friar preacher
         n 1: a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the
               Dominican order [syn: {Dominican}, {Black Friar},
               {Blackfriar}, {friar preacher}]

English Dictionary: friar preacher	by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
.             (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite                   at a regulated height. --Simmonds.          {Fire bar}, a grate bar.          {Fire basket}, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight.          {Fire beetle}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.          {Fire blast}, a disease of plants which causes them to appear             as if burnt by fire.          {Fire box}, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for             the fire.          {Fire brick}, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining             intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or             of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and             used for lining fire boxes, etc.          {Fire brigade}, an organized body of men for extinguished             fires.          {Fire bucket}. See under {Bucket}.          {Fire bug}, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through             mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac.             [U.S.]          {Fire clay}. See under {Clay}.          {Fire company}, a company of men managing an engine in             extinguishing fires.          {Fire cross}. See {Fiery cross}. [Obs.] --Milton.          {Fire damp}. See under {Damp}.          {Fire dog}. See {Firedog}, in the Vocabulary.          {Fire drill}.             (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for                   practice.             (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by                   rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; --                   used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by                   many savage peoples.          {Fire eater}.             (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire.             (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur.                   [Colloq.]          {Fire engine}, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels,             for throwing water to extinguish fire.          {Fire escape}, a contrivance for facilitating escape from             burning buildings.          {Fire gilding} (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam             of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off             afterward by heat.          {Fire gilt} (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire             gilding.          {Fire insurance}, the act or system of insuring against fire;             also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes,             in consideration of the payment of a premium or small             percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an             owner of property from loss by fire during a specified             period.          {Fire irons}, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs,             poker, and shovel.          {Fire main}, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out             fire.          {Fire master}             (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the                      composition of fireworks.          {Fire office}, an office at which to effect insurance against             fire.          {Fire opal}, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections.                      {Fire ordeal}, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test             was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon             red-hot irons. --Abbot.          {Fire pan}, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially             the receptacle for the priming of a gun.          {Fire plug}, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the             main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing             fires.          {Fire policy}, the writing or instrument expressing the             contract of insurance against loss by fire.          {Fire pot}.             (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles,                   formerly used as a missile in war.             (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a                   furnace.             (c) A crucible.             (d) A solderer's furnace.          {Fire raft}, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting             fire to an enemy's ships.          {Fire roll}, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to             their quarters in case of fire.          {Fire setting} (Mining), the process of softening or cracking             the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by             exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally             superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond.          {Fire ship}, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting             fire to an enemy's ships.          {Fire shovel}, a shovel for taking up coals of fire.          {Fire stink}, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites,             caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen.             --Raymond.          {Fire surface}, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are             exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of             combustion; heating surface.          {Fire swab}, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun             in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.             --Farrow.          {Fire teaser}, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine.          {Fire water}, ardent spirits; -- so called by the American             Indians.          {Fire worship}, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly             in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called             Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India.          {Greek fire}. See under {Greek}.          {On fire}, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager;             zealous.          {Running fire}, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession             by a line of troops.          {St. Anthony's fire}, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which             St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn.          {St. Elmo's fire}. See under {Saint Elmo}.          {To set on fire}, to inflame; to kindle.          {To take fire}, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rib \Rib\, n. [AS. rib, ribb; akin to D. rib, G. rippe, OHG.       rippa, rippi, Dan. ribbe, Icel. rif, Russ. rebro.]       1. (Anat.) One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral             column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.          Note: In man there are twelve ribs on each side, of which the                upper seven are directly connected with the sternum by                cartilages, and are called sternal, or true, ribs. The                remaining five pairs are called asternal, or false,                ribs, and of these each of the three upper pairs is                attached to the cartilage of the rib above, while the                two lower pairs are free at the ventral ends, and are                called floating ribs. See {Thorax}.          2. That which resembles a rib in form or use. Specifically:             (a) (Shipbuilding) One of the timbers, or bars of iron or                   steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel,                   to support the skin or planking, and give shape and                   strength to the vessel.             (b) (Mach. & Structures) A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a                   plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen                   it.             (c) One of the rods on which the cover of an umbrella is                   extended.             (d) A prominent line or ridge, as in cloth.             (e) A longitudinal strip of metal uniting the barrels of a                   double-barreled gun.          3. (Bot.) The chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a             leaf.             (b) Any longitudinal ridge in a plant.          4. (Arch.)             (a) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the                   vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing                   one another, dividing the whole space into triangles,                   which are then filled by vaulted construction of                   lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these                   in wood, plaster, or the like.             (b) A projecting mold, or group of moldings, forming with                   others a pattern, as on a ceiling, ornamental door, or                   the like.          5. (Mining)             (a) Solid coal on the side of a gallery; solid ore in a                   vein.             (b) An elongated pillar of ore or coal left as a support.                   --Raymond.          6. A wife; -- in allusion to Eve, as made out of Adam's rib.             [Familiar & Sportive]                         How many have we known whose heads have been broken                      with their own rib.                           --Bp. Hall.          {Chuck rib}, a cut of beef immediately in front of the middle             rib. See {Chuck}.          {Fore ribs}, a cut of beef immediately in front of the             sirloin.          {Middle rib}, a cut of beef between the chuck rib and the             fore ribs.          {Rib grass}. (Bot.) Same as {Ribwort}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forwrap \For*wrap"\, v. t.       To wrap up; to conceal. [Obs.]                   All mote be said and nought excused, nor hid, nor                forwrapped.                                             --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tenement \Ten"e*ment\, n. [OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F.       t[8a]nement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See       {Tenant}.]       1. (Feud. Law) That which is held of another by service;             property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in             consideration of some military or pecuniary service; fief;             fee.          2. (Common Law) Any species of permanent property that may be             held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands, houses, rents,             commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of             common, a peerage, and the like; -- called also {free [or]             frank tenements}.                         The thing held is a tenement, the possessor of it a                      [bd]tenant,[b8] and the manner of possession is                      called [bd]tenure.[b8]                        --Blackstone.          3. A dwelling house; a building for a habitation; also, an             apartment, or suite of rooms, in a building, used by one             family; often, a house erected to be rented.          4. Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation.                         Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit                      no tenement, unless it has just such a sort of                      frontispiece?                                    --Locke.          {Tenement house}, commonly, a dwelling house erected for the             purpose of being rented, and divided into separate             apartments or tenements for families. The term is often             applied to apartment houses occupied by poor families.          Syn: House; dwelling; habitation.          Usage: {Tenement}, {House}. There may be many houses under                   one roof, but they are completely separated from each                   other by party walls. A tenement may be detached by                   itself, or it may be part of a house divided off for                   the use of a family.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[8a]re brother, friar, fr.       L. frater brother. See {Brother}.]       1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,             but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:             {(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans.} {(b)             Augustines}. {(c) Dominicans or Black Friars.} {(d) White             Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary.          2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.          3. (Zo[94]l.) An American fish; the silversides.          {Friar bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus             corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --             called also {coldong}, {leatherhead}, {pimlico}; {poor             soldier}, and {four-o'clock}. The name is also applied to             several other species of the same genus.          {Friar's balsam} (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds             and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,             styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of             benzoin. --Brande & C.          {Friar's cap} (Bot.), the monkshood.          {Friar's cowl} (Bot.), an arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare})             with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.          {Friar's lantern}, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.             --Milton.          {Friar skate} (Zo[94]l.), the European white or sharpnosed             skate ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate},             {border ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}.