n. 1. 1 a genus of extinct dinosaurs comprising the brontosaurs; apatosaurs.
Syn. -- genus Apatosaurus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced.
Syn. -- apple sauce [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. nonsensical talk or writing.
Syn. -- folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. asaut, assaut, OF. assaut, asalt, F. assaut, LL. assaltus; L. ad + saltus a leaping, a springing, salire to leap. See Assail. ] 1. A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unshaken bears the assault
Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery. Blackstone. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Practically, however, the word assault is used to include the battery. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Attack; invasion; incursion; descent; onset; onslaught; charge; storm. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Assaulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Assaulting. ] [ From Assault, n.: cf. OF. assaulter, LL. assaltare. ] 1. To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces. [ 1913 Webster ]

Insnared, assaulted, overcome, led bound. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before the gates, the cries of babes newborn, . . .
Assault his ears. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the latter sense, assail is more common. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To attack; assail; invade; encounter; storm; charge. See Attack. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being assaulted. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. sexually abused; -- a euphemism.
Syn. -- molested, raped, criminally assaulted, sexually assaulted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. making an assault.
Syn. -- attacking(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Hind. ] (Zool.) A badgerlike animal of India (Arctonyx collaris). [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Guinea-Bissau. Population (2000) = 200, 000. [ PJC ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder + say^ros lizard. ] (Paleon.) a dinosaur of the genus Brontosaurus; an individual may also be called a brontosaurus or an apatosaurus. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder + say^ros lizard. ] (Paleon.) A genus of large sauropod American dinosaurs of the jurassic era, or an individual of that genus. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles. The genus is also called Apatosaurus, and individuals of the genus are also called brontosaurs. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. a genus of lizards including the the zebra-tailed lizard.
Syn. -- genus Callisaurus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL. fr. Gr. &unr_; a vaulted chamber + &unr_; lizard. ] (Paleon.) A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebræ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paleon.) the ceratosaurus.
Syn. -- ceratosaurus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras a horn + &unr_; lizard. ] (Paleon.) A swift-running bipedal carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony short horn between the nostrils on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of frilled lizards.
Syn. -- genus Chlamydosaurus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. chryso`s gold + L. aurum gold. So called from its color. ] An orange-colored dyestuff, of artificial production. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Paleon.) See Dinosaur. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; terrible + &unr_; lizard. ] (Paleon.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large “bird tracks, ” so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix.

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; terrible + &unr_; lizard. ] (Paleon.) One of the Dinosauria. [ Written also deinosaur, and deinosaurian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To diminish. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. [ R. ] W. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an extinct heavy-bodied reptile of the late Paleozoic having a dorsal sail or crest. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a metal plate + &unr_; a lizard. ] (Paleon.) An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paleon.) One of the Enaliosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; marine (&unr_; in + &unr_; the sea) + &unr_; a lizard. ] (Paleon.) An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to the Enaliosauria. -- n. One of the Enaliosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'hw`s dawn + say^ros lizard. ] (Paleon.) An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any member of the genus Hadrosaurus or family Hadrosauridae, an extinct family of heavy bipedal partly aquatic dinosaurs with duck-billed skull and webbed feet; of the Upper Cretaceous in North America.
Syn. -- hadrosaurus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of extinct reptiles including the duck-billed dinosaurs.
Syn. -- family Hadrosauridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "adro`s thick + say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.) An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, sea + say^ros. ] (Paleon.) The Enaliosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } n. [ F. hollandaise, fem. of hollandais Dutch. ] (Cookery) A sauce consisting essentially of a seasoned emulsion of butter and yolk of eggs with a little lemon juice or vinegar. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. hylaeosaurus, fr. Gr. &unr_; belonging to a forest (fr. &unr_; wood) + &unr_; a lizard. ] (Paleon.) A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest, England. It was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in the skin, and armed with spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hylæosaur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. ichthyosaure. ] (Paleon.) One of the Ichthyosaura. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Ichthyosaurus. ] (Paleon.) An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the Ichthyosauria. -- n. One of the Ichthyosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Ichthyosauri [ NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + say^ros a lizard. ] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebræ, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oölitic, and Cretaceous formations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An extinct reptile intermediate in form between the therapsids and most primitive true mammals. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An order of extinct reptiles of the Upper Triassic.
Syn. -- order Ictodosauria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + say^ros a lizard. ] (Zool.) A division of reptiles, including the serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The black rattlesnake (Crotalus tergemina, or Caudisona tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. E. Mastodon + Gr. say^ros a lizard. ] (Paleon.) A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the European Triassic rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. megalosaurus, fr. Gr. me`gas, mega`lh, great + say^ros lizard: cf. F. mégalosaure. ] (Paleon.) A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have been found in England and elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. Same as Mosasauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

. 1. A sauce of vinegar and sugar flavored with spearmint leaves. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Money. [ Slang, Eng. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. mw^ros stupid + sau^ros lizard. ] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs, found in Jurassic strata in America. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Mosasaurus. ] (Paleon.) An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentlike in form and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with large recurved teeth, but they had paddlelike feet. Some of them were over fifty feet long. They are, essentially, fossil sea serpents with paddles. Called also Pythonomarpha, and Mosasauria. [ 1913 Webster ]