{ } n. [ OF. arblastere, OF. arbalestier. See Arbalest. ] A crossbowman. [ Obs. ] Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. arcuballistarius. Cf. Arbalister. ] A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. balestre. See Ballista. ] A crossbow. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ballista. Cf. Balister. ] A crossbow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Blistered p. pr. & vb. n. Blistering. ] To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let my tongue blister. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind. ] 1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle. [ 1913 Webster ]

And painful blisters swelled my tender hands. Grainger. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the Lytta vesicatoria (or Cantharis vesicatoria), called Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See Cantharis. --
Blister fly, a blister beetle. --
Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; -- usually made of Spanish flies. --
Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation; -- so called because of its blistered surface. Called also blistered steel. --
Blood blister. See under Blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To raise a blister or blisters upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

My hands were blistered. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister. [ 1913 Webster ]

This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. harshly or corrosively critical in tone; -- of comments about people or their actions. blistering criticism
Syn. -- acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, caustic, scathing, venomous, virulent, vitriolic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. intensely hot. blistering sun
Syn. -- blistery. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. very fast; as, a blistering pace.
Syn. -- red-hot, scorching. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Full of blisters. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of plants having only one species, an erect Asiatic herb with large flowers.
Syn. -- genus Callistephus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. prenom. (Mil.) designating to those members of the armed forces not commissioned as an officer; as, an enlisted man. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. any new member of an organization or supporter of a cause.
Syn. -- recruit. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an enlisted man or woman in the armed forces. [ PJC ]

3. a person who enlisted voluntarily in the armed forces; -- contrasted with draftee. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Familisteries [ F. familistère. ] A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.

n. 1. The rabbet on the outer edge of a sash bar to hold the glass and the putty. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A plane for making a rabbet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fillister screw had, a short cylindrical screw head, having a convex top. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glistened p. pr. & vb. n. Glistening ] [ OE. glistnian, akin to glisnen, glisien, AS. glisian, glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See Glitter, v. i., and cf. Glister, v. i. ] To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars.

Syn. -- See Flash. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Reflecting light readily or in large amounts; having a surface luster; reflecting light directly rather than scattering it.
Syn. -- glossy, nitid, sheeny, shiny. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glistered p. pr. & vb. n. Glistering. ] [ OE. glistren; akin to G. glistern, glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See Glisten. ] To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that glisters is not gold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Glitter; luster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. glistere. ] Same as Clyster. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a glistering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. placed on a list. Opposite of unlisted. [ Narrower terms: catalogued; recorded ; traded ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. officially entered in a roll or list; as, listed on a stock exchange; a listed securities trader.
Syn. -- enrolled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. listel, dim. of liste fillet, list. See List the edge. ] (Arch.) Same as List, n., 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Listened p. pr. & vb. n. Listening. ] [ OE. listnen, listen, lustnen, lusten, AS. hlystan; akin to hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta to listen, hlust ear, AS. hlosnian to wait in suspense, OHG. hlosēn to listen, Gr. kly`ein, and E. loud. √41. See Loud, and cf. List to listen. ] 1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend. [ 1913 Webster ]

When we have occasion to listen, and give a more particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Listen to me, and by me be ruled. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To listen after, to take an interest in. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors. Fuller.

Syn. -- To attend; hearken. See Attend. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To attend to. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who listens; a hearkener. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act of hearing attentively.
Syn. -- hearing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish. [ Scotland ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes a list or roll. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Leister. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. List a strip, border, prob. applied to the furrow or the ridge of earth along the furrow. ] A double-moldboard plow which throws a deep furrow, and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to listerism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Listerized p. pr. & vb. n. Listerizing ] (Med.) To make antiseptic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. millistère, from milli- milli- + stère. ] A liter, or cubic decimeter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. ] A Philistine; -- a cant name given to townsmen by students in German universities. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F., voting by list. ] Voting for a group of candidates for the same kind of office on one ticket or ballot, containing a list of them; -- the method, used in France, as from June, 1885, to Feb., 1889, in elections for the Chamber of Deputies, each elector voting for the candidates for the whole department in which he lived, as disting. from
scrutin d'arrondissement or voting by each elector for the candidate or candidates for his own arrondissement only. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Not listed; specif. (a) (New York Stock Exchange), admitted to quotation in the unlisted department, that is, admitted to be dealt in on the floor, but not to the “regular list.” (b) not listed in the telephone directory; -- of telephone numbers; as, an unlisted number. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]