n. That which is used for steadying anything; ballast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bastinado, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bastinado. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bastinadoes [ Sp. bastonada (cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. bâton) a stick or staff. See Baston. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A blow with a stick or cudgel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bastinadoed p. pr. & vb. n. Bastinadoing. ] To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Loose temporary stitches.
Syn. -- baste, tacking. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Cookery) The act or process of moistening a roast as it is cooking. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. See Biestings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have smitten you with blasting and mildew. Amos iv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or process of one who, or that which, blasts; the business of one who blasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display. [ 1913 Webster ]

When boasting ends, then dignity begins. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Boastfully; with boasting. “He boastingly tells you.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mach.) The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the medium that disseminates via telecommunications; radio and television.
Syn. -- broadcast media. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. taking part in a radio or tv program. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The warping of a board. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Casting of draperies, the proper distribution of the folds of garments, in painting and sculpture. --
Casting line (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied to the long reel line. --
Casting net, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction from a net that is set and left. --
Casting voice,
Casting vote, the decisive vote of a presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house are equally divided. “When there was an equal vote, the governor had the casting voice.” B. Trumbull. --
Casting weight, a weight that turns a balance when exactly poised. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coasting trade, trade carried on by water between neighboring ports of the same country, as distinguished from foreign trade or trade involving long voyages. --
Coasting vessel, a vessel employed in coasting; a coaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. crastinus of to-morrow, from cras to-morrow. ] Procrastination; a putting off till to-morrow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut. & Surv.) The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Elastic + -in. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most fluids, but is gradually dissolved when digested with either pepsin or trypsin. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. 1. Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immortal; eternal. “The Everlasting God.” Gen. xx1. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . . . the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. Gen xvii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

And heard thy everlasting yawn confess
The pains and penalties of idleness. Pope.

Syn. -- Eternal; immortal, interminable; endless; never-ending; infinite; unceasing; uninterrupted; continual; unintermitted; incessant. -- Everlasting, Eternal. Eternal denotes (when taken strictly) without beginning or end of duration; everlasting is sometimes used in our version of the Scriptures in the sense of eternal, but in modern usage is confined to the future, and implies no intermission as well as no end. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether we shall meet again I know not;
Therefore our everlasting farewell take;
Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Everlasting flower. Sane as Everlasting, n., 3. --
Everlasting pea, an ornamental plant (Lathyrus latifolius) related to the pea; -- so called because it is perennial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Eternal duration, past or future; eternity. [ 1913 Webster ]

From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Ps. xc. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as, the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle (Xeranthemum anuum) of the French, the cudweeds, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A cloth fabric for shoes, etc. See Lasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an everlasting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being everlasting; endless duration; indefinite duration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fibrin + Gr. &unr_; to form, mold. ] (Physiol.Chem.) An albuminous substance, existing in the blood, which in combination with fibrinogen forms fibrin; -- called also paraglobulin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process of calculating and predicting future events, usually based on extrapolation from past experience, and with varying degress of uncertainty.
Syn. -- prediction, foretelling. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ From Haste, v. ] Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Geol.) The lower group of the Wealden formation; -- so called from its development around Hastings, in Sussex, England. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An alkaloid, found in the rootstock of the golden seal (Hydrastis Canadensis), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance. It is used as a tonic and febrifuge. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Paint.) The laying on of colors to produce impasto. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Durable; permanent; undecaying; perpetual; unending. -- Lasting, Permanent, Durable. Lasting commonly means merely continuing in existence; permanent carries the idea of continuing in the same state, position, or course; durable means lasting in spite of agencies which tend to destroy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Continuance; endurance. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act or process of shaping on a last. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a lasting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.
Syn. -- durability, enduringness, strength. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Existing or persisting for a long time; as, a long-lasting friendship.
Syn. -- durable, lasting, long-lived. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Naut.) The act or process of putting a mast or masts into a vessel; also, the scientific principles which determine the position of masts, and the mechanical methods of placing them. [ 1913 Webster ]

Masting house (Naut.), a large building, with suitable mechanism overhanging the water, used for stepping and unstepping the masts of vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. mediastinum, fr. L. medius middle; cf. mediastinus helper, a menial servant, LL. mediastinus equiv. to medius: cf F. médiastin. ] (Anat.) A partition; a septum; specifically, the folds of the pleura (and the space included between them) which divide the thorax into a right and left cavity. The space included between these folds of the pleura, called the mediastinal space, contains the heart and gives passage to the esophagus and great blood vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Perh. fr. L. mitis mild. ] A process, invented by P. Ostberg, for producing malleable iron castings by melting wrought iron, to which from 0.05 to 0.1 per cent of aluminum is added to lower the melting point, usually in a petroleum furnace, keeping the molten metal at the bubbling point until it becomes quiet, and then pouring the molten metal into a mold lined with a special mixture consisting essentially of molasses and ground burnt fire clay; also, a casting made by this process; -- called also wrought-iron casting. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The quality or state of being nasty; extreme filthness; dirtiness; also, indecency; obscenity. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nastiness of Plautus and Aristophanes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is cast out. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus comprising the parsnips.
Syn. -- genus Pastinaca. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) an American everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly-white scarious involucres.
Syn. -- cottonweed, Anaphalis margaritacea. [ WordNet 1.5 +MW10 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to form, mold. ] (Biol.) A substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Procrastinated p. pr. & vb. n. Procrastinating. ] [ L. procrastinatus, p. p. of procrastinare to procrastinate; pro forward + crastinus of to-morrow, fr. cras to-morrow. ] To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hopeless and helpless Aegeon wend,
But to procrastinate his lifeless end. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract; prolong. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To delay; to be dilatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. procrastinatio: cf. F. procrastination. ] The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Procrastination is the thief of time. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to procrastination; dilatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. & n., from Roast, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

Roasting ear, an ear of Indian corn at that stage of development when it is fit to be eaten roasted. --
Roasting jack, a machine for turning a spit on which meat is roasted. [ 1913 Webster ]