a. That aches; continuously painful. See Ache. -- Ach"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

The aching heart, the aching head. Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

adj. 1. expressing adverse criticism as a corrective
Syn. -- admonitory, reproachful, reproving [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ For in all (= every) thing. ] Altogether. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Icel. (modern) alping, earlier alpingi; allr all + ping assembly. See All, and Thing. ] The national assembly or parliament of Iceland. See Thing, n., 8. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Pg. ] (Zool.) An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

Did you ever know of anything so unlucky? A. Trollope. [ 1913 Webster ]

They do not know that anything is amiss with them. W. G. Sumner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like. [ Colloq. or Lowx ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I fear your girl will grow as proud as anything. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Any thing, written as two words, is now commonly used in contradistinction to any person or anybody. Formerly it was also separated when used in the wider sense. “Necessity drove them to undertake any thing and venture any thing.” De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anything but, not at all or in any respect. “The battle was a rare one, and the victory anything but secure.” Hawthorne. --
Anything like, in any respect; at all; as, I can not give anything like a fair sketch of his trials. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In any measure; anywise; at all. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mine old good will and hearty affection towards you is not . . . anything at all quailed. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds to no particular creed or dogma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Hort.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The arched part of a structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Hogging; -- opposed to sagging. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Amazing; surprising; wonderful; marvelous. [ 1913 Webster ]

As*ton"ish*ing*ly, adv. -- As*ton"ish*ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of taking a bath or baths. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bathing machine, a small room on wheels, to be driven into the water, for the convenience of bathers, who undress and dress therein. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake. Smyth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look. -- Be*seech"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*seech"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. -- Be*witch"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*witch"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art, act, or occupation or catching birds or wild fowls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Naut.) Anything added to raise the sides of a ship. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the act or process of giving birth. [ PJC ]

adj. an informal intensifier; as, we had a bitching good time. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

n. complaining; griping. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

n. The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bleaching powder, a powder for bleaching, consisting of chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate color like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dappled pink and blushing rose. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or flush upon the cheeks. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer or confess blushingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the process of forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shaded with branching palm. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or state of separation into branches; division into branches; a division or branch. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sciences, with their numerous branchings. L. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. See Brattice, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air. [ 1913 Webster ]

Subject to a difficulty of breathing. Melmoth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Air in gentle motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Aspiration; secret prayer. “Earnest desires and breathings after that blessed state.” Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Exercising; promotion of respiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here is a lady that wants breathing too;
And I have heard, you knights of Tyre
Are excellent in making ladies trip. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Utterance; communication or publicity by words. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Breathing place; vent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Stop; pause; delay. [ 1913 Webster ]

You shake the head at so long a breathing. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. (Gr. Gram.) A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below. [ 1913 Webster ]

Breathing place. (a) A pause. “That cæsura, or breathing place, in the midst of the verse.” Sir P. Sidney. (b) A vent. --
Breathing time, pause; relaxation. Bp. Hall. --
Breathing while, time sufficient for drawing breath; a short time. Shak. --
Rough breathing (spiritus asper) (&asper_;). See 2d Asper, n. --
Smooth breathing (spiritus lenis), a mark (') indicating the absence of the sound of h, as in 'ie`nai (ienai). [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. 1. A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech. [ 1913 Webster ]

I view the prince with Aristarchus' eyes,
Whose looks were as a breeching to a boy. Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Brisk; light; as, a brushing gallop. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 4th Bush. ] 1. The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot holes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) A bush or lining; -- sometimes called a thimble. See 4th Bush. [ 1913 Webster ]

See 1st Butt, 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Infectious; contagious. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Captivating; alluring. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of seizing or taking hold of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Catching bargain (Law), a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With clashing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering. [ 1913 Webster ]

From others he shall stand in need of nothing,
Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. Ps. xxxv. 13 [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art of process of making cloth. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Instructing [ refugees ] in the art of clothing. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mach.) See Card clothing, under 3d Card. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the job of a professional coach.
Syn. -- coaching job. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. (Med.) The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Healing the distemper of cows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The noise of many things falling and breaking at once. [ 1913 Webster ]

There shall be . . . a great crashing from the hills. Zeph. i. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That crushes; overwhelming. “The blow must be quick and crushing.” Macualay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bold; spirited; showy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dashing and daring spirit is preferable to the listless. T. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Conspicuously; showily. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A dashingly dressed gentleman. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Ceramics) The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelain. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manner to diminish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dish-shaped; concave. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Distinguishing pennant (Naut.), a special pennant by which any particular vessel in a fleet is recognized and signaled. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With distinction; with some mark of preference. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Doing nothing; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; idle; lazy; -- of people; as, a do-nothing policy. [ prenominal ]
Syn. -- bone-idle, bone-lazy, faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, shiftless, slothful, workshy, work-shy. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]