a. Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic. -- n. The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'ana` up + xa`ris grace. ] (Bot.) A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharidaceae), native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also waterweed and water thyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; eyelid + -ilis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the eyelids. -- Bleph`a*rit"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

a. Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Cantharis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cantharides [ L., a kind of beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. kanqari`s. ] (Zool.) A beetle (Lytta vesicatoria, syn. Cantharis vesicatoria), having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The type and sole genus of Carchariidae; the sand sharks.
Syn. -- genus Carcharias, Odontaspis, genus Odontaspis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. a natural family comprising the sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with the family Carcharhinidae.
Syn. -- family Carchariidae, Odontaspididae, family Odontaspididae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to cleanse, fr. &unr_; pure; akin to F. chaste. ] 1. (Med.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

See catherine wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. catharista, fr. Gr. &unr_; clean, pure. ] One aiming at or pretending to a greater purity of like than others about him; -- applied to persons of various sects. See Albigenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a chary manner; carefully; cautiously; frugally. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of boas of western North America.
Syn. -- genus Charina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality of being chary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Chariot, from char car. See Car. ] 1. (Antiq.) A two-wheeled car or vehicle for war, racing, state processions, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

First moved the chariots, after whom the foot. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A four-wheeled pleasure or state carriage, having one seat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Charioted; p. pr. & vb. n. Charioting. ] To convey in a chariot. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A light, covered, four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two seats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who drives a chariot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A constellation. See Auriga, and Wagones. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; gift. ] (Eccl.) A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a charism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. See Charity. ] 1. Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be thy intents wicked or charitable, . . .
. . . I will speak to thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Liberal in judging of others; disposed to look on the best side, and to avoid harsh judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely; generous; beneficent. [ 1913 Webster ]

What charitable men afford to beggars. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Of or pertaining to charity; springing from, or intended for, charity; relating to almsgiving; eleemosynary; as, a charitable institution. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Dictated by kindness; favorable; lenient. [ 1913 Webster ]

By a charitable construction it may be a sermon. L. Andrews.

Syn. -- Kind; beneficent; benevolent; generous; lenient; forgiving; helpful; liberal; favorable; indulgent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being charitable; the exercise of charity. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a charitable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Charities [ F. charité fr. L. caritas dearness, high regard, love, from carus dear, costly, loved; asin to Skr. kam to wish, love, cf. Ir. cara a friend, W. caru to love. Cf. Caress. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Love; universal benevolence; good will. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now abideth faith, hope, charity, three; but the greatest of these is charity. 1. Cor. xiii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

They, at least, are little to be envied, in whose hearts the great charities . . . lie dead. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

With malice towards none, with charity for all. Lincoln. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions of others. [ 1913 Webster ]

The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable. Buckminster. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity. [ 1913 Webster ]

The heathen poet, in commending the charity of Dido to the Trojans, spake like a Christian. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness. [ 1913 Webster ]

She did ill then to refuse her a charity. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. pl. (Law) Eleemosynary appointments [ grants or devises ] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions. [ 1913 Webster ]

The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless,
Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sisters of Charity (R. C. Ch.), a sisterhood of religious women engaged in works of mercy, esp. in nursing the sick; -- a popular designation. There are various orders of the Sisters of Charity.

Syn. -- Love; benevolence; good will; affection; tenderness; beneficence; liberality; almsgiving. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult; -- called also shivaree.
Syn. -- shivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It was at first performed before the house of any person of advanced age who married a second time. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; cithara. ] Pertaining, or adapted, to the cithara. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eschara, or family Escharidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. eucharis agreeable, Gr. e'y`charis See Eucharist. ] (Bot.) A genus of South American amaryllidaceous plants with large and beautiful white blossoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. eucharistia, Gr. e'ycharisti`a, lit., a giving of thanks; e'y^ + cha`ris favor, grace, thanks; akin to chai`rein to rejoice, and prob. to yearn: cf. F. eucharistie. ] 1. The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Led through the vale of tears to the region of eucharist and hallelujahs. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion.

-- See Sacrament.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. eucharistie. ] 1. Giving thanks; expressing thankfulness; rejoicing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The eucharistical part of our daily devotions. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to the Lord's Supper. “The eucharistic sacrament.” Sir. G. C. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The East Indian name of the Cynodon Dactylon; dog's-grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] 1. A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Harrier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Hara-kiri. [ 1913 Webster ]

An incorrect but common spelling and pronunciation of hara-kiri. [ PJC ]

n. [ See Ariolation. ] Prognostication; soothsaying. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a hare. [ R. ] Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. incharitable. ] Uncharitable; unfeeling. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. incharité. ] Lack of charity. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A desert in Southwestern Africa, most of which is located in the country of Botswana.
Syn. -- Kalahari Desert. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Name of a character in Rowe's drama, “The Fair Penitent.” ] A gay seducer of women; a libertine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) An African antelope (Hippotragus Bakeri). Its face is striped with black and white. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Nitro- + saccharin. ] (Chem.) An explosive nitro derivative of certain sugars, analogous to nitroglycerin, gun cotton, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind. [ Spelt also orpheoreon. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. Pharisaicus, Gr. Farisai:ko`s: cf. F. pharisaïque. See Pharisee. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees. “The Pharisaic sect among the Jews.” Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous. “Excess of outward and pharisaical holiness.” Bacon. “Pharisaical ostentation.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pharisaisme. ] 1. The notions, doctrines, and conduct of the Pharisees, as a sect. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Rigid observance of external forms of religion, without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of morals or manners. “A piece of pharisaism.” Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Pharisaeus, Gr. Farisai^os. ] Following the practice of Pharisees; Pharisaic. [ Obs. ] “Pharisean disciples.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Pharisaeus, Gr. Farisai^os, from Heb. pārash to separate. ] One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them to separate themselves from the other Jews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pharisaism. [ 1913 Webster ]