a. [ Pref. a- not + caulescent. ] (Bot.) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + cauline. ] (Bot.) Same as Acaulescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; stalk or L. caulis stalk. See Cole. ] (Bot.) Same as Acaulescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amplexus, p. p. of amplecti to encircle, to embrace + caulis stem: cf. F. amplexicaule. ] (Bot.) Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. asaut, assaut, OF. assaut, asalt, F. assaut, LL. assaltus; L. ad + saltus a leaping, a springing, salire to leap. See Assail. ] 1. A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unshaken bears the assault
Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery. Blackstone. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Practically, however, the word assault is used to include the battery. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Attack; invasion; incursion; descent; onset; onslaught; charge; storm. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Assaulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Assaulting. ] [ From Assault, n.: cf. OF. assaulter, LL. assaltare. ] 1. To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces. [ 1913 Webster ]

Insnared, assaulted, overcome, led bound. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before the gates, the cries of babes newborn, . . .
Assault his ears. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the latter sense, assail is more common. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To attack; assail; invade; encounter; storm; charge. See Attack. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being assaulted. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. sexually abused; -- a euphemism.
Syn. -- molested, raped, criminally assaulted, sexually assaulted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. making an assault.
Syn. -- attacking(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. aula hall. Cf. LL. aularis of a court. ] Relating to a hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian. Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Old. ] Old; as, Auld Reekie (old smoky), i. e., Edinburgh. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A Scottish phrase used in recalling recollections of times long since past. “The days of auld lang syne.” [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }. (Eccl. Hist.) (a) A member of the conservative party in the Church of Scotland in the latter part of the 18th century. (b) Same as Burgher, n., 2. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. auleticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; flute. ] Of or pertaining to a pipe (flute) or piper. [ R. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aulicus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; hall, court, royal court. ] Pertaining to a royal court. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aulic council (Hist.), a supreme court of the old German empire; properly the supreme court of the emperor. It ceased at the death of each emperor, and was renewed by his successor. It became extinct when the German empire was dissolved, in 1806. The term is now applied to a council of the war department of the Austrian empire, and the members of different provincial chanceries of that empire are called aulic councilors. P. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An ell. [ Obs. ] See Aune. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Alnage and Alnager. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. & v. See Balk. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To maul or beat severely; to bruise. “In order to bemaul Yorick.” Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + vault. ] Having two vaults or arches. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Boxhauled ] (Naut.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind). Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Caterwauled p. pr. & vb. n. Caterwauling. ] [ Cat + waul, wawl, to cry as a cat. ] To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A caterwauling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the cry of cats. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. calle, kelle, prob. fr. F. cale; cf. Ir. calla a veil. ] 1. A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. See Omentum. [ 1913 Webster ]

The caul serves for the warming of the lower belly. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth; -- called also a veil. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

It is deemed lucky to be with a caul or membrane over the face. This caul is esteemed an infallible preservative against drowning . . . According to Chrysostom, the midwives frequently sold it for magic uses. Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a very large pot.
Syn. -- caldron. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. caulis stalk, stem: cf. F. caulescent. ] (Bot.) Having a leafy stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A short caulis or stem, esp. the rudimentary stem seen in the embryo of a seed; -- otherwise called a radicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Cauliculi [ L. cauliculus little stalk, dim. of caulis. ] (Arch.) In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. choufleur, modified by E. Cole. L. caulis, and by E. flower; F. chou cabbage is fr. L. caulis stalk, cabbage, and fleur flower is fr. L. flos flower. See Cole, and Flower. ] 1. (Bot.) An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The edible head or “curd” of a cauliflower plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caulis + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the form of a caulis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Growing immediately on a caulis; of or pertaining to a caulis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; L. pl. Caules [ L., a stem. ] (Bot.) An herbaceous or woody stem which bears leaves, and may bear flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. See Calk, v.. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to fill in the seams or cracks of, with a waterproof material such as caulk. [ PJC ]

n. 1. See Calk. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a viscous semisolid material of varying composition used to fill in seams of objects which are exposed to water, such as wooden ships or bath tiles; -- called also calk and caulking. After applying in a semisolid form, the material hardens and dries to form a waterproof seal. It is used in the process of caulking. It is sometimes applied together with a rope-like cord to fill larger seams. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler such as caulk. Contrasted with uncaulked. [ Narrower terms: weather-stripped ]
Syn. -- calked, chinked, stopped-up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having the seams between planks packed with waterproof material; -- of boats and ships.
Syn. -- calked. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the process of sealing cracks and crevices with a filler such as caulk{ 2 }. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. same as caulk{ 2 }, n.. [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; stem + karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Having stems which bear flowers and fruit year after year, as most trees and shrubs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kalo`s stem + -ome as in rhizome. ] (Bot.) A stem structure or stem axis of a plant, viewed as a whole. -- Cau*lom"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. See Chawdron. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible; -- said of a sailing vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Naut.) To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. defaute, OF. defaute, defalte, fem., F. défaut, masc., LL. defalta, fr. a verb meaning, to be deficient, to want, fail, fr. L. de- + fallere to deceive. See Fault. ] 1. A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom. [ 1913 Webster ]

And pardon craved for his so rash default. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regardless of our merit or default. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

In default of, in case of failure or lack of. [ 1913 Webster ] Cooks could make artificial birds and fishes in default of the real ones. Arbuthnot. --
To suffer a default (Law), to permit an action to be called without appearing to answer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Defaulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Defaulting. ] 1. To fail in duty; to offend. [ 1913 Webster ]

That he gainst courtesy so foully did default. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend. [ 1913 Webster ]

What they have defaulted towards him as no king. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to enter a default against. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To leave out of account; to omit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Defaulting unnecessary and partial discourses. Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]