n. [ Cf. F. alkékenge, Sp. alquequenje, ultimately fr. Ar. al-kākanj a kind of resin from Herat. ] (Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato. D. C. Eaton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + reek. ] In a reeking condition. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. & i. To avenge. [ Obs. ] See Wreak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bawdekin rich silk stuff, OF. baudequin. See Baldachin. ] The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery; -- made originally at Baghdad. [ Spelt also baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin, and baldakin. ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Heb. ] Half a shekel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To call knave. [ Obs. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To confess; to acknowledge. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A porcelainlike kind of decorative pottery with a high gloss, which is sometimes iridescent. A very fine kind is made at Belleek in Ireland. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To beseech. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. be- + wreak. ] To wreak; to avenge. [ Obs. ] Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bibliotheca, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; book + &unr_; a case, box, fr. &unr_; to place: cf. F. bibliothèque. ] A library. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Kyrgyzstan. Population (2000) = 631, 000. [ PJC ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + weekly. ] Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly. -- n. A publication issued every two weeks. -- Bi"week"ly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. To blacken; also, to defile. [ Obs. or Dial. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dagger; a bodkin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. brodequin, OE. brossequin, fr. OD. broseken, brosekin, dim. of broos buskin, prob. fr. LL. byrsa leather, Gr. by`rsa skin, hide. Cf. Buskin. ] A buskin or half-boot. [ Written also brodequin. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ceàce, ceòce; cf. Goth. kukjan to kiss, D. kaak cheek; perh. akin to E. chew, jaw. ] 1. The side of the face below the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The cheek bone. [ Obs. ] Caucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. (Mech.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. The branches of a bridle bit. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Founding) A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the middle part of a flask. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Cheek of beef. See Illust. of Beef. --
Cheek bone (Anat.) the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone. --
Cheek by jowl, side by side; very intimate. --
Cheek pouch (Zool.), a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food. --
Cheeks of a block, the two sides of the shell of a tackle block. --
Cheeks of a mast, the projection on each side of a mast, upon which the trestletrees rest. --
Cheek tooth (Anat.), a hinder or molar tooth. --
Butment cheek. See under Butment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To be impudent or saucy to. [ Slang. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
Syn. -- zygomatic bone, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having a cheek; -- used in composition. “Rose-cheeked Adonis.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having no cheek. Opposite of cheeked. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold. [ Slang. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Ciclatoun. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. A turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A large hook or crook, as for a pot over a fire; specif., an iron-headed golf club with a straight, narrow face and a long shaft. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Act of cleeking; a clutch. [ Scot. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ pret. Claught pret. & p. p. Cleeked p. pr. & vb. n. Cleeking. ] [ ME. cleken, clechen, to seize, clutch; perh. akin to E. clutch. ] [ Scot & Dial. Eng. ] 1. To seize; clutch; snatch; catch; pluck. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To catch or draw out with a cleek, as a fish; to hook. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. To hook or link (together); hence, to marry. Scott. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From cock + leek. ] A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes; -- called also cocky-leeky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Cockaleekie. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n. (Astron.) A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. conteck, conteke, contake, perh. a corruption either of contact or contest. ] 1. Quarrel; contention; contest. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Contek with bloody knife. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contumely; reproach. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. crecca; akin to D. kreek, Icel. kriki crack, nook; cf. W. crig crack, crigyll ravine, creek. Cf. Crick, Crook. ] 1. A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

They discovered a certain creek, with a shore. Acts xxvii. 39. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any turn or winding. [ 1913 Webster ]

The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The chub sucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Creek. (Ethnol.) A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks; like a creek; winding. “The creeky shore.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Metric System) A prefix signifying ten. See Deca-. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Decembrist. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Same as Decagram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Decaliter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Decameter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Decastere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paper Making) See Deckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The jamb or sidepiece of a door. Ex. xii. 22 (Douay version). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , v. t. See Eke. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ G., fr. Skr. ēka one + G. bor, boron, E. boron. ] (Chem.) The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See Scandium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Skr. ēka one + E. aluminium. ] (Chem.) The name given by Mendeleev to a hypothetical element, -- later discovered and called gallium. See Gallium, and cf. Ekabor. Also see periodic table. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Skr. ēka one + E. silicon. ] (Chem.) The name of a hypothetical element predicted by Mendeleev and afterwards discovered and named germanium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group. See Germanium, and cf. Ekabor. Also see periodic table. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Eked p. pr. & vb. n. Eking. ] [ AS. ēkan, &ymacr_;kan; akin to OFries. āka, OS. ōkian, OHG. ouhhōn to add, Icel. auka to increase, Sw. öka, Dan. öge, Goth. aukan, L. augere, Skr. ōjas strength, ugra mighty, and probably to English wax, v. i. Cf. Augment, Nickname. ] To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other. “To eke my pain.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

He eked out by his wits an income of barely fifty pounds. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]