n. [ Pref. arch- + duke. ] A prince of the imperial family of Austria. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Formerly this title was assumed by the rulers of Lorraine, Brabant, Austria, etc. It is now appropriated to the descendants of the imperial family of Austria through the make line, all such male descendants being styled archduke, and all such female descendants archduchesses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An archduchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Book muslin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. caduc. See Caducous. ] Perishable; frail; transitory. [ Obs. ] Hickes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The caduke pleasures of his world. Bp. Fisher. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., } n. See Cawk, Calker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A crock; a jar. [ Obs. ] Chauser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. duc, fr. L. dux, ducis, leader, commander, fr. ducere to lead; akin to AS. teón to draw; cf. AS. heretoga (here army) an army leader, general, G. herzog duke. See Tue, and cf. Doge, Duchess, Ducat, Duct, Adduce, Deduct. ] 1. A leader; a chief; a prince. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Hannibal, duke of Carthage. Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

All were dukes once, who were “duces” -- captains or leaders of their people. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In England, one of the highest order of nobility after princes and princesses of the royal blood and the four archbishops of England and Ireland. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without the title of king. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. The fists; as, put up your dukes. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

Duke's coronet. See Illust. of Coronet. --
To dine with Duke Humphrey, to go without dinner. See under Dine. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>v. i. To play the duke. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord Angelo dukes it well in his absence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>v. t. To beat with the fists. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

to duke it out to fight; -- usually implying, to fight with the fists; to settle a dispute by fighting with the fists. See duke, n. sense 4. [ PJC ]

n. 1. The territory of a duke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The title or dignity of a duke. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A little or insignificant duke. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or condition of being a duke; also, the personality of a duke. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Hebraicus: cf. F. Hébraïque. ] Hebrew. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. flōc a kind of flatfish, Icel. flōki a kind of halibut. ] 1. (Zool.) The European flounder. See Flounder. [ Written also fleuk, flook, and flowk. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any American flounder of the genus Paralichthys, especially Paralicthys dentatus, found in the Atlantic Ocean and in adjacent bays. RHUD [ PJC ]

3. (Zool.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LG. flunk, flunka wing, the palm of an anchor; perh. akin to E. fly. ] 1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke. [ Cant, Eng. ] A. Trollope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Fluked p. pr. & vb. n. Fluking ] To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) Same as 1st Fluke, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. huque, LL. huca; cf. D. huik. ] An outer garment worn in Europe in the Middle Ages. [ Written also heuk and hyke. ] [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ from Scottish jouk to bow. ] To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head. [ Written also jook and jouk. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The money merchant was so proud of his trust that he went juking and tossing of his head. L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The neck of a bird. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. juc a roost, perch, jucher to roost, to perch. ] To perch on anything, as birds do. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A phonograph or compact disc player with multiple discs, requiring the insertion of coins prior to playing, and allowing the user to select the playing of any disc in its inventory. An early version was called the nickelodeon. [ PJC ]

2. (Computers) a data-storage device having multiple compact discs, of which only one may be on-line at any given time, which permits the user (through computer commands) to select on-line access to any disc from its inventory, in a manner reminiscent of a musical jukebox{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

def>A pseudonym used to designate the descendants of two sisters, the “Jukes” sisters, whose husbands were sons of a backwoodsman of Dutch descent. They lived in the State of New York, and their history was investigated by R. L. Dugdale as an example of the inheritance of criminal and immoral tendencies, disease, and pauperism. Sixty per cent of those traced showed, degeneracy, and they are estimated to have cost society $1, 308, 000 in 75 years. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; formerly called leucocythaemia. It is due to a cancer of the bone marrow, and results in anemia and increased susceptibility to infectious disease. [ Also spelled leucemia and leuchaemia. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a., n. See Luke, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Prob. fr. lew, perh. influenced by AS. wlæc warm, lukewarm, remiss. Cf. Lew. ] Moderately warm; not hot; tepid; lukewarm. -- Luke"ness, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Nine penn'orth o'brandy and water luke. Dickens. [1913 Webster]

a. [ See Luke. ] 1. Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. “ Lukewarm blood.” Spenser. “ Lukewarm patriots.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion. Dryden.

-- Luke"warm`ly, adv. -- Luke"warm`ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Mameluke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mamelouk, cf. Sp. mameluco, It. mammalucco; all fr. Ar. mamlūk a purchased slave or captive; lit., possessed or in one's power, p. p. of malaka to possesses. ] One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Muslimism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupt. of Médoc, a province in France, where it is supposed to have originated. ] A large dark-red cherry of excellent quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Jap. ] In Japanese costume and decorative art, a small object carved in wood, ivory, bone, or horn, or wrought in metal, and pierced with holes for cords by which it is connected, for convenience, with the inro, the smoking pouch (tabako-ire), and similar objects carried in the girdle. It is now much used on purses sold in Europe and America. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. perruque, It. perrucca, parrucca, fr. L. pilus hair. Cf. Periwig, Wig, Peel to strip off, Plush, Pile a hair. ] A wig; a periwig. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dress with a peruke. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Puked p. pr. & vb. n. Puking. ] [ Cf. G. spucken to spit, and E. spew. ] To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew. [ 1913 Webster ]

The infant
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To eject from the stomach; to vomit up. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A medicine that causes vomiting; an emetic; a vomit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Of a color supposed to be between black and russet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This color has by some been regarded as the same with puce; but Nares questions the identity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who pukes, vomits. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which causes vomiting. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rebuked p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuking. ] [ OF. rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher; perhaps fr. pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF. also bouque, L. bucca cheek; if so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth of; hence, to stop, obstruct. ] To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered,
Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence. See Reprove. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

For thy sake I have suffered rebuke. Jer. xv. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why bear you these rebukes and answer not? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Check; rebuff. [ Obs. ] L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be without rebuke, to live without giving cause of reproof or censure; to be blameless. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke. [ Obs. ] -- Re*buke"ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

n. One who rebukes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sambuca, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Mus.) An ancient stringed instrument used by the Greeks, the particular construction of which is unknown. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To suck. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Spook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stucco. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + duke. ] To deprive of dukedom. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. Same as Yuck. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]