n. 1. an enzyme which exists in nerve cells and hydrolyses acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid. It is essential for neurotransmission at autonomous synapses and neuromuscular junctions, and its inhibition by acetylcholinesterase inhibitors can paralyze or kill an animal.
Syn. -- ACE [ PJC ]

v. t. To admonish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ See Arrest, v. ] (Scots Law) The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who arrests. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Scots Law) The person at whose suit an arrestment is made. [ Also written arrestor. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. One who attests. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Beg + -ster. ] A beggar. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bestead or Bested, also (Obs.) Bestad. In sense 3 imp. also Besteaded. ] [ Pref. be- + stead a place. ] 1. To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. [ Only in p. p. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. Is. viii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many far worse bestead than ourselves. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put in peril; to beset. [ Only in p. p. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. same as defeated.
Syn. -- outdone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in Western U.S.
Syn. -- blue stem, Andropogon furcatus, Andropogon gerardii. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. Brast; p. p. Brusten, Borsten, Bursten. ] To burst. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F., prop., song of history. ] Any Old French epic poem having for its subject events or exploits of early French history, real or legendary, and written originally in assonant verse of ten or twelve syllables. The most famous one is the Chanson de Roland.

Langtoft had written in the ordinary measure of the later chansons de geste. Saintsbury. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having (such) a chest; -- in composition; as, broad-chested; narrow-chested. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a davenport with upright armrests. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See -lite. ] A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The chestnut tree. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Wilwe, elm, plane, assch, box, chesteyn. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chide + -ster. ] A female scold. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. cholestérique. ] Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; as, cholesteric acid. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; bile + &unr_; stiff fat: F. cholestérine. See Stearin. ] (Chem.) A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Bot.) Crowded together. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Containing an unnatural accumulation of blood; hyperæmic; -- said of any part of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a crest. [ 1913 Webster ]

But laced crested helm. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head. “The crested bird.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bott.) Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. dermhsth`s; de`rma skin + root of &unr_; to eat. ] (Zool.) A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvæ of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is Dermestes lardarius, known as the bacon beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. détrempe, fr. détremper. ] A kind of painting. See Distemper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who detests. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a digested or well-arranged manner; methodically. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who digests. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A medicine or an article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens digestive power. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rice is . . . a great restorer of health, and a great digester. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A strong closed vessel, in which bones or other substances may be subjected, usually in water or other liquid, to a temperature above that of boiling, in order to soften them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disesteemed p. pr. & vb. n. Disesteeming. ] 1. To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight. [ 1913 Webster ]

But if this sacred gift you disesteem. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Qualities which society does not disesteem. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to be regarded with disfavor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What fables have you vexed, what truth redeemed,
Antiquities searched, opinions disesteemed? B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disesteems. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Disinteressed. ] Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge. [ 1913 Webster ]

The happiness of disinterested sacrifices. Channing.

Syn. -- Unbiased; impartial; uninterested; indifferent. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality. [ 1913 Webster ]

That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fester. [ Obs. ] “Enfestered sores.” Davies (Holy Roode). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Esteemed p. pr. & vb. n. Esteeming. ] [ F. estimer, L. aestimare, aestumare, to value, estimate; perh. akin to Skr. ish to seek, strive, and E. ask. Cf. Aim, Estimate. ] 1. To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shouldst (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence. Bp. Gardiner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Famous men, -- whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will he esteem thy riches? Job xxxvi. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it. Tennyson.

Syn. -- To estimate; appreciate; regard; prize; value; respect; revere. See Appreciate, Estimate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. estime. See Esteem, v. t. ] 1. Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price. [ 1913 Webster ]

Most dear in the esteem
And poor in worth! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will deliver you, in ready coin,
The full and dear'st esteem of what you crave. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem. Shak.

Syn. -- See Estimate, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthy of esteem; estimable. [ R. ] “Esteemable qualities.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The proudest esteemer of his own parts. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A word invented by L. Gmelin, a German chemist. ] (Chem.) An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. } A feast. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fescennine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Festered p. pr. & vb. n. Festering. ] [ OE. festern, fr. fester, n.; or fr. OF. festrir, fr. festre, n. See Fester, n. ] 1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wounds immedicable
Rankle, and fester, and gangrene. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to fester or rankle. [ 1913 Webster ]

For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate,
And festered ranking malice in my breast. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. festre, L. fistula a sort of ulcer. Cf. Fistula. ] 1. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A festering or rankling. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fester of the chain their necks. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A festering. [ R. ] Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. festier, festeer, F. festoyer. ] To feast; to entertain. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. covered with forest; as, efforts to protect forested lands of the northwest. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. forestier, LL. forestarius. ] 1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inhabitant of a forest. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A forest tree. [ R. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fruiteress. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]