{ } n. [ F. bastille fortress, OF. bastir to build, F. bâtir. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Feud. Fort.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place. [ 1913 Webster ]

The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. “The Bastille”, formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Castile, or Castilia, a province in Spain, from which it originally came. ] A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hasta a spear. ] (Bot.) Same as Hastate. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hostilis, from hostis enemy: cf. F. hostile. See Host an army. ] Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.

Syn. -- Warlike; inimical; unfriendly; antagonistic; opposed; adverse; opposite; contrary; repugnant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural. [ Colloq. ] P. H. Sheridan. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a hostile manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Finance) the purchase of a controlling interest in a publicly-traded company against the wishes of the current management. A person who is the main principal in performing such a buyout is called a corporate raider.
Syn. -- hostile buyout. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. pestilence, L. pestilentia. See Pestilent. ] 1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pestilence that walketh in darkness. Ps. xci. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pestilence weed (Bot.), the butterbur coltsfoot (Petasites vulgaris), so called because formerly considered a remedy for the plague. Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pestilens, -entis, fr. pestis pest: cf. F. pestilent. ] Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. “Corrupt and pestilent.” Milton. “What a pestilent knave is this same!” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. pestilentiel. ] 1. Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence. “Sends the pestilential vapors.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive. [ 1913 Webster ]

So pestilential, so infectious a thing is sin. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Pestilently. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pestilential. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a pestilent manner; mischievously; destructively. “Above all measure pestilently noisome.” Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ Written also postiller. ] One who writers marginal notes; one who illustrates the text of a book by notes in the margin. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Style. ] 1. A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style. Moxon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Mode of composition. See Style. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

May I not write in such a stile as this? Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. stile, AS. stigel a step, a ladder, from stīgan to ascend; akin to OHG. stigila a stile. √164. See Sty, v. i., and cf. Stair. ] 1. A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

There comes my master . . . over the stile, this way. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Over this stile in the way to Doubting Castle. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the primary members of a frame, into which the secondary members are mortised. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In an ordinary door the principal upright pieces are called stiles, the subordinate upright pieces mullions, and the crosspieces rails. In wainscoting the principal pieces are sometimes called stiles, even when horizontal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hanging stile,
Pulley stile. See under Hanging, and Pulley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also stilette, and stylet. ] 1. A stiletto. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surg.) See Stylet, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Stilettos [ It., dim. of stilo a dagger, fr. L. stilus a pointed instrument. See Style for writing, and cf. Stylet. ] 1. A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in embroidery. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A beard trimmed into a pointed form. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The very quack of fashions, the very he that
Wears a stiletto on his chin. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stilettoed p. pr. & vb. n. Stilettoing ] To stab or kill with a stiletto. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Dialing) See Substyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See Turnpike, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A similar arrangement for registering the number of persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

See high.
See honorable.
See hopeful.
See hostile.
See hurt.
See hhurtful.
See hygienic.
See ideal.
See idle.
See illusory.
See imaginable.
See imaginative.
See immortal.
See implicit.
See important.
See impressible. See >Unimpressible.
See impressionable.
See improvable.
See impugnable.
See incidental.
See increasable.
See indifferent.
See indulgent.
See industrious.
See inflammable.
See influential.
See ingenious.
See ingenuous.
See inhabitable.
See injurious.
See inquisitive.
See instructive.
See intelligent.
See intelligible.
See intentional.
See interesting.
See interpretable.
See inventive.
See investigable.
See jealous.
See joyful.
See joyous.
See justifiable.
See kingly.
See knightly.
See knotty.
See knowable.
See laborious.
See ladylike.
See level.
See libidinous.
See lightsome.
See limber.
See lineal.
See logical.
See lordly.
See losable.
See lovable.
See lucent.
See luminous.
See lustrous.
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See maidenly.
See makable.
See malleable.
See manageable.
See manful.
See manlike.
See manly.
See marketable.
See marriable.
See marriageable.
See marvelous.
See masculine.
See matchable.
See matronlike.
See meek.
See meet.
See melodious.
See mendable.
See mentionable.
See mercenary.
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See meritable.
See merry.
See metaphorical.
See mighty.
See mild.
See military.
See mindful.
See mingleable.
See miraculous.
See miry.
See mitigable.
See modifiable.
See modish.
See moist.
See monkish.
See motherly.
See muscular.
See musical.
See mysterious.
See namable.
See native.
See navigable.
See needful.
See negotiable.
See niggard.
See noble.
See objectionable.
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