v. t. & i. [ F. affamer, fr. L. ad + fames hunger. See Famish. ] To afflict with, or perish from, hunger. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Starvation. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat like alum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. sing. & pl. [ Written also Omish. ] (Eccl. Hist.) The Amish Mennonites. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Written also Omish. ] (Eccl. Hist.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the followers of Jacob Amman, a strict Mennonite of the 17th century, who even proscribed the use of buttons and shaving as “worldly conformity”. There are several branches of Amish Mennonites in the United States. A branch having particularly strict adherence to the Amish principles are called Old Order Amish [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blemished p. pr. & vb. n. Blemishing. ] [ OE. blemissen, blemishen, OF. blemir, blesmir, to strike, injure, soil, F. blêmir to grow pale, fr. OF. bleme, blesme, pale, wan, F. blême, prob. fr. Icel blāman the livid color of a wound, fr. blār blue; akin to E. blue. OF. blemir properly signifies to beat one (black and) blue, and to render blue or dirty. See Blue. ] 1. To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sin is a soil which blemisheth the beauty of thy soul. Brathwait. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame. [ 1913 Webster ]

There had nothing passed between us that might blemish reputation. Oldys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Blemishes Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation. [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish. Lev. xiv. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

The reliefs of an envious man are those little blemishes and imperfections that discover themselves in an illustrious character. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Spot; speck; flaw; deformity; stain; defect; fault; taint; reproach; dishonor; imputation; disgrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without blemish; spotless. [ 1913 Webster ]

A life in all so blemishless. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being blemished; blemish; disgrace; damage; impairment. [ 1913 Webster ]

For dread of blame and honor's blemishment. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Dimmish. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Somewhat dim; as, dimmish eyes. “Dimmy clouds.” Sir P. Sidney.

v. t. To famish; to starve. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Famished p. pr. & vb. n. Famishing. ] [ OE. famen; cf. OF. afamer, L. fames. See Famine, and cf. Affamish. ] 1. To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger. [ 1913 Webster ]

And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Cen. xli. 55. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary. [ 1913 Webster ]

And famish him of breath, if not of bread. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To force or constrain by famine. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had famished Paris into a surrender. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To die of hunger; to starve. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish. [ 1913 Webster ]

You are all resolved rather to die than to famish? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish. Prov. x. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being famished. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings. -- n. The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flemish accounts (Naut.), short or deficient accounts. [ Humorous ] Ham. Nav. Encyc. --
Flemish beauty (Bot.), a well known pear. It is one of few kinds which have a red color on one side. --
Flemish bond. (Arch.) See Bond, n., 8. --
Flemish brick, a hard yellow paving brick. --
Flemish coil, a flat coil of rope with the end in the center and the turns lying against, without riding over, each other. --
Flemish eye (Naut.), an eye formed at the end of a rope by dividing the strands and lying them over each other. --
Flemish horse (Naut.), an additional footrope at the end of a yard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Smoky; hot; choleric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Choler; fretfulness; passion. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. (Sumerian mythology) A legendary king of Sumeria and the hero of famous Sumerian and Babylonian epics. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The Epic of Gilgamesh, a long Babylonian epic written in cuneiform in the Sumerian language on clay tablets. Early versions of the written story date from 2000 B. C.; it is probably the first written story still in existence. A longer version was written in the Akkadian language, on 12 clay tablets found at Nineveh in the ruins of the library of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria from 669 to 633 B. C. The story depicted the life and heroic deeds of the legendary Gilgamesh, apparently derived from stories about a real king of ancient Mesopotamia who lived around 2700 B. C. The story includes a tale of a great flood, which has some parallels to the biblical story of the flood survived by Noah. The Nineveh tablets name the author of that version of the story, a Shin-eqi-unninni. [ PJC ]

☞ The entire text may be found in:
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Translated by Maureen Gallery Kovacs
(Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1990)

and

Gilgamesh
Translated by John Maier and John Gardner
(New York: Vintage Press, 1981)

a. Like a home or a home circle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quiet, cheerful, homish hospital life. E. E. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Koumiss. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat lame. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Prov. E. maum soft, mellow, rotten; cf. OD. molm rotten wood, G. mulm. ] Nauseous. [ Obs. ] L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Secure from worldly chances and mishaps. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally. [ Obs. ] “If that me mishap.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unhappy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Scup. ] (Zool.) The scup. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To hear incorrectly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. mish-mash, fr. mischen to mix. ] A hodgepodge or hotchpotch; a confused jumble. [ Also spelled mishmosh. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ NHeb. mishnāh, i. e., repetition, doubling, explanation (of the divine law), fr. Heb. shānāh to change, to repeat. ] A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud. [ Written also Mischna. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Mishna. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Qualm"ish*ly, adv. -- Qualm"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a ram; hence, rank; lascivious. “Their savor is so rammish.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. Of or pertaining to Rheimis, or Reima, in France. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhemish Testament, the English version of the New Testament used by Roman Catholics. See Douay Bible. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging or relating to Rome, or to the Roman Catholic Church; -- frequently used in a disparaging sense; as, the Romish church; the Romish religion, ritual, or ceremonies. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Skirmished p. pr. & vb. n. Skirmishing. ] [ OE. skirmishen, scarmishen, OF. escremir, eskermir, to fence, fight, F. escrimer, of German origin; cf. OHG. scirmen to protect, defend, G. schirmen, OHG. scirm, scerm, protection, shield, G. schirm; perhaps akin to Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a sunshade. Cf. Scaramouch, Scrimmage. ] To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ OE. scarmishe, scrymishe. See Skirmish, v. i. ] 1. A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A slight contest. [ 1913 Webster ]

They never meet but there's a skirmish of wit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who skirmishes. Specifically: pl. (Mil.) Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. squaimous, sweymous, probably from OE. sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf. Icel. sveimr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering about, a sickness that comes upon one, Icel. svimi a giddiness, AS. swīma. The word has been perhaps confused with qualmish. Cf. Swim to be dizzy. ] Having a stomach that is easily turned or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quoth he, that honor's very squeamish
That takes a basting for a blemish. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

His muse is rustic, and perhaps too plain
The men of squeamish taste to entertain. Southern. [ 1913 Webster ]

So ye grow squeamish, Gods, and sniff at heaven. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Fastidious; dainty; overnice; scrupulous. See Fastidious. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Squeam"ish*ly, adv. -- Squeam"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not blemished; pure; spotless; as, an unblemished reputation or life. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

See abolishable.
See absolvable.
See absurd.
See abundant.
See accordant.
See adoptable.
See adventurous.
See affable.
See affectionate.
See afraid.
See alliable.
See allowable.
See alterable.
See ambiguous.
See ambitious.
See amendable.
See -American.
See amusive.
See angular.
See anxious.
See apocryphal.
See apostolic.
See apparent.
See appeasable.
See applausive.
See appreciable.
See apprehensible.
See apprehensive.
See approachable.
See artificial.
See artistic.
See assailable.
See attainable.
See attentive.
See authentic.
See available.
See bailable.
See bearable.
See beautiful.
See beliefful.
See believable.
See beneficial.
See benevolent.
See blamable.
See blemishable.
See blissful.
See boastful.
See bold.
See bookish.
See bounteous.
See bribable.
See brotherly.
See burdensome.
See businesslike.
See busy.
See candid.
See canonical.
See captious.
See careful.
See celestial.
See ceremonious.
See challengeable.
See changeable.
See chary.
See chastisable.
See cheerful.
See cheery.
See childish.
See chivalrous.
See choleric.
See christianlike.
See circumspect.
See civic.
See classible.
See classic.
See classical.
See cleanly.
See clear.
See clerical.
See clerklike.
See close.
See cloudy.
See clubbable.
See coagulable.
See cogitable.
See collectible.
See comic.
See commendable.
See commercial.
See communicable.
See communicative.
See compact.
See companionable.
See compassionate.
See compellable.
See competitive.
See complaisant.
See compliant. See complimentary.
See concealable.
See concurrent.
See conditionate.
See confinable.
See confutable.
See congealable.
See congenial.
See conjugal.
See conjunctive.
See conquerable.
See consecrate.
See containable.
See contaminate.
See contradictable.
See contrite.
See convenable.
See conventional.
See conversable.
See conversant.
See convertible.
See coquettish.
See cordial.
See corpulent.
See correspondent.
See corruptible.
See corruptive.
See costly.
See counselable.
See countable.
See counterfeit.
See courteous.
See courtierlike.
See courtly.
See crafty.
See creatable.
See critical.
See crystalline.
See cultivable.
See curious.
See customary.
See dangerous.
See daughterly.
See dead.
See deceivable.
See decidable.
See decipherable.
See declinable.
See decomposable.
See definable.
See delectable.
See deliberate.
See delightful.
See deliverable.
See democratic.
See demonstrable.
See demonstrative.
See deniable.
See derogatory.
See descendible.
See describable.
See desirable.
See desirous.
See despondent.
See devout.
See diaphanous.
See diligent.
See diminishable.
See discernible.
See disciplinable.
See discordant.
See discoverable.
See dissolvable.
See distinguishable.
See dividable.
See divine.
See domestic.
See doubtful.
[ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]