{ } v. t. [ OE. areden, AS. ār&aemacr_;dan to interpret. See Read. ] 1. To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To read. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To counsel, advise, warn, or direct. [ 1913 Webster ]

But mark what I aread thee now. Avaunt! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To decree; to adjudge. [ Archaic ] Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + reek. ] In a reeking condition. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A rough-haired East Indian variety of the greyhound. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Careened p. pr. & vb. n. Careening. ] [ OF. cariner, F. caréner, fr. OF. carène, the bottom of a ship, keel, fr. L. carina. ] (Naut.) To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. carénage. ] (Naut.) (a) Expense of careening ships. (b) A place for careening. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carrière race course, high road, street, fr. L. carrus wagon. See Car. ] 1. A race course: the ground run over. [ 1913 Webster ]

To go back again the same career. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A running; full speed; a rapid course. [ 1913 Webster ]

When a horse is running in his full career. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a public character; as, Washington's career as a soldier. [ 1913 Webster ]

An impartial view of his whole career. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Falconry) The flight of a hawk. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Careered 3; p. pr. & vb. n. Careering ] To move or run rapidly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Careering gayly over the curling waves. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practice of advancing one's career at the expense of one's personal integrity. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A professional who follows a career. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava (Manihot utilissima) deprived of its poisonous qualities, concentrated by boiling, and flavored with aromatics. See Pepper pot. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. chasser to chase + marée tide. ] (Naut.) A French coasting lugger. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) The American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus Hudsonius, formerly Sciurus Hudsonius); -- so called from its cry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
Syn. -- shivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A coarse kind of unbleached cotton fabric; blue denim. [ Written also dungari. ] [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Trousers, overalls or similar work clothes made of blue denim. [ PJC ]

3. pl. Same as blue jeans. [ PJC ]

n. An old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Puggry. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Rapparee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary. [ Written also raparee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Contr. fr. rarity-show. ] A show carried about in a box; a peep show. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. sangria, lit., bleeding, from sangre, blood, L. sanguis. ] Wine and water sweetened and spiced, -- a favorite West Indian drink. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hind. &unr_;. ] The principal garment of a Hindoo woman. It consists of a long piece of cloth, which is wrapped round the middle of the body, a portion being arranged to hang down in front, and the remainder passed across the bosom over the left shoulder. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } pos>n. [ Hind. ] A sportsman; esp., a native hunter. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any sting ray. See under 6th Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) A large sting ray (Dasybatis Sayi, or Trygon Sayi) native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail. (b) A large sting ray (Rhinoptera bonasus, or Rhinoptera quadriloba) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be four-lobed when viewed in front, whence it is also called cow-nosed ray. [ 1913 Webster ]