taffeta weave
         n 1: a basic style of weave in which the weft and warp threads
               intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effect
               [syn: {plain weave}, {taffeta weave}]

English Dictionary: tiptop	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Thevetia peruviana n tropical American shrub or small tree having glossy dark green leaves and fragrant saffron yellow to orange or peach- colored flowers; all parts highly poisonous Synonym(s): yellow oleander, Thevetia peruviana, Thevetia neriifolia
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Tibeto-Burman n a branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages spoken from Tibet to the Malay Peninsula Synonym(s): Tibeto-Burman, Tibeto-Burman language
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Tibeto-Burman language n a branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages spoken from Tibet to the Malay Peninsula Synonym(s): Tibeto-Burman, Tibeto-Burman language
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tip table n a pedestal table whose top is hinged so that it can be tilted to a vertical position Synonym(s): tilt-top table, tip- top table, tip table
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tip-top adv to the highest extent; "the shoes fit me tip-top"
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tip-top table n a pedestal table whose top is hinged so that it can be tilted to a vertical position Synonym(s): tilt-top table, tip- top table, tip table
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tiptop adj of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops" Synonym(s): ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p) n the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" Synonym(s): acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top the extreme top or summit
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type I diabetes n severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease Synonym(s): type I diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, growth- onset diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, ketoacidosis- prone diabetes, autoimmune diabetes
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type II diabetes n mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin Synonym(s): type II diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketosis-resistant diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, adult-onset diabetes mellitus, adult-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, maturity-onset diabetes, mature-onset diabetes
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typhoid bacillus n a form of salmonella that causes typhoid fever [syn: typhoid bacillus, Salmonella typhosa, Salmonella typhi]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
typhoid bacteriophage n a bacteriophage specific for the bacterium Salmonella typhi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
typhoid fever n serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water Synonym(s): typhoid, typhoid fever, enteric fever
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Procrustes \Pro*crus"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to beat       out, to stretch; [?] forward + [?] to strike.] (Gr. Antiq.)       A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his       victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either       stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length;       -- whence the metaphorical phrase,          {the bed of Procrustes}.
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Faithful \Faith"ful\, a.       1. Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe,             especially in the declarations and promises of God.                         You are not faithful, sir.                  --B. Jonson.          2. Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties,             or other engagements.                         The faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy                      with them that love him.                     --Deut. vii.                                                                               9.          3. True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person             to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude,             or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the             observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a             faithful husband or servant.                         So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among                      the faithless, faithful only he.         --Milton.          4. Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot             fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or             representation.                         It is a faithful saying.                     --2 Tim. ii.                                                                               11.          {The Faithful}, the adherents of any system of religious             belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of             Mohammed.          Syn: Trusty; honest; upright; sincere; veracious;                trustworthy. -- {Faith"ful*ly}, adv. -{Faith"ful*ness},                n.
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Veto \Ve"to\, n.; pl. {Vetoes}. [L. veto I forbid.]       1. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an             interdiction.                         This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any                      intimacy with her family.                  --G. Eliot.          2. Specifically:             (a) A power or right possessed by one department of                   government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of                   projects attempted by another department; especially,                   in a constitutional government, a power vested in the                   chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures                   passed by the legislature. Such a power may be                   absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People                   in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the                   President of the United States. Called also {the veto                   power}.             (b) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition                   or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill                   passes.             (c) A document or message communicating the reasons of the                   executive for not officially approving a proposed law;                   -- called also {veto message}. [U. S.]          Note: Veto is not a term employed in the Federal                Constitution, but seems to be of popular use only.                --Abbott.
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Theftbote \Theft"bote`\, n. [Theft + bote compensation.] (Law)       The receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a       compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent       that the thief shall escape punishment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thief \Thief\ (th[emac]f), n.; pl. {Thieves} (th[emac]vz). [OE.       thef, theef, AS. [thorn]e[a2]f; akin to OFries. thiaf, OS.       theof, thiof, D. dief, G. dieb, OHG. diob, Icel.       [thorn]j[d3]fr, Sw. tjuf, Dan. tyv, Goth. [thorn]iufs,       [thorn]iubs, and perhaps to Lith. tupeti to squat or crouch       down. Cf. {Theft}.]       1. One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See             {Theft}.                         There came a privy thief, men clepeth death.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         Where thieves break through and steal. --Matt. vi.                                                                               19.          2. A waster in the snuff of a candle. --Bp. Hall.          {Thief catcher}. Same as {Thief taker}.          {Thief leader}, one who leads or takes away a thief.             --L'Estrange.          {Thief taker}, one whose business is to find and capture             thieves and bring them to justice.          {Thief tube}, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid             from a cask.          {Thieves' vinegar}, a kind of aromatic vinegar for the sick             room, taking its name from the story that thieves, by             using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to             health, in the great plague at London. [Eng.]          Syn: Robber; pilferer.          Usage: {Thief}, {Robber}. A thief takes our property by                   stealth; a robber attacks us openly, and strips us by                   main force.                               Take heed, have open eye, for thieves do foot by                            night.                                          --Shak.                               Some roving robber calling to his fellows.                                                                               --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tiptop \Tip"top`\, n. [Tip end + top.]       The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tiptop \Tip"top`\, a.       Very excellent; most excellent; perfect. [Colloq.] [bd]Four       tiptop voices.[b8] --Gray. [bd]Sung in a tiptop manner.[b8]       --Goldsmith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abide \A*bide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abode}, formerly {Abid};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Abiding}.] [AS. [be]b[c6]dan; pref. [be]-       (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[c6]dan to       bide. See {Bide}.]       1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          2. To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to             dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and             commonly with at or in before a place.                         Let the damsel abide with us a few days. --Gen.                                                                               xxiv. 55.          3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to             continue; to remain.                         Let every man abide in the same calling. --1 Cor.                                                                               vii. 20.             Followed by by:          {To abide by}.             (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain.                               The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by                            what he said at first.                  --Fielding.             (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a                   decision or an award.
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Boiling \Boil"ing\, a.       Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in       tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething;       swelling with heat, ardor, or passion.          {Boiling point}, the temperature at which a fluid is             converted into vapor, with the phenomena of ebullition.             This is different for different liquids, and for the same             liquid under different pressures. For water, at the level             of the sea, barometer 30 in., it is 212 [deg] Fahrenheit;             for alcohol, 172.96[deg]; for ether, 94.8[deg]; for             mercury, about 675[deg]. The boiling point of water is             lowered one degree Fahrenheit for about 550 feet of ascent             above the level of the sea.          {Boiling spring}, a spring which gives out very hot water, or             water and steam, often ejecting it with much force; a             geyser.          {To be at the boiling point}, to be very angry.          {To keep the pot boiling}, to keep going on actively, as in             certain games. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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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Reckoning \Reck"on*ing\, n.       1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the             result of reckoning or counting; calculation.             Specifically:             (a) An account of time. --Sandys.             (b) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of                   obligations, liabilities, etc.                               Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the                            way to make reckonings even is to make them                            often.                                          --South.                               He quitted London, never to return till the day                            of a terrible and memorable reckoning had                            arrived.                                       --Macaulay.          2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.                         A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a                      reckoning.                                          --Addison.          3. Esteem; account; estimation.                         You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of                      an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.          4. (Navigation)             (a) The calculation of a ship's position, either from                   astronomical observations, or from the record of the                   courses steered and distances sailed as shown by                   compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead                   reckoning (see under {Dead}); -- also used fro dead                   reckoning in contradistinction to observation.             (b) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.          {To be out of her reckoning}, to be at a distance from the             place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{To be out of one's head}, to be temporarily insane.          {To come or draw to a head}. See under {Come}, {Draw}.          {To give (one) the head}, [or] {To give head}, to let go, or             to give up, control; to free from restraint; to give             license. [bd]He gave his able horse the head.[b8] --Shak.             [bd]He has so long given his unruly passions their             head.[b8] --South.          {To his head}, before his face. [bd]An uncivil answer from a             son to a father, from an obliged person to a benefactor,             is a greater indecency than if an enemy should storm his             house or revile him to his head.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.          {To lay heads together}, to consult; to conspire.          {To lose one's head}, to lose presence of mind.          {To make head}, [or] {To make head against}, to resist with             success; to advance.          {To show one's head}, to appear. --Shak.          {To turn head}, to turn the face or front. [bd]The ravishers             turn head, the fight renews.[b8] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parley \Par"ley\, n.; pl. {Parleys}. [F. parler speech, talk,       fr. parler to speak, LL. parabolare, fr. L. parabola a       comparison, parable, in LL., a word. See {Parable}, and cf.       {Parliament}, {Parlor}.]       Mutual discourse or conversation; discussion; hence, an oral       conference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce.                   We yield on parley, but are stormed in vain. --Dryden.          {To beat a parley} (Mil.), to beat a drum, or sound a             trumpet, as a signal for holding a conference with the             enemy.
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Beat \Beat\, v. i.       1. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock             vigorously or loudly.                         The men of the city . . . beat at the door.                                                                               --Judges. xix.                                                                               22.          2. To move with pulsation or throbbing.                         A thousand hearts beat happily.         --Byron.          3. To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force;             to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.                         Sees rolling tempests vainly beat below. --Dryden.                         They [winds] beat at the crazy casement.                                                                               --Longfellow.                         The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he                      fainted, and wisbed in himself to die. --Jonah iv.                                                                               8.                         Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers.                                                                               --Bacon.          4. To be in agitation or doubt. [Poetic]                         To still my beating mind.                  --Shak.          5. (Naut.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a             zigzag line or traverse.          6. To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.          7. (Mil.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the             drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.          8. (Acoustics & Mus.) To sound with more or less rapid             alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to             produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones,             or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.          {A beating wind} (Naut.), a wind which necessitates tacking             in order to make progress.          {To beat about}, to try to find; to search by various means             or ways. --Addison.          {To beat about the bush}, to approach a subject circuitously.                      {To beat up and down} (Hunting), to run first one way and             then another; -- said of a stag.          {To beat up for recruits}, to go diligently about in order to             get helpers or participators in an enterprise.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beat \Beat\, v. i.       1. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock             vigorously or loudly.                         The men of the city . . . beat at the door.                                                                               --Judges. xix.                                                                               22.          2. To move with pulsation or throbbing.                         A thousand hearts beat happily.         --Byron.          3. To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force;             to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.                         Sees rolling tempests vainly beat below. --Dryden.                         They [winds] beat at the crazy casement.                                                                               --Longfellow.                         The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he                      fainted, and wisbed in himself to die. --Jonah iv.                                                                               8.                         Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers.                                                                               --Bacon.          4. To be in agitation or doubt. [Poetic]                         To still my beating mind.                  --Shak.          5. (Naut.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a             zigzag line or traverse.          6. To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.          7. (Mil.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the             drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.          8. (Acoustics & Mus.) To sound with more or less rapid             alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to             produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones,             or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.          {A beating wind} (Naut.), a wind which necessitates tacking             in order to make progress.          {To beat about}, to try to find; to search by various means             or ways. --Addison.          {To beat about the bush}, to approach a subject circuitously.                      {To beat up and down} (Hunting), to run first one way and             then another; -- said of a stag.          {To beat up for recruits}, to go diligently about in order to             get helpers or participators in an enterprise.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bush \Bush\, n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to       D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[umac]skr, b[umac]ski,       Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr.       bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether       the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain; if the LL.,       it is perh. from the same source as E. box a case. Cf.       {Ambush}, {Boscage}, {Bouquet}, {Box} a case.]       1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild             forest.          Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the                Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In                this sense it is extensively used in the British                colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also                in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the                bush.          2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near             the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.                         To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling                      flowers.                                             --Gascoigne.          3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as,             bushes to support pea vines.          4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to             Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern             sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern             itself.                         If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is                      true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak.          5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.          {To beat about the bush}, to approach anything in a             round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a             metaphor taken from hunting.          {Bush bean} (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and             requires no support ({Phaseolus vulgaris}, variety             {nanus}). See {Bean}, 1.          {Bush buck}, [or] {Bush goat} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful South             African antelope ({Tragelaphus sylvaticus}); -- so called             because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is             also applied to other species.          {Bush cat} (Zo[94]l.), the serval. See {Serval}.          {Bush chat} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Pratincola}, of             the Thrush family.          {Bush dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Potto}.          {Bush hammer}. See {Bushhammer} in the Vocabulary.          {Bush harrow} (Agric.) See under {Harrow}.          {Bush hog} (Zo[94]l.), a South African wild hog             ({Potamoch[d2]rus Africanus}); -- called also {bush pig},             and {water hog}.          {Bush master} (Zo[94]l.), a venomous snake ({Lachesis mutus})             of Guinea; -- called also {surucucu}.          {Bush pea} (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.                      {Bush shrike} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Thamnophilus},             and allied genera; -- called also {batarg}. Many species             inhabit tropical America.          {Bush tit} (Zo[94]l.), a small bird of the genus             {Psaltriparus}, allied to the titmouse. {P. minimus}             inhabits California.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beat \Beat\, v. t. [imp. {Beat}; p. p. {Beat}, {Beaten}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Beating}.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS. be[a0]tan; akin       to Icel. bauta, OHG. b[?]zan. Cf. 1st {Butt}, {Button}.]       1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to             beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat             grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and             sugar; to beat a drum.                         Thou shalt beat some of it [spices] very small.                                                                               --Ex. xxx. 36.                         They did beat the gold into thin plates. --Ex.                                                                               xxxix. 3.          2. To punish by blows; to thrash.          3. To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the             noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of             rousing game.                         To beat the woods, and rouse the bounding prey.                                                                               --Prior.          4. To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.                         A frozen continent . . . beat with perpetual storms.                                                                               --Milton.          5. To tread, as a path.                         Pass awful gulfs, and beat my painful way.                                                                               --Blackmore.          6. To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game,             etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.                         He beat them in a bloody battle.         --Prescott.                         For loveliness, it would be hard to beat that. --M.                                                                               Arnold.          7. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with             out. [Colloq.]          8. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.                         Why should any one . . . beat his head about the                      Latin grammar who does not intend to be a critic?                                                                               --Locke.          9. (Mil.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound             by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley,             a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo.             See {Alarm}, {Charge}, {Parley}, etc.          {To beat down}, to haggle with (any one) to secure a lower             price; to force down. [Colloq.]          {To beat into}, to teach or instill, by repetition.          {To beat off}, to repel or drive back.          {To beat out}, to extend by hammering.          {To beat out of} a thing, to cause to relinquish it, or give             it up. [bd]Nor can anything beat their posterity out of it             to this day.[b8] --South.          {To beat the dust}. (Man.)             (a) To take in too little ground with the fore legs, as a                   horse.             (b) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low.          {To beat the hoof}, to walk; to go on foot.          {To beat the wing}, to flutter; to move with fluttering             agitation.          {To beat time}, to measure or regulate time in music by the             motion of the hand or foot.          {To beat up}, to attack suddenly; to alarm or disturb; as, to             beat up an enemy's quarters.          Syn: To strike; pound; bang; buffet; maul; drub; thump;                baste; thwack; thrash; pommel; cudgel; belabor; conquer;                defeat; vanquish; overcome.
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Beat \Beat\, v. t. [imp. {Beat}; p. p. {Beat}, {Beaten}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Beating}.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS. be[a0]tan; akin       to Icel. bauta, OHG. b[?]zan. Cf. 1st {Butt}, {Button}.]       1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to             beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat             grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and             sugar; to beat a drum.                         Thou shalt beat some of it [spices] very small.                                                                               --Ex. xxx. 36.                         They did beat the gold into thin plates. --Ex.                                                                               xxxix. 3.          2. To punish by blows; to thrash.          3. To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the             noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of             rousing game.                         To beat the woods, and rouse the bounding prey.                                                                               --Prior.          4. To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.                         A frozen continent . . . beat with perpetual storms.                                                                               --Milton.          5. To tread, as a path.                         Pass awful gulfs, and beat my painful way.                                                                               --Blackmore.          6. To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game,             etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.                         He beat them in a bloody battle.         --Prescott.                         For loveliness, it would be hard to beat that. --M.                                                                               Arnold.          7. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with             out. [Colloq.]          8. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.                         Why should any one . . . beat his head about the                      Latin grammar who does not intend to be a critic?                                                                               --Locke.          9. (Mil.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound             by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley,             a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo.             See {Alarm}, {Charge}, {Parley}, etc.          {To beat down}, to haggle with (any one) to secure a lower             price; to force down. [Colloq.]          {To beat into}, to teach or instill, by repetition.          {To beat off}, to repel or drive back.          {To beat out}, to extend by hammering.          {To beat out of} a thing, to cause to relinquish it, or give             it up. [bd]Nor can anything beat their posterity out of it             to this day.[b8] --South.          {To beat the dust}. (Man.)             (a) To take in too little ground with the fore legs, as a                   horse.             (b) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low.          {To beat the hoof}, to walk; to go on foot.          {To beat the wing}, to flutter; to move with fluttering             agitation.          {To beat time}, to measure or regulate time in music by the             motion of the hand or foot.          {To beat up}, to attack suddenly; to alarm or disturb; as, to             beat up an enemy's quarters.          Syn: To strike; pound; bang; buffet; maul; drub; thump;                baste; thwack; thrash; pommel; cudgel; belabor; conquer;                defeat; vanquish; overcome.
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Beat \Beat\, v. t. [imp. {Beat}; p. p. {Beat}, {Beaten}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Beating}.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS. be[a0]tan; akin       to Icel. bauta, OHG. b[?]zan. Cf. 1st {Butt}, {Button}.]       1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to             beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat             grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and             sugar; to beat a drum.                         Thou shalt beat some of it [spices] very small.                                                                               --Ex. xxx. 36.                         They did beat the gold into thin plates. --Ex.                                                                               xxxix. 3.          2. To punish by blows; to thrash.          3. To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the             noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of             rousing game.                         To beat the woods, and rouse the bounding prey.                                                                               --Prior.          4. To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.                         A frozen continent . . . beat with perpetual storms.                                                                               --Milton.          5. To tread, as a path.                         Pass awful gulfs, and beat my painful way.                                                                               --Blackmore.          6. To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game,             etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.                         He beat them in a bloody battle.         --Prescott.                         For loveliness, it would be hard to beat that. --M.                                                                               Arnold.          7. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with             out. [Colloq.]          8. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.                         Why should any one . . . beat his head about the                      Latin grammar who does not intend to be a critic?                                                                               --Locke.          9. (Mil.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound             by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley,             a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo.             See {Alarm}, {Charge}, {Parley}, etc.          {To beat down}, to haggle with (any one) to secure a lower             price; to force down. [Colloq.]          {To beat into}, to teach or instill, by repetition.          {To beat off}, to repel or drive back.          {To beat out}, to extend by hammering.          {To beat out of} a thing, to cause to relinquish it, or give             it up. [bd]Nor can anything beat their posterity out of it             to this day.[b8] --South.          {To beat the dust}. (Man.)             (a) To take in too little ground with the fore legs, as a                   horse.             (b) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low.          {To beat the hoof}, to walk; to go on foot.          {To beat the wing}, to flutter; to move with fluttering             agitation.          {To beat time}, to measure or regulate time in music by the             motion of the hand or foot.          {To beat up}, to attack suddenly; to alarm or disturb; as, to             beat up an enemy's quarters.          Syn: To strike; pound; bang; buffet; maul; drub; thump;                baste; thwack; thrash; pommel; cudgel; belabor; conquer;                defeat; vanquish; overcome.
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Beat \Beat\, v. i.       1. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock             vigorously or loudly.                         The men of the city . . . beat at the door.                                                                               --Judges. xix.                                                                               22.          2. To move with pulsation or throbbing.                         A thousand hearts beat happily.         --Byron.          3. To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force;             to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.                         Sees rolling tempests vainly beat below. --Dryden.                         They [winds] beat at the crazy casement.                                                                               --Longfellow.                         The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he                      fainted, and wisbed in himself to die. --Jonah iv.                                                                               8.                         Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers.                                                                               --Bacon.          4. To be in agitation or doubt. [Poetic]                         To still my beating mind.                  --Shak.          5. (Naut.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a             zigzag line or traverse.          6. To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.          7. (Mil.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the             drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.          8. (Acoustics & Mus.) To sound with more or less rapid             alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to             produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones,             or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.          {A beating wind} (Naut.), a wind which necessitates tacking             in order to make progress.          {To beat about}, to try to find; to search by various means             or ways. --Addison.          {To beat about the bush}, to approach a subject circuitously.                      {To beat up and down} (Hunting), to run first one way and             then another; -- said of a stag.          {To beat up for recruits}, to go diligently about in order to             get helpers or participators in an enterprise.
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Beat \Beat\, v. i.       1. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock             vigorously or loudly.                         The men of the city . . . beat at the door.                                                                               --Judges. xix.                                                                               22.          2. To move with pulsation or throbbing.                         A thousand hearts beat happily.         --Byron.          3. To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force;             to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.                         Sees rolling tempests vainly beat below. --Dryden.                         They [winds] beat at the crazy casement.                                                                               --Longfellow.                         The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he                      fainted, and wisbed in himself to die. --Jonah iv.                                                                               8.                         Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers.                                                                               --Bacon.          4. To be in agitation or doubt. [Poetic]                         To still my beating mind.                  --Shak.          5. (Naut.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a             zigzag line or traverse.          6. To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.          7. (Mil.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the             drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.          8. (Acoustics & Mus.) To sound with more or less rapid             alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to             produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones,             or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.          {A beating wind} (Naut.), a wind which necessitates tacking             in order to make progress.          {To beat about}, to try to find; to search by various means             or ways. --Addison.          {To beat about the bush}, to approach a subject circuitously.                      {To beat up and down} (Hunting), to run first one way and             then another; -- said of a stag.          {To beat up for recruits}, to go diligently about in order to             get helpers or participators in an enterprise.
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Bid \Bid\ (b[icr]d), v. t. [imp. {Bade} (b[acr]d), {Bid}, (Obs.)       {Bad}; p. p. {Bidden}, {Bid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bidding}.]       [OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS.       biddian, Icel. bi[edh]ja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray,       ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. teiqein to       persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this       word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS.       be[a2]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[omac][edh]a,       Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G.       bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. pynqa`nesqai to       learn by inquiry, Skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present       OSlav. bud[emac]ti to be awake, E. bode, v. The word now has       the form of OE. bidden to ask, but the meaning of OE. beden       to command, except in [bd]to bid beads.[b8] [root]30.]       1. To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer             to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at             auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be             done under a contract).          2. To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a             threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid             good morning, farewell, etc.                         Neither bid him God speed.                  --2. John 10.                         He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. --Granrille.          3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly             obs.] [bd]Our banns thrice bid ![b8] --Gay.          4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.                         That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope                         Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt.                                                                               xiv. 28                         I was bid to pick up shells.               --D. Jerrold.          5. To invite; to call in; to request to come.                         As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.                                                                               --Matt. xxii.                                                                               9          {To bid beads}, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics;             to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.]          {To bid defiance to}, to defy openly; to brave.          {To bid fair}, to offer a good prospect; to make fair             promise; to seem likely.          Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command;                direct; charge; enjoin.
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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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Bid \Bid\ (b[icr]d), v. t. [imp. {Bade} (b[acr]d), {Bid}, (Obs.)       {Bad}; p. p. {Bidden}, {Bid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bidding}.]       [OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS.       biddian, Icel. bi[edh]ja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray,       ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. teiqein to       persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this       word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS.       be[a2]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[omac][edh]a,       Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G.       bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. pynqa`nesqai to       learn by inquiry, Skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present       OSlav. bud[emac]ti to be awake, E. bode, v. The word now has       the form of OE. bidden to ask, but the meaning of OE. beden       to command, except in [bd]to bid beads.[b8] [root]30.]       1. To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer             to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at             auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be             done under a contract).          2. To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a             threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid             good morning, farewell, etc.                         Neither bid him God speed.                  --2. John 10.                         He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. --Granrille.          3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly             obs.] [bd]Our banns thrice bid ![b8] --Gay.          4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.                         That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope                         Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt.                                                                               xiv. 28                         I was bid to pick up shells.               --D. Jerrold.          5. To invite; to call in; to request to come.                         As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.                                                                               --Matt. xxii.                                                                               9          {To bid beads}, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics;             to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.]          {To bid defiance to}, to defy openly; to brave.          {To bid fair}, to offer a good prospect; to make fair             promise; to seem likely.          Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command;                direct; charge; enjoin.
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Bid \Bid\ (b[icr]d), v. t. [imp. {Bade} (b[acr]d), {Bid}, (Obs.)       {Bad}; p. p. {Bidden}, {Bid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bidding}.]       [OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS.       biddian, Icel. bi[edh]ja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray,       ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. teiqein to       persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this       word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS.       be[a2]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[omac][edh]a,       Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G.       bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. pynqa`nesqai to       learn by inquiry, Skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present       OSlav. bud[emac]ti to be awake, E. bode, v. The word now has       the form of OE. bidden to ask, but the meaning of OE. beden       to command, except in [bd]to bid beads.[b8] [root]30.]       1. To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer             to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at             auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be             done under a contract).          2. To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a             threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid             good morning, farewell, etc.                         Neither bid him God speed.                  --2. John 10.                         He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. --Granrille.          3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly             obs.] [bd]Our banns thrice bid ![b8] --Gay.          4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.                         That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope                         Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt.                                                                               xiv. 28                         I was bid to pick up shells.               --D. Jerrold.          5. To invite; to call in; to request to come.                         As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.                                                                               --Matt. xxii.                                                                               9          {To bid beads}, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics;             to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.]          {To bid defiance to}, to defy openly; to brave.          {To bid fair}, to offer a good prospect; to make fair             promise; to seem likely.          Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command;                direct; charge; enjoin.
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Fair \Fair\, adv.       Clearly; openly; frankly; civilly; honestly; favorably;       auspiciously; agreeably.          {Fair and square}, justly; honestly; equitably; impartially.             [Colloq.]          {To bid fair}. See under {Bid}.          {To speak fair}, to address with courtesy and frankness.             [Archaic]
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Body \Bod"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bodied} ([?]); p. pr. & vb.       n. {Bodying}.]       To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite       shape; to embody.          {To body forth}, to give from or shape to mentally.                         Imagination bodies forth The forms of things                      unknown.                                             --Shak.
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Fit \Fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Fitting}.]       1. To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended;             to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or             preparation.                         The time is fitted for the duty.         --Burke.                         The very situation for which he was peculiarly                      fitted by nature.                              --Macaulay.          2. To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to             adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the             work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc.                         The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he                      fitteth it with planes.                     --Is. xliv.                                                                               13.          3. To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that             is shaped and adjusted to the use required.                         No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves.                                                                               --Shak.          4. To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be             correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits             you, put it on.                         That's a bountiful answer that fits all questions.                                                                               --Shak.                         That time best fits the work.            --Shak.          {To fit out}, to supply with necessaries or means; to             furnish; to equip; as, to fit out a privateer.          {To fit up}, to firnish with things suitable; to make proper             for the reception or use of any person; to prepare; as, to             fit up a room for a guest.
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Foot \Foot\, v. t.       1. To kick with the foot; to spurn. --Shak.          2. To set on foot; to establish; to land. [Obs.]                         What confederacy have you with the traitors Late                      footed in the kingdom?                        --Shak.          3. To tread; as, to foot the green. --Tickell.          4. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with             up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.          5. The size or strike with the talon. [Poet.] --Shak.          6. To renew the foot of, as of stocking. --Shak.          {To foot a bill}, to pay it. [Colloq.] -- {To foot it}, to             walk; also, to dance.
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Vantage \Van"tage\ (v[adot]n"t[asl]j; 48), n. [Aphetic form of       OE. avantage, fr. F. avantage. See {Advantage}.]       1. superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain;             profit; advantage. [R.]                         O happy vantage of a kneeling knee!   --Shak.          2. (Lawn Tennis) The first point after deuce.          Note: When the server wins this point, it is called vantage                in; when the receiver, or striker out, wins, it is                called vantage out.          {To have at vantage}, to have the advantage of; to be in a             more favorable condition than. [bd]He had them at vantage,             being tired and harassed with a long march.[b8] --Bacon.          {Vantage ground}, superiority of state or place; the place or             condition which gives one an advantage over another.             [bd]The vantage ground of truth. --Bacon.                         It is these things that give him his actual                      standing, and it is from this vantage ground that he                      looks around him.                              --I. Taylor.
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Ox \Ox\ ([ocr]ks), n.; pl. {Oxen}. [AS. oxa; akin to D. os. G.       ochs, ochse, OHG. ohso, Icel. oxi, Sw. & Dan. oxe, Goth.       a[a3]hsa, Skr. ukshan ox, bull; cf. Skr. uksh to sprinkle.       [root]214. Cf. {Humid}, {Aurochs}.] (Zo[94]l.)       The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animal       when castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so. The       word is also applied, as a general name, to any species of       bovine animals, male and female.                   All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field.                                                                               --Ps. viii. 7.          Note: The castrated male is called a steer until it attains                its full growth, and then, an ox; but if castrated                somewhat late in life, it is called a stag. The male,                not castrated, is called a bull. These distinctions are                well established in regard to domestic animals of this                genus. When wild animals of this kind are spoken of, ox                is often applied both to the male and the female. The                name ox is never applied to the individual cow, or                female, of the domestic kind. Oxen may comprehend both                the male and the female.          {Grunting ox} (Zo[94]l.), the yak.          {Indian ox} (Zo[94]l.), the zebu.          {Javan ox} (Zo[94]l.), the banteng.          {Musk ox}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Musk}.          {Ox bile}. See {Ox gall}, below.          {Ox gall}, the fresh gall of the domestic ox; -- used in the             arts and in medicine.          {Ox pith}, ox marrow. [Obs.] --Marston.          {Ox ray} (Zo[94]l.), a very large ray ({Dicerobatis             Giorn[91]}) of Southern Europe. It has a hornlike organ             projecting forward from each pectoral fin. It sometimes             becomes twenty feet long and twenty-eight feet broad, and             weighs over a ton. Called also {sea devil}.          {To have the black ox tread on one's foot}, to be             unfortunate; to know what sorrow is (because black oxen             were sacrificed to Pluto). --Leigh Hunt.
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{To pay one's duty}, to render homage, as to a sovereign or             other superior.          {To pay out} (Naut.), to pass out; hence, to slacken; to             allow to run out; as, to pay out more cable. See under             {Cable}.          {To pay the piper}, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.             [Colloq.]
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Piper \Pip"er\, n.       1. (Mus.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a             bagpipe. [bd]The hereditary piper and his sons.[b8]             --Macaulay.          2. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A common European gurnard ({Trigla lyra}), having a                   large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with                   large, sharp, opercular spines.             (b) A sea urchin ({Goniocidaris hystrix}) having very long                   spines, native of both the American and European                   coasts.          {To pay the piper}, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
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Commission \Com*mis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See       {Commit}.]       1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of             perpetrating.                         Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a                      certain degree of hardness.               --South.          2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a             trust shall be executed.          3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons;             a trust; a charge.          4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain             powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the             performance of certain duties.                         Let him see our commission.               --Shak.          5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and             authority; as, a colonel's commission.          6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some             duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate             commerce commission.                         A commission was at once appointed to examine into                      the matter.                                       --Prescott.          7. (Com.)             (a) The acting under authority of, or on account of,                   another.             (b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have                   three commissions for the city.             (c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent                   for transacting business for another; as, a commission                   of ten per cent on sales. See {Del credere}.          {Commission of array}. (Eng. Hist.) See under {Array}.          {Commission of bankruptcy}, a commission appointing and             empowering certain persons to examine into the facts             relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the             bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors.          {Commission of lunacy}, a commission authorizing an inquiry             whether a person is a lunatic or not.          {Commission merchant}, one who buys or sells goods on             commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per             cent as his compensation.          {Commission, [or] Commissioned}, {officer} (Mil.), one who             has a commission, in distinction from a noncommissioned or             warrant officer.          {Commission of the peace}, a commission under the great seal,             constituting one or more persons justices of the peace.             [Eng.]          {To put a vessel into commission} (Naut.), to equip and man a             government vessel, and send it out on service after it has             been laid up; esp.,
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the formal act of taking command of a vessel for service,    hoisting the flag, reading the orders, etc.          {To put a vessel out of commission} (Naut.), to detach the             officers and crew and retire it from active service,             temporarily or permanently.          {To put} {the great seal, [or] the Treasury}, {into       commission}, to place it in the hands of a commissioner or             commissioners during the abeyance of the ordinary             administration, as between the going out of one lord             keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.]          {The United States Christian Commission}, an organization             among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which             afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and             performed services of a religious character in the field             and in hospitals.          {The United States Sanitary Commission}, an organization             formed by the people of the North to co[94]perate with and             supplement the medical department of the Union armies             during the Civil War.          Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust;                employment.
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Put \Put\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Put}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Putting}.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to       put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke,       thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v.       i.]       1. To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; --             nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put             by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put             forth = to thrust out).                         His chief designs are . . . to put thee by from thy                      spiritual employment.                        --Jer. Taylor.          2. To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set;             figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified             relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated             mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put             a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight.                         This present dignity, In which that I have put you.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         I will put enmity between thee and the woman. --Gen.                                                                               iii. 15.                         He put no trust in his servants.         --Job iv. 18.                         When God into the hands of their deliverer Puts                      invincible might.                              --Milton.                         In the mean time other measures were put in                      operation.                                          --Sparks.          3. To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong             construction on an act or expression.          4. To lay down; to give up; to surrender. [Obs.]                         No man hath more love than this, that a man put his                      life for his friends.                        --Wyclif (John                                                                               xv. 13).          5. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection;             to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express;             figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes             followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a             question; to put a case.                         Let us now put that ye have leave.      --Chaucer.                         Put the perception and you put the mind. --Berkeley.                         These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin.                                                                               --Milton.                         All this is ingeniously and ably put. --Hare.          6. To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.                         These wretches put us upon all mischief. --Swift.                         Put me not use the carnal weapon in my own defense.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge.                                                                               --Milton.          7. To throw or cast with a pushing motion [bd]overhand,[b8]             the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in             athletics; as, to put the shot or weight.          8. (Mining) To convey coal in the mine, as from the working             to the tramway. --Raymond.          {Put case}, formerly, an elliptical expression for, put or             suppose the case to be.                         Put case that the soul after departure from the body                      may live.                                          --Bp. Hall.          {To put about} (Naut.), to turn, or change the course of, as             a ship.          {To put away}.             (a) To renounce; to discard; to expel.             (b) To divorce.          {To put back}.             (a) To push or thrust backwards; hence, to hinder; to                   delay.             (b) To refuse; to deny.                               Coming from thee, I could not put him back.                                                                               --Shak.             (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to an earlier hour.             (d) To restore to the original place; to replace.          {To put by}.             (a) To turn, set, or thrust, aside. [bd]Smiling put the                   question by.[b8] --Tennyson.             (b) To lay aside; to keep; to sore up; as, to put by                   money.          {To put down}.             (a) To lay down; to deposit; to set down.             (b) To lower; to diminish; as, to put down prices.             (c) To deprive of position or power; to put a stop to; to                   suppress; to abolish; to confute; as, to put down                   rebellion or traitors.                               Mark, how a plain tale shall put you down.                                                                               --Shak.                               Sugar hath put down the use of honey. --Bacon.             (d) To subscribe; as, to put down one's name.          {To put forth}.             (a) To thrust out; to extend, as the hand; to cause to                   come or push out; as, a tree puts forth leaves.             (b) To make manifest; to develop; also, to bring into                   action; to exert; as, to put forth strength.             (c) To propose, as a question, a riddle, and the like.             (d) To publish, as a book.          {To put forward}.             (a) To advance to a position of prominence or                   responsibility; to promote.             (b) To cause to make progress; to aid.             (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to a later hour.          {To put in}.             (a) To introduce among others; to insert; sometimes, to                   introduce with difficulty; as, to put in a word while                   others are discoursing.             (b) (Naut.) To conduct into a harbor, as a ship.             (c) (Law) To place in due form before a court; to place                   among the records of a court. --Burrill.             (d) (Med.) To restore, as a dislocated part, to its place.                            {To put off}.             (a) To lay aside; to discard; as, to put off a robe; to                   put off mortality. [bd]Put off thy shoes from off thy                   feet.[b8] --Ex. iii. 5.             (b) To turn aside; to elude; to disappoint; to frustrate;                   to baffle.                               I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistius                            hoped to put me off with an harangue. --Boyle.                               We might put him off with this answer.                                                                               --Bentley.             (c) To delay; to defer; to postpone; as, to put off                   repentance.             (d) To get rid of; to dispose of; especially, to pass                   fraudulently; as, to put off a counterfeit note, or an                   ingenious theory
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Put \Put\ (put; often p[ucr]t in def. 3), v. i.       1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. [Obs.]             --Bacon.          2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.                         His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. --Dryden.          3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.          {To put about} (Naut.), to change direction; to tack.          {To put back} (Naut.), to turn back; to return. [bd]The             French . . . had put back to Toulon.[b8] --Southey.          {To put forth}.             (a) To shoot, bud, or germinate. [bd]Take earth from under                   walls where nettles put forth.[b8] --Bacon.             (b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship. --Shak.          {To put in} (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port.          {To put in for}.             (a) To make a request or claim; as, to put in for a share                   of profits.             (b) To go into covert; -- said of a bird escaping from a                   hawk.             (c) To offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for.                   --Locke.          {To put off}, to go away; to depart; esp., to leave land, as             a ship; to move from the shore.          {To put on}, to hasten motion; to drive vehemently.          {To put over} (Naut.), to sail over or across.          {To put to sea} (Naut.), to set sail; to begin a voyage; to             advance into the ocean.          {To put up}.             (a) To take lodgings; to lodge.             (b) To offer one's self as a candidate. --L'Estrange.
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Put \Put\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Put}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Putting}.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to       put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke,       thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v.       i.]       1. To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; --             nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put             by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put             forth = to thrust out).                         His chief designs are . . . to put thee by from thy                      spiritual employment.                        --Jer. Taylor.          2. To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set;             figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified             relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated             mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put             a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight.                         This present dignity, In which that I have put you.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         I will put enmity between thee and the woman. --Gen.                                                                               iii. 15.                         He put no trust in his servants.         --Job iv. 18.                         When God into the hands of their deliverer Puts                      invincible might.                              --Milton.                         In the mean time other measures were put in                      operation.                                          --Sparks.          3. To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong             construction on an act or expression.          4. To lay down; to give up; to surrender. [Obs.]                         No man hath more love than this, that a man put his                      life for his friends.                        --Wyclif (John                                                                               xv. 13).          5. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection;             to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express;             figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes             followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a             question; to put a case.                         Let us now put that ye have leave.      --Chaucer.                         Put the perception and you put the mind. --Berkeley.                         These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin.                                                                               --Milton.                         All this is ingeniously and ably put. --Hare.          6. To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.                         These wretches put us upon all mischief. --Swift.                         Put me not use the carnal weapon in my own defense.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge.                                                                               --Milton.          7. To throw or cast with a pushing motion [bd]overhand,[b8]             the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in             athletics; as, to put the shot or weight.          8. (Mining) To convey coal in the mine, as from the working             to the tramway. --Raymond.          {Put case}, formerly, an elliptical expression for, put or             suppose the case to be.                         Put case that the soul after departure from the body                      may live.                                          --Bp. Hall.          {To put about} (Naut.), to turn, or change the course of, as             a ship.          {To put away}.             (a) To renounce; to discard; to expel.             (b) To divorce.          {To put back}.             (a) To push or thrust backwards; hence, to hinder; to                   delay.             (b) To refuse; to deny.                               Coming from thee, I could not put him back.                                                                               --Shak.             (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to an earlier hour.             (d) To restore to the original place; to replace.          {To put by}.             (a) To turn, set, or thrust, aside. [bd]Smiling put the                   question by.[b8] --Tennyson.             (b) To lay aside; to keep; to sore up; as, to put by                   money.          {To put down}.             (a) To lay down; to deposit; to set down.             (b) To lower; to diminish; as, to put down prices.             (c) To deprive of position or power; to put a stop to; to                   suppress; to abolish; to confute; as, to put down                   rebellion or traitors.                               Mark, how a plain tale shall put you down.                                                                               --Shak.                               Sugar hath put down the use of honey. --Bacon.             (d) To subscribe; as, to put down one's name.          {To put forth}.             (a) To thrust out; to extend, as the hand; to cause to                   come or push out; as, a tree puts forth leaves.             (b) To make manifest; to develop; also, to bring into                   action; to exert; as, to put forth strength.             (c) To propose, as a question, a riddle, and the like.             (d) To publish, as a book.          {To put forward}.             (a) To advance to a position of prominence or                   responsibility; to promote.             (b) To cause to make progress; to aid.             (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to a later hour.          {To put in}.             (a) To introduce among others; to insert; sometimes, to                   introduce with difficulty; as, to put in a word while                   others are discoursing.             (b) (Naut.) To conduct into a harbor, as a ship.             (c) (Law) To place in due form before a court; to place                   among the records of a court. --Burrill.             (d) (Med.) To restore, as a dislocated part, to its place.                            {To put off}.             (a) To lay aside; to discard; as, to put off a robe; to                   put off mortality. [bd]Put off thy shoes from off thy                   feet.[b8] --Ex. iii. 5.             (b) To turn aside; to elude; to disappoint; to frustrate;                   to baffle.                               I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistius                            hoped to put me off with an harangue. --Boyle.                               We might put him off with this answer.                                                                               --Bentley.             (c) To delay; to defer; to postpone; as, to put off                   repentance.             (d) To get rid of; to dispose of; especially, to pass                   fraudulently; as, to put off a counterfeit note, or an                   ingenious theory
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Put \Put\ (put; often p[ucr]t in def. 3), v. i.       1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. [Obs.]             --Bacon.          2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.                         His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. --Dryden.          3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.          {To put about} (Naut.), to change direction; to tack.          {To put back} (Naut.), to turn back; to return. [bd]The             French . . . had put back to Toulon.[b8] --Southey.          {To put forth}.             (a) To shoot, bud, or germinate. [bd]Take earth from under                   walls where nettles put forth.[b8] --Bacon.             (b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship. --Shak.          {To put in} (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port.          {To put in for}.             (a) To make a request or claim; as, to put in for a share                   of profits.             (b) To go into covert; -- said of a bird escaping from a                   hawk.             (c) To offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for.                   --Locke.          {To put off}, to go away; to depart; esp., to leave land, as             a ship; to move from the shore.          {To put on}, to hasten motion; to drive vehemently.          {To put over} (Naut.), to sail over or across.          {To put to sea} (Naut.), to set sail; to begin a voyage; to             advance into the ocean.          {To put up}.             (a) To take lodgings; to lodge.             (b) To offer one's self as a candidate. --L'Estrange.
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Put \Put\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Put}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Putting}.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to       put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke,       thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v.       i.]       1. To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; --             nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put             by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put             forth = to thrust out).                         His chief designs are . . . to put thee by from thy                      spiritual employment.                        --Jer. Taylor.          2. To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set;             figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified             relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated             mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put             a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight.                         This present dignity, In which that I have put you.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         I will put enmity between thee and the woman. --Gen.                                                                               iii. 15.                         He put no trust in his servants.         --Job iv. 18.                         When God into the hands of their deliverer Puts                      invincible might.                              --Milton.                         In the mean time other measures were put in                      operation.                                          --Sparks.          3. To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong             construction on an act or expression.          4. To lay down; to give up; to surrender. [Obs.]                         No man hath more love than this, that a man put his                      life for his friends.                        --Wyclif (John                                                                               xv. 13).          5. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection;             to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express;             figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes             followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a             question; to put a case.                         Let us now put that ye have leave.      --Chaucer.                         Put the perception and you put the mind. --Berkeley.                         These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin.                                                                               --Milton.                         All this is ingeniously and ably put. --Hare.          6. To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.                         These wretches put us upon all mischief. --Swift.                         Put me not use the carnal weapon in my own defense.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge.                                                                               --Milton.          7. To throw or cast with a pushing motion [bd]overhand,[b8]             the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in             athletics; as, to put the shot or weight.          8. (Mining) To convey coal in the mine, as from the working             to the tramway. --Raymond.          {Put case}, formerly, an elliptical expression for, put or             suppose the case to be.                         Put case that the soul after departure from the body                      may live.                                          --Bp. Hall.          {To put about} (Naut.), to turn, or change the course of, as             a ship.          {To put away}.             (a) To renounce; to discard; to expel.             (b) To divorce.          {To put back}.             (a) To push or thrust backwards; hence, to hinder; to                   delay.             (b) To refuse; to deny.                               Coming from thee, I could not put him back.                                                                               --Shak.             (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to an earlier hour.             (d) To restore to the original place; to replace.          {To put by}.             (a) To turn, set, or thrust, aside. [bd]Smiling put the                   question by.[b8] --Tennyson.             (b) To lay aside; to keep; to sore up; as, to put by                   money.          {To put down}.             (a) To lay down; to deposit; to set down.             (b) To lower; to diminish; as, to put down prices.             (c) To deprive of position or power; to put a stop to; to                   suppress; to abolish; to confute; as, to put down                   rebellion or traitors.                               Mark, how a plain tale shall put you down.                                                                               --Shak.                               Sugar hath put down the use of honey. --Bacon.             (d) To subscribe; as, to put down one's name.          {To put forth}.             (a) To thrust out; to extend, as the hand; to cause to                   come or push out; as, a tree puts forth leaves.             (b) To make manifest; to develop; also, to bring into                   action; to exert; as, to put forth strength.             (c) To propose, as a question, a riddle, and the like.             (d) To publish, as a book.          {To put forward}.             (a) To advance to a position of prominence or                   responsibility; to promote.             (b) To cause to make progress; to aid.             (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to a later hour.          {To put in}.             (a) To introduce among others; to insert; sometimes, to                   introduce with difficulty; as, to put in a word while                   others are discoursing.             (b) (Naut.) To conduct into a harbor, as a ship.             (c) (Law) To place in due form before a court; to place                   among the records of a court. --Burrill.             (d) (Med.) To restore, as a dislocated part, to its place.                            {To put off}.             (a) To lay aside; to discard; as, to put off a robe; to                   put off mortality. [bd]Put off thy shoes from off thy                   feet.[b8] --Ex. iii. 5.             (b) To turn aside; to elude; to disappoint; to frustrate;                   to baffle.                               I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistius                            hoped to put me off with an harangue. --Boyle.                               We might put him off with this answer.                                                                               --Bentley.             (c) To delay; to defer; to postpone; as, to put off                   repentance.             (d) To get rid of; to dispose of; especially, to pass                   fraudulently; as, to put off a counterfeit note, or an                   ingenious theory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Put \Put\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Put}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Putting}.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to       put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke,       thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v.       i.]       1. To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; --             nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put             by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put             forth = to thrust out).                         His chief designs are . . . to put thee by from thy                      spiritual employment.                        --Jer. Taylor.          2. To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set;             figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified             relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated             mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put             a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight.                         This present dignity, In which that I have put you.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         I will put enmity between thee and the woman. --Gen.                                                                               iii. 15.                         He put no trust in his servants.         --Job iv. 18.                         When God into the hands of their deliverer Puts                      invincible might.                              --Milton.                         In the mean time other measures were put in                      operation.                                          --Sparks.          3. To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong             construction on an act or expression.          4. To lay down; to give up; to surrender. [Obs.]                         No man hath more love than this, that a man put his                      life for his friends.                        --Wyclif (John                                                                               xv. 13).          5. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection;             to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express;             figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes             followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a             question; to put a case.                         Let us now put that ye have leave.      --Chaucer.                         Put the perception and you put the mind. --Berkeley.                         These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin.                                                                               --Milton.                         All this is ingeniously and ably put. --Hare.          6. To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.                         These wretches put us upon all mischief. --Swift.                         Put me not use the carnal weapon in my own defense.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge.                                                                               --Milton.          7. To throw or cast with a pushing motion [bd]overhand,[b8]             the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in             athletics; as, to put the shot or weight.          8. (Mining) To convey coal in the mine, as from the working             to the tramway. --Raymond.          {Put case}, formerly, an elliptical expression for, put or             suppose the case to be.                         Put case that the soul after departure from the body                      may live.                                          --Bp. Hall.          {To put about} (Naut.), to turn, or change the course of, as             a ship.          {To put away}.             (a) To renounce; to discard; to expel.             (b) To divorce.          {To put back}.             (a) To push or thrust backwards; hence, to hinder; to                   delay.             (b) To refuse; to deny.                               Coming from thee, I could not put him back.                                                                               --Shak.             (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to an earlier hour.             (d) To restore to the original place; to replace.          {To put by}.             (a) To turn, set, or thrust, aside. [bd]Smiling put the                   question by.[b8] --Tennyson.             (b) To lay aside; to keep; to sore up; as, to put by                   money.          {To put down}.             (a) To lay down; to deposit; to set down.             (b) To lower; to diminish; as, to put down prices.             (c) To deprive of position or power; to put a stop to; to                   suppress; to abolish; to confute; as, to put down                   rebellion or traitors.                               Mark, how a plain tale shall put you down.                                                                               --Shak.                               Sugar hath put down the use of honey. --Bacon.             (d) To subscribe; as, to put down one's name.          {To put forth}.             (a) To thrust out; to extend, as the hand; to cause to                   come or push out; as, a tree puts forth leaves.             (b) To make manifest; to develop; also, to bring into                   action; to exert; as, to put forth strength.             (c) To propose, as a question, a riddle, and the like.             (d) To publish, as a book.          {To put forward}.             (a) To advance to a position of prominence or                   responsibility; to promote.             (b) To cause to make progress; to aid.             (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to a later hour.          {To put in}.             (a) To introduce among others; to insert; sometimes, to                   introduce with difficulty; as, to put in a word while                   others are discoursing.             (b) (Naut.) To conduct into a harbor, as a ship.             (c) (Law) To place in due form before a court; to place                   among the records of a court. --Burrill.             (d) (Med.) To restore, as a dislocated part, to its place.                            {To put off}.             (a) To lay aside; to discard; as, to put off a robe; to                   put off mortality. [bd]Put off thy shoes from off thy                   feet.[b8] --Ex. iii. 5.             (b) To turn aside; to elude; to disappoint; to frustrate;                   to baffle.                               I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistius                            hoped to put me off with an harangue. --Boyle.                               We might put him off with this answer.                                                                               --Bentley.             (c) To delay; to defer; to postpone; as, to put off                   repentance.             (d) To get rid of; to dispose of; especially, to pass                   fraudulently; as, to put off a counterfeit note, or an                   ingenious theory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Put \Put\ (put; often p[ucr]t in def. 3), v. i.       1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. [Obs.]             --Bacon.          2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.                         His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. --Dryden.          3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.          {To put about} (Naut.), to change direction; to tack.          {To put back} (Naut.), to turn back; to return. [bd]The             French . . . had put back to Toulon.[b8] --Southey.          {To put forth}.             (a) To shoot, bud, or germinate. [bd]Take earth from under                   walls where nettles put forth.[b8] --Bacon.             (b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship. --Shak.          {To put in} (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port.          {To put in for}.             (a) To make a request or claim; as, to put in for a share                   of profits.             (b) To go into covert; -- said of a bird escaping from a                   hawk.             (c) To offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for.                   --Locke.          {To put off}, to go away; to depart; esp., to leave land, as             a ship; to move from the shore.          {To put on}, to hasten motion; to drive vehemently.          {To put over} (Naut.), to sail over or across.          {To put to sea} (Naut.), to set sail; to begin a voyage; to             advance into the ocean.          {To put up}.             (a) To take lodgings; to lodge.             (b) To offer one's self as a candidate. --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Put \Put\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Put}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Putting}.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to       put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke,       thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v.       i.]       1. To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; --             nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put             by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put             forth = to thrust out).                         His chief designs are . . . to put thee by from thy                      spiritual employment.                        --Jer. Taylor.          2. To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set;             figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified             relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated             mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put             a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight.                         This present dignity, In which that I have put you.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         I will put enmity between thee and the woman. --Gen.                                                                               iii. 15.                         He put no trust in his servants.         --Job iv. 18.                         When God into the hands of their deliverer Puts                      invincible might.                              --Milton.                         In the mean time other measures were put in                      operation.                                          --Sparks.          3. To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong             construction on an act or expression.          4. To lay down; to give up; to surrender. [Obs.]                         No man hath more love than this, that a man put his                      life for his friends.                        --Wyclif (John                                                                               xv. 13).          5. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection;             to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express;             figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes             followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a             question; to put a case.                         Let us now put that ye have leave.      --Chaucer.                         Put the perception and you put the mind. --Berkeley.                         These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin.                                                                               --Milton.                         All this is ingeniously and ably put. --Hare.          6. To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.                         These wretches put us upon all mischief. --Swift.                         Put me not use the carnal weapon in my own defense.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge.                                                                               --Milton.          7. To throw or cast with a pushing motion [bd]overhand,[b8]             the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in             athletics; as, to put the shot or weight.          8. (Mining) To convey coal in the mine, as from the working             to the tramway. --Raymond.          {Put case}, formerly, an elliptical expression for, put or             suppose the case to be.                         Put case that the soul after departure from the body                      may live.                                          --Bp. Hall.          {To put about} (Naut.), to turn, or change the course of, as             a ship.          {To put away}.             (a) To renounce; to discard; to expel.             (b) To divorce.          {To put back}.             (a) To push or thrust backwards; hence, to hinder; to                   delay.             (b) To refuse; to deny.                               Coming from thee, I could not put him back.                                                                               --Shak.             (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to an earlier hour.             (d) To restore to the original place; to replace.          {To put by}.             (a) To turn, set, or thrust, aside. [bd]Smiling put the                   question by.[b8] --Tennyson.             (b) To lay aside; to keep; to sore up; as, to put by                   money.          {To put down}.             (a) To lay down; to deposit; to set down.             (b) To lower; to diminish; as, to put down prices.             (c) To deprive of position or power; to put a stop to; to                   suppress; to abolish; to confute; as, to put down                   rebellion or traitors.                               Mark, how a plain tale shall put you down.                                                                               --Shak.                               Sugar hath put down the use of honey. --Bacon.             (d) To subscribe; as, to put down one's name.          {To put forth}.             (a) To thrust out; to extend, as the hand; to cause to                   come or push out; as, a tree puts forth leaves.             (b) To make manifest; to develop; also, to bring into                   action; to exert; as, to put forth strength.             (c) To propose, as a question, a riddle, and the like.             (d) To publish, as a book.          {To put forward}.             (a) To advance to a position of prominence or                   responsibility; to promote.             (b) To cause to make progress; to aid.             (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to a later hour.          {To put in}.             (a) To introduce among others; to insert; sometimes, to                   introduce with difficulty; as, to put in a word while                   others are discoursing.             (b) (Naut.) To conduct into a harbor, as a ship.             (c) (Law) To place in due form before a court; to place                   among the records of a court. --Burrill.             (d) (Med.) To restore, as a dislocated part, to its place.                            {To put off}.             (a) To lay aside; to discard; as, to put off a robe; to                   put off mortality. [bd]Put off thy shoes from off thy                   feet.[b8] --Ex. iii. 5.             (b) To turn aside; to elude; to disappoint; to frustrate;                   to baffle.                               I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistius                            hoped to put me off with an harangue. --Boyle.                               We might put him off with this answer.                                                                               --Bentley.             (c) To delay; to defer; to postpone; as, to put off                   repentance.             (d) To get rid of; to dispose of; especially, to pass                   fraudulently; as, to put off a counterfeit note, or an                   ingenious theory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Put \Put\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Put}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Putting}.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to       put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke,       thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v.       i.]       1. To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; --             nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put             by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put             forth = to thrust out).                         His chief designs are . . . to put thee by from thy                      spiritual employment.                        --Jer. Taylor.          2. To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set;             figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified             relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated             mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put             a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight.                         This present dignity, In which that I have put you.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         I will put enmity between thee and the woman. --Gen.                                                                               iii. 15.                         He put no trust in his servants.         --Job iv. 18.                         When God into the hands of their deliverer Puts                      invincible might.                              --Milton.                         In the mean time other measures were put in                      operation.                                          --Sparks.          3. To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong             construction on an act or expression.          4. To lay down; to give up; to surrender. [Obs.]                         No man hath more love than this, that a man put his                      life for his friends.                        --Wyclif (John                                                                               xv. 13).          5. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection;             to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express;             figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes             followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a             question; to put a case.                         Let us now put that ye have leave.      --Chaucer.                         Put the perception and you put the mind. --Berkeley.                         These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin.                                                                               --Milton.                         All this is ingeniously and ably put. --Hare.          6. To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.                         These wretches put us upon all mischief. --Swift.                         Put me not use the carnal weapon in my own defense.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge.                                                                               --Milton.          7. To throw or cast with a pushing motion [bd]overhand,[b8]             the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in             athletics; as, to put the shot or weight.          8. (Mining) To convey coal in the mine, as from the working             to the tramway. --Raymond.          {Put case}, formerly, an elliptical expression for, put or             suppose the case to be.                         Put case that the soul after departure from the body                      may live.                                          --Bp. Hall.          {To put about} (Naut.), to turn, or change the course of, as             a ship.          {To put away}.             (a) To renounce; to discard; to expel.             (b) To divorce.          {To put back}.             (a) To push or thrust backwards; hence, to hinder; to                   delay.             (b) To refuse; to deny.                               Coming from thee, I could not put him back.                                                                               --Shak.             (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to an earlier hour.             (d) To restore to the original place; to replace.          {To put by}.             (a) To turn, set, or thrust, aside. [bd]Smiling put the                   question by.[b8] --Tennyson.             (b) To lay aside; to keep; to sore up; as, to put by                   money.          {To put down}.             (a) To lay down; to deposit; to set down.             (b) To lower; to diminish; as, to put down prices.             (c) To deprive of position or power; to put a stop to; to                   suppress; to abolish; to confute; as, to put down                   rebellion or traitors.                               Mark, how a plain tale shall put you down.                                                                               --Shak.                               Sugar hath put down the use of honey. --Bacon.             (d) To subscribe; as, to put down one's name.          {To put forth}.             (a) To thrust out; to extend, as the hand; to cause to                   come or push out; as, a tree puts forth leaves.             (b) To make manifest; to develop; also, to bring into                   action; to exert; as, to put forth strength.             (c) To propose, as a question, a riddle, and the like.             (d) To publish, as a book.          {To put forward}.             (a) To advance to a position of prominence or                   responsibility; to promote.             (b) To cause to make progress; to aid.             (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to a later hour.          {To put in}.             (a) To introduce among others; to insert; sometimes, to                   introduce with difficulty; as, to put in a word while                   others are discoursing.             (b) (Naut.) To conduct into a harbor, as a ship.             (c) (Law) To place in due form before a court; to place                   among the records of a court. --Burrill.             (d) (Med.) To restore, as a dislocated part, to its place.                            {To put off}.             (a) To lay aside; to discard; as, to put off a robe; to                   put off mortality. [bd]Put off thy shoes from off thy                   feet.[b8] --Ex. iii. 5.             (b) To turn aside; to elude; to disappoint; to frustrate;                   to baffle.                               I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistius                            hoped to put me off with an harangue. --Boyle.                               We might put him off with this answer.                                                                               --Bentley.             (c) To delay; to defer; to postpone; as, to put off                   repentance.             (d) To get rid of; to dispose of; especially, to pass                   fraudulently; as, to put off a counterfeit note, or an                   ingenious theory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Put \Put\ (put; often p[ucr]t in def. 3), v. i.       1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. [Obs.]             --Bacon.          2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.                         His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. --Dryden.          3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.          {To put about} (Naut.), to change direction; to tack.          {To put back} (Naut.), to turn back; to return. [bd]The             French . . . had put back to Toulon.[b8] --Southey.          {To put forth}.             (a) To shoot, bud, or germinate. [bd]Take earth from under                   walls where nettles put forth.[b8] --Bacon.             (b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship. --Shak.          {To put in} (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port.          {To put in for}.             (a) To make a request or claim; as, to put in for a share                   of profits.             (b) To go into covert; -- said of a bird escaping from a                   hawk.             (c) To offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for.                   --Locke.          {To put off}, to go away; to depart; esp., to leave land, as             a ship; to move from the shore.          {To put on}, to hasten motion; to drive vehemently.          {To put over} (Naut.), to sail over or across.          {To put to sea} (Naut.), to set sail; to begin a voyage; to             advance into the ocean.          {To put up}.             (a) To take lodgings; to lodge.             (b) To offer one's self as a candidate. --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
.             (e) To push from land; as, to put off a boat.          {To put on} [or] {upon}.             (a) To invest one's self with, as clothes; to assume.                   [bd]Mercury . . . put on the shape of a man.[b8]                   --L'Estrange.             (b) To impute (something) to; to charge upon; as, to put                   blame on or upon another.             (c) To advance; to promote. [Obs.] [bd]This came                   handsomely to put on the peace.[b8] --Bacon.             (d) To impose; to inflict. [bd]That which thou puttest on                   me, will I bear.[b8] --2 Kings xviii. 14.             (e) To apply; as, to put on workmen; to put on steam.             (f) To deceive; to trick. [bd]The stork found he was put                   upon.[b8] --L'Estrange.             (g) To place upon, as a means or condition; as, he put him                   upon bread and water. [bd]This caution will put them                   upon considering.[b8] --Locke.             (h) (Law) To rest upon; to submit to; as, a defendant puts                   himself on or upon the country. --Burrill.          {To put out}.             (a) To eject; as, to put out and intruder.             (b) To put forth; to shoot, as a bud, or sprout.             (c) To extinguish; as, to put out a candle, light, or                   fire.             (d) To place at interest; to loan; as, to put out funds.             (e) To provoke, as by insult; to displease; to vex; as, he                   was put out by my reply. [Colloq.]             (f) To protrude; to stretch forth; as, to put out the                   hand.             (g) To publish; to make public; as, to put out a pamphlet.             (h) To confuse; to disconcert; to interrupt; as, to put                   one out in reading or speaking.             (i) (Law) To open; as, to put out lights, that is, to open                   or cut windows. --Burrill.             (j) (Med.) To place out of joint; to dislocate; as, to put                   out the ankle.             (k) To cause to cease playing, or to prevent from playing                   longer in a certain inning, as in base ball.          {To put over}.             (a) To place (some one) in authority over; as, to put a                   general over a division of an army.             (b) To refer.                               For the certain knowledge of that truth I put                            you o'er to heaven and to my mother. --Shak.             (c) To defer; to postpone; as, the court put over the                   cause to the next term.             (d) To transfer (a person or thing) across; as, to put one                   over the river.          {To put the hand} {to [or] unto}.             (a) To take hold of, as of an instrument of labor; as, to                   put the hand to the plow; hence, to engage in (any                   task or affair); as, to put one's hand to the work.             (b) To take or seize, as in theft. [bd]He hath not put his                   hand unto his neighbor's goods.[b8] --Ex. xxii. 11.          {To put through}, to cause to go through all conditions or             stages of a progress; hence, to push to completion; to             accomplish; as, he put through a measure of legislation;             he put through a railroad enterprise. [U.S.]          {To put to}.             (a) To add; to unite; as, to put one sum to another.             (b) To refer to; to expose; as, to put the safety of the                   state to hazard. [bd]That dares not put it to the                   touch.[b8] --Montrose.             (c) To attach (something) to; to harness beasts to.                   --Dickens.          {To put to a stand}, to stop; to arrest by obstacles or             difficulties.          {To put to bed}.             (a) To undress and place in bed, as a child.             (b) To deliver in, or to make ready for, childbirth.          {To put to death}, to kill.          {To put together}, to attach; to aggregate; to unite in one.                      {To put this and that} (or {two and two}) {together}, to draw             an inference; to form a correct conclusion.          {To put to it}, to distress; to press hard; to perplex; to             give difficulty to. [bd]O gentle lady, do not put me to             't.[b8] --Shak.          {To put to rights}, to arrange in proper order; to settle or             compose rightly.          {To put to the sword}, to kill with the sword; to slay.          {To put to trial}, or {on trial}, to bring to a test; to try.                      {To put trust in}, to confide in; to repose confidence in.          {To put up}.             (a) To pass unavenged; to overlook; not to punish or                   resent; to put up with; as, to put up indignities.                   [Obs.] [bd]Such national injuries are not to be put                   up.[b8] --Addison.             (b) To send forth or upward; as, to put up goods for sale.             (d) To start from a cover, as game. [bd]She has been                   frightened; she has been put up.[b8] --C. Kingsley.             (e) To hoard. [bd]Himself never put up any of the                   rent.[b8] --Spelman.             (f) To lay side or preserve; to pack away; to store; to                   pickle; as, to put up pork, beef, or fish.             (g) To place out of sight, or away; to put in its proper                   place; as, put up that letter. --Shak.             (h) To incite; to instigate; -- followed by to; as, he put                   the lad up to mischief.             (i) To raise; to erect; to build; as, to put up a tent, or                   a house.             (j) To lodge; to entertain; as, to put up travelers.          {To put up a job}, to arrange a plot. [Slang]          Syn: To place; set; lay; cause; produce; propose; state.          Usage: {Put}, {Lay}, {Place}, {Set}. These words agree in the                   idea of fixing the position of some object, and are                   often used interchangeably. To put is the least                   definite, denoting merely to move to a place. To place                   has more particular reference to the precise location,                   as to put with care in a certain or proper place. To                   set or to lay may be used when there is special                   reference to the position of the object.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Put \Put\ (put; often p[ucr]t in def. 3), v. i.       1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. [Obs.]             --Bacon.          2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.                         His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. --Dryden.          3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.          {To put about} (Naut.), to change direction; to tack.          {To put back} (Naut.), to turn back; to return. [bd]The             French . . . had put back to Toulon.[b8] --Southey.          {To put forth}.             (a) To shoot, bud, or germinate. [bd]Take earth from under                   walls where nettles put forth.[b8] --Bacon.             (b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship. --Shak.          {To put in} (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port.          {To put in for}.             (a) To make a request or claim; as, to put in for a share                   of profits.             (b) To go into covert; -- said of a bird escaping from a                   hawk.             (c) To offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for.                   --Locke.          {To put off}, to go away; to depart; esp., to leave land, as             a ship; to move from the shore.          {To put on}, to hasten motion; to drive vehemently.          {To put over} (Naut.), to sail over or across.          {To put to sea} (Naut.), to set sail; to begin a voyage; to             advance into the ocean.          {To put up}.             (a) To take lodgings; to lodge.             (b) To offer one's self as a candidate. --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foot \Foot\ (f[oocr]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[emac]t). [OE. fot,       foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[omac]t, pl. f[emac]t; akin to D.       voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[omac]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod,       Goth. f[omac]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy`s, Skr. p[be]d, Icel. fet       step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way.       [fb]77, 250. Cf. {Antipodes}, {Cap-a-pie}, {Expedient}, {Fet}       to fetch, {Fetlock}, {Fetter}, {Pawn} a piece in chess,       {Pedal}.]       1. (Anat.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal;             esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an             animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See             {Manus}, and {Pes}.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It             is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body,             often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See             Illust. of {Buccinum}.          3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as,             the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.          4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as             of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or             series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with             inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the             procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed.                         And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their                      feet.                                                --Milton.          5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the             singular.                         Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason.                                                                               --Berkeley.          6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the             singular. [R.]                         As to his being on the foot of a servant. --Walpole.          7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third             of a yard. See {Yard}.          Note: This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of                a man's foot. It differs in length in different                countries. In the United States and in England it is                304.8 millimeters.          8. (Mil.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry,             usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the             cavalry. [bd]Both horse and foot.[b8] --Milton.          9. (Pros.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical             element of a verse, the syllables being formerly             distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern             poetry by the accent.          10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail.          Note: Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or                pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or                lower part. It is also much used as the first of                compounds.          {Foot artillery}. (Mil.)             (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot.             (b) Heavy artillery. --Farrow.          {Foot bank} (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet.          {Foot barracks} (Mil.), barracks for infantery.          {Foot bellows}, a bellows worked by a treadle. --Knight.          {Foot company} (Mil.), a company of infantry. --Milton.          {Foot gear}, covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or             boots.          {Foot hammer} (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a             treadle.          {Foot iron}.             (a) The step of a carriage.             (b) A fetter.          {Foot jaw}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Maxilliped}.          {Foot key} (Mus.), an organ pedal.          {Foot level} (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any             proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance.             --Farrow.          {Foot mantle}, a long garment to protect the dress in riding;             a riding skirt. [Obs.]          {Foot page}, an errand boy; an attendant. [Obs.]          {Foot passenger}, one who passes on foot, as over a road or             bridge.          {Foot pavement}, a paved way for foot passengers; a footway;             a trottoir.          {Foot poet}, an inferior poet; a poetaster. [R.] --Dryden.          {Foot post}.             (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot.             (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers.          {Fot pound}, [and] {Foot poundal}. (Mech.) See {Foot pound}             and {Foot poundal}, in the Vocabulary.          {Foot press} (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing             press, moved by a treadle.          {Foot race}, a race run by persons on foot. --Cowper.          {Foot rail}, a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the             lower side.          {Foot rot}, an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness.          {Foot rule}, a rule or measure twelve inches long.          {Foot screw}, an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and             serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an             uneven place.          {Foot secretion}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sclerobase}.          {Foot soldier}, a soldier who serves on foot.          {Foot stick} (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed             against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place.                      {Foot stove}, a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot             coals for warming the feet.          {Foot tubercle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Parapodium}.          {Foot valve} (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air             pump from the condenser.          {Foot vise}, a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by             a treadle.          {Foot waling} (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a             vessel over the floor timbers. --Totten.          {Foot wall} (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein.          {By foot}, [or] {On foot}, by walking; as, to pass a stream             on foot.          {Cubic foot}. See under {Cubic}.          {Foot and mouth disease}, a contagious disease (Eczema             epizo[94]tica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc.,             characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in             the mouth and about the hoofs.          {Foot of the fine} (Law), the concluding portion of an             acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of             land was conveyed. See {Fine of land}, under {Fine}, n.;             also {Chirograph}. (b).          {Square foot}. See under {Square}.          {To be on foot}, to be in motion, action, or process of             execution.          {To keep the foot} (Script.), to preserve decorum. [bd]Keep             thy foot when thou goest to the house of God.[b8] --Eccl.             v. 1.          {To put one's foot down}, to take a resolute stand; to be             determined. [Colloq.]          {To put the best foot foremost}, to make a good appearance;             to do one's best. [Colloq.]          {To set on foot}, to put in motion; to originate; as, to set             on foot a subscription.          {To} {put, [or] set}, {one on his feet}, to put one in a             position to go on; to assist to start.          {Under foot}.             (a) Under the feet; (Fig.) at one's mercy; as, to trample                   under foot. --Gibbon.             (b) Below par. [Obs.] [bd]They would be forced to sell .                   . . far under foot.[b8] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
.             (e) To push from land; as, to put off a boat.          {To put on} [or] {upon}.             (a) To invest one's self with, as clothes; to assume.                   [bd]Mercury . . . put on the shape of a man.[b8]                   --L'Estrange.             (b) To impute (something) to; to charge upon; as, to put                   blame on or upon another.             (c) To advance; to promote. [Obs.] [bd]This came                   handsomely to put on the peace.[b8] --Bacon.             (d) To impose; to inflict. [bd]That which thou puttest on                   me, will I bear.[b8] --2 Kings xviii. 14.             (e) To apply; as, to put on workmen; to put on steam.             (f) To deceive; to trick. [bd]The stork found he was put                   upon.[b8] --L'Estrange.             (g) To place upon, as a means or condition; as, he put him                   upon bread and water. [bd]This caution will put them                   upon considering.[b8] --Locke.             (h) (Law) To rest upon; to submit to; as, a defendant puts                   himself on or upon the country. --Burrill.          {To put out}.             (a) To eject; as, to put out and intruder.             (b) To put forth; to shoot, as a bud, or sprout.             (c) To extinguish; as, to put out a candle, light, or                   fire.             (d) To place at interest; to loan; as, to put out funds.             (e) To provoke, as by insult; to displease; to vex; as, he                   was put out by my reply. [Colloq.]             (f) To protrude; to stretch forth; as, to put out the                   hand.             (g) To publish; to make public; as, to put out a pamphlet.             (h) To confuse; to disconcert; to interrupt; as, to put                   one out in reading or speaking.             (i) (Law) To open; as, to put out lights, that is, to open                   or cut windows. --Burrill.             (j) (Med.) To place out of joint; to dislocate; as, to put                   out the ankle.             (k) To cause to cease playing, or to prevent from playing                   longer in a certain inning, as in base ball.          {To put over}.             (a) To place (some one) in authority over; as, to put a                   general over a division of an army.             (b) To refer.                               For the certain knowledge of that truth I put                            you o'er to heaven and to my mother. --Shak.             (c) To defer; to postpone; as, the court put over the                   cause to the next term.             (d) To transfer (a person or thing) across; as, to put one                   over the river.          {To put the hand} {to [or] unto}.             (a) To take hold of, as of an instrument of labor; as, to                   put the hand to the plow; hence, to engage in (any                   task or affair); as, to put one's hand to the work.             (b) To take or seize, as in theft. [bd]He hath not put his                   hand unto his neighbor's goods.[b8] --Ex. xxii. 11.          {To put through}, to cause to go through all conditions or             stages of a progress; hence, to push to completion; to             accomplish; as, he put through a measure of legislation;             he put through a railroad enterprise. [U.S.]          {To put to}.             (a) To add; to unite; as, to put one sum to another.             (b) To refer to; to expose; as, to put the safety of the                   state to hazard. [bd]That dares not put it to the                   touch.[b8] --Montrose.             (c) To attach (something) to; to harness beasts to.                   --Dickens.          {To put to a stand}, to stop; to arrest by obstacles or             difficulties.          {To put to bed}.             (a) To undress and place in bed, as a child.             (b) To deliver in, or to make ready for, childbirth.          {To put to death}, to kill.          {To put together}, to attach; to aggregate; to unite in one.                      {To put this and that} (or {two and two}) {together}, to draw             an inference; to form a correct conclusion.          {To put to it}, to distress; to press hard; to perplex; to             give difficulty to. [bd]O gentle lady, do not put me to             't.[b8] --Shak.          {To put to rights}, to arrange in proper order; to settle or             compose rightly.          {To put to the sword}, to kill with the sword; to slay.          {To put to trial}, or {on trial}, to bring to a test; to try.                      {To put trust in}, to confide in; to repose confidence in.          {To put up}.             (a) To pass unavenged; to overlook; not to punish or                   resent; to put up with; as, to put up indignities.                   [Obs.] [bd]Such national injuries are not to be put                   up.[b8] --Addison.             (b) To send forth or upward; as, to put up goods for sale.             (d) To start from a cover, as game. [bd]She has been                   frightened; she has been put up.[b8] --C. Kingsley.             (e) To hoard. [bd]Himself never put up any of the                   rent.[b8] --Spelman.             (f) To lay side or preserve; to pack away; to store; to                   pickle; as, to put up pork, beef, or fish.             (g) To place out of sight, or away; to put in its proper                   place; as, put up that letter. --Shak.             (h) To incite; to instigate; -- followed by to; as, he put                   the lad up to mischief.             (i) To raise; to erect; to build; as, to put up a tent, or                   a house.             (j) To lodge; to entertain; as, to put up travelers.          {To put up a job}, to arrange a plot. [Slang]          Syn: To place; set; lay; cause; produce; propose; state.          Usage: {Put}, {Lay}, {Place}, {Set}. These words agree in the                   idea of fixing the position of some object, and are                   often used interchangeably. To put is the least                   definite, denoting merely to move to a place. To place                   has more particular reference to the precise location,                   as to put with care in a certain or proper place. To                   set or to lay may be used when there is special                   reference to the position of the object.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Flight feathers} (Zo[94]l.), the wing feathers of a bird,             including the quills, coverts, and bastard wing. See             {Bird}.          {To put to flight}, {To turn to flight}, to compel to run             away; to force to flee; to rout.          Syn: Pair; set. See {Pair}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
.             (e) To push from land; as, to put off a boat.          {To put on} [or] {upon}.             (a) To invest one's self with, as clothes; to assume.                   [bd]Mercury . . . put on the shape of a man.[b8]                   --L'Estrange.             (b) To impute (something) to; to charge upon; as, to put                   blame on or upon another.             (c) To advance; to promote. [Obs.] [bd]This came                   handsomely to put on the peace.[b8] --Bacon.             (d) To impose; to inflict. [bd]That which thou puttest on                   me, will I bear.[b8] --2 Kings xviii. 14.             (e) To apply; as, to put on workmen; to put on steam.             (f) To deceive; to trick. [bd]The stork found he was put                   upon.[b8] --L'Estrange.             (g) To place upon, as a means or condition; as, he put him                   upon bread and water. [bd]This caution will put them                   upon considering.[b8] --Locke.             (h) (Law) To rest upon; to submit to; as, a defendant puts                   himself on or upon the country. --Burrill.          {To put out}.             (a) To eject; as, to put out and intruder.             (b) To put forth; to shoot, as a bud, or sprout.             (c) To extinguish; as, to put out a candle, light, or                   fire.             (d) To place at interest; to loan; as, to put out funds.             (e) To provoke, as by insult; to displease; to vex; as, he                   was put out by my reply. [Colloq.]             (f) To protrude; to stretch forth; as, to put out the                   hand.             (g) To publish; to make public; as, to put out a pamphlet.             (h) To confuse; to disconcert; to interrupt; as, to put                   one out in reading or speaking.             (i) (Law) To open; as, to put out lights, that is, to open                   or cut windows. --Burrill.             (j) (Med.) To place out of joint; to dislocate; as, to put                   out the ankle.             (k) To cause to cease playing, or to prevent from playing                   longer in a certain inning, as in base ball.          {To put over}.             (a) To place (some one) in authority over; as, to put a                   general over a division of an army.             (b) To refer.                               For the certain knowledge of that truth I put                            you o'er to heaven and to my mother. --Shak.             (c) To defer; to postpone; as, the court put over the                   cause to the next term.             (d) To transfer (a person or thing) across; as, to put one                   over the river.          {To put the hand} {to [or] unto}.             (a) To take hold of, as of an instrument of labor; as, to                   put the hand to the plow; hence, to engage in (any                   task or affair); as, to put one's hand to the work.             (b) To take or seize, as in theft. [bd]He hath not put his                   hand unto his neighbor's goods.[b8] --Ex. xxii. 11.          {To put through}, to cause to go through all conditions or             stages of a progress; hence, to push to completion; to             accomplish; as, he put through a measure of legislation;             he put through a railroad enterprise. [U.S.]          {To put to}.             (a) To add; to unite; as, to put one sum to another.             (b) To refer to; to expose; as, to put the safety of the                   state to hazard. [bd]That dares not put it to the                   touch.[b8] --Montrose.             (c) To attach (something) to; to harness beasts to.                   --Dickens.          {To put to a stand}, to stop; to arrest by obstacles or             difficulties.          {To put to bed}.             (a) To undress and place in bed, as a child.             (b) To deliver in, or to make ready for, childbirth.          {To put to death}, to kill.          {To put together}, to attach; to aggregate; to unite in one.                      {To put this and that} (or {two and two}) {together}, to draw             an inference; to form a correct conclusion.          {To put to it}, to distress; to press hard; to perplex; to             give difficulty to. [bd]O gentle lady, do not put me to             't.[b8] --Shak.          {To put to rights}, to arrange in proper order; to settle or             compose rightly.          {To put to the sword}, to kill with the sword; to slay.          {To put to trial}, or {on trial}, to bring to a test; to try.                      {To put trust in}, to confide in; to repose confidence in.          {To put up}.             (a) To pass unavenged; to overlook; not to punish or                   resent; to put up with; as, to put up indignities.                   [Obs.] [bd]Such national injuries are not to be put                   up.[b8] --Addison.             (b) To send forth or upward; as, to put up goods for sale.             (d) To start from a cover, as game. [bd]She has been                   frightened; she has been put up.[b8] --C. Kingsley.             (e) To hoard. [bd]Himself never put up any of the                   rent.[b8] --Spelman.             (f) To lay side or preserve; to pack away; to store; to                   pickle; as, to put up pork, beef, or fish.             (g) To place out of sight, or away; to put in its proper                   place; as, put up that letter. --Shak.             (h) To incite; to instigate; -- followed by to; as, he put                   the lad up to mischief.             (i) To raise; to erect; to build; as, to put up a tent, or                   a house.             (j) To lodge; to entertain; as, to put up travelers.          {To put up a job}, to arrange a plot. [Slang]          Syn: To place; set; lay; cause; produce; propose; state.          Usage: {Put}, {Lay}, {Place}, {Set}. These words agree in the                   idea of fixing the position of some object, and are                   often used interchangeably. To put is the least                   definite, denoting merely to move to a place. To place                   has more particular reference to the precise location,                   as to put with care in a certain or proper place. To                   set or to lay may be used when there is special                   reference to the position of the object.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Put \Put\ (put; often p[ucr]t in def. 3), v. i.       1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. [Obs.]             --Bacon.          2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.                         His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. --Dryden.          3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.          {To put about} (Naut.), to change direction; to tack.          {To put back} (Naut.), to turn back; to return. [bd]The             French . . . had put back to Toulon.[b8] --Southey.          {To put forth}.             (a) To shoot, bud, or germinate. [bd]Take earth from under                   walls where nettles put forth.[b8] --Bacon.             (b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship. --Shak.          {To put in} (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port.          {To put in for}.             (a) To make a request or claim; as, to put in for a share                   of profits.             (b) To go into covert; -- said of a bird escaping from a                   hawk.             (c) To offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for.                   --Locke.          {To put off}, to go away; to depart; esp., to leave land, as             a ship; to move from the shore.          {To put on}, to hasten motion; to drive vehemently.          {To put over} (Naut.), to sail over or across.          {To put to sea} (Naut.), to set sail; to begin a voyage; to             advance into the ocean.          {To put up}.             (a) To take lodgings; to lodge.             (b) To offer one's self as a candidate. --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
.             (e) To push from land; as, to put off a boat.          {To put on} [or] {upon}.             (a) To invest one's self with, as clothes; to assume.                   [bd]Mercury . . . put on the shape of a man.[b8]                   --L'Estrange.             (b) To impute (something) to; to charge upon; as, to put                   blame on or upon another.             (c) To advance; to promote. [Obs.] [bd]This came                   handsomely to put on the peace.[b8] --Bacon.             (d) To impose; to inflict. [bd]That which thou puttest on                   me, will I bear.[b8] --2 Kings xviii. 14.             (e) To apply; as, to put on workmen; to put on steam.             (f) To deceive; to trick. [bd]The stork found he was put                   upon.[b8] --L'Estrange.             (g) To place upon, as a means or condition; as, he put him                   upon bread and water. [bd]This caution will put them                   upon considering.[b8] --Locke.             (h) (Law) To rest upon; to submit to; as, a defendant puts                   himself on or upon the country. --Burrill.          {To put out}.             (a) To eject; as, to put out and intruder.             (b) To put forth; to shoot, as a bud, or sprout.             (c) To extinguish; as, to put out a candle, light, or                   fire.             (d) To place at interest; to loan; as, to put out funds.             (e) To provoke, as by insult; to displease; to vex; as, he                   was put out by my reply. [Colloq.]             (f) To protrude; to stretch forth; as, to put out the                   hand.             (g) To publish; to make public; as, to put out a pamphlet.             (h) To confuse; to disconcert; to interrupt; as, to put                   one out in reading or speaking.             (i) (Law) To open; as, to put out lights, that is, to open                   or cut windows. --Burrill.             (j) (Med.) To place out of joint; to dislocate; as, to put                   out the ankle.             (k) To cause to cease playing, or to prevent from playing                   longer in a certain inning, as in base ball.          {To put over}.             (a) To place (some one) in authority over; as, to put a                   general over a division of an army.             (b) To refer.                               For the certain knowledge of that truth I put                            you o'er to heaven and to my mother. --Shak.             (c) To defer; to postpone; as, the court put over the                   cause to the next term.             (d) To transfer (a person or thing) across; as, to put one                   over the river.          {To put the hand} {to [or] unto}.             (a) To take hold of, as of an instrument of labor; as, to                   put the hand to the plow; hence, to engage in (any                   task or affair); as, to put one's hand to the work.             (b) To take or seize, as in theft. [bd]He hath not put his                   hand unto his neighbor's goods.[b8] --Ex. xxii. 11.          {To put through}, to cause to go through all conditions or             stages of a progress; hence, to push to completion; to             accomplish; as, he put through a measure of legislation;             he put through a railroad enterprise. [U.S.]          {To put to}.             (a) To add; to unite; as, to put one sum to another.             (b) To refer to; to expose; as, to put the safety of the                   state to hazard. [bd]That dares not put it to the                   touch.[b8] --Montrose.             (c) To attach (something) to; to harness beasts to.                   --Dickens.          {To put to a stand}, to stop; to arrest by obstacles or             difficulties.          {To put to bed}.             (a) To undress and place in bed, as a child.             (b) To deliver in, or to make ready for, childbirth.          {To put to death}, to kill.          {To put together}, to attach; to aggregate; to unite in one.                      {To put this and that} (or {two and two}) {together}, to draw             an inference; to form a correct conclusion.          {To put to it}, to distress; to press hard; to perplex; to             give difficulty to. [bd]O gentle lady, do not put me to             't.[b8] --Shak.          {To put to rights}, to arrange in proper order; to settle or             compose rightly.          {To put to the sword}, to kill with the sword; to slay.          {To put to trial}, or {on trial}, to bring to a test; to try.                      {To put trust in}, to confide in; to repose confidence in.          {To put up}.             (a) To pass unavenged; to overlook; not to punish or                   resent; to put up with; as, to put up indignities.                   [Obs.] [bd]Such national injuries are not to be put                   up.[b8] --Addison.             (b) To send forth or upward; as, to put up goods for sale.             (d) To start from a cover, as game. [bd]She has been                   frightened; she has been put up.[b8] --C. Kingsley.             (e) To hoard. [bd]Himself never put up any of the                   rent.[b8] --Spelman.             (f) To lay side or preserve; to pack away; to store; to                   pickle; as, to put up pork, beef, or fish.             (g) To place out of sight, or away; to put in its proper                   place; as, put up that letter. --Shak.             (h) To incite; to instigate; -- followed by to; as, he put                   the lad up to mischief.             (i) To raise; to erect; to build; as, to put up a tent, or                   a house.             (j) To lodge; to entertain; as, to put up travelers.          {To put up a job}, to arrange a plot. [Slang]          Syn: To place; set; lay; cause; produce; propose; state.          Usage: {Put}, {Lay}, {Place}, {Set}. These words agree in the                   idea of fixing the position of some object, and are                   often used interchangeably. To put is the least                   definite, denoting merely to move to a place. To place                   has more particular reference to the precise location,                   as to put with care in a certain or proper place. To                   set or to lay may be used when there is special                   reference to the position of the object.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{To put up to}, to advance to. [Obs.] [bd]With this he put up             to my lord.[b8] --Swift.          {To put up with}.             (a) To overlook, or suffer without recompense, punishment,                   or resentment; as, to put up with an injury or                   affront.             (b) To take without opposition or expressed                   dissatisfaction; to endure; as, to put up with bad                   fare.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{To put up to}, to advance to. [Obs.] [bd]With this he put up             to my lord.[b8] --Swift.          {To put up with}.             (a) To overlook, or suffer without recompense, punishment,                   or resentment; as, to put up with an injury or                   affront.             (b) To take without opposition or expressed                   dissatisfaction; to endure; as, to put up with bad                   fare.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tuf-taffeta \Tuf-taf"fe*ta\, n.       A silk fabric formerly in use, having a nap or pile. [Written       also {tuft-taffeta}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tuf-taffeta \Tuf-taf"fe*ta\, n.       A silk fabric formerly in use, having a nap or pile. [Written       also {tuft-taffeta}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Typhoid \Ty"phoid\, a. [Typhus + -oid: cf. F. typho[8b]de, Gr.       [?]. See {Typhus}.] (Med.)       Of or pertaining to typhus; resembling typhus; of a low grade       like typhus; as, typhoid symptoms.          {Typhoid fever}, a disease formerly confounded with typhus,             but essentially different from the latter. It is             characterized by fever, lasting usually three or more             weeks, diarrh[91]a with evacuations resembling pea soup in             appearance, and prostration and muscular debility,             gradually increasing and often becoming profound at the             acme of the disease. Its local lesions are a scanty             eruption of spots, resembling flea bites, on the belly,             enlargement of the spleen, and ulceration of the             intestines over the areas occupied by Peyer's glands. The             virus, or contagion, of this fever is supposed to be a             microscopic vegetable organism, or bacterium. Called also             {enteric fever}. See {Peyer's glands}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Taftville, CT       Zip code(s): 06380
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tiptop, VA       Zip code(s): 24630
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
TV Typewriters A Tale of Hackish Ingenuity          Here is a true story about a glass tty:   One day an MIT hacker was in    a motorcycle accident and broke his leg.   He had to stay in the    hospital quite a while, and got restless because he couldn't {hack}.    Two of his friends therefore took a terminal and a modem for it to the    hospital, so that he could use the computer by telephone from his    hospital bed.          Now this happened some years before the spread of home computers, and    computer terminals were not a familiar sight to the average person.    When the two friends got to the hospital, a guard stopped them and    asked what they were carrying.   They explained that they wanted to take    a computer terminal to their friend who was a patient.          The guard got out his list of things that patients were permitted to    have in their rooms: TV, radio, electric razor, typewriter, tape    player, ... no computer terminals.   Computer terminals weren't on the    list, so the guard wouldn't let it in.   Rules are rules, you know.    (This guard was clearly a {droid}.)          Fair enough, said the two friends, and they left again.   They were    frustrated, of course, because they knew that the terminal was as    harmless as a TV or anything else on the list... which gave them an    idea.          The next day they returned, and the same thing happened: a guard    stopped them and asked what they were carrying.   They said: "This is a    TV typewriter!"   The guard was skeptical, so they plugged it in and    demonstrated it.   "See?   You just type on the keyboard and what you    type shows up on the TV screen."   Now the guard didn't stop to think    about how utterly useless a typewriter would be that didn't produce any    paper copies of what you typed; but this was clearly a TV typewriter,    no doubt about it.   So he checked his list: "A TV is all right, a    typewriter is all right ... okay, take it on in!"          [Historical note: Many years ago, "Popular Electronics" published    solder-it-yourself plans for a TV typewriter.   Despite the essential    uselessness of the device, it was an enormously popular project.   Steve    Ciarcia, the man behind "Byte" magazine's "Circuit Cellar" feature,    resurrected this ghost in one of his books of the early 1980s.   He    ascribed its popularity (no doubt correctly) to the feeling of power    the builder could achieve by being able to decide himself what would be    shown on the TV. --ESR]          [Antihistorical note: On September 23rd, 1992, the L.A. Times ran    the following bit in Steve Harvey's `Only in L.A.' column:             It must have been borrowed from a museum: Solomon Waters of       Altadena, a 6-year-old first-grader, came home from his first day       of school and excitedly told his mother how he had written on "a       machine that looks like a computer-but without the TV screen."          She asked him if it could have been a "typewriter."          "Yeah! Yeah!" he said. "That's what it was called."          I have since investigated this matter and determined that many of    today's teenagers have never seen a slide rule, either.... - ESR]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
TFTP          {Trivial File Transfer Protocol}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
TypedProlog          A {strongly typed} {logic programming} language.          (1995-03-25)