adv. In an abashed manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who abolishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Complete in acquirements as the result usually of training; -- commonly in a good sense; as, an accomplished scholar, an accomplished villain. [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . show themselves accomplished bees. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Daughter of God and man, accomplished Eve. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who accomplishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who admonishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One lying in ambush. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. [ p. p. from anguish. ] suffering anguish; experiencing extreme pain, distress, or anxiety
Syn. -- suffering, tormented [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Zool.) A species of shell (Cypræa argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Ash, the tree. ] Of or pertaining to the ash tree. “Ashen poles.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ashen hue of age. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., obs. pl. for Ashes. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A depository for ashes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place where potash is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ OE. asche, aske, AS. asce, æsce, axe; akin to OHG. asca, G. asche, D. asch, Icel. & Sw. aska, Dan. aske, Goth. azgo. ] 1. The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when “returned to dust” by natural decay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their martyred blood and ashes sow. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The coffins were broken open. The ashes were scattered to the winds. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The color of ashes; deathlike paleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

In dust and ashes,
In sackcloth and ashes, with humble expression of grief or repentance; -- from the method of mourning in Eastern lands. --
Volcanic ashes, or
Volcanic ash, the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by volcanoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an astonished manner. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ ‖ } n. [ Pers. bakhshīsh, fr. bakhshīdan to give. ] In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter); a gratuity; a “tip”.
Syn. -- gratuity, tip, baksheesh, bakshish, bakshis. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). Same as Backsheesh.
Syn. -- gratuity, tip, bakshish, bakshis, backsheesh. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. Same as Backsheesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who banishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Gael. bean-shith fairy; Gael. & Ir. bean woman + Gael. sith fairy. ] (Celtic Folklore) A supernatural being supposed to warn a family of the approaching death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice, as under the windows of the house. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Banshee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who uses blandishments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Blood + shed ] The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bloodshed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that blushes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A modest girl. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) (a) A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck. (b) A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to Bolsheviks or bolshevism. Bolshevik Revolution
Syn. -- bolshevik. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Russian bol'shevik fr. bol'she more + -vik, a person, i.e. one who is a member of the majority (in the revolutionary Russian parliament). ] 1. a member of the extreme left wing of the Social Democratic Party that seized power in Russia in 1917 after the Russian October Revolution, and advocated rule by the proletariat and state ownership of property. Actually in the minority, this branch seized the opportunity, when the moderate group walked out, to proclaim themselves a majority and form a government. They prevailed in the subsequent civil war. [ PJC ]

2. same as communist, especially used of Russian communists. [ PJC ]

3. anyone with communist leanings or sympathies; -- used very loosely in a derogatory sense by some people with economically conservative views. [ PJC ]

n. [ see Bolshevik. ] a form of communism based on the writings of Marx and Lenin.
Syn. -- collectivism, Marxism-Leninism, Leninism, Marxism, Sovietism, sovietism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. [ see Bolshevik. ] to render communistic; -- of governments.
Syn. -- communize, make communist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A bomb. See Bomb, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. something or someone that stuns or amazes, especially suddenly and unexpectedly; as, the news of the president's affair was a political bombshell; a blonde bombshell. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Bookshelves A shelf to hold books. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones. brainwashed prisoners of war; captive audiences for TV commercials can become brainwashed consumers unbrainwashed [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who brandishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An Englishman; a subject or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp. one in the British military or naval service. [ Now used jocosely ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. p. p. of brush. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having a soft nap produced by brushing; as, a dress of brushed cotton. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who, or that which, brushes. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

2. A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses. [ 1913 Webster ]

pred. adj. very tired from exertion.
Syn. -- all in(predicate), beat(predicate), dead(predicate), dead tired(predicate), knocked out(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. buschel, boischel, OF. boissel, bussel, boistel, F. boisseau, LL. bustellus; dim. of bustia, buxida (OF. boiste), fr. pyxida, acc. of L. pyxis box, Gr. pyxi`s. Cf. Box. ] 1. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Winchester bushel, formerly used in England, contained 2150.42 cubic inches, being the volume of a cylinder 181/2 inches in internal diameter and eight inches in depth. The standard bushel measures, prepared by the United States Government and distributed to the States, hold each 77.6274 pounds of distilled water, at 39.8° Fahr. and 30 inches atmospheric pressure, being the equivalent of the Winchester bushel. The imperial bushel now in use in England is larger than the Winchester bushel, containing 2218.2 cubic inches, or 80 pounds of water at 62° Fahr. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick? Mark iv. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States a large number of articles, bought and sold by the bushel, are measured by weighing, the number of pounds that make a bushel being determined by State law or by local custom. For some articles, as apples, potatoes, etc., heaped measure is required in measuring a bushel. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A large indefinite quantity. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The worthies of antiquity bought the rarest pictures with bushels of gold, without counting the weight or the number of the pieces. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [ Eng. ] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Busheled p. pr. & vb. n. Busheling. ] [ Cf. G. bosseln. ] (Tailoring) To mend or repair, as men's garments; to repair garments. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A duty payable on commodities by the bushel. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tailor's assistant for repairing garments; -- called also busheler. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bosket. ] A small bush. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The top sheaf of a stack of grain: (fig.) the crowning or finishing part of a thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. converted into currency; -- of financial instruments; as, a cashed check. [ WordNet 1.5 ]