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 ]

a. 1. Causing loss of memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to amnesia. [ PJC ]

n. A drug causing loss of memory. Stedman. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Amnestied p. pr. & vb. n. Amnestying. ] To grant amnesty to. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amnestia, Gr. 'amnhsti`a, a forgetting, fr. 'a`mnhstos forgotten, forgetful; 'a priv. + mna^sqai to remember: cf. F. amnistie, earlier amnestie. See Mean, v. ] 1. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

‖ n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anaisqhsi`a; 'an priv. + a'i`sqhsis feeling, a'isqa`nesqai to feel: cf. F. anesthésie. See aesthetics. ] (Med.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ a. (Med.) (a) Capable of causing anesthesia; as, anæsthetic agents. (b) Characterized by, or connected with, anesthesia; as, an anæsthetic effect or operation. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

‖ AS, n. (Med.) A substance which produces anesthesia, as chloroform, ether, etc. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

‖ , v. t. (Med.) To produce anesthesia by an anæsthetic. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Aiding the memory; as, anamnestic remedies. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n., /mhw>, a. Same as Anæsthesia, Anæsthetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A medical specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before the patient is treated. [ Also spelled anaesthetist. ]
Syn. -- anesthesiologist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To cause to become unconscious by administration of an anaesthetic agent. [ Also spelled anaesthetize. ]
Syn. -- put to sleep, put under, put out. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. rendered insensible by anesthetizing. Same as anaesthetized. [ Also spelled anaesthetized. ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. A mixture of methyl chloride and ethyl chloride; it is used as a local anesthetic, by spraying onto the skin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to anestrus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. not in a state of estrus; not in heat; -- of lower mammals; as, an anestrous bitch. Opposite of estrous. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus; -- applies to nonhuman mammals. [ Also spelled anoestrus. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ or } n. 1. The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The nests are found in caverns and fissures of cliffs on rocky coasts, and are composed in part of algæ. They are of the size of a goose egg, and in substance resemble isinglass. See Illust. under Edible. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus Neottia (Neottia nidus-avis). [ 1913 Webster ]

Bird's-nest pudding, a pudding containing apples whose cores have been replaced by sugar. --
Yellow bird's nest, a plant, the Monotropa hypopitys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. koino`s common + &unr_; sensation. ] (Physiol.) Common sensation or general sensibility, as distinguished from the special sensations which are located in, or ascribed to, separate organs, as the eye and ear. It is supposed to depend on the ganglionic system. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or . [ From Conestoga, Pennsylvania. ] A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for traveling in soft soil and on prairies. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Naut.) A box or platform near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to throw (something or someone) out of a window. [ PJC ]

n. the act of throwing (something or someone) out of a window. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ L. dehonestatus, p. p. of dehonestare to dishonor; de- + honestare to make honorable. Cf. Dishonest, and see Honest. ] To disparage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dehonestatio. ] A dishonoring; disgracing. [ Obs. ] Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. déshonnête, OF. deshoneste. ] 1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [ the women ]. Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears,
Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust. [ 1913 Webster ]

To get dishonest gain. Ezek. xxii. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dishonest profits of men in office. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. OF. deshonester. ] To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I will no longer dishonest my house. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dishonest manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. deshonesté, F. déshonnêteté. ] 1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [ Obs. ] “The hidden things of dishonesty.” 2 Cor. iv. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Lewdness; unchastity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. eornost, eornest; akin to OHG. ernust, G. ernst; cf. Icel. orrosta battle, perh. akin to Gr. 'orny`nai to excite, L. oriri to rise. ] Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to earnest. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

And given in earnest what I begged in jest. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In earnest, serious; seriously; not in jest; earnestly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers. [ 1913 Webster ]

An earnest advocate to plead for him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Serious; important. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They whom earnest lets do often hinder. Hooker.

Syn. -- Eager; warm; zealous; ardent; animated; importunate; fervent; sincere; serious; hearty; urgent. See Eager. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To use in earnest. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To earnest them [ our arms ] with men. Pastor Fido (1602). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. corrupted fr. F. arrhes, L. arra, arrha, arrhabo, Gr. 'arrabw`n, of Semitic origin, cf. Heb. ērāvōn; or perh. fr. W. ernes, akin to Gael. earlas, perh. fr. L. arra. Cf. Arles, Earles penny. ] 1. Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 2 Cor. i. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

And from his coffers
Received the golden earnest of our death. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale. Kent. Ayliffe. Benjamin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Earnest money (Law), money paid as earnest, to bind a bargain or to ratify and prove a sale.

Syn. -- Earnest, Pledge. These words are here compared as used in their figurative sense. Earnest is not so strong as pledge. An earnest, like first fruits, gives assurance, or at least a high probability, that more is coming of the same kind; a pledge, like money deposited, affords security and ground of reliance for the future. Washington gave earnest of his talent as commander by saving his troops after Braddock's defeat; his fortitude and that of his soldiers during the winter at Valley Forge might rightly be considered a pledge of their ultimate triumph. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serious. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an earnest manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety. [ 1913 Webster ]

An honest earnestness in the young man's manner. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Earnest. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Earnest, a. ] Serious. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Fenestræ [ L., a window. ] (Anat.) A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fenestra a window. ] 1. (Arch.) Pertaining to a window or to windows. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a fenestra. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) A casement or window sash, closed with cloth or paper instead of glass. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fenestratus, p. p. of fenestrare to furnish with openings and windows. ] 1. Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated; as, fenestrate membranes; fenestrate fronds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having transparent spots, as the wings of certain butterflies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Arch.) Having windows; characterized by windows. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Same as Fenestrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Arch.) The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) The state or condition of being fenestrated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fenestrula a little window, dim. of fenestra a window. ] (Zool.) One of the openings in a fenestrated structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To distill, as spirit from molasses or some saccharine preparation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who finestills. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. funestus, fr. funus a funeral, destruction: cf. F. funeste. ] Lamentable; doleful. [ R. ] “Funest and direful deaths.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

A forerunner of something very funest. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]