adj. 1. marked with a destination; -- of mail [ Narrower terms: self-addressed ] unaddressed [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One to whom anything is addressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formed fr. L. adesse to be present; ad + esse to be. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheæ, of plants spiral vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. allégresse, fr. L. alacer sprightly. ] Joy; gladsomeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Alms. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, a. [ p. p. appress, which is not in use. See Adpress. ] (Bot.) Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is assessed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of North American spring wildflowers.
Syn. -- genus Besseya. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode,
And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored. [ 1913 Webster ]

All generations shall call me blessed. Luke i. 48. [ 1913 Webster ]

Towards England's blessed shore. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful. “Then was a blessed time.” “So blessed a disposition.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reverenced like a blessed saint. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cast out from God and blessed vision. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (R. C. Ch.) Beatified. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not a blessed man came to set her [ a boat ] free. R. D. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Happily; fortunately; joyfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

We shall blessedly meet again never to depart. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of God. [ 1913 Webster ]

The assurance of a future blessedness. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Single blessedness, the unmarried state. “Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Delight; beatitude; ecstasy. See Happiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

See under Thistle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Anat.) Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having glittering armor. [ Poetic ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Pg. cabeça, F. cabesse. ] The finest kind of silk received from India. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cess, v. i. ] (Law) a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The wooden mold in which cheese is pressed. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Cf. F. chassis a framework of carpenty. ] (Mil.) The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞A singular, chess, is sometimes used. “Each chess consists of three planks.” Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Partaking of the same essence. -- Co`es*sen"tial*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

We bless and magnify that coessential Spirit, eternally proceeding from both [The Father and the Son]. Hooker. [1913 Webster]

n. Participation of the same essence. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A partner in a lease taken. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Flattened lengthwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Compressed-air engine, an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A cake yeast made by filtering the cells from the liquid in which they are grown, subjecting to heavy pressure, and mixing with starch or flour. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. By confession; without denial. [ Written also confessly. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes a confession. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. contesseratio, from contesserare to contract friendship by means of the tesserae (friendship tokens). ] An assemblage; a collection; harmonious union. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That person of his [ George Herbert ], which afforded so unusual a contesseration of elegancies. Oley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. crécelle rattle. ] (Eccl.) A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, or the last week of Lent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. crasset, cresset, sort of lamp or torch; perh. of Dutch or German origin, and akin to E. cruse, F. creuset crucible, E. crucible. ] 1. An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed
With naphtha and asphaltus. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

As a cresset true that darts its length
Of beamy luster from a tower of strength. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Coopering) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex.
Syn. -- transvestite. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ [ L. ] (Law) Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ G., fr. F. délicatesse. ] 1. Relishes for the table; dainties; delicacies. “A dealer in delicatessen”. G. H. Putnam. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. ready-to-eat foods, such as cold cuts, cooked meats, and prepared salads. [ PJC ]

3. sing.; pl. delicatessens. a store or section of a store where delicatessen{ 2 } is sold. “Get a sandwich for lunch at the delicatessen counter.” [ PJC ]

a. 1. Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) (a) Concave on the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border. (b) Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. desservir to remove from table, to clear the table; pref. des- (L. dis-) + servir to serve, to serve at table. See Serve. ] A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner. [ 1913 Webster ]

“An 't please your honor, ” quoth the peasant,
“This same dessert is not so pleasant.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dessert spoon, a spoon used in eating dessert; a spoon intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon. --
Dessert-spoonful, n., pl.
Dessert-spoonfuls, as much as a dessert spoon will hold, usually reckoned at about two and a half fluid drams. [ 1913 Webster ]

. [ After Sir James Dewar, British physicist. ] A double-walled glass vessel for holding liquid air, liquid nitrogen, etc., having the space between the walls exhausted so as to prevent conduction of heat, and sometimes having the glass silvered to prevent absorption of radiant heat; -- called also, according to the particular shape,
Dewar bulb,
Dewar tube, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

adj. physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security.
Syn. -- homeless, roofless. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

made a living out of shepherding dispossessed people from one country to another James Stern

adj. 1. facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; as, distressed companies need loans and technical advice.
Syn. -- hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(predicate), in trouble(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. experienceing a generalized feeling of distress. Also See: dejected, unhappy, sad. Antonym: euphoric.
Syn. -- dysphoric, unhappy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. suffering severe physical strain or discomfort; as, he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing.
Syn. -- stressed, in a bad way(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. emotionally upset.
Syn. -- unstrung. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A state of being distressed or greatly pained. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as attired.
Syn. -- appareled, attired, clad, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. covered with medication or a bandage ; -- of wounds.
Syn. -- bandaged. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

3. trim and smooth; -- of lumber or stone.
Syn. -- polished. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

pred. adj. attired in strikingly attractive clothing; -- usually of women. [ PJC ]

adj. attired in fancy or formal clothing. [ Narrower terms: dressed to kill(predicate) ]
Syn. -- dressed to the nines(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. dressoir. See Dress, v. t. ] A piece of chamber furniture consisting of a chest of drawers, or bureau, with a mirror. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who dresses; one who put in order or makes ready for use; one who on clothes or ornaments. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) A kind of pick for shaping large coal. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An assistant in a hospital, whose office it is to dress wounds, sores, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ F. dressoir. See Dress, v. t. ] (a) A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use. (b) A cupboard or set of shelves to receive dishes and cooking utensils. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pewter plates on the dresser
Caught and reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] (Bot.) A variety of pear of large size and excellent flavor. [ 1913 Webster ]

A beautiful variety of Brussels pillow lace made originally in Belgium and resembling Honiton guipure. It is worked with fine thread in large sprays, usually of the primrose pattern, with much raised work. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., fr s'empresser to hasten. ] Demonstrative warmth or cordiality of manner; display of enthusiasm.

He grasped my hand with a nervous empressement. Poe. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. essence, L. essentia, formed as if fr. a p. pr. of esse to be. See Is, and cf. Entity. ] 1. The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

The laws are at present, both in form and essence, the greatest curse that society labors under. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence of this virtue [ charity ]. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The essence of Addison's humor is irony. Courthope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Constituent substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

And uncompounded is their essence pure. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A being; esp., a purely spiritual being. [ 1913 Webster ]

As far as gods and heavenly essences
Can perish. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had been indulging in fanciful speculations on spiritual essences, until . . . he had and ideal world of his own around him. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The . . . word essence . . . scarcely underwent a more complete transformation when from being the abstract of the verb “to be, ” it came to denote something sufficiently concrete to be inclosed in a glass bottle. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor let the essences exhale. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]