n. [ OE. ache, AS. æce, ece, fr. acan to ache. See Ache, v. i. ] Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. “Such an ache in my bones.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Often used in composition, as, a headache, an earache, a toothache. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. ache, L. apium parsley. ] A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Ached p. pr. & vb. n. Aching ] [ OE. aken, AS. acan, both strong verbs, AS. acan, imp. ōc, p. p. acen, to ache; perh. orig. to drive, and akin to agent. ] To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed. “My old bones ache.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sins that in your conscience ache. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

a & n. See Achæan, Achaian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to an achene. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; to gape. ] (Bot.) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. [ Written also akene and achænium. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Myth.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 death's-head moth.
Syn. -- genus Acherontia [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a genus of Orthopteran insects consisting of common house and field crickets.
Syn. -- genus Acheta [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 giant hyssop; Mexican hyssop.
Syn. -- genus Agastache. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl.; sing. Apache (Ethnol.) A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An accuser. [ Obs. ] Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who approaches. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., p. p. of attacher. See Attach, v. t. ] One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flat, rectangular, usually rigid briefcase commonly used to carry documents for business purposes. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. fastened together. a picnic table with attached benches [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. being joined in close association; -- of people or organizations.
Syn. -- affiliated, connected [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. fastened onto another object; -- of objects smaller than the main object. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. (Architecture) connected by a common wall or passageway; -- used of buildings. detached [ WordNet 1.5 ]

5. (Biology) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about. an attached oyster vagile
Syn. -- sessile [ WordNet 1.5 ]

6. associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; -- opposite of unattached. Narrower terms include: affianced, bespoken, betrothed, engaged, pledged, promised(predicate); married. Also See: loving.
Syn. -- committed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OF. bacheler young man, F. bachelier (cf. Pr. bacalar, Sp. bachiller, Pg. bacharel, It. baccalare), LL. baccalarius the tenant of a kind of farm called baccalaria, a soldier not old or rich enough to lead his retainers into battle with a banner, a person of an inferior academical degree aspiring to a doctorate. In the latter sense, it was afterward changed to baccalaureus. See Baccalaureate, n. ] 1. A man of any age who has not been married. [ 1913 Webster ]

As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An unmarried woman. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Zool.) A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a knight of the lowest order; he was permitted to display only a pennon.
Syn. -- knight bachelor, bachelor [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state of bachelorhood; the whole body of bachelors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bachelorhood; also, a manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Bachelor's buttons, a name given to several flowers “from their similitude to the jagged cloathe buttons, anciently worne in this kingdom, ” according to Johnson's Gerarde, p. 472 (1633); but by other writers ascribed to “a habit of country fellows to carry them in their pockets to divine their success with their sweethearts.” Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a bachelor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. bachelerie. ] The body of young aspirants for knighthood. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an ache localized in the back. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

p. p. & a. 1. Bordered by a beach. [ 1913 Webster ]

The beached verge of the salt flood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as, the ship is beached. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Pain in the bowels; colic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. to complain, especially in a whining or grumbling manner; to gripe.
Syn. -- gripe, whine, complain, moan, snivel, grumble, squawk. [ PJC + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a person who complains habitually, usually about everyday minor problems.
Syn. -- whiner, complainer, moaner, sniveler, crybaby, grumbler, squawker. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Whitened; make white. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let their bleached bones, and blood's unbleaching stain,
Long mark the battlefield with hideous awe. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bleacheries A place or an establishment where bleaching is done. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Pain in the bones. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. brache a kind of scenting hound or setting dog, OF. brache, F. braque, fr. OHG. braccho, G. bracke; related to Sw. brack a dog that hunts by scent; possibly akin to E. fragrant, fr. L. fragrare to smell. ] A bitch of the hound kind. See also bratchet. Shak. [ Also spelled bratch when pronounced ] [ 1913 Webster + Century Dict. 1906 ]

A sow pig by chance sucked a brach, and when she was grown would miraculously hunt all manner of deer. Burton (Anatomy of Melancholy). [ Century Dict. 1906 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. (&unr_;) short + &unr_; a covering. ] (Zool.) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as bratchet. [ Century Dict. 1906 ]

n. 1. A spit; a broach. [ 1913 Webster ]

On five sharp broachers ranked, the roast they turned. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who broaches, opens, or utters; a first publisher or promoter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some such broacher of heresy. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., a hiding place, fr. cacher to conceal, to hide. ] 1. A hole in the ground, or other hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry. Kane. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is hidden in a cache{ 2 }; a hoard; a stockpile. [ PJC ]

3. (Computers) A form of memory in a computer which has a faster access time than most of main memory, and is usually used to store the most frequently accessed data in main memory during execution of a program. [ PJC ]

v. t. To store in a cache{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

{ } a. [ L. cachecticus, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;: cf. F. cachectique. ] Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ ‖/mhw>, n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; bad + &unr_; blood. ] (Med.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. -- Ca*chæ"mic, Ca*che"mic a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., fr. cacher to hide + pot a pot. ] An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. fr. cacher to hide. ] A seal, as of a letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lettre de cachet [ F. ], a sealed letter, especially a letter or missive emanating from the sovereign; -- much used in France before the Revolution as an arbitrary order of imprisonment. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖, n. [ L. cachexia, Gr. kachexi`a; kako`s bad + "e`xis condition.] A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle). [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ F. chiche lean + vache cow. ] A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coachman [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A coachman. [ Obs. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A coach horse. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. One who coaches; specif. (Baseball), one of the side at the bat posted near first or third base to direct a base runner; also called a coach; as, third base coach. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

v. To scratch. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels. “Extensive and detached empire.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Detached escapement. See Escapement. [ 1913 Webster ]