‖n. pl. [ L., pl. of Alcyon. ] (Zool.) The kingfishers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To admonish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Aragon, in Spain, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Aragon, in Spain. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ See At one. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Down he fell atones as a stone. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the area comprising the islands of central and S Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Austronesia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the absolute minimum necessary. [ PJC ]

a. having only the absolute minimum necessary; having only the essential components. [ PJC ]

n. A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A terrible bugbear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort (Eupatorium perfoliatum). Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones. -- Bone"set*ting, n. [1913 Webster]

n. (Med.) Sciatica. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LL. canonissa. ] A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regular canoness, one bound by the vow of poverty, and observing a strict rule of life. --
Secular canoness, one allowed to hold private property, and bound only by vows of chastity and obedience so long as she chose to remain in the chapter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Ceylon; -- since the change of name, replaced by Sri Lankan. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Ceylon; -- since the change of name, replaced by Sri Lankan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. cherso`nhsos; che`rsos land + nh`sos island. ] A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a tropical Asian tree (Holarrhena pubescens or Holarrhena antidysenterica) with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.
Syn. -- ivory tree, kurchi, kurchee, Holarrhena pubescens, Holarrhena antidysenterica. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ or . [ From Conestoga, Pennsylvania. ] A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for traveling in soft soil and on prairies. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. pl. A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and serving as a symbol of death. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of mortality. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors. [ 1913 Webster ]

This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean. --
Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea; thrown overboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl.) A female deacon; as: (a) (Primitive Ch.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons. (b) (Ch. of Eng. and Prot. Epis. Ch.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop. (c) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. dehonestatus, p. p. of dehonestare to dishonor; de- + honestare to make honorable. Cf. Dishonest, and see Honest. ] To disparage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dehonestatio. ] A dishonoring; disgracing. [ Obs. ] Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female demon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) same as Dicotyledonae.
Syn. -- Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. déshonnête, OF. deshoneste. ] 1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [ the women ]. Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears,
Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust. [ 1913 Webster ]

To get dishonest gain. Ezek. xxii. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dishonest profits of men in office. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. OF. deshonester. ] To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I will no longer dishonest my house. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dishonest manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. deshonesté, F. déshonnêteté. ] 1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [ Obs. ] “The hidden things of dishonesty.” 2 Cor. iv. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Lewdness; unchastity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Finance) an index of certain stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange, computed by the Dow Jones publishing company as a weighted average of the prices of specific stocks in certain categories. Three indices are maintained, the Industrials, the Transportations, and the Utilities. When used without qualification, the term usually refers to the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Syn. -- Dow, Dow Jones, Dow-Jones Average. [ PJC ]

n. (Finance) an index of certain stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange, computed by the Dow Jones publishing company as a weighted average of the prices of the common stocks of 30 specific companies classified as "industrial". The Dow Jones Industrial Average is often taken as an indicator of the movement of American stock prices generally, though other indices are maintained, averaging the prices of other stocks, and these often change in opposite directions from those of the DJIA.
Syn. -- DJI, DJIA, Dow, Dow Jones, Dow-Jones Average. [ PJC ]

n. pl. colors like those of soil or earth; brownish-reds and browns.
Syn. -- earth colors. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Ecphonema. ] (Rhet.) An animated or passionate exclamation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The feelings by the ecphonesis are very various. Gibbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants; as, Gabonese hills; Gabonese writers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Gabon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "a`lwn, "a`lwnos, a halo. ] (Biol.) Alternating transparent and opaque white rings which are seen outside the blastoderm, on the surface of the developing egg of the hen and other birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'erwdio`s a heron. ] (Zool.) A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called also Herodii. -- He*ro`di*o"nine a. [1913 Webster]

a. [ OE. honest, onest, OF. honeste, oneste, F. honnête, L. honestus, fr. honos, honor, honor. See Honor. ] 1. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characterized by integrity or fairness and straightforwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession. [ 1913 Webster ]

An honest man's the noblest work of God. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

Look ye out among you seven men of honest report. Acts vi. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

Provide things honest in the sight of all men. Rom. xii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Chaste; faithful; virtuous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wives may be merry, and yet honest too. Shak.

Syn. -- Upright; ingenuous; honorable; trusty; faithful; equitable; fair; just; rightful; sincere; frank; candid; genuine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. honestare to clothe or adorn with honor: cf. F. honester. See Honest, a. ] To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable. [ Obs. ] Abp. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of honesting; grace; adornment. [ Obs. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Honesty; honorableness. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Honorably; becomingly; decently. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live honestly; to speak honestly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To come honestly by. (a) To get honestly. (b) A circumlocution for to inherit; as, to come honestly by a feature, a mental trait, a peculiarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF. honesté, onesté (cf. F. honnêteté), L. honestas. See Honest, a. ] 1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile. [ 1913 Webster ]

That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 1 Tim. ii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Chastity; modesty. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; Lunaria rediva is perennial honesty.

Syn. -- Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness; faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor; plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Indo- + Gr. &unr_; island. ] Of or pertaining to Indonesia or Indonesians. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. A member of a race forming the chief pre-Malay population of the Malay Archipelago, and probably sprung from a mixture of Polynesian and Mongoloid immigrants. According to Keane, the autochthonous Negritos were largely expelled by the Caucasian Polynesians, themselves followed by Mongoloid peoples of Indo-Chinese affinities, from mixture with whom sprang the
Indonesian race. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

The term Indonesian, introduced by Logan to designate the light-colored non-Malay inhabitants of the Eastern Archipelago, is now used as a convenient collective name for all the peoples of Malaysia and Polynesia who are neither Malay nor Papuans, but of Caucasic type. . . . The true Indonesians are of tall stature (5 ft. 10 in.), muscular frame, rather oval features, high, open forehead, large straight or curved nose, large full eyes always horizontal and with no trace of the third lid, light brown complexion (cinnamon or ruddy brown), long black hair, not lank but often slightly curled or wavy, skull generally brachycephalous like that of the melanochroic European. A. H. Keane. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

The Indonesians [ of the Philippines ], with the tribal population of some 251, 200, live almost exclusively on the great island of Mindanao. They are not only physically superior to the Negritos, but to the peoples of the Malayan race as well, and are, as a rule, quite intelligent. Rep. Phil. Com. , 1902. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A native or inhabitant of Indonesia. [ PJC ]

n. A fragrant liquid substance, a mixture of several isomers of the formula C14H22O, forming the essence of the violet fragrance, commonly isolated from orris oil or from the rhizomes of Iris. The main ingredient in violets is α-irone, which occurs as both cis and trans stereoisomers. Called also 6-methylionone. [ PJC ]

n. The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Jones. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Jonesian system, a system of transliterating Oriental words by English letters, invented by Sir William Jones.

n. A lazy person. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Leon, in Spain. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Leon. [ 1913 Webster ]