n. [ Abbot + -ship. ] The state or office of an abbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the position or state of being a member of an honorary academy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state of being an accomplice. [ R. ] Sir H. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Accountant + -ship. ] The office or employment of an accountant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state of being acquainted; acquaintance. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The position or office of an administrator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an adviser. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Office or duty of an advocate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an ædile. T. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Agency. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Art, skill, or ability in the practice of aerial navigation; aircraft piloting. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. 1. 1 a steerable self-propelled light-than-air aircraft.
Syn. -- dirigible [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The condition, position, or office of an alderman. Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an almoner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or character of an amateur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state, office, or functions of an ambassador. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Naut.) In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and sometimes also her breadth. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'amfi` + &unr_; one who breathes, &unr_; to breathe. ] (Zool.) One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Amphipoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + &unr_;, &unr_; foot. ] (Zool.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

adj. 1. 1 having columns at both ends but not on the sides.
Syn. -- amphiprostyle, amphistylar, porticoed [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. amphiprostylos, Gr. &unr_; having a double prostyle: cf. F. amphiprostyle. See Prostyle. ] (Arch.) Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides. -- n. An amphiprostyle temple or edifice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or dignity of an apostle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an archdeacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or skill of an archer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum.
Syn. -- paleocortex [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to an archipelago. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -goes or -gos [ It. arcipelago, properly, chief sea; Gr. pref &unr_; + &unr_; sea, perh. akin to &unr_; blow, and expressing the beating of the waves. See Plague. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The Grecian Archipelago, or Ægean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. pref. 'archi- (E. arch-) + ptery`gion wing, fin. ] (Anat.) The primitive form of fin, like that of Ceratodus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an archon. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or function of an assessor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of an associate, as in Academy or an office. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or function of auditor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office, or period of office, of an augur. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or dignity of an autocrat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a bachelor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a bard. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Nav.) [ shortened from line-of-battle ship, i.e. the most heavily armored ship suited to be in the front line of a naval battle. ] An armor-plated warship built of steel and heavily armed, generally having over ten thousand tons displacement, and intended to be fit to combat the heaviest enemy ships in line of battle; the most heavily armed and armored class of warship at any given time. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle. A. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau. [ Jocular ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of managing a boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ brink + -manship. (1956). ] the policy or practise of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety), in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome; -- used especially of diplomatic maneuvers in crisis situations, and originally applied to the policies of John Foster Dulles under President Eisenhower. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. The state of privilege of a burgess. South. [ 1913 Webster ]