n. pl. [ Cf. F. arrhes, Scot. airles. Cf. Earles penny. ] An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Arles penny, earnest money given to servants. Kersey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ All + anerly singly, fr. ane one. ] Solely; only. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, a. [ Cf. NL. arillatus, F. arillé. ] Having an aril. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an articular or an articulate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an auricular manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of help. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. barli, barlich, AS. bærlic; bere barley + līc (which is prob. the same as E. like, adj., or perh. a form of AS. leāc leek). AS. bere is akin to Icel, barr barley, Goth. barizeins made of barley, L. far spelt; cf. W. barlys barley, bara bread. &unr_;92. Cf. Farina, 6th Bear. ] (Bot.) A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barley bird (Zool.), the siskin. --
Barley sugar, sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with a decoction of barley) and candied. --
Barley water, a decoction of barley, used in medicine, as a nutritive and demulcent. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lit. barley broth. See Brew. ] Liquor made from barley; strong ale. [ Humorous ] [ Scot. ] Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Corn. ] 1. A grain or “corn” of barley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch. [ 1913 Webster ]

John Barleycorn, a humorous personification of barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible. “A bankrupt, beggarly fellow.” South. “A beggarly fellowship.” Swift. “Beggarly elements.” Gal. iv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Produced or occasioned by beggary. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and dissimulation. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a binocular manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel, karl a male, a man; akin to AS. ceorl, OHG. charal, G. kerl fellow. See Churl. ] [ Written also carle. ] 1. A rude, rustic man; a churl. [ 1913 Webster ]

The miller was a stout carl. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; -- called also carl hemp. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. A kind of food. See citation, below. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caring or carl are gray steeped in water and fried the next day in butter or fat. They are eaten on the second Sunday before Easter, formerly called Carl Sunday. Robinson's Whitby Glossary (1875). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim., fr. carl male. ] An old woman. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ F. carline, It., Sp., & Pg., carlina. Said to be so called from the Emperor Charlemagne, whose army is reputed to have used it as a remedy for pestilence. ] (Bot.) A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (Carlina vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. [ Cf. F. carlingur, Sp. Pg., & It. carlinga. ] (Naut.) A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; -- usually in pl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Same as Carl, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carling Sunday, a Sunday in Lent when carls are eaten. In some parts of England, Passion Sunday. See Carl, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A partisan of Charles X. of France, or of Don Carlos of Spain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carlock, fr. Russ. Karlúk'. ] A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Carl. ] A churl; a boor; a peasant or countryman. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. Carlovingen. ] Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ F. carin; cf. It. carlino; -- so called from Carlo (Charles) VI. of Naples. ] A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. charlatan, fr. It. ciarlatano, fr. ciarlare to chartter, prate; of imitative origin; cf. It. zirlare to whistle like a thrush. ] One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish. -- Char`la*tan"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. charlatanisme. ] Charlatanry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. charlatanrie, from It. ciarlataneria. See Charlatan. ] Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Charles + wain; cf. AS. Carles w&aemacr_;n (for wægn), Sw. karlvagnen, Dan. karlsvogn. See Churl, and Wain. ] (Astron.) The group of seven stars, commonly called the Big Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ The name is sometimes also applied to the Constellation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A familiar nickname or substitute for Charles. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A night watchman; -- an old name. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. A short, pointed beard, like that worn by Charles I. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. As a proper name, a fox; -- so called in fables and familiar literature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ AS. cerlic; the latter part perh. fr. AS. leác leek. Cf. Hemlock. ] (Bot.) A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jointed charlock,
White charlock, a troublesome weed (Raphanus Raphanistrum) with straw-colored, whitish, or purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked. [ 1913 Webster ]

Charlotte Russe or
‖Charlotte à la russe [ F., lit., Russian charlotte ] (Cookery), a dish composed of custard or whipped cream, inclosed in sponge cake. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a circular manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. privately; secretly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a clear manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

. The stonecrop (Sedum acre). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. In a curvilinear manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. derling, deorling, AS. deórling; deóre dear + -ling. See Dear, and -ling. ] One dearly beloved; a favorite. [ 1913 Webster ]

And can do naught but wail her darling's loss. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite. “Some darling science.” I. Watts. “Darling sin.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. Named after Dr. William Darlington, a botanist of West Chester, Penn. ] (Bot.) A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A darling. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as, to love one dearly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. At a high rate or price; grievously. [ 1913 Webster ]

He buys his mistress dearly with his throne. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Exquisitely. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To strip of a garland. [ Poetic ] “Thy locks disgarland.” Drummond. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style. [ 1913 Webster ]

With verdant shrubs dissimilarly gay. C. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. eorl, erl, AS. eorl man, noble; akin to OS. erl boy, man, Icel. jarl nobleman, count, and possibly to Gr. &unr_; male, Zend arshan man. Cf. Jarl. ] A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zoöl.) The needlefish. [ Ireland ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The lobe of the ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. eorl-d&unr_;m; eorl man, noble + -d&unr_;m -dom. ] 1. The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The status, title, or dignity of an earl. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Pulteney ] shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]