{ } v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Abought ] [ AS. ābycgan to pay for; pref. ā- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + bycgan to buy. See Buy, and cf. Abide. ] 1. To pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction. [ Obs. ]
Syn. -- expiate [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest to thy peril thou aby it dear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To endure; to abide. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

But nought that wanteth rest can long aby. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. One engaged in an affray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To look after. [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, allays. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. “An alleyed walk.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'amy`elos without marrow. ] (Med.) Characterized by lack of the spinal cord. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

adj. 1. 1 aroused to impatience or anger; as, feeling annoyed by the constant teasing.
Syn. -- irritated, nettled, peeved, pissed, stung. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances.
Syn. -- harassed, harried, pestered [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who, or that which, annoys. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a resident of Arkansas.
Syn. -- Arkansan [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ Perh. a modification of yea, or from the interjection of admiration or astonishment, OE. ei, ey, why, hey, ay, well, ah, ha. Cf. MHG. & G. ei, Dan. ej. Or perh. akin to aye ever. ] Yes; yea; -- a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. It is much used in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is written I in the early editions of Shakespeare and other old writers. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ Icel. ei, ey; akin to AS. ā, āwa, always, Goth. aiws an age, Icel. æfi, OHG, &unr_;wa, L. aevum, Gr. &unr_; an age, &unr_;, &unr_;, ever, always, G. je, Skr. &unr_;va course. &unr_;, &unr_;. Cf. Age, v., Either, a., Or, conj. ] Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time. [ 1913 Webster ]

For his mercies aye endure. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

For aye,
always; forever; eternally. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, “To call for the ayes and noes;” “The ayes have it.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the native name, prob. from its cry. ] (Zool.) A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aye ever + green. ] (Bot.) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum). Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , adv. & prep. [ OE. &unr_;, &unr_;. See Again. ] Again; back against. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Backward. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots.
Syn. -- baby blue-eyes, Nemophila menziesii [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., lit., a female sweeper. ] A protecting ruffle or frill, as of silk or lace, sewed close to the lower edge of a skirt on the inside. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. an athlete who plays baseball.
Syn. -- baseball player. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family inclusing the mole rats and sand rats.
Syn. -- family Bathyergidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus consisting of the mole rats.
Syn. -- genus Bathyergus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having a bay or bays. “The large bayed barn.” Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long, covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the Conqueror's wife. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. 1. having eyes that gleam with malice. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedyed p. pr. & vb. n. Bedyeing. ] To dye or stain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Briton fields with Sarazin blood bedyed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, betrays. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, bewrays; a revealer. [ Obs. or Archaic ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (R. C. Ch.) The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Angl. Ch.) The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A fish of the genus Priacanthus, remarkable for the large size of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, general; not minute, or entering into details; as, a bird's-eye view. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (Primula farinosa), and species of Veronica, Geranium, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

See under Maple. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Besee. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Evil biseye, ill looking. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bewray; to reveal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having black eyes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Bot.) (a) The coneflower, or yellow daisy (Rudbeckia hirta). (b) The bladder ketmie. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Med.) A disease of the eyelids, consisting in chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy secretion of sebaceous matter. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim-sighted. [ 1913 Webster ]

The blear-eyed Crispin. Drant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lacking in perception or penetration; short-sighted; as, a blear-eyed bigot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being blear-eyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having eyes sore or unfocused, due to weariness or excessive drinking; same as blear-eyed{ 1 }.
Syn. -- blear, bleary. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. same as teary. [ R. ] [ PJC ]

a. Habitually winking. Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having blue eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. favorite. [ informal ]
Syn. -- fair-haired(prenominal), white-headed(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

fld>(Bot.) a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color. [ 1913 Webster ]