n. (Physics) A unit of conductance equal to 109 mhos; -- the inverse of the abohm.
Syn. -- abmho [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. arquebusier. ] A soldier armed with an arquebus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appear to have been called arquebusiers. E. Lodge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. asegen, OF. asegier, F. assiéger, fr. LL. assediare, assidiare, to besiege. See Siege. ] To besiege. [ Obs. ] “Assieged castles.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A siege. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. assientiste, Sp. asentista. ] A shareholder of the Assiento company; one of the parties to the Assiento contract. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. asiento seat, contract or agreement, fr. asentar to place on a chair, to adjust, to make an agreement; a (L. ad) + sentar, a participial verb; as if there were a L. sedentare to cause to sit, fr. sedens, sedentis, p. pr. of sed&unr_;re to sit. ] A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the contract made with Great Britain in 1713. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Australia. [ informal ]
Syn. -- Australian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Besieged p. pr. & vb. n. Besieging. ] [ OE. bisegen; pref. be- + segen to siege. See Siege. ] To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To environ; hem in; invest; encompass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged. Golding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That besieges; laying siege to. -- Be*sie"ging*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. To busy; to employ. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ F. ] The French middle class, particularly such as are concerned in, or dependent on, trade. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. brasiere, F. braise live coals. See Brass. ] An artificer who works in brass. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ F. brasier, braisíer, fr. braise live coals. See Brass. ] A large metal pan for holding burning coals or charcoal; it is used to warm people who must stay outside for long times. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. formerly a golfing wood with a face more elevated that a driver but less than a spoon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. ] A form of woman's undergarment, often stiffened with wire or whalebones, or the like, and worn to cover and support the breasts; -- also called bra. It usually has straps which support it from the shoulders, but strapless variants are also made.
Syn. -- bra, bandeau. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a type of tropical American thorny shrub or small tree (Acacia farnesiana); it bears fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery.
Syn. -- huisache, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia, scented wattle, flame tree, Acacia farnesiana. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ [ Chin. chih hsien, lit., (He who) knows (the) district. ] An official having charge of a hsien, or administrative district, in China; a district magistrate, responsible for good order in his hsien (which see), and having jurisdiction in its civil and criminal cases. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ Hind. chaprāssī, fr. chaprās badge. ] A messenger or servant wearing an official badge. [ Anglo-Indian ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. OF. coussier maker of mattresses; or couseor tailor, fr. OF. & F. coudre, p. p. cousu to sew, fr. L. consuere to sew together; con- + seure to sew. See Sew to stitch. ] A tailor who botches his work. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ F. cramoisi crimson. See Crimson. ] Crimson. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A splendid seignior, magnificent in cramoisy velevet. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. rocer, croser, croyser, fr. croce crosier, OF. croce, croche, F. crosse, fr. LL. crocea, crocia, from the same German or Celtic sourse as F. croc hook; akin to E. crook. ] The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The true shape of the crosier was with a hooked or curved top; the archbishop's staff alone bore a cross instead of a crook, and was of exceptional, not of regular form. Skeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bearing a crosier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cuirassier. See Curass. ] (Mil.) A soldier armed with a cuirass; especially, a soldier of the heaviest cavalry, wearing a cuirass only when in full dress. Milton. [ 1913 Webster Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Full of daisies; adorned with daisies. “The daisied green.” Langhorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

The grass all deep and daisied. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. 1. A sinker attached to a fishing line; also, a line having several branches, each with such a sinker, used in deep-sea fishing. [ Local, U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Naut.) A deep-sea lead. [ Rare ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. Deep-sea; as, a dipsey line; a dipsy lead. [ Sailor's Cant ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., back of a thing, bulging bundle of papers, fr. dos back. ] A bundle containing the papers in reference to some matter. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Diseased with drops. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Fantasy. ] Filled with fancies or imaginations. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] Lit., end of the century; -- mostly used adjectively in English to signify: belonging to, or characteristic of, the close of the 19th century. At that time the phrase was also intended to imply “modern” or “up-to-date;” as, fin-de-siècle ideas. As the twentieth century comes to a close, the meaning may change. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

adj. dressed up; well-dressed; as, all gussied up in sequins and feathers.
Syn. -- fancied up, gussied up, tricked out. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. Indiana; -- a nickname of obscure origin. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The business of a hosier. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chin. ] An administrative subdivision of a fu, or department, or of an independent chow; also, the seat of government of such a district. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Not transient; remaining; permanent. Killingbeck. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ F. See Jealousy. ] 1. A Venetian or slatted inside window blind. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A window or door made of multiple glass or plastic slats, which can be opened or closed like a jalousie{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

a. Furnished with jalousies; as, jalousied porches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) A Turkish instrument of music, with a hollow body covered with skin, over which five strings are stretched. [ Written also kussir. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A young girl; a lass. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Malmsey wine. See Malmsey. “ A jub of malvesye.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F.; pl. of monsieur. ] Sirs; gentlemen; -- abbreviated to Messrs., which is used as the plural of Mr. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Messieurs [ F., fr. mon my + Sieur, abbrev. of seigneur lord. See Monseigneur. ] 1. The common title of civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir. [ Represented by the abbreviation M. or Mons. in the singular, and by MM. or Messrs. in the plural. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The oldest brother of the king of France. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A Frenchman. [ Contemptuous ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Diminutive for Mouse. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of osiers; composed of, or containing, osiers. “This osier cage of ours.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. osier: cf. Prov. F. oisis, Armor. ozil, aozil, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, &unr_;, L. vitex, and E. withy. ] (Bot.) (a) A kind of willow (Salix viminalis) growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America. It is considered the best of the willows for basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind of willow. (b) One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Osier bed, or
Osier holt, a place where willows are grown for basket making. [ Eng. ] --
Red osier. (a) A kind of willow with reddish twigs (Salix rubra). (b) An American shrub (Cornus stolonifera) which has slender red branches; -- also called osier cornel. [ 1913 Webster ]