n. One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York. -- An`ti*rent"ism n. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Attired p. pr. & vb. n. Attiring. ] [ OE. atiren to array, dispose, arrange, OF. atirier; à (L. ad) + F. tire rank, order, row; of Ger. origin: cf. As. tier row, OHG. ziarī, G. zier, ornament, zieren to adorn. Cf. Tire a headdress. ] To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments. [ 1913 Webster ]

Finely attired in a robe of white. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

With the linen miter shall he be attired. Lev. xvi. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Earth in her rich attire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll put myself in poor and mean attire. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire? Jer. ii. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. (Her.) Provided with antlers, as a stag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Attire; adornment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who attires. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A thick solid-rubber tire, as for a bicycle, with a hollow groove running lengthwise on the inside. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + attire: cf. OF. desatirier. ] To unrobe; to undress. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. entier, L. integer untouched, undiminished, entire; pref. in-, negative + the root of tangere to touch. See Tangent, and cf. Integer. ] 1. Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of a business; entire confidence, ignorance. [ 1913 Webster ]

That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James i. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

With strength entire and free will armed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

One entire and perfect chrysolite. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pure fear and entire cowardice. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

No man had ever a heart more entire to the king. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) (a) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla. (b) Having an evenly continuous edge, as a leaf which has no kind of teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not gelded; -- said of a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Internal; interior. [ Obs. ] Spenser.

Syn. -- See Whole, and Radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Entirely. “Too long to print in entire.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Brewing) A name originally given to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of beer. [ Eng. ] “Foker's Entire.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully; as, the trace is entirely lost. [ 1913 Webster ]

Euphrates falls not entirely into the Persian Sea. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without alloy or mixture; truly; sincerely. [ 1913 Webster ]

To highest God entirely pray. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state or condition of being entire; completeness; fullness; totality; as, the entireness of an arch or a bridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

This same entireness or completeness. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Entireness in preaching the gospel. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Oneness; unity; -- applied to a condition of intimacy or close association. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

True Christian love may be separated from acquaintance, and acquaintance from entireness. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Entireness [ OF. entiereté. Cf. Integrity. ] 1. The state of being entire; completeness; as, entirely of interest. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is entire; the whole. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Designating, made of, or relating to, flour including a considerable part of the bran; whole-wheat. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. a sharpshooter (in the French army). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A headdress. “A headtire of fine linen.” 1 Esdras iii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The manner of dressing the head, as at a particular time and place. [ 1913 Webster ]

a., adv. See Entire, a., Entirely, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To tire to excess; to exhaust. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To become too tired. Br. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Automobiles) a motor vehicle tire in which the cords run at right angles to the plane of the tire (considered as a disk). [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Retired p. pr. & vb. n. Retiring. ] [ F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw. See Tirade. ] 1. To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively. [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

As when the sun is present all the year,
And never doth retire his golden ray. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice. [ 1913 Webster ]

To Una back he cast him to retire. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in,
And to herself she gladly doth retire. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. 2 Sam. xi. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired. [ 1913 Webster ]

And from Britannia's public posts retire. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To go to bed; as, he usually retires early. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To withdraw; leave; depart; secede; recede; retreat; retrocede. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The battle and the retire of the English succors. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Eve ] discover'd soon the place of her retire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. [ 1913 Webster ]

A retired part of the peninsula. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. [ 1913 Webster ]

Retired flank (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work. --
Retired list (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Re*tired"ly, adv. -- Re*tired"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. retirement. ] 1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This coast full of princely retirements for the sumptousness of their buildings and nobleness of the plantations. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caprea had been the retirement of Augustus. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Solitude; withdrawment; departure; retreat; seclusion; privacy. See Solitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who retires. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. sautoir, fr. LL. saltatorium a sort of stirrup, fr. L. saltatorius saltatory. See Saltatory, Sally, v. ] (Her.) A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable ordinaries. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Her.) In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. satira, satura, fr. satura (sc. lanx) a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, a medley, fr. satur full of food, sated, fr. sat, satis, enough: cf. F. satire. See Sate, Sad, a., and cf. Saturate. ] 1. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade; burlesque; wit; humor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Seta + L. remus an oar. ] (Zool.) A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In posture to displode their second tire
Of thunder. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aphetic form of attire; OE. tir, a tir. See Attire. ] 1. Attire; apparel. [ Archaic ] “Having rich tire about you.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A covering for the head; a headdress. [ 1913 Webster ]

On her head she wore a tire of gold. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [ Obs. ] “The tire of war.” Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. [ Probably the same word, and so called as being an attire or covering for the wheel. ] A ring, hoop or band, as of rubber or metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear. In Britain, spelled tyre. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The iron tire of a wagon wheel or cart wheel binds the fellies together. The tire of a locomotive or railroad-car wheel is a heavy hoop of iron or steel shrunk tightly upon an iron central part. The wheel of a bicycle or road vehicle (automobile, motorcyle, truck) has a tire of rubber, which is typically hollow inside and inflated with air to lessen the shocks from bumps on uneven roads. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. To adorn; to attire; to dress. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Jezebel ] painted her face, and tired her head. 2 Kings ix. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. tirer to draw or pull; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tear to rend. See Tirade. ] 1. To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast,
Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men,
That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus made she her remove,
And left wrath tiring on her son. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon that were my thoughts tiring. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Tired p. pr. & vb. n. Tiring. ] [ OE. teorien to become weary, to fail, AS. teorian to be tired, be weary, to tire, exhaust; perhaps akin to E. tear to rend, the intermediate sense being, perhaps, to wear out; or cf. E. tarry. ] To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tire out, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See Jade. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Weary; fatigued; exhausted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being tired, or weary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a short steel bar with one end flattened so as to form a blade, used to remove rubber tires from the rim of a wheel. [ PJC ]

a. Untiring. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tired; fatigued. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse. -- Tire"some*ly, adv. -- Tire"some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Tire-women [ See Tire attire, Attire. ] 1. A lady's maid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fashionableness of the tire-woman's making. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dresser in a theater. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + attire. ] To divest of attire; to undress. [ 1913 Webster ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
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