{ } n. Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ad + lineatus, p. p. of lineare to draw a line. ] To align. [ R. ] Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. -- Ap*pall"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L.caballinus, fr. caballus a nag. Cf. Cavalier. ] Of or pertaining to a horse. -- n. Caballine aloes. [ 1913 Webster ]

caballine aloes, an inferior and impure kind of aloes formerly used in veterinary practice; -- called also horse aloes. --
Caballine spring, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon; -- fabled to have been formed by a stroke from the foot of the winged horse Pegasus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of crustaceans comprising the New World blue crabs.
Syn. -- genus Callinectes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament. [ 1913 Webster ]

The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who hath . . . called us with an holy calling. 2 Tim. i. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give diligence to make yior calling . . . sure. 2 Pet. i. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in legislative bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade. [ 1913 Webster ]

The humble calling of ter female parent. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment. [ 1913 Webster ]

To impose celibacy on wholy callings. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Title; appellation; name. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I am more proud to be Sir Rowland's son
His youngest son, and would not change that calling. Shak.

Syn. -- Occupation; employment; business; trade; profession; office; engagement; vocation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named in allusion to the color of red corallin, fr. L. corallum coral. ] (Chem.) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Red corallin, a red dyestuff which is obtained by treating aurin or rosolic acid with ammonia; -- called also pæonin. --
Yellow corallin. See Aurin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. L. corallinus coralred. ] Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. coralline. ] 1. (Bot.) A submarine, semicalcareous or calcareous plant, consisting of many jointed branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Formerly any slender coral-like animal; -- sometimes applied more particulary to bryozoan corals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paleon.) A fossil coralline. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. crystalline. ] (Geol.) Indistinctly crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol. Chem.) See Gobulin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. crystallinus, from Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;: cf. F. cristallin. See Crystal. ] 1. Consisting, or made, of crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their crystalline structure. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid. “The crystalline sky.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crystalline heavens, or
Crystalline spheres, in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, two transparent spheres imagined to exist between the region of the fixed stars and the primum mobile (or outer circle of the heavens, which by its motion was supposed to carry round all those within it), in order to explain certain movements of the heavenly bodies. --
Crystalline lens (Anat.), the capsular lenslike body in the eye, serving to focus the rays of light. It consists of rodlike cells derived from the external embryonic epithelium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Aniline. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Falling down. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. capturing interest as if by a spell; as, an enthralling book.
Syn. -- bewitching, captivating, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. & n. from Fall, v. i. [ 1913 Webster ]

Falling away,
Falling off, etc. See To fall away, To fall off, etc., under Fall, v. i. --
Falling band, the plain, broad, linen collar turning down over the doublet, worn in the early part of the 17th century. --
Falling sickness (Med.), epilepsy. Shak. --
Falling star. (Astron.) See Shooting star. --
Falling stone, a stone falling through the atmosphere; a meteorite; an aërolite. --
Falling tide, the ebb tide. --
Falling weather, a rainy season. [ Colloq. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A substance obtained by the reduction of gallein. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Gallinaceous. ] (Zool.) Same as Gallinae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.[ L. gallinaceus, fr. gallina hen, fr. gallus cock. ] (Zool.) Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. [ NL., fr. L. gallina a hen, gallus a cock. ] (Zool.) An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes called Rasores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of birds consisting of certain of the snipes.
Syn. -- genus Gallinago, Capella, genus Capella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating. -- Gall"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A large mosquito. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gallinula chicken, dim. of gallina hen: cf. F. gallinule. ] (Zool.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was formerly believed to be able to detect and report adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly domesticated by the ancients. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Grallæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hematocrystallin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hemato + crystalline. ] (Physiol.) See Hemoglobin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Holo + crystalline. ] (Min.) Completely crystalline; -- said of a rock like granite, all the constituents of which are crystalline.

a. [ Pref. hypo- + crystalline. ] (Crystallog.) Partly crystalline; -- said of rock which consists of crystals imbedded in a glassy ground mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the act of installing something (as equipment).
Syn. -- installation, setting up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. métallin. ] (Chem.) (a) Pertaining to, or resembling, a metal; metallic; as, metalline properties. (b) Impregnated with metallic salts; chalybeate; as, metalline water. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A substance of variable composition, but resembling a soft, dark-colored metal, used in the bearings of machines for obviating friction, and as a substitute for lubricants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Micro- + crystalline. ] (Crystallog.) Crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale; consisting of fine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics is microcrystalline. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. fanero`s visible + E. crystalline. ] (Geol.) Distinctly crystalline; -- used of rocks. Opposed to cryptocrystalline. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Entrapping; insnaring. [ R. ] “Full of . . . contradiction and pitfalling dispenses.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the rails. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Min.) Half crystalline; -- said of certain cruptive rocks composed partly of crystalline, partly of amorphous matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stabling. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Imperfectly crystallized. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shedding tears; tender. [ Poetic ] “Tear-falling pity.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Consisting of a thallus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a young shoot or branch. ] (Chem.) An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C10H13NO, whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; -- so called from the green color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents. [ 1913 Webster ]

See abolishable.
See absolvable.
See absurd.
See abundant.
See accordant.
See adoptable.
See adventurous.
See affable.
See affectionate.
See afraid.
See alliable.
See allowable.
See alterable.
See ambiguous.
See ambitious.
See amendable.
See -American.
See amusive.
See angular.
See anxious.
See apocryphal.
See apostolic.
See apparent.
See appeasable.
See applausive.
See appreciable.
See apprehensible.
See apprehensive.
See approachable.
See artificial.
See artistic.
See assailable.
See attainable.
See attentive.
See authentic.
See available.
See bailable.
See bearable.
See beautiful.
See beliefful.
See believable.
See beneficial.
See benevolent.
See blamable.
See blemishable.
See blissful.
See boastful.
See bold.
See bookish.
See bounteous.
See bribable.
See brotherly.
See burdensome.
See businesslike.
See busy.
See candid.
See canonical.
See captious.
See careful.
See celestial.
See ceremonious.
See challengeable.
See changeable.
See chary.
See chastisable.
See cheerful.
See cheery.
See childish.
See chivalrous.
See choleric.
See christianlike.
See circumspect.
See civic.
See classible.
See classic.
See classical.
See cleanly.
See clear.
See clerical.
See clerklike.
See close.
See cloudy.
See clubbable.
See coagulable.
See cogitable.
See collectible.
See comic.
See commendable.
See commercial.
See communicable.
See communicative.
See compact.
See companionable.
See compassionate.
See compellable.
See competitive.
See complaisant.
See compliant. See complimentary.
See concealable.
See concurrent.
See conditionate.
See confinable.
See confutable.
See congealable.
See congenial.
See conjugal.
See conjunctive.
See conquerable.
See consecrate.
See containable.
See contaminate.
See contradictable.
See contrite.
See convenable.
See conventional.
See conversable.
See conversant.
See convertible.
See coquettish.
See cordial.
See corpulent.
See correspondent.
See corruptible.
See corruptive.
See costly.
See counselable.
See countable.
See counterfeit.
See courteous.
See courtierlike.
See courtly.
See crafty.
See creatable.
See critical.
See crystalline.
See cultivable.
See curious.
See customary.
See dangerous.
See daughterly.
See dead.
See deceivable.
See decidable.
See decipherable.
See declinable.
See decomposable.
See definable.
See delectable.
See deliberate.
See delightful.
See deliverable.
See democratic.
See demonstrable.
See demonstrative.
See deniable.
See derogatory.
See descendible.
See describable.
See desirable.
See desirous.
See despondent.
See devout.
See diaphanous.
See diligent.
See diminishable.
See discernible.
See disciplinable.
See discordant.
See discoverable.
See dissolvable.
See distinguishable.
See dividable.
See divine.
See domestic.
See doubtful.
[ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of making a wall or walls. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Walls, in general; material for walls. [ 1913 Webster ]

Walling wax, a composition of wax and tallow used by etchers and engravers to make a bank, or wall, round the edge of a plate, so as to form a trough for holding the acid used in etching, and the like. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]