n. The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being absent-minded. H. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being abstract. “The abstractness of the ideas.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Adaptedness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being adept; skill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adroitness was as requisite as courage. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Skill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being adult. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Great plenty. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of standing apart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Openness; frankness. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness. [ R. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end. [ 1913 Webster ]

The aptness of his quotations. J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ardency. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Arrogance. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a member of the Beat Generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; lack of sharpness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Abruptness of address; rude plainness. “Bluntness of speech.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. beorhines. See Bright. ] 1. The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sudden brightness in his face appear. Crabbe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brightness of his parts . . . distinguished him. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Splendor; luster; radiance; resplendence; brilliancy; effulgence; glory; clearness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Brilliancy; splendor; glitter. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Bot.) A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (Nepeta Cataria), somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar fondness for it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. centner a hundred-weight, fr. L. centenarius of a hundred, fr. centum a hundred. ] 1. (Metal. & Assaying) A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The metallurgists use a weight divided into a hundred equal parts, each one pound; the whole they call a centner: the pound is divided into thirty-two parts, or half ounces; the half ounce into two quarters; and each of these into two drams. But the assayers use different weights. With them a centner is one dram, to which the other parts are proportioned. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places from 100 to about 112 pounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For chesten-nut; OE. chestein, chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in cistenbeám chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne, F. châtaigne, both the AS. and the F. words coming from L. castanea a chestnut, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; a city of Pontus, where chestnut trees grew in abundance, and whence they were introduced into Europe. Cf. Castanets. ] 1. (Bot.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesce) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A bright brown color, like that of the nut. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The horse chestnut (often so used in England). [ 1913 Webster ]

5. One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An old joke or story. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Chestnut tree, a tree that bears chestnuts. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Hind. chatnī. ] 1. A warm or spicy condiment or pickle made in India, compounded of various vegetable substances, such as chopped fruits or green tomatoes, etc., often cooked with sweets and acids such as sugar and vinegar, with ginger and spices.
Syn. -- Indian relish. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Vigilance in guarding against evil from every quarter; caution. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Travel ] forces circumspectness on those abroad, who at home are nursed in security. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Copartner. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being concurrent; concurrence. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

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

n. The quality or condition of being consonant, agreeable, or consistent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being contingent; fortuitousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is jointly concerned with one or more persons in business, etc.; a partner; an associate; a partaker; a sharer. [ 1913 Webster ]

the associates and copartners of our loss. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being a copartner or of having a joint interest in any matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A partnership or firm; as, A. and B. have this day formed a copartnership. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Copartneries the state of being copartners in any undertaking. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy.

Syn. -- Accuracy; exactness; precision; propriety. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. Secrecy; privacy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Easiness of pronunciation; fluency. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When currentness [ combineth ] with staidness, how can the language . . . sound other than most full of sweetness? Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Peevishness; malignity; frowardness; crabbedness; surliness. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of bing curt. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. Decrepitude. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being deft. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A deserted condition. [ R. ] “The desertness of the country.” Udall.

n. Quality or state of being devout. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Difficulty. [ R. ] Golding. [ 1913 Webster ]