarous Latin; as, the dog Latin of pharmacy.                      {Dog lichen} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Peltigera canina})             growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed             expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous             veins beneath.          {Dog louse} (Zo[94]l.), a louse that infests the dog, esp.             {H[91]matopinus piliferus}; another species is             {Trichodectes latus}.          {Dog power}, a machine operated by the weight of a dog             traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for             churning.          {Dog salmon} (Zo[94]l.), a salmon of northwest America and             northern Asia; -- the {gorbuscha}; -- called also {holia},             and {hone}.          {Dog shark}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dogfish}.          {Dog's meat}, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal.          {Dog Star}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Dog wheat} (Bot.), Dog grass.          {Dog whelk} (Zo[94]l.), any species of univalve shells of the             family {Nassid[91]}, esp. the {Nassa reticulata} of             England.          {To give, [or] throw}, {to the dogs}, to throw away as             useless. [bd]Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of             it.[b8] --Shak.          {To go to the dogs}, to go to ruin; to be ruined.
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Wall \Wall\, n. [AS. weall, from L. vallum a wall, vallus a       stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. [?] a nail. Cf.       {Interval}.]       1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials,             raised to some height, and intended for defense or             security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a             field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright             inclosing parts of a building or a room.                         The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. --Dan.                                                                               v. 5.          2. A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the             plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.                         The waters were a wall unto them on their right                      hand, and on their left.                     --Ex. xiv. 22.                         In such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the                      Troyan walls.                                    --Shak.                         To rush undaunted to defend the walls. --Dryden.          3. An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls             of a steam-engine cylinder.          4. (Mining)             (a) The side of a level or drift.             (b) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. --Raymond.          Note: Wall is often used adjectively, and also in the                formation of compounds, usually of obvious                signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall                fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc.          {Blank wall}, Blind wall, etc. See under {Blank}, {Blind},             etc.          {To drive to the wall}, to bring to extremities; to push to             extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over.          {To go to the wall}, to be hard pressed or driven; to be the             weaker party; to be pushed to extremes.          {To take the wall}. to take the inner side of a walk, that             is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence.             [bd]I will take the wall of any man or maid of             Montague's.[b8] --Shak.          {Wall barley} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Hordeum murinum})             much resembling barley; squirrel grass. See under             {Squirrel}.          {Wall box}. (Mach.) See {Wall frame}, below.          {Wall creeper} (Zo[94]l.), a small bright-colored bird             ({Tichodroma muraria}) native of Asia and Southern Europe.             It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of             insects and spiders. Its body is ash-gray above, the wing             coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red             at the base and black distally, some of them with white             spots, and the tail is blackish. Called also {spider             catcher}.          {Wall cress} (Bot.), a name given to several low cruciferous             herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. See under             {Mouse-ear}.          {Wall frame} (Mach.), a frame set in a wall to receive a             pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the             wall; -- called also {wall box}.          {Wall fruit}, fruit borne by trees trained against a wall.          {Wall gecko} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old             World geckos which live in or about buildings and run over             the vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by             means of suckers on the feet.          {Wall lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta             muralis}) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks             and crevices of walls; -- called also {wall newt}.          {Wall louse}, a wood louse.          {Wall moss} (Bot.), any species of moss growing on walls.          {Wall newt} (Zo[94]l.), the wall lizard. --Shak.          {Wall paper}, paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper             hangings.          {Wall pellitory} (Bot.), a European plant ({Parictaria             officinalis}) growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed             medicinal.          {Wall pennywort} (Bot.), a plant ({Cotyledon Umbilicus})             having rounded fleshy leaves. It is found on walls in             Western Europe.          {Wall pepper} (Bot.), a low mosslike plant ({Sedum acre})             with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and             bearing yellow flowers. It is common on walls and rocks in             Europe, and is sometimes seen in America.          {Wall pie} (Bot.), a kind of fern; wall rue.          {Wall piece}, a gun planted on a wall. --H. L. Scott.          {Wall plate} (Arch.), a piece of timber placed horizontally             upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like.             See Illust. of {Roof}.          {Wall rock}, granular limestone used in building walls. [U.             S.] --Bartlett.          {Wall rue} (Bot.), a species of small fern ({Asplenium             Ruta-muraria}) growing on walls, rocks, and the like.          {Wall spring}, a spring of water issuing from stratified             rocks.          {Wall tent}, a tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to             the walls of a house.          {Wall wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a common European solitary wasp             ({Odynerus parietus}) which makes its nest in the crevices             of walls.
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World \World\, n. [OE. world, werld, weorld, weoreld, AS.       weorold, worold; akin to OS. werold, D. wereld, OHG. weralt,       worolt, werolt, werlt, G. welt, Icel. ver[94]ld, Sw. verld,       Dan. verden; properly, the age of man, lifetime, humanity;       AS. wer a man + a word akin to E. old; cf. AS. yld lifetime,       age, ylde men, humanity. Cf. {Werewolf}, {Old}.]       1. The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the             system of created things; existent creation; the universe.                         The invisible things of him from the creation of the                      world are clearly seen.                     --Rom. 1. 20.                         With desire to know, What nearer might concern him,                      how this world Of heaven and earth conspicuous first                      began.                                                --Milton.          2. Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as             inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with             human interests; as, a plurality of worlds. [bd]Lord of             the worlds above.[b8] --I. Watts.                         Amongst innumerable stars, that shone Star distant,                      but high-hand seemed other worlds.      --Milton.                         There may be other worlds, where the inhabitants                      have never violated their allegiance to their                      almighty Sovereign.                           --W. B.                                                                               Sprague.          3. The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the             sum of human affairs and interests.                         That forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought                      death into the world, and all our woe. --Milton.          4. In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its             concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any             one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human             affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given             point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and             action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious             world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future             world; the heathen world.                         One of the greatest in the Christian world Shall be                      my surety.                                          --Shak.                         Murmuring that now they must be put to make war                      beyond the world's end -- for so they counted                      Britain.                                             --Milton.          5. The customs, practices, and interests of men; general             affairs of life; human society; public affairs and             occupations; as, a knowledge of the world.                         Happy is she that from the world retires. --Waller.                         If knowledge of the world makes man perfidious, May                      Juba ever live in ignorance.               --Addison.          6. Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of             life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as,             to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and             begin the world anew.          7. The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in             general; the public; mankind.                         Since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to                      any purpose that the world can say against it.                                                                               --Shak.                         Tell me, wench, how will the world repute me For                      undertaking so unstaid a journey?      --Shak.          8. The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven;             concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the             life to come; the present existence and its interests;             hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the             affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or             wicked part of mankind.                         I pray not for the world, but for them which thou                      hast given me; for they are thine.      --John xvii.                                                                               9.                         Love not the world, neither the things that are in                      the world. If any man love the world, the love of                      the Father is not in him. For all that is in the                      world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the                      eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father,                      but is of the world.                           --1 John ii.                                                                               15, 16.          9. As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity;             a large number. [bd]A world of men.[b8] --Chapman. [bd]A             world of blossoms for the bee.[b8] --Bryant.                         Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company. --Shak.                         A world of woes dispatched in little space.                                                                               --Dryden.          {All . . . in the world}, all that exists; all that is             possible; as, all the precaution in the world would not             save him.          {A world to see}, a wonder to see; something admirable or             surprising to see. [Obs.]                         O, you are novices; 't is a world to see How tame,                      when men and women are alone, A meacock wretch can                      make the curstest shrew.                     --Shak.          {For all the world}.             (a) Precisely; exactly.             (b) For any consideration.          {Seven wonders of the world}. See in the Dictionary of Noted             Names in Fiction.          {To go to the world}, to be married. [Obs.] [bd]Thus goes             every one to the world but I . . .; I may sit in a corner             and cry heighho for a husband![b8] --Shak.          {World's end}, the end, or most distant part, of the world;             the remotest regions.          {World without end}, eternally; forever; everlastingly; as if             in a state of existence having no end.                         Throughout all ages, world without end. --Eph. iii.                                                                               21.
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7. To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an             act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over             or through.                         By going over all these particulars, you may receive                      some tolerable satisfaction about this great                      subject.                                             --South.          8. To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.                         The fruit she goes with, I pray for heartily, that                      it may find Good time, and live.         --Shak.          9. To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence             the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to             depart; -- in opposition to stay and come.                         I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord                      your God; . . . only ye shall not go very far away.                                                                               --Ex. viii.                                                                               28.          10. To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to             perish; to decline; to decease; to die.                         By Saint George, he's gone! That spear wound hath                      our master sped.                              --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          11. To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the             street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New             York.                         His amorous expressions go no further than virtue                      may allow.                                       --Dryden.          12. To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.          Note: Go is used, in combination with many prepositions and                adverbs, to denote motion of the kind indicated by the                preposition or adverb, in which, and not in the verb,                lies the principal force of the expression; as, to go                against to go into, to go out, to go aside, to go                astray, etc.          {Go to}, come; move; go away; -- a phrase of exclamation,             serious or ironical.          {To go a-begging}, not to be in demand; to be undesired.          {To go about}.             (a) To set about; to enter upon a scheme of action; to                   undertake. [bd]They went about to slay him.[b8]                   --Acts ix. 29.                               They never go about . . . to hide or palliate                            their vices.                              --Swift.             (b) (Naut.) To tack; to turn the head of a ship; to wear.                            {To go abraod}.             (a) To go to a foreign country.             (b) To go out of doors.             (c) To become public; to be published or disclosed; to be                   current.                               Then went this saying abroad among the                            brethren.                                    --John xxi.                                                                               23.          {To go against}.             (a) To march against; to attack.             (b) To be in opposition to; to be disagreeable to.          {To go ahead}.             (a) To go in advance.             (b) To go on; to make progress; to proceed.          {To go and come}. See {To come and go}, under {Come}.          {To go aside}.             (a) To withdraw; to retire.                               He . . . went aside privately into a desert                            place.                                       --Luke. ix.                                                                               10.             (b) To go from what is right; to err. --Num. v. 29.          {To go back on}.             (a) To retrace (one's path or footsteps).             (b) To abandon; to turn against; to betray. [Slang, U.                   S.]          {To go below}             (Naut), to go below deck.          {To go between}, to interpose or mediate between; to be a             secret agent between parties; in a bad sense, to pander.                      {To go beyond}. See under {Beyond}.          {To go by}, to pass away unnoticed; to omit.          {To go by the board} (Naut.), to fall or be carried             overboard; as, the mast went by the board.          {To go down}.             (a) To descend.             (b) To go below the horizon; as, the sun has gone down.             (c) To sink; to founder; -- said of ships, etc.             (d) To be swallowed; -- used literally or figuratively.                   [Colloq.]                               Nothing so ridiculous, . . . but it goes down                            whole with him for truth.            --L' Estrange.          {To go far}.             (a) To go to a distance.             (b) To have much weight or influence.          {To go for}.             (a) To go in quest of.             (b) To represent; to pass for.             (c) To favor; to advocate.             (d) To attack; to assault. [Low]             (e) To sell for; to be parted with for (a price).          {To go for nothing}, to be parted with for no compensation or             result; to have no value, efficacy, or influence; to count             for nothing.          {To go forth}.             (a) To depart from a place.             (b) To be divulged or made generally known; to emanate.                               The law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of                            the Lord from Jerusalem.            --Micah iv. 2.          {To go hard with}, to trouble, pain, or endanger.          {To go in}, to engage in; to take part. [Colloq.]          {To go in and out}, to do the business of life; to live; to             have free access. --John x. 9.          {To go in for}. [Colloq.]             (a) To go for; to favor or advocate (a candidate, a                   measure, etc.).             (b) To seek to acquire or attain to (wealth, honor,                   preferment, etc.)             (c) To complete for (a reward, election, etc.).             (d) To make the object of one's labors, studies, etc.                               He was as ready to go in for statistics as for                            anything else.                           --Dickens.                            {To go in to} [or] {unto}.             (a) To enter the presence of. --Esther iv. 16.             (b) To have sexual intercourse with. [Script.]          {To go into}.             (a) To speak of, investigate, or discuss (a question,                   subject, etc.).             (b) To participate in (a war, a business, etc.).          {To go large}.             (Naut) See under {Large}.          {To go off}.             (a) To go away; to depart.                               The leaders . . . will not go off until they                            hear you.                                    --Shak.             (b) To cease; to intermit; as, this sickness went off.             (c) To die. --Shak.             (d) To explode or be discharged; -- said of gunpowder, of                   a gun, a mine, etc.             (e) To find a purchaser; to be sold or disposed of.             (f) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished.                               The wedding went off much as such affairs do.                                                                               --Mrs.                                                                               Caskell.          {To go on}.             (a) To proceed; to advance further; to continue; as, to                   go on reading.             (b) To be put or drawn on; to fit over; as, the coat will                   not go on.          {To go all fours}, to correspond exactly, point for point.                         It is not easy to make a simile go on all fours.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {To go out}.             (a) To issue forth from a place.             (b) To go abroad; to make an excursion or expedition.                               There are other men fitter to go out than I.                                                                               --Shak.                               What went ye out for to see ?      --Matt. xi. 7,                                                                               8, 9.             (c) To become diffused, divulged, or spread abroad, as                   news, fame etc.             (d) To expire; to die; to cease; to come to an end; as,                   the light has gone out.                               Life itself goes out at thy displeasure.                                                                               --Addison.          {To go over}.             (a) To traverse; to cross, as a river, boundary, etc.; to                   change sides.                               I must not go over Jordan.         --Deut. iv.                                                                               22.                               Let me go over, and see the good land that is                            beyond Jordan.                           --Deut. iii.                                                                               25.                               Ishmael . . . departed to go over to the                            Ammonites.                                 --Jer. xli.                                                                               10.             (b) To read, or study; to examine; to review; as, to go                   over one's accounts.                               If we go over the laws of Christianity, we                            shall find that . . . they enjoin the same                            thing.                                       --Tillotson.             (c) To transcend; to surpass.             (d) To be postponed; as, the bill went over for the                   session.             (e) (Chem.) To be converted (into a specified substance                   or material); as, monoclinic sulphur goes over into                   orthorhombic, by standing; sucrose goes over into                   dextrose and levulose.          {To go through}.             (a) To accomplish; as, to go through a work.             (b) To suffer; to endure to the end; as, to go through a                   surgical operation or a tedious illness.             (c) To spend completely; to exhaust, as a fortune.             (d) To strip or despoil (one) of his property. [Slang]             (e) To botch or bungle a business. [Scot.]          {To go through with}, to perform, as a calculation, to the             end; to complete.          {To go to ground}.             (a) To escape into a hole; -- said of a hunted fox.             (b) To fall in battle.          {To go to naught} (Colloq.), to prove abortive, or             unavailling.          {To go under}.             (a) To set; -- said of the sun.             (b) To be known or recognized by (a name, title, etc.).             (c) To be overwhelmed, submerged, or defeated; to perish;                   to succumb.          {To go up}, to come to nothing; to prove abortive; to fail.             [Slang]          {To go upon}, to act upon, as a foundation or hypothesis.          {To go with}.             (a) To accompany.             (b) To coincide or agree with.             (c) To suit; to harmonize with.          {To go} (          {well},          {ill}, [or]          {hard})          {with}, to affect (one) in such manner.          {To go without}, to be, or to remain, destitute of.          {To go wrong}.             (a) To take a wrong road or direction; to wander or                   stray.             (b) To depart from virtue.             (c) To happen unfortunately.             (d) To miss success.          {To let go}, to allow to depart; to quit one's hold; to             release.
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Defiance \De*fi"ance\, n. [OF. defiance, desfiance, challenge,       fr. desfier to challenge, F. d[82]fier. See {Defy}.]       1. The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to             combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat.                         A war without a just defiance made.   --Dryden.                         Stood for her cause, and flung defiance down.                                                                               --Tennyson.          2. A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition             to resist; contempt of opposition.                         He breathed defiance to my ears.         --Shak.          3. A casting aside; renunciation; rejection. [Obs.]             [bd]Defiance to thy kindness.[b8] --Ford.          {To bid defiance}, {To set at defiance}, to defy; to             disregard recklessly or contemptuously. --Locke.
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(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Naught \Naught\, n. [OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS.       n[?]wiht, n[?]uht, n[?]ht; ne not + [?] ever + wiht thing,       whit; hence, not ever a whit. See {No}, adv. {Whit}, and cf.       {Aught}, {Not}.]       1. Nothing. [Written also {nought}.]                         Doth Job fear God for naught?            --Job i. 9.          2. The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See {Cipher}.          {To set at naught}, to treat as of no account; to disregard;             to despise; to defy; to treat with ignominy. [bd]Ye have             set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i. 25.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
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(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
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Set \Set\ (s[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink             out of sight; to come to an end.                         Ere the weary sun set in the west.      --Shak.                         Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the                      next is likely to arise with more mourning.                                                                               --Fuller.          2. To fit music to words. [Obs.] --Shak.          3. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. [bd]To             sow dry, and set wet.[b8] --Old Proverb.          4. To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to             germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has             set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).          5. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.                         A gathering and serring of the spirits together to                      resist, maketh the teeth to set hard one against                      another.                                             --Bacon.          6. To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.                         That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set.                                                                               --Boyle.          7. To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move             on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide             sets to the windward.          8. To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now             followed by out.                         The king is set from London.               --Shak.          9. To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as,             the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a             setter.          10. To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now             followed by out.                         If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform                      the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of                      doubting but it shall prove successful to him.                                                                               --Hammond.          11. To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.          Note: [Colloquially used, but improperly, for sit.]          Note: The use of the verb set for sit in such expressions as,                the hen is setting on thirteen eggs; a setting hen,                etc., although colloquially common, and sometimes                tolerated in serious writing, is not to be approved.          {To set about}, to commence; to begin.          {To set forward}, to move or march; to begin to march; to             advance.          {To set forth}, to begin a journey.          {To set in}.             (a) To begin; to enter upon a particular state; as,                   winter set in early.             (b) To settle one's self; to become established. [bd]When                   the weather was set in to be very bad.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To flow toward the shore; -- said of the tide.          {To set off}.             (a) To enter upon a journey; to start.             (b) (Typog.) To deface or soil the next sheet; -- said of                   the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another                   sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time                   to dry.          {To set on} [or] {upon}.             (a) To begin, as a journey or enterprise; to set about.                               He that would seriously set upon the search of                            truth.                                       --Locke.             (b) To assault; to make an attack. --Bacon.                               Cassio hath here been set on in the dark.                                                                               --Shak.          {To set out}, to begin a journey or course; as, to set out             for London, or from London; to set out in business;to set             out in life or the world.          {To set to}, to apply one's self to.          {To set up}.             (a) To begin business or a scheme of life; as, to set up                   in trade; to set up for one's self.             (b) To profess openly; to make pretensions.                               Those men who set up for mortality without                            regard to religion, are generally but virtuous                            in part.                                    --Swift.
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{To set over}.             (a) To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector,                   ruler, or commander.             (b) To assign; to transfer; to convey.          {To set right}, to correct; to put in order.          {To set sail}. (Naut.) See under {Sail}, n.          {To set store by}, to consider valuable.          {To set the fashion}, to determine what shall be the fashion;             to establish the mode.          {To set the teeth on edge}, to affect the teeth with a             disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in             contact with them.          {To set the watch} (Naut.), to place the starboard or port             watch on duty.          {To set to}, to attach to; to affix to. [bd]He . . . hath set             to his seal that God is true.[b8] --John iii. 33.          {To set up}. (a) To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set             up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a             pillar.             (b) Hence, to exalt; to put in power. [bd]I will . . .                   set up the throne of David over Israel.[b8] --2 Sam.                   iii. 10.             (c) To begin, as a new institution; to institute; to                   establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to                   set up a school.             (d) To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a                   son in trade.             (e) To place in view; as, to set up a mark.             (f) To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.                               I'll set up such a note as she shall hear.                                                                               --Dryden.             (g) To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as,                   to set up a new opinion or doctrine. --T. Burnet.             (h) To raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune;                   as, this good fortune quite set him up.             (i) To intoxicate. [Slang]             (j) (Print.) To put in type; as, to set up copy; to                   arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing;                   as, to set up type.          {To set up the rigging} (Naut.), to make it taut by means of             tackles. --R. H. Dana, Jr.          Syn: See {Put}.
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Edge \Edge\, n. [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G.       ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. [?]       point, Skr. a[?]ri edge. [?][?]. Cf. {Egg}, v. t., {Eager},       {Ear} spike of corn, {Acute}.]       1. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as,             the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence,             figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds             deeply, etc.                         He which hath the sharp sword with two edges. --Rev.                                                                               ii. 12.                         Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme             verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.                         Upon the edge of yonder coppice.         --Shak.                         In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of                      battle.                                             --Milton.                         Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. --Sir                                                                               W. Scott.          3. Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness;             intenseness of desire.                         The full edge of our indignation.      --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can                      have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our                      fears and by our vices.                     --Jer. Taylor.          4. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the             beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.             [bd]On the edge of winter.[b8] --Milton.          {Edge joint} (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a             corner.          {Edge mill}, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll             around on their edges, on a level circular bed; -- used             for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also {Chilian mill}.                      {Edge molding} (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of             two curves meeting in an angle.          {Edge plane}.             (a) (Carp.) A plane for edging boards.             (b) (Shoemaking) A plane for edging soles.          {Edge play}, a kind of swordplay in which backswords or             cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point,             is employed.          {Edge rail}. (Railroad)             (a) A rail set on edge; -- applied to a rail of more depth                   than width.             (b) A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch.                   --Knight.          {Edge railway}, a railway having the rails set on edge.          {Edge stone}, a curbstone.          {Edge tool}.             (a) Any tool instrument having a sharp edge intended for                   cutting.             (b) A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging                   tool.          {To be on edge}, to be eager, impatient, or anxious.          {To set the teeth on edge}, to cause a disagreeable tingling             sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact             with them. --Bacon.
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{To set over}.             (a) To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector,                   ruler, or commander.             (b) To assign; to transfer; to convey.          {To set right}, to correct; to put in order.          {To set sail}. (Naut.) See under {Sail}, n.          {To set store by}, to consider valuable.          {To set the fashion}, to determine what shall be the fashion;             to establish the mode.          {To set the teeth on edge}, to affect the teeth with a             disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in             contact with them.          {To set the watch} (Naut.), to place the starboard or port             watch on duty.          {To set to}, to attach to; to affix to. [bd]He . . . hath set             to his seal that God is true.[b8] --John iii. 33.          {To set up}. (a) To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set             up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a             pillar.             (b) Hence, to exalt; to put in power. [bd]I will . . .                   set up the throne of David over Israel.[b8] --2 Sam.                   iii. 10.             (c) To begin, as a new institution; to institute; to                   establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to                   set up a school.             (d) To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a                   son in trade.             (e) To place in view; as, to set up a mark.             (f) To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.                               I'll set up such a note as she shall hear.                                                                               --Dryden.             (g) To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as,                   to set up a new opinion or doctrine. --T. Burnet.             (h) To raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune;                   as, this good fortune quite set him up.             (i) To intoxicate. [Slang]             (j) (Print.) To put in type; as, to set up copy; to                   arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing;                   as, to set up type.          {To set up the rigging} (Naut.), to make it taut by means of             tackles. --R. H. Dana, Jr.          Syn: See {Put}.
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Sheathe \Sheathe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sheathed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Sheating}.] [Written also sheath.]       1. To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or             cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.                         The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet                      turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin                      of his toes.                                       --Grew.                         'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. --Shak.          3. To case or cover with something which protects, as thin             boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a             ship with copper.          4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp             particles. [R.] --Arbuthnot.          {To sheathe the sword}, to make peace.
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Shoot \Shoot\, v. i.       1. To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; --             said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target;             he shoots better than he rides.                         The archers have . . . shot at him.   --Gen. xlix.                                                                               23.          2. To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or             instrument; as, the gun shoots well.          3. To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to             be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if             propelled; as, a shooting star.                         There shot a streaming lamp along the sky. --Dryden.          4. To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing             sensation; as, shooting pains.                         Thy words shoot through my heart.      --Addison.          5. To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.                         These preachers make His head to shoot and ache.                                                                               --Herbert.          6. To germinate; to bud; to sprout.                         Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth. --Bacon.                         But the wild olive shoots, and shades the ungrateful                      plain.                                                --Dryden.          7. To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.                         Well shot in years he seemed.            --Spenser.                         Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To                      teach the young idea how to shoot.      --Thomson.          8. To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.                         If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot                      into crystals.                                    --Bacon.          9. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land             shoots into a promontory.                         There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt,                      straggling houses.                              --Dickens.          10. (Naut.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing             vessel when the helm is put hard alee.          {To shoot ahead}, to pass or move quickly forward; to             outstrip others.
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Lip \Lip\ (l[icr]p), n. [OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip,       G. lippe, lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. l[91]be, Sw. l[84]pp, L.       labium, labrum. Cf. {Labial}.]       1. One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of             the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips             are organs of speech essential to certain articulations.             Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the             organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.                         Thine own lips testify against thee.   --Job xv. 6.          2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything;             a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.          3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.          4. (Bot.)             (a) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate                   corolla. (b) The odd and peculiar petal in the                   {Orchis} family. See {Orchidaceous}.          5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve             shell.          {Lip bit}, a pod auger. See {Auger}.          {Lip comfort}, comfort that is given with words only.          {Lip comforter}, one who comforts with words only.          {Lip labor}, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. --Bale.          {Lip reading}, the catching of the words or meaning of one             speaking by watching the motion of his lips without             hearing his voice. --Carpenter.          {Lip salve}, a salve for sore lips.          {Lip service}, expression by the lips of obedience and             devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such             sentiments.          {Lip wisdom}, wise talk without practice, or unsupported by             experience.          {Lip work}.             (a) Talk.             (b) Kissing. [Humorous] --B. Jonson.          {To make a lip}, to drop the under lip in sullenness or             contempt. --Shak.          {To shoot out the lip} (Script.), to show contempt by             protruding the lip.
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Shout \Shout\ (shout), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shouted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Shouting}.] [OE. shouten, of unknown origin; perhaps       akin to shoot; cf. Icel. sk[umac]ta, sk[umac]ti, a taunt.]       To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or       exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers,       etc.                   Shouting of the men and women eke.         --Chaucer.                   They shouted thrice: what was the last cry for? --Shak.          {To shout at}, to utter shouts at; to deride or revile with             shouts.
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{Tooth powder}, a powder for cleaning the teeth; a             dentifrice.          {Tooth rash}. (Med.) See {Red-gum}, 1.          {To show the teeth}, to threaten. [bd]When the Law shows her             teeth, but dares not bite.[b8] --Young.          {To the teeth}, in open opposition; directly to one's face.             [bd]That I shall live, and tell him to his teeth .[b8]             --Shak.
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Feather \Feath"er\, n. [OE. fether, AS. fe[?]der; akin to D.       veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel. fj[94][?]r, Sw.       fj[84]der, Dan. fj[91]der, Gr. [?] wing, feather, [?] to fly,       Skr. pattra wing, feathr, pat to fly, and prob. to L. penna       feather, wing. [root]76, 248. Cf. {Pen} a feather.]       1. One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds,             belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.          Note: An ordinary feather consists of the quill or hollow                basal part of the stem; the shaft or rachis, forming                the upper, solid part of the stem; the vanes or webs,                implanted on the rachis and consisting of a series of                slender lamin[91] or barbs, which usually bear                barbicels and interlocking hooks by which they are                fastened together. See {Down}, {Quill}, {Plumage}.          2. Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase,             [bd]Birds of a feather,[b8] that is, of the same species.             [R.]                         I am not of that feather to shake off My friend when                      he must need me.                                 --Shak.          3. The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some             other dogs.          4. A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.          5. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.          6. (Mach. & Carp.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin             from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in             another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise             but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.          7. A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts             of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the             stone. --Knight.          8. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float,             with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or             enters the water.          Note: Feather is used adjectively or in combination, meaning                composed of, or resembling, a feather or feathers; as,                feather fan, feather-heeled, feather duster.          {Feather alum} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of alumina,             resulting from volcanic action, and from the decomposition             of iron pyrites; -- called also {halotrichite}. --Ure.          {Feather bed}, a bed filled with feathers.          {Feather driver}, one who prepares feathers by beating.          {Feather duster}, a dusting brush of feathers.          {Feather flower}, an artifical flower made of feathers, for             ladies' headdresses, and other ornamental purposes.          {Feather grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Stipa pennata})             which has a long feathery awn rising from one of the             chaffy scales which inclose the grain.          {Feather maker}, one who makes plumes, etc., of feathers,             real or artificial.          {Feather ore} (Min.), a sulphide of antimony and lead,             sometimes found in capillary forms and like a cobweb, but             also massive. It is a variety of Jamesonite.          {Feather shot}, [or] {Feathered shot} (Metal.), copper             granulated by pouring into cold water. --Raymond.          {Feather spray} (Naut.), the spray thrown up, like pairs of             feathers, by the cutwater of a fast-moving vessel.          {Feather star}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Comatula}.          {Feather weight}. (Racing)             (a) Scrupulously exact weight, so that a feather would                   turn the scale, when a jockey is weighed or weighted.             (b) The lightest weight that can be put on the back of a                   horse in racing. --Youatt.             (c) In wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the                   lightest of the classes into which contestants are                   divided; -- in contradistinction to {light weight},                   {middle weight}, and {heavy weight}.          {A feather in the cap} an honour, trophy, or mark of             distinction. [Colloq.]          {To be in full feather}, to be in full dress or in one's best             clothes. [Collog.]          {To be in high feather}, to be in high spirits. [Collog.]          {To cut a feather}.             (a) (Naut.) To make the water foam in moving; in allusion                   to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows.             (b) To make one's self conspicuous. [Colloq.]          {To show the white feather}, to betray cowardice, -- a white             feather in the tail of a cock being considered an             indication that he is not of the true game breed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shut \Shut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shut}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Shutting}.] [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS.       scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G.       sch[81]tzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or       bar shot across, fr. AS. sce[a2]tan to shoot. [root]159. See       {Shoot}.]       1. To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a             door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.          2. To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut             the ports of a country by a blockade.                         Shall that be shut to man which to the beast Is                      open?                                                --Milton.          3. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. [bd]Shut from every             shore.[b8] --Dryden.          4. To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close             by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to             shut a book.          {To shut in}.             (a) To inclose; to confine. [bd]The Lord shut him in.[b8]                   --Cen. vii. 16.             (b) To cover or intercept the view of; as, one point shuts                   in another.          {To shut off}.             (a) To exclude.             (b) To prevent the passage of, as steam through a pipe, or                   water through a flume, by closing a cock, valve, or                   gate.          {To shut out}, to preclude from entering; to deny admission             to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof.          {To shut together}, to unite; to close, especially to close             by welding.          {To shut up}.             (a) To close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut                   up a house.             (b) To obstruct. [bd]Dangerous rocks shut up the                   passage.[b8] --Sir W. Raleigh.             (c) To inclose; to confine; to imprison; to fasten in; as,                   to shut up a prisoner.                               Before faith came, we were kept under the law,                            shut up unto the faith which should afterwards                            be revealed.                                 --Gal. iii.                                                                               23.             (d) To end; to terminate; to conclude.                               When the scene of life is shut up, the slave                            will be above his master if he has acted better.                                                                               --Collier.             (e) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding.             (f) To cause to become silent by authority, argument, or                   force.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{To sit at}, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] [bd]A             farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a             great rent[b8]. --Bacon.          {To sit at meat} [or] {at table}, to be at table for eating.                      {To sit down}.             (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to                   sit down when tired.             (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the                   town.             (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser.             (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. [bd]Here we can not                   sit down, but still proceed in our search.[b8]                   --Rogers.          {To sit for a fellowship}, to offer one's self for             examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng.             Univ.]          {To sit out}.             (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp.                   Sanderson.             (b) To outstay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. [bd]A bachelor's life             in chambers.[b8] --Thackeray.          3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative             body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate             chamber.          4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or             association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of             Commerce.          5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as,             the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the             chamber of the eye.          6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts             business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such             official business as may be done out of court.          7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.]          8. (Mil.)             (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which                   holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from                   the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made                   smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in                   breech-loading guns.             (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to                   contain the powder.             (c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on                   its breech, without any carriage, formerly used                   chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades.          {Air chamber}. See {Air chamber}, in the Vocabulary.          {Chamber of commerce}, a board or association to protect the             interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and             traders of a city.          {Chamber council}, a secret council. --Shak.          {Chamber} {counsel [or] counselor}, a counselor who gives his             opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not             advocate causes in court.          {Chamber fellow}, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum.          {Chamber hangings}, tapestry or hangings for a chamber.          {Chamber lye}, urine. --Shak.          {Chamber music}, vocal or instrumental music adapted to             performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience             room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church.          {Chamber practice} (Law.), the practice of counselors at law,             who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in             court.          {To sit at chambers}, to do business in chambers, as a judge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{To sit at}, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] [bd]A             farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a             great rent[b8]. --Bacon.          {To sit at meat} [or] {at table}, to be at table for eating.                      {To sit down}.             (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to                   sit down when tired.             (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the                   town.             (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser.             (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. [bd]Here we can not                   sit down, but still proceed in our search.[b8]                   --Rogers.          {To sit for a fellowship}, to offer one's self for             examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng.             Univ.]          {To sit out}.             (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp.                   Sanderson.             (b) To outstay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meat \Meat\, n. [OE. mete, AS. mete; akin to OS. mat, meti, D.       met hashed meat, G. mettwurst sausage, OHG. maz food, Icel.       matr, Sw. mat, Dan. mad, Goth. mats. Cf. {Mast} fruit,       {Mush}.]       1. Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either             by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as,             the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. --Chaucer.                         And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb                      bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat.                                                                               --Gen. i. 29.                         Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for                      you.                                                   --Gen. ix. 3.          2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle;             as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.          3. Specifically, dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {Meat biscuit}. See under {Biscuit}.          {Meat earth} (Mining), vegetable mold. --Raymond.          {Meat fly}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Flesh fly}, under {Flesh}.          {Meat offering} (Script.), an offering of food, esp. of a             cake made of flour with salt and oil.          {To go to meat}, to go to a meal. [Obs.]          {To sit at meat}, to sit at the table in taking food.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{To sit at}, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] [bd]A             farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a             great rent[b8]. --Bacon.          {To sit at meat} [or] {at table}, to be at table for eating.                      {To sit down}.             (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to                   sit down when tired.             (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the                   town.             (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser.             (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. [bd]Here we can not                   sit down, but still proceed in our search.[b8]                   --Rogers.          {To sit for a fellowship}, to offer one's self for             examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng.             Univ.]          {To sit out}.             (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp.                   Sanderson.             (b) To outstay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
State \State\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stated}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stating}.]       1. To set; to settle; to establish. [R.]                         I myself, though meanest stated, And in court now                      almost hated.                                    --Wither.                         Who calls the council, states the certain day.                                                                               --Pope.          2. To express the particulars of; to set down in detail or in             gross; to represent fully in words; to narrate; to recite;             as, to state the facts of a case, one's opinion, etc.          {To state it}. To assume state or dignity. [Obs.] [bd]Rarely             dressed up, and taught to state it.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stitch \Stitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stitched}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stitching}.]       1. To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner             as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches;             as, to stitch a shirt bosom.          2. To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch             printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.          3. (Agric.) To form land into ridges.          {To stitch up}, to mend or unite with a needle and thread;             as, to stitch up a rent; to stitch up an artery.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Toast \Toast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Toasting}.] [OF. toster to roast, toast, fr. L. torrere,       tostum, to parch, roast. See {Torrid}.]       1. To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast             bread.          2. To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.          3. To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to             the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Togated \To"ga*ted\, a. [L. togatus, from toga a toga.]       Dressed in a toga or gown; wearing a gown; gowned. [R.] --Sir       M. Sandys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twist \Twist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twisted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Twisting}.] [OE. twisten, AS. twist a rope, as made of two       (twisted) strands, fr. twi- two; akin to D. twist a quarrel,       dissension, G. zwist, Dan. & Sw. tvist, Icel. twistr the       deuce in cards, tvistr distressed. See {Twice}, {Two}.]       1. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally;             to convolve.                         Twist it into a serpentine form.         --Pope.          2. Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert;             as, to twist a passage cited from an author.          3. To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part             relatively to another about an axis passing through both;             to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.          4. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture             of parts. [bd]Longing to twist bays with that ivy.[b8]             --Waller.                         There are pillars of smoke twisted about wreaths of                      flame.                                                --T. Burnet.          5. To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as,             avarice twists itself into all human concerns.          6. To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible             substance, round another; to form by convolution, or             winding separate things round each other; as, to twist             yarn or thread. --Shak.          7. Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another;             to wreathe; to make up.                         Was it not to this end That thou began'st to twist                      so fine a story?                                 --Shak.          8. To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to             twist wool or cotton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twisted \Twist"ed\, a.       Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence,       perverted.          {Twisted curve} (Geom.), a curve of double curvature. See             {Plane curve}, under {Curve}.          {Twisted surface} (Geom.), a surface described by a straight             line moving according to any law whatever, yet so that the             consecutive positions of the line shall not be in one             plane; a warped surface.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twisted \Twist"ed\, a.       Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence,       perverted.          {Twisted curve} (Geom.), a curve of double curvature. See             {Plane curve}, under {Curve}.          {Twisted surface} (Geom.), a surface described by a straight             line moving according to any law whatever, yet so that the             consecutive positions of the line shall not be in one             plane; a warped surface.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twisted \Twist"ed\, a.       Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence,       perverted.          {Twisted curve} (Geom.), a curve of double curvature. See             {Plane curve}, under {Curve}.          {Twisted surface} (Geom.), a surface described by a straight             line moving according to any law whatever, yet so that the             consecutive positions of the line shall not be in one             plane; a warped surface.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe,       female screw, F. [82]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in       LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a       screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[umac]fa.]       1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a             continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it             spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a             continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, --             used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or             pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of             the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the             threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being             distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more             usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female             screw, or, more usually, the nut.          Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of                the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a                right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the                hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the                screw, its base equaling the circumference of the                cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread.          2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a             head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver.             Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to             fasten something; -- called also {wood screws}, and {screw             nails}. See also {Screw bolt}, below.          3. Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of             wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the             stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal             surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a             screw. See {Screw propeller}, below.          4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a             screw steamer; a propeller.          5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.             --Thackeray.          6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary             severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a             student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges]          7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] --Mayhew.          8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and             commonly of good appearance. --Ld. Lytton.          9. (Math.) A straight line in space with which a definite             linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th             {Pitch}, 10             (b) ). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid                   body, which may always be made to consist of a                   rotation about an axis combined with a translation                   parallel to that axis.          10. (Zo[94]l.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw             ({Caprella}). See {Sand screw}, under {Sand}.          {Archimedes screw}, {Compound screw}, {Foot screw}, etc. See             under {Archimedes}, {Compound}, {Foot}, etc.          {A screw loose}, something out of order, so that work is not             done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. --H.             Martineau.          {Endless, [or] perpetual, {screw}, a screw used to give             motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads             between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a {worm}.                      {Lag screw}. See under {Lag}.          {Micrometer screw}, a screw with fine threads, used for the             measurement of very small spaces.          {Right and left screw}, a screw having threads upon the             opposite ends which wind in opposite directions.          {Screw alley}. See {Shaft alley}, under {Shaft}.          {Screw bean}. (Bot.)             (a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree                   ({Prosopis pubescens}) growing from Texas to                   California. It is used for fodder, and ground into                   meal by the Indians.             (b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for                   fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties.          {Screw bolt}, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in             distinction from a {key bolt}. See 1st {Bolt}, 3.          {Screw box}, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the             thread on a wooden screw.          {Screw dock}. See under {Dock}.          {Screw engine}, a marine engine for driving a screw             propeller.          {Screw gear}. See {Spiral gear}, under {Spiral}.          {Screw jack}. Same as {Jackscrew}.          {Screw key}, a wrench for turning a screw or nut; a spanner             wrench.          {Screw machine}.             (a) One of a series of machines employed in the                   manufacture of wood screws.             (b) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of                   cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work                   successively, for making screws and other turned                   pieces from metal rods.          {Screw pine} (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus             {Pandanus}, of which there are about fifty species,             natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; --             named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like             leaves.          {Screw plate}, a device for cutting threads on small screws,             consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of             perforations with internal screws forming dies.          {Screw press}, a press in which pressure is exerted by means             of a screw.          {Screw propeller}, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in             the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel             propelled by a screw.          {Screw shell} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod             shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied             genera. See {Turritella}.          {Screw steamer}, a steamship propelled by a screw.          {Screw thread}, the spiral rib which forms a screw.          {Screw stone} (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite.          {Screw tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Helicteres},             consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs,             with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled             capsules; -- also called {twisted-horn}, and {twisty}.          {Screw valve}, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a             screw.          {Screw worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American fly             ({Compsomyia macellaria}), allied to the blowflies, which             sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about             wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results.          {Screw wrench}.             (a) A wrench for turning a screw.             (b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a                   screw.          {To put the} {screw, [or] screws}, {on}, to use pressure             upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce.          {To put under the} {screw [or] screws}, to subject to             pressure; to force.          {Wood screw}, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse             pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of             {Wood screw}, under {Wood}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Two-sided \Two"-sid`ed\, a.       1. Having two sides only; hence, double-faced; hypocritical.          2. (Biol.) Symmetrical.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tightwad, MO (village, FIPS 73240)       Location: 38.31114 N, 93.54166 W       Population (1990): 50 (27 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 64735
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
the X that can be Y is not the true X   Yet another instance of    hackerdom's peculiar attraction to mystical references -- a common    humorous way of making exclusive statements about a class of things.    The template is from the "Tao te Ching": "The Tao which can be    spoken of is not the true Tao."   The implication is often that the X    is a mystery accessible only to the enlightened.   See the    {trampoline} entry for an example, and compare {has the X nature}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
text editor          A utility program for creating and modifying       {text files}.   This differs from a {word processor} in that       the word processors often embed special control codes or       {escape sequences} in the file to control formatting.          (1996-11-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
the X that can be Y is not the true X          Yet another instance of hackerdom's peculiar attraction to       mystical references - a common humorous way of making       exclusive statements about a class of things.   The template is       from the "Tao te Ching": "The Tao which can be spoken of is       not the true Tao."   The implication is often that the X is a       mystery accessible only to the enlightened.   See the       {trampoline} entry for an example, and compare {has the X       nature}.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
twisted pair          A type of cable in which pairs of conductors are       twisted together to randomise possible {cross-talk} from       nearby wiring.   Inadequate twisting is detectable using modern       cable testing instruments.          (1995-02-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
twisted pair only          (TPO) A network connection to an {Ethernet}       {PCMCIA} card using {twisted pair} cable.          [Other options?]          (1997-05-12)