a. Of or pertaining to an ambassador. H. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state, office, or functions of an ambassador. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. arquebusade shot of an arquebus; eau d'arquebusade a vulnerary for gunshot wounds. ] 1. The shot of an arquebus. Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds. Parr. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. camisade a night attack; cf. It. camiciata. See Camis. ] [ Obs. ] (Mil.) (a) A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack. (b) An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give them a camisado in night season. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cassava. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. criosade. See Crusade. ] A holy war; a crusade. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. croisade, fr. Pr. crozada, or Sp cruzada, or It. crociata, from a verb signifying to take the cross, mark one's self with a cross, fr. L. crux cross; or possibly taken into English directly fr. Pr. Cf. Croisade, Crosado, and see Cross. ] 1. Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm; as, a crusade against intemperance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A Portuguese coin. See Crusado. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Crusaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Crusading. ] To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner. “Cease crusading against sense.” M. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages. [ 1913 Webster ]

Azure-eyed and golden-haired,
Forth the young crusaders fared. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a crusade; as, a crusading spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pg. cruzado, fr. cruz, fr. L. crux. See Crusade, 3. ] An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents. [ Written also cruade. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of ornaments. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ Pref. dis- + advance: cf. OF. desavancier. ] To draw back, or cause to draw back. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. désavantage. ] 1. Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was brought here under the disadvantage of being unknown by sight to any of you. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abandoned by their great patron, the faction henceforward acted at disadvantage. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good. [ 1913 Webster ]

They would throw a construction on his conduct, to his disadvantage before the public. Bancroft.

Syn. -- Detriment; injury; hurt; loss; damage. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. désavantager. ] To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Injurious; disadvantageous. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. désavantageux. ] Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to advantageous; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had been placed, he gave clear indications of future excellence. Prescott.

-- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ly, adv. -- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. dis- + adventure: cf. OF. desaventure. ] Misfortune; mishap. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unprosperous; unfortunate. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To advise against; to dissuade from. [ R. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Dorsum +L. ad towards. ] (Anat.) Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal side; dorsally. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. [ F. ambassade. See Embassy. ] 1. The mission of an ambassador. [ Obs. ] Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An embassy. [ Obs. ] Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ambassade. See Embassy. ] An embassy. See Ambassade. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. [ See Embassador. ] 1. A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Ambassadors are either ordinary [ or resident ] or extraordinary, that is, sent upon some special or unusual occasion or errand. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An official messenger and representative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ambassadeur, Sp. embajador, LL. ambassiator, ambasciator. See Embassy, and cf. Ambassador. ] Same as Ambassador. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stilbon, that was a wise embassadour,
Was sent to Corinth. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Myself my king's embassador will go. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. ambassadorial. ] Same as Ambassadorial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. ambassadrice. ] Same as Ambassadress. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. ambassaderie. ] Embassy. [ Obs. ] Leland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. glisser to slip. ] 1. A sliding, as down a snow slope. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dance step consisting of a glide or slide to one side. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. lancepessade, lanspessade, anspessade, It. lancia spezzata a broken lance or demilance, a demilance roan, a light horseman, bodyguard. ] An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also lance corporal. [ Obsolete ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Same as mesiad. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To adjust wrongly of unsuitably; to throw out of adjustment. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. mesaventure, F. mésaventure. ] Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; unlucky accident; ill adventure. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Homicide by misadventure (Law), homicide which occurs when a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of injury, unfortunately kills another; -- called also excusable homicide. See Homicide. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Mischance; mishap; misfortune; disaster; calamity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unfortunate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unfortunate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Inadvertence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bad advice. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give bad counsel to. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ill advised. -- Mis`ad*vis"ed*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A saddle to which loads can be attached. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ . } See under 2d Pack. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. palissade, cf. Sp. palizada, It. palizzata, palizzo, LL. palissata; all fr. L. palus a stake, pale. See Pale a stake. ] 1. (Fort.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A line of bold cliffs, esp. one showing basaltic columns; -- usually in pl., and orig. used as the name of the cliffs on the west bank of the lower Hudson. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Palisade cells (Bot.), vertically elongated parenchyma cells, such as are seen beneath the epidermis of the upper surface of many leaves. --
Palisade worm (Zool.), a nematoid worm (Strongylus armatus), parasitic in the blood vessels of the horse, in which it produces aneurisms, often fatal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Palisaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Palisading. ] [ Cf. F. palissader. ] To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Fort.) A row of palisades set in the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Palisadoes A palisade{ 1 }. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To palisade. [ Obs. ] Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. passade; cf. Sp. pasada. See Pass, v. i. ] 1. (Fencing) A pass or thrust. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Man.) A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Pavise. ] A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in a naval engagement, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board. [ 1913 Webster ]