n. One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who receives an affront. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metal alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten, or vanadium. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. appointé, p. p. of appointer. See Appoint, v. t. ] 1. A person appointed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointees. Circular of Mass. Representatives (1768). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (law) A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed. Kent. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Arrest, v. ] (Scots Law) The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Ashantees A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Ashantee. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Steel produced by the basic process. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pg. beatilha. ] An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. be- + an old verb teem to be fitting; cf. D. betamen to beseem, G. ziemen, Goth. gatiman, and E. tame. See Tame, a. ] 1. To give ; to bestow; to grant; to accord; to consent. [ Obs. ] Spenser. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To allow; to permit; to suffer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So loving to my mother,
That he might not beteem the winds of heaven
Visit her face too roughly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. Same as Bheesty. [ India ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A half boot or short boot. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A hard tough alloy of tin, copper, and iron, which can be used for guns. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. cantine bottle case, canteen (cf. Sp. & It. cantina cellar, bottle case), either contr. fr. It. canovettina, dim. of canova cellar, or, more likely, fr. OF. cant. corner, It. & Sp. canto. See 1st Cant. ] (Mil.) 1. A small vessel used by soldiers or hikers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink. [ Written also cantine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In 1910 in the English service the canteen is made of wood and holds three pints; in the United States it is usually a tin flask. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A chest containing culinary and other vessels for military officers in a garrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The sutler's shop in a garrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence: A store or small shop within a larger establishment where refreshments and sometimes other supplies are sold. At a military base the canteen may be as large as a general store; within a school or small company it may be only a small counter with very limited supplies, or a snack bar. [ PJC ]

5. A temporary location where food is dispensed during an emergency. [ PJC ]

. Steel deriving its qualities from carbon chiefly, without the presence of other alloying elements; -- opposed to alloy steel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Com.) A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Cast steel, under Steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Steel produced by cementation; blister steel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A light, covered, four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two seats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who drives a chariot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A constellation. See Auriga, and Wagones. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Same as Chromium steel, under Steel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A circuiter. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coat with short flaps. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small gray and white Australian parrot (Leptolophus hollandicus, formerly Calopsitta Novæ-Hollandiæ) with a prominent crest; the male has bright yellow cheeks and crest, but the female has only a pale yellow in the face; -- it is so called from its note.
Syn. -- cockateel, cockatoo parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A joint legatee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Commit, v. t. ] (Law) One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. comité company, and LL. comitatus jurisdiction or territory of a count, county, assize, army. The word was apparently influenced by the verb commit, but not directly formed from it. Cf. County. ] One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together. [ 1913 Webster ]

Committee of the whole [ house ], a committee, embracing all the members present, into which a legislative or deliberative body sometimes resolves itself, for the purpose of considering a particular measure under the operation of different rules from those governing the general legislative proceedings. The committee of the whole has its own chairman, and reports its action in the form of recommendations. --
Standing committee. See under Standing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A member of a committee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A joint trustee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The person in whose favor a covenant is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Cast steel made by fusing in crucibles crude or scrap steel, wrought iron, and other ingredients and fluxes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. See Damask steel, under Damask. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Law) One to whom a debt is due; creditor; -- correlative to debtor. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One to whom a thing is dedicated; -- correlative to dedicator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a person who was expelled from home or country by governmental authority; one who has been deported.
Syn. -- exile. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot. [ 1913 Webster ]

While Father Le Blanc was very devout he was not a devotee. A. S. Hardy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. & a. See Dainty. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disesteemed p. pr. & vb. n. Disesteeming. ] 1. To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight. [ 1913 Webster ]

But if this sacred gift you disesteem. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Qualities which society does not disesteem. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to be regarded with disfavor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What fables have you vexed, what truth redeemed,
Antiquities searched, opinions disesteemed? B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disesteems. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Very steep. [ Obs. ] Florio. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.
Syn. -- student, pupil. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ AS. eahtat&ymacr_;ne, eahtatēne. See Eight, and Ten, and cf. Eighty. ] Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. See Octodecimo. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Eighteen. ] 1. Next in order after the seventeenth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing. [ 1913 Webster ]