{ } (Min.) A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ Boot, for booty + hale. ] To forage for booty; to plunder. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chalets are summer huts for the Swiss herdsmen. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a type of large-holed Swiss cheese.
Syn. -- Emmenthal, Emmental, Emmenthaler. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exaled p. pr. & vb. n.. Exaling. ] [ L. exhalare; ex out + halare to breathe; cf.F. exhaler. Cf. Inhale. ] 1. To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor; as, the sun exhales the moisture of the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their inspiration exhaled in elegies. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Exhalation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Exhalation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.), a rather large and swift baleen whale of the northern Pacific (Eschrichtius robustus, formerly Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal fin; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead. It grows to a length of 50 feet (sometimes 60 feet). It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare. It lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

a. [ Written also hail. ] [ OE. heil, Icel. heill; akin to E. whole. See Whole. ] Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body. [ 1913 Webster ]

Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Welfare. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All heedless of his dearest hale. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Haled p. pr. & vb. n. Haling. ] [ OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See Haul. ] To pull; to drag; to haul. See Haul. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentians.
Syn. -- genus Halenia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Good for the heart. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the humpback{ 3 }. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inhaled p. pr. & vb. n. Inhaling. ] [ L. inhalare to breathe upon; pref. in- in + halare to breathe: cf. F. inhaler. Cf. Exhale. ] To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Martin was walking forth to inhale the fresh breeze of the evening. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. drawn into the lungs; breathed in; as, inhaled smoke can damage the lungs. Inverse of exhaled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Used for inhaling; as, the inhalent end of a duct. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who inhales. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An apparatus for inhaling any vapor or volatile substance, such as ether or chloroform, or an aerosol mist of a solution, for medicinal purposes; as, he alway carried his inhaler around in his pocket in case he had asthmatic attack. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. see killer{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

‖n.[ Ar. mahled. ] (Bot.) A cherry tree (Prunus Mahaleb) of Southern Europe. The wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also marshaller. ] One who marshals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8, analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain bituminous materials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar. It is the type and basis of a large number of derivatives among organic compounds. Formerly called also naphthaline. [ 1913 Webster ]

Naphthalene red (Chem.), a dyestuff obtained from certain diazo derivatives of naphthylamine, and called also magdala red. --
Naphthalene yellow (Chem.), a yellow dyestuff obtained from certain nitro derivatives of naphthol. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to , or derived from, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate a yellow crystalline substance, called naphthalenic acid and also hydroxy quinone, and obtained from certain derivatives of naphthol. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Nymphalidae, an extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Overhaul. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. para- + naphthalene. ] (Chem.) Anthracene; -- called also paranaphthaline. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

or ., n. (Chem.) A white or yellowish white crystalline substance, C20H14O4, formed by condensation of the anhydride of phthalic acid and phenol. Its solution in alkalies is brilliant red, but is decolorized by acids. This reaction, being very delicate, is used as a pH indicator. It is sometimes used as a laxative in veterinary medicine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ See Phthalic. ] (Chem.) One of a series of artificial organic dyes made as condensation products of the phenols with phthalic acid, and well represented by phenolphthalein. Their alkaline solutions are fluorescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Phenol phthalein, a white or yellowish white crystalline substance made from phthalic acid and phenol. Same as phenolphthalein. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

(Zool.) (a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained. (b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica), and the Pacific right whale (Balaena Sieboldii); a bone whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pygmy right whale (Zool.), a small New Zealand whale (Neobalaena marginata) which is only about sixteen feet long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough, whalebone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. scealy, scalu. See Scalme, and cf. Shell. ] 1. A shell or husk; a cod or pod. “The green shales of a bean.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ G. shale. ] (Geol.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bituminous shale. See under Bituminous. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To take off the shell or coat of; to shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Life, in its upper grades, was bursting its shell, or was shaling off its husk. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & a. [ Skr. Si&mtilde_;hala Ceylon. ] (Ethnol.) Same as Cingalese. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pygmy sperm whale (Zool.), a small whale (Kogia breviceps), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called also snub-nosed cachalot. --
Sperm-whale porpoise (Zool.), a toothed cetacean (Hyperoodon bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; slippery, uncertain. See Blende. ] (Min.) Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the native name. ] (Zool.) A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G. See Dollar. ] A former German silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73 cents, around 1900. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

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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v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + shale. ] To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I will not unshale the jest before it be ripe. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. whal, AS. hwæl; akin to D. walvisch, G. wal, walfisch, OHG. wal, Icel. hvalr, Dan. & Sw. hval, hvalfisk. Cf. Narwhal, Walrus. ] (Zool.) Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The existing whales are divided into two groups: the toothed whales (Odontocete), including those that have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see Sperm whale); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales (Mysticete), comprising those that are destitute of teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale (see Illust. of Right whale), the Biscay whale, the Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under Gray), the humpback, the finback, and the rorqual. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whale bird. (Zool.) (a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and floating oil; especially, Prion turtur (called also blue petrel), and Pseudoprion desolatus. (b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the carcasses of whales. [ Canada ] --
Whale fin (Com.), whalebone. Simmonds. --
Whale fishery, the fishing for, or occupation of taking, whales. --
Whale louse (Zool.), any one of several species of degraded amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus Cyamus, especially Cyamus ceti. They are parasitic on various cetaceans. --
Whale's bone, ivory. [ Obs. ] --
Whale shark. (Zool.) (a) The basking, or liver, shark. (b) A very large harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) native of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet long. --
Whale shot, the name formerly given to spermaceti. --
Whale's tongue (Zool.), a balanoglossus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A form of vessel, often with steam power, having sharp ends and a very convex upper deck, much used on the Great Lakes, esp. for carrying grain. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Naut.) A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Whalebone is chiefly obtained from the bowhead, or Greenland, whale, the Biscay whale, and the Antarctic, or southern, whale. It is prepared for manufacture by being softened by boiling, and dyed black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Whalemen A man employed in the whale fishery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]