a. [ Pref. a- (for of) + kin. ] 1. Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. “A joy akin to rapture.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This adjective is used only after the noun. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'akinhsi`a quiescence; 'a priv. + ki`nhsis motion. ] (Med.) Loss of the ability for voluntary muscle movement. Foster. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

‖/mhw>, a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to akinesia. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

{ } prop. n. One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The publishing of banns. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL.; auto- + Gr. &unr_; motion. ] (Physiol.) Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Auto- + kinetic. ] Self-moving; moving automatically. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. In fire-alarm telegraphy, a system so arranged that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + working. ] At work; in action. [ Archaic or Colloq. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stability. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Support or aid given to a person or cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bookbinding) The preparation of the back of a book with glue, etc., before putting on the cover. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

Baking powder, a substitute for yeast, usually consisting of an acid, a carbonate, and a little farinaceous matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a hot or baking manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. likely to stop abruptly and unexpectedly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a manner to balk or frustrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Baseball or basketball or football) skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit; -- used of a Baseball or basketball or football player. a ball-hawking center fielder [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The business of a bank or of a banker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Banking house, an establishment or office in which, or a firm by whom, banking is done. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees. Gardner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pair of pistols. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bawdekin rich silk stuff, OF. baudequin. See Baldachin. ] The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery; -- made originally at Baghdad. [ Spelt also baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin, and baldakin. ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The skin of a bear. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A cap made of bearskin, esp. one worn by soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. more pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion. better-looking than her sister
Syn. -- fine-looking, good-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A young bird. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or process of making black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Arch.) The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. drawing blood from the body of another; as, a plague of bloodsucking insects. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; -- of plants or persons; as, a bloodsucking blackmailer; bloodsucking lawyers.
Syn. -- parasitic, parasitical, leechlike. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. A literary lady; a female pedant. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ As explained in Boswell's “Life of Dr. Johnson”, this term is derived from the name given to certain meetings held by ladies, in Johnson's time, for conversation with distinguished literary men. An eminent attendant of these assemblies was a Mr. Stillingfleet, who always wore blue stockings. He was so much distinguished for his conversational powers that his absence at any time was felt to be a great loss, so that the remark became common, “We can do nothing without the blue stockings.” Hence these meetings were sportively called bluestocking clubs, and the ladies who attended them, bluestockings. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as bodkin; -- a variant spelling. [ R. ] [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. boydekyn dagger; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bidog hanger, short sword, Ir. bideog, Gael. biodag. ] 1. A dagger. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Needlework) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a stiletto; an eyeleteer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Print.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking out letters from a column or page in making corrections. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

To sit,
ride, or
travel bodkin, to sit closely wedged between two persons. [ Colloq. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Baudekin. [ Obs. ] Shirley. [ 1913 Webster ]

A clerk who registers passengers, baggage, etc., for conveyance, as by railway or steamship, or who sells passage tickets at a booking office. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An office where passage tickets are sold. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) Same as Bumkin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Boot + -kin. ] 1. A little boot, legging, or gaiter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout. H. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.
Syn. -- fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish, ass-kissing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dagger; a bodkin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a hypotensive tissue hormone (C50H73N15O11) which acts on smooth muscle, dilates peripheral vessels and increases capillary permeability. It is formed locally in injured tissue and is believed to play a role in the inflammatory process. It is a nonapeptide with the sequence: Arg-Pro-Pro-Gly-Phe-Ser-Pro-Phe-Arg. MI11
Syn. -- kallidin I; callidin I; kallidin-9. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. p. pr. & vb. n. of break, v. i. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Journalism) Still happening or becoming known at the present time; -- used of news reports; as, breaking news; a breaking story. [ PJC ]

n. The act of breaking something.
Syn. -- breakage, break. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. brodequin, OE. brossequin, fr. OD. broseken, brosekin, dim. of broos buskin, prob. fr. LL. byrsa leather, Gr. by`rsa skin, hide. Cf. Buskin. ] A buskin or half-boot. [ Written also brodequin. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a broker or brokers, or to brokerage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Redeem from broking pawn the blemished crown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used. Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A washing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bucking iron (Mining), a broad-faced hammer, used in bucking or breaking up ores. --
Bucking kier (Manuf.), a large circular boiler, or kier, used in bleaching. --
Bucking stool, a washing block. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The skin of a buck. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cornwallis fought as lang's he dought,
An' did the buckskins claw, man. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. Breeches made of buckskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have alluded to his buckskin. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Greatness in bulk; size. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Boom a beam + -kin. See Bumpkin. ] (Naut.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen. [ Written also boomkin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ The same word as bumkin, which Cotgrave defines thus: “Bumkin, Fr. chicambault, the luffe-block, a long and thick piece of wood, whereunto the fore-sayle and sprit-sayle are fastened, when a ship goes by the winde.” Hence, a clumsy man may easily have been compared to such a block of wood; cf. OD. boomken a little tree. See Boom a pole. ] An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout. “Bashful country bumpkins.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. unsophisticated in a manner resembling a lifelong resident of rural areas; as, bumpkinly country boys.
Syn. -- hick, rustic, unsophisticated. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]