n. 1. an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared; as, they established a baseline for the budget. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the back line at each end of a tennis court. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. (Baseball) the lines between bases on a baseball field along which a baseball player must run while running the bases. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. a measurement that represents the value of a physical quantity (such as a voltage, or a level of radioactivity) in the absence of effects from other variables in a measurement, test or experiment; a control value. [ PJC ]

5. any horizontal line in a plot, graph, or diagram, or on a visual display in an electronic device, used as a reference point to which other values are referred. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ F., fr. LL. capella. See Chapel. ] (Med.) A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Comely. ] The quality or state of being comely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Comeliness is a disposing fair
Of things and actions in fit time and place. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strength, comeliness of shape, or amplest merit. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Comeliness signifies something less forcible than beauty, less elegant than grace, and less light than prettiness. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To delineate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mark out. [ Obs. ] R. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being, or liable to be, delineated. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Delineate. ] Delineation; sketch. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. delineatus, p. p. of delineare to delineate; de- + lineare to draw, fr. linea line. See Line. ] Delineated; portrayed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Delineated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delineating. ] 1. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adventurous to delineate nature's form. Akenside. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. represented accurately or precisely. [ Narrower terms: diagrammatic, diagrammatical; drawn; painted ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. described in words with sharpness and detail or with vivid imagery. Opposite of undelineated.
Syn. -- represented, delineate. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L. delineatio: cf. F. délinéation. ] 1. The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their softest delineations of female beauty. W. Irving.

Syn. -- Sketch; portrait; outline. See Sketch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surv.) A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Delineation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a cosmetic powder of a dark tint, applied to the eyelid close to the base of the eyelashes to accentuate the eyes. Compare eye shadow. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. felinus, fr. feles, felis, cat, prob. orig., the fruitful: cf. F. félin. See Fetus. ] 1. (Zool.) Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus Felis, or family Felidæ; as, the feline race; feline voracity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characteristic of cats; sly; stealthy; treacherous; as, a feline nature; feline manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. hypen is changed from WN: adjust hier. a formal rule describing how a situation must be handled; -- used as a direction to administrators from superiors.
Syn. -- guidelines. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. hypen is changed from WN: adjust hier. a rule or set of rules giving guidance on how to behave in a situation. a situation to which the guidelines are considered applicable is described as "falling within the guidelines"
Syn. -- guideline, guidepost, rule of thumb. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A sort of breeches. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

n. [ From Homely. ] 1. Domesticity; care of home. [ Obs. ] “Wifely homeliness.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Familiarity; intimacy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The anem given to one of the creases on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long one will live.
Syn. -- line of life, life line. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A line or rope which raises or lowers a deep-sea diver. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. A line from a vessel that people in a body of water can cling to to save themselves from drowning. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. Likelihood; probability. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suitableness; agreeableness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Lively. ] 1. The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An appearance of life, animation, or spirit; as, the liveliness of the eye or the countenance in a portrait. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Sprightliness; gayety; animation; vivacity; smartness; briskness; activity. -- Liveliness, Gayety, Animation, Vivacity. Liveliness is an habitual feeling of life and interest; gayety refers more to a temporary excitement of the animal spirits; animation implies a warmth of emotion and a corresponding vividness of expressing it, awakened by the presence of something which strongly affects the mind; vivacity is a feeling between liveliness and animation, having the permanency of the one, and, to some extent, the warmth of the other. Liveliness of imagination; gayety of heart; animation of countenance; vivacity of gesture or conversation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) as a yellow oil, having a tobaccolike taste and odor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being unfrequented by human beings; as, the loneliness of a road. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Love of retirement; disposition to solitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

I see
The mystery of your loneliness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A feeling of depression resulting from being alone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Solitude; seclusion. See Solitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Lovely. ] The state or quality of being lovely. [ 1913 Webster ]

If there is such a native loveliness in the sex as to make them victorious when in the wrong, how resistless their power when they are on the side of truth! Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. marcidus withered, fr. marcere to wither, shrivel. ] A thin silk fabric used for linings, etc., in ladies' dresses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Bot.) An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] Muslin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mousseline de laine [ F., muslin of wool. ] Muslin delaine. See under Muslin. --
Mousseline glass, a kind of thin blown glassware, such as wineglasses, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] A soft thin silk fabric with a weave like that of muslin. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. mustelinus, fr. mustela weasel. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the family Mustelidae, or the weasels and martens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. myelo`s marrow. ] (Physiol. Chem.) (a) A soft white substance constituting the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers, and composed mainly of cholesterin, lecithin, cerebrin, protein, and some fat. (b) One of a group of phosphorized principles occurring in nerve tissue, both in the brain and nerve fibers. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Gr. nefe`lh cloud: cf. F. néphéline. Cf. Nebula. ] (Min.) A mineral occuring at Vesuvius, in glassy hexagonal crystals; also elsewhere, in grayish or greenish masses having a greasy luster, as the variety elaeolite. It is a silicate of aluminia, soda, and potash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Chem.) An alloy of nickel, a variety of German silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) Niccolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being one or single. [ Obs. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. orphelin. See Orphan. ] An orphan. [ Obs. ] Udcll. [ 1913 Webster ]

. 1. A line of pipe with pumping machinery and apparatus for conveying liquids, gases, or finely divided solids, such as petroleum or natural gas, between distant points. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

2. fig. an information channel direct from the source. [ PJC ]

3. the set of stages and processes from the invention or design of a product to its ultimate use, production, or commercial sale. Used commonly in the phrase
in the pipeline, i. e. still in preparation or under development. [ PJC ]

n. Previous delineation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being princely; the state, manner, or dignity of a prince. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sameness, 2. [ R. ] Bayne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Scopeloid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being shapely. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render unable to participate in an activity, such as a sporting event; as, the pitcher was sidelined by a groin injury. [ PJC ]

n. 1. (a) A line pertaining or attached to the side of a thing. (b) Specif., a line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A line of goods sold in addition to one's principal articles of trade; a course of business pursued aside from one's regular occupation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. A secondary road; esp., a byroad at right angles to a main road. [ Canada ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Sports) Either of two marked lines which delimit the side boundaries of a playing field, as in football or soccer. [ PJC ]

5. (Sports) [ plural ] The areas in a sports arena just beyond the sidelines{ 4 }, where coaches and alternative players sit or stand. [ PJC ]

on the sidelines not actively involved in an activity, such as a sporting event, but available for use when needed; in reserve; as, the coach kept him on the sidelines for a week. [ PJC ]

a., adv., n., a., etc. See Sprightful, Sprightfully, Sprightliness, Sprightly, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being stately. [ 1913 Webster ]

For stateliness and majesty, what is comparable to a horse? Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches, feet, etc., and often inclosed in a case, -- used for measuring. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being timely; seasonableness; opportuneness. [ 1913 Webster ]