n. 1. One who administers comfort or consolation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let no comforter delight mine ear
But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Script.) The Holy Spirit, -- referring to his office of comforting believers. [ 1913 Webster ]

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things. John xiv. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight. Pop. Sci. Monthly. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Job's comforter, a boil. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F., strong water, nitric acid (which is used in etching plates). ] (Art) An etching or a print from an etched plate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ IT. forte: cf. F. fort. See Fort. ] 1. The strong point; that in which one excels. [1913 Webster]

The construction of a fable seems by no means the forte of our modern poetical writers. Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]

2. The stronger part of the blade of a sword; the part of half nearest the hilt; -- opposed to foible. [1913 Webster]

‖adv. [ It. forte, a. & adv., fr. L. fortis strong. ] (Mus.) Loudly; strongly; powerfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ It. piano soft (fr. L. planus even, smooth; see Plain, a.) + It. forte strong, fr. L. fortis (see Fort). ] (Mus.) A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dumb piano. See Digitorium. --
Grand piano. See under Grand. --
Square piano, one with a horizontal frame and an oblong case. --
Upright piano, one with an upright frame and vertical wires. [ 1913 Webster ]