n. [ Ac- (perh. for the article a or for L. ad) + E. complice. See Complice. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A cooperator. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Success unto our valiant general,
And happiness to his accomplices! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory. “And thou, the cursed accomplice of his treason.” Johnson. It is followed by with or of before a person and by in (or sometimes of) before the crime; as, A was an accomplice with B in the murder of C. Dryden uses it with to before a thing. “Suspected for accomplice to the fire.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Abettor; accessory; assistant; associate; confederate; coadjutor; ally; promoter. See Abettor. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

{ } n. (Zool.) The European shad (Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖adv. [ NL. ] In English; in the English manner; as, Livorno, Anglice Leghorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any of various Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing.
Syn. -- beggar's lice, beggar's-lice, beggar lice. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments.
Syn. -- tick trefoil, tick-trefoil, beggar's-lice. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Bot.) The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.Consisting of, or containing, calcareous and siliceous earths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Calice. ] See Chalice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OR. chalis, calice, OF. chalice, calice, F. calice, fr. L. calix, akin to Gr. &unr_; and E. helmet. Cf. Calice, Calyx. ] A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a calyx or cup; cup-shaped. “Chaliced flowers.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Cheliceræ [ NL., fr. Gr. chhlh` claw + ke`ras horn. ] (Zool.) One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having chelicerae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. See Cilicious. ] A kind of haircloth undergarment. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Complices [ F., fr. L. complex, -plicis, closely connected with one, confederate. See Complicate, and cf. Accomplice. ] An accomplice. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To quell the rebels and their complices. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F. délices, fr. L. deliciae. ] Delicacies; delights. [ Obs. ] “Dainty delices.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. displicentia. See Displacency. ] Dislike; dissatisfaction; discontent. [ Obs. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. fortalitia, or OF. fortelesce. See Fortress. ] (Mil.) A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; -- called also fortelace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time. Syn. -- hunting license, game license. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An erect perennial Old World herb (Agrimonia eupatoria) of dry grassy habitats.
Syn. -- Agrimonia eupatoria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. of Louse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Same as license, licensed, licensee. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. That can be licensed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also licence. ] [ F. licence, L. licentia, fr. licere to be permitted, prob. orig., to be left free to one; akin to linquere to leave. See Loan, and cf. Illicit, Leisure. ] 1. Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

To have a license and a leave at London to dwell. P. Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The document granting such permission. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety. [ 1913 Webster ]

License they mean when they cry liberty. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Leave; liberty; permission. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Licensed p. pr. & vb. n. Licensing. ] To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach. Milton. Shak.
Syn. -- licence, certify. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a license; permitted or authorized by license; as, a licensed victualer; a licensed traffic.
Syn. -- accredited, commissioned, licenced. [ 1913 Webster ]

Licensed victualer, one who has a license to keep an inn or eating house; esp., a victualer who has a license to sell intoxicating liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The person to whom a license is given. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who gives a license; as, a licenser of the press. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A licensing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. licentiatus, fr. licentiare to allow to do anything, fr. L. licentia license. See License, n. ] 1. One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology. [ 1913 Webster ]

The college of physicians, in July, 1687, published an edict, requiring all the fellows, candidates, and licentiates, to give gratuitous advice to the neighboring poor. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give a license to. [ Obs. ] L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. licentiosus: cf. F. licencieux. See License. ] 1. Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wit that no licentious pertness knows. Savage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a licentious life. “Licentious wickedness.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous; ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose; sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Li*cen"tious*ly, adv. -- Li*cen"tious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To regard with extreme ill will. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. malice, fr. L. malitia, from malus bad, ill, evil, prob. orig., dirty, black; cf. Gr. me`las black, Skr. mala dirt. Cf. Mauger. ] 1. Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a malignant design of evil. “Nor set down aught in malice.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Envy, hatred, and malice are three distinct passions of the mind. Ld. Holt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; willfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Malice aforethought or
Malice prepense, malice previously and deliberately entertained. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Spite; ill will; malevolence; grudge; pique; bitterness; animosity; malignity; maliciousness; rancor; virulence. See Spite. -- Malevolence, Malignity, Malignancy. Malice is a stronger word than malevolence, which may imply only a desire that evil may befall another, while malice desires, and perhaps intends, to bring it about. Malignity is intense and deepseated malice. It implies a natural delight in hating and wronging others. One who is malignant must be both malevolent and malicious; but a man may be malicious without being malignant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Proud tyrants who maliciously destroy
And ride o'er ruins with malignant joy. Somerville. [ 1913 Webster ]

in some connections, malignity seems rather more pertinently applied to a radical depravity of nature, and malignancy to indications of this depravity, in temper and conduct in particular instances. Cogan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. meliceris a kind of tumor, fr. Gr. &unr_;; me`li honey + &unr_; wax. ] (Med.) Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] Militia. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere.
Syn. -- package store, liquor store. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a license to sell liquor for consumption on the premises. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F., fr. L. politia the condition of a state, government, administration, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. &unr_; citizen, fr. &unr_; city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. Policy polity, Polity. ] 1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state &unr_; a camp as to cleanliness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Police commissioner, a civil officer, usually one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and discipline of the police. --
Police constable, or
Police officer, a policeman. --
Police court, a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police. --
Police inspector, an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent. --
Police jury, a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. Bouvier. --
Police justice, or
Police magistrate, a judge of a police court. --
Police offenses (Law), minor offenses against the order of the community, of which a police court may have final jurisdiction. --
Police station, the headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place where the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Policed p. pr. & vb. n. Policing. ] 1. To keep in order by police. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) To make clean; as, to police a camp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Regulated by laws for the maintenance of peace and order, enforced by organized administration. “A policed kingdom.” Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Policemen A member of a body of police; a constable. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Law) The inherent power of a government to regulate its police affairs. The term police power is not definitely fixed in meaning. In the earlier cases in the United States it was used as including the whole power of internal government, or the powers of government inherent in every sovereignty to the extent of its dominions (11 Peters (U. S.) 102). The later cases have excepted from its domain the development and administration of private law. Modern political science defines the power as a branch of internal administration in the exercise of which the executive should move within the lines of general principles prescribed by the constitution or the legislature, and in the exercise of which the most local governmental organizations should participate as far as possible (Burgess). Under this limitation the police power, as affecting persons, is the power of the state to protect the public against the abuse of individual liberty, that is, to restrain the individual in the exercise of his rights when such exercise becomes a danger to the community. The tendency of judicial and popular usage is towards this narrower definition. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ From L. pulex, pulicis, a flea. ] Pertaining to, or abounding in, fleas; pulicose. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ L., fr. scire licet you may know. ] To wit; namely; videlicet; -- often abbreviated to sc., or ss. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Silicoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. siliceus, fr. silex, silicis, a flint. ] Of or pertaining to silica; containing silica, or partaking of its nature. [ Written also silisious. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. slice, sclice, OF. esclice, from esclicier, esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. OHG. slīzan to split, slit, tear, G. schleissen to slit. See Slit, v. t. ] 1. A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is thin and broad, like a slice. Specifically: (a) A broad, thin piece of plaster. (b) A salver, platter, or tray. [ Obs. ] (c) A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink. (d) A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel. [ Cant ] (e) (Shipbuilding) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching. (f) (Printing) A removable sliding bottom to galley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slice bar, a kind of fire iron resembling a poker, with a broad, flat end, for stirring a fire of coals, and clearing it and the grate bars from clinkers, ashes, etc.; a slice. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sliced p. pr. & vb. n. Slicing ] 1. To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cut into parts; to divide. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Golf) To hit (the ball) so that the face of the club draws across the face of the ball and deflects it. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]