n. A pimp; a kept gallant. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Cf. Askant, Squint. ] With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. Basque Biscayan: cf. G. Baskisch. ] Pertaining to the country, people, or language of Biscay; Basque [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Chipmunk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disquieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disquieting. ] To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? Ps. xlii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

As quiet as these disquieted times will permit. Sir W. Scott.

Syn. -- To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ It ] roars and strives 'gainst its disquietal. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Producing inquietude or uneasiness. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to disquiet. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. [ R. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment. [ R. ] Hopkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing uneasiness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So distasteful and disquietous to a number of men. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. disquisitio, fr. disquirere to inquire diligently, investigate; dis- + quaerere to seek. See Quest. ] A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation. [ 1913 Webster ]

For accurate research or grave disquisition he was not well qualified. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to disquisition; fond of discussion or investigation; examining; inquisitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disquisitory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to disquisition; disquisitive. Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Esquimaux [ F. ] Same as Eskimo. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau can live, a civilized man can live also. McClintock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. escuyer, escuier, properly, a shield-bearer, F. écuyer shield-bearer, armor-bearer, squire of a knight, esquire, equerry, rider, horseman, LL. scutarius shield-bearer, fr. L. scutum shield, akin to Gr. &unr_; skin, hide, from a root meaning to cover; prob. akin to E. hide to cover. See Hide to cover, and cf. Equerry, Escutcheon. ] Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to squire. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In England, the title of esquire belongs by right of birth to the eldest sons of knights and their eldest sons in perpetual succession; to the eldest sons of younger sons of peers and their eldest sons in perpetual succession. It is also given to sheriffs, to justices of the peace while in commission, to those who bear special office in the royal household, to counselors at law, bachelors of divinity, law, or physic, and to others. In the United States the title is commonly given in courtesy to lawyers and justices of the peace, and is often used in the superscription of letters instead of Mr. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Esquired p. pr. & vb. n. Esquiring. ] To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Sketch. ] (Fine Arts) The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) One of a group of squirrels, of the genus Glaucomys (formerly Pteromus and Sciuropterus [ 1913 Webster ]), especially Glaucomys volans and Glaucomys sabrinus, having parachute-like folds of skin extending from the fore to the hind legs, which enable them to make very long, gliding leaps. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ The species of Pteromys are large, with bushy tails, and inhabit southern Asia and the East Indies; those of Sciuropterus are smaller, with flat tails, and inhabit the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America. The American species (Sciuropterus volucella) is also called Assapan. The Australian flying squirrels, or flying phalangers, are marsupials. See Flying phalanger (above). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ species name. ] A large European spider crab.
Syn. -- European spider crab, king crab, Maja squinado. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A mosquito that transmits the malaria parasite; it is most commonly the Anopheles mosquito. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel (Citellus lateralis) of western North America, resembling a large chipmunk. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ , n. [ Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican Indian word. ] (Bot.) Aany of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the southwestern part of North America belonging to the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large sugar-rich pods, especially the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

Honey mesquite. See Algaroba (b). --
Screw-pod mesquite, a smaller tree (Prosopis pubescens), having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by the Indians. --
Mesquite grass, a rich native grass in Western Texas (Bouteloua oligostachya, and other species); -- so called from its growing in company with the mesquite tree; -- called also muskit grass, grama grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

. The pod or seed of the mesquite. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Mosquitoes [ Sp. mosquito, fr. moscafly, L. musca. Cf. Musket. ] (Zool.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic. [ Written also musquito. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Mosquito bar,
Mosquito net, a net or curtain for excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows. --
Mosquito fleet, a fleet of small vessels. --
Mosquito hawk (Zool.), a dragon fly; -- so called because it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes. --
Mosquito netting, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for making mosquito bars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A silvery topminnow (Gambusia affinis) with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control.
Syn. -- Gambusia affinis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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

n. [ It. pasquillo. ] See Pasquin. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ R. ] See Pasquin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A lampooner; a pasquiler. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A lampooner. [ R. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To lampoon; to satiraze. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To see himself pasquined and affronted. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. pasquino a mutilated statue at Rome, set up against the wall of the place of the Orsini; -- so called from a witty cobbler or tailor, near whose shop the statue was dug up. On this statue it was customary to paste satiric papers. ] A lampooner; also, a lampoon. See Pasquinade. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Grecian wits, who satire first began,
Were pleasant pasquins on the life of man. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pasquinade, It. pasquinata. ] A lampoon or satirical writing. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To lampoon, to satirize. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat picturesque. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) An ascidian. See Illust. under Tunicata. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., one half more, one and a half. ] (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting that three atoms or equivalents of the substance to the name of which it is prefixed are combined with two of some other element or radical; as, sesquibromide, sesquicarbonate, sesquichloride, sesquioxide. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sesquidupli- is sometimes, but rarely, used in the same manner to denote the proportions of two and a half to one, or rather of five to two. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sesquialteral. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ NL. sesquialtera. ] (Mus.) A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reenforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. sesquialter once and a half; sesqui- + alter other: cf. F. sesquialtére. ] Once and a half times as great as another; having the ratio of one and a half to one. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sesquialteral ratio (Math.), the ratio of one and a half to one; thus, 9 and 6 are in a sesquialteral ratio. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sesquialteral. [ 1913 Webster ]