[ Jap. adzuki. ] A cultivated variety of the Asiatic gram, now introduced into the United States. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a genus of snakes comprising the copperheads.
Syn. -- genus Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, genus Ancistrodon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Etymology unknown. Cf. Kimbo. ] With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward. “With one arm akimbo.” Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- (for of) + kin. ] 1. Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. “A joy akin to rapture.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This adjective is used only after the noun. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'akinhsi`a quiescence; 'a priv. + ki`nhsis motion. ] (Med.) Loss of the ability for voluntary muscle movement. Foster. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

‖/mhw>, a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to akinesia. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. 1. Var. of Algonquian. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Geol.) Pertaining to or designating a period or era recognized by the United States Geological Survey and some other authorities, between the Archæan and the Paleozoic, from both of which it is generally separated in the record by unconformities. Algonkian rocks are both sedimentary and igneous. Although fossils are rare, life certainly existed in this period. -- n. The Algonkian period or era, or system or group of systems. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } prop. n. One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ Heb. ] (Bibl.) A race of giants living in Palestine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 any of a group of powerful earth spirits or genii; servitors of the gods. [ Babylonian ]
Syn. -- Enuki [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL.; Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; seed of a lentil. ] (Med.) An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. concerned with or designed for use after skiing; occurring after a day of skiing; as, apres-ski wear; an apres-ski party. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the time after skiing. [ PJC ]

a. Belonging to the ark. [ R. ] Faber. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The publishing of banns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Russ. ostatki remnants, pl. of ostatok. ] A thick liquid residuum obtained in the distillation of Russian petroleum, much used as fuel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. not relying on imports; -- of countries. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL.; auto- + Gr. &unr_; motion. ] (Physiol.) Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Auto- + kinetic. ] Self-moving; moving automatically. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. In fire-alarm telegraphy, a system so arranged that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + working. ] At work; in action. [ Archaic or Colloq. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stability. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Support or aid given to a person or cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bookbinding) The preparation of the back of a book with glue, etc., before putting on the cover. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

Baking powder, a substitute for yeast, usually consisting of an acid, a carbonate, and a little farinaceous matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a hot or baking manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Baxter. ] A baker. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. likely to stop abruptly and unexpectedly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a manner to balk or frustrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Uneven; ridgy. [ R. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Baseball or basketball or football) skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit; -- used of a Baseball or basketball or football player. a ball-hawking center fielder [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus consisting of giant shipworms.
Syn. -- genus Bankia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The business of a bank or of a banker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Banking house, an establishment or office in which, or a firm by whom, banking is done. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The terrestrial Siberian squirrel (Eutamius sibiricus).
Syn. -- baronduki, barunduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

1. Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees. Gardner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pair of pistols. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as baranduki; the terrestrial Siberian squirrel.
Syn. -- baranduki, barunduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Zool.) One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bawdekin rich silk stuff, OF. baudequin. See Baldachin. ] The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery; -- made originally at Baghdad. [ Spelt also baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin, and baldakin. ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Bickern. ] A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surfaces of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The skin of a bear. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A cap made of bearskin, esp. one worn by soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. more pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion. better-looking than her sister
Syn. -- fine-looking, good-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A young bird. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A lively or mettlesome fellow. [ Jocular, Scot. ] Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or process of making black. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A blustering, talkative fellow. [ Local slang, U. S. ] Barllett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Arch.) The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull. “Blockish Ajax.” Shak. -- Block"ish*ly, adv. -- Block"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. drawing blood from the body of another; as, a plague of bloodsucking insects. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; -- of plants or persons; as, a bloodsucking blackmailer; bloodsucking lawyers.
Syn. -- parasitic, parasitical, leechlike. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. A literary lady; a female pedant. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ As explained in Boswell's “Life of Dr. Johnson”, this term is derived from the name given to certain meetings held by ladies, in Johnson's time, for conversation with distinguished literary men. An eminent attendant of these assemblies was a Mr. Stillingfleet, who always wore blue stockings. He was so much distinguished for his conversational powers that his absence at any time was felt to be a great loss, so that the remark became common, “We can do nothing without the blue stockings.” Hence these meetings were sportively called bluestocking clubs, and the ladies who attended them, bluestockings. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana). [ 1913 Webster ]